tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20807899307190479652024-03-18T20:14:10.991+02:00ALD's MOVIELANDversiunea 1.3. redux (incl. ROCKLAND & alinland)Alinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476415560436490877noreply@blogger.comBlogger3034125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-54931767071840443552024-03-17T23:33:00.011+02:002024-03-18T00:12:57.953+02:00Red Rooms / Les Chambres Rouges (2023)<p>Canadian thriller/horror/psychological drama in French (shot in Montreal) screening now in Romanian Theaters (very selected;). Distributed by <a href="https://www.cayfilms.ro">Cay Films </a>(their best entry on their roaster)</p><p>Sitges and Fantasia entry, awarded at various film fests of last year, this film deserves to be better known. I had an inner feeling seeing the poster but had no clue about it. So, I was happy I went to see it in the cinema, it was an imersing experience. </p><p>A twist on the serial killer game, focusing on their groupies, and a descent into "The Dark Web" more realistic than any I've seen so far. </p><p>It' s also a first fare into the genre (cross-over) by writer/director Pascal Plante, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22207786/?ref_=rvi_tthttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt22207786/?ref_=rvi_tt">Les Chambres Rouges/ Red Rooms</a> -in Romanian it's <i>"Camera rosie</i>" (singular instead of plural!)</p><p>Great score (John Carpenter style by Dominique Plante, I guess it's the director's wife), sound design, acting (Juliette Gariepy is sensational as Kelley-Anne!, she looks alike a young Madeleine Stowe but with an uncanny glance intensity, then there is big-eyed Laurie Biron as Clementine ), masterfully shot (a lot of long takes, the first one in the courtroom is quite a tour-de-force), interesting choice of framing (1.50:1), atmospheric and mysterious, with high tension psychologically and emotionally.</p><p>Reminded me of David Cronenberg and a bit of Repulsion. </p><p>See it in a cinema if you can ! Also not for the faint of heart (rated R-N 15)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh27xzXn8cTorN5u8TF8wKbvLPy2iDbklJY67KaEtVcdQcqTH50YjIoTChMNBbty_qLym9RvBNXcNfKyIN0NlkzdhyfY6v2Ki4IOGC-IU4rGTkhOxS-j91FuFwKHjGgh5j2WlZZ1eIuzEcK_SrNnPDCP5VYJ8ML1YEhlXcAjHIh_oSSipUt89MfsUADz6ef" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh27xzXn8cTorN5u8TF8wKbvLPy2iDbklJY67KaEtVcdQcqTH50YjIoTChMNBbty_qLym9RvBNXcNfKyIN0NlkzdhyfY6v2Ki4IOGC-IU4rGTkhOxS-j91FuFwKHjGgh5j2WlZZ1eIuzEcK_SrNnPDCP5VYJ8ML1YEhlXcAjHIh_oSSipUt89MfsUADz6ef=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div><a href="https://deadline.com/2023/07/pascal-plante-red-rooms-review-a-disturbingly-brilliant-and-original-psychological-horror-1235429911/">Deadline review</a> from Karlovy Vary film fest (in competition). <p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-32176759529408436152024-03-17T15:42:00.003+02:002024-03-18T20:13:37.714+02:00RIP Steve Harley The Cockney Rebel <p>Another bad news Sunday..<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Harley">.Steve Harley</a> just died. The leader of Cockney Rebel and the creator of The Human Menajerie (his 1st album with Cockney Rebel in 1973) just got to be 73 on February 27th. He had cancer and that forced him to stop his 2023 tour in the middle of t. I 1st heard of him on Radio Free Europe back in 1983 with the song<i> Sebastian</i> (1973), which was a powerplay hit on the Metronom by Request show. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLt6FwdV-5GdSa68t8CAkuDv92CZmOHemNGJXphEL9itWLDJF_PzbD-19vnT4gS3J311VIw3xZNBW9naGAlyDg9AP4kld7l5gZqh0fYAxkYKsaXaeLkR1BQi-TbrWO2PKUQm1Ag10JYu5LC9wP1lyldBRmQBuZEs3qd8zQ7dZLQe9QEzOWQNC58DEgvX02" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="894" data-original-width="894" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgLt6FwdV-5GdSa68t8CAkuDv92CZmOHemNGJXphEL9itWLDJF_PzbD-19vnT4gS3J311VIw3xZNBW9naGAlyDg9AP4kld7l5gZqh0fYAxkYKsaXaeLkR1BQi-TbrWO2PKUQm1Ag10JYu5LC9wP1lyldBRmQBuZEs3qd8zQ7dZLQe9QEzOWQNC58DEgvX02=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br />Obit on bbc <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68590846">here</a><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-90230243960522450162024-03-11T05:38:00.021+02:002024-03-11T23:56:37.354+02:00OSCARS 96 @2024<p> Happy with these Oscars ! #96, man,lookin' up for #100 !</p><p>my prognosis<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/oscar-nominations-now.html?spref=fb&fbclid=IwAR2NQI9liqxR2dIEUThBUD7Vm0tBc90yiibxefwXYTWoymBbdo_pZ27k9qc"> was here</a></p><p>Happy for Godzilla Minus One because they had the best mangled speech ever ! Domo Arrigato Mr. Roboto ;) Haven't seen yet the flick ! would've loved to see it screened here (in Ro.)</p><p>Happy to see Navalny (well, now that he is is dead ;((((, they put on the beginning of the doc that is on HBO Max... which I 've seen just nights ago...) and Slava Ukraina for 20 Days in Mariupol ! I wondered if they'd cut the cable in Russia...</p><p>Robert Downey Jr was (and is) a very happy camper ! Not only a happy camper ! The most happier campiest camper ! I thought he would win for Chaplin in 1992 (Oscars 1993) !!! He thought that too ! He was young and arrogant ! And he needs this now ! Check. Not that Mark Ruffalo's career best in <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things</a> wouldn't beat mr. Levi Strauss !!! He actually couldn't caare less ;)</p><p>Of course the biggest loser and the glorious loser is Marty again with <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon.</a>. I feel most for <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/08/rip-robbie-robertson.html">Robbie Robertso</a>n's score...Gud Nite brother...</p><p>Jimmy Kimmel did a decent performance, not very risque, not very Hu Ha, but safe (almost)</p><p>Ahnuld (mr Freeze) & Danny de Vito (penguin) were the best presenters IMO, funny how they threatened The Batman Birdman (Michael Keaton in the front row).</p><p>even though you had Al Pacino on the stage, but not much Hu Ha (Best film presenter)</p><p>The best was John Cena in the nude (a reminder of <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWBc-ir6IFM">the David Niven 1974 streaker/runner</a> in the bush)</p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">Oppie</a> surely got the cake, as it was expected </p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things</a>, same as expected, sorry Lily but she seemed ok</p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">Zone of Interest</a> -sound and foreign film, it rocks ! </p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IYuS3XEJsbY" width="320" youtube-src-id="IYuS3XEJsbY"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-6047464343341051342024-03-10T22:51:00.007+02:002024-03-12T00:46:10.746+02:00John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter & Daniel Davies - My Name is Death (2024)<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000118/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_4_tt_3_nm_4_q_john%2520car">John Carpenter, </a>his son Cody and nephew Daniel Davies are putting o<a href="https://johncarpentermusic.bandcamp.com/album/lost-themes-iv-noir">ut LOST THEMES vol. IV: NOIR</a></p><p>here's<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YZ60mQA4Q8&list=OLAK5uy_nv4qoK_dpBFW3X_py8SUJ9Jh1wYOBKEZs"> Lost Themes vol. I</a> (2015)</p><p>Last time i saw JC and heard about him in Studio 666 where he has a cool cameo.</p><p>last Halloween sucked and all in all except the original there were all unnecessary remakes and cash-ins. part II was kinda cool tho. But the Rob Zombie remakes and the reboots booted. </p><p>and this is the first release from the album: <i>My Name is Death </i></p><p>nice black and white video too. </p><p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TDBnBdNyYiM" width="320" youtube-src-id="TDBnBdNyYiM"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-58168378527226179372024-03-05T19:15:00.052+02:002024-03-12T01:04:02.393+02:00Dune part Two (2024) <p> Saw <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15239678/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_8_nm_0_q_dune">Dune. Zwei.</a> Nicht Drei ;)</p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2021/11/dune-2021-dume-despre-dune.html">here's my and my buddies thoughts o</a>f the 1st Villeneuve film. </p><p>direct link: https://revistagolan.com/dume-despre-dune-7-oameni-scriu-despre-filmul-lui-villeneuve/?fbclid=IwAR0eGR8HEUUou5D3ooGccvXo4MiSKwxvs66ECYlCK-OryJ-vy9rkUYIGFj0</p><p>This time I'm not sure I can gather them for a part deux review...but weirdly enough none of them saw it in the 1st 2 weeks...</p><p>My main interest. As in Heroes (old Gods, Almost Dead topic...) Chris Walken is the Emperor Shaddam IV. Sounds like an SNL sketch to many it seems, read a review that considered that to be a grave mistake. Dudes, this is the guy from Deer Hunter, The Dead Zone and The King of New York.</p><p>If you know him from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCDIYvFmgW8">a Fatboy Slim vide</a>o that's your problem. </p><p>The<b> Man</b> is a monument of whatever you want, pop culture, and for some of us bigger than the religions and conflicts of Dune. </p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHTe2_b8uEA">More Cowbell </a>?</p><p>-I didn't care about the freemen, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/wonka-2023.html">Wonka</a> with blue eyes, Zendaya Mondatta, his mom and his sis. The worms looks great, the dunes are all righy (Jordan), Zimmer pulls some Tubular Bells in the ending, Elvis is a mean Feyd Rautha and Bardem (Stilgar) plays like he's Anthony Quinn on steroids. Shades of Lawrence of Arabia were in the original novel, here there is Star Wars galore, esp. The Empire Strikes Back, the battle on the ice planet, revisited here on yellow sand. What else? A Gladiator scene in black and white and too little emotion- for me. Not enough cowbell. Amazingly this went straight to Top IMDB #11 (while the 1st film didn't even make the top 250 !!!), let's see how it will do in due time. #3 should be better imo. It has more politics in the plot, less worms and Mu'adib becomes who he should be (a Vader analogy?)</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhWDawz57bhN_ZYjnzFJTuLv3ZuI969E7x21KdhbJjWTUgyW7KwRGEdBcRuVUNYcAMyFNWDGM-k5F8o4xZNy65M81-sSeKwF81rhonNkYwA1itXXjv2GqwBbqFCR0wl_USfTRQXdg6XedhUtdXGnEgjYjo2T_ByaUju74wakdWZw6oFZtVoJLAMwMrKhJt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="800" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhWDawz57bhN_ZYjnzFJTuLv3ZuI969E7x21KdhbJjWTUgyW7KwRGEdBcRuVUNYcAMyFNWDGM-k5F8o4xZNy65M81-sSeKwF81rhonNkYwA1itXXjv2GqwBbqFCR0wl_USfTRQXdg6XedhUtdXGnEgjYjo2T_ByaUju74wakdWZw6oFZtVoJLAMwMrKhJt=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px;"> May the </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px;">Dude</em><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Merriweather; font-size: 16px;"> be with you!</span><br /><br /><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-42455255828948286612024-03-02T23:30:00.020+02:002024-03-03T01:43:57.436+02:00Keith Richards-I’m Waiting for the Man (SOTD)<p>Keef honors Lou Reed. March 1st. </p><p><i>I'm Waiting for the Man</i> is Velvet Underground song recorded for their debut album in 1967.</p><p>His Birthday being March 2nd.</p><p><i style="color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">“To me, Lou stood out. The real deal! Something important to American music and to ALL MUSIC! I miss him and his dog.” </i><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">- Keith Richards</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5NcJvi5TYEk" width="320" youtube-src-id="5NcJvi5TYEk"></iframe></div><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Communique:</i></span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">The digital single & music video are out now and featured on the upcoming album The Power of the Heart: A Tribute to Lou Reed, which includes newly recorded covers from Keith Richards, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Rufus Wainwright, Lucinda Williams, Maxim Ludwig & Angel Olsen, Rickie Lee Jones, Mary Gauthier, Bobby Rush, Automatic, The Afghan Whigs, and Rosanne Cash. This special collection will be released by Light in the Attic Records and available on Vinyl & CD at fine independent record shops worldwide on Record Store Day (April 20th).</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial, sans-serif;">
