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"In fact, as the production got under way, it quickly became clear that Jackson’s creative ambitions for the concerts were beyond anything he’d ever attempted. With the budget already past $24 million, Jackson told his team he wanted to recreate one of the world’s largest waterfalls — Victoria Falls in southern Africa — on the stage. “I was ready to jump off the balcony of my office,” says Randy Phillips, president of the concert promotion firm AEG Live. “We went and met with Michael, and [director] Kenny [Ortega] said, ‘Michael, you’ve got to stop. We’ve got an incredible show, we don’t need any more vignettes.’ Michael said, ‘But Kenny, God channels this through me at night. I can’t sleep because I’m so supercharged.’ Kenny said, ‘But Michael, we have to finish. Can’t God take a vacation?’ Without missing a beat, Michael said, ‘You don’t understand — if I’m not there to receive these ideas, God might give them to Prince.’ "

Hilarious. Further proof of the greatest respectfully competitive rivalry that the entertainment world has ever seen and will never see again. Looking forward to peeping MJ’s This Is It on the 28th.

An exclusive first look at the new Michael Jackson movie | EW.com

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→ + Tags: 31DoNEdgar Allan PoeRoger CormanVincent PriceTales of Terror1962 notes 1 note

Night #15 Tales of Terror ranks somewhere in the middle of the Corman-Poe canon…The film was inexpensive by Hollywood standards, but producer-director Corman compensates for the low budget by making the most of the wide screen format. Working closely with cinematographer Floyd Crosby, Corman’s compositions and his blocking of actors are always interesting, and this mise-en-scene suffers when their work is arbitrarily cropped. Price is in fine form playing three very different characters. His brooding father in ‘Morella’ isn’t far removed from the roles he played in other Poe films, but it was nevertheless the kind of role in which he excelled. In ‘The Black Cat,’ Price’s character, a wine-expert dandy, is especially hammy but with Price, that was always part of the fun. ‘The Case of M. Valdemar’ gives him less to do, but his disembodied voice, aided by unearthly sound effects, makes a lasting impression. (Mania.com)

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Tales of Terror ranks somewhere in the middle of the Corman-Poe canon…The film was inexpensive by Hollywood standards, but producer-director Corman compensates for the low budget by making the most of the wide screen format. Working closely with cinematographer Floyd Crosby, Corman’s compositions and his blocking of actors are always interesting, and this mise-en-scene suffers when their work is arbitrarily cropped.

Price is in fine form playing three very different characters. His brooding father in ‘Morella’ isn’t far removed from the roles he played in other Poe films, but it was nevertheless the kind of role in which he excelled. In ‘The Black Cat,’ Price’s character, a wine-expert dandy, is especially hammy but with Price, that was always part of the fun. ‘The Case of M. Valdemar’ gives him less to do, but his disembodied voice, aided by unearthly sound effects, makes a lasting impression.

(Mania.com)

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