Rogen.Franco "The Interview" will it happen? — Page 6

The list on line did not mention the Kew Gardens Cinema in Queens if interested.

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center is now showing it.

I don't think its quality is what will bring people to it or not. By now seeing it is just a way of telling North Korea (or the hackers or whomever) that they can't dictate what Americans can or cannot see.

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/on-sale/the-interview



THE INTERVIEW
EVAN GOLDBERG, SETH ROGEN, 2014
USA | FORMAT: DCP | 112 MINUTES
Opens December 26!

Showtimes:
Friday – Sunday (Walter Reade): 10:45am + 11:30pm
Monday – Thursday (Film Center): 10:45am + 11:30pm

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: http://www.filmlinc.com/films/all/2014/12/26

In the action-comedy The Interview, Dave Skylark (James Franco) and his producer Aaron Rapoport (Seth Rogen) run the popular celebrity tabloid TV show 'Skylark Tonight.' When they discover that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is a fan of the show, they land an interview with him in an attempt to legitimize themselves as journalists. As Dave and Aaron prepare to travel to Pyongyang, their plans change when the CIA recruits them, perhaps the most unlikely candidates, to 'take out' Kim Jong-un.

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I'm more interested now to see how well this does in these streaming platforms and what that will mean in the future for big film releases. This is something the studios have been extremely reluctant to even try so this will be a very interesting experiment.

I wanted to see it because I'm a fan of Pineapple Express and This Is The End.
There were some funny moments but The Supreme Leader would have been better off letting the reviews speak for themselves.
I hope they release more movies like this. I'm glad I saw this on my couch and not in the theater. They have done this before though. I saw Babadook on Xbox too.
It's funny that Sony's completely crappy cyber security has caused a national security incident. I hope they're still not storing customer passwords in a folder called PASSWORDS.
I think it's telling that the film was available on a number of streaming sites, including Xbox, but not Sony's PS4.

Watched it last night for curiosity's sake. Meh.

Wasn't really funny or offensive. Who could take this seriously?

So apparently there are plans to airdrop copies of this film into North Korea.




Because this doesn't sound like a potentially dangerous idea at all!

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Right, because everyone in NK has the means to watch them! Not to mention, it will probably mean death being found with a copy.

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I read an article earlier, when the scandal first started, that activists regularly airdrop DVDs (and other items) into North Korea. Rather innocuous stuff with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger or even "Titanic," that is nevertheless illegal in North Korea. The packages get picked up by people on the black market, and are sold. 46 percent of North Koreans have access to a DVD player. It may be a dangerous game to play, but it seems many North Koreans already play it.

I agree with you Jordan, and the article I link to below also mentions that these airdrops normally contain leaflets, books, and other educational materials as well as movies. I do think there can be some value in including a movie that depicts their supreme leader as anything but a god, no? I haven't yet seen the movie, but isn't that what all the hullabaloo is about? That he dies in the end and is depicted as something less than a strong authority figure. In the article I referenced before, a North Korean escapee says that watching a smuggled copy of "Titanic" was a turning point in her life. Maybe "The Interview" could be for someone, too. Often art is more powerful than an informational leaflet, and it's at least much more... Intriguing?


Activists to Drop Interview DVDs

Updated On: 1/4/15 at 03:37 PM

I only wish all this brouhaha could have been expended on a more worthy film. I can imagine something like "Dr. Strangelove" causing an international stir, but this puerile thing?

Just saw it via Comcast on Demand. Easily Picture of the Year. I like that the movie doesn't take itself so seriously. In the process, it introduced geopolitics and Kim Jung-Un to a segment of the population that likely had no interest in either topic. The writing was sharp and the language very current. The entire movie was imbued with artifacts from the millennial zeitgeist without becoming pedantic.

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