Pop. 1280 (Yorgos Lanthimos, 20??)

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#1 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:31 pm

Lanthimos will write and direct an adaptation of the same Jim Thompson novel that Coup de Torchon was based on

dda1996a · #2 Post by **dda1996a** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 8:59 pm

Man does he not stop for a minute. I'm sure Mfunk will be happy now

#3 Post by **DarkImbecile** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:21 pm

Glenn Kenny is excited:

#4 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:23 pm

Did he really just call all those who like Lanthimos “posers”? In 2019? Cutting edge commentary right there

Big Ben · #5 Post by **Big Ben** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:25 pm

Being "mad online" like this is peak Film Twitter and I'm absolutely here for it. I am not familiar with this story or Coup de Torchon and am excited to see what Lanthimos does with the source material.

#6 Post by **domino harvey** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:30 pm

Considering how toxic and negative Thompson's work is (not a criticism), you'd think if anything even the h8ers would be all for this, as it's a great fit

Fiery Angel · #7 Post by **Fiery Angel** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:39 pm

I agree with Kenny about Coup de Torchon, but as long as Lanthimos doesn't set his adaptation in French West Africa, why not?

Cold Bishop · #8 Post by **Cold Bishop** » Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:59 pm

Interesting. Andrew Dominik was trying for years to get an adaptation made. Regardless of what you think of Lanthimos, you can’t dispute the man will bring an interesting slant to the story, as I can’t see him doing a slavish adaptation in this case.

With that said, he’ll have to work hard to avoid Coen Bros comparisons, fair or not, since I can easily see this material and his absurdist tone producing something similar.

Professor Wagstaff · Fri Feb 22, 2019 10:16 pm

I love Coup de Torchon, and Pop. 1280 is probably my favorite Thompson book next to The Killer Inside Me. I'm hot and cold on Lanthimos, but he's certainly a filmmaker that won't flake out on the material.

NABOB OF NOWHERE · Sat Feb 23, 2019 8:41 am

domino harvey wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:23 pm Did he really just call all those who like Lanthimos “posers”? In 2019? Cutting edge commentary right there

I would like to think he means those who want to be associated with someone riding high at present rather than whether they like his work on not.
However far more importantly he can't spell defecating.

Cobpyth · #11 Post by **Cobpyth** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:54 pm

Has this project been canceled or is Lanthimos still attached? I noticed this project got deleted from the director's IMDb-page but I can't seem to find anything about this. Would be a pity. I was really looking forward to this.

Does anyone here have any idea?

aox · #12 Post by **aox** » Fri Apr 10, 2020 7:21 pm

Cobpyth wrote: Fri Apr 10, 2020 5:54 pm Has this project been canceled or is Lanthimos still attached? I noticed this project got deleted from the director's IMDb-page but I can't seem to find anything about this. Would be a pity. I was really looking forward to this.

Does anyone here have any idea?

Honest question: is anything being produced right now considering the lockdown? I guess there is that new Blink-182 video filmed entirely indoors that even the kids aren't talking about, but what else?

Beloved Aunt · #13 Post by **Beloved Aunt** » Fri Mar 10, 2023 10:57 pm

domino harvey wrote: Fri Feb 22, 2019 9:30 pm Considering how toxic and negative Thompson's work is (not a criticism), you'd think if anything even the h8ers would be all for this, as it's a great fit

Hmm. I wonder of Domino Harvey has seen Peckinpah's The Getaway? All of the good Thompson adaptations that I've seen either have a relative humanistic edge (Coup de torchon, After Dark, My Sweet, The Grifters) or are at least not directed by a famously psychopathic filmmaker (This World, Then the Fireworks). So he may be quite wrong about this project? I think "set a psychopath to capture the work of another psychopath" isn't generally a thing that works too well. Let's make a film of Mein Kampf! Get me Leni Riefenstahl!!

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