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After listening to our in-depth discussion, see George Miller analyze a scene from Mad Max: Fury Road:
Anthony Bourdain is opening a Blade Runner-inspired food market in NYC, Gizmodo reports:
Would you eat at a market inspired by the 1982 dystopian classic Blade Runner? Anthony Bourdain is hoping you will. He’s currently negotiating to open a market in the renovated 100,000 square foot SuperPier in New York. The floor plan is said to evoke “the set decor of Blade Runner and the vibrant back alleys of Tokyo.” “It is meant to be crowded and chaotic because that’s what hawker centers should be,” Bourdain’s partner Stephen Wether recently said at a food conference in Singapore.
Watch a video highlighting the comparisons between Nightcrawler‘s Lou Bloom and Taxi Driver‘s Travis Bickle:
The Dissolve‘s Greg Cwik looks back at Barton Fink‘s Palme d’Or win at Cannes, on this day in 1991:
At the 1991 Cannes Film Festival, a pair of bespectacled brothers named Joel and Ethan Coen walked away with the Palme d’Or, as well as Best Director honors, for their unclassifiable, genre-mingling Barton Fink. John Turturro, who portrays Barton, walked away with Best Actor honors, making the film the first, and last, to nab three major awards at Cannes. The jury, led by Roman Polanski, was allegedly deeply divided over Barton Fink. (Standout sentence from that article: “Mr. Polanski, who is short, was overlooked when the emcee, the actress Carole Laure, introduced the jury to the audience.”) The decision was controversial, and Cannes consequently changed the rules so that a film can now only win two major awards.
Apichatpong Weerasethakul reppin’ Gomes at Cannes. pic.twitter.com/Y04CZek7Nf
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Focus Features have revived their Gramercy Pictures label for genre films, including Self/Less, Sinister 2, and more:
“As audiences’ consumption habits continue to evolve, the need for the targeted branding of entertainment content and the cultivating of a loyal fan base becomes imperative,” said Focus. “This branding is important not only during the theatrical windows but also across ancillary and digital distribution platforms. Focus Features employees will work on both Focus Features and Gramercy Pictures releases year-round, offering filmmakers and producers a breadth and depth of expertise in both wide, commercial openings and platform, specialty releases. There will be no separate or additional staffing for the new label as Focus Features will handle all of the collective titles.”