"They say no one wants to hear what a kid wrote last month."
The last time a musician biopic was in serious consideration for the Academy Awards was Baz Luhrmann's Elvis, a chaotic roller-coaster ride of a film that indulged in nearly every single cliche of its genre but has nevertheless continued to live rent free in my brain for almost three years. I went into a similar research frenzy for Bob Dylan that I did for Elvis Presley, and…
"In heathen times you might have been a Great Priestess of Isis. Yet, in this strange and modern world your purpose is of greater worth."
Around Halloween time, Robert Eggers did an interview with The AV Club where he named a bunch of period horror films he was a fan of, and right at the bottom of the list was Corridor of Mirrors. Each of the films he picked out have some noticeable influence on his Nosferatu remake, from the…
This movie singlehandedly spawned Shane Black in a cloud of cigarette smoke and cat food.
Studio exec: you've compared Santa Claus to Jesus three times in this script already.
John Hughes: and I'll do it again!
