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Hey folks, Harry here with the latest tidbit on the most evil film in the future! And it'll be evil in all the best most deliciously wicked ways. Roger looks to have made one for the DVD shelf and for the frequent sitter club of theater goers everywhere.... aka FSCOTGE. You might have heard of it, but I'm not just a member, I'm the president. Whoo hooo Heee Haaaa Hooo Hoooo... (now imagine Daffy Duck bouncing out of existence!)
Hello Harry
I don't know if this is old news, but empireonline.co.uk has a story
about Shannyn Sossamon in which it suggests that after Avary has
finished with Bret Easton Ellis's Rule Of Attraction, he's going to film
the writer's latest (and only unfilmed) novel, Glamorama. Also there is
a really funny piece about the filming of Victor Ward's bit in RoA (he
is a marginal character, who takes centre-stage in Glam.) from The
Guardian newspaper a couple of weeks back, and can be found at
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Mooch
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GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY
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would be an ideal David Fincher film. Avary? Hope it rocks, Pardue was promising enough in Virgin Suicides and that football flick, the one with Denzel.
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Does anyone else think Glamorama would be ridiculously challenging to film sticking to its orinal source? Would be interesting though, especially since Ellis himself admitted that he was unsure what the second half of the novel meant, which I think is annoying, but that's just me.
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this sounds awsome. i cant wait to hear the release date. but i had heard that the charachter of patrick bateman was gong to make a cameo...is it still gong to happen??? if so...whos playing him???...and oh yeah...american psycho 2 is going to blow ass! the first is a masterpeice! its unsequelable! and why have it star william shattner???? its just...i dunno...dumb!
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Glamorama isn't Ellis' only unfilmed book. He wrote a book called the Informers that has yet to be put on screen.
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... was that Kip Pardue/Victor Ward thing? The more I hear about RoA the better it sounds. I'm also glad they chose to film this one before/instead of Glamorama ... I was a bit disappointed by the book. And I definitely don't think it's more of a 'filmable novel' either.
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was his novel Less than Zero made into a film, i loved American Psycho and i read the book less than zero so i would like to see that movie if it was made into a film
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its a collection of short stories. And don't bother watching the Less Than Zero movie - it is nothing like the book and just plain sucks!
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As excited as I am for "RoA," the tid-bit regarding "Glamorama" has put a big smile on my face. This excellent book was ripped off as a comedy in that crap-feast "Zoolander." "Glamorama" the film will make an excellent addition to the "Is this real?" sub-genre that includes such works as "Total Recall," "The Matrix" and "Existenz."
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Dec 03, 2001 2:08:47 PM CST
PATRICK BATEMAN EVISCERATES A PROSTITUTE AND CHEATS ON HIS COKE
by snicky
Nothin' much to add, other than that highly original subject line. But I wouldn't get your hopes up on this movie. It stars James Van Der Beek. Check out the Mighty Big TV Dawson's Creek forums for some pretty funny commentary on the making of this movie. Too lazy to find the link and post it, but it's well worth checking out.
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Yes, Less Than Zero was made into a film released Dec. 1987. It is not yet on DVD but should still be on VHS. However, be warned that if you approach it as an adaptation of the book and have high expectations of it from that perspective, you are likely to be disappointed. The dozens of intersecting story-strands that are never tied up in the book are discarded in favour of a linear version of ONE of those strands, primarily involving Julian (Robert Downey Jr.), Clay (Andrew McCarthy), Blair (Jami Gertz), and Rip the dealer (James Spader). Many details were changed and yes it was "Hollywoodized"....BUT: if you approach it simply as a FILM, then it's quite extraordinary, and unlike many of its bretheren of similar vintage, it still holds up. The production values and cinematography are GORGEOUS--it looks like it could have just been made--and even the 1987 styles and colours don't look cheesy (compare it to any "teen" movie of the era, and they feel SO dated in comparison). Also, while opinions vary on McCarthy and Gertz (most loathe the latter, but even her awful performance seems appropriate), Downey and ESPECIALLY Spader MAKE the film. Spader is the epitome ofHIGH CLASS SLEAZE, and with Downey as a spolied rich drug addict...hmm, I suppose it was practice. Too bad he never learned whatever moral or lesson the movie attempted to convey. Anyway, hope that helps, and if you want let me know what you think of the film when you see it! azrockyforever@yahoo.com
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I forgot to mention that a number of folks who worked on the film version of LESS THAN ZERO went on to be major players in TWIN PEAKS, particularly Harley Peyton and/or Robert Engels. ALSO, regarding Some Dude's "IS THIS REAL" category...doesn't DARK CITY belong there also? (hell, even TRUMAN SHOW! and SHOCK TREATMENT! and...and....)
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Yeah, he was really good in The Virgin Suicides...I especially liked the lightsaber battle with Hayden Christensen...oh, wait...KIP PARDUE WASN'T IN VIRGIN SUICIDES! WHAT WAS I THINKING?
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Dec 03, 2001 2:39:43 PM CST
LESS THAN ZERO Is A Great Anti-Drug Movie Because No Matter How
by buzz maverik
...it's even worse when you're on cocaine. Oddly, it gets better after a case and a half of malt liquor.
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I mean, Jesus Christ, Big Guy, what was all that about?
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Of course he wasn't, it was Josh Hartnett. Just checkin, keeping you guys on your toes. Honestly.
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I always thought that the vastly over-rated "Truman Show," intentionally or not, was too reminiscent of the vastly under-rated "Shock Treatment." C'mon, Richard O'Brian, why isn't that on DVD yet? Anyone else have movies that fit in this sub-genre? "Wes Craven's New Nightmare" and "John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness" almost fit, but I think they are in a slighty different grouping. I'll try to forget "The 13th Floor."
