In the Noclight: Darko

koth wrote: »

1. last book you read?
2. last album you bought?
3. favourite country you've travelled to??

1. Haven't had time to read much of late with college work, I think the last book I read was Dean Koontz's Velocity which was rather excellent. One of those great books, easily read and enjoyed and gripping enough to be read in one sitting.

2. Really can't remember, picked up a bunch of vinyl including some Queen and Lynard Skynard. THink the last CD I got was AFI's Black Sails in the Sunset as someone had either borrowed or stolen my original copy.

3. America by far, just so many different great places there. Like Ireland you can travel an hour in any direction and find a completely different enviroment.

randylonghorn wrote: »

This fascination with pyjama bottoms is ... worrying! >_>

Please tell me you've never gone to the shops in them!

Ever dream about giant rabbits, or jet engines falling into your bed?

Ok ... more serious question, or perhaps scenario is a better term ... you are given 3 years and €10 million to develop, or at least begin developing, a sustainable job-creating project linked to / arising out of film ... what would you seek to do?

(I'm using "film" here in its broadest possible sense, not nec. confined to the traditional studio --> cinema type format)

Pyjama bottoms are for either sleeping in or lazing around in on a lazy weekend, I think the furthest I ever travelled in them was to get the newspaper on the front porch.

I have never dreamt of either though I have dreamt of falling and not woken up when I hit the ground.

If I had 10 million I would attempt to set up a company specialising in tracking down rare films and restoring them. I do it on a small-scale atm, searching for rare and hard to find films on anything from beta to vhs to laserdisc to dvd to prints. Depending on the quality fo them I'll do some work on the picture/ audio, create subs for foreign films or take English audio tracks from an old VHS and synch with a new foreign language dubbed DVD. It would be a lot of work but given the number of collectors out there it would be a relatively easy to create a sutatining company.

Master of Nothing wrote: »

Got some questions here for ya man, not seen ya around in quite a while:)

1. Listen to music much? if so list 5 favourite bands?

2. Related to music: Your 5 Desert Island Discs?

3. Which actor would you love to have portray your life on screen, and on stage?

4. What is your ideal job?

5. Best use of suspense, El Orfanato, Psycho or The Birds?

6. Do you have a mobile phone?

7. Most useful piece of advice you've recieved so far in life?

8. Do you like cats or dogs more?

9. Given a superpower for one week, what do you choose and why?

10. Most recent colour you dyed your hair?

1. Not my 5 favourite bands ever but 5 I've been listening to a lot lately.
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Hold Steady
Amanda Palmer/Dresden Dolls
Dashboard Confessional
Gorillaz

2. The complete collection of music featured in Supernatural
Bad Company - Bad Company
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Ire Works
Biffy Clyro - Any album tbh
Murder by Death - Who Will Survive & What Will Be Left Of

3. Viggo Mortensen, possibly the greatest living actor around. I have yet to see him give a bad performance and am looking forward to sitting down later and watching the Road on Blu Ray. Nathan Fillion or Alan Tudyk would be close runners-up with Homer Simpson also a possibility, we look nothing alike but have a similar our look on like and spontaneity, you never know what either of us will do next.

4. Writer and directing films, the only thing I've ever wanted to do since I was 4 or 5 and discovered that Batman wasnt real so if I couldn't be him I'd make him.

5. El Orfanato would be my choice though if you havent seen it The Devil's Backbone, directed by Guillermo Del Toro is the greatest Spanish horror film ever. I do enjoy Psycho but given its position in pop culture the first time I watched it I was very disappointed as I had seen all the iconic moments a hundred times before.

6. I do but I rarely carry it. Were it not for my girlfriend I would never have it on me.

7. If the opportunity arises go for it.

8. Dogs by a long way, never been a fan of cats as they are lazy creatures who will watch you die and then feast upon you. That and they do affect my asthma.

9. The ability to transport to anywhere in teh world and through time at the mere thought of it.

10. Havent dyed my hair in awhile, last colour was a vibrant green.

randylonghorn wrote: »

Very interesting! (No, I don't have 10 million, nor even 1% of that, and I won't be stealing your idea! )

Question struck me because I seem to have been having lots of conversations recently with people about new directions for job creation etc. in Ireland (you know, of the exportable / sustainable variety, unlike houses! :rolleyes:) and the education / training necessary to support those, and the whole arts / computers / visual media thing keeps getting mentioned a lot ... I was just curious to see what the first thing to strike an actual film student's head would be! Can't say I was expecting what you did come up with ... which is a positive thing, if you think about it!!


Oh, and an absolute randomer ... opinions of Pedro Almodóvar's films? ... seeing as you mention Del Toro (wonderful surname, I can haz? :cool:)

Far too much talk about what people would do and not near enough action on their part. If I had a euro for every time someone told me how they have this great idea but no one to fund it I would be able to make my own version of Avatar. People will tell you about how difficult it is to make something yet all around the world inventive film makers are pumping out low-budget gems which trade in ideas, something which Irish film making is sorely lacking.

I see it every day in class, people constantly talking about the things they would like to do and never doing a damn thing about it. I wanted to do a doc on John Connolly awhile back and when I told people most laughed and said there wasnt a chance in hell he would do it. A few weeks later and I'm sitting across from the man himself.

