#Ernest dickerson

[skeletonfumes]

Bones (2001) Ernest Dickerson

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Juice 1992 behind the scenes x

[brokehorrorfan]

Cavity Colors has a Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight design by Jert available until Monday, October 14, at 1pm ET. T-shirts ($30), tie-dye tees ($30), and baseball tees ($35) will ship the week of November 4.

[videoreligion]

Happy Black History Month! Quick list of some of my favorite black horror directors, whose works stay in regular rotation around here.

[thechanelmuse]

Tupac on Acting and His Breakout Role in Juice

“When I auditioned for Juice, that was another of my good luck times. I was broke. I wasn't even thinking about acting. I was thinking about surviving. 

“Money B [of Digital Underground] was going to audition. I was just being a sidekick and walked in there wet. Soon as we got home they was like, ‘We want him to fly back out here,’ and I was like, if they’re going to fly me, I’ll go back out there. That’s a chance. And then they started, you know, ‘One more time,’ and I was like ‘OK.’ All this was good because I hadn’t got any parts. I hadn’t even gone out on any auditions, so it was like my first audition was going so well.

“Bishop is a psychopath, but, more true to his character, Bishop is a lonely, misguided young kid. His heroes are James Cagney and Scarface. Those kinds of guys. Shoot-’em-up, go-out-in-a-blaze type of gangsters.

“I don’t think acting is as technical as they try and make it. They try and make it technical so everybody isn’t an actor. All you have to do is feel for your character and relate to your character. Because when you act you satisfy something inside of yourself.

“The character is me. I’m Bishop. Everybody got a little Bishop in them.”

— From his autobiography and companion to the documentary, Tupac: Resurrection, 1971-1996 

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Bones, 2001, dir. Ernest Dickerson

[itsmyfriendisaac]

Juice: Bishop, Q, Steel, & Raheem decide to change up their usual routine by quickly planning a convenient store robbery in the middle of Harlem. Their brotherhood begins breaking down after their heist goes left & Bishop becomes increasingly trigger happy!

[burningexeter]

I think these six can be in the same universe.

[davidhudson]

Happy 72nd, Ernest Dickerson.

With Spike Lee on the set of Do the Right Thing (1989).

[theartoftheframe]

MALCOLM X (1992)

Dir: Spike Lee DP: Ernest R. Dickerson

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Do the Right Thing (1989)

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Bones (2001) Ernest Dickerson

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Do the Right Thing (1989) ----------------------------- dir. Spike Lee cin. Ernest Dickerson cs. USA

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Juice, Ernest Dickerson

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Tales From the Crypt: Demon Knight

Although it wasn’t originally planned to be part of a projected TALES FROM THE CRYPT film franchise, Ernest Dickerson’s TALES FROM THE CRYPT: DEMON KNIGHT (1995, Criterion Channel) shares more with the series than just the tacked-on opening and closing with the animated Crypt Keeper (shot by another director, so don’t blame Dickerson if you find them a little forced). Dickerson uses the same neon color scheme of many of the series’ episodes along with its mixture of queasy violence and humor. There’s less sense that it’s a horror fable, though. Instead, it seems like the start of a different franchise that never happened. And the first twist is so big, the only thing I can tell you is that the plot revolves around a battle between William Sadler and Billy Zane over a key filled with holy blood. There are demons involved, and some people are tempted to accept possession as a way of life. Dickerson keeps the whole thing moving very well, and the camera work is quite fluid. It also has a terrific main set, the interior of a church that’s been turned into a motel. The cast is filled with distinctive types like CCH Pounder, who gets most of the best lines, Dick Miller, Jada Pinkett, Thomas Haden Church and John Schuck. There’s also a whole lot of acting going on, much of it quite entertaining, with Zane something of a standout. The problem is that it all needs to be a little more. Only Pinkett’s temptation scene has any zing to it. It’s got a nice surrealistic feel. The others are either bland or embarrassing. For the rest of the film, the colors could be brighter, the jokes could be funnier and except for Pounder and Miller, the acting could go a little more over the top. Although poorly reviewed at first, the film has garnered more appreciation in years since, partly because Pinkett’s casting is still somewhat revolutionary. Overall, though, it just doesn’t go far enough to make it to cult status.

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This film looks great, and this review from Trailers from Hell makes me want to see it!