RIP Harry Savides

Harry Savides, director de imagine extraordinaire, a murit ieri la Los Angeleas la doar 55 ani.
A filmat tone de videoclipuri cult, de la cele ale lui David Fincher (care l-a luat apoi DOP la The Game, his breakthrough, si apoi la Zodiac), la Like a Rolling Stone pentru Michel Gondry, Everybody Hurts pentru baiatul lui Ridley Scott, Jake. Colaboratorfidel al lui Mark Romanek si al lui Gus van Sany (Elephant, Gerry, Last Days, Finding Forrester, Milk, Restless).
Savides a filmat pentru Ridley Scott, American Gangster si cel mai recent The Bling Ring pentru Sofia Coppola (cu care a lucrat la Somewhere), acum in post-productie.
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"A beautiful and incredibly amusing man, Harris taught me so much about the meaning of real beauty and the power of simplicity. He expressed these essential notions in his life and in his work. I was blessed to know him. Today, I feel a great emptiness."
(Mark Romanek)

Matt Damon joaca la Terry Gilliam la Buftea !

dupa filmreporter, info despre distribuia la Zero Theorem care incepe sa se filmeze la Buftea din 22 octombrie.


Matt Damon va filma în România, la finalul lunii octombrie, pentru filmul lui Terry Gilliam, The Zero Theorem. Potrivit surselor Filmreporter.ro, actorul american va petrece o săptămână în Bucureşti, turnajul având loc la Studiourile MediaPro din Buftea.

Matt Damon se alătură unei distribuţii selecte din care fac parte Christoph Waltz, actorul premiat cu Oscar pentru rolul din Inglourious Basterds, Tilda Swinton (Oscar pentru rolul secundar din Michael Clayton), franţuzoaica Mélanie Thierry (La princesse de Montpensier) şi David Thewliss. Actorul a mai jucat în The Brothers Grimm al lui Terry Gilliam.

Sitges 45: The Tall Man

Pascal Laugier la al treilea film, The Tall Man

, dupa Saint Ange (filmat in Romania) si Martyrs (pe care l-am dat la Light in Bohemian Mondays movielight in 2010), primul de limba engleza si cu aspect mult mai comercial, dar un film cald, cu suflet si cu un twist care-l face moral si care m-a convins definitiv ca este un regizor care aime les femmes si nu un machist.
Jessica Biel este o doctorita intr-un orasel saracit american miner, Cold Rock, unde dispar copii si legenda urbana zice ca ii ia the tall man (titlul spaniol, hombre de los sombres)...
a continuar...ma duc la conferinta sa de presa...
communique festival:
Sitges’ most loyal audiences will undoubtedly remember the name Pascal Laugier as the director who shook up the Festival in 2008 with his controversial Martyrs. The French filmmaker returns to Sitges today presenting The Tall Man, a film which leaves extreme violence aside and delves deep into ancestral fears. "I wanted to explore modern myths while not giving exact answers, but talking about present society and social classes," Laugier said at the press conference. The film, starring Jessica Biel, revolves around child disappearanc es and a mysterious superhuman character. Laugier announced a future collaboration with Dario Argento and denounced the French press’ bias against genre movies.

Sitges 45: Chained

Chained Noul film al Jennifer-ei Lynch,un dur si fioros psycho thriller cu one twist too many. Mai mult spre Haneke si varul sau austriac Michael, si destul de arthouse ca sa fi fost in selectie la Cannes. N-o fi fost gata ? Vincent D´Onofrio e excelent si mega-freaky in rolul unui serial killer taximetrist, si filmul este despre relatia sa cu baiatul pe cre-l tine captiv in casa si pe care-l denumeste Rabbit. Filmat digital, pe Alexa, cu atmofera de Lynch (acele lustre speciale si lumina lor spectrala), dar si cadre de Malick. Un actor de descoperit, Eamon Farren !!! Posibil in Palmares !

dupa press release-ul festivalului:
Jennifer Lynch, the big winner at Sitges 2008 with Surveillance, touched down in Sitges with her latest film Chained under her arm. The director admitted that winning best feature film at the Festival four years ago was "the greatest honor" she has ever received. The movie explores the character of serial killer: "I was intensely fascinated with the character of a human monster and stolen childhood," said Lynch. Chained got the green light from the director’s father, David Lynch who, according to her humorous account, said: "So you like really scary movies, huh? This is a good one!". The shocking story of a kidnapping that lasts for years has impressed critics and audiences all over. Lynch defends a type of violence that, far from being "fun or sexy", stirs up viewers and "makes them feel bad, like when you get food poisoning."

Cu Jennifer, dupa proiectia la Auditori, cind i-am zis ca e un film puternic si ea a zis ca vrea sa vina in Romania :) foto de AC (kinosseur)