I do like Almodovar though like Woody Allen he's one of those directors whose films I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to see. I will watch one of their films if it comes on or someone puts it on my hard drive. Watched Volver a few weeks back and really enjoyed it and Broken Embraces was equally good. Embraces is one of the most visually stunning films I've seen in a long time.

The Master wrote: »

The world is about to end you have 5 seconds to shout out your favourite "Lethal Weapon" quote what will it be?

Brian Cowen single handedly puts the blame for the recession at your feet, could you have prevented it?

Milla Jovovich is on TV right now looking fabulously hot!.............................do you reckon she prefers snooker or pool?

Would you rather be a zombie or a ghost?

Favourite take away meal?

"Well, what do you wanna hear, man? Do you wanna hear that sometimes I think about eatin' a bullet? Huh? Well, I do! I even got a special bullet for the occasion with a hollow point, look! Make sure it blows the back of my goddamned head out and do the job right! Every single day I wake up and I think of a reason not to do it! Every single day! You know why I don't do it? This is gonna make you laugh! You know why I don't do it? The job! Doin' the job! Now that's the reason! "

I don't think anyone could have prevented it but the sensible thing to have done during the boom would have been to plan for the worst and invest accordingly.

I think a pool woman though tbh I don't think it would matter a damn, rewatched Ultraviolet awhile back and damn she was smoking hot. The things I would do to that woman.

Depends on what form of zombie, we talking Romero's ghouls, 80s Italian variant or perhaps Dean Cain in Dead and Deader? I'd I could choose which I'd go with Dean Cain type, get to quote numerous movies while at the same time blowing away other more potent zombies. Spooky as hell but just after looking up from my computer to see Dean Cain in bloody Law and Order SVU.

Favourite take away meal, 3 in 1 with cashew nuts and fried noodles.

Galvasean wrote: »

Most obscure DVD you own?

I have a few hundred rare as hell films I've put on DVD myself, Charlie my Darling the rarely seen Rolling Stones documentary and Shadow on the Land, neither of which has been shown in years and were believed lost for years. I also have the original cut of Gigli and Heavens Gate.

koth wrote: »

what would be your top 5 things that annoy you when you see them in a movie??

1. Robert Pattinson
2. Diffusing a bomb with less than a second to spare
3. Punching the air when our hero saves the day
4. Poor 3D conversion
5. Adaptations which slavishly follow the source material

LZ5by5 wrote: »

Your opinions on the following trilogies please.

Lord of the Rings

Star Wars Episodes 1-3

Spider-man

Though I view Lord of the Rings as one film it seems I'm in the minority and when considered a trilogy it would easily be my favourite. Just a perfect film, every aspect was crafted with care and love and it's obvious that it was made by fans for fans. One of the few films which could be watched every day and each time be loved just as much.

I don't hate the prequel trilogy and find it a little sad when 40 year old men moan about how it's too childish forgetting that they saw the original trilogy when they were children. I have my problems with it, the story is rather poor and it was a blatant attempt to make money on Lucas's part but at the end of the day I own all 3 films on DVD and will watch them again.

Spiderman 1 and 2 are classics while the third is mediocre as hell. I've watched parts 1 and 2 a dozen times each but only managed one viewing of part 3. The Blu Ray and DVD have been tempting me for years but I don't think I can suffer dancing, emo Peter Parker.

Karl Hungus wrote: »

Dear Darko.

Leon is the best film ever. That's not a question though.

Given the self destructive nature of human kind, the finite nature of the universe and the uncertaintity and instability of the global economy, which do you prefer, blonds or redheads?

PS. I still have that picture of you and Spongebob Squarepants.

Leon is a truly amazing film, shame though that the Blu Ray wasnt as good as it could have been. Really would have liked a little more care and attention spent on the sound mix aswell as picture.

I have to pick red heads, my gf reads the forum and were she to see me choose blonde I got a feeling that my proposed Ghost in the Shell Blu Ray may never materialise.

I must see that picture, was thinking about it not a week ago.

randylonghorn wrote: »

THAT'S what you're most worried about losing?!

You weird man you!!

Hmmm ...

... if you could live in any country in the world, where would it be and why?

... most embarrassing thing you have ever done, or that has happened to you?

We'd hardly break up over comments posted here but she may well make my Ghost in the Shell Blu Ray box set disappear and after waiting years to re watch it in the best possible manner that's punishment enough.

Japan or America. America simply because of the job opportunities on offer to someone who wants to make film. Japan is self-explanatory, it's freakin Japan. I've always wanted to live there though my dreams of being a wandering samurai may never materialise.

Really can't think of anything too embarrassing tbh, I'm sure there are some and as soon as I think of one I'll report back.

koth wrote: »

which would you have more forgiveness for, a movie with a weak story but amazing visuals?? Or a movie with a great story but visually poor??

you getting tired of all the movie questions yet?? :P

Definelty great story with poor effects though I will admit that an amazing looking film with a poor story can be appreciated. If I'm going to see a summer blockbuster such as Transformers 2 I will forgive a poor story if the action and effects are top-notch as after all I know exactly what I'm getting before paying in.

Nah, I'm used to it at this stage. Most of my friends are big into film so conversations where we discuss the best Italian sci fi of the mid 80s are common.