Gus Van Zant and "The Electric Kool Aid Acid Test"

[MC Moot]

I just read that he’s directing it…which is coincidental cause I re-read a couple of chapters over the holiday’s and pondered why no one’s had a go…the book lends it self so well to a possible screenplay…so, what it really comes down to…is…are you on the bus or off the bus?...

P.S: Francis Ford Coppola has had the options for "On the Road" for years, as well…he should really do something about it….(y)

[abcdefz]

On the Road has the chance of being a way better movie than it is a book. Supposedly, Coppola was going to do it in 16mm black and
white for umpteen years.

Reviews for his new movie are pretty scathing, though. I wonder if he's just really lost his way.

Maybe he can give the property to Sophia.

[MC Moot]

On the Road has the chance of being a way better movie than it is a book. Supposedly, Coppola was going to do it in 16mm black and
white for umpteen years.

Reviews for his new movie are pretty scathing, though. I wonder if he's just really lost his way.

Maybe he can give the property to Sophia.

huh...Maybe he has...I just swung by IMDB and it's in pre-production and he’s listed as exec producer only….

[abcdefz]

Walter Salles directing? Who the hell is that?

I saw Paris, je t'aime but I don't specifically remember his segment.

[MC Moot]

Walter Salles directing? Who the hell is that?

I saw Paris, je t'aime but I don't specifically remember his segment.

HOLY SHIT!!!...that's PERFECT....the man behind "The Motorcycle Diaries"....(y)(y)(y)(y)

[abcdefz]

I haven't seen that, or Behind the Sun. I heard Behind the Sun was really good.

[MC Moot]

I haven't seen that, or Behind the Sun. I heard Behind the Sun was really good.

You must,it's brilliant!...(y)

*sends you to netflix*

[MC Moot]

ohhh "Behind the Sun" does look promising....

[abcdefz]

I'm not into the whole romanticizing Che thing.

Curious to see what Soderbergh does with his two Che movies...

[MC Moot]

I'm not into the whole romanticizing Che thing.

Curious to see what Soderbergh does with his two Che movies...

ahhhhh but you see this is Che before Karl Marx on a road trip with his best friend,practicing his juvenille medical skills along the way,begining to observe/recognize the strugle of the proletariat....it's a beautiful film...as Soderberghs self admitted bitch you must be interested...I still have yet to rent "The Good German" cause you hacked your man...:D

[abcdefz]

Yeah, it's pretty lame.

Don't rent Full Frontal, either. While we're on the subject.

Though at least that has a couple of things in it that are kind of interesting...

[MC Moot]

yeah itrust ur advice...the thing about T.G.German that keeps me waivering is that I guess he used alot of vintage cameras/equipment filming it,apparently some of the same gear "Dr Strangelove" was made with...that's kinda interesting,me thinks....but if it don't play,then it just don't play,despite the experimentation/sentimentality notion...

[abcdefz]

It's got that, and Tobey Maguire is kind of good/creepy in it.

That's pretty much what I went for, and once you're about ten or fifteen minutes in, the novelty wears off and it's just dull, dull, dull.

But hey, maybe that's just me.

[HEIRESS]

I hate tobey's stupid gooey face and his goddamn whiny voice. it was worth the rental just to see him get it good.

other than that the movie was trying to hard without any end product to show for it.
and why did george get his ass kicked so many times? you are in the freaking army, did it teach you nothing about self defence?
though the scene where the hooker roommate says "she'd make a good wife, she knows aallll the tricks" had me laughing for like 2 minutes afterwards.

[MC Moot]

I hate tobey's stupid gooey face and his goddamn whiny voice. it was worth the rental just to see him get it good.

other than that the movie was trying to hard without any end product to show for it.
and why did george get his ass kicked so many times? you are in the freaking army, did it teach you nothing about self defence?
though the scene where the hooker roommate says "she'd make a good wife, she knows aallll the tricks" had me laughing for like 2 minutes afterwards.

You know I'm not a fan either...however...."Wonder Boys" and "Cider House Rules" were 2 movies that I actually had no interest in at all but ended up not being all that bad...

[abcdefz]

Wonder Boys is pretty fucking terrific.

[HEIRESS]

I think wonder boys is the only thing ive ever been able to stomach him in. not only stomach, but enjoy.
true, true.

[abcdefz]

Not even Pleasantville? Spider-Man 2?

[HEIRESS]

I HATE HIM

[abcdefz]

Is he the guy who fucked your boyfriend? :D

[cookiepuss]

I saw Paris, je t'aime but I don't specifically remember his segment.

oh hey, I really enjoyed Paris, je t'ame.(y) The cohen brothers segment was probably my favorite.

[abcdefz]

oh hey, I really enjoyed Paris, je t'ame.(y) The cohen brothers segment was probably my favorite.


I liked that a lot. So many of the others were sort of fawning over Paris or romanticizing it... all the sudden the Coens and Buscemi
show up and sort of piss on the wall. (y)

[MC Moot]

I'd like to submit,for the record,that "Central Station" is another great movie directed by Salles...(y)

[Documad]

I just read that he’s directing it…
I usually see his movies because even when they're bad they're interesting. So I will probably see this. I don't see the point of making the movie though. Just like I didn't see the point of filming Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Sometimes it's just too late to make a movie out of a book -- especially when the book is dated.


oh hey, I really enjoyed Paris, je t'ame.(y) The cohen brothers segment was probably my favorite.
I have almost rented this movie a dozen times. I am put off by the fact that I generally don't like movies that contain short stories. I like one narrative. I absolutely love Paris though. Maybe it's time, now that I have the big screen TV.

[MC Moot]

I usually see his movies because even when they're bad they're interesting. So I will probably see this. I don't see the point of making the movie though. Just like I didn't see the point of filming Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Sometimes it's just too late to make a movie out of a book -- especially when the book is dated..

As I said the book lends itself perfectly to film adaptation and I think you may miscontrue "dated"...it recounts and chronicles one of the most fascinating periods in American history and the height of the counter culture movement...I do think it may be even more interesting to see a concise documentary on the era....which could be assembled from the actual footage,audio and art that was shot/made on the pilgrimage...

But still what a cast of characters to work with:

Carolyn Adams
Ken Babbs
Stewart Brand
William S. Burroughs
Neal Cassady
Bob Dylan
Jerry Garcia
Allen Ginsberg
Hells Angels
Jack Kerouac
Ken Kesey
Timothy Leary
Larry McMurtry
Hunter S. Thompson
Owsley Stanley
Jefferson Airplane
Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground
William Westerfeld House
Country Joe & the Fish
Wavy Gravy

(y)