http://www.franksfilms.com/run-lola-run Frank's video recommendation of the week. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:16:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.franksfilms.com/run-lola-run/comment-page-1#comment-220 FranksFilms » Blog Archive » PARIS, JE T’AIME Wed, 16 Jan 2008 03:58:58 +0000 http://www.franksfilms.com/?p=40#comment-220 [...] Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume: The Story of a [...] [...] Tykwer (Run Lola Run, Perfume: The Story of a [...]

]]> http://www.franksfilms.com/run-lola-run/comment-page-1#comment-140 FranksFilms » Blog Archive » PERFUME: THE STORY OF A MURDERER Thu, 13 Sep 2007 03:01:26 +0000 http://www.franksfilms.com/?p=40#comment-140 [...] The film is twisted and macabre, it’s funny and frightening, it’s dark balanced with just the right amount of comic relief, and it’s always fascinating. It’s narrated by John Hurt (fast becoming my favorite narrator), who, by the way, reads lots of books. It takes chances and is NOT politically correct. The film has wanted to be made, apparently, for some time. Several high priced directors, who it seems, also read books, have been trying, without success, to get the movie right from the author. These include Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese, Milos Forman, and Stanley Kubrick (I would’ve loved to see the Kubrick version). Actual director, Tom Tykwer, is no slouch. He made one of my past recommendations Run, Lola, Run. [...] [...] The film is twisted and macabre, it’s funny and frightening, it’s dark balanced with just the right amount of comic relief, and it’s always fascinating. It’s narrated by John Hurt (fast becoming my favorite narrator), who, by the way, reads lots of books. It takes chances and is NOT politically correct. The film has wanted to be made, apparently, for some time. Several high priced directors, who it seems, also read books, have been trying, without success, to get the movie right from the author. These include Ridley Scott, Tim Burton, Martin Scorsese, Milos Forman, and Stanley Kubrick (I would’ve loved to see the Kubrick version). Actual director, Tom Tykwer, is no slouch. He made one of my past recommendations Run, Lola, Run. [...]

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