>> THIS WEEK ON TALKING PICTURES
WITH NEIL ROSEN.
WE LOOK AT THE NEW DRAMA AFTER
THE WEDDING STARRING JULIANNE
MOORE AND MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
DISNEY'S PHOTOREALISTIC CGI
REMAKE OF THE LION KING.
WE WILL CHECK OUT QUENTIN
TARANTINO'S LATEST FILM, ONCE
UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD, ALONG
WITH MY INTERVIEW WITH THE FAMED
WRITER-DIRECTOR HIMSELF.
PLUS A LOOK AT A NEW DOCUMENTARY
ABOUT GROUNDBREAKING
INVESTIGATIVE NEWS MAN MIKE
WALLACE. WE'VE GOT ALL THAT,
AND MANY MORE MOVIE PICKS,
COMING UP.
♪ [THEME MUSIC] ♪
>> HEY EVERYBODY.
I'M NEIL ROSEN AND
WELCOME TO TALKING PICTURES.
IT'S OUR MONTHLY CRITICS
ROUNDTABLE SHOW WHERE WE DEBATE
WHAT'S WORTH WATCHING AND WHAT'S
NOT WHEN IT COMES TO NEW
RELEASES, HIDDEN GEMS AND
HOLLYWOOD CLASSICS. JOINING ME
TODAY ARE BILL MCCUDDY FROM
GOLD DERBY. LISA ROSMAN FROM
SIGNS AND SIRENS.
AND RAYFORD GUZMAN FROM
NEWSDAY. NOW LET'S START
OUT WITH A LOOK AT A FEW NEW
FILMS HITTING THEATERS THIS
MONTH BEGINNING
WITH AFTER THE WEDDING.
IT'S AN AMERICAN REMAKE OF A
HERALDED DANISH FILM FROM 2006.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A CLIP.
>> YOU MUST BE ISABEL.
I'M TERESA.
>> NICE TO MEET YOU.
>> YOU CAUGHT ME AT A VERY BUSY
TIME.
MY DAUGHTER IS GETTING MARRIED
THIS WEEKEND.
COME TO THE WEDDING.
WE CAN GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER
BETTER.
>> HI. GOOD. YOU. MADE IT.
>> ISABEL RUNS AN ORPHANAGE IN
INDIA THAT I'M THINKING OF
FUNDING.
>> OH.
>> YEAH.
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> TELL US ABOUT AFTER THE
WEDDING.
>> THIS IS A REMAKE AND IT IS
THAT RARE REMAKE OF A VERY GOOD
FOREIGN FILM THAT DOESN'T WATER
DOWN THE MATERIAL FOR AN
AMERICAN AUDIENCE.
IT'S DIRECTED BY BART FREUNDLICH
THE HUSBAND OF JULIANNE MOORE.
SHE PLAYS A SELF-MADE MEDIA
MOGUL WHO ESSENTIALLY SHE
COERCES MICHELLE WILLIAMS WHO'S
PLAYING AN INDIAN ORPHANAGE
DIRECTOR WHO SHE MAY OR MAY NOT
FINANCE THE ORPHANAGE TO ATTEND
HER DAUGHTER'S WEDDING FOR VERY
MYSTERIOUS REASONS THAT KIND OF
UNFOLD AS THE FILM GOES ON.
MORE THAN MOST MOVIES THAT I
ENDORSE AND I REALLY LIKE THIS
ONE, I HAVE TO BE CLEAR THAT
THIS IS NOT FOR EVERYBODY.
IT DOESN'T PANDER TO THE
AUDIENCE.
IT HAS FEW TRULY LIKABLE
CHARACTERS.
BUT IT'S BEAUTIFULLY SHOT.
IT'S INTENSELY AND BEAUTIFULLY
ACTED.
IT ASKS REALLY INTERESTING
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE INTERSECTION
OF POWER AND GENDER AND GENETIC
FIDELITY.
>> I LIKED THE MOVIE.
YOU'VE GOT A VERY DEEP READ THAT
I WAS NOT GETTING FROM THAT
FILM.
>> I'M SORRY THAT YOUR LITTLE
HEAD COULDN'T HANDLE IT.
>> I FEEL LIKE THIS FILM WAS A
LITTLE MORE STRAIGHT AHEAD THAN
I REALLY WANTED IT TO.
IT PULLS YOU THROUGH WITH THIS
MYSTERY AND I FEEL LIKE THERE'S
A LOT OF THESE MOMENTS
OF PEOPLE CIRCLING
AROUND EACH OTHER, LOOKING AT
EACH OTHER, AND YOU GET THE
SENSE THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
PRETTY DARK GOING ON.
THAT THE REVEAL IS GOING TO BE
SOMETHING REALLY KIND OF
GRIPPING.
I JUST FELT THAT THE ULTIMATE
SORT OF SECRET, I KIND OF SAW
COMING AND IT DIDN'T REALLY GRAB
ME WHEN IT WAS FINALLY REVEALED.
THE ONLY THING I WOULD AGREE
WITH YOU ON IS THAT THE ACTING
IS SORT OF FAR AND AWAY THE BEST
ACTING I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME.
>> I WAS SHOCKED BY HOW GOOD IT
WAS.
>> MICHELLE WILLIAMS.
BILLY CRUDUP.
EVERYONE IS JUST INCREDIBLE.
>> EVEN IF SHE'S TAKING
DIRECTION FROM HER HUSBAND,
JULIANNE MOORE IS AMAZING IN
THIS FILM.
IT'S A TOUCH LONG.
THERE'S LOTS OF MYSTERIES HERE
THAT WE CAN'T REALLY GIVE AWAY
BUT I THINK IT'S REWARDING AND
I THINK IT'S ONE OF THE BEST
FILMS FREUNDLICH HAS DONE
IN A LONG TIME.
