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Red Storm Rising & The Dude vs. The Duke
December 3, 2010
Still tweaking our January cover which goes to the printer on Tuesday. Working from home, Meghan Saar emailed me she wants to get in our coverage of the new True Grit (The Duke vs. The Dude), which Henry Beck did a great job on. So Dan The Man added that cover blurb to the mix.
Several of my friends have already seen the new True Grit and the reviews are mixed. Dan G. saw it several nights ago at a director's guild screening in LA and said it is basically shot for shot of the Duke version, but with little or no humor. Ouch! Coen Brother fans (that would include me) have been hoping that they would add at least a dollop of their patented demented humor quotient to the deal to give it their unique cinema stamp, but this is troubling, if, in fact it's true. I'm supposed to go to a press screening next Tuesday in Scottsdale with Henry.
Went home for lunch and whipped out a nice little study called "Red Storm Rising":
Nice storm effect of a big thunderhead dumping the deluge across the desert floor. Mountains and In-din rider to be added later.
"When you rub science and superstition together you get fire."
—Old Vaquero Saying
Still tweaking our January cover which goes to the printer on Tuesday. Working from home, Meghan Saar emailed me she wants to get in our coverage of the new True Grit (The Duke vs. The Dude), which Henry Beck did a great job on. So Dan The Man added that cover blurb to the mix.
Several of my friends have already seen the new True Grit and the reviews are mixed. Dan G. saw it several nights ago at a director's guild screening in LA and said it is basically shot for shot of the Duke version, but with little or no humor. Ouch! Coen Brother fans (that would include me) have been hoping that they would add at least a dollop of their patented demented humor quotient to the deal to give it their unique cinema stamp, but this is troubling, if, in fact it's true. I'm supposed to go to a press screening next Tuesday in Scottsdale with Henry.
Went home for lunch and whipped out a nice little study called "Red Storm Rising":
Nice storm effect of a big thunderhead dumping the deluge across the desert floor. Mountains and In-din rider to be added later.
"When you rub science and superstition together you get fire."
—Old Vaquero Saying
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Comment by David Lambert on December 3, 2010 at 3:42pm -
Maybe the reviews are mixed among your friends, but they're pretty enthusiastic everywhere else.
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Comment by Bob Boze Bell on December 3, 2010 at 4:29pm -
Yes, believe me, I want it to be good. No, I want it to be great, so we can get a whole new batch in the pipeline. We'll all know soon enough.
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Comment by Kevin Hogge on December 3, 2010 at 4:45pm -
I hope its good enough to spark some new interest in Westerns for 2011. I'm sure I'll like it ..
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Comment by Kip Coryea on December 3, 2010 at 6:05pm -
The thought of the remake seems almost sacrilegious, but it does have a good cast! I'm still mixed!
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