Movie lore is full of tales of vast ambitious film projects that spiralled out of control, sank studios, killed careers or like provocative Chilean-French director Alejandro Jodorowsky’s outrageous 1970’s vision for Frank Herbert’s Dune, never saw the light of day. The documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune explores what might have been. Through interviews with Jodorowsky and some of his collaborators from 40
Read moreThe Ninja Turtles were ripe for a re-incarnation. The sight of four human sized, fun-loving ass-kicking, crime-fighting turtles living in the sewer with their giant rat ninja master Splinter, is still an enormous attraction for the tweens while the concept, which began in the 80’s, packs enough nostalgia value to lure cashed-up gen X-ers. Throw in Megan Fox and some
Read moreGerman film Wetlands is the strangest and most provocative film so far this year. A bizarre journey into confused sexuality and childhood trauma, this film features some of the most confronting scenes we’re likely to witness on a cinema screen. Every bodily fluid is emitted and smeared across the screen while every body part is waved, shaved poked, prodded and
Read moreBoyhood is a touching and lyrical film but the story about how it was made is more impressive than what we see on screen. Director Richard Linklater constructed it over 12 years and filmed it in segments between his other projects. A synopsis of the film might bring to mind the Seven-Up series as it follows a young boy named
Read moreThis week on “Built for Speed” we talk to Scot Leslie, Director of the Firelight Music Festival which takes place on Saturday September 20th at the Beaconhills Performing Arts Centre and features Antiskeptic among many others. On the movie front we explore Alejandro Jodorowsky’s epic vision for a cinematic version of Frank Herbert’s novel Dune in the documentary Jodorowsky’s Dune. We also
Read moreThis week on “Built For Speed” we speak to Elysia Zeccola-Hill, the Director of the Lavazza Italian Film Festival which runs (in Melbourne) from 17th Sept – 12th Oct. She will tell us all about the wonderfully diverse program of films on offer at the festival. On a slightly different note we’ll also review the movie reboot of the Teenage Mutant
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