It goes without saying that the legendary Lou Reed was a true rock ’n’ roll pioneer. From The Velvet Underground’s debut in 1967 all the way through the end of his days, Reed sang truth from his heart. He lived life to the limit—and then some. The Power of the Heart is a tribute to Reed’s freedom of expression with covers spanning his groundbreaking years with the Velvets into his majestic solo career. Each track is a glorious extension of the Rock ’n’ Roll Animal’s soul, ever adventurous and avant-garde.
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There and Let There B. Blues !!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EmfH5AQYGzl3wkNsN3UpRjfZD71H8iXb2K4rpr7iqO6guEjEH3Cm3xNZIm4pxR3CW_g7G5JPDPaQhk7U1i4JE3JzwfldxjJ-jqHl9hC9ieNbPXfKkWrWEQy2F6hRYdVShD2r0EHiAm4VwC_ft72DKgWapDfgk4PmBaF2Xw0rT85VfQyzqOTZbZtc5oEr/s1600/Kofi%20-1%20martie%202024.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1129" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7EmfH5AQYGzl3wkNsN3UpRjfZD71H8iXb2K4rpr7iqO6guEjEH3Cm3xNZIm4pxR3CW_g7G5JPDPaQhk7U1i4JE3JzwfldxjJ-jqHl9hC9ieNbPXfKkWrWEQy2F6hRYdVShD2r0EHiAm4VwC_ft72DKgWapDfgk4PmBaF2Xw0rT85VfQyzqOTZbZtc5oEr/w452-h640/Kofi%20-1%20martie%202024.jpeg" width="452" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Am pus <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginger-baker-rip.html">aici un articol depre Ginger Baker </a>scris la moartea sa in octombrie 2019 si ramas nepublicat pina acum.<div>https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginger-baker-rip.html<br /><div>*****</div><div><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">Cream a fost primul super-grup din istoria rockului, în componența de trio: </span><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2010/06/clapton-winwood-over-bucharest.html" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Eric Clapton</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;">,</span><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2012/09/jack-bruce-big-blues-band.html" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"> Jack Bruce,</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"> </span><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginger-baker-rip.html" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Ginger Baker,</a><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px;"> și a activat doar 3 ani (1966-1968). Astăzi este considerată deopotrivă de critici și de fani “cea mai bună trupă din lume”.</span><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjW9B6Iazvth3_9MUfy-fdNIn74Y1nL6ZWaJRzcBuCZ178h2O_1QRTFBNGKUIeH35TAJ9U6kmguxa1LPAY4eq9znoPMKMirN1tcXWpCEfRoaLReR0_rBR7iI9YlQS5KROj8hZl5BfdU_ZYAxt9VMfk2bBEHTjBX75cDY3YHPGppX2FcUZMzVNPSGq6j4W8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="640" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgjW9B6Iazvth3_9MUfy-fdNIn74Y1nL6ZWaJRzcBuCZ178h2O_1QRTFBNGKUIeH35TAJ9U6kmguxa1LPAY4eq9znoPMKMirN1tcXWpCEfRoaLReR0_rBR7iI9YlQS5KROj8hZl5BfdU_ZYAxt9VMfk2bBEHTjBX75cDY3YHPGppX2FcUZMzVNPSGq6j4W8" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Kofi Baker este fiul lui <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginger-baker-rip.html">Ginger Baker,</a> toboșar virtuoz, la fel ca tatăl său. Kofi Baker's Cream Faith îi include pe Malcolm Bruce, fiul lui <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2012/09/jack-bruce-big-blues-band.html">Jack Bruce,</a> basistul grupului Cream și BBM, iar chitarist este Rob Johnson, al cărui unchi a fost tot <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2019/10/ginger-baker-rip.html">Ginger Baker.</a> Trupa cântă muzica legendarelor Cream și Blind Faith, și e un soi de “afacere de familie”, o moștenire Live, nu numai pentru nostalgici, ci și pentru viitorii fani, o muzică nemuritoare, „The Sunshine of Our Love”.</div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Un concert-eveniment marca Transilvania Blues Nights.<br />Sponsori: Butan Gas, BCR, Miele Brasov, Aro Palace, Bit Datamining, CenterLine, Tehnic Mihor, Bistro AHA, Coliba Haiducilor. </div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Bilete: 100 lei pret pre-sale pana pe data de 29 februarie, 130 lei in ziua concertului.<br /><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg" href="https://rockstadt.ro/event/3137/?fbclid=IwAR3NPhQ2lKCe9O3mu4QjWoDBqCnbhCp7RbdNOO-hijy1d68VYaWFmiubKF0" rel="nofollow noreferrer" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank">https://rockstadt.ro/event/3137/</a></div><div class="x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r x1vvkbs xtlvy1s" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word;">Powered by Rock FM, Zile și Nopți<br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🕒" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3/1.5/16/1f552.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Open door: 16:00<br /><span class="x3nfvp2 x1j61x8r x1fcty0u xdj266r xhhsvwb xat24cr xgzva0m xxymvpz xlup9mm x1kky2od" style="display: inline-flex; font-family: inherit; height: 16px; margin: 0px 1px; vertical-align: middle; width: 16px;"><img alt="🕒" class="xz74otr" height="16" referrerpolicy="origin-when-cross-origin" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t3/1.5/16/1f552.png" style="border: 0px; object-fit: fill;" width="16" /></span> Concert: 20:00</div></div></div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-16590328669093411062024-02-20T23:30:00.002+02:002024-02-28T16:01:42.184+02:00The Zone of Interest (2023)<p>I was expecting <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0322242/?ref_=ttawd_awd_1">Jonathan Glazer</a>'s fourth feature with much anticipation. He doesn't make a a lot of films, four in over 20 years...the 1st one, Sexy Beast (2000) stuck with me from the first frame, Birth (2004) so and so and last one ten years ago , Under the Skin (2013) was an UFO of the foremost cinematic kind (in my <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-filme-2014.html">Top of 2014 films</a> and <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2015/01/top-10-soundtracks-2014.html">soundtracks</a>). So, when I first about the plot of his new film that took ten years to make, The Zone of Interest, the fact that is shot in German and on location in Poland's Auschwitz-Birkenau made me want to see it more than any film in last year's Festival de Cannes. I am now totally convinced it should've won Palme d'Or more and much more than Anatomy of a Fall, which is for me one of the most overrated films of 2023. Zone won Cannes' Prix du Jury in 2023, the FIPRESCI prize and two tech awards, Johnnie Burn for the sound and Mica Levi for the music (the Cannes soundtrack award). </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgEntHMNcdXig4KK7w3GdPuVZOfeMfi3If0to6k4GsxtOuEm9E97goJ-Symef_SvMgXYaDHoEQ7fHF58VKkvW3g2XOLemi_pVLTAQTrq8Ra8-npA-e-I-UfOfPmp18YyuPK_g-4w4KiFeYgQhLl2TQrMQNS2Q9hGsXtpwegj0O95wgR1h5W9-LX5y39Tyu" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="384" data-original-width="259" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjgEntHMNcdXig4KK7w3GdPuVZOfeMfi3If0to6k4GsxtOuEm9E97goJ-Symef_SvMgXYaDHoEQ7fHF58VKkvW3g2XOLemi_pVLTAQTrq8Ra8-npA-e-I-UfOfPmp18YyuPK_g-4w4KiFeYgQhLl2TQrMQNS2Q9hGsXtpwegj0O95wgR1h5W9-LX5y39Tyu=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><br /><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7160372/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_7_nm_0_q_zone">The Zone of Interest</a> is loosely based by the Martin Amis book, but it takes just the plot idea from there. Beyond that it went into a deconstruction of the Evil as banality, and offers a very different view of the Holocaust from the Inside Out.<p></p><p>One of last year's best and most powerful films (also in cinematic language) , where what you hear is more important than what you see-and go and see it in a cinema, it plays now near you.</p><p>Will definetly win the Oscar for the best foreign film and sound, it's nominated for 5 categories including best film and best direction. More than Nolan and Scorsese Glazer's direction is topnotch, original, artful, an observational film, experimental, in many ways avant-garde. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7INbMwXyFgDTd-7HCireqXQPdNVZVjYTpwQf0ZUz1FIxnCTt6wckDi6c4qCM7mNh-XAhv0J_lhoMs-REwDXawQj508w-HOFu-CjQKJI5P5OwFeNL9BRdRmSIo3e2Nb1vK1O4ojW32_pMeIyiYL_uwyFVMqGOA5UFmEyPe9pK8qwpL1YbQ5ST669jbavZZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg7INbMwXyFgDTd-7HCireqXQPdNVZVjYTpwQf0ZUz1FIxnCTt6wckDi6c4qCM7mNh-XAhv0J_lhoMs-REwDXawQj508w-HOFu-CjQKJI5P5OwFeNL9BRdRmSIo3e2Nb1vK1O4ojW32_pMeIyiYL_uwyFVMqGOA5UFmEyPe9pK8qwpL1YbQ5ST669jbavZZ=w640-h360" width="640" /></a></div> thermal b & w photography sequences<br /><br /><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-88654842634124449582024-02-16T23:10:00.007+02:002024-02-16T23:23:37.411+02:00Billy Joel - Turn the Lights Back On (2024, SOTD)<p><b> Turn the Lights Back On</b> marks Billy Joel's first original song in 17 years !!!</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEY8ZhK5tcvsHPE6HJAryoEmcF6Y4AHnuGaJgnhjxesKnBwHG2WPbIUg7rFWup_ZsuRTeZFuA5zs9quO-YODjxHVi-2h-TL28A_Jw73PEjke_LlPGmbZDAoyIeVBavA3RwF-zblmmGP1IQg5SBK7zzSZ4LjHyBwlJoG7KzQHXFgxNhVAQVu31-M3EpPZG8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiEY8ZhK5tcvsHPE6HJAryoEmcF6Y4AHnuGaJgnhjxesKnBwHG2WPbIUg7rFWup_ZsuRTeZFuA5zs9quO-YODjxHVi-2h-TL28A_Jw73PEjke_LlPGmbZDAoyIeVBavA3RwF-zblmmGP1IQg5SBK7zzSZ4LjHyBwlJoG7KzQHXFgxNhVAQVu31-M3EpPZG8=w640-h640" width="640" /></a></div><br />more info <a href="https://people.com/billy-joel-turn-the-lights-back-on-music-video-exclusive-8583952">here</a><p></p><p>and an explanation with Billy J. on Howard Stern's show<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7X_nftPFn6o"> here</a>. He brings up Edith Piaf's "Je ne regrette Rien", well...i agrre with Howard on this...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UOf6CMbHPuA" width="320" youtube-src-id="UOf6CMbHPuA"></iframe></div><p><i>Lyrics: </i></p><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Please open the door</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Nothing is different, we've been here before</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Pacing these halls</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Trying to talk over the silence</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And pride sticks out its tongue</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Laughs at the portrait that we've become</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Stuck in a frame, unable to change</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I was wrong</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'm late, but I'm here right now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Though I used to be romantic</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I forgot somehow</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Time can make you blind</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But I see you now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">As we're laying in the darkness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Did I wait too long</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To turn the lights back on?