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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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During the W. junket Oliver Stone announced that there will soon be a website up that explains all the research sources for all scenes in the film, the accuracy of which may soon be questioned in conservative quarters. I suggested to W. screenwriter Stanley Weiser during our interview that the site should be up before opening day to make it easier for journalists working on serious analysis pieces a chance to reference, etc. Anyway, the film opens in six days and there's no trace of the W. fact site. Yet. As Luis Guzman's character says in The Limey, "You could see the sea out there if you could see it."

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 11, 2008 at 2:36 PM

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iamjoe says ...

All hail THE GUZMAN.
His knowledge will save us all.

Posted by iamjoe at October 11, 2008 3:04 PM

comment #2

LexG says ...

I never relate to news junkie/political people who have to make such a big deal about FACTUAL ACCURACY in film. Those are usually people who don't appreciate film as an art form, and more likely people with a vested agenda.

Like when all those news douchebags bitched about JFK or Mike Wallace complaining about THE INSIDER. Like, DUDE, MICHAEL FUCKING MANN IS MAKING A MOVIE ABOUT YOU. WHO CARES IF IT'S ACCURATE?

FILM IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN BULLSHIT POLITICS. At least if you truly love film, it should be.

Fuck, they could make a movie where Bush was the Prime Minister of Canada and had blonde hair and moonlights on the Calgary Flames, as long as IT'S A GOOD MOVIE, THE FACTS DON'T FUCKING MATTER.

MOVIES = AWESOME. NEWS = BORING.

LEX HAS SPOKEN.

Posted by LexG at October 12, 2008 12:58 AM