Earlier this year, VICE Films and Grolsch Film Works teamed up to make a three-part film called The Fourth Dimension. A mindfuck brief was written by VICE’s creative director Eddy Moretti and delivered to three of the world’s most acclaimed filmmakers; Harmony Korine, Alexey Fedorchenko and Jan Kwiecinski. The results were cinematic dynamite. Anyway, Grolsch Film Works have a new website where you can find out what they’ve been up to and read/ watch entertaining and interesting stuff about films (and stuff). Every week we’ll be plucking the highlights. This is that.
LINDSAY LOHAN AND JAMES DEEN CAST IN BRET EASTON ELLIS FILM
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Paul Schrader, writer of Taxi Driver and director of American Gigolo, is making a film with Lindsay Lohan – rub your eyes and re-read if you wish. On top of that he’s gone and cast porn star James Deen (that’s D-EE-n, not D-EA-n, obviously). The film, entitled The Canyons, was penned by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis and is said to be about a “small group of young twentysomethings trying to make it in Los Angeles”.
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EXPLOITATION FILMS
The brash, lively first trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film Django Unchained was released last week. A slave revenge tale that looks set to pay homage to the grand, varied tradition of exploitation cinema in which sensationalist subject matter reigns. We’ve put together a list of our favourite exploitation films.
GEEEEK GLASSES
With the Woody Allen documentary out now, we thought we’d trace back our top ten geek glasses in film. Geek glasses serve many purposes: for men, it makes them appear sensitive and smart, or implies weakness – see Clark Kent/ Superman. For girls, they indicate outsider status or unloveability. Either way, they are iconic emblems of intelligence, desire and otherness.
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JASON LEE IS A RAD SKATER, DUH
He’s Earl from My Name is Earl and you may also recognise him from Vanilla Sky, Mallrats and Almost Famous. But back in the day, Jason Lee was known as one of the better skaters in town, dropping a legendary video part in Blind’s Video Days, directed by a then lesser-known director called Spike Jonze. If you’re a skateboarder, you probably already know this, but did you know that Lee also appears on a skateboard in Sonic Youth’s “100%” music video? No, didn’t think so. Now sit back and enjoy Lee’s steeze.
Keep you’re peepers peeled for more Grolsch Film Works updates next week. Go to grolschfilmworks.com to see what’s happening right now, including reviews, funny clips and other opinionated opinions about films.