</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">Here, stuck on a hill</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Outsiders inside the home that we built</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">The cold settles in</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">It's been a long winter of indifference</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And maybe you love me, maybe you don't</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe you'll learn to, and maybe you won't</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">You've had enough, but I won't give up</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">On you</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'm late, but I'm here right now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">And I'm tryin' to find the magic</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">That we lost somehow</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Maybe I was blind</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But I see you now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">As we're laying in the darkness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Did I wait too long</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To turn the lights back on?</span></div><div class="ujudUb" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 12px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'm late, but I'm here right now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Is there still time for forgiveness?</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Won't you tell me how?</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I can't read your mind</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">But I see you now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">As we're layin' in the darkness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Did I wait too long</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To turn the lights back on?</span></div><div class="ujudUb WRZytc" jsname="U8S5sf" style="background-color: white; color: #202124; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><span jsname="YS01Ge">I'm here right now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Yes, I'm here right now</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Looking for forgiveness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">I can see as we're laying in the darkness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Yeah, as we're laying in the darkness</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">Did I wait too long</span><br aria-hidden="true" /><span jsname="YS01Ge">To turn the lights back on?</span></div><p><br /></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-3278437615307328912024-02-14T23:00:00.013+02:002024-02-23T00:01:55.613+02:00Poor Things (2023)<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14230458/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1_tt_4_nm_3_q_poo">Poor Things </a>by Yorgos Lanthimos won the Golden Lion in Venice, all top awards around (just now Five BAFTA's) and is nominated for 11 Oscars. It's amazing for a film like this, a one-of-a kind extravaganza with no limits. Gun blazing sort of cinema, risque acting from the top three actors, Emma Stone (she will win an Oscar, her second for this, no doubt), an epic makeup-ed Scottish accented Willem Dafoe and an incredibly funny offbeat Marc Ruffalo (an uncanny <a href="https://kamikazeonline.ro/nu-mai-radeti/nae-girimea/">Nae Girimea</a> impersonation ;), career best of going against type.</p><p>Mixed feelings, and would've been even better if I didn't find out about the book, by Scottish writer Alasdair Grey. The book was published in 1992 and the author died in 2019. He sold the rights to the book to Yorgos Lanthimos in 2009. There are huge huge differences from the book in the film and Tony McNamara script relocated it from Glasgow to London, and got rid of on the recent different timeline hooks. The book is told by different characters, through letters and it's supposed to be a found true story. Also at a running time of 2h21, it's at least a half-an-hour too indulgent longeur. Things begin to be too repetitive, esp. in the Paris episode. There is a fish, aquatic-like theme that runs along the whole film, a dark humour surreal atmosphere and a manifesto of Shock & Panic cinema. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjroVxHEUBMpLdMMcF5MeWMbhvIPwgsv1PuXIuDeViE0_uXKFLflr4JG1DbN45RLtKG5BX7q0eK0CF0hd9xlKt9epNp5u64Ndc7JWzUa35DiQR6fYgq7K6V8wvFeASLI--tBq_X2R2F88SplkTBxpTF3NFJAztaYTuDi7Rovv_OcfBmWiKlAFrAIdKKa1G7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="400" data-original-width="267" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjroVxHEUBMpLdMMcF5MeWMbhvIPwgsv1PuXIuDeViE0_uXKFLflr4JG1DbN45RLtKG5BX7q0eK0CF0hd9xlKt9epNp5u64Ndc7JWzUa35DiQR6fYgq7K6V8wvFeASLI--tBq_X2R2F88SplkTBxpTF3NFJAztaYTuDi7Rovv_OcfBmWiKlAFrAIdKKa1G7=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Impecable tech credits, brilliant cinematography (by Robbie Ryan who did The Favourite too, in Technicolor, black and white, with grand angular, fisheyed lenses, 16 mm, etc), gorgeous set and production design, costumes and great music (pop musician Jerskin Fendrix' debut score), with a very original sound, also because its his first and Lanthimos' first film with an original film score.</p><p>Shot in Budapest at the Korda Studios for a mere 35 million $. I mean, really, it looks alike a much more expensive picture.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX1R9GKzBKMyAUhLZsFzTcTYApYFBVtwGF3kUTZGba4qHsvQ5GAJIsjcUjXwsDZud2pFLCw8wYWBTylibk4a6d-jJ-iB4n1Tl51lNkBRgynTL4eqb2DfpZRyCRY4Cah4iW4t9e4GKz4SFSO-FckbNhTxnXvH0cDuf1Ccu08R3lBHlDtY--yKPayhzZ3E94" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1013" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhX1R9GKzBKMyAUhLZsFzTcTYApYFBVtwGF3kUTZGba4qHsvQ5GAJIsjcUjXwsDZud2pFLCw8wYWBTylibk4a6d-jJ-iB4n1Tl51lNkBRgynTL4eqb2DfpZRyCRY4Cah4iW4t9e4GKz4SFSO-FckbNhTxnXvH0cDuf1Ccu08R3lBHlDtY--yKPayhzZ3E94=w432-h640" width="432" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Great title lettering<a href="https://www.myfonts.com/collections/tags/pablo%20ferro-fonts"> inspired by Pablo Ferro.</a> Via Kubrick maybe (dr. Strangelove), he is Lanthimos most revered mentor. Early Tim Burton, Elephant Man, Young Frankenstein, Francis Ford Coppola's Dracula, Fellini's E la Nave Va. I saw some Jodorowski in the Belle du Jour chapter, some Quay Bros. on the fisheye and iris black and whites. The fillmakers acknowledge Roy Andresson also as an inspiration and the primary Technicolors of Powell & Pressburger's Black Narcissus. I'll add some Hammer color too.</p><p><br /></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-70825779210231833192024-02-05T18:27:00.014+02:002024-02-06T11:57:01.544+02:00Il sol dell'avvenire/A Brighter Tomorrow (2023)<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt16731908/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_il%2520sol">Il sol dell'avvenire/A Brighter Tomorrow</a>, in Romanian Un viitor luminos (cum numai Partidul stie sa prezica ;), the title is of course Ironic. I mean, Nanni Moretti (now 70!!!) is a leftie and a socialist but this is his Nuit Americaine, or 8 1/2, a Meta film, with most of the fun from him in many years. Reminded my of his earlier films, Palombella Rossa (1989) and Caro Diario (1993). It was much funnier and warmer than his big Cannes fares (he has a Directing award for Caro diario and a Palme D'or for La Stanza di Figlio-2001). Habemus Papam (2011) was also funny, but here's there's a lot of more things Cinema to be enjoyed. Of course his new film was part of the official competition in 2023's Cannes Fest.</p><p>It's about a director in a very long mislife and creative crisis, making a film no one would like to see, about the events in Hungary 1956 seen through the eyes of the Italian Communist party. The title comes from a resistance song from WW2, "Fischia il vento". Add to that the circus of Federico F., plus the songs and musical fantasies, and some woodyallenesque soliloquies plus psychotherapy, life lamentations and narcissism to the max. The soundtrack is great, features belli canzoni, from Joe Dassin to Franco Battiato (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nxXrHZ2HL4">Voglio vederdi danzare</a>), Aretha Franklin with "Think" from The Blues Brothers, Faure & Beethoven, and Fabrizio de Andre (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NXzQmgIqZ4">La canzone dell'amore perduta</a>). Featuring classic Moretti collaborators, Margherita Buy, Polish director and actor Jerzy Stuhr and a premiere, Mathieu Amalric as the fou producer. And surely Moretti as Giovanni, the tormented director. </p><p>It's Moretti meets Fellini with bits of Demy (Lola and la Dolce Vita are even on the screen).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW2Pmc90rfnpPT8my2uU-cRRXKncCdzzaTu4jGdOJZpQev8gARpITG2RzdBAtlM6n92z6FybUefIQUCIBZBabS6qOcdyP-VLR4MRsolBT2U5gfXNLZeeZI8UYT2F5LMy3jNTpyk2XYonmSTnuTSc7z4u4HUruDtzt7Dm4hRqySzNCVvNDkXeNY6kf1IVWV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="504" data-original-width="412" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjW2Pmc90rfnpPT8my2uU-cRRXKncCdzzaTu4jGdOJZpQev8gARpITG2RzdBAtlM6n92z6FybUefIQUCIBZBabS6qOcdyP-VLR4MRsolBT2U5gfXNLZeeZI8UYT2F5LMy3jNTpyk2XYonmSTnuTSc7z4u4HUruDtzt7Dm4hRqySzNCVvNDkXeNY6kf1IVWV=w523-h640" width="523" /></a></div><br />It's almost a miracle this film is in cinemas, very limited release. The scene with Netflix must be seen to be believed. It's like that, really, the WTF...<p></p><div><br /></div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-38827867692638628052024-02-04T20:03:00.004+02:002024-02-04T20:22:14.127+02:00American Star (2024)<p>Ian Mc Shane. Impeccable Actor. Unbelievable, the man is 81. And he looks at least 20 years younger in <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19984386/">American Star,</a> an existential hitman thriller drama about aging and solitude. And nostalgia. And loyalty, maybe most of all.</p><p>Takes a movie for me to find about about the real crash of the luxury ocean liner, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_America_(1939)">American Star (SS America)</a>, on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands. And it's metaphor on top of the title of the film.</p><p>The director. Gonzalo Lopez-Gallego I know from <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19984386/">El Rey de la Montana</a> (2007), film that I liked a<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2010/04/modificari-si-program.html">nd was about to present </a>when we did he little experiment called <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2010/04/anunt-cancelare-movielight-bohemian.html">Bohemian Mondays/ aldmovielight </a>at The Light cinema (then), in 2010, in Rahova, Bucharest. I think I translated the whole film, luckily there were very few lines of dialogue on that one.