Notes of a Defeatist

• Ever wonder who that other guy credited with creating Lost along side J.J. Abrams and Damon Lindelof? Check out the mystery of Jeffrey Lieber and his story.

• Everyone seems to have forgotten about all the blood, sweet, and tears Scorsese put into making Raging Bull now that it’s a classic. Upon its release everyone seemed to think the picture was doomed.

After a screening even long time collaborators Michael Chapman and Paul Schrader anticipated a disastrous future for the picture. “Wow,’ said Chapman after a while. ‘Marty really fucked that one up, didn’t he?’ Schrader drew a breath. ‘Yeah,’ he agreed. ‘I don’t know what went wrong there.’

• Film scholar David Bordwell offers his favorite Hollywood movie this summer—-Ratatouille, and its artistic leaps.

• So, you think your life might be movie material? So did journalist J.R. Moehringer.I bet he didn’t expect to be made out to be an incompetent, lazy hack just so the filmmakers of Resurrecting the Champ could have a reason to manufacture a ham-fisted drama filled with speechy monologues on the importance of journalistic integrity.

Or, maybe he should just be pissed that Josh Hartnett’s playing him.

One of Moehringer’s colleagues from the L.A. Times offers his perspective on the cinematic version of Moehringer’s Pulitzer nominated piece.

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