#Greg Fraser

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Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve Cinematography by Greig Fraser

[belovedknowyourmaster]

i went to see dune 2 on its avant premiere here last night and

DAMN

denis, this man… has written history by finally making the best sci-fi since the empire strikes back. everything about it is great. it’s cinematography (greg fraser i love you), THE MUSIC AND SOUND DESIGN. the acting, the whole pace of paul atreides journey into being lisan al-gaib…

i left the theatre with no words and not being able to believe what my eyes had seen.

if the academy does not give denis and the whole crew the awards they fff deserve for this masterpiece, i will go feral.

[filmledger]

I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer

Dune (2021)

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DUNE: EXPOSURES - exclusive look inside this brand new book, and interviews with its creators: Josh Brolin and Greig Fraser. This book explores the creation of Denis Villeneuve’s film adaptations of Dune through an evocative fusion of Josh’s sublime writing and cinematographer Greig Fraser’s intimate set photography.

via dunemovie

[mikeladano]

VHS Archives #143: Helix Acoustic on MuchMusic - 1993 interview with Brian Vollmer and Greg Fraser by Natalie Richard

A sharp looking Brian Vollmer was accompanied by new Helix guitarist Greg Fraser (Brighton Rock) in a Slayer shirt for this acoustic performance!  The show was Start Me Up on Saturday afternoon, and Natalie Richard was the host.  It’s A Business Doing Pleasure was the new album, and it was a slightly more acoustic affair for the band. Topics discussed: Inspiration for writing the new songs, and…

[sandybowiefanmissparker]

80s (and Sometimes 20s) Music Rules ~ Criminally Underrated Artists and Bands ~ Ghost Particles ~An EP Review

The EP “Ghost Particles (messages from Rude Van Steenes)” was posthumously recorded and released a few days ago. This is such a remarkable effort owing to the collaboration of Rude’s widow Michele O’Neail and musicians Greg Fraser and Benjamin Russell, with further musical contribution by Marcel LaFleur. Not only is the music lush and beautiful, but the fact that Rude’s dream could be realized…

[burningexeter]

Gargoyles: The Curse Of Hunter's Moon Special Trivia:

Through a collection (literally) of easter eggs and a tad few direct references, a retroactive shared universe will be heavily implied....

See, the main villain's headquarters has a special room or section that's almost library/bookstore-like which Elisa finds herself in when infiltrating the lair and has to hide from at first the guards than Demona herself. There, she finds that it's an entire collection of photos, clippings and objects from several different pieces of media. For example, when Elisa is quietly looking through, she accidentally bumps into something and causes something to drop but before it hits the floor, alerting anyone, Elisa quickly catches it in her hands.

But what is the object that falls and she catches —

A black egyptian book that's a heavy tome of pure obsidian with golden hinges and a wheel lock on the front. Sound familiar?

And on top of that, it's not just some random easter egg. It's heavily implied like with everything else to be the exact same book from the movie, meaning technically speaking Stephen Sommers' awesome The Mummy (1999) remake and Gargoyles: The Curse Of Hunter's Moon, among many others, take place in the same universe as each other.

[boardchairman-blog]

**Shots of the Episode**

Titans (2018)

Season 4, Episode 7: “Caul’s Folly” (2023) Director: Greg Walker Cinematographer: Fraser Brown

[gardenofedenuniverse]

Critics Choice Awards - Jan 15, 2023.

[genevieveetguy]

. We live and die in the shadows, for those we hold close, and for those we never meet.

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Christopher McQuarrie (2023)

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Dune: Part Two (2024) dir. Denis Villeneuve Cinematography by Greig Fraser

[oughttobeclowns]

Review: LIVE AT LOLA’S A Musical Chat Show with Stars of the West End

Review: @liveatlolas A Musical Chat Show with Stars of the West End Some moments of sublime musicality, some moments of fabulously chaotic energy too!

Christine Allado, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Hadley Fraser and Isaac Hesketh give some great cabaret and chat at Live at Lola’s “I have somewhere exciting to go” She may have been a showgirl but Lola has herself a very swankily appointed space beneath The Hippodrome. Lola’s Underground Casino, incredibly, is a converted water pool from the venue’s old days as a theatre but in its luxe new form, it…

[thatwritererinoriordan]

I'm reading English historian/podcaster Greg Jenner's book Dead Famous, about the history of celebrity. He made the joke about "socialite Brenda Frazier, not to be confused with hunky goofy actor Brendan Fraser." That's a paraphrase.

