Comments on: Myth Takes http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/myth-takes/ The wilfully eccentric film blog of David Cairns Sat, 06 Sep 2008 03:44:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/myth-takes/#comment-1164 dcairns Tue, 12 Feb 2008 09:19:23 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=257#comment-1164 They should get together! Brothers are all the rage. In directing, I mean, not medicine. Sam Raimi I think also has a medical sibling. The brother moonlights as a screenwriter, and they went along one time to talk to Warren Beatty about Raimi maybe doing Dick Tracy. "Hi, I'm Warren, and this is my lawyer." "Hi, I'm Sam, and this is my doctor." They should get together! Brothers are all the rage. In directing, I mean, not medicine.

Sam Raimi I think also has a medical sibling. The brother moonlights as a screenwriter, and they went along one time to talk to Warren Beatty about Raimi maybe doing Dick Tracy.

“Hi, I’m Warren, and this is my lawyer.”

“Hi, I’m Sam, and this is my doctor.”

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/myth-takes/#comment-1144 David Ehrenstein Tue, 12 Feb 2008 01:11:14 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=257#comment-1144 Did you know that Dr. Miller has a twin brother -- who is also a doctor? But the brother stuck to medicine. Did you know that Dr. Miller has a twin brother — who is also a doctor? But the brother stuck to medicine.

]]> By: dcairns http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/myth-takes/#comment-1142 dcairns Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:29:46 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=257#comment-1142 I think even before then, Willow showed that it wasn't foolproof. I think the Mad Max films increasingly show the pitfalls of slavishly following the "mythic" formula. Give me Babe: Pig in the City anytime. (Also, Miller's episode of the Twilight Zone movie is marvellous.) I think even before then, Willow showed that it wasn’t foolproof.

I think the Mad Max films increasingly show the pitfalls of slavishly following the “mythic” formula. Give me Babe: Pig in the City anytime.

(Also, Miller’s episode of the Twilight Zone movie is marvellous.)

]]> By: David Ehrenstein http://dcairns.wordpress.com/2008/02/11/myth-takes/#comment-1139 David Ehrenstein Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:59:22 +0000 http://dcairns.wordpress.com/?p=257#comment-1139 Never liked Campbell's soup ("Just add Hero and stir") though George Miller swears by him. Miller's films, however, aren't doctrinaire like Campbell's prose. For awhile <i>The Hero of a Thousand Faces</i> was treated like Holy Writ in Tinseltown -- a surefire formula to make hit movies. But that didn't last long. <i>Waterworld</i> sunk it. Never liked Campbell’s soup (”Just add Hero and stir”) though George Miller swears by him. Miller’s films, however, aren’t doctrinaire like Campbell’s prose. For awhile The Hero of a Thousand Faces was treated like Holy Writ in Tinseltown — a surefire formula to make hit movies.

But that didn’t last long. Waterworld sunk it.

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