Jean-Claude Van Damme is back and he’s playing himself. Check out the trailer and teaser (below) for JCVD. Opens Friday in NY and LA. I cannot wait to see this.
From Wikipedia: JCVD is a French meta-action film directed by Mabrouk El Mechri starring Jean-Claude Van Damme as the title role. Van Damme plays himself, a down-and-out action star whose family and career are crumbling around him, as he’s caught in a bank heist in his hometown of Brussels, Belgium. JCVD is Jean-Claude Van Damme’s filmed redemption; a weary hero’s only shot to get back what he lost with fame.
The filmmaker was most prominently influenced by Jean-Luc Godard[6] and collaborations between Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman. El Mechri said about Being John Malkovich[1] “Spike Jonze and Charlie Kaufman were very successful in the abyss of a man who plays in a fiction. Their work on the deconstruction of fame is brilliant.”
El Mechri’s main visual influence was Robert Richardson, who was the cinematographer on a number of Oliver Stone and Martin Scorsese films. Directorial influences include the likes of Robert Wise (The Day the Earth Stood Still), Sidney Lumet (Dog Day Afternoon), P.T. Anderson (There Will Be Blood), and Chan-wook Park (Oldboy). El Mechri says that his favorite Van Damme film is Bloodsport.
Feeling the song…not sure how I feel about the video. Thoughts?
Remember when MTV used to have videos? Well http://www.mtvmusic.com/ does
Yeah that’s right…I’m pushing my own political agenda because as far as I’m concerned, if I don’t we are fucked. Oh yeah, and go cop one of these DNC shirts from RealMangoJuice.com
Guys…you wanna impress your girl? Or you wanna make it seem like you care about what she’s in to? Get hip to THE RACHEL ZOE PROJECT. It’s a reality show on Bravo about this celebrity stylist and girls flip over this shit. The show actually isn’t that bad it’s just really ridiculous and clearly made for chicks; literally every girl I know is obsessed with it. Anyway, yesterday I was at lunch with Rich Kleiman and his friend Jamie Patricoff who is one of the producers on the show and Roger, Rachel Zoe’s husband, showed up to join us. Really nice guy and he told me about a youtube parody of the show that’s pretty funny. Basically Rachel and her assistant kinda talk like they are high of Quaaludes and whenever she sees a piece of clothing she likes, she says shit like “I’m gonna die.” In the parody they are like “oh my god, this sweater just gave me pancreatic cancer.” Peep it. And to guys with girls…try mentioning this show to your girl and see what happens…post reactions in the comments section. Parody after the jump (more…)
“We sleep 2 hours a day but don’t fear the reaper. We eat plants from trees and play minesweeper”
I fucks with Enya. And Pure Moods Vol. 1
