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Sundance '07: Quint sees Anthony Hopkins' directorial debut SLIPSTREAM!!!

Tony Scott-like edits ? by The Shyster	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:31:53 AM
I'm there ; )
"The editing is absolutely squirrel-fucking insane" by The Shyster	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:33:20 AM
Squirrels raped my childhood, sir.
Don't mind me, Shyster by Dick Nicely	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:41:31 AM
Just didn't want you to be alone, for shame.
Unfinished review, Quint? by Dick Nicely	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:43:01 AM
You leave us on a comma, wanting more,
MARK HAMILL GOTTA EAT! by Grando	Jan 22nd, 2007 02:00:02 AM
Sorry.....
interesting by Evil Hobbit	Jan 22nd, 2007 03:59:50 AM
interesting
You gotta applaud something new by IndustryKiller!	Jan 22nd, 2007 04:26:14 AM
Especially from a guy I really thought was content to phone it in after a long illustrious career. i know most would see something like this as pretentious, but I don't think Hopkins is going for even art house level prestige here. Weird films like this often charter ideas and allow other filmmakers to cherry pick what works about it int he future. It seems like alot of filmmakers are trying out the cinema verite style that influenced alot of the golden age of the 70's and I say it's about fucking time.
erm, not to whizz on anyones chips but... by Giant Ape Balls	Jan 22nd, 2007 05:25:10 AM
wasn't Hopkins directorial debut "August"?
I got a hard-on reading that... by LittleDudes	Jan 22nd, 2007 05:25:17 AM
Hopkins is a mac, acting-wise that is, but I'd never expect him to make a fucked-up movie. That's totally intense and in all the right flavours. I wanna lick it. http://tinyurl.com/2fly9x
Giant Ape Balls by DirkD13"	Jan 22nd, 2007 05:39:50 AM
Dammit, you beat me to it! "August" was indeed Sir Tony's debut as a writer/director. There's nothing like good journalistic research is there?
"At times I really respect and admire the film" by triplefive	Jan 22nd, 2007 07:25:14 AM
so what, Quint? at other times you hate it and think it's childish crap? Seriously, would people give this movie the time of day without Hopkins' name behind it?
Marketing ploy by LittleDudes	Jan 22nd, 2007 07:32:13 AM
This makes people keep hitting refresh or continually coming back to this page later. Thus ensuring total AICN dominance over our time on the internets.
so is this worth checking out? by just pillow talk	Jan 22nd, 2007 07:40:28 AM
C'mon Quint, are you going to do a proper review of the movie?
Sounds pretty interesting by streakerfreak1983	Jan 22nd, 2007 08:28:59 AM
love the man(he actually looks like my now passed away grandfather) and this sounds pretty cool. I am really liking this streak of films by established actors. I will check this out as soon as it is released.
If it was made by a film student, by Doctor_Sin	Jan 22nd, 2007 08:49:02 AM
it probably would've been trashed or, at minimum, given a bad grade. I need a review free of Hopkins man-love.
Yeah anyone remember Slipstream with Mark Hamill? by Doc_Strange	Jan 22nd, 2007 10:22:14 AM
I think Bill Paxton came out in it too. It was kind of boring then Hamill was made out to be the villain when you thought he was the protagonist. I was like, FUCK THIS SHIT!!! Seems to be a popular movie title.
Doc Strange- oh yeah, def remember that. by modlight	Jan 22nd, 2007 12:27:59 PM
I used to watch that movie all the time when I was a kid. I was a huge fan of anything post apocalyptic, and the addition of Luke Skywalker really helped.
The Tony Scott Stiffy Test by mrbong	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:09:04 PM
just because Tony Scott gets an erection does not mean it will be a good film - Days Of Thunder? The Fan?
dear god noes by J Skell	Jan 22nd, 2007 01:21:27 PM
Tony Scott editing? oh god no. Shouldn't someone explain to A-Hop that that only belongs in c-rate thrillers where the editor is trying to disguise the crappiness? Well, if it's really an experimental film I could give it a chance since it might be trying to achieve something "interesting" rather than "cool"... sigh.
Huzza! by vivavitalogy	Jan 22nd, 2007 02:46:12 PM
As with any beloved actor turned director I'm sure Hopkins will win many pointless awards whilst everybody kisses his backside regardless if his films are any good.
