Cinemalaya, Locarno and several tributes on this weeks’ essential reads in World Cinema!
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The Guardian’s Ashley Clark looks back about the film ‘Dangerous Minds’ after 20 years from its release:
Reviews were generally poor (“stereotypical, predictable and simplified to the point of meaninglessness”, complained the Los Angeles Times; “sentimental and often strains credibility”, said Variety) but they didn’t matter: the film’s lead performance – Pfeiffer floats through the film without dislodging a single honeyed, shimmering lock – and triumph-over-adversity narrative struck a chord with audiences nationwide. It could even afford to leave an entire romantic subplot between Pfeiffer and then-Hollywood heartthrob Andy Garcia on the cutting room floor.
AV Club’s William Hughes writes about Nicholas Cage’s thoughts on the state of the modern film criticism:
I think that there was a period in film commentary where it was like the gold standard—I would cite someone like Pauline Kael or Roger Ebert or Paul Schrader—where they were really determining based on the work itself, the film itself, the performance itself. And now, with the advent of this kind of TMZ culture, it sadly seems to have infiltrated the vanguard of film commentary. I see these reviews sometimes where I think, well, you have a right to say whatever you want about my work, and I will listen whether it’s good or bad and see if there’s something that I might work with, but personal issues don’t have a place in film commentary.
No Film School’s Joe Marine highlights how a common production design item can do so much in a film:
All production design is important, but in any given scene, it’s likely that actors interact with chairs the most. You might never notice them, but they’re often doing a lot more than you think. In this exceptional video essay from Tony Zhou, he explores just how much of an effect these mundane set pieces can have on a film and its characters.
Indiewire’s Zach Hollwedel shows us a filmmakers’ 18-minute tribute to the films of David Lynch:
The end of next month marks the 38th anniversary of David Lynch’s debut feature film, ‘Eraserhead’. To preemptively commemorate the occasion, we thought we’d dust off an oldie, but a very much still relevant goodie. Filmmaker (and mega Lynch buff) Michael Warren cut together a fantastic 18-and-a-half-minute supercut of Lynch’s work three years ago, which holds up, given that the writer-director’s last feature was ‘Inland Empire’ way back in 2006. Warren’s tribute chronicles all ten of one-of-a-kind artist’s narrative movies to date, including ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me’. A true homage, it doesn’t skimp on making use of shots from the “Twin Peaks” series, either. Notable not just for its thoroughness, Warren’s video is wonderfully edited.
The NY Times Michael Cieply’s reports on how Hollywood uses bigger screens to tell sophisticated stories:
On Sept. 2, the Venice Film Festival will open with a 3-D thriller, Baltasar Kormakur’s ‘Everest’, about love and death in the Himalayas. A few weeks later, Robert Zemeckis’s ‘The Walk’, about Philippe Petit’s high-wire walk between the World Trade Center towers in 1974, also in 3-D, will open the New York Film Festival. The Toronto International Film Festival almost went the same way for its opener: Programmers flirted with showing Ridley Scott’s ‘The Martian’, a 3-D interplanetary adventure from 20th Century Fox, at the first-night gala on Sept. 10; instead they went with Fox Searchlight’s ‘Demolition’, saving the space film for another of their showcase premieres. Some film executives see potential for industry transformation, if mature viewers indeed flock to a more sophisticated lineup of event films. “The word I would use is ‘necessary,’ ” Tom Rothman, the chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment’s motion picture group, said of the envisioned change.
A few more to call it a week:
- Hong Sang Soo’s ‘Right Now, Wrong Then’ takes top honors at Locarno
- ‘Pusong Bato’ bags top short film award at Cinemalaya
- 10 Helpful Tips for Travel and Adventure Filmmakers
- Checkout Germany’s Submissions for Oscar Consideration
- CineFix’s Top 10 Most Beautiful Movies of All Time in one video countdown
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