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Scorsese Films Hitchcock (Sorta...)!!

okay... by Bloo	Dec 4th, 2007 09:51:35 AM
that is...interesting to say the least. don't really know what to say
Scorsese is a God!!!! by typingaway	Dec 4th, 2007 09:51:37 AM
From "The Last Temptation of Christ", "Raging Bull" and "The Departed", he is a great filmmaker
oh I guess I should have by Bloo	Dec 4th, 2007 09:52:07 AM
screamed FIRST!!!!????!!!!???!!!
Assholes... by BonerDonor	Dec 4th, 2007 10:05:02 AM
Cant cope wit da truf so you gotta erase tha mans post...fuck yall...
Best commercial ever. by mithrandir16	Dec 4th, 2007 10:39:15 AM
Everything really was pitch perfect. And the product placement is ironic enough to keep from distracting too much from the clip.
I´m a Spaniard by CuervoJones	Dec 4th, 2007 10:41:02 AM
And i´m shocked. Freixenet commercials used to be pure cheese.
Wow. This is really cool news. Um... by IAmMrMonkey!	Dec 4th, 2007 10:44:20 AM
So we have one article with Harry ranting about a trailer and another with Merrick ranting about a tv advert. You can draw your own conclusions as to what I'm saying here.
I don't believe Hitchcock was a writer? by wintocha67	Dec 4th, 2007 10:55:19 AM
All the movies he directer were written by someone else. So why would he have a fragment?
The Baddest of Ass by ThomasServo	Dec 4th, 2007 11:06:06 AM
That was certified badass. Looked like it came directly out of 1954. If Scorsese did an entire movie in an old-school style, I'd see it.
wintocha67: by thecanadiangeek	Dec 4th, 2007 11:12:50 AM
There's a line where Scorsese says that the script was developed for Hitchcock to direct. Like many directors, Hitchcock collaborated with his writers to create scripts that represented his ideas and sensibilities. Anyway, that short film was uber-geeky cool awesomeness.
hahaha by Sakurai	Dec 4th, 2007 11:15:07 AM
That was awesome. Made my day.
By golly, there's hope for humanity. by SkeletonParty	Dec 4th, 2007 11:16:33 AM
That was creative, funny, beautiful, original and concise.
Oh, and Cap'n'Jack can go shit in his own shampoo. by SkeletonParty	Dec 4th, 2007 11:19:15 AM
Yeah, I said it.
Couldn't care less for the bottle of bubbly, but that was awesom by mish87	Dec 4th, 2007 11:52:13 AM
Man I wish Scorecese would do a revival of a hitchcock style. He pulls it off exceptionally well. Though half of it was the score ;)
Just one thing to say... by fathergeek	Dec 4th, 2007 12:07:32 PM
R. O. T.
awesome! by MoseSchrute	Dec 4th, 2007 12:36:00 PM
Love the birds/rear window and greed references at the end.
Freixenet Christmas ad by Sennex	Dec 4th, 2007 12:36:22 PM
This is this year's Freixenet's Christmas ad, which usually is a huge budget one with one or two celebrities, but that lately had become a repetition of worn cliches and, sometimes, so ridicule it made you blush. I'm happy for the new heading. This will be shortened to a 2 minute piece for its TV broadcast. Wonder where will the whole 9 minute short be seen (aside from the web page), if anywhere.
R.O.T. by VirgilHilts	Dec 4th, 2007 12:50:36 PM
Got the greatest little chill down my spine when I saw that.
A fun nod to Hitch, and... by odysseus	Dec 4th, 2007 01:00:26 PM
...Spinal Tap!
This one's called Martin Scorsese by tha plow	Dec 4th, 2007 01:03:55 PM
He makes the best fn films If I ever meet him I'm gonna grab his fn neck and just shake him And say thank you thank you for makin' such excellent fn movies Then I'd twist his nose all the way the f around And the rip off one of his ears and throw it Like a like a like a fn frisbee I wanna chew his fn lips off and grab his head and suck out one of his Eyes and chew on it and spit it out in his face And thank you thank you for all of your fn films Then I'd pick him up by the hair swing him over my head a few times And throw him across the room and kick all his fn teeth in and then Stomp on his face 40 or 50 times 'cause he makes the best fn films he makes the best fn films I've ever seen in my life I fn love him I fn love him
that was a lot of fun by StovetopStuffin'	Dec 4th, 2007 01:22:20 PM
I almost wish it was black and white, or technicolor. That's pretty much the only real tell tale that it was done today instead of back then.
wintocha67: Hitchcock as writer by abcdefz7	Dec 4th, 2007 01:38:13 PM
Hey,wintocha67... like Scorsese, Hitch regularly co-wrote scripts, uncredited. Sometimes this was just he and the co-writer sitting around, bashing out the screenplay beat by beat. Not every script, mind you, but many of them. Check the Hitchcock/Truffaut book for more about this.
