Licorice Pizza - Speculation & General Reactions

jviness02 · September 10, 2021, 10:19:32 AM

It's been like a decade since PTA, Scorsese, Tarantino, the Coens or Wes Anderson made a film set in current day. I really do think modern technology is part of it. Sort of like that meme that shows how many Seinfeld episodes would be resolved in five minutes with a cell phone.

I also wonder if some of these people realize they are all old millionaires who are out of touch with the modern day average youngster and therefore explore the past and/or genre, but I know that is overthinking it.

Alethia · September 10, 2021, 10:26:18 AM

Quote from: Drenk on September 10, 2021, 10:18:11 AM
Quote from: eward on September 10, 2021, 10:09:23 AM
Yeah but modern technology is so ugly.

The beauty of an image isn't necessarily equivalent the beauty of what's being captured, though.

You are, of course, correct.

Drenk · September 10, 2021, 10:29:02 AM

Quote from: jviness02 on September 10, 2021, 10:19:32 AM
It's been like a decade since PTA, Scorsese, Tarantino, the Coens or Wes Anderson made a film set in current day. I really do think modern technology is part of it. Sort of like that meme that shows how many Seinfeld episodes would be resolved in five minutes with a cell phone.

I also wonder if some of these people realize they are all old millionaires who are out of touch with the modern day average youngster and therefore explore the past and/or genre, but I know that is overthinking it.

Being out of touch is a part of it; maybe PTA doing a movie in the present day would be as cringe inducing as a movie about Afro-Americans in the fifties: race relations aren't exactly his forte.

(I'll focus on his numerous qualities once the trailer drops.)

pynchonikon · September 10, 2021, 10:30:55 AM

PTA has four little kids, I don't really believe it's a matter of "out of touch". He might indeed find it difficult to construct a convincingly multilevel original modern-set story, and he might just not be that interested in modern-set books to adapt.

PaulElroy35 · September 10, 2021, 10:33:04 AM

Christopher Walken apparently

Alethia · September 10, 2021, 10:41:55 AM

WHAAAAAAT

Drenk · September 10, 2021, 10:50:13 AM

Quote from: Mattbish19 on September 10, 2021, 10:33:04 AM
Christopher Walken apparently

It has been proven that Wikipedia isn't reliable. You can add anything.

Alethia · September 10, 2021, 10:50:30 AM

Ah shit

Drill · September 10, 2021, 11:07:18 AM

What about Ben Stiller? They even added a character name.

wilberfan · September 10, 2021, 11:13:07 AM

All these are technically possible. But they would be most likely one scene cameos. How much would the budget have in it for 'names'? Maybe scale as a favor, or for the coolness factor?

Think I'll avoid IMDB for awhile...

pynchonikon · September 10, 2021, 11:20:45 AM

I think the chances are 95% that someone is just messing with Wiki, and 5% that there will be lots of cameos in the way Tarantino did in Hollywood with Scoot McNairy, Michael Madsen, James Remar etc.

jviness02 · September 10, 2021, 11:46:48 AM

Christopher Walken plays himself. They spent the whole budget on The Irishman technology for a thirty second cameo. You heard it here first.

Alma · September 10, 2021, 12:15:27 PM

He's doing his Irish accent from Wild Mountain Thyme.

PaulElroy35 · September 10, 2021, 12:18:52 PM

Quote from: Alma on September 10, 2021, 12:15:27 PM
He's doing his Irish accent from Wild Mountain Thyme.

How did they have so many people doing a bad Irish accent in that film haha

Alma · September 10, 2021, 12:35:23 PM

Including people from other parts of Ireland lmao.

In other news this Playlist article says Stiller and Walken are in the cast: https://theplaylist.net/tiffany-haddish-paul-thomas-anderson-jazz-movie-20210910/

Not sure whether they've confirmed it or done an Anne Thompson from the other day and just run with something they've seen without verifying.