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Interview: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on 'Uncertainty', 'Inception' and His Favorite Movies
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Whether as a fast-talking high schooler in a film noir (Brick) or a disfigured soldier in a big budget blockbuster (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra), Joseph Gordon-Levitt has proven himself to be one of the most talented young actors. His new movie, Uncertainty, takes the viewer on a journey into two different worlds, where a flip of a coin takes a young couple (Gordon-Levitt and Lynn Collins) into an innocuous visit to her family and decisions about their future and another takes them into a strange criminal underworld where everyone is after a cell phone they found in a cab. Directed by David Siegel and Scott McGehee, Uncertainty was filmed on the fly with hand-held cameras in S16m and HD as the couple race towards their different futures. In this interview, we discuss the freedom of improvising within a structured world, his favorite movies, and what he can't say about G.I. Joe sequels or Christopher Nolan's Inception.
Cinematical: Can you discuss the beginning of the movie a bit? I was confused if it was symbolic or literal or what.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: What do you think was happening?
Cinematical: Well, I went back and I watched it again and wasn't sure.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: I don't want to be evasive or anything... You know, it's the kind of movie that's meant to stimulate a conversation or provoke your own creative thoughts about it, so I hesitate to say, "Well, what it means is blah blah blah." First of all, because it means something different to everybody. And second of all, I would never want anybody to say, "Well, I read an interview where the actor said that it means blah blah blah, so it means that and it doesn't mean anything else. 'Cause to me that's the beauty of movies, is that it can mean really whatever you want. The act of watching a movie, I think, is a creative act; it's not just input. All of us, as audience members, we're telling the story the way that we see it.
Trailer Park: Descending Youth and Revolting Goats
Filed under: Comedy », Drama », Horror », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Trailer Trash », Remakes and Sequels »
The Men Who Stare at Goats
If only they gave an Oscar for Best Film That Sounds LIke a Really Depraved Porn Flick. In reality this is a pretty awesome looking comedy in which George Clooney plays a soldier who is part of an elite force of psychic operatives and Ewen McGregor is the reporter out to get the story. Watch for this one on November 6.
Inception
This trailer for the latest film from Chris Nolan (The Dark Knight, Memento) will give you a serious WTF feeling, but I mean that in a good way. There's some Matrixy stuff at work here. This one hits on July 16.
The Descent: Part 2
In a move that reminds me a bit of Aliens, the survivor of the original The Descent returns and makes another trip down into the caverns where some albino creepy crawlies made mincemeat of her friends. The original was a great scare flick and I get claustrophobic just thinking about it, but is a sequel really necessary? No U.S. release info yet.
'Inception' Watch: Official Site Launches, Trailer Arrives Online
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Movie Marketing », Trailers and Clips »
UPDATE: Yahoo has posted the full Inception trailer, and you can check it out after the jump.Sometimes anticipation is delightful; sometimes it's maddening. With Christopher Nolan's über-mysterious, eagerly awaited 2010 sci-fi release Inception, anticipation is a bit of both. We know precisely two things about the plot: that it is a "contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind", and -- thanks to the possibly less-than-reliable IMDb blurb synopsis -- that it involves a "CEO-type who gets caught up in a blackmailing scandal." It's that first description that's so tantalizing. My immediate instinct was to think of the John Cusack/James Mangold thriller Identity, which I quite liked but would rather not see again, if you get me. But suffice it to say I am not worried that Inception will be a retread.
The teaser trailer, which should be officially released later today, has leaked in bootlegged form -- you can see it here, at least for now. (I am told it was attached to Inglourious Basterds, though there was no sign of it when I saw the Tarantino film last night.) It shows glimpses of various freaky but out-of-context goings-on, along with the tagline "your mind is the scene of the crime." And the official site has launched, though those hoping for more information will be sorely disappointed. All you'll see is a spinning metal widget that will follow your mouse around like a puppy.
It is dizzyingly awesome to see someone as smart and ambitious as Nolan operate in Hollywood's blockbuster A-list, with creative control and the clout to make big budgets serve big ideas. Rumors continue to swirl around the question of whether Nolan will return to the Batman franchise, but I halfway hope he doesn't. Inception is my most anticipated movie of 2010 in a walk.
