New Roeg

Quite surprised to see news of a new film from the director of "Peformance," "Walkabout," "The Man Who Fell To Earth" and "Don't Look Now" Nicolas Roeg - the film (based on a novel by Fay Weldon) is called Puffball and stars Donald Sutherland, Samantha Morton and Miranda Richardson.

It's opening in England this week but has already been savaged by bloggers who've labeled it " Rosemary’s Baby meets Straw Dogs, with hints of The Wicker Man and Roeg’s own catalogue thrown in the mix, all wrapped up in a matrix of giant forest stones, Odin, and hex dolls." Certainly the trailer doesn't do the film much either.



The good thing is though Roeg is talking to the press again (something he rarely does)- read his interview with the Guardian which shows he's still as full of wile as ever. Interesting to read too that he doesn't believe in story boarding.

"I've been told my movies are difficult to market."