That was freekin' sweet! by bb6634	Dec 4th, 2007 02:37:25 PM
All I can say.
Scorsese has a real grasp on that director by hegele	Dec 4th, 2007 03:09:47 PM
Cape Fear was the closest thing to modern Hitchcock.
King Missile... by Animorganimate	Dec 4th, 2007 03:10:18 PM
Love the reference plow! King Missile is a forgotten treasure. And that commercial was amazing.
Simon Baker by Fievel	Dec 4th, 2007 03:12:04 PM
He needs cool roles like this. He has such a classic look to him.
I appreciate S's preservation sensibilities, but... by Mister Man	Dec 4th, 2007 03:26:52 PM
A paint-by-numbers, jokey grab bag of "classic" Hitchcock images, does not a fine homage make.
I just replayed this for half an hour. by Celedhring	Dec 4th, 2007 03:43:24 PM
I declare it the best ad since the Dawn of Man. So playful and inventive, like good old Alfred.
What Mister Man Said, Word For Word by Harry Weinstein	Dec 4th, 2007 06:27:21 PM
Having said that vicarously through Mister Man - it's still awesome stuff. Not that many commercials where someone catches an eye jammie. Marty, you card...
me spelz gud by Harry Weinstein	Dec 4th, 2007 06:30:27 PM
[i]Vicariously[/i]. Dammit.
Fucking fantastic. by heywood jablomie	Dec 4th, 2007 08:30:32 PM
It's Marty's High Anxiety!
What is R.O.T. in reference to? by nolan bautista	Dec 4th, 2007 08:54:03 PM
I am a pitiful ignoramus..have pity..
R.O.T. by narayan1121	Dec 4th, 2007 09:09:36 PM
I'm guessing it's a reference to Cary Grant's character in North by Northwest, Roger O Thornhill.
I just made a mess on my keyboard by darrenspool	Dec 4th, 2007 09:17:01 PM
This short film made me so horny and excited film-wise.
Scorsese is fucking awesome. by Crimson King	Dec 4th, 2007 09:21:27 PM
Call me Captain Obvious. And I love how Thelma makes an appearance as well.
NOT AS GOOD AS THE MICHAEL JACKSON BAD VIDEO by BringingSexyBack	Dec 4th, 2007 11:14:04 PM
But still pretty good.
"What does the "O" stand for?" by Osmosis Jones	Dec 4th, 2007 11:38:06 PM
"Nothing!"
wintocha67 by Lou C.	Dec 4th, 2007 11:38:17 PM
Alfred Hitchcock did plenty of writing on his films. It often went uncredited because he was working with the writers directly, but he was very specific about what he wanted. He also was given "story by" credits for some of his films and was credited as a writer for some of his early work, such as "The Lodger."
Sweet as sin by Boxcutter	Dec 4th, 2007 11:41:59 PM
Good fun, that. But, listen, really now you all know The Departed was a mercy Oscar. Be honest: it's not that good, by this man's extraordinary standards. And why use to the Oscar to measure them? It's become steadily devalued in terms of reflecting true artistic quality and achievement. Hitch didn't even win one.
Boxcutter... by mullymt	Dec 5th, 2007 12:40:50 AM
Are you kidding? The Departed was a fantastic film, and easily the best film of last year. I don't know if it the best film of Scorsese's career, but it is the most satisfying. It has the best plot of any Scorsese film, hands down.
Yeah nice touch with the hanky by BenBraddock	Dec 5th, 2007 02:57:33 AM
But that must be one expensive wine!
Freixenet is cava by CuervoJones	Dec 5th, 2007 03:31:56 AM
Spanish champagne. And The Departed is an inferior remake, but that´s other story.
I still think Age The Age of Innocence is by GQtaste	Dec 5th, 2007 03:52:51 AM
his most underrated picture. It's one of the most romantic movies I've ever seen! Another masterpiece, mostly overlooked. And Pheifer was robbed come Oscar time. But the same goes true w/ DAniel Day and Marty too!
Makes you really miss Bernard Herrmann by WPMayhew	Dec 5th, 2007 03:55:41 AM
There has not been a better film composer since.
Cuervo is right by Boxcutter	Dec 5th, 2007 10:56:49 AM
The Departed is to Taxi Driver, GoodFellas, Mean Streets, Raging Bull (insert your fave here) as Freixenet is to Veuve Cliquot. It amy well have been one of the best films of last year, but the "competition" (pointless in itself) was lacklustre - as is increasingly the case. And, great in parts though it may be, and terrific as some of Monahan's dialogue is, the original Infernal Affairs is superior. Shit, was that too preachy?
Its True GQtaste by skoobyx	Dec 5th, 2007 01:36:04 PM
Not my favorite, but it's an extremely underrated film. My personal theory is that he was inspired by Kubrick's 'Barry Lyndon' which has the same slow, languid, quality to it. It must be a hard thing to get onto film.

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