sâmbătă, 31 ianuarie 2009

The Visitor (2007)

al doilea film al lui Thomas McCarthy (pe primul, The Station Agent, 2003, nu l-am vazut) are parte de recunoastere pentru ca actorul principal, Richard Jenkins, excelent character actor dar cine stie unde si cind l-a vazut ? (Six Feet Under si recent in Burn after Reading) e nominalizat la Oscar. Ceea ce e minunat dar la fel ca si Langella in Nixon (cu mentiunea ca e l si-a facut rolul pe scena al greu si filmul era , sansele sunt slabe. Batalia e intre Penn si Rourke, si n-ar trebui sa existe vreun dubiu ca Rourke trebuie sa cistige. Dar meritoriu ar fi pentru Jenkins sa ia Oscarul mai mult ca Rourke, ca Langella si Penn(despre Brad Pitt nici nu discut) !
Back to the movie now. O drama gen About Schmidt, despre redemption of life, despre cum isi revine la viata un profesor universitar vaduv a carui viata e complet goala. la fel ca in filmul lui Alexander Payne, exista un factor "Ndugu", aici un cuplu siriano-senegalez, pe care Walter /Jenkins il gaseste locuind in apartamentul sau newyorkez. Acesta ii lasa sa mai stea si e atras de tobele lui Tarik (Haaz Sleiman), acesta il inavata sa bata la ele, dar filmul ia o alta intorsatura, pe structura sociala post 9/11, atunci cind Tarik, e arestat in metrou si inchis
intr-un centru de detentie al administratiei Bush, State security. Un alt personaj interesant e mama lui Tarik, Mouna (actrita israeliana Hiam Abbass, care mi-a adus aminte de Irene Papas). Muzica, touching, sesnibila, piano oriented de polonezul Jan P.A. Kaczmarek, care a luat Oscarul pentru Finding Neverland. {plus jazz ceva exotic cu tobe (Fela Anikulapo Kuti). Filmul nu e un vehicul hollywoodian si deci e trist, dar Walter (Jenkins mi-a adus aminte de cele mai bune roluri ale lui Jack Lemmon) invata ce e de fapt important in viata si se regaseste. Pledoarie pentru toleranta si pentru sens personal, mi-a adus aminte de titlul lui "Bang the Drums Slowly" , adica emotional si intens. Dintre toate filmele de Oscar (fie si la o nominalizare, pentru ca ii da coverage), alaturi de Wrestler, este cel mai uman.
8 din 10, 4 din 5.

Revanche (2008)

Revanche e nominalizat la Oscar pentru cel ami bun film strain alaturi de Entre Les Murs, Bahir, Gruparea Baader Meinhof si japonezul Okuribito/Departures. Intrarea Austriei, (in continuare nimeni nu stie ce s-a intimplat cu Gomorra !?). Drama care a fost vinduta ca revenge thriller e mai bun decit ma asteptam, dar n-are nici o sansa in fata filmelor canneze (Entre les..., Bashir).


afisul care indeamna la non-vizionare, exemplu de marketing austriac!

Interesant e ca Variety l-a placut dar Hollywood Reporter nu. Premiera la Berlin anul trecut, in cadrul sectiunii Panorama, unde a luat premiulEuropa Cinemas pentru cel mai bun film european. Premiul pentru cel mai bun film strain la recent incheiatul festival de la Palm Springs. Scenariul si regia, Goetz Spielmann. Nu are muzica, actorii sunt excelenti si filmul porneste la un drum de unde se intimpla altceva si devine mult mai interesant. O scena de sex brutal si viguros, si mult efort fizic la propriu din partea protagonistului Johannes Krisch, a carui mustata il face sa semene cu Franco Nero si Raimund Harmstorf.


Tamara (Irina Potapenko), produs de "import/export"



Ideea e ca tunci cind arunci o piatra in apa, cercurile care se formeaza duc departe ! Metafora nu atit de subtila, dar care foloseste filmului, care are mai mult suflet decit austriecele obisnuite ! Recommended !
8 din 10, 4 din 5.

Iggy & Stooges nu mai vin la Bucuresti !

duap cum banuiam, datorita mortii lui Ron Asheton, Iggy and the Stooges si-au anulat toate concertele. In schimb, o sa vina Madonna ! Asa ca cei care-si doreau sfinta treime, U2, AC/DC si madonica, vor putea s-o bifeze pe fosta sotie a lui Sean penn si Guy Ritchie , aceast hard candy a somewhere in Bucahrest !

iar la B'estfewst, pe linga Motorhead si Manowar vin The Killers, Moby si Franz Ferdinand !

joi, 29 ianuarie 2009

Dennis Leary isi comenteaza filmografia !

pe funny or die, in doua parti, cu ocazia cartii sale,
Dr. Denis Leary: Why We Suck,

un must-have macar in varianta audio-book / cd !
funny or die, ce zice Deleary despre filmografia sa de kk, Demolition Man, "a giant piece of shit", cu Iosliy si Sly liberi in rezervatie ! Si, i agree, The Ref, the best Xmas muvie ! Din pacate, DL stie si el ca n-a prea avut parte de multe filme bune, Gunmen included ! Comentariile depsre vo-ul din Ice Age, priceless !

The Thing prequel !

bine ca inca nu se face sequelul , dar give'm time si or sa beleasca tot ! Cu toate astea suna destul de interesant ! Matthijs Van Heijningen e atasat la proiectul lui Zack Snyder "Army of the Dead" cu zombi !


Variety confirms that commercials director Matthijs Van Heijningen has been hired by Universal to helm a prequel to John Carpenter's The Thing.

The story is set at the icy Norwegian camp where the shape-shifting "thing" from another world is discovered, revived and set loose on the men. These are, of course, the events that went down before Carpenter's '82 take on John Campbell Jr's. "Who Goes There?" Battlestar Galactica's Ron Moore is still on board to script. He was attached some time ago.

mai interesant e ca nu mai departe de marti am vazut clipul piesei Zombie Zombie, Driving Clip, facut de 2 francezi in animatie stopmotion, dedicat filmului THE THING

zice un comentator: "this is so great, my eyeballs just grew dicks !"

Stolz der Nation

filmul din film din Inglourious Basterds.


de pe QT archives:
Stolz der Nation (en: Pride of the Nation) is a fictional Nazi propaganda film that appears in Inglourious Basterds. This "film-within-the film" was directed by Eli Roth who also plays Sgt. Donny Donowitz, one of The Basterds. The film's star is Fredrick Zoller, a German war hero (played by Daniel Brühl), the director is called Alois von Eichberg.



lobby cards:


My name is Mickey Rourke

Mickey zice ca n-a vazut filmul dar ca vrea sa faca wrestling pe bune...oponentul lui in schumb ia-a zis ca-l face farime..M takes the high road anyway !
imdb:

Mickey Rourke's upcoming wrestling smackdown is set to be a fiery affair because the fighter he'll step in the ring with in Houston, Texas isn't happy with the actor's TV threats. Wwe wrestling star Chris Jericho took offence when Rourke announced his plans to take him on before the Screen Actor Guild Awards on Sunday, and the match sparked a war of words on CNN show Larry King Live on Tuesday - when the fighter and the movie star faced off.

