Arcade Fire provide score for Richard Kelly's "The Box"

Basq

Big Arcade Fire fan.. and still want Richard Kelly to do well (post 'Donnie Darko') but let's hope it's not as horrific as 'Southland Tales':

From JoBlo.com

Recently Richard Kelly teased on his MySpace blog "The last few months have been an amazing time for us on the editing of THE BOX. We're starting to work with a very famous band who is honoring us with being the first fillmmakers they've ever scored a film with." Who exactly that "very famous band" was Kelly wouldn't say but web-based music pub Pitchfork has spilled the beans. They say Montreal's second most famous (sorry but our own JoBlo takes the top prize) The Arcade Fire will be scoring Kelly's upcoming thriller. I've never been a huge Arcade Fire fan (could never figure out what the fuss was about), I'm always a fan of allowing rockers to stretch their wings and compose music for films. After all, isn't that how Oingo Boingo frontman Danny Elfman got his start? THE BOX stars Cameron Diaz, James Marsden and Frank Langella and follows a married couple bequeathed with a magic box that brings them fortune while befalling tragedy on a stranger. The film is set for release later this year.

On a side note.. wasn't Eli Roth attached to this project at some stage.

Roth was attached but choose to take a year off before coming back next year with Cell.

Have to admit that I finially relented and picked up both Arcade Fire albums awhile back and was very impressed.

As for Southland Tales, I loved it. Thought it was a very brave film which when watched after reading the comic makes far more sense than viewed on it's own merits.

constitutionus

the box is based on an old twilight zone episode called "button button" and its one of my personal favorite.

as to wheter it'll be any good it depends on how the guy treats it. the episode itself doesent really have all that much going on it it so you could be forgiven for thinking this could be crap. that said it works very well as a psychological peice what with how the box affects the two main cast members and slowly leads to them doing what they do. seeing as the directors a big fan of it too i cant see him wanting to feck it up.

i just hope they keep the ending. that was priceless.:D

johnny_ultimate

Interesting choice - can't imagine their current output really fitting with this kind of movie but will be an experiment to watch. Hopefully Richard Kelly will make a more accomplished film than Southland Tales - which recieved some excessive criticism but I still enjoyed to a degree, though it was far too messy, sometimes cringe-worthingly pretentious and overly ambitious. This though looks like it could achieve the same sort of small scale confidence of Donnie Darko. Here's hoping - I'm cautiously optimistic!

I was so excited about Southland Tales but was hugely dissapointed. It was just all over the place, there was too much sub-plots and the ensemble cast didn't work together. What was Bai Ling smoking all the time? The score by Moby was pretty sweet though.

I am hopeful that The Box will be good. Pity it is being given a PG or 12 rating. No swearing or violence!

David Lynch

David Lynch wrote: »

I am hopeful that The Box will be good. Pity it is being given a PG or 12 rating. No swearing or violence!

There was no need for swearing or violence in the original so why would a remake have to have it?

Joke, sometimes I joke.

constitutionus

just out of interest if a film is psychologically horrific and tension filled but doesnt show anything ala hitchcock would it avoid a 18s cert? in fact would it get PG ?

with all the horror porn knocking about it has got me wondering if the censors letting things slip comparatively speaking.

dont get me wrong i dont think the box should be 18s or anything like it but it is should be a good little psycho drama with the main cast gradually falling apart and the ending is a real sucker puch in the creepy department if its retained. you could end up a film a PG audience shouldnt really go to.

i guess the best way i can put it is this. ive seen some of the so called "horror films" thatve come out of hollywood in the last couple of years and TBH virtually none of em scare me as much as some of the old sapphire and steel episodes i got the chance to see again recently.

thats a KIDS program with no violence or swearing to speak of but by christ i didnt feel good going to bed after em (particularly the one wit the bloke with no face and the all the pictures, fecking freaky !)

johnny_ultimate

Word now is that they are not doing the soundtrack, but instead Win, Reginé and the superb Owen Pallet (aka Final Fantasy) will be doing a track or two. Link here.

Bit disapointing, but the fact that Owen Pallet will be involved is brilliant news in itself.

jill_valentine

Richard Kelly's been a fan of theirs for a while.

I'm hoping for a more Donnie Darko than Southland kind of thing here. I think Kelly's got potential, if he can look at Southland Tales and go "Right, better not try that again."

I'm a proper Arcade Fire nerd, it's a big deal for Win and Régine to chip in for soundtracky stuff. Kelly must have really impressed them, 'cause supposedly Paul Haggis couldn't get them onboard for love nor money. So basically, yes, I'm enough of a nerd that a Butler/ Chassagne/ Pallett endorsement is enough reason for me to care about a film, and I will go an see it entirely due to their involvement.

If Butler starts telling me to shoot a president or something though, there's where I draw the line. I only do that for Jodie Foster these days.