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    How Important Is Mute's Futuristic Setting?

    Duncan Jones' Big Budget Follow-Up To Moon Stuck In Financing Hell?

    A First Look Inside Duncan Jones's Futuristic Berlin

    Duncan Jones' Mute Gets A Budget And A Quiet Barkeep

    Duncan Jones' Next Science Fiction Film Has "Unique" Villains
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    Image of Klebert L. Hall Klebert L. Hall
    11/13/09

    In reply to How Important Is Mute's Futuristic Setting?
    Well, how important were the medeival Japan settings of Kurusawa's Shakespeare re-makes?

    I'd say setting is an important part of a movie, and many different movies are the same story if you boil them down hard enough.
    -Kle. #duncanjones
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    Image of Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected
    11/12/09

    In reply to How Important Is Mute's Futuristic Setting?
    Jones' film Moon convinced me. No matter how strange the concept, I'll trust Zowie Bowie to make it good. #duncanjones
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    Image of Zyg Zyg
    11/12/09

    @Mike Zuniga: That was Unexpected: damn straight! #duncanjones
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    Image of J_Frank_Parnell J_Frank_Parnell
    11/12/09

    In reply to How Important Is Mute's Futuristic Setting?
    Sounds intriguing, I'd like to read this but not sure I really enjoy reading scripts. Maybe I'll wait for the novelization. #duncanjones
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    Image of Motoki Motoki
    11/12/09

    In reply to How Important Is Mute's Futuristic Setting?
    Argh, script is yanked from Sendspace. Please tell me someone nabbed it first. #duncanjones
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    Image of ThisDudeRufus ThisDudeRufus
    10/08/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Big Budget Follow-Up To Moon Stuck In Financing Hell?
    Can't he just have his dad finance it? Or did he blow it all on sequins?
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    Image of stereobot stereobot
    10/08/09

    @ThisDudeRufus: Do you want to borrow my ROFLcopter video?
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    10/08/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Big Budget Follow-Up To Moon Stuck In Financing Hell?
    Seeing as though the minimum fee is different for actors when they do not speak lines, I think maybe his investors were going under the assumption that they wouldn't have to pay the actors much because they thought there was going to be no dialogue.
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    10/08/09

    @stereobot:
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    10/08/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Big Budget Follow-Up To Moon Stuck In Financing Hell?
    FInancing problems? Didn't he make Moon for like $9.95?
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    Image of CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard) CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard)
    09/15/09

    In reply to A First Look Inside Duncan Jones's Futuristic Berlin
    I like it. I like it a lot.
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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    09/14/09

    In reply to A First Look Inside Duncan Jones's Futuristic Berlin
    usually, I'd be worried if a director seems to be so heavily influenced. I'd be concerned he is going to produce something derivative. But the esthetic of "Moon" was clearly influenced by both "2001" and "Alien" and still completely original, so I'll keep an open mind.
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    Image of Ghede Ghede
    06/30/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Mute Gets A Budget And A Quiet Barkeep
    For a second I thought his next movie was going to be a cheesy story about a world run by an all powerful AI who sends people into space so that their children can be mutants with special powers.
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    Image of bonniegrrl bonniegrrl
    06/29/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Mute Gets A Budget And A Quiet Barkeep
    Can't wait to see what Duncan does next!

    I loved "Moon!"
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    Image of bluehinter bluehinter
    06/29/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Mute Gets A Budget And A Quiet Barkeep
    I loved 'Moon' and 'Mute' sounds awesome.


    If anybody ever makes a film version of 'Gun With Occasional Music,' I'd love to see Duncan Jones' name attached.

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    Image of Dr Emilio Lizardo Dr Emilio Lizardo
    06/29/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Mute Gets A Budget And A Quiet Barkeep
    Moon was great, but "Gamechanging?" It's made almost $400K in 2 weeks. Transformers made $200M in 5 days.


    Or, Transformers made more in 15 minutes than Moon has in it's whole run.


    I wish it would change the game, but money talks.

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    Image of Zack Stentz Zack Stentz
    06/29/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo:


    I'd compare it to the release of Memento. That was a well-reviewed indie that ended up making 25 million dollars domestically-- great for a low-budget film, but practically a rounding error compared to a summer event movie. But it announced the arrival of a major new director, and one who would go on to helm both quality summer blockbusters (Batman Begins, Dark Knight), and smarter than they needed to be mid-level studio offerings like Insomnia and The Prestige.

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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    06/29/09

    @Dr Emilio Lizardo: Moon might not make the same proportion of money that Tranny 2 does, but in terms of skill, of elegance, of being remembered and inspiring others, of being actual ART, it'll be celebrated long after Tranny 2 gets tossed into the Walmart 2.99 DVD bin next to copies of Double Impact and Underworld.


    Tranny 2 celebrates humanity's flight towards stupidity. It's the adult version of the old baby game "Shiny keys! Look! Jingle jingle! Keys! Shiny". It trash, and it will be remembered as trash. Every now and then, on the holidays, maybe it'll come on Peachtree TV, but other than that - nobody will ever fucking care about Tranny 2 again.


    And once the hordes of idiots are finished paying their 25 dollars after concession to be amused for 2 and a half hours, they'll leave the theatre, wake up the next day and think "what did I watch yesterday?"

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    Image of Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H. Evil Tortie's Mom: R.O.A.C.H.
    06/04/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Next Science Fiction Film Has "Unique" Villains
    He's so... average ordinary looking.

    Not all preternatural like his father.
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    Image of Grey_Area Grey_Area
    06/04/09

    In reply to Duncan Jones' Next Science Fiction Film Has "Unique" Villains
    Looking forward to seeing Moon. Who is directing the remake?
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