A few nights ago, I watched (and enjoyed) the 70s cult classic Carrie online. When the movie was finished, Netflix recommended similar offerings I might possibly enjoy, and I sadly discovered that Carrie was remade for TV in 2002. Out of sheer curiosity, and with extremely low expectations, I watched the trailer. Not surprisingly, the TV version looked even worse than I imagined. It was a joke, a perversion of the original; a stale, vapid remake like so many other stale, vapid remakes…
My Dinner with Andre Royo, Part I: Prologue
My Dinner with Andre Royo is a film that was completely constructed in the editing room. In a sense, a majority of the footage can be considered “found footage,” since it was shot for a different film and an altogether different purpose. The fact that My Dinner with Andre Royo exists is completely due to its conception and creation in post-production…