[mikeladano]

REVIEW: Brighton Rock - "Can't Wait For the Night" (Remix) (1986 single)

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BRENDAN FRASER — photographed by Greg Williams for Hollywood Authentic

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1x02 Diefenbaker’s Day Off // 2x08 One Good Man // 2x13 White Men Can’t Jump to Conclusions // 3x01 Burning Down the House | Normalized

due South does a main character re-casting better than any other show on TV, and they do it by playing with television's own accepted meta-narrative.

Recasting a character has a long tradition in television, creating a viewership that knows and understands the storytelling short form at play. As viewers, we realize that sometimes actors aren't available to reprise a role (or simply aren't interested in it anymore); but, for the sake of the story, sometimes the show needs that character to come back. So we lean hard into suspended disbelief and just go with it. After all, the characters in the show accept the parareality of it—why shouldn't we?

Of course, the most famous example of a character recast would be the Dick/Darren disaster on 1960s sitcom Bewitched, when Dick York was unceremoniously replaced by Dick Sargent in the role of Darrin Stephens. ("The Dick Wars" would have gone absolutely insane).

it was... not successful

But they weren't the only ones to do it. Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince, Becky from Roseanne, Daario Naharis from Game of Thrones, Greg Serrano from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (pain, agony)��recasting characters but maintaining the fiction is a storied tradition in TV. New actor, same character; totally normalized.

And shows continue to do it, even today, with a—uh—similar dedication to fucking it up doing it poorly.

why must we be punished like this

due South even engages in this trope itself in season 2, when hard-hitting investigative journalist Mackenzie King is recast and they don't even try to find an actress who looks similar. In 1x02 Diefenbaker's Day Off, she's played by brunette Madolyn Smith-Osborne; in 2x08 One Good Man, she's been replaced by blonde Maria Bello, and nobody talks about it.

yeah i'm absolutely the same person, obviously

Everyone diegetically (within the world of the show) is just like, oh yeah, that's hard-hitting investigative journalist Mackenzie King. Totally. Only non-diegetically (outside of the world of the show) does the viewer go "No, that's not the same person." Internally, the fiction proceeds as usual.

So what would happen if, say, Samantha Stephens turned to Dick Sargent and said "You're not Darrin," when everyone else in the show continued to treat him as though he was? Or if Jaskier told Geralt that he knows he's not actually Geralt, and everyone treated him like he was delusional?

Or if Fraser, even, had recognized Mackenzie King as someone entirely different, and everyone treated him like he had a hole in his bag of marbles because of it? Of course that's Mackenzie King; even her boss knows it. No, she's never been a brunette. What are you talking about?

And that's exactly what happens in Burning Down the House.

the rays vecchio

Diagetically, everyone else treats Callum Keith Rennie's character as though he is Ray Vecchio. "Oh, good, you found him," says Det. Huey. Elaine, Franchesca, literally everyone else both at the station and outside of it treat Callum Keith Rennie Ray Vecchio as though he is David Marciano Ray Vecchio. They're acting exactly as any other TV character would in the face of a recasting: as though absolutely nothing had happened.

Except for Fraser.

Fraser's specific brand of parareal Canadian plot magic means that he's immune to the recasting blindness; he's acting as an agent of the viewer, voicing our non-diegetic concerns. Fraser is (as he so often is) a character with one foot outside of the narrative. He's just always been like this and he doesn't know why.

oh this man is infuriating and hot, fuck. shit.

And for a character who already thinks he is likely insane (he sees the ghost of his dead father! He communicates with his deaf half-wolf! He is instantly committed to a mental institution upon voicing the actual true story of his life!), this is very extremely distressing. Fraser thinks he's actually lost it this time, because everyone else in due South is acting like a TV character, and Benton Fraser is acting like a viewer.

This is so brilliant on so many levels. They just fully lampshade the damn thing. It allows our protagonist to speak for disgruntled or confused viewers. It engages at a postmodern level with television as a medium with a storied history (and due South is incredibly postmodern; nearly every episode is or contains a reference to another piece of media). It's written from the perspective of someone who loves and is knowledgeable about TV tropes.

And it gives us an entirely new Ray while still maintaining respect and loyalty to the original, something no other straight (lol) recast could ever do.

Genuinely one of the most clever, witty, well-crafted hours of television ever made. I could write essays about so many different parts of it. And I guess I will!!!!!!

It’s Burning Down the House week in our dS Stacked Rewatch!