mike sent us a short clip of an interview with paul from the boogie nights days discussing john holmes:
brett sent us an article with francis ford coppola from the la weekly where he mentions punch drunk love:
Q: Tetro is my favorite film of the year thus far, but the reviews have been mixed. What do critics mean to you these days?
A: For me, the role of the critic is to teach me how I can make the next one better. I realize what my flaws are. I could learn a lot from my daughter because she’s very economical, and I tend not to be. There are obviously good critics and bad critics — who, just because the movie isn’t like anything they’ve seen, immediately call it a “muddled mess.”
If you do a Google search for “muddled mess,” you’ll see that that’s the common phrase they use when they don’t want to come out and say what’s muddled about it. People are a little bit like sheep, and unable to accept or take anything to heart unless they can link it to something that was successful before.
This young kid, Alden, is very talented, and right away, he’s “like Leonardo DiCaprio.” If a movie comes out and it’s really fresh and new, it’s not like anything else. What’s Punch-Drunk Love like? It’s unique. It’s a work of art.
and finally, nathan passed along a link to “they shoot pictures, don’t they?” which has a list of the “200 best films of the 21st century” and there will be blood sits at #14 and punch-drunk love sits at #16. check the site out here.
some vaguely related site news: jeff and i are passively beginning to work on a fresh design for the site, more than likely going to a more portfolio-like set-up with the blog style news updates. as well as filling in all the missing holes that have existed around the site for the last little while. it’s a little ways off still, but as a head’s up. also, if any of you happen to live/be in italy this weekend, click here.
it has been officially announced that the av club will be releasing a book called: “inventory: 16 films featuring manic pixie dream girls, 10 great songs nearly ruined by saxophone and 100 more obsessively specific pop-culture lists” which features exclusive content from paul.
we had a hand in helping join the two together a while back, so it’s wonderful to see that all the stars have aligned for the best, as we are large onion/av club fans here at the vines. from their mouth:
Regular readers of this site will recognize parts of that title from our Inventory feature. But don’t expect nothing but reruns: The book’s about 15% greatest hits and 85% new material. Like what? Like these:
The Movies Don’t Want You, Tony Danza: 28-Plus Films That Failed To Make Movie Stars Out Of TV Stars
Stay Off The Hell Bus: 13 Songs About The Horrors Of Bus Travel
Toilets Are For Chumps: 24 Stupid Inventions For Lazy Americans
Oh, The Places You Shouldn’t Go: 15 Dr. Seuss Characters That Sound Like Sex Toys
But wait, there’s more: Inventory also features an introduction by Chuck Klosterman and guest lists from Zach Galifianakis, Amy Sedaris, PattonOswalt, Paul Thomas Anderson, “Weird Al” Yankovic and more. Plus fantastic illustrations from Danny Hellman, production design from Jon Resh that will melt your eyes, and a pair of book-length megalists: Things In A.V. Club Heaven and Things In A.V. Club Hell. (Heaven: Blade Runner; Hell: Runaway.)
the book will be released october 13th, but it can be pre-ordered from amazon here
today we have a few things to entertain you: first off, this video has been floating around for a bit but i always forgot to post it. it is a q&a with paul at arclight hollywood. embedded for your convenience:
we have received countless emails alerting us to the executive producer ‘desperadoes’ listing on paul’s imdb. you need to have imdbpro in order to see the details of the film.
luckily i have a pro account, and i regret to tell you there is nothing more except a link to some german website which has less information than the imdb site. i’ll check in with paul’s assistant and see what’s what.
finally, paul visited maya rudolph on the set of her new film ‘grown ups’ which stars adam sandler and everyone else on earth. here are two photos from comingsoon.net:
important re-reminder: occasionally our web hosting service tells you your email couldn’t be delivered to us but, again, we are receiving everything - we promise.
in an article with maya rudolph, she announces that her and paul are expecting their second child. the article is small, so i will save you the trip to people.com:
In the upcoming summer film, Away We Go, Maya Rudolph’s character is pregnant. Well, off-screen, the actress is pregnant too!
The Saturday Night Live star, 36, is expecting her second child with her partner, director Paul Thomas Anderson, she reveals in an interview slated to air Monday on ET Canada.
“I wasn’t planning on sharing it, but yes I am pregnant!” she tells the show. In a nod to the irony of playing pregnant, followed by actually being pregnant, she says, “I know it’s really weird timing.”
Already mom to daughter Pearl, 3, Rudolph says her current pregnancy is “totally different” than her first one. “The first time you are like wide-eyed: ‘What are we doing?, Who’s coming?, How do we take care of them?’ But this time, I’m like I have to sit down, I’m pregnant.’ ”
She adds, “When you have a three-and-a-half-year-old, you don’t have time to rest and nap and do all the those sweet pampering type things you did for yourself the first time. You are like, ‘I got to get to bed!’”
As for adding to her family, Rudolph says she’s psyched. “I feel like everyone who has had more then one [child], says you should do it. It’s nice to have this experience.”