</p><p>Anyway, Gallego went on to the US to do Apollo 18 (a horror spoof/mockumentary), Open Grave and The Hollow Point. And now this, American Star, which I really liked. Mostly because McShane is mesmerizing. And the island. And it has a slow pace, a dreamlike quality. Arthouse European thriller. Would've loved to see it in a cinema.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qXkoTg7EcxlhaCLyDDH5DXTX0S6yolq6mEhzMGjckdIG4wmLUu7PhgoTUnlMuCtpvVrn3Pa8Mod68qK1hOF-bcwIUHjRglI9UhQsc04oadQvmqCM9yvN3kT6od4H406wCm5s1QBsdGjUfOTG6QUh3JxcO5__XjEcJpiKUq1_rfd7G_k4juJy_HBG-QXf/s780/image_2024-02-04_194513116.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="439" data-original-width="780" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qXkoTg7EcxlhaCLyDDH5DXTX0S6yolq6mEhzMGjckdIG4wmLUu7PhgoTUnlMuCtpvVrn3Pa8Mod68qK1hOF-bcwIUHjRglI9UhQsc04oadQvmqCM9yvN3kT6od4H406wCm5s1QBsdGjUfOTG6QUh3JxcO5__XjEcJpiKUq1_rfd7G_k4juJy_HBG-QXf/w640-h360/image_2024-02-04_194513116.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">7 of out 10/ 3 1/2 out of 5</div><br /><br /><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-9649998423726261982024-02-04T17:50:00.007+02:002024-02-04T19:39:10.105+02:00LMA Alice @76 ! <p style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>“I know you’re looking for a real good time. So, let me introduce you to a friend of mine. I’m Alice. </i></span></p><p style="background-color: #666666; color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>I’m the Master of Madness; the Sultan of Surprise…so don’t be afraid, just look into my eyes.”</i></span></p><p>Vincent Damon Furnier aka<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Cooper"> Alice, </a>the Coop, is 76 today !<i> La multi ani,</i> hope to see ya again soon ! </p><p>Just mentioned him on Wayne Kramer's obit cos Wayne played and contributed with songs on Alice's album <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Stories">Detroit Stories </a>(2021). Like this one:</p><p><b>Go Man Go</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FeHjzFQiBj8" width="320" youtube-src-id="FeHjzFQiBj8"></iframe></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Also on the album is <i>Sister Anne,</i> the MC5 song, composed by Fred "Sonic" Smith. </p><p>Alice's albums, esp. the ones I'm day and date with, the last 20+ years (mostly from The Last Temptation -1994, his return to form, onward) are always on my Top albums of that year. And <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/top-albums-2023.html">last year</a> it was <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/08/alice-cooper-road-2023.html">ROAD, </a>a great Meta Alice album about the Life on the Road. </p><p><br /></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-18911156770634368732024-02-03T23:30:00.002+02:002024-02-04T17:57:38.525+02:00RIP Wayne Kramer <p>One of the greatest musicians and guitarists, gone but not forgotten? Unfortunately not many know his name and work today.</p><p>A musician's musician, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kramer_(guitarist)">Wayne Kramer</a> was one of the founders of MC5, a very ephemeral but iconic group, proto-punk, and more political than the whole rock scene of the day. They put out three albums forever to "Kick Out The Jams". That was the title of their first, a live album in 1969. Then Back in the USA and Hight Time, 1970 and 1971. They disbanded in 1972.</p><p>Kramer was radical, he was political, a leftie of course, he became a junkie, did time in jail for selling drugs, converted, played free jazz, punk, put very deep meaningful lyrics to rock and roll. His solo work I love most, from The Hard Stuff to Dangerous Madness, Citizen Wayne and Adult World. </p><p>He played last on Alice Cooper's album, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2020/11/alice-cooper-rock-roll-sotd.html">Detroit Stories</a>. He was planning for an album of new music, produced by Bob Ezrin. Wayne Kramer was 75. LLMF...</p><p>Auto-biography <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hard-Stuff-Dope-Crime-Impossibilities/dp/0306921545">here.</a></p><p><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"> "Wayne S. Kramer 'PEACE BE WITH YOU' April 30, 1948 – February 2, 2024."</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-:1_11-0" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 11.2px; line-height: 1; text-wrap: nowrap; unicode-bidi: isolate;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kramer_(guitarist)#cite_note-:1-11" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;">[</a></sup></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSudOphfBOIvHLsLZQv08XyTcM8pkMJVPbOxzD-iCf70XjrP_GHmrvCcesoxUejUiO8LDgZ0ACrTkHkPPlbqmHQHhBl42OE9q8GHSgEli5FNdi-nUQeY7zfxq49C9-rYzdfz6Oh-dPL47PwC8sGm1TzQXfObkn1ykh_IKGLqQErzJiTlVRoGBsTH9ztffz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="342" data-original-width="228" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSudOphfBOIvHLsLZQv08XyTcM8pkMJVPbOxzD-iCf70XjrP_GHmrvCcesoxUejUiO8LDgZ0ACrTkHkPPlbqmHQHhBl42OE9q8GHSgEli5FNdi-nUQeY7zfxq49C9-rYzdfz6Oh-dPL47PwC8sGm1TzQXfObkn1ykh_IKGLqQErzJiTlVRoGBsTH9ztffz=w427-h640" width="427" /></a></div><br /><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;"><i> "His band the MC5 basically invented punk rock music... Wayne came through personal trials of fire with drugs and jail time and emerged a transformed soul who went on to save countless lives through his tireless acts of service."</i></span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 11.2px; text-wrap: nowrap;"> (Tom Morello) </span><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-45153588819161245022024-02-02T23:30:00.000+02:002024-02-04T17:42:23.686+02:00RIP Carl Weathers<p> Apollo Creed died. Actually Creed died in Rocky IV. But the amn who made him legend, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001835/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_1_nm_7_q_carl%2520waethers">Carl Weathers</a> died Thursday, he was 76. He was last in The Mandalorian series. He was great also in Predator. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFFAmEN9tpl-qYVkw0jLjiO6xnuPJ880cck8ea879MkMVMbqDubuMzFPJZToWoZSB5o-0f5Cg_nrTY5dGL7Cq1j3u8Nf_Smn2TdOkNkCp6OiYdWPzE4bFAZ_scZuaCAz6vC5V5q_mgJDNxpihJ3P2VH7DiemIt6Gtsnl_8ZWJJK8kjdveuKwl5lJYv4FSz" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="679" data-original-width="1185" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFFAmEN9tpl-qYVkw0jLjiO6xnuPJ880cck8ea879MkMVMbqDubuMzFPJZToWoZSB5o-0f5Cg_nrTY5dGL7Cq1j3u8Nf_Smn2TdOkNkCp6OiYdWPzE4bFAZ_scZuaCAz6vC5V5q_mgJDNxpihJ3P2VH7DiemIt6Gtsnl_8ZWJJK8kjdveuKwl5lJYv4FSz=w640-h366" width="640" /></a></div><br />obit in<a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/"> Variety.</a><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-86856535322293357672024-01-29T21:29:00.005+02:002024-01-29T21:41:57.118+02:00Alin Ludu Dumbrava -An Interview for Hope@M9TV 29.01.2024<p>In cadrul<b> </b><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b>Interviews for Hope</b> la Televiziunea <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/423921045400210/user/100060809627624/">M9TV Romania</a> din Tg. Mures m-a invitat prietenul <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@castafilms1955">Corneliu Tepelus</a> sa vorbim despre film si muzica, film romanesc, Cannes, Brasov, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival">Transilvania Blues</a> si <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOoSDRU_lLQ&t=154s">Bluesferatu.</a> </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNIGCU6aE-8ERvFape3gZTNocAM55r7c3AfCWOI0nEqLJ3qZdTtG6qbGARQ4UtzW1LMEszYoc0r3krdZQ4c5EhGLx4KDCUOrTS0uQ_voA6jPQXZ3cRg_X3Z4-8hOw3LZnUd2WBCsgfplcdNhX4OaY70iWUm-NscvlwW7GWxWwfG2kOK7lUBcW3DD_caEi/s2000/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-29%20at%2015.58.07.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNIGCU6aE-8ERvFape3gZTNocAM55r7c3AfCWOI0nEqLJ3qZdTtG6qbGARQ4UtzW1LMEszYoc0r3krdZQ4c5EhGLx4KDCUOrTS0uQ_voA6jPQXZ3cRg_X3Z4-8hOw3LZnUd2WBCsgfplcdNhX4OaY70iWUm-NscvlwW7GWxWwfG2kOK7lUBcW3DD_caEi/s320/WhatsApp%20Image%202024-01-29%20at%2015.58.07.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Intreg interviul este acum pe youtube <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwjlQFNFdmo">aici. </a>Mersi, Corneliu, Let There B. Light :D</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pwjlQFNFdmo" width="320" youtube-src-id="pwjlQFNFdmo"></iframe></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-85890536159084589442024-01-28T23:30:00.000+02:002024-01-29T21:42:32.250+02:00Perfect Days (2023)<p><i>"Now is Now and Then is Then."</i></p><p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27503384/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_perfect%2520days">Perfect Days</a> is a masterpiece, a Japanese film made in Tokyo in Japanese by a German filmmaker. Wim Wenders, made at 77 years of age. Like Wenders' Tokyo Story. </p><p>But Yasujiro Ozu is Wenders' master. And Ozu being a poet, this homage to him (Wenders did also a documentary, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090182/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_62_dr">Tokyo-Ga,</a> about his trip to Ozu's Tokyo, back in 1985), is also a Poem. A poem in the rhyme of Rock 'n Roll. </p><p>Do yourself a Favor and do go to the cinema. It's in limited release and it will vanish shortly. Kudos again <a href="https://badunicorn.ro/film/perfect-days">Bad Unicorn </a>for bringing it on the big screen ! Click <a href="https://badunicorn.ro/film/perfect-days">on the link </a>, scroll down and you'll see where it screens in Romania. ! And if you go, <b>stay 'til the end of the credits </b>!!! </p><p>It's slow, it's dreamlike, it's funny and tender, it's beautiful and sad, it's heartfelt. About the meaning of life (really!). Not in the Monty Pythonesque sense. More like budhism. </p><p>Absolutely gorgeous soundtrack, Lou Reed (the title comes from Lou's "Perfect Day" song) , Patti Smith, The Rolling Stones, The Kinks, Van Morrison, Ottis Redding, Nina Simone, The Animals & <i>House of the Rising Sun</i> (in Japanese even),<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOXRJwa6Hk8&list=PLumfQDyXEVzu5quqnaP2xYf_cTasUJvgq&index=6"> <span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: ivory; color: black; font-size: 12px;">Sachiko Kanenobu</span>,</a> and all with a purpose. Like a shiver in the trees leaves.</p><p>One of last year's best, should've been in my<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/top-films-of-2023.html"> 2023 Top Films</a> but I saw it in january 2024 ! It is nominated for the Oscar for best foreign film. Won best actor in Cannes and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0945131/?ref_=tt_cl_t_2">Koji Yakusho</a>'s performance is one of the best there is. Also won the Ecumenical Jury in Cannes. </p><p>Also it's one of Wenders' best, up there (for me) with Paris Texas, Das Himmel uber Berlin, Der Amerikanische Freund, Der Stand der Dinge. Shot beautifully by Wenders' collaborator since Land of Plenty (204), Franz Lustig, in the academical format of 1.33.1 (4:3), sharply edited and with a subtle sound design (re: the leaves, the dreams). </p><p>great interview with Wenders on Eye for Film <a href="https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2024-01-27-wim-wenders-in-conversation-on-his-oscar-nominated-perfect-days-yasujiro-ozu-anselm-kiefer-and-ingeborg-bachmann-feature-story-by-anne-katrin-titze">here.