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Entries from May 2009

A Sharp Stick In the Eye

May 31st, 2009 · 20 Comments

Fight Club (1999)
Screenplay by Jim Uhls and Andrew Kevin Walker (uncredited), based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Directed by David Fincher
Produced by Fox 2000/ Art Linson Productions/ Regency Enterprises
Running time: 139 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
“People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden,” narrates a young man we will come to [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Femme fatale · Paranoia

The Casablanca of Science Fiction

May 26th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Blade Runner (1982)
Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, based on the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Directed by Ridley Scott
Produced by The Ladd Company
Running time: 117 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
In Los Angeles – overpopulated and choked in pollution – of the year 2019, the Tyrell Corporation [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · End of the world · Famous line · Femme fatale · Forensic evidence · Interrogation · Man vs. machine

A Downer Film That Was Going To Lose Money

May 22nd, 2009 · 5 Comments

Children of Men (2006)
Screenplay by Alfonso Cuarón & Timothy Sexton and David Arata and Mark Fergus & Hawk Ostby, based on the novel by P.D. James
Directed by Alfonso Cuarón
Produced by Hit & Run Productions/ Strike Entertainment/ Universal Pictures
Running time: 109 minutes

What the *&#! Is This About?
On the 16th of November 2027, London wakes to [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Based on novel · Crooked officer · Cult favorite · End of the world · Interrogation · Shootout

We Risked To Be Classified X and Not To Be Able To Be Presentable on the American Territory

May 18th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Léon / The Professional (1994)
Written by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen (uncredited)
Directed by Luc Besson
Produced by Les Films du Dauphin/ Gaumont
Running time: 110 minutes (theatrical version)/ 136 minutes (Version Integrale)

What the *&#! Is This About?
At a restaurant in Little Italy, mafioso Little Tony (Danny Aiello) dispatches a quiet, milk-sipping foreigner named Léon (Jean [...]

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Tags: Crooked officer · Gangsters and hoodlums · Hitman · Interrogation · Master and pupil · Shootout