Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Supercut of the Day:
We all love watching movie characters watch movies, and this supercut of cinema in films compiles a bunch of them doing so:
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Movie Comparison of the Day:
See James Franco’s portrayal of Tommy Wiseau alongside the real deal in this comparison between The Disaster Artist and The Room:
If you want to see how good James Franco is at being Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist, here are their performances at the same time pic.twitter.com/rQPvHmgtZW
— Jacob Oller (@JacobOller) July 19, 2017
Mashup of the Day:
Given how much The Graduate obviously influenced Garden State, filmmaker Kentucker Audley recut scenes from the former with the soundtrack from the latter for Talkhouse:
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Fake Poster of the Day:
With rumors going around that The Fast and the Furious 9 will be in space, here’s BossLogic’s fake poster for a futuristic installment:
Leaked #SDCC @FastFurious 9 Poster @vindiesel pic.twitter.com/OtRqui013Y
— BossLogic (@Bosslogic) July 19, 2017
Video Essay of the Day:
Ahead of this fall’s sequel, here’s Rob Ager on the hidden depths of Blade Runner (via Cinephilia & Beyond):
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Luc Besson, who returns to space this week with Valernian and the City of a Thousand Planets, directs some costumed exras on the set of The Fifth Element in 1996:
Filmmaker in Focus:
Speaking of Besson, here’s an episode of No Small Parts highlighting his movies’ strong female characters:
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Cosplay of the Day:
As we wait to see the cosplay of this year’s Comic-Con, here’s a cat dressed as a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle:
Movie Location Spotlight of the Day:
Fandor highlights appearances of the Griffith Observatory in movies, including Rebel Without a Cause and The Terminator, in this edition of Location Scout:
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Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is the 15th anniversary of the release of Kathryn Bigelow’s K-19: The Widowmaker. Watch the original trailer for the historical drama below.
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