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Exclusive Interview with Lucifer Valentine, Controversial Director of the Vomit Gore Trilogy (2010)
I recently sent Lucifer Valentine, most notable for the now cult hit The Vomit Gore Trilogy, a few questions. With it being Halloween today, LV talks about his love of the holiday in addition to his thoughts on pop culture, movies, and his own methods of making art. This interview shows that the man behind the films is just as interesting and unique as the subject of his films.
Ameara Lavey as Angela Aberdeen from "Slaughtered Vomit Dolls"
CN: Are you familiar with the work of Usama Alshaibi (if not, you should look up his DVD Solar Anus Cinema [so should fans of LV's work])? LV: Oh, cool,
More >How many writers does it take to…?
So this may be pure coincidence, but one observation I’ve made lately during my movie watching is that many movies, mainly lower budget releases, seem to have more than two writers on board. Moreover, when there is such an overcrowded writing team, the movie more often than not winds up sucking. Why is this?
My question is how many writers does it take until the movie starts to fail miserably, and more importantly, why are movies constantly being written this way? I can understand having a two man writing team, bouncing ideas off one another or having the input of a book’s author in the case More >
Please stop confusing ‘Americans’ with ‘Hollywood’!
Go on any movie’s IMDb discussion board and you’re sure to run into this. Of course I’m talking about the slanderous remarks thrown towards the American population based solely on a few popular films. According to such discussions, us Americans have no taste in film, all we can do is remake foreign films and do book adaptations, and we require explosives and gore to make a movie watchable. Not only are such remarks unfounded, but they’re extremely offensive to a country with a population of 307,006,550 (June 2009). It might be hard for some people to wrap their simple and hateful brains More >
Exclusive Interview with Actor and Filmmaker Matt Farley
Interview date: 12-Jan-2010 | First interview!
In the New Year we’ve been doing some new and exciting things. Aside from book reviews, interviews are a new addition we’re bringing to the site. To kick things off, we interviewed writer, director, producer, and actor Matt Farley. Farley is behind such films as Freaky Farley and Monsters, Marriage, and Murder in Manchvegas. Mr. Farley was gracious enough to do this e-mail interview discussing his love for movies, favorites, and even a few tips for aspiring filmmakers.
CN: When did you first realize you wanted to be involved with movies? MF: More >
Attack of the English Language Remake
Herschell Gordon Lewis once said “I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form.” Well Mr. Lewis is right, sadly. Movies are a business, they get made to make money – whether that means by making a truly remarkable film to earn that cash or by exploiting pop culture or the work of someone else. One thing that seems to be more recurrent is the deadly English language remake of foreign films. Whenever a film from overseas attains success or simply just has a captivating and original story, there’s always a Hollywood bank account on the case. Now I’m not opposed to More >