Sean Penn mentions Hollywood's Timid and Artless Policy Toward the Human Imagination, as quoted in today's Variety.

"That's a bold statement"—setting the scene for August 2025.

While we're tossing rumors, here's a less wild one....

Vineland Updates
@VinelandPTA
23/6/24 RUMOR: A source alleges that Paul Thomas Anderson has acquired the distribution rights to Thomas Pynchon's Vineland. BC Project is alleged to contain elements of the novel, but is not a 1:1 adaptation.

https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/6/23/brad-pitt-cast-in-paul-thomas-andersons-latest

It is now rumored that Brad Pitt has joined the cast. (This is Jordan Ruimy though, so take this with a huge grain of salt)

A fun list initiated to pass the time lightly


Films in which hands exclusively are desecrated by enemies.

Django (1966)
Fellini's Satyricon (1969)
Five Fingers of Death (1972)
The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
Blade Runner (1982)
The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984)
Wild at Heart (1990)
Casino (1995)
U-Turn (1997)
Planet Terror (2007)
The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014)

Bonus :

Hands desecrated by self.

The Yakuza (1974)
Escape from Alcatraz (1979)
The Departed (2006)

New 2K digital restoration of Totally F***ed Up and new 4K digital restorations of The Doom Generation and Nowhere, supervised and approved by director Gregg Araki, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtracks

In the 4K UHD edition: One 4K UHD disc of The Doom Generation and Nowhere and two Blu-rays with all three films and the special features

New conversation between director Gregg Araki and filmmaker Richard Linklater

New audio commentary on Nowhere with Araki and actors James Duval, Rachel True, Nathan Bexton, Jordan Ladd, Sarah Lassez, Guillermo Diaz, and Jaason Simmons

Audio commentary on Totally F***ed Up with Araki, Duval, and actor Gilbert Luna

New documentary on the trilogy's visual style featuring Araki, Duval, producer Andrea Sperling, cinematographer Jim Fealy, costume designers Cathy Cooper and SaraJane Slotnick, production designer Patti Podesta, art director Michael Krantz, and hair and makeup artist Jason Rail
James Duval's Teen Apocalypse Archive, a new conversation between Araki and Duval
Q&As with Araki, moderated by filmmakers Gus Van Sant and Andrew Ahn
The Doom Generation video comic book
Trailers
English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

PLUS: An essay by critic Nathan Lee
New cover by Fred Davi

Quote from: Rick Dalton on June 16, 2024, 03:53:04 AM

Call me crazy but the guy in red who gets into the blue automobile looks a lot like Edward Norton (zoom in very closely).

I doubt its him  nortons in New York shooting the mangold bob dylan film at the moment aint it..

Call me crazy but the guy in red who gets into the blue automobile looks a lot like Edward Norton (zoom in very closely).

I think PTA is in full-blown, Jack Horner "this is the one I want them to remember me by" mode.

He's been making this movie in his mind for years. Now it's all pouring out.

Benicio Del Toro Joins Paul Thomas Anderson's Next Film.
Cannot fucking wait. Let Benicio go off the rails in IMAX pls.