On the red carpet at the SAGs, Rourke told countless reporters of his plans to fight Jericho at the upcoming WrestleMania event in Texas, adding, "Chris Jericho, you better get in shape because I'm coming after your ass."

But The Wrestler star's fighting talk has irked the real wrestler, who told Rourke, "I don't have respect for you... Be careful what you wish for, Mr. Rourke."

A grinning Rourke countered, "I'm gonna take the high road, brother, and just wish you all the best."


deocamdata o poza cu MR in The Informers, dupa Bret Easton Ellis, unde se pare ca steals all the show (si a iesit finally si Killshot, care sta pe raft de 2 ani)

Informers that played at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, “The Informers” got the worst reviews. In fact, I didn’t speak to one person that enjoyed it….even my friend Bill, who is pretty easy to please, said the film was terrible. Ouch. (Collider) unde apar si 4 clipuri din film

RIP Kim Manners

regzor de TV, dar pentru cine s-a uiTat la X files, u know the name ( A REGIZAT 52 EPISOADE, produs more) cancer, 59 de ani !



Various sources are reporting director Kim Manners has passed away Sunday evening after a battle with cancer. His is not a name you might instantly recognize, however, fans of The X-Files or, hell, even The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. surely remember his work. Manners, who has been in television since 1974 after working on the feature Valdez is Coming , was nominated on four occasions for an Emmy with Chris Carter and company during his term on The X-Files . He has also been serving as a director and executive producer on The CW's Supernatural , starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. Eric Kripke, co-creator and executive producer of the series, issued the following statement about Manner's passing: "Everyone at Supernatural is walking around in a daze,...

marți, 27 ianuarie 2009

albumul zilei: Nico Vega

it rocks !

#14: Beast

Nico Vega bio:
Not the solo artist one might assume from the name, Nico Vega is an alterna-rock trio from Los Angeles, CA. The band bio on the group's MySpace page explains the name thusly: "Nico Vega represents a modern day saint. A warrior that has led us to a more fulfilling, lighter way of being. She represents people and unity." (This manifesto goes on for another 228 words, but that's the gist.)

nu prea seamna a Nico, mai mult a Patti Smith pe steroizi vocea, de la Yeah Yeah Yeahs n-am mai auzit asa o voce feinina koioasa...
hah, allmusic confirms:
Featuring singer and lyricist Aja Volkman, a vocal dead ringer for the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' Karen O who claims Janis Joplin and Tina Turner as her primary musical heroes, Nico Vega incorporates those vintage soul and blues influences into their spiky indie rock tunes, suggesting a musical affinity with the likes of the White Stripes, Black Keys, and Fiery Furnaces.

parodii de postere cu Star Wars

sau postermashup din empire
the assasination of obiwan...

JarJarHead

Jawa

Jango & cash

way of the gungan

Gone with the Windu

Cine ia Oscarul omagial anul acesta ?

am observat ca nu stiu cine ia Oscarul omagial, anul trecut a fost Robert Boyle, scenograful lui Hitchcock, acum 2 ani Morricone (hurah), inainte Lumet, Altman, O'Toole, Blake Edwards, iata lista completa aici
Jerry Lewis ia premiul umanitar Jean Hersholt dar asta e pentru actiuni caritabile so...
sa nu se mai dea cumva ?, nu cred !

recuperari: The Island (1980)

The Island (1980)
tagline: For 300 years, a terrifying secret has been kept from the outside world.


warning in cronica din cinefantastique:
If you say that you enjoyed this film, you’d better be prepared with a good reason. Look in any edition of those Leonard Maltin movie guides and you’ll rarely see this film rate more than 1½ stars, and I can guarantee you that the interns Maltin has chained up in the basement haven’t ever seen a frame of it.
si da, a fost nominalizat la RAZZIE pt cel mai prost regizor si cel mai prost actor !

o epava meagcool facuta de Albert Whitlock si Bill Taylor !!!


Michael Caine si piratii lui David Warner (nici o legatura cu Warner Bros., filmul e Universal)


foarte violent pentru standardele de azi, relatia incorect politica dintre Caine si fiul sau, wow ! o chestie tare in film, la un moment dat piratii ataca un vas si pe el e cocaina, aruncata pe jos, calcata in picioare. Caine o vede si intrebat ce e, zice, "its a drug",. "What does it do ?", e intrebat din nou, "Cures insecurity !" cool !
Ritchie a fost un regizor interesant (Downhill Racer, Candidatul, Prime Cut) inainte sa colapsese la comedii de kk (desi un curio ca Golden Child mai rar!), Island se incadreaza si la categoria satira. Muzica lui Ennio Morricone, excelenta !!! dupa cartea lui Peter Benchey, imi pre rau ca nu l-am vazut cind eram copil, i wouldve loved it (v. cronia excelenta pe kindertrauma ! bine ca la noi a fost the deep, dar nici jaws si nici the island, desi 2 starvehicles ale lui Caine au rulat, Beyond the Poseidon adventure si Roiul / The Swarm, dar nu si Ashanti ! si mai copios caine a jucat in jaws-the revenge !

meniu dvd koch media


despre DVD de pe cinefantastique:
Assessing the true worth of THE ISLAND has been impossible, as the film hasn’t been seen in its original Panavision ratio since its theatrical engagement. Universal owns the film and has shown no interest in a US DVD release, but for those with all-region/PAL capable players Koch has released a beautiful, 16×9 enhanced edition in Germany that should earn the film a few more fans. The disc features English and German audio tracks, but unlike some European releases, the German subtitles are not forced when the English audio is selected. The extras consist of the German trailer (under the title Freibeuter Des Todes) and – one of the more interesting items we’ve seen in a while – the 8mm filmstrip version! We vividly remember the ads for these in the back of Fangoria, back in the 70s and early 80s and it’s fascinating to finally see one (particularly for the choices made in editing – the 8mm versions never ran over a half hour).

7 din 10, 3 1/2 din 5

What Just Happened !



