teaser poster la Shutter Island

duap romanul lui Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Gone baby Gone), noul film al lui Scorsese (al patrulea cu DiCaprio) este dupa cum spune Marty like: "Orson Welles' take on Kafka's The Trial, or Hitchcock at his weirdest."

teaser poster creepy



in empire: Mark Ruffalo, who plays a US marshal alongside DiCaprio, said, "This could be one of [Scorsese's] great films. He gets to do everything he loves about film: noir, dream sequences, suspense, tough urban stuff. It's absolute madness, twist upon twist."

RIP J.G. Ballard

scriitorul J.G.Ballard, 76 de ani, autorul lui Crash si al Imperiului soarelui, despre copilaria sa, ecranizat de Spielberg (pe care l-am cumparat de la Berlin anul asta),
despre Crash, Ballard a declarat ca e; "the first film of the 21st century".
Tocmai am tras pentru un prieten, The Atrocity Exhibition, film experimental din 2000,ceva nevizionabil si shocking ! Well, that might kill'im !



un tribut extensiv in Guardian !

Inglorious B. behind the scenes

s-a dat la American idol, a a aparut pe first showing si acum si pe empire,
cu Mike Myers de nerecunoscut sub machiaj si Tarantino profesoras cu elevii repetind in cor, "Because we love making movies!"
see ya in Cannes, cu tot cu Antichristul lui Lars Von Trier (trailer aici) si alte goodies (Tetro in B&W, noul Raimi horror, Gilliam maybe )! Plus Porumboiu & Mungiu & "protejes" !
Paste fericit ! si M(i)el Gibson, recently the most ripped-off diovrcee in linia saptaminii patimilor noastre !

RIP Maurice Druon & Petre Istrate

marele scriitor francez, Maurice Druon, 90 de ani, membru al Academiei Franceze, autorul "Regilor Blestemati" si al "Marilor familii", am aflat din Romania libera !
si in alta ordine, personala, Petrica Istrate, prieten de familie, seful Junilor din Brasov si cel care i-a reorganizat, profesor, filatelist, directorul bibiliotecii, om bun, om de cultura, 76 de ani, accident stupid si groaznic, odihneasca-se in pace !

Queensryche-American Soldier

acum am aflat ca au scos album nou, pe 30 martie exactly, un album concept despre sacrificiul soldatului american, inspirat de tatal lui Geoff Tate, professional soldier si de razboiul recent din Irak. mai ciudat e ca am bagat Queensryche la greu, duminica, Opeartion Livecrime in Madison, Wisconsin si Empire....

primul videclip, If I were King, pe youtube...

doecamdata, cu tot respectul, nu pare fi much, la fel ca jobul soldatilor americani de la black hawk down incoace...mai ascultam...

Shot Down in Flames !

so, asta a fost, 2 zile de prepeleala, si acum confirmarea, no show ~!
Realitatea a dezmintit, firma Playcool (titlu de softcore macar) e de negasit ! la fel da si metalhead ! cu parere de rau pentru cei ce si-au luat bilet, cu AC/DC ne vedem la Belgrad pe 26 mai ! For those about to... suck, we salute you !

pe situl lor oficial de pe myspace:
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
AC/DC DATES IN BUCHAREST FALSELY ADVERTISED

Promoters in Bucharest, Romania have been falsely advertising AC/DC as the headliner for their 2 day Bucharest Rock Arena festival happening on May 30 and 31, 2009. Tickets for this event have been available online as well as various retail outlets in Bucharest. AC/DC’s Black Ice World Tour is sweeping through Europe where the band are headlining the 02 Arena in London tonight as well as April 16, 2009. AC/DC fans are encouraged to visit the band’s websites, acdc.com and acdcrocks.com, for a list of all sanctioned concerts. AC/DC will complete another 20 European dates before returning to the U.S. for a tour which kicks off on July 28 in Foxborough, MA.

Shooting THE EXPENDABLES

au inceput filmarile la EXPENDABLES in Brazilia.
exista si un blog neoficial al unui gumbete de la productie, care zice ca asta e cel mai tare film facut in Brazilia pina acum (Hulk included, aaah Moonraker anyone ???)...
si primele poze au aparut...

