Rod Stewart la Bucuresti

da, din nou dupa 1993 sau 1994 cind a fost pe defunctul 23 august (sau Lia Manoliu), cu Joe Cocker si Eros R. Rod are un nou album out cu piese de soul, SoulBook.

Asta dupa seria de succese cu coveruri clasice, The Great American Songbook. Stewart are 65 de ani (10 ian !!!) si o sa cinte pe stadionul de rugby Iolanda Balasz unde cinta si Clapton cu Steve Windwood. O sa fie un concert fancy nevertheless. Pe 29 iunie. Chiar mi-era dor de Roderick David Stewart, CBE , de cind am cumparat si dvd-ul excelent cu Live at Royal Albert Hall in 2004 one night only) pe drumul de intors de la Bratislava in august 2008, de al o benzinarie de linga Deva si de cind il sarbatoresc pe pritenul meu Terje care s-a nascut in aceiasi zi cu el. See ya there ! Every Picture Tells A Story, and The First Cut Is The Deepest, true still !!! Also Blondes have more fun ! And Some guys have all the luck !



si in alta ordine de idei, New Model Army vin din nou la Hard Rock Cafe pe 26 februarie !

Adevaratul Serpico

in 1973 Sydney Lumet si Al Pacino puneau pe ecran viata ofiterului de politie Frank Serpico, primul care a violat legea tacerii din politia newyorkeza si a povestit despre coruptie si a fost impuscat direct in fata. Pacino a luat primul Glob de Aur din cariera, si e primul film catre trateaza o tema asupra careia Lumet va reveni mereu (Prince of the City, Q&A, Night Falls on Manhattan).

Serpico a rulat in Romania in anii ulteriori, unul din putinele filme americane de acest gen (la fel ca The New Centurions/Rondul de noapte de Richard Fleischer, facut cu un an inainte), probabil pentru ca reprezenta autoritatea corupta din vestul decadent si cred ca e primul film cu Al Pacino pe care l-am vazut (Sperietoarea nu s-a mai dat). Si revazut. Desi fusese nominalizat la Oscar si luase Globul, de Pacino scria pe afis, premiul David Di Donatello, probabil era mai putin imperialist. Asa am auzit si de acest DDD, care mi se parea cel mai important premiu. Vazut la Patria in Brasov intr-un re-run, si imi amintesc genul de legenda urbana, despre un amic mai mare, zis Paraipan, care ambetat fiind de alcool, a adormit de fiecare data la Serpico si el stia ca omul a murit(filmul incpe cu impuscatura si se termina cu insertul "Frank Serpico traieste acum undeva in Elvetia". Si mai era un tip poreclit Serpico prin oras la acea vreme.
Cut to;
articolul din New York Times despre adevaratul Serpico, acum in virsta de 73 de ani si uimitoarea viata pe care a dus-o, in exil si into the wild. O combinatie de look de Willie Nelson cu Jason Robards, Frank isi scrie acum biografia, pornind din punctul in care a fost impuscat, in Brooklyn, in 1971 (filmul e bazat pe cartea best seller a lui Peter Maas, din royaltiurile care, alturi de cele de pe film, l-au facut pe Serpico sa se poata retrage si sa nu mai aibe nevoie de bani toata viata).

Working title: “Before I Go.”

“It’s the rest of the story,”

It is, ultimately, a story of healing. He wandered in Europe and across North America, he said, because “I wanted to find my life.”

“I had gone through a near-death experience,” he explained, “and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what’s important.”

True Grit.

reminder: Largo Winch diseara la ora 20.00 la the LIGHT

final de ianuarie,
luna eroilor MOVIELIGHT, eroi mai…altfel decit v-ati obisnuit !!!

Luni, 25 ian, ora 20:00

Largo Winch de Jérôme Salle (2008) 108 min



Cu Tomer Sisley, Kristin Scott Thomas, Miki Manojlovic, Karel Roden.

Bazat pe banda desenata omonima, o super-productie internationala, plina de adrenalina, cu un erou…altfel.




next week: Infernal Affairs !!!

RIP Jean Simmons

Varinia din Spartacus ! Ofelia in Hamlet-ul lui Laurence Olivier (1948) !
ava 80 de ani ! Simmons, englezoaica, a fost leading lady in Hollywood in anii 50-60, a jucat in Elmer Gantry, Guys and Dolls, The Big Country !

Avatar the bootleg

tocmai cind s-au anuntat BAFTA si are 8 nominalizari, si cind mai are putin si va depasi Titanicul, a aparut Avatar the bootleg. Hilarious !!!
si nu uitati, e in pregatire Avatar 2 pt 2012 (daca nu vine end of emmerich maya first)

Competitia Berlinale 60

26 de filme vor fi la Berlinale 60 (out of competition Shutter Island de Scorsese si The Ghost de Polanski). Ce e mai important pentru Romania e ca sunt 4 romanesti din care unul in competitia oficiala: Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier, de Florin Serban (ceea ce nu s-a mai intimplat de la daneliuc cu Patul conjugal?).
Celelate sunt: Portretul luptătorului la tinereţe de Constantin Popescu, in sectiunea Forum, scurt metrajul Derby de Paul Negoescu si Colivia, scurt metrajul lui Adrian Sitaru ! Good luck boys !

competitia as presented today:
president du jury: Werner Herzog !