>> I DID NOT SEE THE ORIGINAL
DANISH FILM.
I KNOW YOU DID LISA.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> I'M WONDERING HAD I SEEN
THAT,
BECAUSE THE GREAT THING ABOUT
THIS MOVIE TO ME AND I REALLY
LIKE THIS MOVIE ARE ALL THE
TWISTS AND TURNS THAT THE PLOT
TAKES.
WE'VE ALL SEEN THOUSANDS AND
THOUSANDS OF MOVIES AND IT'S
HARD TO SURPRISE ANY OF US.
I'M SITTING THERE GOING WOW
CONTINUALLY THROUGHOUT THE FILM.
I'M WONDERING HAD I SEEN THE
ORIGINAL FILM HAVING KNOWN ALL
THE PLOT TWISTS, WOULD I STILL
LIKE THIS PARTICULAR MOVIE.
>> I THINK YOU WOULD.
I JUST WANT TO SAY THE REASON IS
THEY SWITCHED THE GENDERS.
IN THE ORIGINAL FILM, THE TWO
MAIN CHARACTERS ARE ACTUALLY
MEN.
THE ONE LIMITATION OF THAT FILM
IS THE FEMALE CHARACTERS ARE
PRETTY TWO-DIMENSIONAL SO IT'S
AN INTERESTING SUBVERSION TO
HAVE A MOSTLY FEMALE CAST.
>> WELL I THINK THE ACTING IS
AMAZING.
WILLIAMS IS TERRIFIC.
EXPRESSIVE JUST WITH HER
EYES AND MOORE IS PHENOMENAL.
THE WAY SHE DRESSES DOWN HER
ASSISTANT IN A RESTAURANT IS
JUST INCREDIBLE.
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
LET'S TALK ABOUT A NEW DRAMA
BASED ON A TRUE STORY CALLED
BRIAN BANKS. RAFER.
>> THIS IS ABOUT A YOUNG
FOOTBALL PLAYER, BRIAN BANKS,
PLAYED BY ALDIS HODGE.
RISING STAR AT LONG BEACH
POLYTECH.
MY ALMA MATER.
BUT HIS CAREER IS CUT SHORT.
HE'S A JR. IN HIGH SCHOOL WHEN
HE IS FALSELY ACCUSED OF RAPE.
HE PLEADS OUT THINKING HE CAN
AVOID PRISON TIME BUT TO HIS
HORROR HE IS SENTENCED TO SIX
YEARS AND HIS LIFE IS RUINED AND
HE GETS OUT, HE'S A REGISTERED
SEX OFFENDER, HE'S ON PAROLE.
HE CAN'T GO NEAR A PARK OR
SCHOOL.
>> AND HE'S INNOCENT.
>> AND HE'S INNOCENT.
>> SO HIS FOOTBALL DREAMS SEEM
TO BE CUT SHORT BUT HE CONVINCES
THE PEOPLE AT THE CALIFORNIA
INNOCENCE PROJECT.
GREG KINNEAR PLAYS THE MAIN
LAWYER TO TAKE ON HIS CASE
AND HE TRIES TO GET
HIMSELF EXONERATED.
I LIKE THIS MOVIE.
I THOUGHT IT WAS VERY VERY
CONVENTIONAL.
IT'S ABOUT AS CONVENTIONAL AS
ANY OF THESE MOVIES COULD
POSSIBLY GET.
EVERY BEAT SEEMS TO BE
TELEGRAPHED VERY FAR AHEAD
OF TIME. I DID THINK
ALDIS HODGE WAS PRETTY
GOOD IN THE ROLE. YOU REALLY
FEEL FOR HIM. LITTLE TOO OLD TO
BE PLAYING A 16-YEAR-OLD.
[LAUGHTER] HE'S ABOUT 32.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS A LITTLE
ODD LOOKING.
>> THAT NEVER HAPPENS IN
HOLLYWOOD.
>> NO. EXACTLY. RIGHT.
>> BUT HE'S THE HEART OF
THIS MOVIE.
HE GIVES A GREAT PERFORMANCE
THAT THIS IS WHAT KEPT ME THERE.
IT IS CONVENTIONAL.
I THINK THIS GUY IS DESTINED FOR
STARDOM AS AN ACTOR.
OTHER PERFORMANCES LIKE SHERRI
SHEPPARD AS THE MOM, REALLY GOOD
PERFORMANCE.
KINNEAR COMEBACK PERFORMANCE.
DOES A REALLY GOOD JOB.
HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN A WHILE.
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A TRUE
STORY, THIS REALLY HAD ME.
I KNOW YOU HAD SOME COMMENTS
ABOUT THE TIMELINESS OF THIS.
>> I THINK THE RELEASE MAY BE
BADLY TIMED IN THE WAKE OF THE
#METOO MOVEMENT.
THE REALITY IS THAT MEN OF COLOR
BEING FALSELY ACCUSED OF CRIMES
FOR WHICH WHITE MEN GET OFF
SCOTT FREE HAS A VERY LONG AND
SORDID HISTORY AND I'M GRATEFUL
THAT THIS MOVIE SO EVENLY
TACKLES IT.
IT'S CONVENTIONAL BUT IT ALSO
BUILDS ITS CASE SO METHODICALLY
THAT IT WORKS VERY WELL BECAUSE
OF IT.
>> THE HEADLINE IS WHERE HAS
GREG KINNEAR BEEN FOR THE LAST
10 YEARS.
IT'S KIND OF A COMEBACK FOR HIM
WHICH IS NICE.
HERE'S A GUY WHO GOT NOMINATED
FOR AN OSCAR EARLY IN HIS CAREER
AND WENT AWAY FOR A LONG TIME.
DID THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOVIE
A COUPLE OF YEARS BACK.
AND NOW HERE HE IS.
