26 May

More Updates about The Fly SE DVD

More updates about The Fly Special Edition DVD, coming directly from the man in charge of this project - DVD producer David Prior: Just spoke with Cronenberg and he loved the doc I made, Fear of the Flesh (clocking in at about 2 and a half hours now), and reversed his position on the leg-amputation part of the monkey-cat sequence, so the deleted reel 8B will be presented in it's entirety. He even said that he's started reevaluating his position on deleted material in general. I don't know how much The Fly can take credit for that, but I like to think it had something to do with it. The Fly will be two DVDs. With close to four hours of supplemental material (not including commentary), there's no other way to do it. I'm not sure who this tipster was [referring to the recent tip by Frothma posted here a week ago -- DK], but it was never going to be a single disc. As to reel 8B, Cronenberg had problems with the leg amputation beyond just the lighting; he was never satisifed with the sequence as a whole. That said, it's misleading to think of them as different sequences -- it's one long scene that begins with the monkey cat and ends on the awning, and the rough cut screening in Toronto included the whole thing. As far as other deleted scenes go, you will see more than you probably expected, most of them transferred from the original negative. From whole scenes, like Roni's interview of Brundle after the first teleporting, to excised bits of dialogue (poetry of the steak, etc.), even the bag lady murder in script form (it was never shot). Some are set apart in the Deleted Scenes section, the majority of them are contained within the documentary. And yes, there's quite a bit of foot sucking. Based on what he said, I think the thing that changed Cronenberg's mind about the deleted material was the intense level of detail in the documentary. I edited the thing as I hoped it would live, knowing he might want me to cut huge chunks out. Thankfully, however, he appreciated the approach. He said it was like "re-living the whole experience, but in the best possible way." That was an amazingly gratifying thing to hear. I tried to get Howard Shore to do one as well, but I couldn't schedule any time with him. Busy guy, as you can imagine. Thanks to Greg K.

18 May

Latest The Fly SE DVD News

Although rumors claim that the Special Edition DVD of The Fly has been delayed to Halloween 2006, we have some happier news. Going to the Star Wars III Premiere on Thursday, Frothma ran into someone from Fox DVD, who told him that they are releasing a special edition on a single disk in September 2005. Let's hope this is true and that this is really the special edition we are all looking forward to. Thanks a lot, Frothma, for the scoop!

16 May

Videos from Cannes

The official site of the Cannes Film Festival has put some videos of the events earlier today. Here are the history of violence videos: Photo Call and Interview Windows Media: Low / High Real Video: Low / High Press conference Windows Media: Low / High Real Video: Low / High      Trailer Windows Media: Low / High Real Video: Low / High

Cronenberg at Cannes

First photos of Cronenberg's photocall earlier today at Cannes. Seems like he had a good time:

15 May

Painkillers Back on Tracks!

David Cronenberg - who is currently in Cannes for tomorrow's screening of A History of Violence - will direct Painkillers next. Last Friday, Cronenberg and producer Robert Lantos confirmed that Painkillers will be Cronenberg's next movie. Painkillers has been in development for several years and is based on Cronenberg's first original screenplay since eXistenZ (1999). The movie is budgeted at $35 million (the largest of any Cronenberg movie) and is being readied for release in late 2006. "Sometimes it's good to be afraid of what you create", Cronenberg said. "And I am afraid of Painkillers. I'm very afraid, and that's why I have to do it". Sources: Dark Horizons, MSNBC, Coming Soon, Screen Daily. Thanks to Thomas for pointing this out!

7 May

A History of Violence Premiere

The official site of the 58th Cannes Film Festival now has a Screening Guide. A History of Violence will be screened on May 16 in the Grand Theatre Lumiere at 11:50 and at 22:45, and the following day in the salle Debussy at 8:30. According to this guide, the movie's length is 96 min. This contradicts their other publication that said it's 90 min.

6 May

The Crazies Remake

Director Brad Anderson and writer Scott Kosar, who collaberated on The Machinist (2004), will rejoin for a remake of George A. Romero's movie The Crazies (1973). The movie is planned for a 2006 release.

30 Seconds to Mars New Album

Rock band 30 Seconds to Mars, with frontman Jared Leto, will release their second album, A Beautiful Lie, on August 16. You can listen to one of the tracks, Attack, on their official website. It's the whole song in mp3 (128kbps CBR). Meanwhile, they start a US tour in 2 week. The full schedule is here. If you're not familiar with the band yet, I highly recommend that you listen to their first album - it's fantastic (and highly addictive!).

5 May

Holocaust Remembrance Day

In memory of my 16 family members and the 6 million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis. May god revenge their blood. Visit Yad Vashem