</a></p><p>Wenders' favorite films on Kombini Video <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z17moLI9DI">here. </a>A lot on Ozu at the beginning of the video.</p><p>Komorebi...</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheAhJHSAVscn1wZsnVdXjRBNXb9uiG_p3aG9KafLS9xvs30dvn54-924nFzQVoz7owh4Bh9WzSUeRc26nhjhAoYAM8IVhC9_lZI8T1C1L8ufc0Ehr_ZtQx_3FveLybvWjC5bgLcklYX8QUCTCC6Wos3NIYQdzpcyM-OhQfOfqYZYNdb741PvqjnOMUikJE" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="2179" data-original-width="1600" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEheAhJHSAVscn1wZsnVdXjRBNXb9uiG_p3aG9KafLS9xvs30dvn54-924nFzQVoz7owh4Bh9WzSUeRc26nhjhAoYAM8IVhC9_lZI8T1C1L8ufc0Ehr_ZtQx_3FveLybvWjC5bgLcklYX8QUCTCC6Wos3NIYQdzpcyM-OhQfOfqYZYNdb741PvqjnOMUikJE=w469-h640" width="469" /></a></div><br /><span face="Verdana, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: ivory; font-size: 12px; font-weight: 700; text-align: center;"> </span><p></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-62969625571760347042024-01-27T18:09:00.009+02:002024-02-04T21:53:50.680+02:00Herbert Grönemeyer - Alkohol (SOTD)<p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Herbert Grönemeyer 's<i> Alkohol </i>is a song from 1984, from his album <i>4360 Bochum</i>. I heard it in the 80's then, with Falco and Trio, they sound alike. Great B & W video. But yesterday I heard again this song after 30 odd years in a very cool scene from the new Calin Peter Netzer film, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt27618736/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_familiar">Familiar</a> (that came out yesterday in Romanian cinemas). </span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Grönemeyer">Grönemeyer </a></span><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">was/is a West Germany superstar, known also as an actor (he was in Wolfgang Pedersen's megahit Das Boot-1981) and I saw it in Romanian cinemas as Robert Schumann in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Symphony_(film)">Spring Symphony (1983)</a>, next to Nastassja Kinski as Clara Wiek and Rolf Hoppe. Saw that with my mom as she was the biggest fan of classical and Opera music. But his name came back again as the composer of the Anton Corbjin's films <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2010/09/american-2010.html">The American </a>(my review<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2010/09/american-2010.html"> here</a>) and A Most Wanted Man, very good imersive scores He's still a superstar in Deutschland. Weirdly, my friends at the film premiere didn't know about him. So, I had to write a few lines about Herr Herbert G.</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Great song tho. Was and is. And cool lyrics ;)</span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>Alkohol ist das Dressing für deinen Kopfsalat</i></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0KO-EOD7tT8" width="320" youtube-src-id="0KO-EOD7tT8"></iframe></div><br /><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #131313; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #131313;"><i>Alkohol ist dein Sanitäter in der Not
Alkohol ist dein Fallschirm und dein Rettungsboot
Alkohol ist das Drahtseil auf dem du stehst
Alkohol ist das Schiff mit dem du untergehst</i></span></span></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-76321834195800271992024-01-26T15:00:00.013+02:002024-01-26T18:26:47.193+02:00Nu aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii/Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023)<p>Psychotronic* film of the Year (on my <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/top-films-of-2023.html">Top Films of 2023</a>): N<a href="http://ww.imdb.com/title/tt18162096/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0_tt_8_nm_0_q_nu%2520as">u aștepta prea mult de la sfârșitul lumii/Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World</a> by Radu Jude. </p><p>Just saw this mid Jan. in a theater (Reduta, Brasov), with people, and so I had to change /add this item to <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/top-films-of-2023.html">the Top.</a> It's at once Bravura filmmaking, Saboteur cinema, punkish anarchistic/nihilistic deconstruction of the language (<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2022/10/godard-forever-for-ever-godard.html">Godard</a>-like), subversive Meta meta cinema, a pamphlet and a satire, filled with insider jokes that my guess is don't translate, even though the film, premiering in Locarno Film Fest last summer and awarded there the Jury's Special Prize, is on the most highbrow lists, from Cahiers du Cinema, to Sight and Sound and a great Arthouse hit in the US (it will be distributed there in March by MUBI). It was Romania's entry for the Oscars, as surreal as it sounds, not that the film isn't good enough but because it's so experimental and off mainstream someone should be crazy to really think it'll be qualified for an Oscar nod.</p><p><i><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/search/label/psychotronic">Psychotronic* </a>=from Un Chien Andalou to Doogtooth or Mandy, or Perrot Le Fou and Jodorowski, this is the cinema of a FreakOut mind and stream of it. Dada and beyond. A genre of Subversive cinema.</i></p><p><i></i></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNgVM8wsvxePQLS9KT_WMm03eE3QOCTjZ_wWSLs2j-ZZHkXZp7Ve-8YjLFFCJcIgDEb-V4ah1nEgcvT12FncpXiAGVgDUUQ5p3rnHX2i3t8W1jkLRCqdV1-M1A2RoNZROIfWgc9piQtGWOhCR17pAXEYhki_VHcqqNItLsGTiyIj_0ljFOhWRHsyV2Y7o/s640/image_2024-01-26_182341823.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="426" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqNgVM8wsvxePQLS9KT_WMm03eE3QOCTjZ_wWSLs2j-ZZHkXZp7Ve-8YjLFFCJcIgDEb-V4ah1nEgcvT12FncpXiAGVgDUUQ5p3rnHX2i3t8W1jkLRCqdV1-M1A2RoNZROIfWgc9piQtGWOhCR17pAXEYhki_VHcqqNItLsGTiyIj_0ljFOhWRHsyV2Y7o/w426-h640/image_2024-01-26_182341823.png" width="426" /></a></i></div><p></p><p>Plot (or should I say Com-plot;):</p><p>It's about a day in the life of a production assistant (Angela -a brilliant Ilinca Manolache, chosen as Top Actresses of the year by ICS-International Cinephile Society, <a href="https://www.urban.ro/ilinca-manolache-cele-mai-bune-actrite-ale-anului/?fbclid=IwAR2ZdxWopPp_N22hirc4DjcmSdGl1XDhYNNeOrSb3oTYikm5v5lzPsCIR-g">see here</a>- and my bet on the Gopo award for lead actress this year), as she drives around Bucharest doing various chores and prepping (preparing) a corporate work safety commercial. She also<i> tick tocks </i>obscenities (funny and absurd ones) under a male avatar and the name Bobiță, as a commentary of the crazy hellish life around her.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This apocaly-pic (in the cinema sense film), is imo Jude's Le Mepris, but as <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2022/10/godard-forever-for-ever-godard.html">Godard</a> had Fritz Lang, Radu Jude has Uwe Boll -ouch, and I know Uwe well, did a q and a with him at Grossmann years ago, was on the Bucharest set of Bloodrayne, met him as he was self-promoting his films in Marche in Cannes, hiked with him on the hills of Ljutomer and had schpritzer which he hated ;) Uwe is shown filming in a Bucharest studio a sort of Z like Men in Black -and he tick toks freely the F * off and F* all of you-and this for me is the major stunt of the film ;), also it might say something about the state of cinema and the world now, yep. Had a blast watching it, but it's not funny, more like a tragic journey into a hellish Bucharest. Plus auto-referential Jude on his PPM's, commercials background and cameos by him (Glovo man) and Marius Panduru, the DOP, as a hotel doorman, loved them both. Excruciating longeur (willingly, but hardcore, Cristi Puiu's style)-144 min, bravura one-shot sequence of 40 mins, grainy B & W, as Jarmusch's first fares (but JJ had no money, man), a take on Dylan's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mb3CoWwNyY">Subterranean Homesick Blues</a> famous cue cards through Vali Sterian's Exercitiu, into the green screen of 'woke" cancel culture of a politically correct message in a work safety corporate video. The film audio track is a world of its own, with the songs played (SPP included;), a copious manea from Tranylvania, the radio comments plus the phone conversations and the interjections from the real people in traffic. Cleo from 5 to 7 in a sordid world with overtime galore (from six am til afterdark, but with time for even a quickie and a shaorma ;)</p><p style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQl751rOWIT66RENE2Xi7_J5JiVYAoLX2hzKlfsQEMt2qRV17nP4iNldEDaSMqIpU_g73AQS0uSHEN-zhTNEjvKy1UXf4HQMye3r3EKELipva0U91rZhp-yK7naDzFW8EJlGqJNFnwsfn-QfjWtGdPo09dWdjXvUBLU9IWheb0-5pDWV4beNyOD7Oqye5" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="630" data-original-width="1200" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgTQl751rOWIT66RENE2Xi7_J5JiVYAoLX2hzKlfsQEMt2qRV17nP4iNldEDaSMqIpU_g73AQS0uSHEN-zhTNEjvKy1UXf4HQMye3r3EKELipva0U91rZhp-yK7naDzFW8EJlGqJNFnwsfn-QfjWtGdPo09dWdjXvUBLU9IWheb0-5pDWV4beNyOD7Oqye5=w640-h336" width="640" /></a></div><br />The film inside the film (in color) is the infamous piece of propaganda, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166482/?ref_=tt_mv_close">Angela merge mai departe/Angela keeps on going </a>(1981, Lucian Bratu director, written by film critic Eva Sârbu!!!), a Feminist Fare 'cos Elena Ceaușescu (the wife and "balls & brains" of RSR's ex-<i>Cîrmaci</i>, not a coincidence this is posted on his Bday ;) wanted a film about a comrade female worker and she got one. And she is Angela and she is a Taxi driver, ha, Romanian Taxi Driver that is. You gotta understand that in Communist Romania taking a cab was not something anyone affords, only in matters of emergency would be used by the New Breed of People ('Omul nou"). Also I was unfortunate enough to see this in a theater when it came out or on an early 80's re-run. Bummer. Big bummer. Was almost nauseous, bored and offended -cinematically and esthetically, even as a kid!) to the extent of leaving the theater. The title became tho some sort of an urban joke (Angela that keeps going...). Jude takes the protagonist actress of 1981, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493668/?ref_=tt_ov_st">Dorina Lazăr </a>and brings her in his 2023 universe, but as a character from that film, not as the actress, as if she is a retired cab driver. It's cruel to the actors and misleading to those who think the footage is a documentary about the old Bucharest (incl. the Uranus quarter razed by Ceausescu to build his "House of the People"). Next to Angela/Dorina is her husband, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0592835/?ref_=tt_ov_st">Laszlo Miske,</a> who was credited in the film from 1981, as Vasile Miske (though his character was Gyuri), his name made Romanian, as was the policy of the times. Heavily ironic, a Laszlo made a Vasile... But subversive to the max, Jude puts these characters as the parents of the work accident handicaped son who will star along with its family in the caution commercial for a family fare of 1000 euros. The filming of the commercial is the cream of the crop, a hysterical pastiche of any shot like this, also Jude's own commercials (with Șerban Pavlu as the director and a throwback at Jude s 1st feature, <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1157549/?ref_=nm_flmg_t_24_dr">Cea mai fericită fată din lume/The Happiest Girl in the World-</a>2009 where Pavlu was also the director-i's the same director, I guess ), with most of the comments being thrown in off camera, from cynical jokes to film buff comments (like the precious but useless -on purpose-info of how many takes did Charlie Chaplin took on City Lights for a line, even though the film was silent...or the Lumiere brothers Trains Exit being a documentary, Melies shooting a commercial in 1897, etc. Featuring also a clueless Nina Hoss ( German International star of Barbara, Phoenix and..Jack Ryan series) as Doris Goethe, the grand grand grand daughter of That Goethe. <p></p><div>https://www.facebook.com/DoNotExpectTooMuchFromTheEndOfTheWorld</div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-5233998060479348202024-01-25T18:51:00.012+02:002024-03-12T02:01:10.566+02:00Concertele anului 2024<p>Just 2 b clear, these are gigs and events I am interested in. Or some that we do with <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/">Transilvania Blues.