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Trailer: APOCALYPSE NOW Coming to Blu-ray
By Norm Schrager at August 29, 2010 | 12:44 am | 1 Comments
This is the end. My only friend, the end... So begins Francis Ford Coppola's bizarre American war classic, Apocalypse Now, as performed by the Doors, and accompanied by a searing image of a firebombed Vietnam landscape. It's the film's opening attack, an intro to a symbolic surreal nightmare of war, a film that's become more legendary with time -- especially more...
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The Continued Brilliance of the Fake Criterion DVD Covers
By Norm Schrager at August 25, 2010 | 12:01 am | 0 Comment
Last summer, we got hooked on the passionate obsession taking place among design-savvy movie fans across the world: Creating original, fake DVD art for the auspicious Criterion Collection. The best ones are exciting, thought-provoking, inspirational, respectful to their influences -- everything you'd expect art to be. Today, Paste Magazine shared their favorite 27 more...
How Tough Is Werner Herzog? Tweet and Ask Him
By Norm Schrager at August 20, 2010 | 10:50 pm | 2 Comments
UPDATE (08.24.10) Check out Mr. Herzog's video responses. The guy is a little hypnotic. ORIGINAL POST Back in April, the Twitter world thought it was real clever by asking: Who's tougher, Werner Herzog or Chuck Norris? Frankly, I'd say Herzog would kick you in the crotch just for asking. Nonetheless, you can now ask the filmmaker first-hand if you dare, as First Look more...
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Headlines Cult Releases
By Norm Schrager at July 31, 2010 | 8:00 pm | 1 Comments
Coming Tuesday, August 3: MGM and Twentieth Century Fox are getting together to release a new roster of Blu-ray and DVD movies, with many under the category distinction of "cult." Fun, yeah, but it's a stretch for a lot of these titles, all in the name of co-promotion with the latest release of the book The Rough Guide to Cult Movies. The big headliner for these releases more...
