Edgar Wright and Quentin Tarantino are longtime friends, and this friendship ended up playing a role in the titling of Wright’s new psychological thriller, “Last Night in Soho.” It turns out the title was Tarantino’s doing, as Wright recently admitted to Total Film magazine.
“In ‘Death Proof,’ Quentin uses a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich song, ‘Hold Tight’,” Wright said. “I was talking to him about that song, and that band, and he said, ‘Have you ever heard “Last Night in Soho?”’ He played it for me, and he goes, ‘This is the best title music for a film that’s never been made.’”
The original title for “Last Night in Soho” was “Red Light Area,” but Wright scrapped it once he discovered there was already a Cillian Murphy-starring movie with the title “Red Lights.” Wright’s next title idea was “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,...
“In ‘Death Proof,’ Quentin uses a Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich song, ‘Hold Tight’,” Wright said. “I was talking to him about that song, and that band, and he said, ‘Have you ever heard “Last Night in Soho?”’ He played it for me, and he goes, ‘This is the best title music for a film that’s never been made.’”
The original title for “Last Night in Soho” was “Red Light Area,” but Wright scrapped it once he discovered there was already a Cillian Murphy-starring movie with the title “Red Lights.” Wright’s next title idea was “The Night Has a Thousand Eyes,...
- 9/14/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Mixing glorious pastiche and gory ghost story, director Edgar Wright’s “Last Night in Soho” will stand as one of the best London movies of the new decade.
That’s probably because, while it enjoys the present-day (or at least pre-pandemic) bustle of Soho, it positively revels in the area’s charismatically seedy past and its still-palpable legacy.
Much like his mentor, Quentin Tarantino, who gets a thanks in the closing credits but to whom the excellent soundtrack choices also owe a huge debt, Wright creates a faithful yet playful homage to a lost and legendary Swinging ’60s London that is hard to find these days but whose spirit remains vibrantly alive in movies, documentaries, photos, stories, a few buildings and, of course, hundreds of songs.
Since the current Covid-19 pandemic practically emptied Soho of its restaurants, nightlife and office workers (many British film production companies included), one might regard...
That’s probably because, while it enjoys the present-day (or at least pre-pandemic) bustle of Soho, it positively revels in the area’s charismatically seedy past and its still-palpable legacy.
Much like his mentor, Quentin Tarantino, who gets a thanks in the closing credits but to whom the excellent soundtrack choices also owe a huge debt, Wright creates a faithful yet playful homage to a lost and legendary Swinging ’60s London that is hard to find these days but whose spirit remains vibrantly alive in movies, documentaries, photos, stories, a few buildings and, of course, hundreds of songs.
Since the current Covid-19 pandemic practically emptied Soho of its restaurants, nightlife and office workers (many British film production companies included), one might regard...
- 9/4/2021
- by Jason Solomons
- The Wrap
Pop star Dave Dee has died at the age of 65. Dee, whose real name was David Harman, sang with the band Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick & Tich. He passed away after a three-year battle with cancer, record company plugger Sean Cooney confirmed to the BBC. "He didn't let it get him down. He was defying it," Cooney said. His band's first chart appearance came in 1965 with the single 'You (more)...
- 1/9/2009
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
On October 29th, the highly anticipated new exploitation movie tribute book Shock Festival will be available in all its full-color gory glory (pre-order it here)! It’s 356 pages of movie madness featuring an epic story behind the scenes on bizarre grindhouse films that never existed and over 600 amazing, original movie posters, lobby cards, and other “rare memorabilia” items … but the book is just the beginning.
In early 2009 Stephen Romano will present an unprecedented 3-disc DVD set based on both the fictional films of his groundbreaking book and the films that inspired them. Loaded with hundreds of vintage theatrical 35mm trailers and 16mm television spots from the most amazing B-exploitation flicks of all time, the DVD set will be the wildest, most comprehensive preview retrospective in home video history with original drive-in snack bar promos, intermission ads, and theater promos, all digitally remastered from rare, original film elements.
The DVD set...
In early 2009 Stephen Romano will present an unprecedented 3-disc DVD set based on both the fictional films of his groundbreaking book and the films that inspired them. Loaded with hundreds of vintage theatrical 35mm trailers and 16mm television spots from the most amazing B-exploitation flicks of all time, the DVD set will be the wildest, most comprehensive preview retrospective in home video history with original drive-in snack bar promos, intermission ads, and theater promos, all digitally remastered from rare, original film elements.
The DVD set...
- 9/8/2008
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
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