luni, 17 februarie 2014

Shirley Temple RIP

Shirley Temple a fost cel mai faimos star copil. Atit de faimos atunci, dar azi ? incit azi am aflat de moartea ei, via premiile BAFTA,, cu o saptamina mai tirziu :(

Shirley Temple a murit pe 10 februarie 2014, avea 85 de ani :(. A debutat la 3 ani !, iar la 6 ani a devenit cea mai tinara prezenatoare de Oscaruri ! Mica printesa, Heidi, Fugara, Seabiscuit, Fort Apache, alaturi de John Wayne si Henry Fonda, in 1948, urmind ca un an mai tirziu sa se retraga din cinema, la doar 21 de ani !!!!, dupa ani de zile revenind la Tv pentru un propriu show, Shirley Temple's Storybook (1958-1961). A fost ambasadoare in Cehoslovacia si Ghana !!!

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."
Shirley Temple (1928–2014)

BAFTA Winners 2014

Cate Blanchett , care a cistigat pentru “Blue Jasmine.” a dedicat premiul lui “the late great Philip Seymour Hoffman.” “You raised the bar so very high… So, Phil, this is for you, you bastard. I hope you are proud !”

iar Helen Mirren a primit the BAFTA Fellowship, premiul pentru intreaga cariera.
v. aici
toate nominalizarile aici
si toate premiile aici:
so:
Best Picture: 12 Years A Slave
(nice speech, Steve Mc Q. "Roll, Jordan, Roll"
"sunt 21 de milioane de oameni in sclavie AZI. Sper ca peste 125 de ani sa nu mai fim ambivalenti si nu mai fie nevoie sa se faca un asemenea film."



Best British Film: Gravity

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (see above)

Best Supporting Actor: Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle

Best Original Screenplay: American Hustle, Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell

Best Adapted Screenplay: Philomena, Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope

Best Foreign: The Great Beauty/ La Grande Belezza, Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing – Joshua Oppenheimer

Best Animation: Frozen, Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee

Best Cinematography: Gravity, Emmanuel Lubezki

Best Editing: Rush, Dan Hanley, Mike Hill

Best Production Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

Best Costume Design: The Great Gatsby, Catherine Martin

Best Make Up and Hair: American Hustle, Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell

Best Sound: Gravity, Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro

Best Original Music: Gravity, Steven Price

Best Special Visual Effects: Gravity – Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny

Best British Short Animation: Sleeping with the Fishes, James Walker, Sarah Woolner, Yousif Al-Khalifa

Best British Short Film: Room 8, James W. Griffiths & Sophie Venner

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer: Keiran Evans (Director/Writer), Kelly + Victor

The EE Rising Star Award (voted for by public): Will Poulter

sâmbătă, 15 februarie 2014

Premiile Berlinale 64

GOLDEN BEAR FOR BEST FILM (awarded to the film’s producer)
Bai Ri Yan Huo
Black Coal, Thin Ice
by Diao Yinan
SILVER BEAR GRAND JURY PRIZE
The Grand Budapest Hotel
The Grand Budapest Hotel
by Wes Anderson
SILVER BEAR ALFRED BAUER PRIZE for a feature film that opens new perspectives
Aimer, boire et chanter
Life of Riley
by Alain Resnais
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST DIRECTOR
Richard Linklater for
Boyhood (Boyhood)
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTRESS
Haru Kuroki in
Chiisai Ouchi (The Little House) by Yoji Yamada
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST ACTOR
Liao Fan in
Bai Ri Yan Huo (Black Coal, Thin Ice) by Diao Yinan
SILVER BEAR FOR BEST SCRIPT
Dietrich Brüggemann, Anna Brüggemann for
Kreuzweg (Stations of the Cross) by Dietrich Brüggemann
SILVER BEAR FOR OUTSTANDING ARTISTIC CONTRIBUTION
in the categories camera, editing, music score, costume or set design
Zeng Jian for the camera in
Tui Na (Blind Massage) by Lou Ye
more here

marți, 11 februarie 2014

True Detective: Who Goes There

despre True Detective, serialul momentului si noul Breaking Bad, mai mult Breaking EVIL, am mai scris aici
the plot thickened, episodul 4, WHO GOES THERE, s-a intors la mai multa muzica, atmosferica si incidentala (am avut feelingul mai ales muzical al unui William Friedkin meets Michael Mann, shades of Crusing si Miami Vice), si as putea zice ca in fine a inceput..
trebuie sa observ ironia si satira si sarja in multe din alegerile lui T. Bone Burnett.Tot in mod ironic tricoul cu cele doua fetze care se electrizeaza pe limba (rosu) pe cae il poarta Woody Harrelson in partea finala a episodului, e tricoul cu Pink Floyd The Division Bell, acelasi pe care il am si eu din 1995 :)


Lista completa a pieselor din episod aici
Bo Diddley -Bring it to Jerome, 1955),The Melvins-A History of Bad Men, Primus American Life, de pe Sailing The Seas Of Cheese-1991),

And they look to the Statue of Liberty
For the boy we have American Life

trupa stoner doom metal Sleep, cu Holy Mountain, ca o clona rea de Black Sabbath, Wu Tang Clan si Grinderman (trupa lui Nick Cave, badder seeds :), cu Honey Bee (Let's Fly to Mars), din 1997, pe genericul final !

Iata din nou: un interviu cu T. Bone Burnett, producatorul soundtrackului si compozitor, despre show si alegerea pieselor.
Just be careful: 'There's A Monster At The End Of It'
de fapt sunt numai monstri, si dupa cum stim din Dragonul Rosu macar, cel ce vineaza monnstri se va transforma sigur intr-unul...si aici sunt doi, si un Dragon Galben
TBC>>>