\daca ar fi fost ca si cartea ce bine ar fi fost *Art Linson's What ever happened, Bitter tales from the Hollywood Front* filmul e mult prea slab, cu toate astea Sean Penn in Fiercely e mai simpatic ca in Milk (i didnt enjoyed it, commercial: drink his milk, Harvey's milk, and i don't mean Weinstein !)
Michael Wincott is the best as Keith Richards director, and his speech in french !
De Niro e surprinzator de decent si mi-a facut pofta de Cannes si mi-am dat seama ca n-am fost sa vad unde e Hotel du Cap unde stau maharii (Clint anul trecut, si intervievat in Les inrocks)


2 1/2 din 5 sau 5/10

luni, 26 ianuarie 2009

Nominalizarile lui Dark Knight

The Dark Knight
8 ACADEMY AWARDS NOMINATIONS
Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger
Editing: Lee Smith
Cinematography: Wally Pfister
Art Direction: Nathan Crowley (Art Direction); Peter Lando (Set Decoration)
Makeup: John Caglione, Jr. and Conor O'Sullivan
Visual Effects: Nick Davis, Chris Corbould, Tim Webber and Paul Franklin
Sound: Lora Hirschberg, Gary Rizzo and Ed Novick
Sound Editing: Richard King

premii la Sundance

Grand Jury Prize: US Dramatic: Push: Based On The Novel By Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels
Grand Jury Prize: US Documentary: We Live In Public, directed by Ondi Timoner

Audience Award: US Documentary: The Cove, directed by Louie Psyhoyos

Audience Award:US Dramatic: Push: Based On The Novel By Sapphire, directed by Lee Daniels

World Cinema Jury Prize: Dramatic: The Maid, directed by Sebastian Silva

World Cinema Jury Prize: Documentary: Rough Aunties, directed by Kim Longinotto

World Cinema Audience Award: Documentar: Afghan Star, directed by Havana Marking

World Cinema Audience Award: Dramatic: An Education, directed by Lone Scherfig

Actors and Producers Guild Awards

this sucks ! Premiiel sindicatelor sunt cel ami sigur barometru pt Oscar ! mai els ca tot din ei voteaza si acolo pt ca sunt memebri AMPAS ! de acum e cam sigur: Slumdog Shite o sa ia best picture, poate si regizor ! Danny Boyle se va inscrie in gtaleria luminoasa a oscarizatilor (minus Ridley Scott, Hitchcock, Kubrick, Altman, Lumet, asta zice tot despre valoarea celui mai tare show din lumea filmului).
Si Sean Penn ia pt actor in Milk, omul e cvasipenibil in acest rol, mai mult spre I am Sam, mimicking, il prefeam bad sau tough guy, sau mort si cazind pe deal la greu (in cameoul din What Ever Happened, care anyway e un film mai entertaining ca Milk. Si da, nu-mi place mie Gus van Sant. Si cele 3 stele jumate date la Slumdog M, au inceput sa se incinga, la negativ, dar n-am sa le mai schimb ! Se simte un feelgood vibe din epoca Obama, de aceea Batman e exilat, ca si Clint, si

SAG (fara TV):
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role - Sean Penn (Milk)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role - Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Meryl Streep (Doubt)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role - Kate Winslet (The Reader)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in A Motion Picture - Slumdog Millionaire

PGA (fara TV):
Feature Film WINNER: Slumdog Millionaire

Other Nominees:The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
The Dark Knight
Frost/Nixon
Milk

Animated Film WINNER: WALL•E

Other Nominees:Bolt
Kung Fu Panda

Documentary Film WINNER: Man on Wire

Other Nominees:Standard Operating Procedure
Trouble the Water

duminică, 25 ianuarie 2009

The Cars That Ate Paris (1974)

primul film in full al lui Peter Weir, are o reputatie cult. Stiam ca ar fi luat un premiu la festivalul de film fantastic de la Avoriaz.Desi imdb nu da aproape nici oreferire interesanta la film, linkurile externe au. Un sit frantuzesc are o analiza cam boring, pedanta si pretentioasa, dar din care afli despre receptia in epoca, nula. Filmul a fost cumparat de Roger Corman, care l-a scurtat cu 15 minute (la 74 min in cinema), l-a dublat pe presonajul principal Arthur, si i-a adaugat un voice over din care sa reiasa ca e un american in calatorie in Australia si i-a schimbat titlul in The Cars That Ate People. Oricum (eroul ?) principal e superlame si are o voce penibila, el e mai mult un martor traumatizat si actorul, Terry Camilleri, e faimos pt ca l-a jucat pe Napoleon in Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure !!!



Corman a mai preluat ideea masinilor ucigase si a realizat Death Race 2000. Apoi George Miller a realizat masini asematoare in Mad Max, de aici sursa cultului pentru filmul lui Weir care e destul de intimist si cam ciudatel.



In esenta o satira, situata intr-un mediu inchis rural, despre un oras, Paris, care provoaca accidente si prada masinile, si una din victime, Arthur, care ramine in Paris si e martorul acestei tzacaneli.



Am auzit de film dintr-o revista cinema pe cind eram pusti dar nu l-am putut gasi niciodata. Nu am stiut insa ca a a aparut pe dvd in Romania, scos de Proptiki sub titlul MASINI MORTALE. Copia a fost restaurata in 2001.

DVD-ul romanesc de ocolit, pentru ca dupa genericul 2.35.1 filmul devine 1.85. si ramine asa pe toata durata lui, desi scrie pe el ca e 2.35.1 format widescreen 16x9. Am inteles ca asa e si cel englezesc. Formatul e insa ok pe dvdul american.
In plus, acesta contine un interviu cu Weir (care cica merita mai mult ca intreg filmul) si un alt filmulet satiric vindut ca thriller, facut de Weir pt TV in 1979, The Plumber ! Un cofret frantuzesc, scos de Gaumont in 2004 contine ambele filme, plus Picnic at Hanging Rock si The Last Wave, acestea insa au parut in SUA scoase de Criterion.

5 din 10, 2 1/2 din 5

sâmbătă, 24 ianuarie 2009

The Shining-cartea lui Jack Torrance

cineva a avut un shining, sa scoata chiar cartea pe care a apucat s-o scrie Jack Torrance in Shining, adica paginile typed psycho. Intitulata "All Work and No play makes Jack a Dull Boy", se poate gasi aici. Din seria, "prea multi pe planeta si cu prea mult timp". Lui Kubrick i-ar fi placut ideea, insa.

EXILED (Fong juk, 2006)

mi s-a zis ca e cel mai bun film al lui Johnnie To !
eu nu am vazut decit Fulltime Killer si Election de el !
Fong Juk are ceva frantuzesc si melvillian, nu degeaba a fost el ales de John Woo si Terence Chang pentru remakeul la Cercul rosu !
Anthony Wong conduce un grup de killeri care protejeaza un fost gangster, sotia si fiul sau nou nascut pe care un clan riival, condus de Simon Yam vor sa-l omoare !


plus elemente de western spaghetti



filmul a fost in selectia oficiala la Venetia 63 si a fost intrarea oficial a Hong Kong pentru cel ami bun film starin la Oscar !
baletele coregrafice sunt si mai virtuoase decit la Woo ! Si lipsec cu desavirsire porumbeii ! Antologica caderea unui red bull in relanti, exact cit dureaza shootoutul final !

se intimpla in Macao dar zici ca sunt strazi din Franta !


muzica, multa si atmosferica, Guy Zerafa, editor David Richardson (de la Ringo Lam la Uwe Boll!)
DVD chinezesc, cu making of netradus (12'), trailer in original si behind the scenes (6min)
3 1/2 din 5 , 7 din 10

Huo AMPAS !

