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murderballadeer · 5 months

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4 and 16!

4 - did you discover any new authors that you love this year? i'd like to read more of toni morrison's work now that i've read beloved!

16 - what is the most overhyped book you read this year? the road to wellville... my mom said it was really good & it had good reviews & everything but i just found it kind of boring and way too long

#thank u cleo :)#asked and answered #mutuals 💕

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captaincolossal · 1 year

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Just another sewing and podcasts or whatever day, you know. Not really any conversation starters there.

Ugh, this one's allegedly mediocre and (have confirmed) is very long. But, I don't have to get my prickly niece from work tonight, so let's put on this C-word horror film and have a boozy drink.

A Cure for Wellness (2016)

It's not a fucking epic, why is it so long, Jesus Christ.

Okay, based on the title, I already had this confused with The Road to Wellville (1994), and setting it at a sanitarium is not helping.

#a cure for wellness #movie funtime

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tobacconist · 6 months

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watched 'the road to wellville' last night, and i will be honest it has me wondering if a yoghurt enema would cure all that ails me

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andyridgeley · 9 months

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john cusack 90s edition

WHEW...i'll cover the ones i've seen this is gonna be LONG <3

send me a movie!

#thanks for the distraction ilu<3 #fare thee ask

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eliceislandent · 1 year

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The best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray."

-proverb

“Der mentsh trakht un got lakht” is an old Yiddish adage that translates to Man plans and God laughs.

I mention these because it’s been a week since I posted. I want this blog to be a frequent bts look at life as a writer and producer and consistency is a key part of that. Unfortunately, the universe had other ideas.

On Sunday I went down hard with a 24-hour bug. It wasn’t that I felt so terrible (tho I didn’t feel great), but I was very tired. Ask anyone who knows me and I am rarely tired and don’t need quite as much sleep as most.

But sleep is what I did, most of Sunday and half of Monday, MLK Day.

By the afternoon I started to feel better tho by then my stomach was a little topsy turvy. I did what work I could editing one chapter in “The Double” (Eddie Ankin Book One). Then, editing a couple of videos for YouTube and social media that I had previously shot. I got those posted and called it a day.

Unfortunately, that night my middle daughter caught what I had and woke up sick on Tuesday. So, what I planned to be a full day spent working while watching my son, was also spent caring for my under-the-weather little girl. To paraphrase Maxamillian Schell from The Freshman, “Carmine said one….but there are two.”

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At least I avoided the Komodo dragon.

By this morning the middle child was on the road to wellville, but not surprisingly my eldest and my youngest were now sick with the same cold.

So, rather than much writing, editing, or filming, I’ve been hopping to and fro taking care of the whole family today.

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Which…while thankless at times…is the greatest job in the world (hard and exhausting…but great)

On the writing front, I am revising a few chapters of “The Double” leading up to the final showdown to be sure the story flows and the tension is ratcheted up before the climax. So I worked on that in fits and starts throughout the day.

Late last night, I spent a couple of hours revising the outline for a horror film I am writing on spec. Then I watched The Last of Us and went to bed

The Last of Us pilot episode is really really good.

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I wrote a script a couple of years ago for a producer at Netflix called HIDE BEHINDS based on a camp ghost story I heard while a camper at Camp Winaukee (yes, Winaukee like the ship gunner who gave Christopher Walken the watch in Pulp Fiction which Walken wore up his ass all those years before giving it to young Butch (Bruce Willis). Or maybe the camp was named after an American Indian tribe. One or the other. But I digress…)

Nothing came of that script but I also never shopped it anywhere else because I was busy at the time with other projects. But, I figure that HIDE BEHINDS, along with this new script, will hopefully be a double barrel blast of terror when sent to Hollywood producers, directors, and actors.

As for today, the only real thing I’ve gotten to is this blog post which I started writing about 28 minutes ago when all three children blessedly fell asleep for much needed naps.

Going forward, I plan to bring a production mindset to all my work and responsibilities. Rather than trying to multitask writing, filming, editing, or marketing, never mind advertising, developing, producing, plus family time, I am going to dedicate each day fully to one thing (okay two things because apparently it is illegal in some states to neglect your children…What’s that? It’s illegal in all states? Good to know.)

Next week, I am shifting to a full-on batch mentality:

-Writing days.

-Production days (shoot and edit).

-Marketing days

In television production when you shoot more than one episode at a time (to save time, money, or for logistics) it’s called double-boarding episodes.

The schedule is broken down by scenes that can be shot at the same time, even if they may appear in different episodes.

Often, a single director will double-board episodes so that there isn’t the same time spent transitioning between episodic directors.

In Game of Thrones for instance a director who shot the big battle sequence that spans two or three episodes may not be the credited director on all three. However, they (along with second-unit directors) did shoot scenes that appeared in other episodes.

