cinema five different ways

welcome to sensual cinema! a sensory adventure through films, influenced by a love for the industry and an interest in the movie experience through the five senses. any questions or suggestions, send us an ask.

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Mad Max: Fury Road by Nick Stewart Hoyle

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I wonder if that disastrous original script for the Holes movie, which was written by the guy who wrote Donnie Darko, is still in circulation on the internet. It was insane.

Like the landscape was all barren not because of a curse but because there’d been a nuclear apocalypse and subsequent plague, and Stanley went to prison camp not because he stole a pair of shoes but because he mercy-killed his own plague-riddled sister. And Pendanski sneaks the boys out to take them to a truckstop bar and buys them prostitutes. And it’s revealed at the end that the conspiracy of the camp is that they’re digging for, not buried treasure, but old nuclear warheads. And there’s a running theme about how “you can’t bury the past.”

I mean the scope and intensity of the changes made to make it more “adult” were pretty clever, but so unnecessary. The fairy tale-esque whimsy was so integral to the story and such a part of its charm that making it darker kind of defeated the entire purpose

I can only imagine the Nickelodeon execs reading this script in open-mouthed horror, and then a long silence before they went “well what if we just got the guy who wrote the book to write it”

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well, turns out this is real

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Costume designed by Adrian for Gladys George in Marie Antoinette (1938)

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Apologies for no posts lately! I’ve been without internet - I hope everyone has had a good holiday. Posting should resume soon.

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2015 BLACK LIST SCRIPTS REVEALED

The coveted honor added 80 names to its annals today. Which will be next year’s Best Picture?

My favourites are Resurface, Three Months, and An African Western. What’s yours?

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Marie Antoinette (2006) Behind the scenes.

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A now reasonably well known fact about The Godfather is the origins of Vito Corleone’s cat - the stray was spotted by director Francis Ford Coppola hanging around the studios, and brought in, where Marlon Brando incorporated it into the scene as the now famous Cannoli. The original script had no call for a cat, Brando and Coppola improvised one in on a whim.

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Arwen’s Costumes

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Select photos from Moulin Rouge, costumes designed by Catherine Martine & Angus Strathie

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THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR with Francis Ford Coppola Poster Premiere | Nerdist

Since its premiere in the spring of 2014 featuring horror icon John Carpenter, The Director's Chair on the El Rey Network has proved to be the best show about entertainment that you're probably not watching. Featuring candid one-on-one interviews between El Rey co-founder Robert Rodriguez and his friends and colleagues like Carpenter, Guillermo del Toro and Quentin Tarantino, the series is a must-watch for cinephiles. What I like about The Director's Chair is that it's inside baseball without being exclusive. At the end of the day, Rodriguez is not only an admirer of his guests' work but a true fan, and so the show provides insight and access like no other interview can. Rodriguez even opens up the conversation to other friends and fellow directors by incorporating a segment called "Director Q&A" where he reads email questions from the likes of J. J. Abrams, Eli Roth, John Landis and Edgar Wright. Coming on Monday, March 2 is the next installment of the series featuring Francis

This explains itself, but within the article is links to episodes with such screen greats and Guillermo del Toro and John Carpenter! A fascinating insight into what it is to be a director, and what inspires their work.

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Jacqueline Durran costume design for Anna Karenine

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Eat Like a Queen: Marie Antoinette’s Favorite Foods Rainbow colored macarons, glasses of bubbling champagne, vanilla cream filled pastries and towers filled with sugary sweets– these are the delicate and delicious treats consumed en masse by Marie Antoinette in Sofia Coppola’s colorful interpretation of the famous queen’s life. But what did Marie Antoinette really like to eat?

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Marie Antoinette’s eating habits were surprisingly simple, in contrast to her portrayal in the Sofia Coppola film.

