Death Race 2009

am aflat ceea ce banuiam, ca David Carradine nu s-a sinucis si nici nu a fost ucis de blestemul Kung Fu (Bruce Lee & more), ci e sindromul Hutchenche inxs, anume autosexual suffocation, bravo kinky Bill, u did it to the ultimate high, imi aduc aminte de pustiul din Ken Park :-(!

Stars Pay Tribute To Carradine
5 June 2009 1:10 AM, PDT


Moviemaker Martin Scorsese and actor Michael Madsen have paid tribute to David Carradine, who died on Thursday.

The Kill Bill star's naked body was discovered hanging in a Bangkok, Thailand hotel suite. Local reports suggested he committed suicide but a statement from Carradine's representative indicates the actor died when a sex act went wrong.

Rumours Carradine died attempting auto-erotic asphyxiation - where victims achieve heightened sexual pleasure by restricting their air supply - are backed up by a quote a Bangkok police officer gave to British newspaper The Sun.

Stars from the big screen have offered their fond memories of the actor, who had a career spanning back to the 1960s.

Madsen, Carradine's co-star in Quentin Tarantino's martial arts films Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2., is still in shock after hearing of the demise of his friend - a man he regarded as his "brother".

The pair had a close relationship after starring together in the fighting franchise movies and regularly kept in touch between projects.

Madsen reveals he was planning to contact the actor just last week (beg25May09) - and will forever regret not picking up the phone.

He says, "David was one of the first actors I ever worked with when I started my career and the closest person to a brother that I ever had in my life. It is shocking to me that he is no longer with us.

"I had been thinking about calling him for the last several days and advise anybody who has been thinking about reaching out to a loved one to do so. I have so many great memories of David that I wouldn't even know where to begin. He has a very special place in my heart."

Director Scorsese, who worked with the late actor on 1972 movie Boxcar Bertha, recalls Carradine being a "wonderful spirit" who dedicated his life to making movies.

He says, "I was deeply saddened by the news of David Carradine's passing. We met when we made Boxcar Bertha together, almost 40 years ago. I have very fond memories of our time together on that picture and on Mean Streets, where he agreed to do a brief cameo. David was a great collaborator, a uniquely talented actor and a wonderful spirit. He loved movies, acting in movies, making movies and he was always extremely generous."

And the producers of what was to be Carradine's next project are also mourning the loss of the "irreplaceable" star.

Adrian Salpeter and Elizabeth Levine, executive producers of indie film Portland, released a joint statement saying, "An actor of David Carradine's stature behind our film meant the world to us. Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

"The team is committed to this film and are considering other actors to replace the irreplaceable David Carradine. The producers and all involved are moving forward with the production in his memory. Mr. Carradine was truly a living legend of stage and screen, having worked with Martin Scorsese, Hal Ashby, Ingmar Bergman and Quentin Tarantino, among many others, in a career that spanned nearly five decades."

The film's writer/director Matthew Mishory adds, "Every filmmaker aspires to work with an iconic actor like David Carradine. He was one of a kind."

 

Friday on My Mind

a 8-a zi de cind sunt la Cluj, si azi n-am vazut nici un film, closed industry screenings pe dvd sau beta sau nefinalizate, am mari probleme cu cinema-urile Victoria si republica, flame and citron avea un ciriit pe sunet de m-a spart, ecranul la Victoria e mocirlos, neclar si murdar, la Arta nici macar n-am calcat,
iar mallul e mare si confortabil dar la mama draq si non-eventful, te simti inafara orasului...aseara la Diesel toata lumea s-a facut muci including me, myself und ich, si ploaia is back odata cu premiera la Terminator Savation, pe care aveam chef sa-l vad, asa ca party pe deal la frig si rain on me again...
azi vad pentru prima ora un Romanian imdb Box office report pe prim pagina la studio briefing, sad but true cum zic Lars (Ulrich) & co...

Romanian Films Winning Awards, Few Viewers In Romania
4 June 2009 2:47 AM, PDT


Many Romanian films that have received top honors at film festivals internationally are not performing well at the box office in Romania itself, the website FilmNewEurope.com reported Wednesday. The biggest hit of the year in that country, the website observed, was the Hollywood feature Yes Man, which sold 90,524 tickets, followed by Fast and Furious 4 (overseas title) with 88,794. By contrast, the top-drawing Romanian film, Weekend With My Mother drew just 4,144 moviegoers and The Happiest Girl in the World, which won the special C.I.C.A.E. award at the Berlin Film Festival this year, has sold only 1,300 tickets. And the latest Romanian film to hit local theaters, Carol I, has sold just 642 tickets.