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I got a chance to read the script for Rules of Attraction and it is pretty amazing. Not what I think people are going to expect. It took two reads for it to really sink in because so much in the script is based on the visual images, but I think he can pull it off and I think the performances are going to rock. I never, ever, ever thought that I would say this, but James Van Der Beek is going to kick ass. I could almost hear him saying Sean's lines. It was weird. As for Victor in Europe. I laughed throughout that whole sequence. Just simply an awesome script.
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Some Dude....interesting that you make the Truman/Shock connection. I've been trying to get that one to fly for years and no one buys it. From my view I love SHOCK as a flawed might have been....I cared enough about it to produce a live-with-the-film production a couple years ago here in Phoenix! As a sequel to ROCKY HORROR it's very flawed, but taken totally on its own merits, it's eerily prescient in its pioneering of the "reality tv" concept, a full decade before "Cops" and "The Real World" and closer to TWO decades before "Survivor", "Big Brother" and "Truman". On the latter point, I agree it's overrated, but I still thought it was quality, and certainly a high mark for Carrey. However, I know how you feel, since I've always considered the MATRIX to be VASTLY overrated--entertaining, well made, but it didn't blow me away. Truthfully I thought that DARK CITY covered similar ground with a hell of a lot more style, substance and intellect. (And Richard O'Brien was in that one too, strange....) Oh well. As for the SHOCK DVD, it will probably come eventually, but don't hold your breath. Richard hasn't even discussed SHOCK at recent conventions, and Pat Quinn has little to say of it either. His long view of it is one of disappointment, unfortunately. And as wonderfully perfect as the ROCKY HORROR dvd was, for fans and regular audience alike, it underperformed for Fox, so I don't think they're gonna rush for that SHOCK TREATMENT special edition anytime soon, unfortunately. Oh well, at least it's on VHS, and sooner or later I'll get that Japanese laserdisc....
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that movie is gonna suck!
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I never thought they would even attempt it. Man, im looking forward to that! I never thought there would be a character that even come close to Patrick Bateman, but then I read Glamorama and meet Victor Ward. Im trying to think of an actor that might be good...I dont know.
Its a real shame Bale isnt doing Bateman again for RoA. They should just leave him out of it all together cause nobody alse could do him justice. -
rules of attraction, glamorama, oceans 11,LOTR,equilibrium, new chuck paliniuk stuff...all the sorta stuff i wana read, but im gona get fired from work if i stay online any longer. do you know what else wud b nice to hear today? what about a movie version of Iceberg Slims PIMP?
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They're going to try to adapt "Glamorama"?? Well kudos to whatever screenwriter manages to successfully adapt that sucker, because there's certainly a lot there: huge cast of characters, a setting that spans half the globe, plot twists, and an ending that sure as fuck didn't make any sense to me. No offense, I liked the writing in AMERICAN PSYCHO, and the film was pretty good. But seriously, are there any Bret Easton Ellis fans out there who can kindly help explain to me how the fuck the ending and all the plot twists of "Glamorama" tie in together?? I mean, are they even supposed to? Because that shit sure left me scratching my head.... -
Glamorama has great potential as a movie, it'd it be a tough one to adapt, lot of wierd twists, loose ends etc but theres some incredible ideas, images scenes and characters in there. It screams out for a visually inventive blackly comic adaption. The most suitable directors i can think of are David fincher, darren aronofsky or Danny Boyle. The pace and attitude of the European section reminded me of Trainspotting blended with fightclub. this movie shouldn't be done on a miniscule budget by some amateur like the director of Killing Zoe. that was one of the problems with AP, good script, great lead, not enough money to create PB world though, the cinematography and production design looked cheap and boring, can't let a movie called GLAMORAMA look cheap and boring so lose Avery quickly, Zoe was one of the crappiest looking movies of the 90s. Oh, and Rules of Attraction wud make a better TV series than a movie...
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I think it could still make a really cool film, in a kind of Short Cuts / Magnolia type way (not that all the stories are connected, but still). On the subject of Glamorama, I don't think Arronofsky or Boyle would be any good for it. I think it would be really cool if they had all the models and beautiful people be played by really ugly and fat people, preening in front of the cameras with so much narcissism. Buscemi as Victor would be great, with the kind of ineptness-with-confidence way that he has sometimes. Fincher or Jonze could do it well perhaps. As for the ending of the book: I really liked it. I can't remember much apart from the very end (its been a few years) but that last scene was fantastic.
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Eraserhed certainly belongs there, but if you're talking about Lynch films, both LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND drive push the "what is reality" envelope....of course this is way off the original topic and probably no one else will post after this, but oh well...
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Eraserhed certainly belongs there, but if you're talking about Lynch films, both LOST HIGHWAY and MULHOLLAND drive push the "what is reality" envelope....of course this is way off the original topic and probably no one else will post after this, but oh well...
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...would have to be Amenabar's OPEN YOUR EYES. I will say no more about that.
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Well, for all this comparison of "Glamorama" to other reality-questioning movies, LOST HIGHWAY at least made sense to me (granted, the moebius-twist in the end threw me for a loop, but I think it did to just about everybody). No such luck with "Glamorama"; I couldn't decipher what the ending was supposed to mean in light of everything that had come before, and therefore what the overall meaning of the book you were supposed to take away was... what, was it just supposed to be another "American Psycho"-type "maybe I'm so crazy I'm really not a serial killer?"-type twist (maybe I'm so imaginative I'm really not a male model/terrorist patsy?) Who can say with Ellis...
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