</a></p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/copeland-wragg-house-burned-down-sotd.html">Copeland & Wragg-The Last Sundown </a>-20 ianuarie, Rockstadt -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/">Transilvania Blues Nights</a></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF789Wc8MBw5IzQEs17sAjQongd61hs4KpVqAodSJ5QCqdw9J8rqWWpk3IkGvP1hGXDp6-po6OEUcxf4tgUu9OZgrGGMBkMgkU8e4jpix_K39Bu-zhwfB9_WXRJKwVIM6I-LODATh_H5K08UbMH__2I38rDdJNZ43Wfxw9WUBa_3olf40byRagif0ZeTrp/s1032/C%20&%20W%202024.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="656" data-original-width="1032" height="203" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF789Wc8MBw5IzQEs17sAjQongd61hs4KpVqAodSJ5QCqdw9J8rqWWpk3IkGvP1hGXDp6-po6OEUcxf4tgUu9OZgrGGMBkMgkU8e4jpix_K39Bu-zhwfB9_WXRJKwVIM6I-LODATh_H5K08UbMH__2I38rDdJNZ43Wfxw9WUBa_3olf40byRagif0ZeTrp/s320/C%20&%20W%202024.png" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Bombino -3 februarie, Control</span></p><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://rockstadt.ro/event/help-help-a-beatles-tribute/">Help, a tribute to The Beatles </a>(UK) -10 feb Rockstadt</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXTKhCO-Isf9cIKZpt77AIrkrBjXcteiaPO_QBRsNz8x-cDHzDhs_R9-aEVGdl63PKzUvRaQkkdlx_HaOVcynaQjIUzc7OY781akD8hEz4aP4JAarJcu083smhyhU0RcBK6k9js6xR_VQ0W8I776G9Ua97H5iJmVTzhcBYOQnVCA8AC3EjKdHV-AXL8-9c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="960" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhXTKhCO-Isf9cIKZpt77AIrkrBjXcteiaPO_QBRsNz8x-cDHzDhs_R9-aEVGdl63PKzUvRaQkkdlx_HaOVcynaQjIUzc7OY781akD8hEz4aP4JAarJcu083smhyhU0RcBK6k9js6xR_VQ0W8I776G9Ua97H5iJmVTzhcBYOQnVCA8AC3EjKdHV-AXL8-9c" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/7519749308092259?ref=newsfeed">Kofi Baker's Cream Faith</a> -1 martie, <span style="background-color: transparent;">Rockstadt -<a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/">Transilvania Blues Nights </a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42sppFsE65ZPsAMYo8gseAoMBnu-eSvNQlZupjG0lyZ49N6OuQrBoRF5_Ie5LwZ00FYUTIgPZVSmDwFvYZLSLOCy6uJsYYqTrbvlLtqb5fBoo5lF4CS4LQQIA9zQF8B0mthAM1ejdH6Yl29CfrEIr_ycTB5XSIbTqmrN5LMuN7V5E_P9w_pSl_CUtNbGV/s1600/Kofi%20poster.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1129" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg42sppFsE65ZPsAMYo8gseAoMBnu-eSvNQlZupjG0lyZ49N6OuQrBoRF5_Ie5LwZ00FYUTIgPZVSmDwFvYZLSLOCy6uJsYYqTrbvlLtqb5fBoo5lF4CS4LQQIA9zQF8B0mthAM1ejdH6Yl29CfrEIr_ycTB5XSIbTqmrN5LMuN7V5E_P9w_pSl_CUtNbGV/s320/Kofi%20poster.jpeg" width="226" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TheTigerLillies">The Tiger Lillies</a>-10 martie, Hard Rock Cafe (chiar asa, HRC? cu burgeri si beri? cabaret arthouse rock? :( )</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">Fred Sunwalk -The Brazilian Guitar Hurricane Returns to Transilvania-23 martie, Rockstadt, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/">Transilvania Blues Nights</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">U.D.O. -Touchdown European Tour-30 martie , club Quantic. Bilete <a href="https://www.iabilet.ro/bilete-u-d-o-metalhead-presents-90975/?fbclid=IwAR0Sw9genz0sB7rm75i_FwQBoe19ZgW9U8cxN0G8har14i085iYRp4kLQ7c">aici.</a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgppec1Y2dy8qvKfWfy6V1QLSggSd1bed_jv7RsfdnPMw7XJKE3Jbpm6mgOf8Fi2Z6m32T5Rcoy5oGbxu_umZHH3us7OIBJOAW4JQio7Z1eBcFqOZXdSIm6NgEgAd8D282o2l4P63pRBXKzd9nPDimHxFs67OACFRV4ydQjAdH5Yv0RPrOmYG8jdgjDoI2r" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="800" data-original-width="566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgppec1Y2dy8qvKfWfy6V1QLSggSd1bed_jv7RsfdnPMw7XJKE3Jbpm6mgOf8Fi2Z6m32T5Rcoy5oGbxu_umZHH3us7OIBJOAW4JQio7Z1eBcFqOZXdSIm6NgEgAd8D282o2l4P63pRBXKzd9nPDimHxFs67OACFRV4ydQjAdH5Yv0RPrOmYG8jdgjDoI2r=w227-h320" width="227" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Luke Winslow Band (feat. Roberto Luti) -26 aprilie, <span style="background-color: transparent;">Rockstadt <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/">-Transilvania Blues Nights </a></span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/TransilvaniaBluesFestival/"> </a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Corey Taylor-Arenele Romane, 31 mai</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/878860733409398">Bruce Dickinson-The Mandrake Project</a> -Arenele Romane 3 iunie.</div><div>Bilete <a href="https://www.iabilet.ro/bilete-bruce-dickinson-the-mandrake-project-91197/?utm_source=HpRecomandariWeb">aici.</a></div><div>1st songs and video, from the album here: <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/bruce-dickinson-afterglow-of-raganarok.html">Afterglow of Raganrok </a></div><div>Second extract: <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/bruce-dickinson-rain-on-graves-sotd.html">Rain on the Graves</a></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-29405614665460736692024-01-24T23:50:00.014+02:002024-01-27T17:33:39.862+02:00Bruce Dickinson-Rain on the Graves (SOTD)<p><i style="color: #45444a; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 17px;">"Morte capti, non carcere". </i></p><p>The second single and video from Bruce Dickinson's upcoming 7th album (Seventh Son..?), his uber-project and magnum opus <a href="https://www.themandrakeproject.com">The Mandrake Project</a> is <b>Blood on the Graves</b>, a William Blake quoted (same as the 1st single, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/bruce-dickinson-afterglow-of-raganarok.html">Afterglow of Ragnarok</a> starts),a B & W & color short film that is one the best video of his until now (I love the Tears of the Dragon flick). </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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It has a very Maidenesque sound, much more than<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/bruce-dickinson-afterglow-of-raganarok.html"> Afterglow of Ragnarok,</a> or earlier Dickinson works (Accident of Birth, The Chemical Wedding, Skunkworks, Tyranny of Souls). Balls to Picasso & Tattooed Millionaire excluded.</p><p>Directed by <span face="Roboto, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.05); color: #0f0f0f; font-size: 14px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Ryan Mackfall (same as <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/bruce-dickinson-afterglow-of-raganarok.html">Ragnarok</a>) and Produced by Myskatonic.co.</span></p><p><a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/a-guy-walks-into-a-churchyard-and-meets-the-devil-bruce-dickinson-explains-rain-on-the-graves/ar-BB1hgCFS?r">Here's some of Bruce's thoughts </a>about the song and video. </p><p>After<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/bruce-dickinson-afterglow-of-raganarok.html"> Afterglow of Ragnarok</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yulfvacpvTc"> </a>(the first excerpt from the Upcoming album, <a href="https://www.themandrakeproject.com">The Mandrake Project,</a> complete with its <a href="https://z2comics.com/collections/bruce-dickinson">comic book </a>high concept, 12 parts no less!!!), this is another incursion into the universe of this Myskatonic universe (H.P Lovecraft ;) . The album is out March 1st 2024.</p><p>Bruce Dickinson will present the album <a href="https://www.themandrakeproject.com">The Mandrake Project</a> LIVE in Bucharest, Romania, at Arenele Romane, June 3d 2024.</p><p>tickets <a href="https://m.iabilet.ro/bilete-bruce-dickinson-the-mandrake-project-91197/">here.</a></p><p>https://www.themandrakeproject.com</p><p><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-info-text" id="info" style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/brucedickinson" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="color: var(--yt-endpoint-color,var(--yt-spec-call-to-action)); cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#brucedickinson</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" color="var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-color,inherit)" dir="auto" style-target="bold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/rainonthegraves" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="color: var(--yt-endpoint-color,var(--yt-spec-call-to-action)); cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#rainonthegraves</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" color="var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-color,inherit)" dir="auto" style-target="bold" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string bold" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/themandrakeproject" spellcheck="false" style-target="bold" style="color: var(--yt-endpoint-color,var(--yt-spec-call-to-action)); cursor: pointer; display: var(--yt-endpoint-display,inline-block); font-weight: var(--yt-formatted-string-bold-font-weight,500); overflow-wrap: var(--yt-endpoint-word-wrap,none); text-decoration: var(--yt-endpoint-text-regular-decoration,none); word-break: var(--yt-endpoint-word-break,none);">#themandrakeproject</a></yt-formatted-string><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/kE4xNUB2Q5E" width="320" youtube-src-id="kE4xNUB2Q5E"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To Be Continued...</div><div class="style-scope ytd-watch-info-text" id="info-container" style="background: transparent; border: 0px; display: inline-flex; margin: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: top; width: 884.8px;"><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-info-text" id="info" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></yt-formatted-string><yt-formatted-string class="style-scope ytd-watch-info-text" id="info" style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></yt-formatted-string></div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-91239491931812129232024-01-24T21:36:00.007+02:002024-01-24T23:01:56.062+02:00Top Soundtracks 2023<p>-might be a first year without a Hans Z. score...oh no, he wasn't here last year too, last time for 007 <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2021/10/no-time-to-die-cronica-mea.html">No Time to Die</a>... Last year I didn't even do a soundtracks top.