• All-time greatest Oliver Stone line: “I like mirror. I wrote Scarface. Go fuck yourself.” [Vulture]
• Potential Oscar nominee James Franco got a “D” in his NYU acting class. [Showbiz 411]
• Read Tim Burton’s poem about Johnny Depp, circa 1991. [Cinematical]
• Anne Thompson brings on a guest blogger to report on a recent screening of “The Social Network” at Harvard with an Aaron Sorkin Q&A. [Thompson on Hollywood]
• Meanwhile, “The Accidental Billionaires” author Ben Mezrich thinks Mark Zuckerberg comes off pretty well in the film. (Me too.) [24 Frames]
• Jeffrey Wells iPhone chats with “Black Swan” director Darren Aronofsky. [Hollywood Elsewhere]
• “Rabbit Hole” sets a December 17 release date. [Variety]
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10 responses to “9/24 OSCARWEB ROUND-UP: Franco nearly flunks, ‘Rabbit Hole’ sets a date, no one edits Oliver Stone”
Thanks for these tidbits. I laughed my ass off at that Oliver Stone story.
Most reviewers and people are saying that Zuckerberg is an asshole in the film, a supremely unsympathetic character but they also so that despise him or not, you can’t help but admire the man, a little bit like Hitler. Eric Kohn in his magnificent review says Zuckerberg rather than getting defensive should feel a little flattered.
Changing one line in an unnecessary Wall Street sequel would be as bad as somebody changing the entire tone of Tarantino’s Natural Born Killers.
Red_wine, I assure you most people, myself included, can, in fact, help, quite easily, to admire that person you just named (you see, I can’t even force myself both words in the same sentence. I mean that honestly).
Hyperbolic proclamations like the one above, liking the creator of a popular websote with Hitler show only thing: the person who writes them has some deeply seated issues. You could have easily picked a different figure to but chose not to. People like you should be examined.
Interview with Aronofsky was great, he’s very articulate and easy-going.
Pete: leave some comma’s for the rest of us!
@Pete
I never compared Hitler & Zuckerberg or said they are similar (this is what I presume you took objection to). I said they share a quality that despise them or not, you have to admire them.
Red, I really don’t think that you are as big of an idiot as you try to make yourself out to be. It’s not about comparing the two, it’s about you re-stated notion that one should admire that person you named.
I am telling you, again, that you don’t and advise you seek help if you think otherwise.
“Pete: leave some comma’s for the rest of us!”
Even if it was directed at me that still made me laugh outloud. In my defense, I simply couldn’t rewrite that sentense. So yeah, correct punctuation and all…
@Pete
I do find qualities to admire in Hitler. Many people do. You can take that or leave it.