>> THE SCENES BETWEEN HIM AND
HIS PAROLE OFFICER PLAYED
BY DORIAN MISSICK ARE REALLY --
AND HE'S TRACKING ALL
OF HIS MOVEMENTS,
HE CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
REALLY POWERFUL.
POWERFUL MOVIE.
ALSO RECOMMEND IT.
DISNEY HAS DECIDED TO REMAKE ONE
OF ITS ANIMATED CLASSICS.
THIS TIME IT'S THE LION KING.
>> THE LION KA-CHING.
[LAUGHTER]
>> DISNEY IS CALLING IT A LIVE
ACTION REMAKE LIKE THEY'RE DOING
WITH A LOT OF THEIR CLASSICS.
MOST RECENTLY A FEW MONTHS
AGO ALADDIN.
IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S ONE OF
THESE EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS.
LET ME BE CLEAR, THERE'S NO REAL
ANIMALS HERE EVEN THOUGH IT
DOES LOOK REAL.
IT'S ALL CGI.
SOME SCENES APPEARED TO BE
SHOT-FOR-SHOT REMAKES OF THE
ORIGINAL ANIMATED CLASSIC.
JAMES EARL JONES IS BACK AS THE
VOICE OF MUFASA.
DONALD GLOVER IS THE NEW
VOICE OF SIMBA.
BEYONCÉ WHO IS KIND OF WASTED
HERE, IS NALA.
THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO ADD
ANYTHING TO THIS ARE
BILLY EICHER AND SETH ROGEN
AS TIMON AND PUMBAA AND I
LIKED CHIWETEL EJIOFOR AS
THE VOICE OF SCAR.
AND I'M GOING TO CHIME IN
WITH MY OPINION IN A MOMENT,
BUT FIRST I'D LIKE TO HEAR
WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO SAY.
RAFER, YOU'RE SHAKING YOUR
HEAD. WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO
SAY ABOUT THIS?
>> WELL, LIKE YOU WERE SAYING,
IT IS PHOTOREALISTIC AND I
THINK THE TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
IN THIS MOVIE ARE PRETTY
STAGGERING.
THIS JUST SEEMS TO ME LIKE AN
AVATAR LEVEL ADVANCEMENT OF JUST
USE OF COMPUTER IMAGERY.
IT'S INCREDIBLE.
AND THE CAMERAWORK IS VERY
CLEVER.
YOU SEE THESE LITTLE RODENTS
SCURRYING ACROSS THE SCREEN AND
THE CAMERA SEEMS TO BE HAVING
TROUBLE FOLLOWING IT.
IT LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE A NATURE
DOCUMENTARY YOU CAN'T BELIEVE
IT.
I THINK THE REALISM IS WHAT ROBS
IT OF ITS EMOTION AND
EXPRESSIONISM.
THESE LIONS CAN'T SMILE.
THEY CAN'T REALLY MOVE THEIR
LIPS. THEIR QUOTE UNQUOTE
LIPS.
AND IT'S A LITTLE BIT OF A
PROBLEM.
THE ORIGINAL ANIMATED FILM WAS
SO EXPRESSIVE AND BEAUTIFUL AND
THE CHARACTERS HAVE SUCH GREAT
EXPRESSIONS ON THEIR FACES AND
YOU JUST CAN'T DO THAT HERE.
>> ALL THE JOY AND ORIGINALITY
OF THE STORY HAS BEEN SAPPED.
I REALLY FELT LIKE THAT.
IT'S ALMOST A MIRACLE GIVEN WHAT
AN INCREDIBLE CAST THEY
ASSEMBLED.
BEYONCÉ HAS PROVEN AGAIN AND
AGAIN THAT SHE ACTUALLY
TRANSLATES WELL TO CINEMA BOTH
AS A VOICE ACTOR AND OTHERWISE
AND SHE DOESN'T GET AN
OPPORTUNITY HERE.
I THINK IN THIS CASE DISNEY'S
PROPENSITY FOR TECHNICAL
ORIGINALITY GOT IN THE WAY OF
EVERYTHING ELSE.
I'M OFFICIALLY DONE WITH THEIR
LIVE-ACTION REMAKES.
NO MORE.
>> I WENT ON THE RECORD
COUPLE EPISODES BACK
SAYING THIS IS GOING TO BE THE
BIGGEST MOTION PICTURE EVER
MADE, IT'S GOING TO BEAT AVATAR,
IT'S GOING TO BEAT EVERYTHING
ELSE THAT'S COME BEFORE IT.
I REALLY DON'T THINK THAT'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S MAKING A LOT OF MONEY.
YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
ANIMATED VERSION.
THERE'S NOTHING ANIMATED ABOUT
THIS.
THIS SOUND STRANGE TO SAY
BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A DOCUMENTARY
OR A SCIENCE FILM.
BUT THE ANIMALS CAN'T SING AND
DANCE.
THERE'S NO JOY THERE.
SO, IT'S KIND OF SAD.
I WILL SAY ONE OTHER THING.
THE TECHNOLOGY I THINK WAS
BETTER IN JUNGLE BOOK.
JUNGLE BOOK WAS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE-
>> JON FAVREAU. SAME DIRECTOR.
>> YES. SAME DIRECTOR.
IT LOOKED BETTER AND IT
WAS A BETTER RIDE FOR ME.
>> LISTEN, WHAT'S THE MATTER
WITH ANIMATION?
WHY DOES DISNEY FEEL LIKE, IT'S
GOING TO BE BETTER.
WE ARE GOING TO MAKE IT
PHOTOREALISTIC.
YOU CAN DO THINGS WITH ANIMATION
THAT YOU CAN'T DO WITH THIS
LIVE-ACTION.
I'M LOOKING AT ANIMALS AND THEY
ARE TALKING, I THINK I'M
WATCHING MR. ED.
>> THEY DON'T TRUST THEMSELVES
TO MAKE A NEW STORY.
