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Toronto Readers! Edgar Wright Presents A Bill Pope Double Feature At The Bloor Cinema!
Beaks here...
Edgar Wright is spoiling you, Toronto. A few months ago, he hit you with a deluxe edition of his Wright Stuff film festival. You got to see amazing prints of rarely-screened geek classics like PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE, RIKI-OH, THE WANDERERS and THE BROOD. Now, he's taking advantage of working with one of the world's greatest cinematographers (on SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD) to host a Bill Pope double-feature!
On July 26th at the Bloor Theater, Wright will fete the Pope by showing two of his most visually inventive efforts: ARMY OF DARKNESS and TEAM AMERICA: WORLD POLICE. There will also be a Q&A with Pope, during which you'll be able to fire off questions at the man who shot THE MATRIX trilogy, SPIDER-MAN 2, DARKMAN, the pilot for FREAKS & GEEKS, and much more (according to the IMDb, he co-directed the video for Metallica's "One", which introduced a whole generation to Dalton Trumbo's JOHNNY GOT HIS GUN). Lucky bastards.
Check out the below press release for the particulars (or just hit up The Bloor's official site)!
FILMMAKER EDGAR WRIGHT BRINGS THE WRIGHT STUFF BACK TO THE BLOOR FOR A SPECIAL ONE NIGHT ONLY EVENT
The acclaimed writer/director will host an evening “In Conversation” with renowned cinematographer Bill Pope, including a special double-BILL of Pope classics.
Toronto – On July 26th, 2009 filmmaker Edgar Wright (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will bring his famed screening series The Wright Stuff back to the Bloor Cinema for a special night to host an “In Conversation” with cinematographer Bill Pope (Darkman, The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man 2 and 3). The evening will also include a double feature of Pope’s work personally selected by Wright as well as an in-depth discussion with the cinematographer himself.
Wright is one today’s true auteur filmmakers while Pope is among the most sought-after cinematographers. The two are currently collaborating on Wright’s film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley). In honor of this pairing, Wright selected Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness and the Trey Parker/Matt Stone satire Team America: World Police.
Tickets for the double bill are $18 and will be available online and at the Bloor box office starting July 17th. Single movie tickets are $10 and will only be available 30 minutes before each screening. No Bloor Cinema membership is required.
For more information visit: http://edgarwrighthere.com/the-wright-stuff-double-bill-pope/
Location:
Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor Street West
(just east of Bathurst Street - Bathurst Subway Station)
Tel: 416-516-2331
7:00 PM
Army of Darkness:
Unfortunate housewares employee Ash (Bruce Campbell) is transported back to the Middle Ages, where destiny has him squaring off against the titular army. Despite a larger narrative scope then the earlier films, Raimi expertly preserves the franchise's formula for Looney Tunes-inspired anarchy and Svankmajer-esque experimentation. The proceedings are funnier then ever.
9:30 PM
Team America : World Police:
Initially conceived as an attempt to remake The Day After Tomorrow entirely with Gerry Anderson-inspired puppets, South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone focused their satiric lens on Bruckheimer and Bay blockbusters with this "miniature" epic about an obnoxiously patriotic American military group bent on arrogantly spreading freedom across the globe while comically destroying everything in their path in doing so.
The acclaimed writer/director will host an evening “In Conversation” with renowned cinematographer Bill Pope, including a special double-BILL of Pope classics.
Toronto – On July 26th, 2009 filmmaker Edgar Wright (Spaced, Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) will bring his famed screening series The Wright Stuff back to the Bloor Cinema for a special night to host an “In Conversation” with cinematographer Bill Pope (Darkman, The Matrix Trilogy, Spider-Man 2 and 3). The evening will also include a double feature of Pope’s work personally selected by Wright as well as an in-depth discussion with the cinematographer himself.
