Like what you see? You should, because this is a photo of the legendary Jude Law in a movie called Rave directed by Sally Potter. Thanks to the guys at Filmonic.
From her site:
Part of the subject matter of RAGE is the ugly use of beauty in the pursuit of profit. Drugged by Marketing, sapped by fear of aging, conned by the cult of celebrity... image becomes all.
Jude Law, whose beauty has sometimes been held against him as an actor, made the courageous decision to accept the role of Minx - a “celebrity super-model” and took on a kind of hyper-beauty for this persona... a ‘female’ beauty which gradually unravels as the story unfolds.
Strangely, the more he became a ‘she’, coiffed and made-up - the more naked was his performance. There was great strength in his willingness to make himself vulnerable. It was an extraordinarily intense part of the shoot.
As it stands, I'm always the last to know, so when I heard about this movie I figured everyone must be talking about it already. Not true. It's gotten very little hype, which to me is outrageous. Synopsis is as follows:
In TOKYO!, three visionary directors come together for an omnibus triptych examining the nature of one unforgettable city as it’s shaped by the disparate people who live, work (and run amok) inside an enormous, constantly evolving, densely populated Japanese megalopolis — the ravishing and inimitable Tokyo. In the tradition of such films as NEW YORK STORIES, NIGHT ON EARTH, PARIS JE T’AIME and its forthcoming sequel NEW YORK I LOVE YOU, TOKYO! addresses the timeless question of whether we shape cities, or if cities shape us — in the process revealing the rich humanity at the heart of modern urban life.
release date: March 6 2009
Link to Subtitled Trailer
For some reason this movie never got a proper DVD release. But I've seen listings online that show a March 10 street date. If you can't wait that long watch it for free on hulu.com
Here's the trailer for the self proclaimed Greatest Mafia Movie Ever Made. This movie opened in Italy May of 08 and will be released Feb. 13 in the U.S. and has garnered much critical praise.
I had a little chuckle while browsing through some of these movie posters from abroad on Cracked. Some of them don't make a lick of sense.
For instance Star Wars:
Now Playing is a new section in which I chronicle my progress through a video game diary style. This week it's Mirror's Edge.
Installment 1 after the jump.
yes! Yes! YES! Finally, a true WIDEscreen television. Measuring in with an aspect ration of 21:9, this super wide tele from Phillips is sure to dazzle film buffs everywhere. I've actually wondered what one of these might look like. CNET UK got to see the TV in person, and of course they have a few issues with the screen. I'm all for this, but I doubt it'll become standard anytime soon. Seriously people, there will always be black bars as long as content is produced in different aspect ratios. Or you could just get a dedicated constant height theater.
Yatterman trailer:
Is that a key-chain at the end? This could be awesome.
The guys at the Pixar Blog are salty. And perhaps justifiably so, the internet is ablaze with angry Pixar fan boys foaming at the mouth ready to call bull shit on the Annie Award's decision to completely snub Wall-e, and award best picture to Kung Fu Panda. The thing is, I really liked Wall-E, but I also liked Kung fu Panda. The whole idea of one being better than the other is preposterous in the first place, but to imply that Katzenberg had anything to do with it may be even more absurd. I'm sure we'll being hearing more on this subject in the coming weeks, or at least until Wall-E gets crowned (which it will) the king of animation entertainment at Oscars this year.
This is a pretty cool interview with director of Sleep Dealer Alex Rivera VIA Wired.
If you've ever been interested in checking out videos about artists like Matthew Barney that aren't limited to the 2 minute run-time of the art 21 clips, check out UbuWeb.
About the site:
UbuWeb is a completely independent resource dedicated to all strains of the avant-garde, ethnopoetics, and outsider arts.
All materials on UbuWeb are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights belong to the author(s).
It has a great collection of videos and sounds and would be perfect for educational purposes.
And the Directors Guild of America 2009 Honorary Life Member Award goes to...Roger Ebert! I've been thinking about the role of criticism recently and about how vital it is. Critics contextualize film and champion directors much to the benefit of film fans worldwide. So this one's for you Roger Ebert. Thanks for so many years of great input!
P.S. Be sure to check out his desert island dialogues.
According to Filmonic John Stevenson is set to direct a new version of the used-to-be popular He-Man IP. Why does this all seem so eerily familiar? Oh that's right, it's because they already did this way back in 1987. Perhaps Warner Bros. Thought that they could handle this one with a little more composure and make it a little more faithful to the original franchise. Whatever the case may be, I'm so tired of seeing these "re-boots." The studios must be counting on the short memory of the audience. Otherwise why would they made two entirely different Incredible Hulk movies in less than six years, and now with talks of another Superman re-boot just around the corner, will it ever end? But sometimes they get it right, right? After all, most people would probably argue that the Chris Nolan Batman franchise is better than the Tim Burton/Joel Shumacher series. Still, isn't there a grace period in which we should wait before we start remaking freshly made movies. With Hollywood relentlessly mining the archives for movie ideas, the well is running dry. And they've all but reached the present. Pretty soon they'll start to re-make movies while the original is still in production à la Spaceballs. When will then be now? Well...now, I guess.
Check out my slide show of some of his work.
Check his personel site out here.
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