Sly si Jason !

eric Roberts si Steve Austin in aer !!!
nici o vorba despre Mickster inca...

CHICKENFOOT !!!

noua mea trupa preferata ? am auzit acum o oara de ea, cautind vesti de confirmare pentru AC/DC in Romania, ceea ce n-am gasit ! Dar am aflat ca noul supergrup de rock CHICKENFOOT se pregateste de turneu ! Poate pentru altii e oldnews (pagina lor de myspace e din decembrie 2008) dar eu azi am auzit ca Joe Satriani, Chad Smith (fostul tobar de la RHCP)si VH 1 & 2, Michael Anthony si Sammy Hagar se numesc CHickenfoot, scot album in iunie si vin si in Europa ! Asa ca daca n-am apucat si nici n-o sa-i apuc pe van halen, macar un picior de gaina, un Hagar si un Anthony si-l bifez si pe Satch cu ocazia asta ! demo-uri pe myspace !




press release:

The members of Chickenfoot admit that the band came together almost by accident, a result of jams held at Hagar's club, Cabo Wabo Cantina, in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

"We were just having fun," recalls Michael Anthony. "After Sammy and I left Van Halen, we'd get together with musicians, and certain people seemed to really gel. Chad came down and we got on well with him. Gradually, we started talking about doing something more serious, but we needed a guitarist. Somebody smokin' - somebody who could take us to the Promised Land."

Enter Satch, who hooked up with Hagar, Anthony and Smith and felt "an immediate connection unlike anything I'd ever experienced before." To Satriani, who had almost abandoned his lifelong dream of being a part of a "big-time rock band," here was his chance, and here were his band mates. "After just a few songs, it became stunningly obvious that we shared an overall musical agenda. The only question was could we make a great album?"

The band answered that question last fall when they hunkered down with the illustrious producer Andy Johns at George Lucas' Skywalker Studios and knocked out a batch of songs that sets a new standard for rock music in the new millennium.

From the thunderous, ominous opening strains of Avenida Revolution (detailing the bloody drug wars in Tijuana, in which Hagar makes his feelings come through his skin) to the album closer, the shimmering rock ballad Future's in the Past, "Chickenfoot" is a firebomb of a record, the likes of which we haven't heard in ages.

The band kicks and snorts their way through a passel of take-no-prisoners rockers like Soap on a Rope, Sexy Little Thing, Oh Yeah and My Kind of Girl.

Bob Roberts (1992)

am revazut filmul lui Tim Robbins pe cind era young and iconic si comparat cu Orson "Citizen Kane" Welles. Filmul sau e un fel de This is Spinal Tap politic, un mockumentray (semnat cica de Terry Manchester scrie pe generic, dar te prinzi imediat pentru ca actorri sunt prea cunoscuti). Cu elemente de Don't Look back, documentarul lui D.A. Pennebacker depre turneul englez al lui Bob Dylan, Bob R preluind de la Dylan si Woody Gothrie elementele de cintaret folk (cu un twist de A Face in the Crowd).Robbins il construieste pe Roberts preluind si elemente din The Player, executivul de studio as charismatic antichrist, poti sa-i vezi pe toti presedintii, republicani sau democrati, de la Candidatul (Robert Redford) la Bush-i, Clintoni si chiar Obamizarea.



dvdul de la Artizan e un real treat. Chiar daca nu e in format (fullscreen fata de 1.85), are trei comentarii audio (timp sa ai...), unul cu Tim R, altul cu el si Gore Vidal (oponentul sau republican in film), si altul cu analisti politici care discuta CIA, IranGate si in general goodies. Plus 20 de minute de scene taiate in bloc si elemente promotionale. Dupa cum zice si dvdverdict, putea sa aibe si subtitluri.



Cind l-am vazut prima data, in jur de 1993 i suppose, mi-a placut filmul dar nu i-am sesizat mesianitatea si actualitatea absoluta, asa cum zice Kirk Douglas in Lista lui Adrian Messenger despre care am scris ieri, "Evil exists, Evil is !", dar azi Bob Roberts mai mult ca oricind candidatul ideal ! (moovies...more than ever / politics too.)
4 din 5 , 8 din 10

LMA Serge !

