Saturday Hot Links
Here are today’s hot links!
Did you know that Goldfinger became the template for James Bond movies?
Just in time for the holidays: 18 weirdest Christmas movies.
Some dude changed his name to “Captain Awesome.” Which character name would you choose?
This is fantastic: 14 actors acting. Classic moments. Silent. Black-and-white. A must-see.
James Cameron and Cirque du Soleil team up for a movie project.
In a case of Inception ad infinitum: Here is Chris Nolan’s Inception dream-level sketch.
Three guys watch every episode of “24” — all 86 hours of it back to back to back — and won $10K.
J.D. Salinger letter rejecting the idea for a film adaptation of “Catcher in the Rye.” You can own the letter for a mere $22.5K.
With the release of The King’s Speech, Slate has put together A History of Stuttering in Movies.
First trailer for the new Steven Soderbergh doc Everything Is Going Fine, a tribute to the late Spalding Gray.
Prisoner sues prison for screening the same movies over and over again.
Is George Lucas planning on bringing dead actors back to life?
A little more love to filmmaker — and Oberlin grad — Lena Dunham.
TotalFilm with the 18 weirdest David Lynch projects.
Movie admissions in the U.S. will most likely be down slightly in 2010. And here we all thought Yogi Bear in 3-D was going to pull it out!
ScriptShadow has an interesting post on the differences between writing a script for The Black List, Nicholl Fellowship, million dollar spec, or slipping in through the back door — and the easiest way not to succeed as a screenwriter.
Ken Burns really hates reality TV.
And Aaron Sorkin really thinks Sarah Palin is deranged.
“Dexter” renewed for Season 6. Two seasons too long in my estimation.
Want to know what Guillermo del Toro’s top 10 Criterion titles are? Go here.
A sequel to Trainspotting? That’s what Danny Boyle says.
Our friend U.K.-based screenwriter Kevin Lehane has some good news: Principal photography for his new movie Grabbers is now underway in Ireland. And Sony grabs the movie’s U.K. rights. Among other things, Kevin is known in GITS-world as the progenitor of The Definitive List of Clichéd Dialogue.
Mark Mothersbaugh of Devo wishes he could have scored these 5 movies.
What if Dr. Seuss wrote Star Wars?
Travis Bickle and Mathilda? Han Solo and Ripley? TotalFilm with 60 movie characters who should get married.
Finally if you’re a Pixar nut like myself, you’ve probably noticed their obsession with “A-113,” which appears over and over in their movies. Now the mystery is explained:
Enjoy your hot links!