</p><p>*****</p><p><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>-<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/08/rip-robbie-robertson.html">Robbie Robertson</a> & VA -oh, this would be great to win an Oscar, it's <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/08/rip-robbie-robertson.html">Robbie Robertson</a>'s first nomination and it's so posthumous :(</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UNLgHGoOyDxM8Armffx-zNtDjnuQmXMnfgN0ePNTgfjyhy6jhw7GaUqUGLNKvhRjhHOBfHeWG4bqza782QRHAR-TBEE3_MeqBLowYpXneYBcAcr12kMJfw2R6Fq11IiaLTwX1vtH7Vlnri0imF8CAoZw1QJ_ayF5_zewFQCUR7I6yYVO2Dv6UsGqvdvU/s1417/cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1417" data-original-width="1417" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UNLgHGoOyDxM8Armffx-zNtDjnuQmXMnfgN0ePNTgfjyhy6jhw7GaUqUGLNKvhRjhHOBfHeWG4bqza782QRHAR-TBEE3_MeqBLowYpXneYBcAcr12kMJfw2R6Fq11IiaLTwX1vtH7Vlnri0imF8CAoZw1QJ_ayF5_zewFQCUR7I6yYVO2Dv6UsGqvdvU/s320/cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p>and the greatest and most touching song of the year on a soundtrack, "<i>Still Standing</i>" (this should've been nominated for<i> </i>Best Song but heck...barbisms :()</p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uFaek1iAyCU" width="320" youtube-src-id="uFaek1iAyCU"></iframe></div><br /><p><br style="background-color: white;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Indiana Jones 5 aka <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/indiana-jones-and-dial-of-destiny-2023.html">Indiana Jones and the Dial of the Destiny </a>-ol' ol' John Williams with all of 'em referential Indy Themes </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKLg_gvufuE6Gr2iOHZ2vxnRXkMgz_QqJFoy7wHQmHZEpjqK9eC-PFwbpVOC0ABdpPGmAJ1HkUE9bdYNqpDJx-amD_cHskfefs6ji7Nto2V_LFxI4URXxaB_xXhTc-gEEpZv1uhtfSHNVhzlQkwfuQ7DOZI7MZSvxyahgXvw1Wr9DPCh2VTm-BUxhUqmz/s1200/cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJKLg_gvufuE6Gr2iOHZ2vxnRXkMgz_QqJFoy7wHQmHZEpjqK9eC-PFwbpVOC0ABdpPGmAJ1HkUE9bdYNqpDJx-amD_cHskfefs6ji7Nto2V_LFxI4URXxaB_xXhTc-gEEpZv1uhtfSHNVhzlQkwfuQ7DOZI7MZSvxyahgXvw1Wr9DPCh2VTm-BUxhUqmz/s320/cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">Oppenheimer</a>- Ludwig Goransson -Oscar's favorite.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjUFSxrPoR5AhWg7Vrle3v5B5nBCh0svxvutX8u-jtArwdOM_Eju85AeM7yyDok8V2SIpK3aiUto03DA4PMEyPY9O3BbFE1MeV7X0_kb4jfkE-fV8EpAP8IxfPOSqh8B6kHEUCpKfDks9v5fw6d4obiZQJjcE9aX9oBytBNAmy81vI0eyktX0rQCFYzgF/s500/Ludwig%20G%C3%B6ransson%20-%20Oppenheimer%20(Original%20Motion%20Picture%20Soundtrack).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXjUFSxrPoR5AhWg7Vrle3v5B5nBCh0svxvutX8u-jtArwdOM_Eju85AeM7yyDok8V2SIpK3aiUto03DA4PMEyPY9O3BbFE1MeV7X0_kb4jfkE-fV8EpAP8IxfPOSqh8B6kHEUCpKfDks9v5fw6d4obiZQJjcE9aX9oBytBNAmy81vI0eyktX0rQCFYzgF/s320/Ludwig%20G%C3%B6ransson%20-%20Oppenheimer%20(Original%20Motion%20Picture%20Soundtrack).jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">The Holdovers-Mark Orton & VO </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJopjXxEjHpyKIcOx29tsEZ11ziQjmeuX-pRlGrgu9wf-85uBHGJcgLU8J8BxRZGjGTlSVU8zOUiBW_skgQuD-SXXywtMr1k0ZFEUvRvNShRRnKoHJTBfbqzYBG4_51gRVYZOt3kc3_gIo_qwRQeafHpA28JH0P5lW4kREq-VZcFO7ZZDWjL_hY6hIUg66/s3000/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="3000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJopjXxEjHpyKIcOx29tsEZ11ziQjmeuX-pRlGrgu9wf-85uBHGJcgLU8J8BxRZGjGTlSVU8zOUiBW_skgQuD-SXXywtMr1k0ZFEUvRvNShRRnKoHJTBfbqzYBG4_51gRVYZOt3kc3_gIo_qwRQeafHpA28JH0P5lW4kREq-VZcFO7ZZDWjL_hY6hIUg66/s320/cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p><br style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font-size: small;">Next Goal Wins -Michael Giacchino</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPz9xYHJu3G-H_11P2Ac8lniMi4QntUOBBX__EtMcXY_aPJpilLGo4ImliJjXkoXDUoKP7NUycVujreUTtVEcPYv76L-r-gojnjrnX3CBIeh-NJHZLxqC5cLu4Vu1GMLbKEW-D2_rhG3ydvN4XmyfWOtUD7lwjWEB1h2-I4CtF60HfNO6VztxflqObCCSr/s1500/cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPz9xYHJu3G-H_11P2Ac8lniMi4QntUOBBX__EtMcXY_aPJpilLGo4ImliJjXkoXDUoKP7NUycVujreUTtVEcPYv76L-r-gojnjrnX3CBIeh-NJHZLxqC5cLu4Vu1GMLbKEW-D2_rhG3ydvN4XmyfWOtUD7lwjWEB1h2-I4CtF60HfNO6VztxflqObCCSr/s320/cover.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br style="background-color: white; 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color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><p>VA (compliation) feel-good score of the year: <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/05/guardians-of-galaxy-vol-3.html">Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 </a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVMCveQlTCAQqQP1dsMF3Mh1jCum83Dh712KBYsYopZfzIK0SuH635eHPkoxRWq0rcGH8p84tlFDruhMkT47DMt99zvz5X4bmTnS2qZiAon95NFvA4qVewC2i6Lg5m5syrceckP4UD8CQ2NlUOQlt2Xm8KTgdyxPvDjLf0req9Ht7aiYzaFiHbzNDH6_/s2400/front.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6eVMCveQlTCAQqQP1dsMF3Mh1jCum83Dh712KBYsYopZfzIK0SuH635eHPkoxRWq0rcGH8p84tlFDruhMkT47DMt99zvz5X4bmTnS2qZiAon95NFvA4qVewC2i6Lg5m5syrceckP4UD8CQ2NlUOQlt2Xm8KTgdyxPvDjLf0req9Ht7aiYzaFiHbzNDH6_/s320/front.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mention:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/11/the-killer-2023.html" style="text-align: left;">The Killer </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">- Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross- minus The Smiths songs, unfortunately the score can't be listened outside of the film</span></div>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-7191621246589903342024-01-23T15:33:00.021+02:002024-02-22T16:24:50.101+02:00Oscar 2024 Nominations (96th Edition) <p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000003/2024/1/?ref_=hm_edcft_c_oscars_%20csegosc_noms24_1_cta"> here</a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ypr7MgU1Ykw" width="320" youtube-src-id="ypr7MgU1Ykw"></iframe></div><br /><p>no surprises here, 13 nods for <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">Oppenheimer</a> (14 at BAFTA's), 11 for <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things </a>& 10 for <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>.</p><p>but</p><p>just obscene to have Barbie nominated for adapted screenplay...not to mention "best film". It's not that I'm sexist, but also this is not That Feminist Movie (TFM) that changed the world. Just the Box Office, as in "the most succesful film directed by a woman". Well, if Bigelow, Kathryn would've directed Avatar 2 or something, this would've been done b.fore..</p><p><br /></p><p>my bets are on those I put on Bold and Italics.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best picture</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"American Fiction"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Anatomy of a Fall"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Holdovers"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">"Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i><b><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Past Lives"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">The Zone of Interest"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best actor</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Bradley Cooper, "Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Colman Domingo, "Rustin"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Paul Giamatti, "The Holdovers"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>Cillian Murphy, "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">Oppenheimer"</a></i></b></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Jeffrey Wright, "American Fiction"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best actress</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Annette Bening, "Nyad"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Lily Gladstone, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">"Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Sandra Hüller, "Anatomy of a Fall"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Carey Mulligan, "Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>Emma Stone, "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></i></b><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html"> </a>(they tell me, again, I read that Emma will win, haven't seen the film yet, will get back to it *** saw it and yes, Emma Stone it is, my review <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">here</a>)</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best supporting actor</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Sterling K. Brown, "American Fiction"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Robert De Niro, "Killers of the Flower Moon"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i><b>Robert Downey Jr., <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Ryan Gosling, "Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Mark Ruffalo, "Poor Things"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best supporting actress</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Emily Blunt, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Danielle Brooks, "The Color Purple"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">America Ferrera, "Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Jodie Foster, "Nyad"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>Da'Vine Joy Randolph, "The Holdovers"</i></b></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Best director</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Jonathan Glazer, "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">The Zone of Interest"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Yorgos Lanthimos, "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>Christopher Nolan, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></i></b></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Martin Scorsese, "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">Justine Triet, "Anatomy of a Fall"</li></ul><div>Great names for Directing...best ensemble from all noms... not a fan of Justine Trier film but it's absolutely spot on directed. Then Yorgos Lanthimos together with Christopher Nolan, Martin Scorsese (a record for the Oscars, his 10th nomination!!!) and wow, Jonathan Glazer, who's film, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">The Zone of Interest </a>I'm still expecting to see. Out in limited (or very limited) Romanian release Feb. 16th. Saw it and WOW! one of the best of 2023, and much more than that. See my review<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html"> here.</a></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">International feature film</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Io Capitano," Italy</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/01/perfect-days-2023.html">Perfect Days</a>," Japan</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Society of the Snow," Spain</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Teachers' Lounge," Germany</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">"The Zone of Interest,"</a></i></b> United Kingdom</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Animated feature film</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-boy-and-heron-2023.html">The Boy and the Heron"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Elemental"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Nimona"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Robot Dreams"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" (they tell me -I mean, I read ;) this is a sure bet...haven't seen it and wasn't planning on...)