Is AMPAS Out Of Touch?
imdb 23 January 2009 1:38 AM,


Members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences may have shot themselves in the foot with their selection of top Oscar nominees on Thursday, the Chicago Tribune suggested today (Friday). The newspaper observed that by selecting so many relatively obscure movies, the Academy seems to have guaranteed another low-rated Oscars ceremony. Entertainment writer Marc Caro noted that The Dark Knight, which took in $531 million at the domestic box office last year also garnered 94 positive reviews on the Rotten Tomatoes website, compared with 60 percent for The Reader, which has grossed only $7.9 million. "Yet The Reader is a best picture (and director) nominee, and The Dark Knight is not," Caro observed. Mediaweek analyst Marc Berman added: "The problem with the films this year is none of them are huge, mass-appeal hits." Caro concluded that by denying recognition to films like Knight and Wall-e, the movie academy "risks confirming the suspicions of those who think it has grown out of touch with mainstream tastes."


I AGREE, ALSO, The Wresler nu e la best film si regie ! si Clint !

Cameo Enzo Castellari in Inglorious B...

daca nu era Castellari, cum facea Tara.. his "guys on a mission" flick ? Questo Maledeto treno Blindato, despre care am scris la filme-cult in 2007, unul din filmele preferate ale copilariei mele (si nu numai, QT had one too...)

vineri, 23 ianuarie 2009

Franz Ferdinand-TONIGHT

albumul nr 2 interesant pe 2009 (primul fiind "Working on a Dream "al lui The Boss, care oficial apare pe 27 ian. si are pe el THE WRESTLER (huo AMPAS again) l-am descoperit azi pe myspace music,
scotienii de la Franz Ferdinand continua linia de pe anteriorul "You Could Have It So Much Better" (2005), cu acest TONIGHT,

energetic, happy-go-lucky dar si tasteful. Nu stiu de ce, imi aduc aminte de fISCHER Z, cu care de altfel nu au nici o legatura.
12 piese din care numai ultima e linistita si mai elegiaca (Katherine Kiss Me)
highlights: Ulysses, Bite Hard

free listening aici
apare pe 26 ian. oficial !!!

Bastarzii lui Tarantino in Cannes !!!!

aici

sau info original din variety

ceea ce era anuntat de anul trecut si ceea ce ma face sa trebuiasca sa merg la Cannes ! really ! fanboys will be boyz!


Last year Quentin Tarantino said he wanted to have Inglourious Basterds finished in time to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, which is where he debuted Pulp Fiction in 1994 and according to Anne Thompson at Variety Basterds is going to be ready in time for Cannes in May.

The production began in October, shooting in Germany, and will soon get into the editing room to prep for a Cannes premiere. The article also says the film will be presented in a five chapter format as:

Chapter One: Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied France (care era dat ca titlu alternativ)
Chapter Two: Inglourious Basterds
Chapter Three: German Night in Paris (filmed in “French New Wave Black and White”)
Chapter Four: Operation Kino
Chapter Five: Revenge of the Giant Face



prmiera americana: 21 August 21, 2009.

subiect:
Basterds begins in German-occupied France, where Shosanna Dreyfus (Mélanie Laurent) witnesses the execution of her family at the hand of Nazi Colonel Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz). Shosanna narrowly escapes and flees to Paris, where she forges a new identity as the owner and operator of a cinema.

Elsewhere in Europe, Lieutenant Aldo Raine (Brad Pitt) organizes a group of Jewish soldiers to engage in targeted acts of retribution. Known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” Raine’s squad joins German actress and undercover agent Bridget Von Hammersmark (Diane Kruger) on a mission to take down the leaders of The Third Reich. Fates converge under a cinema marquee, where Shosanna is poised to carry out a revenge plan of her own…

joi, 22 ianuarie 2009

Nominalizari Oscar 81

absolut vodka ? nah, Absolut Bullshit !
no Clint ? Nu Wrestler la picture si regie ? Nu Dark Knight ? Frozen River ?
si slumdog shite sa aibe sansa sa fie oscarul de best picture in epoca Obama, asa de feel gud ! Consolarea e Mickey Rourke, din pacate Marisei n-o sa-i dea ca are pt capodopera cu varul Vinny ! Si ultima insulta, the Boss e one-trick poney (la globuri), pt ca aici nu apare ! Rusine totala ! Huo AMPAS ! Vome indiene de cintece si Petre Gabriel down to Earth, lame crappy song !

Film
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire

Regizor
David Fincher / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Ron Howard / Frost/Nixon
Gus Van Sant / Milk
Stephen Daldry / The Reader
Danny Boyle / Slumdog Millionaire



Scenariu original:
Frozen River: Courtney Hunt
Happy-Go-Lucky (2008): Mike Leigh
In Bruges (2008): Martin McDonagh
Milk (2008): Dustin Lance Black
WALL•E (2008): Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter

Scenariu adaptat:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Doubt: John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon: Peter Morgan
The Reader: David Hare
Slumdog Millionaire: Simon Beaufoy

Actor
Richard Jenkins / The Visitor
Frank Langella / Frost/Nixon
Sean Penn / Milk
Brad Pitt /The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Mickey Rourke / The Wrestler


actrita
Anne Hathaway /Rachel Getting Married
Angelina Jolie /Changeling
Melissa Leo /Frozen River
Meryl Streep /Doubt
Kate Winslet /The Reader (la globuri a fost la secundar !!!)




actor rol secundar

Milk Josh Brolin
Tropic Thunder: Robert Downey Jr.
Doubt: Philip Seymour Hoffman
The Dark Knight: Heath Ledger
Revolutionary Road: Michael Shannon

actrita rol secundar
Doubt: Amy Adams
Vicky Cristina Barcelona: Penélope Cruz
Doubt: Viola Davis
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Taraji P. Henson
The Wrestler: Marisa Tomei

imagine
Changeling: Tom Stern
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Claudio Miranda
The Dark KnightWally Pfister
The Reader : Roger Deakins, Chris Menges
Slumdog Millionaire: Anthony Dod Mantle


muzica
Alexandre Desplat / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
James Newton Howard / Defiance
Danny Elfman / Milk
A.R. Rahman / Slumdog Millionaire
WALL-E / Thomas Newman

cintec
WALL-E "Down to Earth"
Slumdog Millionaire "Jai Ho"
Slumdog Millionaire "O Saya"


Film strain
The Baader Meinhof Complex / Germany
The Class / France
Departures / Japan
Revanche / Austria
Waltz with Bashir / Israel

documentar
The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) Ellen Kuras, Thavisouk Phrasavath
Encounters at the End of the World / Werner Herzog, Henry Kaiser
The Garden / Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Man on Wire / James Marsh, Simon Chinn
Trouble the Water / Tia Lessin, Carl Deal

Machiaj:
Greg Cannom / The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
John Caglione, Jr., Conor O'Sullivan / The Dark Knight
Mike Elizalde, Thom Floutz / Hellboy II: The Golden Army

etc, ca am obosit, iata pe imdb lista completa

22 februarie, Oscar 81 , no biggie except Mickey !

miercuri, 21 ianuarie 2009

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 The Movie

info from Cosmin, thx:

MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666 - THE MOVIE
Published: January 20, 2009

British heavy rock legends, Iron Maiden, in association with Banger Productions, EMI Records, Universal (USA) and Arts Alliance Media, announce that they will be releasing a feature length documentary film into cinemas worldwide on April 21st 2009.

