Success and Risks in Creating 'Beauty of Decay'

Most people don’t know what they want or feel. And for everyone, myself included, It’s very difficult to say what you mean when what you mean is painful. The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to… As an artist, I feel that we must try many things – but above all, we must dare to fail. You must have the courage to be bad – to be willing to risk everything to really express it all. 

–John Cassavetes


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Guns, Bras, and Zombies From NRA

 

HOUSTON — The political speeches get the headlines but most of the 70,000-plus people attending the National Rifle Association’s annual meeting are here to see an eye-popping extravaganza of guns and gun culture.

Nine acres of exhibits at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston show off guns, scopes, grips, holsters, targets, magazines, cabinets, safes and antiques.

And that’s just the beginning.
 
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Beautiful Cinematography Lies Ahead for 'Beauty of Decay' Film Saga

"I can't think how anyone can become a director without learning the craft of cinematography."

Nicholas Roeg


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A Weekend of an Iron Man, Iceman and Zombies

As another week at V.F.’s Hollywood Blog draws to a close, we’ve compiled the best entertainment-related content into one handy guide so that our readers can enter the weekend well informed of the relevant film releases, television events, and pop-cultural talking points. If, like Martha Stewart, you were peer-pressured into joining Match.com by Matt Lauer on national television this week, this Weekender goes out to you.

On the Marquee: After grossing nearly $200 million overseas, Iron Man 3 premieres in the U.S., starring Robert Downey Jr. and the most beautiful woman and Beyoncé song consultant in the world, Gwyneth Paltrow. To ensure generous receipts in China—the fastest-growing box office—Marvel released an alternative version of the film with exclusive footage.

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Joined Forces of Talented People Behind 'Beauty of Decay' Film Saga

"The directing of a picture means coming out of your individual loneliness and taking part in putting together a small world. A picture is made, you put a frame around it and move on."

John Houston


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Comedy and Zombies, Set to Rule this Summer?

 

Will 2013 be an unlucky summer at the movies? You wouldn’t want to accuse Hollywood studios of triskaidekaphobia, at least not with a mouthful of popcorn, but the numeral 2013 seems to have inspired an inordinate number of films about planet-killing assaults from aliens, pollution, war and zombies.

There is a ray of light in the darkness: Unlike last summer, when Dark Knight Rises and The Avengers put the competition in their shadow, this summer offers a wide diversity. Box-office prognosticators say that perhaps 20 movies may cross the $100-million mark, possibly topping 2011’s record summer. The list is led by blockbusters, including Zack Snyder’s Superman reboot (Man of Steel), Star Trek into Darkness and the neo-western, The Lone Ranger. Comedy, that other summer staple, brings back proven favourites (The Hangover Part III) and fresh pairings (Melissa McCarthy and Sandra Bullock in The Heat). Family movies, animated in 3-D, of course, stick to the familiar, with sequels such as Monsters University, Despicable Me 2 and Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters.

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A Mixture of ‘Pride, Prejudice and Zombies’

Just like its main antagonists, “Pride Prejudice and Zombies” is a film that refuses to die, and looks like it may have risen again from the dead. Burr Steers is on board to direct with Lily Collins in negotiations to star in the adaptation of Seth Grahame Smith’s mash-up of the literary classic.
The book follows the tangled relationships between lovers from different social classes in 19th century England who are faced with a new challenge — an army of undead zombies. Collins would play the Elizabeth Bennet character.

Darko Entertainment and Panorama Media are producing with Panorama funding.

The project has been in development for some time, with David O. Russell eyed to direct, Natalie Portman starring and Lionsgate distributing. But the script took too long to develop the proper tone, leading to Russell and Portman exiting because of scheduling conflicts.

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