Ken Watanabe and Tom Hardy Join Nolan's 'Inception'
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Thrillers », Casting », Mystery & Suspense », Warner Brothers », RumorMonger »
Here's what we currently know about Christopher Nolan's between-Batmans project, Inception:- It is not, as initially asserted by a commenter, concerning "a war for the colonization of Venus."
- It is more likely along the lines of a sci-fi action film "set within the architecture of the mind" (which, coming from the brains behind The Dark Knight, The Prestige, and Memento, is a scary-thrilling thought).
- Currently on board are Leonardo DiCaprio (as some sort of CEO), Marion Cotillard, Ellen Page, Cillian Murphy, and Michael Caine...
Sorry to be Avatar-level vague, but with a cast like this and a crew like that, there's little left to do but twiddle our thumbs and hope for the best between now and next summer. Either that, or Nolan just recast most of the third Batman film and doesn't want Christian Bale to know...
Chris Nolan Nabs Juno and Others for 'Inception'
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Casting »
Christopher Nolan is one of those filmmakers who could make a rut or obsession seem so damned appealing. For many, it's great to branch out and not get rutted, but for Nolan ... it would be quite sweet to have a neverending onslaught of good, wow-worthy Batman films. That's not going to happen, but at least his post-bat project is becoming increasingly more interesting.On the heels of Leonardo DiCaprio, Variety reports that Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, and Cillian Murphy are joining the Inception. Not much more is being said about the project, but this is what we know thus far: It will be a sci-fi action movie that takes place within "the architecture of the mind," and DiCaprio will play a CEO-type, Cotillard will be married to him, and Page will be a young grad student who is also his sidekick. There's no mention of Murphy's character, so I wonder: Could this all take place within his mind?
It could take place on a napkin for all I care -- Nolan has definitely proven he's got the chops, and this cast should be interesting in the realms of science fiction. But what do you think? Is Inception intriguing you, or do you just wish Batman would answer the bat signal once again?
DiCaprio Jumps on Chris Nolan Bandwagon
Filed under: Action », Sci-Fi & Fantasy », Casting »
Aside from the obvious cachet of being Chris Nolan's writing and directing follow-up to The Dark Knight, next year's Inception has the most intriguing teaser description I've heard in a while: it's billed as a sci-fi action film "set within the architecture of the mind." I have no earthly idea what that means, though I'm imagining something like the old "Body Wars" ride at Epcot Center, where you were shrunk to microscopic proportions and went on a simulated flight through the human body. Light saber battles on the parietal lobe! What? No takers?As with every other movie coming out in 2009 and 2010, Leonardo DiCaprio is now attached to star. I mock DiCaprio's ubiquity, but I'm never sorry to see him: over the past few years it's become clear that he's a pretty brilliant guy. He knows how to pick material, too; he's fond of prestige projects, but he seems to have an eye for the good ones. His next film is his fourth Martin Scorsese collaboration, Shutter Island. And Inception is sci-fi from one of Hollywood's smartest screenwriters (and I'm not even necessarily talking about The Dark Knight).
Anyway, speculation on what an action film "set within the architecture of the mind" might entail, if you please. I'm sticking with my "Body Wars" hypothesis until further notice. In 3D, of course.
Fanboy Freakout: Chris Nolan Not Making 'Batman 3' His Next Film?!
Filed under: Deals », Fandom », DIY/Filmmaking », Newsstand »
Just when we thought Warner Bros. was ready to tie Christopher Nolan to a really uncomfortable stool and force him to write the script to the next Batman film comes news that the same studio is actually eager to have the man direct something else first. Variety tells us that Warners is looking to get Nolan to direct a film called Inception (which he also wrote). Described as "a big-scale spec script" and "a contemporary sci-fi actioner set within the architecture of the mind [THR]," there's no word on what this is about* (or whether it involves bats or bat men), but the studio is aiming to begin production on the sci-fi flick this summer for a release the following summer of 2010. One imagines Warners would try to lock Nolan up for both Inception and the next Batman film, and perhaps the only way he'd agree to do the latter was if they let him direct the former first. But that's just wild speculation on our part; fact is, we're dying to know what Inception is about, who it will star and how long it will be until the next Batman movie heats up. Something tells us summer 2011 is the best bet.
What do you think of Nolan making this film his next project? Also, does anyone know what this Inception is or was or is about to become?
*Cinematical reader dd tells us that Inception is about "a war for the colonization of Venus."
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