THEY TAKE THE SAME BACK CATALOG
OF FIVE OR SIX STORIES AND KEEP
REDOING THEM IN DIFFERENT WAYS.
>> I SAID LION KA-CHING
AND I WASN'T KIDDING.
THEY REALLY ARE JUST LOOKING
FOR A PAY DAY.
>> IT TOOK 80 YEARS TO MAKE
ALL OF THOSE CLASSIC ANIMATED
FILMS STARTING WITH SNOW WHITE
AND IN A FIVE-YEAR PERIOD THEY
ARE REDOING ALL OF THEM.
I THINK THE CHARM IS THERE WITH
THE ORIGINAL.
>> THIS MOVIE IS CHARMLESS.
>> IT'S HARD TO RUIN THE SONGS.
IT'S HARD TO RUIN THE STORY.
>> IT'S ACCEPTABLE.
BUT I SAY SEE THE ORIGINAL.
MOVING ON, LET'S LOOK AT
ANOTHER NEW THEATRICAL FILM.
THIS ONE IS CALLED SKIN.
>> JAMIE BELL IS A
VIOLENT WHITE SUPREMACIST
TRYING TO WALK AWAY FROM HIS
VIOLENT PAST WITH THE HELP
OF PATTI CAKES DANIELLE
MACDONALD. AND THAT'S NOT
EASY BECAUSE OF THE
STRONG EMOTIONAL PULL OF HIS
PSEUDO-PARENTS, THE ALWAYS
TERRIFIC VERA FARMIGA AND
THE ALWAYS SOLID BILL CAMP FROM
HBO'S THE NIGHT OF.
IT'S A REALLY GOOD FILM.
IT'S A TOUCH TOO LONG BUT I
HIGHLY RECOMMEND IT.
>> IT'S VERY STRONG.
IT'S HARROWING.
THE PERFORMANCES ARE SO GOOD.
I HAD BEEN WONDERING RECENTLY
WHAT HAPPENED TO JAMIE BELL WHO
STARTED SO STRONG WHEN HE WAS A
TEENAGER.
HE ABSOLUTELY LIVES UP TO HIS
YOUNGER PROMISE IN THIS.
TRUTHFULLY, GIVEN THE CULTURAL
MOMENT THAT WE ARE IN, I FELT
LIKE IT COULD HAVE GONE A LITTLE
BIT DEEPER INTO LOOKING AT THE
IDEOLOGICAL CONTEXT OF THE WHITE
POWER MOVEMENT AND AT THE KIND
OF SELF RECKONING THAT HE DOES
EVENTUALLY.
>> I AGREE WITH THAT.
THAT WAS MY ONE SORT OF
CRITICISM OF THE FILM AND I
THINK IT'S A BIG ONE.
WHICH IS THAT YOU DON'T REALLY
SEE WHAT IT IS THAT'S CHANGING
IN HIS MIND.
>> YES THAT IS MY ONE CHRISM
WITH THE FILM.
ABSOLUTELY CORRECT.
ONE MINUTE HE'S LIKE, THIS
HORRENDOUS HORRIFIC MONSTROUS
WHITE SUPREMACIST.
THEN HE MEETS THIS GIRL AND ALL
OF A SUDDEN HE'S LIKE, GOT TO
GET RID OF MY TATTOOS.
>> AND THEN WE FEEL SORRY FOR
HIM AND WE ARE ASKED TO FEEL
SORRY FOR HIM BUT NOT LOOK AT
THE HORRIBLE THINGS HE'S DOING.
>> WHERE IS THE TURN IN HIS
MIND?
IT'S NOT SHOWN.
>> THE POINT IS HE WAS LIVING
A CONFUSED LIFE AND HE SAW A
WAY OUT AND HE TOOK IT.
>> ROMPER STOMER AND
AMERICAN HISTORY X DID IT
BETTER. I THINK JAMIE BELL GIVES
A GREAT PERFORMANCE.
THE SUPPORTING PERFORMANCES
ARE GOOD TOO.
THERE IS SOMETHING MISSING FROM
THIS FILM.
>> AGREED.
>> YOU WILL NEVER EVER GET A
TATTOO IF YOU SEE THIS FILM.
>> SO TRUE.
>> ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD
IS QUENTIN TARANTINO'S LATEST
FILM STARRING BRAD PITT AND
LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND TAKES
PLACE IN 1969 IN LOS ANGELES.
>> LEONARDO DICAPRIO AND BRAD
PITT, TWO OF THE BIGGEST STARS
OF THE DAY.
HERE THEY ARE PLAYING MINOR
CELEBRITIES.
DICAPRIO IS FORMER WESTERN
TELEVISION STAR TRYING TO MAKE
IT BIG.
BRAD PITT IS HIS STUNT DOUBLE.
KIND OF A KATO KAELIN FIGURE.
STUNT DOUBLE/GOPHER.
THIS IS TAKING PLACE IN '69.
DICAPRIO'S NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR
HAPPENS TO BE SHARON TATE, THE
DOOMED ACTRESS WHO WILL
CROSS PATHS WITH THE MANSON
FAMILY LATER THAT YEAR.
THERE ARE MOMENTS IN THIS FILM
WATCHING IT WHERE I WAS SO
EXCITED BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE
TARANTINO IS BACK.
THE MOVIES ARE SAVED.
WE ARE ALL OK.
THIS MOVIE IS SO EXCITING, SO
FUN.
AND THEN THERE ARE MOMENTS WHERE
I KEPT THINKING, THIS IS GETTING
A LITTLE SLACK, A LITTLE LAZY.
TARANTINO I KNOW ALWAYS HAS
FINAL CUT.
NOT SURE THAT'S THE BEST THING.
I THINK HE COULD USE AN EDITOR.
