Thursday, June 22, 2006
FILM MUSIC: Collateral

List of songs/tracks used in the film. * indicates that the song is on the official soundtrack of Collateral.

Briefcase - Tom Rothrock *
scene: the taxi depot at the start

The Seed 2.0 - The Roots feat. Cody Chesnutt *
scene: Max at the petrol station

Hands Of Time - Groove Armada *
scene: Max and Annie in the cab

Driften - Thomas Schobel
scene: when Annie leaves the cab, then gives Max her card

Air - Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion *
scene: Vincent executing his first hit and Max is in the cab

Rollin' Crumblin' - Tom Rothrock *
scene: Fanning finds Ramone dead

Spanish Key - Miles Davis *
scene: song played at the jazz club

Iguazi - Gustavo Santaolalla (Antonio Pinto remix)
scene: when Vincent is asking Daniel his question; also on Audio menu of the DVD

Steel Cello Lament - Heat Soundtrack
scene: after Daniel is killed

Max Steals Briefcase - James Newton Howard *
scene: Max steals Vincent's briefcase

Island Limos - James Newton Howard *
scene: Max and Vincent heading to "El Rodeo"

Guero Canelo - Calexico *
scene: song playing in El Rodeo, the club where Max meets Felix

Exile - The Insider Soundtrack
scene: when Max is talking to Felix

Destino de Abril - Green Car Motel *
scene: when Max is leaving El Rodeo; also plays during end credits

Moxica And The Horse - 1492: Conquest Of Paradise Soundtrack
scene: when the cops are leave El Rodeo

Shadow on the Sun - Audioslave *
scene: the crossing of the coyote

Ready Steady Go - Paul Oakenfield (Korean remix) *
scene: song playing in the Asian nightclub

A Roda - Abril Despedacado Soundtrack by Antonio Pinto
scene: when Vincent talks to Max about his limo company

Vincent Hops Train - James Newton Howard *
scene: Vincent after Max and Annie when they get on the train

Car Crash - Antonio Pinto *
scene: the last few moments in the train 

Requiem - Antonio Pinto *
scene: plays at end when Annie and Max get off the train


| posted at 11:53 pm | Comment (1) | |




Thursday, June 15, 2006
Operation Mackey

A collection of high-quality videos of interviews I've acquired (not from any website). If you get only sound and no picture from the files, download and install the Xvid codec.

UPDATED 20th July 2006

2003 Michael Parkinson
Description: Tom discusses his work, parents and life.
File: .mpg
Size: 150 MB
Download | Screenshot

2003 Michael Parkinson, with Billy Connolly
Description: Billy Connolly discusses his career and working with Tom on The Last Samurai.
File: .mpg
Size: 153 MB
Download | Screenshot

2004 The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Description: Tom promotes Collateral.
File: .avi
Size: 49.2 MB
Download | Screenshot

2004 MTV Movie Awards
Description: Tom and Jamie Foxx present the Best Female performance award.
File: .avi
Size: 45.7 MB
Download | Screenshot

2005 Oprah 23/05
Description: Tom on love, life and fatherhood.
File: .avi
Size: 175MB
Download | Screenshot

2005 MTV Movie Awards
Description: Tom receives the first MTV generation award.
File: .avi
Size: 46.4 MB
Download | Screenshot

2005 MTV Movie Awards
Description: Tom and Dakota present the Best Movie award.
File: .avi
Size: 24.1 MB
Download | Screenshot

2006 Ellen DeGeneres 12-05
Description: Tom on Ellen's Mother's Day episode.
File: .avi
Size: 154 MB
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2006 David Letterman 05-02
Description: Tom discusses M: I 3, baby Suri and kids.
File: .avi
Size: 111 MB
Download | Screenshot

2006 David Letterman 05-02
Description: Tom, David and Jamie Oliver in a cooking lesson.
File: .avi
Size: 58.4 MB
Download | Screenshot


| posted at 12:16 pm | | |




Monday, June 12, 2006
Worlds ending

I was watching Spielberg's War of the Worlds today and I still feel that the last 1/3 of the film should've been different.

I loved the tripods, especially the emergence of the first tripod that Ray sees. Watching that scene in the cinema was just pure magic. And then the wide-scale attack, with Ray and his children on the run.

I did go into the cinema thinking WOTW was going to be something like Independence Day but about 30 minutes into the film, I realised that this was a story from an ordinary person's point of view. And I really enjoyed this new perspective. Totally loved the panic sequences and the chaos that usually follows any sort of catastrophe.

It got better. The film became darker (not just literally). Starting from the fight for Ray's vehicle. Disaster brings out the best and the worst in people. And then the basement scene with the lunatic Ogilvy. The scene was creepy, but not in the conventional 'horror' sense. Running from aliens attempting to vaporize everything in its way was one thing. But getting trapped with someone who has clearly lost his marbles, jeopardizing the secrecy of their hideout is like some sort of worst case scenario.

Another stunning scene was when Ray rushes out into the open to look for Rachel. The entire landscape had become covered with red weed obviously to provide a habitable environment for the aliens. Better still, the 'plants' (if you can call them that) were being fertilised with human blood.

After this, the tone of the film seemed to change to a much lighter mood. I don't know if it would've made WOTW a better film but I very much preferred the scary and bleak atmosphere that Spielberg created in the first one and a half hours. The film could've kicked so much ass (for me anyway) if it had a darker ending.


| posted at 11:37 pm | Comment (1) | |




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