Happy Birthday, Frankie!
It’s a slow news day here around the Critical End! offices. Sure, there are a few things of interest (the final two Harry Potter films will be in 3D, even the director of Saw VII doesn’t want to make a Saw VII, and Avatar has become the number one film of all time), but not much to write home about.
That being said, we’re proud to introduce a new feature: Birthday wishes! Today’s birthday wish goes out to one of my favorite contemporary directors, Frank Darabont. You may recall him as the Oscar nominated writer/director of such crowd favorites as The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. He then went on to piss everybody off with a depressing little horror film called The Mist. Chances are you never saw it, because horror films (and films starring Thomas Jane) never get any sort of Oscar buzz. Shame on you.
I’ve attached a clip of the birthday boy talking about the original theatrical cut of Blade Runner. It’s a minute and a half, and if you didn’t catch it on the Blade Runner DVD, it’s very funny and worth a look.
Have a favorite Frankie film or moment? Share below on the all new “Critical End! Birthday Wall of Coolness!” (which looks amazingly like our standard comment section). Mr. Darabont is 51 today.
