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Quint chats with Alex Proyas about KNOWING, DARK CITY: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT, MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH and DRACULA YEAR ONE!

yay by chuffsterUK	Jul 25th, 2008 03:51:45 AM
2nd
the crow by The InSneider	Jul 25th, 2008 04:01:19 AM
not even a mention? c'mon now quint... good interview but i would've settled for merely a shoutout.
oh shit! by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jul 25th, 2008 04:10:12 AM
I hope steve is okay. I write for collider and I hadn't heard this.
Tripods !!! by rubbiboy	Jul 25th, 2008 04:14:05 AM
the best news is that hes working on the tripods trilogy, how could that slip through and not make the headline? the books are great and the bbc mini series was something that made me glue to the tv in my youth. and of course that dark city DC, must have! rubbi
The Crow, Dark City are classics but I Robot = utter shit by Cannabis Holocaust	Jul 25th, 2008 04:18:17 AM
Garage Days lands somewhere in between. It's good to know studio interference was somewhat responsible for that Will Smith garbage.
Poyas turning into Shane Meadows... by spud mcspud	Jul 25th, 2008 04:35:06 AM
But we can forgive the tubby bald bitch 'cos he's given us two of the greatest genre classics of all time - THE CROW and DARK CITY. Granted, I don't think THE CROW holds up as well for the rest of us as it does the goth/emo crowd, but DARK CITY is and will always be one the greatest SF movies ever made. Practically fucking flawless. I have a lot of hope for KNOWING - am REALLY looking forward to that. I am also a tech-Luddite, so would like DARK CITY: DIRECTOR'S CUT on normal DVD please! Oi! Proyas!
The Croak by Project424	Jul 25th, 2008 04:35:50 AM
Ask him if he's seen Funboy, lately. I wonder if that little bit of film history had any effect on him, eh? Michael Massee, I mean. I had no idea that was the dude from Seven, until now. "Some guys are carrying suitcases full of stuff."
Even if I robot was complete shit, I'm gonna give by SpencerTrilby	Jul 25th, 2008 04:41:24 AM
Knowing a chance. It's Alex FUCKING Proyas!
Damn You Michael Bay by MCMLXXVI	Jul 25th, 2008 04:44:25 AM
Damn You Michael Bay
SQUID IS OUT by s0nicdeathmonkey	Jul 25th, 2008 05:17:02 AM
old fucking news. He said same basic ending, different than a squid because it would look silly.
The Tripods by kwisatzhaderach	Jul 25th, 2008 05:46:56 AM
Done correctly this could be MASSIVE. Fingers crossed.
Proyas Obviously Didn't See This by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 25th, 2008 06:19:39 AM
Wonderful clip from The Wicker Man remake. It features Nick Cage, at his best: http://tinyurl.com/wyxh2 Also, I thought they didn't change the ending of Watchmen. Maybe, they're shooting two endings to keep the studio happy? And yes, I'd love to read stories about how Fox fucks people over. Apparently Rothman dislikes Sci-fi and thinks it's a waste of money.
Dark City....good movie with a hideous soundtrack by quantize	Jul 25th, 2008 06:36:23 AM
that never lets up for a moment for us to actually HEAR anything... Batman Begins reminded me a lot of it...a cacophony of orchestral wank never pausing for an dramatic moment.
Didn't Coppola already do that with BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA? by JackIsLost	Jul 25th, 2008 06:52:16 AM
Just saying, what is so much more clever about DRACULA YEAR ZERO (certainly not that horrible title)?
The Thing About The Tripods by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 25th, 2008 06:59:47 AM
Is that Tripod robots are too slow. Or they seem too slow. Show me some test footage of Tripod robots picking their way over a city super fast and I'll be convinced. They're better off just adapting one of the more cheerful "kids in giant mecha" mangas/animes.
never knew about the DC of Dark City by just pillow talk	Jul 25th, 2008 07:04:46 AM
I wonder what additional footage made the direction of the movie change so much?
great news about DC by jack_effing_bauer	Jul 25th, 2008 07:15:06 AM
i didn't know it was being released in BR. that's good enough news right there. the fact that it's getting extra footage is just icing.
Proyas deserved better than I ROBOT by knowthyself	Jul 25th, 2008 07:24:15 AM
Serously. Fox. Will Smith. Recipe for disaster. Next time Alex just take your genius to the smaller studios.
