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By: justin stone

justin stone — Sun, 22 Jan 2006 18:39:20 +0000

news on “mister lonely”, for anybody interested:

News on the production via Screendaily:

Geoffrey Macnab in Santa Monica 02 November 2005 04:00

Colourful details have emerged of Mister Lonely, the latest feature from Tennessee and London-based maverick Harmony Korine (Gummo, Julien Donkey Boy). 60s icon Anita Pallenberg is to play the Queen Of England, Denis Lavant will portray Charlie Chaplin, Samantha Morton is Marilyn Monroe and Diego Luna will play a Michael Jackson impersonator

“I am trying to do things I haven’t done before. It’s my most ambitious film. I really want to push myself visually,” Korine told Screen International. The $9.5 million production, his first feature since 1999, is due to shoot in the north of Scotland, France and French Guyana. Celluloid Dreams is handling international sales and has already closed a deal with Gaga for Japan.

The plotline is outlandish, even by Korine’s standards. This is a yarn about a young American lost in Paris, eking out a living as a Michael Jackson lookalike. By co-incidence, he meets Marilyn Monroe. He follows her to a commune in Scotland, joining her husband Charlie Chaplin and her daughter Shirley Temple. Fellow residents include The Pope, The Queen of England, Madonna and James Dean. The drama is also partly set In a Brazilian forest where a community of missionary nuns bring aid to the locals.

Korine co-scripted with Avi Korine. Executive produced by Nadja Romain for Love Streams, the film is co-produced by Korine’s new production outfit, O’Salvation, Agnes b’s Love Streams Productions and ARTE (France) The cinematographer is Marcel Zyskind.

The director describes O’Salvation, launched earlier this year, as “an outlet to make films away from the system or the machine.” The company has already produced Blackberry Winter by Brent Stewart and Aluminium Fowl by James Clauer.

By: Shit-for-Brains

Shit-for-Brains — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:34:28 +0000

Geogre W. Bush is the best president ever!

By: Shitballs

Shitballs — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:25:53 +0000

And I love Lee and Ready.

By: Shitface

Shitface — Thu, 19 Jan 2006 00:03:50 +0000

I didn’t realize that Ken Park was available on DVD. I love Abel Ferrara and Bryce Howard’s vagina.

By: justin stone

justin stone — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:53:06 +0000

Put the headshot in an envelope, write nothing on it but “Return to Sender”, drop it out the window, and you’re quite likely cast.

“Ben, since when are you a Harmony Korine fan”–

I personally would not forgive Ben were he not. He seems to be one guy I can count on.

And, no, I’ve not seen Ken Park yet, but I’ve imagined it time and again. I didn’t know you had that. I want to see. And that Bonnie Prince Billy video was great, I saw it recently. Nearly gave me a very quiet but almost deadly seizure.

People we must have a group “motel, glimpse” screening soon. I’m afraid something was missed.

By: LYT

LYT — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:28:29 +0000

Forget headshots…I’d like to submit a money shot.

Ben, since when are you a Harmony Korine fan?

By: Ben Boyer

Ben Boyer — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 22:45:54 +0000

I realize this site isn’t Backstage West or anything, but does anyone know how I might be able to submit a headshot and resume for the role of “Donkey Balls” in the aforementioned project?

Last thing I saw from Korine was the amazing music video he made for a song from Bonnie Prince Billy’s “Greatest Palace Hits” CD – it’s hosted somewhere online.

Stone – did I ever loan you my “Ken Park” DVD, the last movie Korine wrote? Remind me to to that if not.

By: justin stone

justin stone — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:58:07 +0000

I’m working up a treatment on the “Chris Sivertson sucks donkey balls” thesis as of this exact moment; I don’t know that I’ve ever heard a more compelling idea!

On a tanget: anybody heard anything about this latest movie Harmony Korine was supposedly shooting in Iceland or something like that?

By: David N. Scott

David N. Scott — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:52:33 +0000

Or, as I call it, ‘The I’ll make boring, weird, hackish movies’ manifesto.

But that’s just me. Hee!

By: ED209

ED209 — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 21:42:28 +0000

“Breaking The Waves” gave me an annoying migrane and a nauseating stomach ache. My then-girlfriend kept falling asleep during the film. We both left during the middle of it in total disappointment.

On the other hand, I have to give props to those who attempt to make film projects based on the Dogme 95 manifesto.