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kryzb

Sydney, New South Wales, AUSTRALIA


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Comment by kryzb
on The Funding Pie

December 5th 2006 03:29
The AFC are fucked. They basically drown you in a sea of unnecessary government paperwork bullshit. There is no life line here. The AFC have said repeatedly they don't want to be the surrogate film industry in Aus. Instead, they want private enterprise to pick up the slack. But there is no real incentives to do so. What's more, there is no real support for filmmakers. Ultimately what this means is that the cottage film industry in Aus is comprised of two kinds of people: a few hard working and dedicated people that love to make films and ply their craft (It's about the love of filmmaking baby!), and a few wankers who like the taste of AFC cock in their mouths (usually once it's been up your arse). For that matter, the FFC and NSW FTO are no better. Guerilla is the only way.
kryz

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on Nine Best Aussie Love Scenes

November 16th 2006 12:37
Hi Fish,

Bad Boy Bubby had some memorable love/sex scenes from memory. Bubby's seduction by the Salvation Army girl and his perverse, almost graphic sexual encounters with his obese, aged mother. And it does have a gratuitous rape scene as well - a vicious prison rape no less. Now that's good convict lovin'. (Maybe you have to shoot a rape scene as well before you can call yourself a filmmaker?)

I know it's not an Aussie film but Mulholland Drive does has an Aussie actress in one of the hottest sex scenes ever between Naomi Watts and the mysterious brunette.

kryz.

Comment by kryzb
on What is your most memorable film opening you've seen?

November 14th 2006 04:33
Hi Tracy,
Leonie's establishing shot in The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly has to be one of the best ever.
(Tarantino paid homage to this in the establishing shot of Kill Bill.)
kryz

Comment by kryzb
on Which book do you think should never have been made into a film?

November 14th 2006 04:17
Hi Bryn (and Tracy),

Admittedly I made my mind up about Ellis after reading American Psycho. And that was a while ago. I may just l have to blow the dust off and give it another shot. I'm always open to updating my views. If Ellis can expand his literary horizons as a writer I can too as a reader.

When you talk of the writer blurring the line between autobiography and novel I think of William S. Burroughs. Much of his work is semi-autobiographical, in particular, Junkie, which explores his opiate addiction, and Queer, which explores his homosexuality.

Btw, I've got lots of time for Stephen King, I grew up reading his books! But you've reminded me of The Running Man. That's one of my favourite short stories! I have to say, to return to the post topic, that while Arnie delivers some great one liners in the film, I don't think it's half as good as King's story.

=) kryz.

Comment by kryzb
on Which book do you think should never have been made into a film?

November 13th 2006 04:10
Lyne's version of Lolita may be more faithful to the novel, but that's reflecting the change in the 'moral values' of censors over time. For me, Lolita the novel is like an iceberg. Film will only ever capture the small, exposed tip and the depth of the work can only be fully appreciated in the novel.
We sure aren't going to agree on Ellis! - to my mind he is a pulp fiction hack. =)
Another poor film adaption that comes to mind would have to be Troy (which I only watched the other night) based on Homer's Iliad. The adaptation, if you can call it that, is so loose I wonder if is it fair to call Troy an adaption of the Iliad at all?

kryz

Comment by kryzb
on What is your favourite road trip movie?

November 11th 2006 05:39
Let's not forget Mad Max!

Comment by kryzb
on Your most memorable music moment in a film..

November 11th 2006 04:37
Some of my favorite soundtracks would have to be:
- Neil Young's haunting music to Dead Man
- Dancer in the Dark (my most memorable scene is when Bjork dances and sings with the cop she has killed!)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou?
- American Psycho with it's rocking eighties soundtrack (not to mention Patrick Bateman's hilarious commentary, particularly on Huey Lewis and the News)
- Any of Morricone's music on Leonie's films is also excellent.
- Of course Tarantino also puts cool soundtracks together.

Have a good one,
kryz

Comment by kryzb
on Which book do you think should never have been made into a film?

November 11th 2006 04:02
Hi,

The book I wish that wasn't made into a film is Lolita - one of the greatest books ever written in my opinion. Forget the Jeremy Irons version, it's crap and definitely shouldn't have been made. I'm taking about the 1962 version. Even though Nabokov adapted the screenplay from his own book (admittedly little of which was used) and Kubrick directed the film, it suffered greatly at the hands of the censors. In a 1972 Newsweek interview, Kubrick said that had he realized how severe the censorship limitations were going to be, he "probably wouldn't have made the film." Ultimately, both Nabokov and Kubrick disowned the film (for different reasons) and we should too.

Having said that, one of the best adaptations would have to be American Psycho. A terrible book but a great film!

kryz.

Comment by kryzb
on AFC Blacklist

November 11th 2006 03:31
Hey,
Hasn't David Stratton been number 1 on that list since the sixties?
kryz

Comment by kryzb
on Ten Best Aussie Films

November 10th 2006 00:10
Hi Fish,

My ten best Australian films of all time would have to be:

-Ghosts... of the Civil Dead
-Lantana
-The Interview
-Mad Max
-Alexandra's Project
-Dead Calm
-Everynight...Everynight
-Romper Stomper
-Picnic at Hanging Rock
-Body Melt

yours, aye

kryz