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INTERVIEW
In his fourth directorial effort, Steve Buscemi tackles this
character driven story that takes place almost entirely in
one location during the course of a night. Buscemi, knows
exactly how to exploit the advantages of the small sets and
nuanced characters, giving the proceeding a strangely intimate
feel. Buscemi, also the lead, plays a washed-up political
reporter given the unwanted task of interviewing a suddenly
popular soap-opera star, fittingly played by fast-rising actress
Sienna Miller. The prerequisite sparks fly and watching the
them spit lines of witty dialogue and trying to outsmart each
other has it's pleasures. As the night progresses and the
two seemingly reveal more of their true selves, a special
bond develops. However, don't think you've got the ending
figured out because Buscemi throws a final twist.
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DRAMA/MEX
Over the course of two days, three stories simultaneously
unfold before a desolate Acapulco backdrop. An old man, Jaime
(Fernando Becerril), contemplates suicide and stirs up trouble
at work. Fernanda (Diana Garcia) has a reencounter with her
ex-boyfriend Chano (Emilio Valdés), and puts her current
relationship is put at risk. And 15-year-old runaway Tigrillo
(Miriana Moro) struggles for survival after joining a dangerous
gang. Writer-director Gerardo Naranjo, a Mexican free spirit
with a disregard for rules and authority, makes this film
his own way; handheld visuals, out-of-focus shots, and other
imperfections give Drama/Mex a truly genuine, human feel.
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KILL
BILL: THE WHOLE BLOODY AFFAIR
Are you ready? OK who's ready?
The street date for Kill Bill:
The Whole Bloody Affair is set for November 6th. The details
at Amazon include a 247 minute cut of the film complete with
an NC-17 rating. No word yet on the special features but it
looks like it's going to be a four-disc ordeal. I knew there
was a lot of material Quentin Tarantino didn't include in
the film, but over four hours worth? (Actually upon further
review both films do add up to that running time!) The real
question is will the tea-house fight be restored to color
or will it remain black and white? You can see the color version
here.
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WHAT
THE BOYS DO
Mary Pols has assembled some good directors who have offered
some great quotes in her piece entitled "They're Women,
Directors and Few." It's another piece on why there are
so few working female directors in Hollywood, and Pols has
brought together indies like Hilary Brougher and Nicole Holofcener
with studio vets like Mimi Leder to discuss why. Here's a
section in which Sherrybaby director Laurie Collyer talks
about the differences in approach that men and women have...
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HERZOG'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
In the issue of Filmmaker we just put to bed, James Ponsoldt
interviews Werner Herzog, whose Rescue Dawn opens today in
theaters. It's the dramatically realized story of prisoner-of-war
Dieter Dengler, whose story was previously told by Herzog
in his doc, Little Dieter Learns to Fly. See an excerpt in
our blog...
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THE
DIRECTOR INTERVIEWS - CHERIE NOWLAN, INTRODUCING THE DWIGHTS
Australian director Cherie Nowlan grew up in the small town
of Singleton, New South Wales, and segued from a brief career
as a journalist to working her way up the ladder in television
and film. Her first film, God’s Girls (1991), about
the nuns who taught her in high school, won the Best Documentary
prize at the Australian Film Institute Awards, and prompted
her to go to film school to study screenwriting. After making
the short Lucinda 31 (1995), Nowlan directed her first feature,
romantic comedy Thank God He Met Lizzie (1997), a film which
helped launch the careers of two unknowns, Cate Blanchett
and Frances O’Connor. Since then, Nowlan has found considerable
success as a director for Australian television, most notably
on the cult series, The Secret Life of Us, in addition to
award-winning work in commercials.
Click
here for the rest of the article
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