unfortunately this approach has, in past years, led me to watch lats von trier and bruno dumont movies
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
Counterpoint on the Cronenberg:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis-robert-pattinson-don-delillo-paul-giamatti-samantha-morton-juliette-binoche-20120525
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
'course I'm hoping extra hard that'll be good since I'm seeing it Monday morning.
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/kanye-west-cruel-summer-cannes-2012.html
As I exited the arena to an outdoor party with Champagne and sushi that then led to an after-party in a crazy French nightclub where Cudi, Big Sean, and Pusha T performed, I unexpectedly found myself standing next to Jay-Z. What was his review? "Amazing!" Had he ever seen a movie like this before? "Have you?" he asked me back, and laughed and laughed while rubbing my back. (My review of that: amazing!) Had Kanye talked to him about this? "Yeah, about the idea, but to see it come to fruition is great, because the execution of idea is everything." So what did he think the film meant? He got deep: "It's about the things that separate us — race and class in society and things like that. But the only thing that really binds us is true love." He continued to rub my back. I got nervous. I tried to ask another question. "No, no, hold onto that," said Jay-Z. "That's what I'm going to leave you on." He laughed some more and walked away, and as he did, I think I finally got what he meant about true love.
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:31 (twelve years ago) link
aren't everyone in love with the new vinterberg?
― nostormo, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:32 (twelve years ago) link
Cosmopolis the book was kinda dull/inert, IIRC, so a film adaptation is already a tall order. Agreed that Cronenberg is maybe not the best dude for it.
― Never translate Dutch (jaymc), Friday, 25 May 2012 15:35 (twelve years ago) link
"Cosmopolis the book was kinda dull/inert, IIRC, so a film adaptation is already a tall order"
on the contrary. a dull book usually equals great adaptation (Hitchcock for example).while a masterpiece is usually better left out of the screen.
― nostormo, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:37 (twelve years ago) link
(Campion's Poertrait Of a Lady, for example)
― nostormo, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
re: Vinterberg - I've read some middling takes and at least one F.
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:38 (twelve years ago) link
did anyone but me see his last one, Submarino?
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:39 (twelve years ago) link
anyway, as usual - the interesting movies are on the Certain Regard.Haneke and Co. are predictable at this point.we need fresh blood.
― nostormo, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
re: Un Certain Regard, I've seen the Dolan (it's out already in QC). Some good stuff, but an hour (!) too long.
― Simon H., Friday, 25 May 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
hadnt heard a peep abt this thing or just overlooked it, robert duvall & lars ulrich in bit roles, cowritten by jerry stahl, walter murch editor, phil kaufman directs, will be on hbo 5/28
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hemingway-gellhorn-tv-review-hbo-cannes-329332
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 May 2012 15:43 (twelve years ago) link
yeah heres the trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzD-of6zYs
clive owen going 'you inspire the hell outta me' and zestily biting a celery stick... i just dunno man. i hope its good
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 25 May 2012 16:06 (twelve years ago) link
god i wish they'd stop making biopics
this is like a heroin addict politely asking middle eastern farmers to stop growing poppies tho
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:07 (twelve years ago) link
I generally don't read reviews til after I've seen something. I go by general reputation and the absence of Peter Travers in the ad quotes.
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Friday, 25 May 2012 16:16 (twelve years ago) link
dam that trailer looks v suspect
seems really weird to me that this thing is also happening i guess unrelatedly
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2012-anthony-hopkins-andy-garcia-anthony-hemingway-fuentes-324704
Andy Garcia’s passion project
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 May 2012 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
biopics probably have the worst shit-to-shinola ratio of any film genre ever.
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Friday, 25 May 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
In fact, as an uninhibited teenager who takes up with Garrett Hedlund's Neal Cassady stand-in, both [Kristen Stewart] and Hedlund go nude in their very first scenes in On the Road, and Stewart later takes part in a ménage à trois, initiates road head, and jerks off both Hedlund and Sam Riley while all three are naked in a moving car. She's so horny and curious that when another couple excuses themselves to have sex, a nosy Stewart follows them into the doorway and asks, "Can I watch you guys screw?"
...
