joi, 15 septembrie 2011

Polanski back to Zurich !!!

2 ani de la arestare, in timp ce nu merge la Venetia pentru premiera la Carnage (in competitie), Polanski se intoarce la Zurich pentru a-si primi premiul !!!!
as in:
Roman Polanski will attend the Zurich Film Festival to accept a lifetime achievement award, two years after he was arrested by Swiss police while on his way to receive it two years ago.

Polanski, who was arrested in connection with his 1977 U.S. child rape case, spent months under house arrest in a chalet in Gstaad, waiting for Swiss officials to decide whether to extradite him. He was freed when they decided not to in July 2010.

A post on the festival's website Thursday said it would premiere a full-length, nonfiction film follow the Sept. 27 tribute ceremony.

"Details regarding the film and the world premiere will not be released before the official screening on Sept 27," the site said.

o alat evoltie ciudata in autobiografia Roman by Polanski :)

miercuri, 14 septembrie 2011

Hitler reacts to Lulu (Lou Reed+Metallica project)


una din miile de parodii de pe you tube la Untergang/Downfall, in care Hitler in bunker, face spume la gura pentru ca armatele sale pierd. Prilej de biza, de la Transformers, la Bac. Acum referitor la proiectul Lou Reed+Metallica, LULU (out Nov. 1st)
as the guy says: Details of Metallica's next recording project are out. It's with Lou Reed. Adolf took it pretty badly.
chiar,
"What would Cliff say?"

Lou Reed a vazut-o si chiar el a trimis-o celor de la Metallica, care s-au distrat copios (dupa Mojo !)
alte parodii cu mein fuhrer aici !

RIP John Calley

imens producator(Filmways 50's-60's, First Artists, Orion & Alan Ladd Company), sef de studio din epoci legendare( Warner Bros-1968-1981) si mai putin-(United Artists-1993, Columbia-Sony-1996-2003), prietenul lui Mike Nichols, cu care a produs Closer ultima data (si a adus deal-ul cartilor lui Dan Brown la studio!!!)-a murit ieri in Hollywod. Avea 81 de ani !
Premiul Oscar omagial-Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award in 2009 !!!
obituary pe deadline.com !


“John was unique. As a studio head he was unfailingly supportive and didn’t try to do the filmmaker’s job. When he believed in someone he trusted and supported him and when very rarely he had a suggestion it was usually a life saver. In fact that’s what he was: a life saver.”

-Mike Nichols-

marți, 13 septembrie 2011

The Day of the Dolphin (1973)

"-Who are they? They're the guys who are paid by their guys to watch our guys, who are paid to watch them.
-Then wo are we ?
-You are the guys watching the dolphins !"


Incredibil ca am vazut acest film abia azi, 38 de ani de la premiera. Am facut un double bill George C. Scott cu The Hindenburg (1975), pe care l-am revazut acum dupa ce l-am vazut prin 1998 pe vhs ! Ambele filme ale lui Scott, unul din cei mai mari actori de film EVER si unul din eroii mei absoluti de pe ecran, au rulat la cinema in Romania cind eram eu f. mic dar le-am ratat atunci. Am invatat despre George C. (sau G.S. cum i se spunea), din pozele din revista cinema la Patton si acest film, pentru ca de vazut l-am vazut abia in Oliver Twist (rolul Fagin in versiunea 1982 a lui Clive Donner).

Un savant (pa, George C. Scott) invata delfinii sa vorbeasca. Pe o insula pustie, platit de o fundatie misterioasa. Delfinul Alpha (Fa) acum o curteaza pe delfina Beta (Bee), pe care o invata la rindul ei, limbajul oamenilor. What next ?
Ecranizarea extrem de libera a unui roman de Robert Merle (cult pentru Malevil), Un animal doué de la raison (A Sentient Animal, 1967), o satira a razboiului rece, inspirat de descoperirile savantului John Lilly !
Initial a fost proeictul lui Roman Polanski, dar acesta a renunta la el, dupa ucidera sotiei sale, Sharon Tate, in timp ce pregatea filmul.
Scenaristul Buck Henry intr-un interviu din 2010 in Vice:

Q: There’s got to be a lot of pressure adapting a beloved book.
A: Yes, there is. There’s the fear that you’re going to upset the author, whom you admire. With certain things I’ve adapted, I didn’t give a shit about the original author. The Day of the Dolphin, I didn’t care. I thought it was a stupid book. I tried to move it in the direction of a less stupid film. I won’t even comment on whether I, you, or anyone else thought that I was successful. The worst stuff I’ve done, there are people who will say that it’s their favorite film of all time. Even much lower than The Day of the Dolphin. But it’s tricky. You want to make the original author happy.


valori de productie excelente, imaginea lui William A. Frakerin superb scope, scenografia lui Richard Sylbert si muzica lui Georges Delerue, interpretarea ireprosabila: George C. Scott without a blink, even in shorts, Trish Van Devere (sotia lui Scott), Paul Sorvino ("we're watching the watchmen"), young Edward Herrmann, creepy Fritz Waever !

Filmul a avut o receptie rece, si a fost un esec de casa, desi e extrem de inteligent si chiar emotionant, un The Manchurian Candidate/Candidatul Manciurian cu mamifere, Candidatul delfinian/branchian ! Mi-a adus aminte de receptia si emotia noii Planete a a maimutelor, Rise of the Planet of The Apes, in care animalel sunt mai emotionante ca oamenii si tinem cu ele, firesc !
iar George C. Scott cu nasul si expresia sa, si intonatia , cred ca au fost si la baza inspiratiei pentru Danny De Vito si pinguinii care cara in spate bombe din Batman Returns al lui Tim Burton !!!!

3 1.2 din 5 /7 in 10 !
format: 2.35.1-beautiful widescreen!
extras: none :( (exista si un dvd chul, cu interviuri cu Buck Henry, Leslie Charleson si Edward Herrmann si a trivia track)