OVERALL I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO
SEE THIS FILM EVEN THOUGH THERE
ARE A LOT OF THINGS I OBJECTED
TO.
THE ENDING I STILL HAVE SORT OF
MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT.
I THINK I WAS JUST SO HAPPY TO
SEE A LOVE LETTER TO THE MOVIES
BY SOMEONE WHO REALLY LOVES THE
MOVIES MORE THAN MOST.
>> I'M WITH RAFER.
I'M A FAN OF THE GUY BUT THIS IS
A LONG SHAGGY DOG STORY AND I'M
GOING TO SAY SOMETHING REALLY
POLITICALLY INCORRECT.
I WISH HARVEY WEINSTEIN HAD
GOTTEN HIS HANDS ON THIS.
>> THAT IS ATROCIOUS.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT THOUGH.
>> HE IS THE GUY WHO MADE ALL OF
HIS MOVIES A LITTLE TIGHTER.
I ALSO THINK THE TIMEFRAME,
IT'S TOLD OVER 6 OR 7 MONTHS,
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE TWO OR
THREE DAYS. I THINK THAT
WOULD HAVE HELPED IT A LOT.
THAT SAID, I WAS EXCITED DURING
PARTS OF IT.
EVERYONE IS SMOKING IN THIS
FILM.
I HAD A LEGION ON MY LEFT LUNG
JUST WATCHING THIS.
I FORGOT ABOUT THE '60S.
>> I LOVE IT.
>> IF YOU STAYED FOR THE
CREDITS, THERE'S A FAKE
CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL.
>> QUENTIN TARANTINO HAS SAID
THIS MAY BE HIS SECOND TO LAST
FILM AND I THINK THAT WOULD BE
GREAT BECAUSE HE HAS CLEARLY
OUTLIVED HIS RELEVANCE AND HIS
WELCOME AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED.
THIS MOVIE IS AS PONDEROUS AND
BLOATED AS ITS MAIN CHARACTERS.
I FEEL LIKE YOU REALLY TEASE OUT
ITS UNDERLYING MESSAGE WITHOUT
GETTING INTO ANY SPOILERS, WHAT
IT IS ESSENTIALLY SUGGESTING IS
THAT THE GOLDEN ERA OF HOLLYWOOD
IS WHEN PEOPLE OF COLOR AND
WOMEN KNEW THEIR PLACE AND GOOD
OLD WHITE BOYS STILL CAME OUT ON
TOP AND IT REALLY IRRITATED ME.
I FEEL LIKE THERE'S A
CONSERVATISM TO THIS FILM THAT
IS DEPLORABLE ACTUALLY.
>> LET ME START OUT BY SAYING
THAT QUENTIN TARANTINO IS
PROBABLY MY FAVORITE
CONTEMPORARY DIRECTOR.
>> CONGRATULATIONS.
>> I THINK THIS IS A FLAWED BUT
FASCINATING FILM.
IT IS TOO LONG.
THERE MOVIES WITHIN THE MOVIE
THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TRIMMED
DOWN TREMENDOUSLY.
THERE'S FIVE MINUTE SEGMENTS OF
LEONARDO DICAPRIO ON THE SET
AND HE FLUBS A LINE.
I THINK WE COULD HAVE SEEN 30
SECONDS OF THAT.
BUT THERE ARE SOME SCENES IN
THIS THAT ARE JUST RIVETING.
THERE'S A SCENE WHEN LEONARDO
DICAPRIO IS TALKING TO AN
EIGHT-YEAR-OLD ACTRESS ON THE
SET THAT JUST BLEW ME AWAY.
>> THAT WENT ON TOO LONG.
IT ALL WENT ON TOO LONG.
>> BRUCE LEE AND BRAD PITT
HAVING A FACE-OFF.
>> THAT'S AN OFFENSIVE SCENE
WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT.
>> BRAD PITT WHO IS THE HEART
AND SOUL OF THE MOVIE,
VISITS THE MANSON COMPOUND
TO SEE BRUCE DERN WHO USED TO
OWN THE COMPOUND, IS GREAT.
THAT'S HORRIFIC.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY,
WHATEVER GOES ON IN THIS
MOVIE, THE LAST 20 MINUTES ARE
AMAZING.
I WON'T TELL YOU WHAT IT IS.
IT'S VIOLENT AND HYSTERICALLY
FUNNY AT THE SAME TIME.
I DO RECOMMEND THE MOVIE.
IT'S NOT PULP FICTION OR JANGO
OR INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS.
>> IT'S MORE LIKE JACKIE BROWN.
>> NO.
JACKIE BROWN IS GREAT.
>> ONCE UPON A TIME IN NEW YORK,
I SAT DOWN WITH QUENTIN
TARANTINO TO TALK ABOUT HIS
WRITING AND DIRECTING PROCESS.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK.
>> HOW IMPORTANT IS HUMOR WHEN
YOU ARE WRITING THIS STUFF AND
MAKING THESE MOVIES?
>> IT'S ABOUT AS IMPORTANT AS
IMPORTANT GETS.
IF YOU WERE TO BREAK DOWN WHAT
IT IS I DO, ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT THINGS THAT I DO IN MY
MOVIES IS I GET YOU TO LAUGH.
I'M GETTING YOU TO LET THAT
STUFF THAT'S NOT FUNNY.
THAT TAKES TALENT AND IT'S ALSO
A CHARGE
FOR AN AUDIENCE MEMBER.
ONE IT'S FUNNY AND YOU ARE
QUESTIONING SHOULD I EVEN LAUGH
AT THIS.
BUT I'M EXTRACTING IT ANYWAY.
I ALWAYS HEAR LAUGHS WHEN
I'M WRITING MY SCRIPTS.
WHEN I'M SHOOTING IT I'M HEARING
THE AUDIENCE LAUGH.