Her On the Road co-star Hedlund is a case in point: Neutered of his natural charisma in all-ages blockbusters like Tron Legacy, Hedlund finally gets to make a strong impression here, wielding that window-shaking deep voice like a sensual weapon and inviting men and women alike to ogle him and eventually join him in bed. (There is even a scene where a sweaty Hedlund athletically power-fucks Steve Buscemi, which is not something anyone expected to see today, and yet it occurred!)
http://i.imgur.com/lwr6f.gif
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 25 May 2012 22:14 (twelve years ago) link
http://imgur.com/0HpE6.jpg
― johnny crunch, Friday, 25 May 2012 22:27 (twelve years ago) link
Palme d’Or:"Amour"Grand Prix:"Reality"Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director):Carlos Reygadas, "Post Tenebras Lux"Prix du Scenario (best screenplay):"Beyond The Hills"Camera d’Or (best first feature):"Beasts of the Southern Wild"Prix du Jury (jury prize):"The Angel's Share"Prix d’interpretation feminine (best actress):Cosmina Stratan and Christina Flutor, "Beyond The Hills"Prix d’interpretation masculine (best actor):Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"
Grand Prix:"Reality"
Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director):Carlos Reygadas, "Post Tenebras Lux"
Prix du Scenario (best screenplay):"Beyond The Hills"
Camera d’Or (best first feature):"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Prix du Jury (jury prize):"The Angel's Share"
Prix d’interpretation feminine (best actress):Cosmina Stratan and Christina Flutor, "Beyond The Hills"
Prix d’interpretation masculine (best actor):Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"
― Number None, Sunday, 27 May 2012 18:35 (twelve years ago) link
called it tbqfh
― Éden Éden Éden / H.A.Z.A.R.D (nakhchivan), Sunday, 27 May 2012 18:37 (twelve years ago) link
stop hoggin them palmes, haneke
― me so fat (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Sunday, 27 May 2012 19:51 (twelve years ago) link
Your intense allergy to 'rides' handily explained in one fell swoop.
― Quiet Desperation, LLC (Deric W. Haircare), Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:31 (twelve years ago) link
I generally don't read reviews til after I've seen something.
and with films you don't intend to see...? oh yeah, occupy film threads (TM)
― jed_, Sunday, 27 May 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
carax can't catch a break poor dood
― of family bonds and individual triumph. Narrated by Tim Allen, (zachlyon), Sunday, 27 May 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
worst. cannes. ever.
― Count-Dracula-Down (Eric H.), Monday, 28 May 2012 01:57 (twelve years ago) link
I've seen two Haneke films (Caché and White Ribbon) and I didn't like either. I don't think I'll even bother with his new one.
There’s almost an “aww” factor to Georges’ attentiveness following Anne’s first stroke, which ill-prepares you for the truly grueling compendium of slow deterioration to come. By the time she’s reduced to an immobile husk capable only of slurring the word “hurts” over and over again,
yeah, i don't think so
― the acquisition and practice of music is unfavourable to the health of (abanana), Monday, 28 May 2012 02:05 (twelve years ago) link
next to horror obv
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:00 (twelve years ago) link
and "rides"
ie fuck somebody or two itt
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 28 May 2012 03:01 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/29/venice-film-festival-slims-down-sober
The new director of the Venice film festival has promised a "more sober, less glitzy" event for the 69th edition later this year.
Artistic director Alberto Barbera, who was appointed in December, has revealed plans to cut the number of films showing on the Lido. There will be fewer than 50 films in total at this year's festival, with only 18 showing in competition, he told Italian reporters.
― jed_, Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:32 (twelve years ago) link
The Death of Cinema pt. 94
― Björk lied (Eric H.), Thursday, 31 May 2012 16:36 (twelve years ago) link
rlly looking fwd to Reygadas after all those pans
― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 31 May 2012 17:31 (twelve years ago) link
word
― blossom smulch (schlump), Thursday, 31 May 2012 23:09 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJrVEgOPRk
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 1 June 2012 17:43 (twelve years ago) link
Two interesting tidbits:
Carax said about the leading role which had been written specifically for Lavant: "If Denis had said no, I would have offered the part to Lon Chaney or to Chaplin. Or to Peter Lorre or Michel Simon."
The soundtrack includes Minogue performing the original song "Who Were We?" written by Carax and Neil Hannon, as well as previously existing music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sparks, Manset, R. L. Burnside, and the track "Sinking of Bingou-Maru" from Godzilla.
― poxen, Saturday, 2 June 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link