Tokyo Vice (2022)

A day and an episode delay from the US and other territories, here comes (in Romania's HBOMAX) the Michael Mann produced (and first episode directed by him, his first directing effort since Blackhat-2015 !)  TOKYO VICE, based on the memoir of the true crime American reporter Jake Adelstein in Japan's 2000.  Created by J.T. Rogers, 8 episodes for the 1st season, a difficult and costful project that started as a feature film in 2013 with Daniel Radcliffe attached, and then became a orderseries for WB in 2018. Enter Michael Mann in 2019, and filming started in Tokyo pn March 5th 2020 being shot down due to Covid 19 just two weeks later. Production was halted three times!!!

Adelstein is portrayed by Ansel Elgort of Baby Driver's fame, more than Divergent and Insurgent, and recently in the West Side Story remake. Featuring Ken Watanabe (Inception) and Rachel Keller from the Fargo series, plus a strong Japanese supporting cast. Pulsing score by Danny Bensi & Saunder Juriaans (Fear of the Walking Dead, Ozark, Windfall). Virtuoso cinematography by Diego Garcia (Too Old to Die Young, Nimic).

Reminds more more of Black Rain than of Miami Vice :)  The neon jungle and Japan's strange atmosphere (for a gaijin ;) was a first sight in Ridley Scott's underatted classic. Watanabe reminds me of Ken Takatura and Rachel Keller of Kate Capshaw's character. Here solo baseball, there solo golf (all at night), motorbikes in both. 

Kishi Kaisei!!!

https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/tokyo-vice-review-hbo-max-michael-mann/

https://theplaylist.net/tokyo-vice-review-michael-manns-yakuza-series-is-another-captivating-stylish-venture-about-morally-questionable-men-20220404/

RIP Taylor Hawkins

 I am not a Foo Fighters fan tho i respect Dave Grohl. 

But I became a fan of Taylor Hawkins in the wake of his absurd death. He was just one month over 50, he was on tour, he just played Lolapalozza in Columbia, in Bogota and was supposed to have a next gig in Sao Paolo.  The amount of substance found in his body system is even more absurd :(

Saw the FF's last gig and it's heartbreaking. Listened and watched and read all the mesagges from the music world, all saying what a great guy (and drummer) he was and all missing him and his spirit. 

Bring me Somebody to Love indeed..

And now I just saw Studio 666, the Fighters horror spoof film, their secter project during the pandemic. Uncanny to see Taylor H. there...

RIP William Hurt

 an so it goes. Body Heat,Children of a Lesser God, Broadcast News, etc etc

Best actor Oscar for The Kiss of the Spider Woman, (1985)

Wenders, Until the End of the World,  Cronenberg, A history of Violence (another Oscar nom)

but dont forget his role in Ken Russel's Altered Stated was his 1st lead, and what a risky one..

Then he was The Accidental Tourist...

William Hurt was just a week shy of being 72. 

a great actor (i don't wanna mention Marvel here) and a troubled soul :(

last time I saw him in the Goliath series, great part!

Nominalizarile la Oscar 2022

 Multe filme bune la Oscar 94! 

am scris despre ele, despre cine cred eu ca sa cistige (si nu cine merita sa cistige) pentru Golan aici.

sau aici.

https://revistagolan.com/oscar-94-2022-nominalizarile/?fbclid=IwAR0pYWDrDBnSqk9gCS2UH4iUXCo6j2tk3OTzqMd6pPVHXjjH3M0wwqy1pEc

The Power of The Dog conduce cu 12 nominalizari. Campion o sa ia. Cumberbatch nu se stie ca e Will Smith cu King Richard. Dune are 10 nominalizari. O sa ia Hans Zimmer ? The Lost Daughter-ar merita Olivia Colman inca un Oscar, poate ia Jessie Buckley...Dan Lautsen la imagine pentru Nightmare Alley? Noul Macbeth? c'mon....Drive My Car la film strain. Sper ca la piesa anului sa ia Billie Ellish pentru No Time To Die. 

Topul meu de filme pe 2021 aici.

Toate nominalizarile aici

Premiile se dau pe 27 martie 2022 la Los Angeles. Sa vedem unde le si vedem...