In the mornings, Marie Antoinette preferred coffee or hot chocolate, sometimes accompanied by simple bread. The bread she ate was possibly kipfel, a type of Austrian bread which is considered an early form of the croissant or it may have been an earlier form of kaisersemmel, more commonly known today as a Kaiser roll. Although popular legend has it that Marie Antoinette brought the croissant to France from her native Austria in the form of comfort food, this is likely a simple legend, because the croissant was not mentioned in records of French cuisine until the mid 19th century. When Marie Antoinette was obliged to dine in public, which was the custom for the royalty at Versailles, she hardly touched the food presented to her. Typically, the food served during these ceremonial meals were elaborate court dishes which were meant to illustrate the majesty and wealth commanded by French monarchy. Although her husband ate at these public meals with gusto, Marie Antoinette often waited until she was able to retreat to her private apartments to eat her meals. Privately, Marie Antoinette preferred foods which were much less extravagent than the court meals served at the grand couvert. She enjoyed meals of boiled or roasted white meat, especially chicken or fowl, accompanied by cooked vegetables. She was also fond of broths and simpler soups. She did not drink alcohol with much frequency, if at all, and preferred lemonade or water imported from Ville d'Avray for its purity. She also liked to dip small biscuits in her water or lemonade. She sometimes drank cow or donkey’s milk, especially for health purposes. On the sweeter side, Marie Antoinette loved chocolate. Chocolate in the 18th century was primarily consumed in liquid form and would be quite thick, much thicker than the typical popular “hot cocoa” drink that is sold in stores today. Marie Antoinette especially liked chocolate which was fused with her favorite flavors, such as sweet almond, vanilla and orange blossom. Marie Antoinette’s favorite foods, like simple meat dishes and morning hot chocolate, probably aren’t fun to sample as mountains of macarons and towers of champagne, but here are some suggestions for getting a taste of some of Marie Antoinette’s favorite meals: Enjoy a private “Marie Antoinette” inspired dinner by complimenting some roasted white chicken meat with chicken broth, biscuits, and sweet lemonade. If you’re in a more “Trianon” mood, try a snack of fresh cow’s milk and fresh cheese. For dessert or a sweet morning treat, try out this mid 18th century hot chocolate recipe: “Place the same quantity of chocolate bars and glasses of water in a coffee maker and boil gently; when you are ready to serve, place one egg yolk for four servings and stir over a gentle heat but do not boil. If prepared the night before, those who drink it every day leave a leaven for the one they make the next day; instead of an egg yolk you may use a whisked egg white after having removed the first mousse, mix it with some of the chocolate from the coffee maker then pour back into the coffee maker and finish the preparation as with the egg yolk.” For that Marie Antoinette kick, make your hot chocolate with vanilla, almond milk or a dash of orange flower water. Bon appétit!

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When I was in India researching Midsummer Night's Dream, we went to this huge, ice cream picture palace to see a Bollywood movie. Here we were, with 2,000 Indians watching a film in Hindi, and there was the lowest possible comedy and then incredible drama and tragedy and then break out in songs. And it was three-and-a-half hours! We thought we had suddenly learnt Hindi, because we understood everything! We thought it was incredible. How involved the audience were. How uncool they were - how their coolness had been ripped aside and how they were united in this singular sharing of the story. The thrill of thinking, 'Could we ever do that in the West? Could we ever get past that cerebral cool and perceived cool.' It required this idea of comic-tragedy. Could you make those switches? Fine in Shakespeare - low comedy and then you die in five minutes... In 'Moulin Rouge', we went further. Our recognisable story, though Orphean in shape, is derived from Camille, La Boheme - whether you know those texts or not, you recognise those patterns and character types.

Baz Luhrmann, when asked about his inspiration for Moulin Rouge! (2001). It is generally agreed that his inspiration for the plot can be drawn from Dumas’ The Lady of the Camellias, and the Verdi opera La traviata.

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Ball scene from 2012 film Anna Karenina. Costumes designed by Jacqueline Durran

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Dining in ‘Nam

MCI

MCI stands for Meal, Combat, Individual - the combat rations issued to American troops between the late fifties and the early eighties.

Each MCI offered 1200 kcal in four containers; an M-Unit (meat) can, two B-Unit (bread) cans, and a D-Unit (dessert) can. This amounted to one meal for a soldier.

It also included a foil Accessory Pack, which included light seasonings such as salt and pepper, instant coffee, non-dairy creamer, two pieces of chewing gum, four cigarettes, and twenty matches - as well as four can-openers and a plastic spoon.

After 1975, the cigarettes were removed, due to health concerns.

The meat can could be quite a range, with options including ham, beef, tuna, chicken, or turkey. (The option of Frankfurters in sauce with baked beans was known as ‘Beanie-Weenie’).

The bread unit came in three varieties - hard tack biscuits and cheese, cookies and cocoa powder (with jam to use with dessert bread), or crackers, peanut butter, and chocolate discs.

And the dessert can either had white bread (to use with the jam), cake (usually pound cake or a fruit cake), or fruit.

Sometimes, the B-Unit can would be made into a small field stove, intended into the pockets of combat fatigues. This was used to heat up meat products - sometimes C-4 explosives were used to heat food, or the can was placed in a vehicle exhaust to warm food to a palatable temperature.

CHOCOLATE

The formula of chocolate bars sent out to American troops had to be changed to be able to survive jungle temperatures. The Tropical Bar was originally created during WWII by Hershey’s, but tasted awful and was difficult to chew. In the mid-fifties, the formula was changed to include artificial vanilla flavouring and milk powder - it was no easier to chew, however.

One travelled on board the Apollo 15 in 1971!

Its one true benefit was the fact it was one of the few things palatable for those with dysentery! This gave rise to its nickname as the ‘dysentery ration’.

Chocolate was included in the ‘Sundries’ kit issued to troops in Vietnam and Korea, alongside toiletries and other small items.

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Marilyn Monroe on the set of the 1959 film, Some Like it Hot.  Wearing a dress by Orry-Kelly.