WHEN I'M EDITING IT I'M HEARING
I'M HEARING THE AUDIENCE LAUGH.
I DON'T GET MY FINAL PAYOFF
UNTIL I WATCH IT WITH AN
AUDIENCE.
>> THIS MOVIE IS NOT THE FIRST
TIME WHERE HOLLYWOOD HAS TAKEN A
LOOK AT HOLLYWOOD.
MANY FILMS HAVE GIVEN US A
BEHIND-THE-SCENES PEEK AT THE
FILM INDUSTRY.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT A FEW.
♪ I'M SINGIN' IN THE RAIN ♪
♪ JUST SINGING IN THE RAIN ♪
>> [RINGING TELEPHONE] YEAH.
>> I HAVE LARRY LEVY ON
THE LINE.
>> LARRY, HOW'D THE SCREENING
GO? HOW'S MY NEW ENDING?
>> FANTASTIC. FANTASTIC.
WORKED LIKE GANGBUSTERS.
THAT'S WHY YOU GET THE BIG
BUCKS GRIFF.
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.
>> WELL PLAY SOMETHING
SOMEBODY.
>> [AUDIENCE GASPS]
>> NORMAN DARLING.
DARLING.
>> YOU ARE NORMA DESMOND.
USED TO BE IN SILENT PICTURES.
USED TO BE BIG.
>> I AM BIG.
IT'S THE PICTURES THAT GOT
SMALL.
♪ VOICE THAT SAYS I'LL BE HERE ♪
♪ AND YOU'LL BE ALRIGHT ♪
♪ [PIANO MUSIC] ♪
>> LISA, TELL ME ABOUT A BEHIND
THE CURTAIN HOLLYWOOD FILM THAT
YOU LIKE.
THAT YOU LOVE ACTUALLY SINCE I
KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO SAY.
>> MY NUMBER ONE MOVIE OF ALL
TIME, SINGIN' IN THE RAIN.
IT'S NOT JUST ME THE BEST META
MOVIE THAT'S EVER BEEN MADE, I
THINK IT'S THE BEST STUDIO MOVIE
EVER MADE.
GENE KELLY STARS, HE CO-DIRECTS.
IT'S BASICALLY ABOUT THAT MOMENT
WHERE THE TALKIES TOOK OVER.
THE CHOREOGRAPHY, THE COLORS,
THE DANCE, THE HUMOR.
DONALD O'CONNOR,
DEBBIE REYNOLDS IN ONE OF
HER FIRST ROLES.
THERE IS LITERALLY NO TOPPING
THIS FILM.
>> I'M GOING TO FOLLOW BILL'S
FOOTSTEPS AND MAKE A POLITICALLY
INCORRECT COMMENT AND
ASK EVERYONE TO
APPRECIATE KEVIN SPACEY IN
SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, WHICH I
THINK IS A GREAT FUNNY MOVIE.
A LITTLE OBJECTIONABLE IN ITS
TREATMENT OF WOMEN I DO HAVE
TO SAY.
>> A LITTLE. A LITTLE?
SURE. SURE.
>> THAT KEVIN SPACEY CHARACTER
WAS THE BASIS FOR THE ARI GOLD
CHARACTER IN ENTOURAGE.
>> AND ALSO EVERY GUY I THINK IN
HOLLYWOOD.
DID I SAY THAT OUT LOUD?
>> THAT'S WHAT SO GREAT ABOUT
THE MOVIE.
>> GIVE ME A MOVIE BILL?
>> ROBERT ALTMAN'S THE PLAYER
PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST LOOKS
BEHIND-THE-SCENES BECAUSE IT WAS
ALL SHOT ON REAL STUDIOS USING
SOMETIMES SOME REAL PEOPLE AS
THEMSELVES.
IT'S A CLASSIC.
>> I'M GOING WITH ED WOOD.
TIM BURTON'S LOOK AT ONE OF THE
WORST DIRECTORS WHO ARGUABLY
MADE THE WORST MOVIE EVER MADE,
PLANET NINE FROM OUTER SPACE.
AND JOHNNY DEPP PLAYS THIS GUY
IN A ROLE THAT YOU HAVE NEVER
SEEN HIM DO ANYTHING LIKE THIS
BEFORE.
>> THIS IS THE ONE I'LL BE
REMEMBERED FOR.
>> IS HILARIOUS AND MARTIN
LANDAU WINS AN ACADEMY AWARD FOR
PLAYING BELA LUGOSI WHO WAS IN
THIS TERRIBLE MOVIE AND DIED IN
THE MIDDLE OF MAKING THE MOVIE.
I CAN'T RECOMMEND THIS THING
ENOUGH.
IT'S A GREAT LOOK AT SCHLOCKY
HOLLYWOOD MOVIES.
GIVE ME ANOTHER MOVIE LISA.
>> LA LA LAND.
I THINK IT'S LIKE A 90 MINUTE
GAP COMMERCIAL BUT IT STILL
WORKS REALLY WELL.
IT'S A MUSICAL ABOUT THE MOVIES.
STARS EMMA STONE AND RYAN
GOSLING.
IT IS CHARMING.
I WOULD SAY THE LAST 10 MINUTES
OF THIS FILM ARE UNBELIEVABLE.
>> THAT JUST JUSTIFIES -- I
DON'T THINK GOSLING AND STONE
SING WELL.
I KIND OF WAS BORED BY IT.
>> COME ON.
>> I AGREE HIM.
>> IT JUSTIFIES THE WHOLE MOVIE.
>> ALL OF THE SUDDEN I'M LIKE,
I DON'T MIND THE GAP COMMERCIAL.
>> RAFER, GIVE ME A FILM.
>> ALRIGHT, I'LL THROW A FEEL
GOOD ONE OUT THERE. THE ARTIST.
I LOVE THE ARTIST.
>> IT'S SUCH A GOOD MOVIE.
