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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Steven Soderbergh’s Knockout
Honestly, I'm not sure what to make of his use of non-actors (moving from porn stars to cage fighters) who are celebrities in their own right, but like everyone else, I can't help but be impressed by Soderbergh's willingness to not typecast himself in terms of film narratives, styles and technologies.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Tran Anh Hung’s Norwegian Wood
Two films in two years? Yup. I've yet to see what Tran Anh Hung did with Josh Hartnett in I Come with the Rain since it prety much remained in the whereabouts of the Pacific Rim, but I imagine he might make the most with a storyline set in the 60's because of his lush treatment with The Scent of Green Papaya and Cyclo. I've still got those box covers burned in my memory. Apparently the novel, is a recommended reading and with Rinko Kikuchi top-lining we might get somthing in the vein of The Dreamers.
Pre-Slamdance Purchase: Magnet are ‘Down’ with Ben Wheatley’s Debut
Those who caught the film at Austin's Fantastic Fest (where the pic won a couple of awards) are already in the know as to why Ben Wheatley's Down Terrace is being referred to the kind label of “The Sopranos” if imagined by Mike Leigh or Ken Loach. If ever there was a genre that was in need of new wave its the "tired gangster film" from the U.K - the Toronto Int. Film Festival had a couple of them and my sentiment was that someone had to re-think the formula.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Dustin Lance Black’s What’s Wrong with Virginia
Killer Film's Christine Vachon and Gus Vant Sant are making a blue chip bet that the scribe behind Milk and director on Big Love is no fluke. I don't know anything about his bio, but my understanding of the biz is when you have an original script and vet indie producers sign-up and you are joined by the DP of My Own Private Idaho and Kids, and get to play dollhouse with quality actors the chances at failure are minimized.
Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: David MacKenzie’s Last Word
If The Last Tango ever needed a remake, I'd hand over the assignment to David MacKenzie. The big question is: with Ewan McGregor on board, will MacKenzie be capable of mixing the fatalistic with pure raw sexual energy a la Young Adam once more? I surely hope so, and think so with this Children of Men/Blindness like plot denouement.
