Smokin' Joe Carnahan: NYC/GRINDHOUSE/ETC

NYC/GRINDHOUSE/ETC

05/07/2007 at 08:27 AM

Guys:

In NYC shooting an (off all things) skin-care commercial with Matt Fox.
When an airbourne viral strain threatens most of the city. Matt
(playing an exotic frigate captain) deadheads a cargo hull's worth of
fine L'Oreal skin products into the docks and marauds through the
lower East Side and Midtown, slathering everyone in his path with
high end moisturizer....ok.....no.....that's not really what we're doing.

Caught 'Grindhouse' again at the Regal in Union Square (which is a great
place to watch a flick because the audiences are pretty die hard) and the
house was packed. How that film didn't do better business confounds the
sh*t out of me. It's entertaining as hell and all the little touches make for
a f*cking good time at the Cine. Isn't that why you go to movies? To
'ooh and ahh?' Naveen Andrews winds up face down in a pile of severed
balls? C'mon! Stuntman Mike hitting that sh*tty little Ford Fiesta they were
driving and seeing the demise of each girl? (Sally Menke cut the hell out of
that stuff) I just can't figure out how dogsh*t does well and a film like this can't
bring people in. It's going to slay on DVD though. SLAY.

Alright guys, back to planning our assault on psoriasis and other forms of dry
skin. I'll be dropping communiques all week.

Comments

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	Posted by: JeffreyWright 05/07/2007 at 10:32 AM
LOL. That one was off the chain yo! Looking forward to the communiques!

Posted by: DanV 05/07/2007 at 10:51 AM

Dear JC,

The Baseball Furies want to place an order for a case of L’Oreal Invigorating Moisturizer. They claim a night of bashing brains in really dries out their skin. Please meet them in Central Park at 1:30am tonight for the drop off. You can send Matt in your place if you are to busy.

Can you Dig It?
DanV

Posted by: Shalimar 05/07/2007 at 11:29 AM

I use L'Oreal Anti Fatigue!

It's a shame that because of the disappointing performance in the US, Grindhouse is being SPLIT over here in the UK! So instead of June 1st we now gotta wait untill September 21st for Death Proof (Planet Terror doesn't even have a date yet). This kinda defeats the whole purpose of Grindhouse was meant to be about.

Posted by: JeffreyWright 05/07/2007 at 12:09 PM

Shalimar - That sucks! Sometimes it works the other way around though... I remember seeing STAY in Korea and then coming back to the US and having it pop out on DVD a week later... didn't really matter, no continent liked the film.

Incidentally, I'm reading a script now about a Korean guy's life and how if he'd made different choices he'd be in different places... so, the story goes from London, to Paris to Seoul. Where in the hell this thing would open, I haven't a clue, but I'd guess Seoul or Busan Int'l Film Festival.

Anyway, it has one of the best lines I've ever heard, spoken by a Korean guy with a British accent..."I went to the strip club last night with some friends from church." Classic.

	Posted by: RTA 05/07/2007 at 12:15 PM
Is that spot running here, or just over seas?

Posted by: Scott 05/07/2007 at 02:20 PM

I cant understand either why Grindhouse did so poorly in the US! I watched the movie, I loved the movie, and when it comes to DVD I'm going to by all the versions they release (normal and Special Edition)! I will support the film in that way and I hope everyone else does to!!

Scott

	Posted by: erik 05/07/2007 at 02:37 PM
Ive seen Grindhouse 7 times. (one more than smokin aces) I am still astonished both of the films didnt do AMAZING at the box office.

	Posted by: Justin 05/07/2007 at 03:44 PM
Awesome, love Matt Fox on Lost...brilliant actor. Still need to see Grindhouse but trying to catch Fracture first! Think you'll end up working with Fox anytime in the near future, Joe? I would say he'd be great to get for anything for The Grey but he might want to avoid being the -i'm-stranded guy.

	Posted by: JeffreyWright 05/07/2007 at 03:45 PM
Damn Erik! 7 times? They should give you a role in their next flick for that!

Posted by: Drew Douglas 05/07/2007 at 07:39 PM

Joe, I was reading about Grindhouse 2 with Eli Roth doing his Thanksgiving film.

I loved his previous two films and after Cabin Fever came out, i was hailing as the next big thing. he totally gets that 80/70s horror, camp feel and I think amazing. His trailer was one of the best things about Grindhouse.

Thoughts on a sequel?