Thema: Kinokultur
08. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Die neue Ausgabe von Film Journal beschäftigt sich, neben einzelnen Besprechungen zum aktuellen Filmgeschehen, ganz mit Aspekten des Genrekinos.
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Thema: Kinokultur
Dass die Cinematheque Francaise einen neugezogenen Print von Jess Francos Necronomicon - Geträumte Sünden zeigt, ist ja schon mal erfreulich genug (und einmal mehr auch als Mahnung an hiesige Kinematheken und Festivals zu verstehen, sich doch bitte einmal der verschollenen und nicht selten ganz und gar aufregenden Geschichte des europäischen Schmuddelkinos vergangener Dekaden zuzuwenden). Dass die Vorführung in Anwesenheit von Jess Franco und dessen Gattin wie Muse Lina Romay stattfindet ebenso. Dass dann nun aber auch noch der Regisseur Roger Avary im Publikum sitzt und mit den Augen eines frischgeborenen Enthusiasten diesen Film in sich aufsaugt - obwohl er kein Wort des Dialogs und der französischen Untertitel versteht - und uns dann auch noch in seinem Weblog euphorisch von diesem Erlebnis berichtet, das ist dann schon ganz und gar großartig.
And as the legendary Jess Franco was here in the theater I decided to stick it out. The main feature began...and boy did it begin. From the people who brought you "Resident Evil 2": CONSTANTIN FILMS. I was astonished. How long has this company been around? Then, to my surprise, I realized the obvious. This was a dubbed German production with French subtitles. Not that you need to understand what's being said. Nothing relates to anything...by design! It's sort of like soft core porn as shot by Bunuel. What is amazing about the film is that it's really masterfully woven together. The things Jess Franco was doing, under the guise of making soft-core, was truly remarkable. The audio in the film especially, and how it was threaded into the music -- which was somehow a cross between classical and jazz tracks. Believe it or not, it was every bit as good as "El" or "Viridiana" or even "Exterminating Angel" (sorry, Alex -- I really believe this). Jess Franco is an auteur, and something of a master -- I can't deny it. Afterward we went to a dinner with Jess, Lina, the Cinematheque crowd, and the biographer/filmmaker dude. I sat there and watched Christophe, who is without question a greater authority on cinema than Quentin Tarantino, spoon the marrow from bones and eat it with rock salt while he discussed the most obscure and long dead Italian composers who, of course, Jess knew personally. There couldn't have been a better person at the table than Christophe. He truly knows the work of Franco (his stack of Franco DVD's is wider than his stack of John Ford), and was able to discuss in intimate detail this man's entire life. At one point he leaned over to me and with a jab of the elboe said that the first porn film he ever saw, at 9, starred the old lady sitting at the other end of the table -- Lina. He then scooped some more marrow into his mouth and laughed. At this point I realized that Fellini could have made an epic film about this night, and the weirdest event hadn't even happened yet.
[via daily greencine]
And as the legendary Jess Franco was here in the theater I decided to stick it out. The main feature began...and boy did it begin. From the people who brought you "Resident Evil 2": CONSTANTIN FILMS. I was astonished. How long has this company been around? Then, to my surprise, I realized the obvious. This was a dubbed German production with French subtitles. Not that you need to understand what's being said. Nothing relates to anything...by design! It's sort of like soft core porn as shot by Bunuel. What is amazing about the film is that it's really masterfully woven together. The things Jess Franco was doing, under the guise of making soft-core, was truly remarkable. The audio in the film especially, and how it was threaded into the music -- which was somehow a cross between classical and jazz tracks. Believe it or not, it was every bit as good as "El" or "Viridiana" or even "Exterminating Angel" (sorry, Alex -- I really believe this). Jess Franco is an auteur, and something of a master -- I can't deny it. Afterward we went to a dinner with Jess, Lina, the Cinematheque crowd, and the biographer/filmmaker dude. I sat there and watched Christophe, who is without question a greater authority on cinema than Quentin Tarantino, spoon the marrow from bones and eat it with rock salt while he discussed the most obscure and long dead Italian composers who, of course, Jess knew personally. There couldn't have been a better person at the table than Christophe. He truly knows the work of Franco (his stack of Franco DVD's is wider than his stack of John Ford), and was able to discuss in intimate detail this man's entire life. At one point he leaned over to me and with a jab of the elboe said that the first porn film he ever saw, at 9, starred the old lady sitting at the other end of the table -- Lina. He then scooped some more marrow into his mouth and laughed. At this point I realized that Fellini could have made an epic film about this night, and the weirdest event hadn't even happened yet.
[via daily greencine]
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Thema: Kinokultur
Auch ein Traum für sich: Die Hongkong-Plakate zu Wong Kar-Weis herbeigesehntem 2046, die man hier einsehen kann. Damit würde ich am liebsten meine ganze Wohnung tapezieren. Schon lange habe ich mich nicht mehr so auf einen Film gefreut. Die 2046-Sektion auf monkeypeaches.com tut da ihr übriges.
filmtagebuch: 2046
filmtagebuch: 2046
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Auch die Village Voice weiß von der Shaw Brothers Retro auf dem New York Film Festival zu berichten. Leider recht kurz und auch nicht sonderlich ergiebig im Sinne neuer Erkenntnisse, aber nun gut: Immerhin, sage ich mal, und verlinke allein aus Gründen des Protokolls.filmtagebuch: Shaw Brothers
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Thema: Kinokultur
06. Oktober 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Aus Anlass des US-Kinostarts von Hero auf about.com ein umfangreiches Interview mit Martial Arts Superstar Jet Li.