As you may know from Rod's tour diaries, Iron Maiden have been working on a feature length documentary. Entitled 'IRON MAIDEN: FLIGHT 666', the movie follows the band on the first leg of their Somewhere Back In Time World Tour in February and March of 2008 as they experienced the most ambitious and adventurous tour in rock history, and will be released in April 2009 in association with EMI Records and Universal in the USA.

The Maiden tour plan was something that had never been attempted before on such a grand scale. Circumnavigating the globe, the band flew in a specially customised Boeing 757 airliner with their crew and 12 tons of music and stage equipment on board, playing 23 sold out stadium and arena shows in 13 countries in just 45 days, travelling 70,000km and performing to almost half a million fans.



The band were accompanied everywhere by award-winning documentary makers Banger Productions from Toronto in Canada, who have received international critical acclaim for their previous movies "Metal, A Headbangers Journey" and recently "Global Metal". Filmmakers Scot McFadyen and Sam Dunn and their team bring an intimate behind the scenes view of this remarkable journey, with a close look at the logistics involved and following Team Maiden in the cockpit, on the plane and on and offstage, getting to the heart of this global adventure of a band that has very rarely even let cameras backstage before.



Shot in High Definition and with superb 5.1 surround sound, mixed by the bands producer Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley, FLIGHT 666 brings to the screen all the drama, excitement and hysteria that followed the band around the world every time 'Ed Force One' touched down in a new country. The film documents the intensity of the punishing show schedules, the struggle with the time zones, the pressures of ensuring that every performance matched the energy of the many thousands of ecstatic and expectant fans from many cultural backgrounds, unusual angles from the spectacular shows... and of course the fun had on the way!.

Iron Maiden: Flight 666 is an honest and revealing portrait of one of the worlds most successful rock bands and a must-see for all Maiden fans.

A special international 'Iron Maiden' day is being planned for 21st April with simultaneous showings of IRON MAIDEN:FLIGHT 666 in selected Digital cinemas around the world - we will of course bring you more information on this nearer the time.




trailer aici,



si amazingly (or not) cineva care a filmat speechul lui Bruce D. pe Bruce air flight 666 !

up the irons indeed, aces high !!!!

cine poate, go Belgrad 10 februarie ! i wished but Berlin was already set !

marți, 20 ianuarie 2009

Green Planet Blues

Sinaia ianuarie, iata textul pe care l-am scris pt Sapte Seri:

“Progresul înseamnă distrugere”, spune un pescar amerindian, în documentarul lui Olivier Weber, La fievre d’or, despre noua ferbă a aurului de pe Amazon, care distruge pădurea şi otraveşte băştinaşii, cel mai ambiţios film pe care l-am văzut la Green Planet Blues, primul festival (şi singurul !) cinematografic din Estul Europei dedicat mediului.
Am stat trei zile la Sinaia, deşi iniţial plecasem pentru una singură, pentru a vedea o suită din cele mai triste filme posibile, nici unul cu happy end. M-au impresionat cei veniţi aici pentru a dezbate cel mai important lucru pe care toată lumea îl ignoră, mediul în care trăim, pe care îl distrugem temeinic şi impasibil, pas cu pas, zilnic. Aristoteles Workshop, organizatorul, a invitat mulţi din realizatori, care şi-au explicat proiectele, care prezintă un spectacol coşmaresc, o planetă bolnavă, ecosisteme ameninţate, specii pe cale de dispariţie, vechi civilizaţii distruse, corporaţii lacome şi guverne inconştiente. De la hollywoodianul A 11-a oră, produs şi narat de Leonardo DiCaprio, o didactică, repetitivă dar şi efectivă pledoarie pentru salvarea planetei în cea ce noi numim, ceasul al doisprezecelea (!), la Cimitirul digital, un film grecesc despre deşeurile electronice, Ultimul Yoik din pădurea Saami (în Finlanda defrişarea vechilor păduri ameninţă dispariţia renilor, care sunt crescuţi şi protejaţi de tradiţionalii saami), până la Strawberry Fields, un documentar despre un cîmp pe fîşia Gaza, unde oamenii cultivă căpşuni printre obuze, astăzi cu atât mai emoţionant în lumina evenimentelor recente din zonă, deşi nu a cîntat nimeni blues, am simţit tristeţea lăsată după fiecare film, dar şi o emoţie pozitivă, pentru că cineva trage semnalul de alarmă sau pune un semn de întrebare. Pot aceste filme influenţa salvarea planetei? Absolut, şi mă alătur total acestei iniţiative admirabile !

silent snow, de fapt un promo de 14 min la filmul lui Jan Van Der Berg care-l va face anul acesta, despre innuitul care-i cauta pe cei ce-i otravesc mediul !

vineri, 16 ianuarie 2009

quote on Slumdog Millionaire

"Slumdog Millionaire is poverty porn"
Alice Miles in The Times.

The bitter truth is, Slumdog Millionaire could only have been made by westerners. The talent exists in India for such movies: much of it, like the brilliant actor Irrfan Khan, contributed to this film. But Bollywood producers, fixated with making flimsy films about the lives of the middle class, will never throw their weight behind such projects. Like Bachchan, they are too blind to what India really is to deal with it. Poor Indians, like those in Slumdog, do not constitute India's "murky underbelly" as Bachchan moronically describes them. They, in fact, are the nation. Over 80% of Indians live on less than $2.50 (£1.70) a day; 40% on less than $1.25. A third of the world's poorest people are Indian, as are 40% of all malnourished children. In Mumbai alone, 2.6 million children live on the street or in slums, and 400,000 work in prostitution. But these people are absent from mainstream Bollywood cinema.
more here
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/jan/15/danny-boyle-shows

joi, 15 ianuarie 2009

RIP Ricardo Montalban

din Fanatsy Island, sau Naked Gun, sau Spy Kids.
88 de ani, unul din primii actori hispanici (mexican) who made it in Hollywood
bad guy in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24003

competitia la Berlin 59 finalizata !

