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Lance Loud, of An American Family fame, is dead.
In feeble defense of A Night on Earth, I thought Roberto Begnini's segment was very funny and I loved the guys from Finland. Jarmusch was still (partway) in his "people staring into space for long stretches of time" mode when he made that. I like Dead Man and Ghost Dog much better.
I don't really have much to say in defense of Winona Ryder, as an actress or star. I think I share a lot of guys' taste that she's cute, but also ironic and a little bit "off" and therefore more appealing than the usual bimbo sex symbol. But that's totally subjective and has little to do with acting ability.
key-z vids
Heavy metal parking lot to appear in MOMA documentary fortnight (or rent it from your local video store).
Heavy Metal Parking Lot: 15th Anniversary
Tour. 2001. USA. Directed by Jeff Krulik and
John Heyn. A sixteen-minute video documentary
shot in a parking lot in suburban Maryland, right
before a 1986 concert by the English hard-rock
band Judas Priest, Heavy Metal Parking Lot
vividly captures a moment in pop culture–the 1980s
version of a rock 'n' roll ritual, with kids hanging
out, getting loaded, and screaming "Priest!" at the
top of their lungs. For the fifteenth anniversary of
their popular underground success, the filmmakers
have assembled a compendium of related shorts.
Filmmaker Krulik present. 90 min.
The film rights to C.S. Lewis' "seven-part fantasy book series 'The Chronicles of Narnia'" have been bought -- "with plans to develop it into a franchise, beginning with the children's classic 'The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'" (Hollywood Reporter).