Wright is one today’s true auteur filmmakers while Pope is among the most sought-after cinematographers. The two are currently collaborating on Wright’s film Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (based on the graphic novels by Bryan Lee O'Malley). In honor of this pairing, Wright selected Sam Raimi’s Army of Darkness and the Trey Parker/Matt Stone satire Team America: World Police.
Tickets for the double bill are $18 and will be available online and at the Bloor box office starting July 17th. Single movie tickets are $10 and will only be available 30 minutes before each screening. No Bloor Cinema membership is required.
For more information visit: http://edgarwrighthere.com/the-wright-stuff-double-bill-pope/
Location:
Bloor Cinema
506 Bloor Street West
(just east of Bathurst Street - Bathurst Subway Station)
Tel: 416-516-2331
7:00 PM
Army of Darkness:
Unfortunate housewares employee Ash (Bruce Campbell) is transported back to the Middle Ages, where destiny has him squaring off against the titular army. Despite a larger narrative scope then the earlier films, Raimi expertly preserves the franchise's formula for Looney Tunes-inspired anarchy and Svankmajer-esque experimentation. The proceedings are funnier then ever.
9:30 PM
Team America : World Police:
Initially conceived as an attempt to remake The Day After Tomorrow entirely with Gerry Anderson-inspired puppets, South Park co-creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone focused their satiric lens on Bruckheimer and Bay blockbusters with this "miniature" epic about an obnoxiously patriotic American military group bent on arrogantly spreading freedom across the globe while comically destroying everything in their path in doing so.
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How come none of these events reach New York?
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That whole country smells like cedar. I love it. Oh, and anyone out there advocating population control or the notion that we're running out of resources hasn't driven across Canada. It's full of land, arrable land good for farming.
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Holy Jesus, who writes this crap?
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Jul 13, 2009 7:23:04 PM CDT
Canada and it's annoying cleanliness is only matched by,,,
by soylentmean
the friendliness of the people. It's all just so damn suspicious.
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Weird. Oh, and for the record, Spaced was probably the best blind buy DVD purchase I made last year. And Shaun of the Dead is hitting Blu-Ray soon! I might have to upgrade just for that.
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Technically speaking, a large percentage of Canada's land is too acidic for viable farming due to the high concentration of tanic acid from all the damned cedar trees that stink the air. Also, the lack of annual frost free days limits the ability to grow many different types of crops anywhere outside of fifty kilometers (sorry, thirty miles) from the US boarder. So lets keep overpopulation down, unless you can figure a way to feed the world on pine cones and tundra weeds. (and people thought writing about Sarah Palin wasn't relevent to a genre entertainment website).
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And what a fucking blast that was. Last year they had a screening of Faster Pussycat with a Q and A with Tura Satana afterwards, and was pleasantly surprised at how many people came out.
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Fucking Garbage Strike. Oh, and this will be awesome. I shall most definitely attend.
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Pshaw I say! There can never be enough people. Where else will we get our Soylent Green?
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Edgar Wright's movies are the next Monty Python. hyperbole? yes. also true.
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Amen. The daily rat sightings are getting pretty unnerving.
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For the Scott Pilgrim filming. At least it covered up a lot of the garbage (3 weeks on strike now).
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This strike needs to be over...
This sounds like fun. Hopefully i can find some people to go with. -
The nice thing about Soylent Green is that you don't require good soil. Massive herds of potential live everywhere from deserts to concrete jungles all over the world. Soylent Green is versatile.
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...I work for the City of Toronto and garbage or not, I haven't seen a paycheque for almost a month!
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Toronto is the greatest city in the whole fucking world!
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yes, that is a bit over the top. i mean, i like his films and everything, but not his relentless self-promotion. he ain't no tarantino. and tarantino ain't no scorsese. and scorsese ain't no robert bresson.
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Jul 14, 2009 9:15:48 AM CDT
Phantom of the Paradise is actually screened often in Canada
by royston lodge
Especially in Winnipeg, for some reason.
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... Toronto sucks ass. I hate being stuck in that burg.
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... maybe I'll check this out.
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