Fight Scenery: The unlikely kung-fu of Scott Pilgrim and Knives Chau
Posted by Jef in Fight Scenery, Film on 07. Jun, 2011 | 7 Comments
First, some words from screenwriter Tony Gilroy (The Bourne Identity, Michael Clayton) to screenwriter William Goldman (The Princess Bride, All the President’s Men), from Goldman’s book, “Which Lie Did I Tell?”: Tone scares me. When you fuck with tone, you risk squandering that spark. You risk losing the one thing the audience brings with them. The [...]
Simon and Jef vs. Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour
Posted by theashcan in comics on 13. Aug, 2010 | 2 Comments
Simon: Did you like it? Jef: I didn’t dislike it! Simon: I feel the same way, haha. I’m settling for this ending!
Reeling: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Posted by Simon in Film, Reeling, Toronto on 29. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
The crowd in the theatre was literally buzzing during a recent advance screening of Edgar Wright’s Scott Pilgrim vs. The World. Everyone’s cell phones had been confiscated and nobody knew what time it actually was. Impatience begat face-to-face conversation and, nerdy and self-indulgent as it was, the energy in the air built to a fever [...]
