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First Trailer for Uwe Boll's Film About the Genocide in Darfur
Yes, you read that headline correctly. Dr. Uwe Boll, the notorious filmmaker behind the likes of House of the Dead, Bloodrayne, In the Name of the King: a Dungeon Siege Tale, Alone in the Dark, and Postal, has made a film - a serious one - about the ongoing conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. I imagine you're as surprised as everyone else.I first heard about the film, titled simply Darfur, about a month ago at the Fantastic Fest Q&A for Boll's man-on-a-killing-spree movie Rampage. The director casually referred to the film as if it was no big deal, though it was obvious that everyone in the room was as stunned as I. When pressed for more information, Boll explained that he felt the world was turning a blind eye to the crimes against humanity that are committed daily in Darfur, and that as an artist, the only way he felt he could make a difference was if he made a film about it.
Now it would be easy to not take the film seriously given who is involved, but I can attest that there was genuine frustration in Boll's voice when he talked about tackling the material. However, the credibility he earned by showing a more noble side than one normally sees in his filmography quickly took a nose dive as Boll explained he used actual Darfur refugees in making the film. That sounds no alarms at first, but he further explained that he had actual rape victims in his cast, victims who were asked to re-enact their rape on camera; because that kind of 'honesty' was the only way he could capture how dire the situation is.
'Watchmen' Gets a Saucy Black and White Portrait Book
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The next piece of Watchmen marketing is upon us...
Watchmen: Portraits has hit bookstore shelves ($31.50 at Amazon), and to whet our appetites for the picture book, Entertainment Weekly has posted 17 of the portraits inside. What's cool about the book is that it features both main and supporting cast members, and gives us a great look at Matt Frewer's Moloch, which you can see above, along with the first Nite Owl.
Unfortunately, I think a big opportunity was missed with this release. The prints are funky and all, but what would've been insanely great for Watchmen's alternate world of culture is a portrait book that riffs on classic pop photographers like Annie Liebovitz and Herb Ritts. (Just like the film does with Warhol and the result of our uber-recognizable culture.) It would've made for some great shots, and fit into the whole pop cultural feel. Imagine the Sandra Bernhard mouth replaced with The Comedian, or a naked Doc Manhattan curled around Laurie, just like John and Yoko. For more, watch this interview with the book's photographer Clay Enos over at Slashfilm -- and check out some of our favorite portraits below.
Max Headroom Joins 'Watchmen'
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This seems strangely appropriate. An actor best known for portraying a staple of 80s pop culture has been cast in a film that takes place in a parallel universe during the 1980s. The MTV Movies Blog is reporting that Matt Frewer, who first entered the public eye as the allegedly computer generated television character Max Headroom, has joined the cast of Zack Snyder's hotly anticipated film Watchmen. Frewer and Snyder have worked together before on the 2004 Dawn of the Dead remake, and the actor will be joining the Watchmen cast as the costumed villain Moloch. The character is known for battling several of the masked crusaders in the Watchmen universe including Dr. Manhattan, Ozymandias and Rorschach. The character as drawn by Dave Gibbons in the graphic novel upon which the film is based has a gaunt appearance, particularly later in the story when he is suffering from cancer, so Frewer has definitely got the look, and I can see him fitting into the pointy vulcan-like ears the role calls for. Frewer joins the previously announced cast members Jackie Earle Haley as the demented vigilante Rorschach, Billy Crudup (who makes the jump from golden god in Almost Famous to powder blue god in Watchmen) as the omnipotent and blue-skinned Dr. Manhattan, Matthew Goode as the hyper intelligent Ozymandias, Jeffrey Dean Morgan as the government backed ass kicker in a mask The Comedian, Malin Ackerman as the modern Silk
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