13 aprilie, ziua lui Sergiu Nicolaescu ! 79 de ani ! si la TV pe antena unu, cu titlul "comisarul, nemuritorul, supravietuitorul" ! ta-dada-ndau !In fine, cine n-ar fi vrut sa aibe viata lui Sergiu, si celor care zic ca a ingropat cinematografia romana, le zic, sa fie ei sanatosi ! sau ca a luat filme de la gura altora, mai talentati, who the fuck is Alice ? Istoria filmului romanesc ? Valoare si abnegatie si talent ? Dar totodata, stie toata lumea ca am pus trei Sergii in top 10 filme romanesti, my bad ! Un fleac, m-am ciuruit oricum singur !
am aflat si ca noul sau film (docudrama) e gata si va avea premiera de Ziua Regelui, 10 mai, de fapt pe 9. Carol I, jucat bineintles de Serge (care l-a mai interpretat pe rege in Pentru Patrie, in 1977). In poze arata chul, nu stiu cit de obosit e filmul, dar vom vedea !

AC / DC in Romania ?

afise negre cu logoul ac/dc alb au impinzit Bucurestiul. Netul este infestat si am primit si mailuri, si sms-uri, si telefoane, "vin AC/DC, vin AC/DC "...Ok, eu ce fac, am bilete la Belgrad pe 26 mai ! Anyway, deocamdata acest megafestival in mijlocul nicaierului e o nebuloasa, cine il organizeaza si cum ? Si cine e celalalt headliner ? Toata presa din Romania a preluat stirea (v.mediafax), pe situl AC/dc nu pare nimic, nici alti promoteri nu prea stiu cum acest super-eveniment va fi organizat in mai putin de doaua luni !!! oricum, nu vrea sa fiu nici paranoic si nici scepticul de servici, asa cum am fost la Rolling Stones, daca vin i'll be there ! Highway to Hell ????

The List of Adrian Messenger (1963)

filmul e cunoscut (de cine e), pentru gimmickurile sale, actori, care par intr-un makeup de nerecunoscut. L-am vazut acum ceva ani la TV cind s-a dat (Prima ?), alb-negru, un murder mystery de tipul Agatha Christie, filmat in Irlanda de John Huston, cu o secventa de vinatoare de vulpi (sunt sigur ca Huston a facut filmul pentru a merge la vinatoare in iubita sa Irlanda).



Personajul din titlu (John Merivale) moare imediat (un avion de pasageri e aruncat in aer din cauza lui, gimmick care parea a fi total nou pentru vremea respectiva, l-am mai vazut recent in 24), George C. Scott investigheaza (el e MI5 sau Scotland yard dar accentul e de american sadea), ajutat de francezul Le Borg, Jacques Roux, al carui rol in distributie inmi scapa, omul n-a jucat in mai nimic, ma gindesc ca era un prieten al lui John Huston sau al producatorului. Baiatul lui Huston, Tony apare ca ducele mostenitor, dezgehtat si bun calaret. E singurul sau rol in vreun film, John Huston are un cameo intr-un cadru, cu joben, pe cal. Cit desprre faimoasele cameo-uri ale lui Tony Curtis, Robert Mitchum, Frank Sinatra si Burt Lancaster, La Mitchum si Curtis e clar ca sunt ei, dar se pare ca celelate roluri au fost interpretate de Jan Merlin -actor care a scris o carte fictionalizind subiectul (Shooting Montezuma). Amuzant, volatil, placut si usor de vazut pentru actori. Muzica de Jerry Goldsmith (am recunoscut o tema folosita in Hollow Man).


dvd de la Empire, surpinzator in format (1.85), cu titlul de "Lista neagra" (ca Verhoeven), la francezi e "Le Dernier de la liste". No extras. Thx Relik.
3 din 5, 6 din 10

Revolution Calling

Moldova nu-i a noastra dar nici a lor !!! (fotografii din Times)











I used to trust the media
To tell me the truth, tell us the truth
But now I've seen the payoffs
Everywhere I look
Who do you trust when everyone's a crook?









Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Revolution calling you
[There's a] Revolution calling
Revolution calling
Gotta make a change
Gotta push, gotta push it on through

Afis Quinzaine des Realisateurs

In December 2008, the French Film Festival in Bucharest held a retrospective devoted to the Directors Fortnight. Director Albert Serra (Honor de Cavalleria and El Cant dels ocells , screened in the Fortnight in 2006 and 2008, respectively) and actress Lolita Chammah (Louis Garrel's Mes copains and Claire Simon's Les Bureaux de Dieu – Fortnight 2008), were guests of the festival. Photographer Xavier Lambours, who covers the Fortnight at Cannes, joined them on their Romanian trip and took several series of photos. One of them was chosen for the Fortnight's 2009 poster. Several others were selected to illustrate the catalogue.

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En décembre 2008, le festival du film français de Bucarest organisait une rétrospective consacrée à la Quinzaine des Réalisateurs. Albert Serra, réalisateur (Honor de Cavalleria et El Cant dels ocells présentés à la Quinzaine en 2006 et 2008) et Lolita Chammah, comédienne (Mes copains de Louis Garrel et Les Bureaux de Dieu de Claire Simon – Quinzaine 2008), étaient les invités du festival. Le photographe Xavier Lambours , qui suit la Quinzaine à Cannes, les a accompagnés dans leur voyage roumain et a réalisé à cette occasion plusieurs séries de photos. L’une d’entre elles a été retenue pour devenir l’affiche de l’édition 2009. Quelques autres ont été choisies pour illustrer le catalogue.

deci cei de la cinema pro se poat bucura....holul fostului Luceafarul a ajuns fundal pentru chenzina, filmul (si cinemaul romanesc) se insinueaza peste tot !!!
(thx Antoine)

Saving Private Ryan's Number

Revolutia continua (cu accent), the Expendables a inceput filmarile in Brazilia (cu Britanny Murphy as the gal in the cast), dar filmul zilei vine de la ORANGE FILM STUDIOS . Cei doi ninkenppops din reclamele Orange Wednsdays s-au apucat de fillmaking (Orange) si au pregatit campondompera Saving Private Ryan's Number ! In trailer apare si starul, Emilio Estevez ("Martin had Apocalypse, Charlie had Platoon, this is your war")1 . Pentru film au facut apa din Canalul Minecii portocalie cu galoane de vopsea (the dolphins loved it)...(vezi interviews, trailer, cinema ad)




next on: Text Messages from Iwo Jima !

ERASERhead ?

Revolutia continua (to what effect ?), caldura la fel, vazut 100 feet, kinda Eric Red's comeback, si interviul lui Mickey Rourke despre his dark side, am mai adaugat la blogul vechi posturi din aprilie 2007, si iata inca niste mash-ups din empire, cu Ahnuld, unul in rima cu Lemmy de ieri, ERASERhead !





osterichrunner ?


commando to mars


oskar ? who needs an Oskar ?


freeze eintz


freeze zwei



classic: How to UZI friends & alienate people !

...also made my day...

noua serie de poster mash-ups din empire....astea cu trupe....

to be contd...

LMA Coppola !!!

cutremure italiene, revolutii moldovenesti, pelham 123, miracole la sfinta ana pentru presa, 22 de grade de vara in aprilie si mare consum de vinuri din Napa Valley, ziua Nasului FF Coppola a implinit 70 de ani ! Odata cu Russell Crowe, vad, Maximus Robin si Hood (45), si Jackie "I don't die" Chan (55 ! gee), James Garner (81) si Stan Winston (RIP in 2008, v. old blog). 

TETRO, filmat in Argentina de Mihai Malaimare Jr. (pe care l-a descoperit la Youth Without Youth si l-a importat, nu ca mexicanii din Bowfinger :-) era vorba sa fie la Cannes  (dar nu cred ca e gata ! 

Update, si a fost, si l-am vazut acolo dar in Quinzaine ca nu au vrut sa i-l bage in sectiunile oficiale :((( Merry 70 to Francis! But no drinks for me today !


la party premiera Youth W. Youth, 8 octombrie 2007

MIckey Rourke hits Jericho

nu zic ce tulbura tara si media romaneasca, iata ce zice cea americana:

Rourke Fells Jericho To End Feud
6 April 2009 5:23 AM, PDT


Mickey Rourke made good on his promise to go head-to-head with wrestler Chris Jericho when he stepped into the ring to deliver a smackdown on Sunday.

