Category: film

Nicolas Deveaux, “5.80 Metres”

Nicolas Deveaux, “5.80 Metres”;  Directed by Nicolas Deveaux: Music by Olivier Milton, Released in Paris 2012

As a writer and director of animation films (3D and relief), Nicolas Deveaux has a very personal world around two passions : image and the animal world. In 2003, fresh out of his degree in computer graphics, he directed “7Tonnes2″, a short-film showing a realistic elephant trampoline champion. Its critical acclaim (Annecy Festival) gave him the opportunity to work on mny projects from documentaries to commercials and even amusement park films .

If you missed seeing “7 tonnes2″, that film by Deveaux is also posted on this blog. Check it out.

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Alex Proyas, “Dark City”: Film History Series

“Dark City”: Director’s Cut: 2008; Directed by Alex Proyas

“Dark City” is a 1998 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Alex Proyas. The screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer. The film stars Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, and William Hurt. Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself suspected of murder. Murdoch attempts to discover his true identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and a mysterious group known only as the “Strangers”.

The majority of the film was shot at Fox Studios Australia. It was jointly produced by New Line Cinema and Mystery Clock Cinema. New Line Cinema and New Line Home Video commercially distributed the theatrical release and home media respectively. The film premiered in the United States on February 27, 1998, and was a box office bomb, but received mainly positive reviews. The film was nominated for Hugo and Saturn Awards, and has become a cult classic. A director’s cut was released in 2008, restoring and preserving Proyas’s original artistic vision for the film.

A classic film: science fiction thriller in the style of film-noir. This film is a must see for sci-fi fans; the director’s cut is the version to watch.

Werner Herzog, “Fitzcarraldo”

Fitzcarraldo: Written and Directed by Werner Herzog, 1982, Starring Klaus Kinski, Claudia Cardinale, Jose Lewgoy

Opera-loving European Brian Fitzgerald (Klaus Kinski) lives in a small Peruvian city. Better known as Fitzcarraldo, this foreigner is obsessed with building an opera house in his town and decides that to make his dream a reality he needs to make a killing in the rubber business. In order to become a successful rubber baron, Fitzcarraldo hatches an elaborate plan that calls for a particularly impressive feat – bringing a massive boat over a mountain with the help of the local native population.

The film is derived from the historic events of Peruvian rubber baron Carlos Fitzcarraldo and his real-life feat of transporting a disassembled steanbiat over the Isthmus of Fitzcarrald.  The film had a troubled production; Herzog forced his crew to manually haul the 320-ton steamship up a steep hill, leading to three injuries. The film’s original star jason Robards got sick halfway through filming. So Herzog hired Klaus Kinski, with whom he had previously clashed violently during production of ” Aquirre, the Wrath of God”, Their second partnership fared no better and an extra even offered to kill Kinski. Herzog reluctantly declined.

A great classic film with Klaus Kinski. The scenes of moving the huge ship over the mountain by hand are amazing. The movie idea was based on a true event.

“District B13” Starring David Belle

Clip from the Movie District B13 Starring David Belle, 2004

A slightly futuristic film in which the lower class trouble makers are walled in ghettos under heavy guard. Directed by Pierre Morel, this is the first of two movies with David Belle, who started the Parkour enthusiasm among urban runners. Starring David Belle, Cyril Raffaelli, and Tony D’Amario.

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Marcelo Briem Stamm, “Solo”

 

“Solo”: Written and Directed by Marcelo Briem Stamm; Starring Patricio Ramos, Mario Veron, and Carlos Echevarria

A sexy, romantic and uncomfortably chilling tale of love and deception from first time director Marcelo Briem Stamm. Handsome middle class Manuel (Patrico Ramos), hurt by his previous relationship and bored being alone, meets Julio (Mario Veron), a rugged, lonely, unemployed young man in a chat room. The two eventually meet up in person and the sexual spark is quickly ignited. And while sex is satisfying and frequent, it is their collective problems with intimacy, trust and the fear of being hurt that make them hesitant to commit fully.

As their relationship develops, both reveal secrets from their past but these revelations might be real, imagined or outright lies. All is revealed in this romantic, passionate drama/thriller that offers a shocking, strangely satisfying conclusion.

A great film; search for it. Just watching Mario Veron in this film is worth the effort of the search.

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Eloi Biosca, “Córrer 2”

 

Eloi Biosca, “Córrer 2 (Running 2)”, 2014, Running Time 3:18 Minutes

“He was mastered by the sheer surging of life, the tidal wave of being, the perfect joy of each separate muscle, joint, and sinew in that it was everything that was not death, that it was aglow and rampant, expressing itself in movement, flying exultantly under the stars.     —Jack London, The Call of the Wild

In Eloi Biosca’s slow-motion film “Córrer 2”,  a naked athlete appears running along a pathway. This video is a celebration of the beauty of the male nude body as it runs in absolute freedom, in a natural and wild environment. The body movements are a powerful stimulus for the spectator to experience aesthetic pleasure and sensuality.

The film was first screened at the First Festival Cindeporte of Oaxaca, Mexico, in 2014. Since then, it has been shown in multiple festivals throughout the world, including those in Spain, Germany, Norway and Peru.

Note: Other films produced by Eloi Biosca can be found on Vimeo.

 

The Wolf Man, 1941 Trailer

 

The Wolf Man, 1941 Trailer

After teasing his friends for believing in werewolves, Larry (Lon Chaney Jr.) is promptly bitten by a rabid wolf and faints. Horror superstars share the screen when Larry wakes to find a gypsy (Bela Lugosi) who moonlights as a werewolf. Cursed by the werewolf’s bite, Larry suffers torturous full-moon transformations and tries to escape the townsfolk who hunt him. Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers and Ralph Bellamy also star in this film.

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