Eric Bana – Tell him he’s dreaming

I’m going to be self-indulgent.

On reading this interview with Eric Bana over at The Onion’s A.V Club, I was reminded of my first glimpse of Bana.

On a trip to Oz a few years back a friend in Perth pulled one out of the hat by treating me to a hitherto unknown Bana back-to-back with THE CASTLE and CHOPPER. I was mightily impressed by both and, as is now customary with films I like, particularly comedies I like,  I scooted on over to IMDB and THE CASTLE’s “memorable Quotes” section to remind myself why.

Dale Kerrigan: Dad reckons fishing is 10% brains and 95% muscle, the rest is just good luck.

Eric gets two thumbs up here at CorridorStyle so, if you like his comedic turn in the latest Apatow offering FUNNY PEOPLE, we recommend storming THE CASTLE for more Bana beauties.

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Bad Lieutenant DVD rerelease

bad-lieutenant_jpg_150x1000_upscale_q85For those of you who marveled at our 2008 Sitges Film Festival Blog (we know who you are) you will have noticed that we like a bit of Abel Ferrara (see Day 2 entry). We’re not sure which bit specifically but we now know that all of his bits become infinitely more entertaining when they’re loosely held together by liquor.

What unbridled joy we experienced then at the DVD rerelease yesterday of one of Abel’s finest – BAD LIEUTENANT.

For those of you of a similar generation to myself, your strongest (perhaps only) memory of the film released 17 years ago may either be a) an unfortunate incident involving a nun or b), an unfortunate incident involving Harvey letting us see how God intended him to be.

However, 17 years is a long time and I’ll hold my hand up and admit that the film’s major draw for me at the time was it’s taboo status thanks, in no small part (no pun intended Harvey), to the above controversial scenes. So, after our recent Sitges brush with the great man, now would seem like a good time to give the film a view with new eyes. This review over at our friends at The Onion’s A.V club would suggest I need to look beyond the controversy , and search for the film’s true soul.

I feel I should also make reference to the A.V club’s footnote regarding the DVD’s release coinciding with the forthcoming Werner Herzog-Nicolas Cage remake Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans. From earlier comments we’ve made it will be clear that Team CorridorStyle is not Cage’s biggest fan, and we’ve already offered him outside for a fight (still waiting Nic) over his involvement with the sacrilege that would be an OLDBOY remake. Couple that together with Herzog’s involvement here (ok Werner, we quite liked RESCUE DAWN but what the hell was THE WILD BLUE YONDER all about?) and I smell a shit-storm brewing.

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Korean Klassics

Ok. We fess up. We’re never exactly first out of the gate with news here at CS but you could say that’s because we’re built for comfort, not speed. Forgive us then for the tardy appearance of this piece on our favourite film flavour – Korean Kimchi.

Cruise through the pages of our Sitges section and you’ll quickly realise we’ve somewhat of an infatuation with Korean cinema, albeit on an admittedly narrow horizon. So, for our small, but no doubt ever growing band of faithful  Blog-bait, we thought now would be a good time to enlighten you on the who’s who of Korean cinema’s go-to men. In no time at all names such as Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho will be skipping off the tip of your tongue to the stifled gasps and admiring looks of the secretaries gathered religiously at your feet around the water cooler.

Once you’ve read this piece over at our friends at Filminfocus.com (the website of Universal Pictures’ Focus Films) give yourself an extra gold star if you spotted their one glaring omission (well done if you guessed the debut director of  last year’s stunning film THE CHASER, Na Hong-jin)

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Let’s Hug It Out, Bitch.

Ari Gold

Somehow in the last six days I managed to polish off five seasons of the HBO show ‘Entourage’.

If you’re already a fan, get excited because season 6 has just started on ITV3 in the UK. If it’s something you’ve never watched, get ready ‘cos you’re in for a treat.

It’s the story of an up and coming young star and his entourage of childhood friends and the highlight for me is his foul-mouthed agent, Ari Gold. Check out some of his quotes here: http://www.arigoldquotes.com/

Doves – MTV Live Music Session

These boys have been on the CorridorStyle Love List from the start and their latest album, KINGDOM OF RUST, the bands fourth studio album, has been given the royal CS stamp of approval.

What joy then that those nice people over at MTV have kindly dished up this beauty. Click on the link below and Enjoy

Doves – MTV Live Music Session

Liam Finn – He’ll Be Lightning

His album “I’ll Be Lightning” slipped under the radar, but it was one of my favourites of last year. Whilst trawling through Youtube I found this amazing performance of his single “Second Chance” on the Letterman show. I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for musicians who can play numerous instruments, particularly all at the same time, and this one makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I watch it. The boy is a fricking genius.

It’s The Final Countdown

gob-amazes-and-delights-the-crowd-as-the-final-countdown-blares_468x312Gob: [arms crossed] Then there’s me. The joker. The goofball. The magician.
[quickly makes a magician’s gesture with his hands]
Michael: I thought you were gonna do a little fireball there.
Gob: I was. It didn’t go off.

O-kay, who’d like a banger in the mouth?

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For no reason other than complete boredom, I’m going to be occasionally including quotes from Arrested Development.

See below for today’s slice of fried gold:

 

 Narrator: Tobias listens to a day’s worth of his own words, to see what Michael was referring to…
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] … even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.
Tobias Fünke: Nothing wrong with that.
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] Oh, I’ve been in the film business for a while, but I just can’t seem to get one in the can.
Tobias Fünke: It’s out of context.
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] I wouldn’t mind kissing that man between the cheeks.
Narrator: …and he realized there is something distinct about the way he speaks.
Tobias Fünke: Tobias, you blowhard.
[chuckles]