Cheri UK
By Stephen Frears (The Queen, Dangerous Liaisons)
With Michelle Pfeiffer, Kathy Bates, Rupert Friend, Felicity Jones
World premiere

Darbareye Elly (About Elly) Iran
By Asghar Farhadi (Fireworks Wednesday)
With Golshifteh Farahani, Taraneh Alidousti, Mani Haghighi
World premiere

Deutschland 09 Germany - Out of Competition
Compilation film by Fatih Akin, Tom Tykwer, Wolfgang Becker, Sylke Enders, Dominik Graf, Romuald Karmakar, Nicolette Krebitz, Isabelle Stever, Hans Steinbichler, Hans Weingartner, Christoph Hochhäusler, Dani Levy and Angela Schanelec
World premiere

Eden à l'ouest (Eden is West) France/Greece/Italy - Out of Competition
By Costa-Gavras (Missing, Amen)
With Riccardo Scamarcio, Juliane Köhler, Ulrich Tukur
International premiere

Gigante Uruguay/Germany/Argentina
By Adrián Biniez (Total Disponibilidad)
With Horacio Camandulle, Leonor Svarcas
World premiere

Happy Tears USA
By Mitchell Lichtenstein (Teeth)
With Demi Moore, Parker Posey, Rip Torn, Ellen Barkin
World premiere

In the Electric Mist France/USA
By Bertrand Tavernier (Laissez-Passer, La Guerre Sans Nom)
With Tommy Lee Jones, John Goodman, Peter Sarsgaard
World premiere

Katalin Varga Romania/UK/Hungary - debut film
By Peter Strickland
With Hilda Péter, Norbert Tankó, Tibor Pálfy, Sebastian Marina
World premiere

La Teta Asustada (The Milk of Sorrow) Spain/Peru
By Claudia Llosa (Madeinusa)
With Magaly Solier, Susi Sánchez, Efraín Solis
World premiere

Lille Soldat (Little Soldier) Denmark
By Annette K. Olesen (Minor Mishaps)
With Trine Dyrholm, Finn Nielsen, Lorna Brown
International premiere

Notorious USA - Out of Competition
By George Tillman Jr. (Men of Honor)
With Angela Bassett, Jamal Woolard, Derek Luke, Anthony Mackie
International premiere

Ricky France/Italy
By François Ozon (8 Femmes, Swimming Pool)
With Alexandra Lamy, Sergi Lopez, Mélusine Mayance, Arthur Peyret
World premiere

Storm (Sturm) Germany/Denmark
By Hans-Christian Schmid (Requiem, Distant Lights)
With Kerry Fox, Anamaria Marinca, Stephen Dillane, Rolf Lassgård
World premiere

Tatarak (Sweet Rush) Poland
By Andrzej Wajda (Popiól i diament, Katyn)
With Krystyna Janda, Pawel Szajda, Jan Englert
World premiere

Nominalizari BAFTA

awards season continua:
BAFTA suna ca o repetitie la Oscar (premiile se dau pe 8 februarie la Covent garden si la noi pe HBO, am pus cu BOLD filmul cistigator)
http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=24009

BEST FILM
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
FROST/NIXON
MILK
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
HUNGER
IN BRUGES
MAMMA MIA!
MAN ON WIRE why ???
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

LEADING ACTOR
FRANK LANGELLA Frost/Nixon
DEV PATEL Slumdog Millionaire
SEAN PENN Milk
BRAD PITT The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
MICKEY ROURKE The Wrestler yes !


speechul cu F*

LEADING ACTRESS
ANGELINA JOLIE Changeling
KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS I’ve Loved You So Long
MERYL STREEP Doubt
KATE WINSLET The Reader verlehser
KATE WINSLET Revolutionary Road

SUPPORTING ACTOR
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. Tropic Thunder
BRENDAN GLEESON In Bruges
PHILIP SEYMOUR HOFFMAN Doubt
HEATH LEDGER The Dark Knight obviously
BRAD PITT Burn After Reading

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
AMY ADAMS Doubt
PENÉLOPE CRUZ Vicky Cristina Barcelona si !
FREIDA PINTO Slumdog Millionaire
TILDA SWINTON Burn After Reading
MARISA TOMEI The Wrestler

THE CARL FOREMAN AWARD for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer for their First Feature Film
SIMON CHINN Producer – Man On Wire
JUDY CRAYMER Producer – Mamma Mia!
ARTH JENNINGS Writer – Son of Rambow
STEVE McQUEEN Director/Writer – Hunger hungry
SOLON PAPADOPOULOS / ROY BOULTER Producers – Of Time And The City

Regie:
CHANGELING Clint Eastwood
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON David Fincher
FROST/NIXON Ron Howard
THE READER Stephen Daldry
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Danny Boyle boyled

Scenariu original:
BURN AFTER READING Joel Coen / Ethan Coen
CHANGELING J. Michael Straczynski
I’VE LOVED YOU SO LONG Philippe Claudel
IN BRUGES Martin McDonagh Ja !
MILK Dustin Lance Black

Scenariu adaptat:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Eric Roth
FROST/NIXON Peter Morgan
THE READER David Hare
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD Justin Haythe
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE Simon Beaufoy


Film strain:

THE BAADER MEINHOF COMPLEX
GOMORRAH
I'VE LOVED YOU SO LONG adica Il y a longtemps que je t'aime pour quoi ?
PERSEPOLIS
WALTZ WITH BASHIR

FILM ANIMAT:
PERSEPOLIS
WALL•E
WALTZ WITH BASHIR


MUZICA:
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Alexandre Desplat THE DARK KNIGHT Hans Zimmer / James Newton Howard
MAMMA MIA! Benny Andersson / Björn Ulvaeus
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE A. R. Rahman
WALL•E Thomas Newman

IMAGINE:
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE READER
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Anthony Dod Mantle)

MONTAJ:
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
FROST/NIXON
IN BRUGES
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Scenografie:
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE


COSTUME DESIGN
CHANGELING
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
REVOLUTIONARY ROAD

SOUND
CHANGELING
THE DARK KNIGHT
QUANTUM OF SOLACE
SLUMDOG MILLIONARE
WALL•E

SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL
IRON MAN
QUANTUM OF SOLACE

MAKE UP & HAIR
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
THE DARK KNIGHT
THE DUCHESS
FROST/NIXON
MILK

SHORT ANIMATION
CODSWALLOP
VARMINTS
WALLACE AND GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

SHORT FILM
KINGSLAND #1 THE DREAMER
LOVE YOU MORE
RALPH
SEPTEMBER
VOYAGES D’AFFAIRES (THE BUSINESS TRIP)

Orange RISING STAR Award
Noel Clarke
Michael Cera
Michael Fassbender
Rebecca Hall
Toby Kebbell


deci Clint is back where he belongs, meaning in the race ! Ca regizor cu Changeling! "Get out of my lawn !" Slumdog 11 nominalizari, la fel ca BB (nu Bardot si nici Benjamin Bragg si Button Pitt), The Dark Knight cu 9,Changeling, 8, Frost/Nixon sase, The Reader cinci, si Milk, In Bruges, Revolutionary Road cu 4. The Wrestler doar doua (bu-hu-hu !)

miercuri, 14 ianuarie 2009

RIP Number Six (6): Patrick McGoohan

No Man Is Just A Number.

acum chiar ca m-am suparat, saptamina asta am vrut sa iau Silver Streak (aka Transamerica Expres), film vazut de mine cind aveam 7 ani (si loved surely) de pe cinematik dar zica AC ca-l are asa ca am luat altceva... Patrick McGoohan e badguy-ul, pe nume Roger Devereau (sunt sigur ca mai e un personaj iconic cu numele asta)...