Caterpillar Japan

By Koji Wakamatsu (Secrets Behind The Wall, Sex Jack, Go Go Second Time Virgin, Ecstasy of the Angels, United Red Army)

With Shinobu Terajima, Shima Ohnishi

World Premiere



En Familie (A Family) Denmark

By Pernille Fischer Christensen (En soap, Silver Bear 2006, Dansen)

With Jesper Christensen, Lene Maria Christensen, Pilou Asbæk , Anne

Louise Hassing

World Premiere



En ganske snill mann (A Somewhat Gentle Man) Norway

By Hans Petter Moland (The Beautiful Country, Aberdeen, Gymnaslærer Pedersen)

With Stellan Skarsgård, Jannike Kruse Jåtog, Jan Gunnar Røise

World Premiere



Eu când vreau să fluier, fluier (If I Want To Whistle, I Whistle)

Romania/Sweden

By Florin Şerban – debut film

With George Piştereanu, Ada Condeescu, Clara Vodă, Mihai Constantin

World Premiere



Greenberg USA

By Noah Baumbach (Margot at the Wedding, The Squid and the Whale,

Mr. Jealousy)

With Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Jennifer Jason Leigh

World Premiere



Howl USA

By Rob Epstein, Jeffrey Friedman (Common Threads: Stories from the

Quilt, The Celluloid Closet, Paragraph 175)

With James Franco, Jon Hamm, David Strathairn, Mary-Louise Parker

International Premiere



Jud Süß - Film ohne Gewissen Germany/Austria

By Oskar Roehler (The Elementary Particles, Angst, No Place to Go)

With Tobias Moretti, Martina Gedeck, Moritz Bleibtreu, Justus von Dohnanyi, Armin Rohde

World Premiere



Kak ya provel etim letom (How I Ended This Summer) Russian Federation

By Alexei Popogrebsky (Prostye veshchi – Simple Things, Koktebel - Roads to Koktebel)

With Grigory Dobrygin, Sergei Puskepalis

World Premiere



Mammuth France

By Benoît Delépine, Gustave de Kervern (Aaltra, Louise-Michel)

With Gérard Depardieu, Yolande Moreau, Isabelle Adjani, Miss Ming

World Premiere



Otouto (About Her Brother) Japan – Closing Film

By Yoji Yamada (Kabei, Love and Honor)

With Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shofukutei, Yu Aoi, Ryo Kase

International Premiere / Out of Competition



Please Give USA

By Nicole Holofcener (Walking and Talking, Lovely & Amazing, Friends with Money)

With Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Sarah Steele, Ann Guilbert

International Premiere / Out of Competition



Rompecabezas (Puzzle) Argentina/France

By Natalia Smirnoff – debut film

With Maria Onetto, Gabriel Goity, Arturo Goetz, Henny Trailes

World Premiere



San qiang pai an jing qi (A Woman, A Gun And A Noodle Shop) People´s Republic of China

By Zhang Yimou (Hong gao liang – Red Sorghum, Wo de fu qin mu qin – The Road Home, Ying xiong – Hero)

With Sun Honglei, Xiao Shenyang, Yan Ni

International Premiere



Shahada Germany

By Burhan Qurbani – debut film

With Maryam Zaree, Carlo Ljubek, Jeremias Acheampong, Sergej Moya

World Premiere



Submarino Denmark

By Thomas Vinterberg (Festen, Dear Wendy, It’s All About Love)

With Jakob Cedergren, Peter Plaugborg, Patricia Schumann, Gustav Fischer Kjærulff, Morten Rose

World Premiere



The Kids Are Alright USA/France

By Lisa Cholodenko (Dinner Party, High Art, Laurel Canyon, Cavedweller)

With Julianne Moore, Annette Benning, Mark Ruffalo

International Premiere / Out of Competition



The Killer Inside Me USA/Great Britain

By Michael Winterbottom (The Road to Guantanamo, In This World, A Mighty Heart)

With Casey Affleck, Jessica Alba, Kate Hudson

International Premiere



Tuan Yuan (Apart Together) Volksrepublik China – Opening Film

By Wang Quan’an (Tuya's Marriage, Golden Bear 2007)

With Lisa Lu, Ling Feng, Xu Caigen, Monica Mo, Ma Xiaoqing

World Premiere

RIP Erich Segal

tocmai ma intreba cineva asta seara de Love Story, daca ar fi ok de dat de Valentine's day sau prea trist. definetly prea trist, pentru ca autorul cartii si scenariului a murit acum, la 72 de ani. Segal a scris si un remake, Oliver's Story (1978), dar se pare ca e doar un cash in. El a scris si scenariul la filmul Beatles, Yellow Submarine, care se face remake acum in 3 D. R.I.P.

iar Ali MacGraw are azi 71 de ani ! Si Ryan O'Neal doar...68 ! Si Bob Evans implineste 80 de ani. Cit ar fi facut si Steve McQueen... Love...story ? neverending story ? unglaubliche gesichte...