DVD of the Week: Pulp Fiction

I could write pages and pages about the movie of this week, but I'll just say once again that Pulp Fiction is easily among the top 5 of my favorite movie.

Yes, at 2 hours and a half, the film could easily be shortened by 20-30 minutes. And as far as originality goes, Tarantino is to cinema what Kanye West is to music: someone who recycles little-known works (sometimes more than just little-known) and lets the general public rediscover them.

Still, the movie's pretty cool, isn't it?

We're all gonna die!!!

Woody Allen as a kid in Annie Hall. 1977.

DVD of the Week: Looking for Eric

Eric Bishop is a postman in Manchester, and the least you can say is that going through a rough patch.

His relationship with his two sons is deteriorating by the minute, his daughter still holds him responsible for the break-up between him and his ex-wife. In addition to this, he has to deal with the bad weather in Manchester. In short, his life is far from being a lot of fun.

One evening, as Eric adresses the poster of his idol Eric Cantona, the famous number 7 of Manchester United, he appears to him in real life and decides to help him regain control of his life.

By the way, if you don't know who is Eric Cantona, shame on you, first of all. And a little clip that would help.

Musical Interlude: Camille

Simply Camille... live on French television. "La demeure d'un ciel"

Episode 5: Start of Preproduction

You may have noticed that my articles are few and far between these days, but that's for a good, don't worry.

This is simply because the "Between Friends" project is finally entering preproduction. Another good news is that I finally found a better title than "Between Friends" (not very difficult to do you might say). You will know about the new title later on, when the first poster is ready.

Pre-production is not that much fun because it means:

1. Assembling the cast
2. Preparing the shooting schedule
3. Storyboarding, costumes etc...
4. Rewriting the script

All this in addition to the construction of the website.

If all goes well, filming will begin in July and the website will be ready in early August.

In short, a lot of work in the horizon, and always exciting stuff on the blog in the meantime.