What was it like working with Zhang Yimou? - He’s one of the most famous directors in China. He made a lot of great films, but a not action films. This is the first action film. Of course, he’s the artist so he asks, he wants something that we never think about that way. Like working with your costar but you can’t see your costar on the set, because he knows shooting the man, the boy in the morning is better because the girl wakes up, put on her face, swallows, it’s not pretty. [If we] wait until sunshine, the light is smoother, the girl is more beautiful. That’s his way, waiting for a few days for one lighting, the lights coming. This is his way. He wanted to dye the hair of 500 horses black. We spent seven days waiting. They changed the color of the horses. So he had a very unique way, angle to see things.
What was it like working with Zhang Yimou? - He’s one of the most famous directors in China. He made a lot of great films, but a not action films. This is the first action film. Of course, he’s the artist so he asks, he wants something that we never think about that way. Like working with your costar but you can’t see your costar on the set, because he knows shooting the man, the boy in the morning is better because the girl wakes up, put on her face, swallows, it’s not pretty. [If we] wait until sunshine, the light is smoother, the girl is more beautiful. That’s his way, waiting for a few days for one lighting, the lights coming. This is his way. He wanted to dye the hair of 500 horses black. We spent seven days waiting. They changed the color of the horses. So he had a very unique way, angle to see things.
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Thema: Kinokultur
29. September 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Per Mail der Hinweis auf heimat-komplett.de, eine Protest-Site gegen die Pläne der Öffentlich-Rechtlichen, Edgar Reitz' Heimat 3 - nach Aussage des Protestbetreibers in voller Länge ein "filmisches Meisterwerk" - nur in einer gekürzten Version im TV auszustrahlen. Alles weitere auf der Website.
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Thema: Kinokultur
24. September 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Mit "Sehbüchern" will der Leipziger Publisher Kinowelt die Möglichkeiten von Buch und DVD synthetisieren. "Das erste Programm des ARTHAUS Verlages präsentiert einige der Kombinationsmöglichkeiten der neuen SehBuch-Reihe: Romanvorlage mit dem Film-Klassiker, junger deutscher Film mit Geschichte in Romanform, Biografien mit ihrer filmischen Umsetzung. Vier der SehBücher erklären in Wort und Fotos Filme, die zu den besten aller Zeiten gehören: Citizen Kane; 12 Uhr Mittags; Rom, offene Stadt; Sein oder Nichtsein.", lautete es heute in der Pressemitteilung. Veröffentlichungen aus Musik und Oper sind ebenfalls angekündigt.
Die Kombinationen aus Buch und DVD unterliegen der Buchpreisbindung und orientieren sich vor allem am Buchhandel. Weitere Informationen hier (dort auch der Herbstkatalog).
Die Kombinationen aus Buch und DVD unterliegen der Buchpreisbindung und orientieren sich vor allem am Buchhandel. Weitere Informationen hier (dort auch der Herbstkatalog).
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Thema: Kinokultur
24. September 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
Es ist nicht der Naturalismus an sich, der den "Untergang" ins Verhängnis führt, es ist die Leugnung der Künstlichkeit dieses Naturalismus. Vorstellbar wäre ein intensives Kammerspiel im Bunker, das freilich gerade die Tatsache, dass es sich um eine Fantasie nach wahren Ereignissen handelt, markieren müsste. Hier fehlt diese Markierung vollständig. Die Buchstabengläubigkeit von Drehbuchautor, Ausstattern, Darstellern, Regisseur ist vollkommen, und sie muss sich mit Notwendigkeit gegen den Film wenden.
Schöner, wichtiger Essay von knoerer zu Hirschbiegels Untergang (filmz.de) beim Perlentaucher.
Schöner, wichtiger Essay von knoerer zu Hirschbiegels Untergang (filmz.de) beim Perlentaucher.
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Thema: Kinokultur
21. September 04 | Autor: thgroh | 0 Kommentare | Kommentieren
"Ostensibly a remake of Hitchcock's Rebecca, Kohraa fared poorly, according to Hemant Kumar, because Nag couldn't decide to make it either a ghost story or a psychological drama sans haunting presence. But that ambiguity--"kohraa," after all, means "fog"--seems intentional. Everything about Kohraa--from the plot to the cinematography--seems crafted to thwart the average viewer's expectations. The result is an arty noir ghost story that could have been filmed by Maya Deren taking conflicting, oulipian instructions from Fritz Lang and Robert Wiene."
Weiter hier auf Gary Sullivans Jump-Cut-Weblog Ghost World, auf dem in Zukunft mehr Essays zu klassischen Bollywood-Filmen folgen sollen.
Das klingt nach einer echten Perle und ruft mir einmal mehr meine Pläne zur Bollywood-Aufarbeitung ins Gedächtnis zurück. Der Film ist auf jeden Fall vorgemerkt.
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