>> JUST SAY SINGING IN THE RAIN.
IT'S A CRAPPY SINGING IN
THE RAIN.
>> IT'S ALSO LIKE A STAR IS BORN
AS WELL.
SILENT FILM, BLACK AND WHITE
MOVIE AND BECOMES THE FIRST
SILENT FILM TO WIN SINCE 1927.
SINCE WINGS WINS BEST PICTURE.
>> I THINK IT WON AN OSCAR
BECAUSE HOLLYWOOD LIKES TO TALK
ABOUT ITSELF.
>> TO BE POLITICALLY INCORRECT
AGAIN, IT WAS ALL ABOUT HARVEY
WEINSTEIN BUT THAT MOVIE ISN'T
A MOVIE, IT'S A STUNT.
>> YOU ARE OBSESSED WITH HARVEY.
>> BARTON FINK IS ONE OF MY
FAVORITE LOOKS AT A
SCREENWRITER.
JOHN TURTURRO IS TRYING TO MAKE
A WALLACE BEERY WRESTLING
PICTURE.
YOU CAN TELL THE COHEN BROTHERS
ARE LIVING OUT THEIR RAGE
AGAINST THE MACHINE THAT IS
HOLLYWOOD.
>> WHEN HE GOES, I DON'T NEED
YOU FOR THAT BARTON FINK
FEELING.
I CAN GET ANYBODY TO HAVE THAT
BARTON FINK FEELING.
IT'S SUCH AN UNDERRATED COHEN
BROTHERS FILM.
>> YOU THINK YOU'RE THE ONLY 
WRITER WHO CAN GIVE ME THAT 
BARTON FINK FEELING?
I GOT 20 WRITERS UNDER CONTRACT
I CAN ASK FOR A FINK TYPE THING
FROM.
>> SUNSET BOULEVARD IS NOT ONLY
A GREAT LOOK BEHIND THE SCENES
OF HOLLYWOOD.
IF I HAD TO PICK MY TOP FIVE
FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME THIS
WOULD BE ON THAT LIST.
THE GREAT WRITER-DIRECTOR BILLY
WILDER.
THIS WASHED UP SCREENWRITER IN
1950 WHO PULLS INTO THIS
DRIVEWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING
TO REPOSSESS HIS CAR AND WINDS
UP WITH THIS FADED FILM STAR
PLAYED BY GLORIA SWANSON AND HE
BECOMES LIKE A GIGOLO TO THIS
WOMAN.
THE WRITING IS LIKE POETRY.
IT IS SO SARCASTIC AND BRILLIANT
AND WITTY AT THE SAME TIME.
>> ALRIGHT MR. DEMILLE.
I'M READY FOR MY CLOSE-UP.
>> ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE
FILMS. I JUST LOVE THIS FILM.
>> YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE?
POSTCARDS FROM THE EDGE.
IT'S AN ADAPTATION OF THE CARRIE
FISHER NOVEL LOOSELY BASED ON
HER REHAB AND COMPLICATED
RELATIONSHIP IN THE MOVIE
INDUSTRY WITH HER BEING IN THE
SHADOW OF HER MOM, DEBBIE
REYNOLDS.
IT'S ALL OSCAR'S IN THIS.
SHIRLEY MCCLAIN AND MERYL STREEP
PLAY MOTHER DAUGHTER,
AND MIKE NICHOLS DIRECTED WHICH
PEOPLE FORGET.
>> A STAR IS BORN, YOU LOVE A
STAR IS BORN LISA.
>> I LOVE THE MOVIE ONES.
I'M NOT SUCH A HUGE FAN OF THE
MUSIC ONES.
>> THE LAST TWO ARE MUSICALS,
THE FIRST TWO ARE ABOUT THE
MOVIE INDUSTRY.
>> '37 AND 1954 --
>> I LOVE THE '37.
>> I LOVE THE '54.
THAT'S ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
FROM THE 50'S.
>> TOO MUCH JUDY.
>> TOO MUCH JUDY IS AN 
OXYMORONIC PHRASE.
>> IT'S 99% JUDY.
>> THERE'S NO SUCH THING AS
TOO MUCH JUDY.
>> A LITTLE JUDY GOES A LONG
WAY.
>> A LOT OF JUDY GOES NOT LONG
ENOUGH.
>> JANET GAYNOR AND FREDRIC
MARCH IN '37.
>> MARCH IS GREAT IN IT.
IT'S NOT A MUSICAL.
BUT IT'S THE SAME STORY
BASICALLY.
AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THE JUDY ONE
WHERE IT'S A MUSICAL.
>> IF YOU WANT A REAL LOOK AT
HOLLYWOOD FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF THE GUY WHO HELPED PRODUCE
THINGS LIKE THE GODFATHER AND
CHINATOWN, YOU'VE GOT TO GO WITH
ROBERT EVANS AND THE KID STAYS
IN THE PICTURE.
>> HERE COMES THE IMITATION
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
>> WOULD I WATCH IT AGAIN?
YOU BET. WOULD I REGRET IT?
NO WAY. WOULD I DO IT IN A
SECOND?
THIS IS LIKE THE BEST.
YOU HAVE TO SEE IT.
>> LONGTIME VIEWERS OF THE THREE
OF US KNOW THAT HE IS
RIDICULOUSLY OBSESSED WITH THAT.
>> IT IS A GOOD MOVIE.
THE GUY MADE THE GODFATHER AND
CHINATOWN.
HE'S MADE A LOT OF MOVIES.
ANYWAY THAT'S A LOOK AT SOME
MOVIES ABOUT HOLLYWOOD.
>> AND THAT'S A WRAP.
>> THERE'S A NEW DOCUMENTARY
HITTING THEATERS CALLED MIKE
WALLACE IS HERE ABOUT THE
LEGENDARY TV INTERVIEWER AND
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER.
