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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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I shrugged at this Harvey Weinstein-Joe Roth "please fire me" tape, which made its way around earlier this week. This is how colorful swagger types whose success partly depends on their ability to convince people every day that they fear nothing and no one....this is how guys like that talk. The bluster and the clubby attitude and vague air of entitlement. Most of them swear like sailors, and it's kinda funny when they do.

I don't live in these realms on a daily basis but time and again I've been in the room when such conversations have taken place. Twas ever thus.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 5, 2008 at 8:55 AM

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vansmith says ...

if these guys had three arms they'd hug themselves to death..

Posted by vansmith at July 5, 2008 9:37 AM

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CinemaPhreek says ...

I still expect him to sound like Jeff Garlin

Posted by CinemaPhreek at July 5, 2008 10:08 AM

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T. Holly says ...

It's all about cash flow, so why doesn't anybody go after the exhibitors, why are they sacrosanct?

Posted by T. Holly at July 5, 2008 10:29 AM

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Arizona Joe says ...

My favorite story of this nature was when a very young Matt Damon stood up to Weinstein and told him he had final cut and final say over "Good Will Hunting." Harvey went ballistic, and Damon won out.

Mr. Damon is not my favorite actor, but he is a very smart, very tough guy. Ben Affleck is much the same way. I admire them.

The old Hollywood types, like Lew Wasserman, wielded power bluntly also. But they did it with a lot more subtlety. Things were better then.

Posted by Arizona Joe at July 5, 2008 10:40 AM

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