pe 13 ianuarie (accordingly) McGoohan a murit la 80 de ani la Los Angeles. era implicat in remakeul la serialul sau cult THE PRISONER (despre care am bloggat in 2007). Actor destul de retras, el l-a jucat pe regele Edward al 2-lea in Braveheart, si tatal Fantomei din Phantom ! Doctor in Scanners si Hysteria si gardianul sef (!) in Escape from Alcatraz ! Eu l-am (re)vazut anul trecut in Ice Station Zebra (1968), unde are un rol asemanator cu cel din serialul care l-a facut celebru, Danger Man (1960, 1964-1965), agentul John Drake (in SUA cunoscut ca Secret Agent). McGoohan a refuzat de doua ori sa devina agentul 007, apoi si-a transformat personajul in number 6, cel mai tzacanit, psihedelic si unic serial de pina la Twin Peaks. Dupa parerea mea si cel mai bun din epoca ! A regizat si TV (de la Prisoner), mai ales Columbo (a si jucat)!


ultima oara m-am intilnit cu Number Six in Brasov in Music Pub sau club, rasfoind zile si nopti, dupa Craciun, unde era un interviu cu Bruce Dickinson, cel mai mare fan al sau (The Prisoner de pe Number of the beast si Back to the Village de pe Powerslave sunt despre personajul lui McGoohan), si Bruce avea T-shirt cu Prisoner (i will not be stamped, pushed...) i-am facut poza so here it is...




i feel all the time like the Prisoner...




iconica secventa-titlu


interviu fascinant cu McGoohan din documentarul Channel 4 despre Prisoner, personaj et all (in doua parti)


ITV a facut un remake care va iesi anul asta, cu Jim Cavizel in rolul lui Number 6 (ca a mai fost el prizonier si pe Chateau d'If..)si Ian McKellen as nr. 2, updatat pt aceste vremuri paranoiace...si filmul, mult planuit pt cinema, acum anuntat pt 2012, parca Chris Nolan si frate-su erau involved...

Be seeing you, Pat !

The Rourke Supremacy (vs. Peta)


reclama lui Mickster pentru PETA

marți, 13 ianuarie 2009

Lista scurta de filme straine pt Oscar

s-a votat lista scurta ! din cele 65 de filme au ramas 9 !
nu, nu e si Restul e tacere ! yep, we missed again !
Surpriza insa e ca nu e Gomorra ci Entre les murs !
Si Waltz with bashir, care daca nu ia e shitty!
The Baader Meinhof Complex,
si "Revanche," Gotz Spielmann, Austria
"The Necessities of Life," Benoit Pilon, Canada,
"Departures," Yojiro Takita, Japan,
"Tear This Heart Out," Roberto Sneider, Mexic
"Everlasting Moments," Jan Troell, Sudia
"3 Monkeys," Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Turcia

and there will be FIVE, sigur Baader, Bashir, Les murs si poate 3 maimute (eu votez tot cu alea 12 vechi sau a 5-a a lui sir Ben!)
wtf happened to Gommorra ? Sodoma ?

Kate Winslet, altfel decit in Revolutionary Rd. !


look-ul Deneuve din Belle de Jour in vanity Fair

Mickey Rourke ia Globul !



one of the best moments in television !!!!!!

"
Because when a man's alone,sometimes all you got is your dog, and they meant the world to me..."


si conferinta de presa de dupa

Globurile de aur

BEST MOMENTS
Salma Hayek's Oh-No-He-Didn't Face
The most priceless cut-away of the night had to be Salma Hayek's look of stunned disapproval after Sacha Baron Cohen's off-color joke about the recession hitting celebrities: ''Even Madonna has had to get rid of one of her personal assistants. Our thoughts go out to you, Guy Ritchie.'' Why they cut to Salma, we'll never know. Careful viewers may also have spotted Drew Barrymore laughing her head off in the background.
din Entertainmentv Weekly


am scris despre ele in Sapte Seri,
m-am bucurat imens pentru Mickster & the Boss, si ma asteptam la Heath Ledger si la Slumdog M, tv-urile nu ma intereseaza, ok pt Colin in In Bruges dar actor bun tot nu e,
lumea zice ca nu era racit ci coke-uit

Happygolucky n-are decit, io nu vad, am vazut juma de Revolutionary Road si m-a scos din sarite (acum am vazut tot si e ok), The Wresler e good dar nu so good incit isteria hypeului sa-l aduca pe locul 59 (for now) imdb, e un rocky whitetrash si ok directed by Aronofsky !
Spielberg=Cecil B. De Mille, sure, I'm waiting for my close-up !

tribut si intro de Marty Scorsese

speech

luni, 12 ianuarie 2009

RIP Claude Berri

legendar producator, scenarist si regizor francez, 74 de ani.

Screen Daily:
Legendary French filmmaker Claude Berri passed away in Paris on Monday morning at the age of 74.

Berri, who was admitted to the hospital Saturday night, suffered from complications from a stroke, according to reports.

Berri acted and directed throughout his career but perhaps made his biggest mark as a producer.

He began his career in 1962 with the short, Le Poulet, which won an Oscar that year. In 1981 he was again Oscar nominated for producing Roman Polanski's Tess.

Other producer credits include titles as Jean-Jacques Annaud's The Bear, Patrice Chereau's La Reine Margot and Dany Boon's 2008 record breaking French comedy Welcome to the Sticks.

Berri's last major award was as a producer of Abdellatif Kechiche's award-winning Couscous, which took the French Cesar for best picture last year.

As a director, Berri's classic films included 1970's Le Cinema De Papa and 1986's Jean De Florette and Manon Des Sources. His last film as director was 2007's Ensemble C'est Tout.



New York Times

vineri, 9 ianuarie 2009

nominalizarile WGA

Woody Allen, a 19-a nominalizare,
Coenii la a patra, Bashir surpriza la documentar !!!

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Burn After Reading – Joel & Ethan Coen
Milk – Dustin Lance Black
Vicky Cristina Barcelona – Woody Allen
The Visitor – Tom McCarthy
The Wrestler – Robert Siegel

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button – Eric Roth
The Dark Knight – Jonathan & Justin Nolan
Doubt – John Patrick Shanley
Frost/Nixon – Peter Morgan
Slumdog Millionaire – Simon Beaufoy

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story – Stefan Forbes and Noland Walker
Chicago 10 – Brett Morgen
Fuel – Johnny O’Hara
Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson – Alex Gibney
Waltz With Bashir – Ari Folman

joi, 8 ianuarie 2009

More Rourke

The Wrestler To Take On Iron Man
7 January 2009 11:16 PM, PST


Mickey Rourke is in negotiations to play the villain in the Iron Man sequel.

The Angel Heart star and Sam Rockwell are both up for bad guy roles in Jon Favreau's follow-up to his 2008 hit, which will begin shooting this spring.

Rourke is the favourite to land the role of Russian arms dealer the Crimson Dynamo, according to Daily Variety.

