Kevin Spacey Re: TV/Movies/Content/Story And Giving The Viewer What They Want

If you haven't seen this it pretty much sums it up.

Netflix Plays an Ace

Great title. Upside down flag. Kevin Spacey, capable of playing any shark, with blood dripping from his fingers, sitting in what used to be Lincoln's chair. Poster nails it to the wall.

Have been counting the minutes for this trailer. Thought it might be good. Thought it might be a shot across HBO's bow. But, this... This is fucking great. Robin Wright truly inhabits her character. And, Spacey -- what can you say. He dominates. Direction cuts like a knife. Screenwriting is a bat out of hell. Towering story. Massive potential.

Wow! Netflix draws blood. Fucking WOW! This trailer is so good I used exclamation points and all caps (and freaking italics).

Excuse me while I catch my breath. 'House of Cards' is a crushing steamroller.

























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Trailers for Chinese Movie 'Inseparable' with Kevin Spacey and Peter Stormare Surface

With Chinese leads Daniel Wu and Beibi Gong. Attempts at describing the plot would be silly. Here's a couple trailers that I find encouraging.

























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Netflix One-Ups HBO with 'Orange is the New Black'

Usually, these announcements don't get a lot of traction, but the mention at Bloomberg about Netflix planning a comedy series, 'Orange is the New Black', based on Piper Kerman's memoir subtitled 'My Year in a Women's Prison' is different. Netflix is going head-to-head with HBO with the roll out of  'Lilyhammer' with Steven Van Zandt (yes, from HBO's 'The Sopranos'), and the gearing up of the David Fincher produced political thriller 'House of Cards' starring Kevin Spacey.

Neither 'Lilyhammer' nor 'House of Cards' resonated with me -- not sure the reason. But, with this third original series, it's hard to ignore the Netflix surge. While the other shows certainly seem okay, should be fun, there's something about 'The New Black' that sets it apart. Maybe it's because it's an established property, a memoir that's gotten plenty of notice. Maybe it's because it's a true story about spending over a year in a minimum security facility on drug trafficking and money laundering charges. Maybe it's that title -- so cool, so 'I'm fucked, so I might as well take notes'. Whatever it is, you know off the bat this will have good energy, will be able to sustain itself from one episode to the next. I mean, you'd have to really botch this to make it boring.

Series like this, that run over a period of 10-30 episodes, are the new TV. Not only is production value very high -- often better than feature films in both the look and story/screenwriting -- but it's becoming more possible to watch anyplace/anytime on phones or slates, etc., via wi-fi or even 4G, or at home, at your convenience, on that new 80-inch TV. This is good for me as I don't bother with seeing movies at the theater anymore -- increasingly, the trend these days. In the time it takes to get ready, drive to the theater, find parking, stand in line, stand in line again, sit through commercials and trailers, watch a movie (that you paid at least ten bucks for), then drive back home, I can stream a high-quality one-hour episode of 'The New Black' or something like it online at a fraction of the cost, then get a snack and settle in for another episode (I love to watch two or three in a row). 'Click and Watch' is the only way.

I just dig that cover, those orange shoes, that title. There's a very cool story here -- something that's actually worth my time. Looking forward to the Netflix slate. Will be there.

















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Trailer for 'Margin Call'

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Kevin Spacey talks 'Horrible Bosses'

Very charming.

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'Horrible Bosses' Clip

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New Trailer for 'Horrible Bosses' Ups The Ante

'Horrible Bosses' Posters

Love these

TV Spots for 'Horrible Bosses'

Just looks great.





Plot clearly defined, characters well-drawn, and everybody's had bosses from hell. Should do well.

Trailer for 'Horrible Bosses'

"Does anyone here kill people for money?"

'Casino Jack'

Nicely cut, but does anybody care about this kind of story anymore?

Hanging Chads

Kevin Spacey and Jeffrey Toobin (analyst with CNN) and lawyer David Boies talk with Charlie Rose about the HBO movie 'Recount', re: the hanging chads of the 2000 presidential election.

Spacey On Morning Edition

I've always been a fan of Kevin Spacey. In his movies his connection with the camera is so solid he's able to bond with the viewer. As a result his characters gain the upper hand over you -- they almost seem to know what you're thinking and even make fun of your reactions to the plot. I'm sure this effect would be far more visceral when intensified by the intimacy and immediacy of a live stage performance. I haven't seen Spacey in a play but may take a trip to London to catch him at the Old Vic.

In his interview with Renee Montagne Spacey runs down how Eugene O'Neill's A Moon for the Misbegotten is the sequel to Long Day's Journey into Night; how he became the Artistic Director of the Old Vic, the historic London theater formally run by John Gielgud, Lawrence Olivier, and Peter O'Toole; the 'Sweet Spot' in a theater and how an actor projects his voice; the creation of the first Trans-Atlantic theater company, a collaboration between the Old Vic and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) -- (Sam Mendes [American Beauty] will commit to directing two classic plays a year for the next three years).

Spacey always comes across smart in movies and it's easy to see why listening to this interview. (This is the extended version of the interview which played on Morning Edition 4/9. 22 min).

Fred Claus Is Coming To Town

/film has a teaser for "Fred Claus". Vince Vaughn is Santa Claus' black sheep brother. Santa is played by Paul Giamatti. Also stars Kevin Spacey, Ludacris, Kathy Bates, and Rachel Weisz. Scheduled for release November 2007 (dang, a whole year). Clip is a hoot.