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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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That's Entertainment

Paul Schrader's Adam Resurrected has been selected to be shown at the Telluride Film Festival, which sorta kicks off tomorrow night but more precisely on Friday morning. I don't believe that Tom Luddy or Gary Meyer would invite this film to their festival if it (a) didn't have merit and value, and (b) if it was any kind of relative of Jerry Lewis's The Day The Clown Cried ('71), which has been the rap against it in the columns. Better to reserve comment until people see it this weekend.

It's been explained that Schrader's film, based on Yoram Kaniuk's novel, is about Adam Stein, an inmate and former circus clown living in an asylum in Israel and looking back on his having agreed to entertain Jews during WWII as they were led to their deaths in the camps.

I'm told Jeff Goldlblum is quite good as Stein; William Dafoe plays Commandant Klein.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 27, 2008 at 5:09 PM

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broadstreetbully says ...

I smell an Oscar or two coming from this one!

Posted by broadstreetbully at August 27, 2008 5:59 PM

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huntermdaniels says ...

well, I'll be there to see it. I'll be liveblogging the event for www.collider.com. Does anyone know if any other website is going?

Posted by huntermdaniels at August 27, 2008 6:10 PM

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Drew says ...

Don't liveblog the movie, you fuck. Wait till it's done and then digest it and THEN talk about it.

Liveblogging a movie as it plays is a perfect example of how modern communications are making communication stupider.

I'm going to call your editor now and strongly recommend he slam your dick in a car door if you follow through on your thin-skulled threat.

Posted by Drew at August 27, 2008 7:37 PM

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BurmaShave says ...

Klein & Stein? Really?

Posted by BurmaShave at August 27, 2008 7:42 PM

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tjfar67 says ...

Willem Defoe is a shithead...

Sorry. Since Doug Benson isn't here, someone had to say it.

Posted by tjfar67 at August 27, 2008 8:08 PM

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JohnCope says ...

"I'm going to call your editor now and strongly recommend he slam your dick in a car door if you follow through on your thin-skulled threat."

I'd love to see someone liveblog that.

Posted by JohnCope at August 27, 2008 8:15 PM

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scooterzz says ...

sorry...don't know if i've linked this before but there might be someone who hasn't seen it......

http://www.subcin.com/clowncried.html

Posted by scooterzz at August 27, 2008 8:34 PM

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Edward says ...

I'm there for anything by the great Paul Schrader.

Posted by Edward at August 27, 2008 9:03 PM

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