We are now on Twitter @rushmoreacademy! We would like to hear your comments about and ideas for the new site!
The site lives…
I promise. The “Yankee Review” has been temporarily delayed, but we will be working through the materials soon.
If you have news to report or commentary/literary pieces to contribute to the site, drop me a line at edwardappleby at yankeeracers.org!
Glory fades.
Wes interviews Peter Bogdanovich
Cheers! And, Happy New Year!
From the Yankee Racers:
There’s an awesome set of videos up on youtube of Wes interviewing Peter Bogdanovich about his film They All Laughed. It’s really interesting and cool to see Wes getting to talk to one of his heroes – check it out!
(sorry for not embedding the videos, but the function has been disabled for these videos)
Part 1 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCdn_Rd5ZGE
Part 2 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_CgmZhX8Y8
Part 3 – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYRAoLPxjqs
NYT: Dave Kehr reviews the new Bottle Rocket Criterion DVD
An old favorite of ours, Dave Kehr, has a great review piece on the new DVD:
Stylistically, “Bottle Rocket” swings between poles of tension and release, order and chaos. In purely visual terms the film is tightly structured, with a systematic use of color (white for Dignan, bright red for Anthony), frontal compositions anchored by the horizon line, and a self-consciously theatrical sense of space: an open foreground for the action, played against a flat, immobile background (just as the motel rises from the flatlands around it). And there is no more linear plot structure than that of the heist film, in which pleasure lies in the orderly fulfillment of a precise program.
Wes directs Brad Pitt?
From the LA Times:
What is Brad Pitt doing in this strange Japanese TV commercial?
Well, it’s directed by Wes Anderson, so there’s that. And according to Us, it’s a remake of the 1953 French film “Les Vacances de Monseieur Hulot.” Pitt shot the Softbank commercial in Normandy on Sept. 20.
“There were lots of children on the set, and Brad was very friendly to all of them,” a set source tells Us. “Some of the children had complicated French names. He turned to them and said, ‘What is your name?’ in the most perfect French. He’s obviously been studying hard.”
As well as learning French, Brad is also mastering Japanese. “Brad also used a few Japanese words to the Softbank execs too,” the source told Us. “He’s becoming a master of many languages.”
Apparently, the Pittster’s been doing wackadoodle Japanese commercials for a few years.
Thanks to everyone who sent this along.
More soon. Sorry if it feels like we’re operating on a tape delay.
Brand new Wes Anderson interview at Onion A.V. Club
Halloween Costume Contest Winners
Bottle Rocket Criterion out this Tuesday!
The long-awaited Bottle Rocket Criterion Collection edition is out this Tuesday! The Blu-Ray edition has been delayed, to be released December 16 according to Amazon.com.
Be sure to buy Bottle Rocket and all of your holiday gifts through our links. It helps support the site!
DVD Beaver has a great feature on the new Criterion DVD set compared to the original DVD. Be sure click through, but here is a preview of the new Criterion Collection edition:
Update: Looks like DVD Beaver has cut off our image stealing, so head over there to see the screencaps.
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Geeking Out about Rushmore
The kids over at Playing In Peoria are Geeking Out about Rushmore this week. From Dustin:
I run a comedy podcast called Playing in Peoria (www.playinginpeoria.org) in Chicago. Every week we do a segment called “Weekly Geek Out” where we spotlight something we love. This latest episode (http://playinginpeoria.org/pipcast/2008/11/07/freddie-mercury-in-retirement-and-am-priet-2008-episode-23/), we “geeked out” on Rushmore, which has long been a favorite of ours and many of our listeners.
Check it out already.
Halloween costume contest update
If your entry doesn’t show up here, e-mail your photo as an attachment to edwardappleby @ yankeeracers.org (no spaces).
Cheerio.