EDITORIAL
News from the film archives...
“Mrs. Doubtfire” director Chris Columbus revealed that 2 million feet of film was shot during the making of the 1993 comedy because Robin Williams improvised so much dialogue. The film is home to one of Williams’ most classic characters. He plays a recently-divorced actor who disguises himself as an elderly female housekeeper so that he can continue to see his children. “Early on in the process, he went to me, ‘Hey boss, the way I like to work, if you’re up for it, is I’ll give you three or four scripted takes, and then let’s play,'” Columbus remembered about working with Williams. “By saying that, what he meant was he wanted to improvise. And that’s exactly how we shot every scene. We would have exactly what was scripted, and then Robin would go off and it was something to behold.”...
Have a pleasant Friday night at the movies,
Jean Constant
Paprika, the psychological thriller anime film by Satoshi Kon, is now available free to watch on YouTube. Released in the early 2000s, this psychological thriller masterpiece by Satoshi Kon focuses on the titular heroine, who is the alter ego a psychiatrist uses to get inside her patients' minds. It was produced by Madhouse, a company known for anime titles such as One Punch Man (season 1), Beyblade, Chobits, and the film Millennium Actress (2001). It was directed by the legendary Satoshi Kon and was adapted from the novel of the same name by Yasutaka Tsutsui, which was published in 1993 and adapted into a manga by Reiji Hagaware, which helped to inspire the film that would come a few years later...