I thought August by Mickey The Idiot	Jan 22nd, 2007 03:25:21 PM
was Hopkins directorial debut. http://tinyurl.com/2amkj7 Change the headline fellas. Though yes, this is his first time round the 'auteur' block proper ;-)
Ahh shit by Mickey The Idiot	Jan 22nd, 2007 03:26:39 PM
I see we been round this block before. Ignore me - usually a wise thing to do.
i want to see this by dr.bulber	Jan 22nd, 2007 03:36:17 PM
so does my squirrel.
If it doesn't have Bill Paxton in it then I don't care by Sledge Hammer	Jan 22nd, 2007 03:38:39 PM
That is all.
QUINT... by The Ghoul	Jan 22nd, 2007 04:51:41 PM
I'm enjoying your reports from Sundance '07, I am a fan. But don't you feel weird that AICN spent a bunch of money getting you to Sundance and your talkbacks are getting beaten by Steven Seagal rumors and Silver Surfer's nutsack? I'm just saying.
I thought GOTTA EAT came from BOYZ N THE HOOD... by Harry Weinstein	Jan 22nd, 2007 04:52:05 PM
...specifically Ice Cube's classic line "Hoes gotta eat too".
Who cares what talkbacks are getting the most posts? by IndustryKiller!	Jan 22nd, 2007 05:21:32 PM
I wouldn't feel bad if I were Quint. It's like saying to the directors at Sundance "don't you feel bad that you are making powerful films about the human condition and the Pirates of the Carribean sequel makes a trillion dollars?" I doubt they would really care and neither should Quint, who is providing a good service at Sundance. I go through phases where I post alot for a month and then can't be bothered for a while and these Sundance updates are the only interesting thing I've seen on this site in a while. These are the films that I'm actually going to be going to the theatres to see over the next year or so, with a very small minimum of big budget crap. I can already tell you everything you need to know about Spider Man 3 and Transformers, they will both be complete bastardizations of their far more interesting and sincere source material. The films being shown at Sundance are the ones that will actually make a difference, no matter how small it is given tehir limited appeal. They won't be forgotten by the audience t-minus four seconds after they leave the theater (with the exception of anything Josh Hartnett or Jessica Alba is involved in). The public is gonna support what they are gonna support and since the average tastes on this site have degraded steeply since it became a film industry staple I would expect them to be more interested in Steven Segal and whatever god awful superhero flick they will overrate to ridiculous proportions. But for me and I'm sure at least a few other people the indies are where its at.
Well put IndustryKiller... by The Ghoul	Jan 22nd, 2007 05:27:45 PM
It was just an observation, not a criticism of Quint or his Sundance articles.
No Bruce Campbell? by Dr Gregory House	Jan 22nd, 2007 07:10:30 PM
Gonna have to pass.
Ghoul by IndustryKiller!	Jan 22nd, 2007 09:39:52 PM
Yeah I didn't mean to sound insulting there toward you. I even thought about putting a disclaimer saying this wasn't aimed at your comment in the least. it's a fair question you asked. Sorry if it came off hostile.
A-HOP has a BEER and CHEETS with the AVID by BannedOnTheRun	Jan 23rd, 2007 03:08:28 AM
Juggfuckled never touched me in the way that the Batman Begins "script" review did. Anyway, I read this hoping to find the requisite "...[actress name here], who is even more attractive in real life" line.
Anyone remember the Slipstream movie with Mark Hamill? by AllPowerfulWizardOfOz	Jan 24th, 2007 09:42:02 PM
It also had Bill Paxton. http://www.amazon.com/Slipstre am-Steven-Lisberger/dp/B00005M 2DO
Not his directorial debut by witnit	Jan 25th, 2007 03:00:54 AM
Sorry Quint: Anthony Hopkins first film as a director was his adaptation of Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya, August (he wrote the music, too). http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01 15591/
I found the photo in this article interesting by Orbots Commander	Jan 25th, 2007 07:21:47 PM
more so than the piece about Hopkin's movie. A series of raised arms holding camera phones to take pictures of the present movie star. It probably says more about modern society than I'm sure Mr. Hopkins' film does.
Sorry but I believe that Hopkins directed by Sepulchrave	Jan 26th, 2007 08:38:01 PM
a version of Chekov´s UNCLE VANYA entitled AUGUST or soemthing like that ages ago. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt01 15591/
Oh my Christ I just noticed by Sepulchrave	Jan 26th, 2007 08:41:48 PM
whilst on IMDB that Hopkins appeared in FREEJACK, with Emilio Estefez and Mick Jagger AFTER he was in THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. Jesus.

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