The action film, starring Robert Downey Jr., is scheduled to hit cinemas in summer 2010.

si in empire, aici
dar daca ar lua Oscarul, my favorite choice of course, as The Wrestler, ce oportunitati
s-ar mai deschide ?

Rourke, intervievat de Rotten Tomatoes, spune care sunt filmele sale preferate (top 5):
/five_favorite_films_with_mickey_rourke
1. The Deer Hunter
2. The Godfather
3. Lonely Are The Brave
4. On the Waterfront
5. (surpriza) Gilda
ce s-ar fi intimplat daca facea Aronovsky filmul cu Nicolas Cage asa cum era anuntat initial ??

miercuri, 7 ianuarie 2009

Adevaratul Inglorious Basterds

cind a a anuntat Tarant-ula ca face his "guys on a mission" film zicea ca vrea un cast strong, anume, Sly Stallone, Arnie, Bruce Willis, Michael Madsen, Adam Sandler, Eddie Murphy si alti action figures (stiu Adam e big deaddy bedtime strories, but QT l-ar fi facut macho/tough-btw, rolul lui e acum jucat de Eli Roth !, iar Eddie M, he could 've been the black guy, standing in 4 Fred Williamson)
Acum, cu Brad Pitt, acest Benjamin Button al duzinei murdarae, Daniel Buhl si Til Schweiger, mi se pare sold out distributie si faptul ca Rod Taylor il joaca pe Churchill (pret de cit apare el si la Maiden pe Live after Death) nu am super-entuziasmeaza. Dar iata, proiectul de guys on a mission al lui Stallone, THE EXPENDABLES, care suna la fel de interesant ca distribuita saizecista a unor filme ca Dirty Dozen, Marea evadare, sau optzecista a unui Predator. In ultimele luni s-a tot anuntat distributia. Scenariul lui Sly e despre un grup de mercenari, old school, has been, burned out si nu numai, care sunt reciclati pentru o ultima misiune, de adetrona un dictator intr-o tara fictiva din America de sud. Sly joaca si regizeaza, i-a cooptat imediat pe Jet Li si Jason Statham (both Rogue), spoi pe Dolph Lundgren, apoi Randy Couture, campion UFC(netul zice ca rolul era tailored pentru Wesley Snipes). Apoi s-a anuntat Forest Whitaker pentru legatura lor, ofiterul coordonator (now you have your black), dar azi, Empire mi-a dat cea mai buna veste, Mickey Rourke, the mickster ta da dun daun, va face parte din echipa !!!! Rourke joaca alaturi de noul action hero, Chel Chelios samd, in remakeul la 13, filmul lui Gela Babluani, pe care si-l reface el insusi in SUA (13 Tzameti that is...)



Empire zice ca Sly i-a dat prima sansa de comeback intr-un film cit de cit, Get Carter, in 2000 (din 1993 Rourke n-a jucat decit in chestii obscure sau penibile sau indie sau low key). Si zvonuri pentru Sir Ben (Kingsley), probabil as the evil dictator. probabil ca Sly a avazut doar Sexy Beast si nu Bloodrayne si Luck N. Slevin, pt ca sir Ben poate fi ubercool dar si uberpenibil. Pina la urma, sorry QT, dar filmul lui Stallone pare a avea cei mai multi Inglorious Basterds de la PREDATOR incoace, tu l-ai ales pe Benjamin Button ! That's quite a sell-out, mate !Mothrfuckin Charlie Bronson will never forgive ya !

RIP Ron Asheton (The Stooges)


chitaristul de la The Stooges, cu care a format Iggy trupa in 1967, 60 de ani, mort de citeva zile la el in casa, cauze necunoscute deocamdata...

the Stooges, cu Asheton trebuiau sa cinte in iulie la Bucuresti.
Nu stiu cu cine il va inlocui Iggy sau ce se va mai intimpla cu The Stooges !!!

Asheton este pe locul 29 pe lista Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Fratele sau, Scott Asheton este bateristul de la Stooges, celalat membru supravietuitor al trupei alaturi de Iggy. Basistul Dave Alexander a murit in 1975.
"Death Trip" from Raw Power !

recuperari: Just a Gigolo (1978)

"Everybody who was involved in that film – when they meet each other now, they look away (covers face with hands, laughs)... Listen, you were disappointed, and you weren't even in it. Imagine how we felt... It was my 32 Elvis Presley movies rolled into one."
David Bowie, 1980, NME



Un curio, la ora respectiva cel mai mare buget in Germania post-war, regizat de David Hemmings (care a murit in Romania, btw), o tzacaneala, cu reputatie indoielnica, hard to get, dar definetly cult movie. Titlul german original, Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo !



filme similare:
Cabaret
Ochiul de sarpe
Mefisto
Toba de tinichea
Steppnwolf
si chiar Max

faimos in primul rind pentru ca e ultimul rol al Marlenei Dietrich (al carei rol, famously, platit imens pentru vremea aceea, namely regal, 250.000 $, a fost filmat separat, in Paris, deci ea nu a fost alaturi de distributie nici o secunda ! Ea cinta si piesa titlu, din 1931, compusa de italianul Leonello Casucci, pe care eu o stiu de la David Lee Roth !!!




si cautat pentru ca e cu David Bowie din perioada berlineza (care a si compus Revolutionary Song pt film),,,,si inregista albumul Heroes








Kim Novak arata excelent la 45 de ani (aprox, same as Ann Margaret in Tommy), Maria Schell, Curt Jurgens, Sydne Rome (looking hot and singing with the nipples out!) si Hemmings intr-un rol psihotic. Un articol excelent despre film si receptia dezastruaosa pe wikipedia,


daca l-ar fi facut muzical ar fi fost mai succesful !
6/10

marți, 6 ianuarie 2009

recuperari: Verboten ! (1959)

Tagline: A MAD GENERATION... Spawned In Lust... Consumed By Hate!



film de razboi,sau de dupa razboi, despre nemtii si soldatii ramasi sa pacifice Germania. Verboten insemna interzis, asa cum e relatia de dragoste dintre sergentul american David Brent (James Best) si nemtoaica Helga Schiller(Susan Cummings).
reminsicente ale filmului se gasesc in Europa al lui Lars Von Trier, legate si de organizatia werewolf, si in The Good German al lui Soderbergh.
cintecul titlu de pe generic e interpreat de Paul Anka. Apoi filmul incepe cu un tracking shot excelent in ruinele Berlinului, pe Simfonia destinului de Beethoven.
Sam Fuller, care a avut putini bani de la RKO, obisnuit sa faca B-uri, a inclus imagini documentare care se inlantuiesc foarte bine si coerent in montajul final. Toatodata arata filmul atrocitatilor din lagarele naziste, prezentat la procesul de la Nurenberg, care duc la concluzia seaca si brusca a dramei, atunci fresh, astazi destul de desueta.

6/10 (vazut in decembrie 2008 pe dvd, sursa; Franta, sub titlul 'Ordres Secrets aux Espions Nazis')