The actor has been locked in a bitter and public war of words with Jericho since January, when he announced his plans to spar with the grappler at the WWE's Wrestlemania 25 at Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas.

Jericho then hit back, telling Rourke: "I don't have respect for you... Be careful what you wish for, Mr. Rourke."

But Rourke was subsequently forced to bow out of the bout, citing the revival of his acting career as his main priority.

He repeated this sentiment to reporters hours before the event on Sunday, explaining: "Contractually, because I’m doing this movie called Iron Man 2 now, I can’t get in the ring with (Jericho)."

Sitting in the audience, Rourke watched as Jericho defeated three other professional wrestlers, before taunting and challenging the actor to a showdown.

But Rourke then stunned fans as he stepped up to the ring to settle the feud with his nemesis once and for all.

Removing his cowboy hat, Rourke clambered over the guard ropes and landed a punch that left Jericho reeling.

He was then joined by wrestling legend Ric Flair to celebrate his victory.

Vinyan (2008)

din pacate ar fi fost de vazut in cinema.

parte din Noul Val francez de Horror, pardon, WoFH, wave of french horror, pentru ca alt val la ei n-a fost si Jean Rollin nu se pune...numa ca de fapt e belgian
Fabrice De Welz a facut anterior Calvarul (Calvaire, 2004), si nu se poate spune despre el decit ca e belgian twisted, filmul e cam neplacut, un soi de Gent Chainsaw Massacre fara drujba, neplacut dar foarte bun, dar nu de revazut, asa ca am dat dvdul gasit la Virgin la reduceri. Cu noul sau film, extrem de ambitios, e mai dificil, Vinyan e un horror atmosferic, metaforic, intiatic si turistic, exotic, care poate fi descris ca Don't Look Now meets Apocalypse Now,


da, nu si Emerald Forest cum m-a intrebat AC. Mai mult Rambo IV, really. Meets Lord of the Flies. Flawed insa, si ar fi cistigat imens daca l-as fi vazut pe ecran mare, lat cum e facut, cu sound design corespunzator.


Un cuplu care si-a pierdut copilul (Emmanuelle Beart, inca foarte fresh pentru virsta ei (45, wow, time flies), chiar ma gindeam ca era femme fatale la Mission: impossible, acum 13 ani, si Rufus Sewell, cu voce cavernoasa si joc understated), not really mucho alchemy/empathy betwwen them...


merge in Burma sa-l caute, pentru ca ei i se pare ca l-a vazut intr-un filmulet cu copii orfani pentru ajutat...deteriorarea cuplului, voiaj initiatic, de- a lungul riului intr-un vaporas, teremnul de "Vinyan" find un spirit nelinistit, aflat intre lumi...

well, de vazut si l-as revedea pe ecran (poate al TIFF ?) pt atmosfera desi filmul o ia razna la o ora into, si nu-si mai revine...credits bengoase, cu lettering gen lasrs Von Trier al Euroap, si el de la Godard...cam megalo De Welz, de vazut ce-o sa mai faca...
7/10 , 3 1/2 din 5 (urcat de la 6 pt style si camera si ah, aproape deloc muzica)

more inglorious

Vanity Fair a facut un photoshoot cu actorii, pe care il prezinta acum, dupa ce s-a auntat si filmul in competitia oficiala ! (see ya in Cannes!)


Team QT

RIP Marga Barbu

de 1 aprilie, la 80 de ani ! recent vorbeam de ea la o masa. N-am cunoscut-o dar am vazut-o recent (like a year ago) in parc, Ioanid, intre Icoanei si institutul francez. Cind eram copii, Marga era celebra. Hangita Anita (seria "Haiducii"), Agatha Slatineanu din seria "Margelatu", de la Nepotii gornistului (1953) la Padurea spinzuratilor (1964), si Domnisoara Aurica (1985). Nevasta lui Eugen Barbu, a avut rol in tot ce se ecraniza dupa el sau scria el scenariul, dar noua ni se parea ca e o diva, o Fausta, sau Angelica (nu degeaba s-a inspirat Barbu din Misterele Parisului si Rocambole), intre Ursula Andress si Faye Dunaway. ! Nu putea Gopo sa-i dea mai bine ei un premiu decit Bostancei ? RIP !