Batching is kinda the online video equivalent and has become something of a mentality in the “rise-and-grind” world we all supposedly live in. Personally, the only rising and grinding I do is for coffee.

With that said, I hope all of you are healthy and remain so throughout 2023 (with wealthy and wise soon to follow). More to come this week.

#writing tip #writing life #writing a book #books #movies #scary movies #hollywood #sick day

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torley · 1 year

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The Road to Wellville (1994): A fictional retelling of the life of Dr. Kellogg, the same Dr. Kellogg whose name is now synonymous with breakfast cereals. In short, the man was a nut, but a very eccentric nut. Played by Anthony Hopkins in a performance that rivals Hannibal Lecter in it’s confidence and insanity, the film focuses on Dr. Kellogg’s wellness center, the Battle Creek sanitarium, known simply to it’s visitors as The San. The sanity ends there, however, as Dr. Kellogg’s abhorrence of s Consumer Culture https://www.flickfeast.co.uk/top-ten/overlooked-underrated/

#pinterest #Consumer Culture

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thryallidasyllogos · 2 years

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#σαν_σημερα #31jul του 2020 "έφυγε" ο Άλαν Πάρκερ ο μοναδικός Βρετανός σκηνοθέτης που μας μεγάλωσε, εμάς τους μεγάλους και εξακολουθεί να εμπνέει και τους μικρότερους... Θες να μας πεις την ταινία του Πάρκερ που έχεις δει πάνω από 6 φορές;;;; τουλάχιστον;;; ⤵️ Εδώ η φιλμογραφια. 1974: Our Cissy 1974: Footsteps 1975: The Evacuees (TV) 1976: Bugsy Malone 1978: Το Εξπρές του Μεσονυχτίου 1980: Fame 1982: Shoot the Moon 1982: Pink Floyd – The Wall 1984: Birdy 1987: Angel Heart 1988: Mississippi Burning 1990: Come See the Paradise 1991: The Commitments 1994: The Road to Wellville 1996: Evita 1999: Angela’s Ashes 2003: The Life of David Gale #cinema #alanparker #cinephile #σινεφιλ #κινηματογράφος #σινεμα #thryallida #thryallidagram #newpost #new #challenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CgqsD_htcDH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#σαν_σημερα #31jul #cinema #alanparker #cinephile #σινεφιλ #κινηματογράφος #σινεμα #thryallida #thryallidagram #newpost #new #challenge

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bookishfreedom · 3 years

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Apocalyptic fiction 💥 So I got to break my book-buying ban thanks to my English class this semester, which is on (you guessed it!) apocalyptic fiction! I’ve heard really great things about all of these books, and surprisingly haven’t read any yet, so I’m really looking forward to diving in this semester. It’ll be especially interesting taking this class in the midst of an actual pandemic...

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johnnyq-q · 3 years

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John Cusack:

Bullets Over Broadway

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clemsfilmdiary · 2 years

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The Best of May 2022

Best Discovery: A Thousand and One Nights

Runners Up: Le Chat, Songs from the Second Floor

Best Rewatch: Little Shop of Horrors

Runners Up: After Dark, My Sweet, Erin Brockovich, Demonlover, Giants and Toys, The Straight Story

Most Enjoyable Fluff: Down Twisted

Runners Up: The Adventures of Milo and Otis, Always Amore, Bordello of Blood, Harriet Craig, A Little Thing Called Murder, Saving Mr. Banks, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze

Oddity of the Month: The Road to Wellville

Best Male Performance: Rick Moranis in Little Shop of Horrors

Runners Up: Richard Farnsworth in The Straight Story, Jean Gabin in Le Chat, Toshiro Mifune in The Rickshaw Man, Jason Patric in After Dark, My Sweet, Bill Paxton in One False Move

Best Female Performance: Ellen Greene in Little Shop of Horrors

Runners Up: Julia Roberts in Erin Brockovich, Simone Signoret in Le Chat, Rachel Ward in After Dark, My Sweet, Cynda Williams in One False Move

Best Supporting Performance or Cameo: Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors

Runners Up: Bruce Dern in After Dark, My Sweet, Aaron Eckhart and Albert Finney in Erin Brockovich, Vincent Gardenia, Bill Murray and Levi Stubbs in Little Shop of Horrors, Hitomi Nozoe and Hideo Takamatsu in Giants and Toys, Sissy Spacek in The Straight Story

Most Enjoyable Ham: Judy Davis in A Little Thing Called Murder

Close Second: Trudy Dochterman in Down Twisted

Runners Up: Joan Crawford in Harriet Craig, Tyler Hynes in Always Amore, Vanilla Ice, Ernie Reyes Jr. and David Warner in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze, Demi Moore in The Juror and One Crazy Summer, Franco Nero in Keoma, Keanu Reeves and Rita Tushingham in Flying, Charles Rocket in Down Twisted