>> DIRECTOR OR WE SHOULD
SAY EDITOR AVI BELKIN
INTERROGATES THE INTERROGATOR
USING PROBABLY THE MOST
COMPREHENSIVE ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE I
THINK I'VE EVER SEEN IN A
DOCUMENTARY.
ANY SHRED OF ANYTHING THAT
MIKE WALLACE DID IS IN THIS
THING.
WHAT YOU END UP GETTING IS
SOMETHING THAT'S A MILE WIDE AND
ABOUT AN INCH DEEP BECAUSE
WE ARE ONLY LISTENING TO
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE OF MIKE
WALLACE TALK ABOUT MIKE WALLACE.
I WOULD HAVE LIKED A LITTLE
PERSPECTIVE FROM SOMEONE TODAY
GOING, HE WASN'T REALLY LIKE
THAT OR HE WAS EXACTLY LIKE
THAT.
>> I AGREE WITH YOU.
IT ALWAYS SHOCKS ME WHEN I SAY
THAT.
AS WITH MANY OF THE BIOPICS THAT
WE ARE FORCED TO WATCH ON THIS
SHOW ABOUT GREAT WHITE MEN, I
FELT LIKE THIS COULD HAVE ASKED
HARDER QUESTIONS ESPECIALLY
ABOUT THE ROLE THAT WALLACE AND
OTHER TV NEWS ANCHORS HAVE
PLAYED IN SINKING OUR NATIONAL
STANDARDS OF ACCOUNTABILITY.
HE COMPLAINS ABOUT IT AND
DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THAT HE
PARTICIPATES IN IT AND THAT
DROVE ME NUTS AS I WATCHED IT.
>> I FOUND THE EARLY PART OF THE
DOCUMENTARY REALLY INTERESTING
BECAUSE I HAD ALWAYS THOUGHT OF
MIKE WALLACE AS ONE OF THESE
PILLARS OF THE EVENING NEWS IN
THE BACKGROUND.
NOT QUITE A CRONKITE FIGURE.
>> HE'S SELLING LADIES LIPSTICK.
HE'S HAWKING PRODUCTS.
>> HE'S AN ENTERTAINER.
HE'S BS'ING YOU ON THE SCREEN.
HE IS SELLING HIMSELF AND
SELLING THE NEWS AND I THOUGHT
THAT WAS REALLY QUITE
INTERESTING.
IT'S A SIDE OF HIM I'VE NEVER
SEEN.
>> I'M WITH YOU.
THAT GAME SHOW HOST IS
FASCINATING.
>> CIGARETTE ADVERTISEMENTS.
>> IT'S GREAT TO BE REMEMBERED
-- TO REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE WERE
SO SCARED THAT MIKE WALLACE,
HENCE THE TITLE MIKE WALLACE IS
HERE, THAT HE'S JUST GOING TO
BLOW THE COVER OFF YOUR
WHOLE BUSINESS.
IT WAS NICE TO WATCH SOME OF
THOSE INTERVIEWS LIKE WITH THE
AYATOLLAH AND BARBRA STREISAND.
>> CARSON.
>> RILEY CALLED HIM A DINOSAUR.
>> THAT WAS FUNNY.
>> I LIKED IT.
THIS SUMMER MARKS THE
50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TWO
LANDMARK EVENTS.
THE FIRST MOON LANDING AND
WOODSTOCK.
IN HONOR OF THAT I WANT TO BRING
YOUR ATTENTION A GREAT MOVIE
CALLED A WALK ON THE MOON.
IT'S FROM 1999 BUT IT IS
STREAMING ON LOTS OF PLATFORMS.
THE TIME IS 1969 WHEN THE 
MOVIE TAKES PLACE AND
LIEV SCHREIBER IS A TV REPAIR
MAN WHO COMMUTES EVERY
WEEKEND FROM THE CITY TO THE
CATSKILLS TO VISIT HIS WIFE
AND DAUGHTER.
IN A SUMMER BUNGALOW COLONY
WHICH IS A VACATION RESORT
COMMUNITY.
>> WE HAD NO IDEA WHAT A
BUNGALOW COLONY WAS.
>> THE TIMES WERE CHANGING BACK
THEN AND LANE QUESTIONS THE
CONVENTIONAL LIFESTYLE SHE CHOSE
WITH THE COUNTRY AND TRADITIONAL
MORES SPINNING OUT OF CONTROL
SHE DECIDES TO TAKE A WALK ON
THE WILD SIDE OR ON THE MOON AS
THEY SAY IN THE MOVIE.
AND HAVE AN AFFAIR WITH A HIPPIE
BLOUSE SALESMAN PLAYED BY VIGGO
MORTENSEN.
THE MOON LANDING AND WOODSTOCK
ARE PROMINENT PLOT POINTS IN THE
MOVIE AND IT'S ONE OF MY
ALL-TIME FAVORITE FILMS.
SEE IT.
>> VIGGO MORTENSEN IS GREAT.
THIS IS ONE OF HIS FIRST
DRAMATIC ROLES.
IT WAS SORT OF HIS ENTRY INTO
HOLLYWOOD.
HE'S DONE AMAZING STUFF SINCE.
>> I THINK IT IS ACTUALLY A
TERRIFIC LITTLE MELODY OF A
MOVIE.
IT RESUSCITATED DIANE LANE'S
CAREER.
IT ACCOMPLISHED A LOT.
>> IT UNIQUELY CAPTURES A MOMENT
AND PLACE AND TIME IN 1969.
>> YES. WELL SAID.
>> THANK YOU.
THAT'S ABOUT ALL THE TIME WE
HAVE.
I WANT TO THANK BILL MCCUDDY,
LISA ROSMAN AND RAFER GUZMAN.
I'M NEIL ROSEN.
JOIN US NEXT TIME ON
TALKING PICTURES.
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