Salad Days by Cobbio	Jul 25th, 2008 07:26:17 AM
I'd love to see Proyas return to his filmmaking salad days with "Knowing". The experience of directing "I, Robot" must've been excruciating, since films with significant studio meddling are never very good, let alone memorable. Thus I'm glad Summit is supportive of Alex's efforts. And a director's cut of "Dark City"? Hell yes! I loved the original but I'll grab the new DVD next tuesday. Quint: you should post a talkback about that.
I Just Discovered The Term Salad Days by TroutMaskReplicant	Jul 25th, 2008 07:59:35 AM
A few weeks ago and now I keep seeing it. It's from Shakespeare apparently and refers to the days when one was fresh and green like a lettuce. Um anyway...I prefer Salad Fingers and halcyon days.
NIC CAGEY! by Tyler_Turden	Jul 25th, 2008 08:30:34 AM
I met nic cage while he was filming this. I went straight into a aicn rant. He had no idea who Richard Kelly was. I asked him about his "mate" Mark stephen Johnson doing preacher. Cage said it would be "Unbelievable dark." But he hasn't read any of the comics. one final thing, He didn't know Werner either! I gave him a copy of rescue dawn and told him it was the balls, so by association I could be responsible for a terrible remake.
Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds (1989) by godoffireinhell	Jul 25th, 2008 09:00:58 AM
Proyas' best film and it's not on DVD. Why?
Since when was Knowing a Proyas project? by Sick Fixx	Jul 25th, 2008 09:06:40 AM
When I first read about it, it was to be helmed by Richard Kelly. What happened? I distinctly remember it being done by Richard Kelly, because I remember making note of the fact that there was an imaginary friend of the main character, just like in Donnie Darko, which made me wonder if he was going to be a one trick pony.
Already have the DD of Dark City Pre-Ordered. by HoboCode	Jul 25th, 2008 09:12:44 AM
Can't wait. Knowing sounds great as well, despite the rapidly more tiresome Nic Cage starring. It sounds like a Shyamalan film almost.
Meant DC of Dark City. by HoboCode	Jul 25th, 2008 09:17:48 AM
Alex, did you happen to add more MELISSA GEORGE nakedness in this cut? One can hope.
Dark City was great by Knobules	Jul 25th, 2008 09:20:14 AM
So there.
City of Lost Children by enderandrew	Jul 25th, 2008 09:46:31 AM
Funny you didn't ask how much he was inspired by City of Lost Children for Dark City. You say you can't remember how long it had been since you saw a film visually like that, when I'm pretty sure he lifted liberally the visual concept from City of Lost Children.
Ah, Dark City... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jul 25th, 2008 09:53:19 AM
...the last pre-anorexia Jennifer Connelly performance. :(
TRIPODS!!! by Fawst	Jul 25th, 2008 10:00:46 AM
That is major news right there! But then you re-read it and realize that he's talking about projects he's worked on with this one guy that never got made. Not exactly good news. But I have hope! I think a Proyas directed Tripods trilogy could be pretty sweet. City of Gold and Lead would be fucking OUT THERE.
That idea for Masque of the Red Death . . . by Nice Marmot	Jul 25th, 2008 10:05:14 AM
. . . is terrible. Something else please, Alex.
enderandrew... by ar42	Jul 25th, 2008 10:09:00 AM
I'm pretty sure Dark City and City of Lost Children were in production at about the same time, so I highly doubt either was influenced by the other. Athought points for originality, because nowadays most people say it rips off the Matrix, which came out a year later.
ar42 by enderandrew	Jul 25th, 2008 10:44:40 AM
City of Lost Children came out in Cannes in 1995. It was a French film that was released in English later that year. Dark City came out in 1998. It is quite possible (and I believe likely) that he had just seen City of Lost Children before starting on Dark City.
I WANNA SEE TRIPODS! by red_weed	Jul 25th, 2008 10:44:58 AM
I have been trying to fingure out what has happened to that project for the last 5 years. Last I heard Gregor Jordan was directing it.. but that was for 2007... then 2009. Now I have no idea what's going on with it. Man I hope that they make a kick-ass version of them soon. Oh and yay for Dark City Directors Cut on Blu-ray!
3 clips from the DC of Dark City by rubbiboy	Jul 25th, 2008 10:50:24 AM
here are three clips of new scenes form the DC http://tinyurl.com/5hxh4v
Tripods by DimensionsPlural	Jul 25th, 2008 12:10:43 PM
...one of my favourite series as a kid, well scary and such a bleak ending! Saw a dissection of the 2nd series recently, and it's unbelievably homo-erotic. Discuss.