Best Mise-en-scène: Little Shop of Horrors

Runners Up: After Dark, My Sweet, Demonlover, One False Move, Songs from the Second Floor, The Straight Story, A Thousand and One Nights

Best Locations: After Dark, My Sweet (sleepy small town Southern California)

Runners Up: The Adventures of Milo and Otis (lush Hokkaido summerscapes), Le Chat (half-demolished Paris suburb), The Straight Story (Laurens, IA, Mount Zion, WI, roads and towns in between), Yumeno Kyusaku's Girl Hell (various)

Best Score: The Straight Story (Angelo Badalamenti)

Runners Up: After Dark, My Sweet (Maurice Jarre), Le Chat (Philippe Sarde), Demonlover (Sonic Youth), Down Twisted (Berlin Game), Giants and Toys (Tetsuo Tsukahara), A Thousand and One Nights (Frantisek Belfín)

Best Cartoon: Wynken, Blynken & Nod

Runners Up: Beauty and the Beast, Betty Boop's Life Guard, Moth and the Flame, Poor Cinderella

Best Leading Hunk: Jason Patric in After Dark, My Sweet

Runners Up: Alec Baldwin in The Juror, Niall Matter in Aurora Teagarden Mysteries: Honeymoon, Honeymurder, Toshiro Mifune in The Rickshaw Man, Franco Nero in Keoma

Best Supporting Hunk: Aaron Eckhart in Erin Brockovich

Runners Up: Charles Berling in Demonlover, Rocky Giordani in After Dark, My Sweet, Ryan Robbins in A Little Thing Called Murder

Assorted Pleasures:

- Seedy Skid Row production design, virtuosic plant puppetry, electrifying Menken/Ashman songs in Little Shop of Horrors

- Striking animal closeups, interspecies cuteness in The Adventures of Milo and Otis

#list #best of the month

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murderballadeer · 5 months

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22 & 23 <3

22 - what's the longest book you read? anna karenina at 817 pages! but since that was a reread my next longest was the road to wellville at 475 pages

23 - what was the fastest time it took you to read a book? answered but it was tied with i married a dead man by cornell woolrich, which i read in two days.

#thank u celia!#asked and answered #mutuals 💕

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thewolfofelectricavenue · 3 years

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"And palms are the wheels of capitalism, and they have to be greased boy!"

The Road to Wellville (1994) dir. Alan Parker

#The road to wellville #alan parker #john cusack #my posts

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andyridgeley · 11 months

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#personal thingys #thank u local library for these AND EVEN MORE 🫡#yeah im gonna watch em all but also 👀

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greensparty · 4 years

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RIP Malik B, Alan Parker and Wilford Brimley

I’ve been on vacation the last few days and have been playing catch up, but here is the combined remembrance of three entertainers who passed away in recent days:

Malik B. 1972-2020

Rap artist Malik B. has died at 47. He was a founding member of The Roots and was a member of the group from 1987-99, before returning to appear on albums from 2006-08. Today, The Roots are known as the house band for Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, but when they first burst on the scene, they stood out from a lot of other rap groups as they played live instruments and they were really good musicians too. Those early albums are worth checking out. It’s also worth noting he also collaborated with Mr. Green (love the name!!!).

The link above is the obit from CNN.

Alan Parker 1944-2020

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Alan Parker has died at 76. He had such a diverse filmography. In the 80s he did the film version of Pink Floyd: The Wall, which had its moments. My favorite movie of his was Angel Heart, which had such a great performances from Robert de Niro and Mickey Rourke. In the 90s he did some good flicks too: The Commitments about the Irish band was very charming and The Road to Wellville actually had a great dramatic performance from Dana Carvey.

The link above is the obit from Deadline.

Wilford Brimley 1934-2020

Character actor and Quaker Oats TV ad man Wilford Brimley has died at 85. He showed up in a ton of supporting roles in movies and TV shows like Sydney Pollack’s Absence of Malice, the baseball classic The Natural, Ron Howard’s Cocoon, the Star Wars TV movie Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, the TV show Our House, The Firm (another Pollack film), John Woo’s critically reviled U.S. debut Hard Target, In & Out, and a 1997 episode of Seinfeld where he was the Postmaster General.

Brimley with Kramer on Seinfeld

The link above is the obit from Washington Post.

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torley · 1 year

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The Road to Wellville (1994) - IMDb Consumer Culture https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111001/

#pinterest #Consumer Culture

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ozdeg · 4 years

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#The Road to Wellville

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