They Killed Bill !!!!!!

tocmai dadeam sa ies din camera cind dau pe imdb, si mai bine nu dadeam, desi m-a sunat maica-mea imediat sa-mi spuna ca au spus la TV ca a murit David Carradine, spinzurat in camera de hotel in Bangkok, WTF ? 72 de ani, se presupune sinucidere. dar de ce ? tomcai l-am vazut in Crank 2, si fuck you people care zieau ca blogul meu e un fel de necrolog, ok, have it your way, 4 iunie, a day that will live in infamy as the day Caine died ! And Bill too ! And Woody Guthrie ! ma duc sa beau ceva !

Oscar-nominated actor David Carradine, best known for his leading role of Kwai Chang Caine on TV's Kung Fu in the 1970s, died Wednesday in Bangkok, where he was shooting a film, his manager confirmed Thursday. The star was 72.

According to manager Chuck Binder, the movie's producer went to Carradine's hotel room and found that he had passed away. Binder told Fox News the death is "shocking and sad. He was full of life, always wanting to work ... a great person."

Married five times and divorced four - he is survived by his widow, Annie Bierman, whom he married in 2004 - Carradine was nominated as Best Actor for his role as folksinger Woody Guthrie in 1976's Bound for Glory. Among his later screen roles was in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill, in which he played Bill.

Varied and Long Career

As profiled in People in 1992, Carradine was born in Hollywood to the actor John Carradine and his first wife, Ardanelle, and was just 7 when his parents divorced.

Shuttled between the two, he grew up in boarding schools on both coasts. Although he was orphaned emotionally, he did become close to the seven stepbrothers and half brothers he would accumulate during Dad's four marriages: Ardanelle's older son, Bruce; Chris, Keith and Bobby (whose mother was actress Sonia Sorel); Mike Bowen (Sonia's son from an earlier marriage); and Mike and Dale Grimshaw (John's stepsons by third wife Doris Rich).

By 1970, Carradine says, "I had a house in the Hollywood Hills that virtually every brother has lived in. It was like this safe harbor. We all took care of each other."

David's acting breakthrough - as an Inca king on Broadway in 1965's The Royal Hunt of the Sun when he was 29 - came only after lean years of studying music and ballet at San Francisco State, a brief Army hitch and a life-support gig as a prune picker.

Absolut Flame and Citron Icelandic wedding

plecat de la Nord, norvegianul din competitie pentru a vedea Ascunzisul lui Pupi Avati care nu s-a mai dat, ca facusera o rocada, deci l-am pierdut,
fost la meci de homelesi (se zice persoane fara adapost) si echipa regizorilor si actorilor, Porumboiu, Muntean, Achim, Vasluianu, in parcarea de la mall, de ziua HBO si documentarul lui Claudiu Mitcu, Australia, despre homelesi in cupa de fotbal in kangorooland
vazut jumate de Nunta la tzara, islandez (Sveitabrúðkaup),
filmat voit ca la balamuc de Anthny Dod Mantle, cu 4 camere in 7 zile, regizat de o femeie, debut, editorul lui Harmony Korine si Mongol, produs de Jim Strak care e in juriul TIFF dar io nu l-am intilnit sa-l intreb de jarmusch si TomDiCillo, faany (mai ales ala cu tlefonul in Coreea si moshul cu yeap), dar a trebuit sa plec la industry screenings verz hush hush la Alex Iordachescu, Copilaria lui Icar si ultimul rol al lui Guillaume Depardieu,
ah, da si nu mai ploua de ieri desi la gulashul lui Şoni a bagat ceva stropi de ploieie, foarte buna fasolea si palinka
Flame and Citron la Republica, ambitios film danez cu Mads Mikkelsen-Citronen, si Thure Lindhardt-Flammen, despre rezistenta in timpul razboiului, un fel de Flesh and Blood si Zwarteboek dar mai dark, ambitios si singeros, I liked it !!! in roluri secundare Christian Berkel, Hanns Zischler si Jesper Christiansen !


si Absolut Citron si ceai la taverna, pentru ca m-am imbolnavit de la filmul Se7en in Cluj, but now i'm better si ma duc la Diesel la party HBO