</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Adapted screenplay</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<i><b>American Fiction"</b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Barbie" (they say this will win but I hope someone in the WGA would have some sense...and sensibility ;)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">"Poor Things"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">The Zone of Interest"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Original screenplay</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Anatomy of a Fall"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b style="font-style: italic;">"The Holdovers" </b>(hopefully!, but Anatomy will win probably)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"May December"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Past Lives"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Visual effects</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Creator"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Godzilla Minus One"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/05/guardians-of-galaxy-vol-3.html">"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</a>" </i></b>(tough, I'll go with this one as I haven't seen Godzilla Minus One)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/missionimpossible-7-dead-reckoning-part.html">Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/napoleon-2023.html">Napoleon"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Original score</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"American Fiction"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/indiana-jones-and-dial-of-destiny-2023.html">Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>" (I would've loved for 'em to give this to <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/08/rip-robbie-robertson.html">Robbie Robertson</a>...it's his fisrt nomination too, tho posthumously...)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html" style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">"Oppenheimer"</a><i style="font-weight: bold;"> </i>(this might be Ludwig Goransson's second Oscar)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">"Poor Things"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Original song</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"It Never Went Away" from "American Symphony"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"I'm Just Ken" from "Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"What Was I Made For?" from "Barbie" (one of the Barbie's will win..)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Fire Inside" from "Flamin' Hot"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from "<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon</a>"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Documentary feature film</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"20 Days in Mariupol" </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Bobi Wine: The People's President"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Eternal Memory"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i><b>"Four Daughters"</b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"To Kill a Tiger"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Cinematography</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"El Conde" (Ed Lachman surely deserves one for this uber-curio but...)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">"Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a> </i>(Hoyte Van Hoytema, already twice nominated for <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2020/09/tenet-2020.html">Tenet</a> &<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2017/12/dunkirk-2017.html"> Dunkirk</a>) </li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">"Poor Things"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Costume design<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/napoleon-2023.html">"Napoleon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<i><b>Poor Things"</b></i></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Animated short film </h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<b><i>Letter to a Pig"</i></b></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Ninety-Five Senses"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Our Uniform"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Pachyderme"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Live action short film <span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The After"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Invincible"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Knight of Fortune"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Red, White and Blue"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<i><b>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</b></i>" (Wes Anderson, can be seen on Netflix)</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Documentary short film <span style="font-weight: normal;">(unknown by me)</span></h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The ABCs of Book Banning"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Barber of Little Rock"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Island in Between"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Last Repair Shop"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó"</li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Film editing</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Anatomy of a Fall"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Holdovers"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">"Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i><b><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Sound</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"The Creator"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/missionimpossible-7-dead-reckoning-part.html">"Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/the-zone-of-interest-2023.html">The Zone of Interest"</a></i></b></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Production design</h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Barbie"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/10/killers-of-flower-moon-2023.html">"Killers of the Flower Moon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/12/napoleon-2023.html">Napoleon"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><b><i>"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></i></b></li></ul><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Headline", serif; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1; margin-top: 25px;">Makeup and hairstyling<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /></h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #101010; font-family: "Publico Text", serif; font-size: 21.12px; margin: 24px 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Golda"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Maestro"</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/oppenheimer-2023.html">"Oppenheimer"</a></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;"><i><b>"<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2024/02/poor-things-2023.html">Poor Things"</a></b></i></li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; list-style: inherit; margin: 10px 0px;">"Society of the Snow"</li></ul><p><br /></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080789930719047965.post-42341721961098924412024-01-23T15:31:00.011+02:002024-01-24T00:49:22.009+02:00RIP Norman Jewison<p><a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0422484/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_0_nm_8_q_norman%2520j">Norman Jewison </a>was one of the most serious & eclectic directors that ever was. We was versatile in all genres but he cared for social and political issues and made important films, like his peers, <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2011/04/rip-sidney-lumet.html">Sidney Lumet,</a> <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2014/11/mike-nichols-rip.html">Mike Nichols,</a> <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2008/05/absence-of-pollack.html">Sydney Pollack</a>, his contemporaries. Like all of them he started his career in Television, in the Fifties. He survived his era and was retired long ago now, his last film being 21 years ago (The Statement, 2003). He died at 97 years of age without winning a single Oscar -he was but nominated Seven Times...</p><p>Jewison could've done just three films and he would've made history, and film history. In the Heat of the Night, Jesus Christ Superstar and Fiddler on the Roof. Others can say The Cincinnati Kid or The Thomas Crown Affair, the two films he did with Steve McQueen, his friend but also his most difficult actor (as he said). I'd say also Rollerball, with a brilliant <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2022/07/rip-james-caan.html">James Caan</a>. Weird that John McTiernan remade two of his films that didn't need any remake at all.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeWUlclSY74RAr4qd080pLg60SN-T3eW8wUtuUg_G_DeT73c7yXYFSxz9A2nt42S2M0JeSYPKLgDPrft5a_RJwfEuILfaKYpQ5FA0jB0QgWe8X-1o67SsD7_CErHH52NZq5_hxkKWsfeLnzDfvy33IKPX2cGXbHtEe3JZuidEa0gu0dg3M21Z0tX-yzdwx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img data-original-height="1065" data-original-width="1300" height="524" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjeWUlclSY74RAr4qd080pLg60SN-T3eW8wUtuUg_G_DeT73c7yXYFSxz9A2nt42S2M0JeSYPKLgDPrft5a_RJwfEuILfaKYpQ5FA0jB0QgWe8X-1o67SsD7_CErHH52NZq5_hxkKWsfeLnzDfvy33IKPX2cGXbHtEe3JZuidEa0gu0dg3M21Z0tX-yzdwx=w640-h524" width="640" /></a></div><br />1st film of his saw -in Romanian Theaters- was And Justice for All (Dreptate pentru toti)-1979, with a hectic Al Pacino. We call this movie now, And Justice for Al ;) Also In the Heat of The Night (In arsita noptii, 1967), I saw on the cinema but on a re-run, a film about Racial prejudice that made <a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2022/01/rip-sidney-poitier.html">Sidney Poitier</a> famous as detective Tibbs and a brilliant Rod Steiger as chief Gillespie, h<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg1ZFSgQdrU">e won an Oscar for best lead</a>-these days that would've been supporting part (while Poitier wasn't even nominated :( ), and it's another one of those films who directed itself-no director win, but won 5 Oscars: for best film, best script, and gave Hal Ashby his only Oscar-for editing, 5 awards in total !!!<p></p><p>In the 80's he made less interesting and engaging films, except Moonstruck (1987) which had a fabulous showcase for a young Nicolas Cage and 3 Oscar wins-one for Cher, also the pic got awarded the Silver Bear in Berlinale. In 1999 he did The Hurricane, about the boxer Rubin Carter, wrongfully accused for murder and imprisoned hard, another story of Race and social injustice, with a grand Denzel Washington (that he kinda discovered and pushed into A Soldier's Tale -1984), film that introduced me to that brilliant Bob Dylan "Hurricane" song. Denzel was nominated for an Oscar for this and won best actor in Berlinale.</p><p>Last film of his I saw was The Russians are Coming The Russians are Coming (1966), a re-watch last year due to the death of<a href="https://aldmovieland.blogspot.com/2023/07/rip-alan-arkin.html"> Alan Arkin </a>which is fabulous in this underrated and forgotten comedy cold war classic (close to Billy Wilder's best). </p><p>I was a big fan of Jesus Christ Superstar (1973), which was a big hit for us on video and I saw very late Fiddler on the Roof (1971), on a private screening and a night to remember with it's biggest fan, in his flat, a certain director which I love very much ;)</p><p>All in all, Norman Jewison was one of the Greats. They don't make 'em like this anymore. Too bad...but grateful for all the films he did and I loved. RIP...</p><p>Variety Obit<a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/columns/norman-jewison-remembered-timeless-stories-1235883617/"> here.</a></p>ald movielandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16447031686131623692noreply@blogger.com0