"It’s like we just don’t have those movies that are kind of dark by Evangelion217	Jul 25th, 2008 12:37:38 PM
Very true. Which is why I'm shocked that a film like "The Dark Knight" has gotten made with the type of budget that it has. It's a dark, and brutal masterpiece. That is very complex, disturbing, and unforgettable. It's hard to get films like that. Hopefully, Hollywood will realize that people are not going to shy away from films like this. :)
F'n Tripods! by Raymar	Jul 25th, 2008 01:02:32 PM
About time.
I Robot by Charlie_Allnut	Jul 25th, 2008 02:58:15 PM
I enjoyed I Robot as a mindless summer sci fi Will Smith movie, but I expected more from Alex Proyas...something with more of a Blade Runner feel.
Dark City and 13th Floor... by Darth Macchio	Jul 25th, 2008 03:53:50 PM
mushed together equals the Matrix. Anybody ever notice that? That said, I love the concept behind 'Dark City' even if the main prot was the main ant in "The Illusionist". And, of course, pratcially any movie with Jennifer Connely is aces with me...SCHaWING!!!
Proyas doing the White Mountains? by Hjermsted	Jul 25th, 2008 04:04:41 PM
I am for it!! I must have read the Tripod Trilogy a half dozen times growing up... love that series. Perhaps this will lead to someone discovering the Burning Lands trilogy by the same author.
Dark City was good... by Regenhund	Jul 25th, 2008 04:35:14 PM
but that moronic narration by Keifer Sutherland nearly ruined it for me. It could have been absolutely incredible if they had just let us find out what was going on gradually, instead of laying everything out there in the first 2 minutes of the film. That still pisses me off even years later. Hopefully Proyas took that out so that people discovering the movie for the first time don't have that experience.
I liked Dark City but I'd rather it shortened than lengthened. by Flim Springfield	Jul 25th, 2008 08:16:35 PM

octagonproplex you dont get it by quantize	Jul 25th, 2008 09:24:56 PM
you're right, you dont understand, read my post again, the music was unrelenting and hideously distracting...there's nothing fucking worse than a soundtrack that's over instructive. Grow some taste, it's about the context (you know, like in a FILM)..likening it to Holst is a bit of a stretch tho..it was standard Hollywood fare at best. Dark City is an OK film..just like Batman Begins, a little restraint would have gone a long way.
All that in 10 minutes..? by Aeghast	Jul 25th, 2008 09:54:39 PM
Guy's a talker! :D
If they're gonna do a take on Drac... by JonRD463	Jul 26th, 2008 03:46:25 AM
Why not do something faithful to the book for once? B.S.'s Dracula was close, but it did it with a smartalleck smirk on its face. While no movie is ever 100% faithful to literary source material, it can be done with a decent amount of respect, a la the first couple of Harry Potters.
Dark City by Caerdwyn	Jul 26th, 2008 11:28:13 PM
Sometimes I watch Dark City just to remind myself that such a great film can exist. Truly awesome in every way. I still can't understand how Proyas can go from this to the "aw hell naw!" I, Robot.
McG? Why? by Seph_J	Jul 27th, 2008 08:51:12 AM
Proyas is my choice for any new Terminator films! And he should be yours too!!!!
Something in the trailer looks familiar to me... by BehindTheWall	Jul 27th, 2008 09:59:27 PM
I made a movie back in 2005 that has some scenes which are incredibly similar to some scenes in the trailer for Knowing. I'm specifically talking about the plane crash scene. Long story short - In my film, a girl keeps hearing voices which she believes are ghosts trying to contact her. It turns out that they're not ghosts but rather the voices of 200 people who are going to die in a plane crash. That shot of the plane coming in the trailer is virtually identical to the one in my film. I'm not screaming rip-off or anything (if I claimed I was the first one to think of this, I would be a moron...well, I'm a moron anyway but I digress) but the similarities are there. I wonder if those ideas were in the original script which Proyas claims to have received ten years ago or if they were added in by other writers over the last couple of years. Hmmm...
Shia "The Beef" by fishpillow	Jul 28th, 2008 10:37:13 AM
just got a DUI!!! Bwa-HA HA HA HA
Ebert's commentary on Dark City DVD is awesome!!! by Sequitur	Jul 28th, 2008 12:13:37 PM
Pick it up just for that
Proyas Should Direct An Elric Movie by Barron34	Jul 28th, 2008 06:06:19 PM
Whoever has the movie rights for ELRIC should look into getting Proyas to direct a STORMBRINGER film. He is an ideal director for that kind of project, in my opinion.

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