Watching Magic Lizard
Teleport City has a transcript of the Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit’s viewing and live tweeting of the notorious Sompote Sands film, Magic Lizard. The Cultural Gutter was a proud participant.
Podcasts! Podcasts! Podcasts!
Here at the Gutter we like our podcasts. We especially like Infernal Brains and The Projection Booth. At Infernal Brains, Todd and Tars discuss Thai pulp hero, Insee Daeng and Wisit Sasanatieng’s recent screen adaptation, Red Eagle. Meanwhile, at The Projection Booth, Mike and Mondo Justin report on […]
Is Boring Bad?
Manohla Dargis and A.O. Scott defend the slow and the boring film, giving as examples, Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris and Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives. Dargis sees them giving space for thought. Scott sees “protests against the deep…[as] mask[ing] another agenda, which is a […]
Thailand’s Pulp Hero
As part of a look at Thailand’s pulp hero, Red Eagle / Insee Daeng in film, Tars Tarkas has written an excellent piece on pulp fiction and pulp heroes in Thailand. Make sure to check out the articles on the Insee Daeng film series, including the recent Wisit […]
Most Anticipated Asian Films of 2011
Wildgrounds breaks down their most anticipated films of 2011.
How Hollywood Killed Stunts
Salon has an excellent piece on the death of stunts in Hollywood movies, exploring everything from the history of film stunts, the reliance on CG effects and new-fangled “intensified continuity” editing. The piece also mentions Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Zoe Bell and Yakima Canutt. (Thanks, Brian from Shelf […]
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