A friend posted on facebook earlier this week that after watching Glee, they were now wanting to watch The Rocky Horror Picture Show; which got me wanting to watch it as well. Now I've seen RHPS back around my time in high school; either while I was still there or shortly after graduating. When I saw it, me and some friends had rented it from either Blockbuster or Movie Gallery for the evening.
What do you do now if you want to watch a movie that is older than a new release that you just have to watch it now? You can no longer run to the local Blockbuster or Movie Gallery as they have all gone the way of the Dodo. RedBox only carries new releases, as well as the Blockbuster version; Netflix, you'll have to either wait for them to ship it to you or hope and pray that you can stream it live onto your Xbox, Wii, PS3 or computer but only if that movie is available through that venue. You could run to the nearest Wal-mart or any other place that sells movies and hope that they may actually have it for purchase.
There just doesn't seem to be any movie rental stores around anymore that you can rent an older movie for a couple of bucks for a couple of days.
How many times did you and some friends go to the local store to rent a movie, but had no idea at the time what it was that you were looking for? You just based your decision on either the cover art of the box, actors or the synopsis on the back; especially if the movie was one that wasn't all that popular or was a straight to DVD release.
Not to mention the animated films that you could watch without buying or sports related videos that you would never bother buying in the first place?
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Thursday, October 28, 2010
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Interview With Bruce
Interview with a famous movie star.
Mindes: You’ve starred in quite the summer blockbuster back in your day, what was it like to make such a film?
Bruce: It was wonderful. Everyone involved was just wonderful to work with.
Mindes: In that movie you play a bloodthirsty serial killer that has no remorse for what you have done. Was it difficult to get into character for such an extreme roll?
Bruce: Not at all. I have always wanted to play such a role and when this part was offered to me, I had to take it. It was practically written for me, something I could sink my teeth into.
Mindes: In the opening scene it shows you taking your first victim, did you know that scene would be the one to set the tone for the movie and your part?
Bruce: You would have to be an idiot to not have seen it. I mean, from the way the scene read, I knew that this would be such a great opening scene, that would set the pace for the rest of the movie.
Mindes: What was it like working with Susan Backlinie in that opening scene?
Bruce: She was an absolute dream and one hell of a trooper with the many takes it took to get it down perfect.
Mindes: It has been documented that a fellow co-star was shocked and terrified at the brutality that was displayed in that scene once he saw it.
Bruce: Absolutely he was. Do you blame him? To watch this poor woman just going about her business and then in the shadows I stalk her waiting for that perfect moment to strike. Then when I do…BAM! Her struggling was what I believe to what put that scene over the top.
Mindes: It was. That particular scene scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. For years I was afraid of the dark just waiting for you to strike out of nowhere. Still gives me goose bumps.
Bruce: I get that all the time. From longtime fans to people just discovering this film for the first time.
Mindes: What was it like working with the late Roy Schneider as your nemesis?
Bruce: We didn’t have much screen time in the film, but what we did have was just classic.
Mindes: You’re referring to the one scene where you come out of nowhere to scare the bejesus out of him.
Bruce: Yes! I think I took a couple of years off of his life with that one.
Mindes: As with anyone that watches that scene.
Bruce: Hahaha. I agree.
Mindes: It’s been 15 years since the movies release, are you happy with the final result of the film and what has become what everyone calls a classic?
Bruce: Of course. While making the movie, we knew that it would be big but we had no idea how big. As far as thinking that in 15 years that it would be number 48 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies, not at all. When making this movie or any movie for that matter, you don’t think beyond that moment to the future wondering where it will fall in the history of cinema, you just film for the moment and hope everyone that watches it falls in love with it.
Mindes: No truer words can be said. Well, that does it for our time together. I would like to thank Bruce for this interview and recollecting working with some great people during the filming of the 1975 thriller Jaws.
Bruce: You are quite welcome. It was my pleasure.
Mindes: You’ve starred in quite the summer blockbuster back in your day, what was it like to make such a film?
Bruce: It was wonderful. Everyone involved was just wonderful to work with.
Mindes: In that movie you play a bloodthirsty serial killer that has no remorse for what you have done. Was it difficult to get into character for such an extreme roll?
Bruce: Not at all. I have always wanted to play such a role and when this part was offered to me, I had to take it. It was practically written for me, something I could sink my teeth into.
Mindes: In the opening scene it shows you taking your first victim, did you know that scene would be the one to set the tone for the movie and your part?
Bruce: You would have to be an idiot to not have seen it. I mean, from the way the scene read, I knew that this would be such a great opening scene, that would set the pace for the rest of the movie.
Mindes: What was it like working with Susan Backlinie in that opening scene?
Bruce: She was an absolute dream and one hell of a trooper with the many takes it took to get it down perfect.
Mindes: It has been documented that a fellow co-star was shocked and terrified at the brutality that was displayed in that scene once he saw it.
Bruce: Absolutely he was. Do you blame him? To watch this poor woman just going about her business and then in the shadows I stalk her waiting for that perfect moment to strike. Then when I do…BAM! Her struggling was what I believe to what put that scene over the top.
Mindes: It was. That particular scene scared the hell out of me when I first saw it. For years I was afraid of the dark just waiting for you to strike out of nowhere. Still gives me goose bumps.
Bruce: I get that all the time. From longtime fans to people just discovering this film for the first time.
Mindes: What was it like working with the late Roy Schneider as your nemesis?
Bruce: We didn’t have much screen time in the film, but what we did have was just classic.
Mindes: You’re referring to the one scene where you come out of nowhere to scare the bejesus out of him.
Bruce: Yes! I think I took a couple of years off of his life with that one.
Mindes: As with anyone that watches that scene.
Bruce: Hahaha. I agree.
Mindes: It’s been 15 years since the movies release, are you happy with the final result of the film and what has become what everyone calls a classic?
Bruce: Of course. While making the movie, we knew that it would be big but we had no idea how big. As far as thinking that in 15 years that it would be number 48 in AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies, not at all. When making this movie or any movie for that matter, you don’t think beyond that moment to the future wondering where it will fall in the history of cinema, you just film for the moment and hope everyone that watches it falls in love with it.
Mindes: No truer words can be said. Well, that does it for our time together. I would like to thank Bruce for this interview and recollecting working with some great people during the filming of the 1975 thriller Jaws.
Bruce: You are quite welcome. It was my pleasure.
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