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Thursday, December 20, 2012

Roger in Action/Amour/No/Barbara/Argo/Oscar Matters/Coming Attractions: August?/And of Course...

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How about we start with a little...

ROGER IN ACTION

One of my favorite moments at this year's Telluride SHOW was getting the opportunity to hear and then meet the amazing Roger Corman. Just a wonderful man who has made so much of what we think of as great cinema possible because he produced/directed classic B movies that gave some our most talented film makers their chance to get in and learn the business of film making.

Now comes word (as of yesterday) that Mr. C has new plans. Re-visiting his glorious past, The Hollywood Reporter says that the 86 year old legend is going to produce 8 low budget re-make/adaptions of Edgar Allan Poe stories...yes please. Here's the post:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/roger-corman-remake-edgar-allan-404165

AMOUR

Michael Haneke's "Amour" is at the front of the Best Foreign Language Film pack. Barring some weirdness, it's your likely Oscar winner in that category. Its distributor, Sony Pictures Classics, has bigger plans including possible nominations for Best Picture, Director, Original Screenplay, Actress and Actor. These are all possible to varying degrees...the Emanuelle Riva nomination for Best Actress being the most likely, but none of them are impossibilities. It will be interesting to see how often it shows up when nominations are announced on Jan. 10. I currently have it at #8 on The FAC Best Picture chart, which if The Wrap is to be believed (see story below) is exactly where the cut off point would be. Riva is at #4 for Best Actress, Jean Louis Trintignant is it #7 for Best Actor, Haneke is #3 for Original Screenplay and #7 for Direction. In my post Telluride polls of film critics/bloggers "Amour landed at #10 and The People's Telluride poll listed it at #6.

The Daily Beast has a new look at the film up this week and talked to Haneke as a part of that. You can find it here:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/19/amour-the-year-s-best-foreign-film-courts-oscar.html

Also from The Carpetbagger at The New York Times:

http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/19/michael-haneki-finds-his-brando/?smid=tw-nytimesmovies&seid=auto

And The Wrap:

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/director-michael-haneke-amour-death-and-puzzle-open-window-70101

NO

Pablo Larrain's "No" starring Gael Garcia Bernal was one of this year's Telluride entries that is getting a good deal of mention as a possible Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film. "No" currently sits at #4 on the latest review of that category in the Film Awards Clearinghouse, meaning it would be one of the five nominated pictures. In our critics' poll after the festival "No" was ranked #12. The People's Telluride poll ranked it at # 21.

It dropped an English language trailer this week and announced a U.S. premiere date as well.

Here's the trailer:

And accompanying posts about the premiere date and the trailer from Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere, The Wrap, SlashFilm Entertainment Weekly and The Playlist:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/12/finally_5.php

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/gael-garcia-bernal-beats-dictator-words-no-trailer-video-69756

http://www.slashfilm.com/no-trailer-using-commercial-tricks-to-enact-political-change/

http://insidemovies.ew.com/2012/12/19/prize-fighter-chile-oscar-foreign-film-no-director-pablo-larrain/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-u-s-trailer-for-pablo-larrains-cannes-sensation-no-starring-gael-garcia-bernal-20121218

BARBARA

Another TFF #39 foreign film that is making some noise in terms of a potential nomination for Best FLF is the German entry "Barbara". It's at #8 on the FAC and was rated at #7 by the People's poll after the festival.

The Playlist posted an article about director Christian Petzold this week. You can find that here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/barbara-director-christian-petzold-talks-the-influence-of-klute-reveals-what-he-plans-to-do-next-20121217

ARGO

I've added this week's post from Kristopher Tapley at InContention/HitFix as he talks to Director Ben Affleck and writer Chris Terrio:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/ben-affleck-and-chris-terrio-on-argo-the-middle-east-and-the-root-of-all-drama

OSCAR MATTERS

I've included two very informative posts from earlier this week that explain the Best Picture nominating process in detail. It will make your head hurt. Also, Steve Pond from The Warp says it will be 8 films this year. The other post is from Gold Derby:

http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/8-best-picture-nominees-thats-what-our-simulation-shows-exclusive-69696

http://www.goldderby.com/news/3761/oscars-complicated-counting-of-best-picture-ballots-explained.html

Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil and Michael Musto talk Oscar in this video:

http://www.goldderby.com/videos/oscars/types-derby-talk/

COMING ATTRACTIONS: AUGUST?

There's very little secret that I'd love to see the big screen adaptation of Tracy Letts' Pulitzer Prize winning play "August: Osage County" show up at the SHOW next Labor Day.

I read it fairly early on...and caught the play in New York before it closed. It also doesn't hurt that it's set in my native Oklahoma and shot, in part, here in the state.

Could it play Telluride? That's only a maybe at best.

IMDb lists it in post production...and you know that its distributor, The Weinstein Company, is going to want it to be in the thick of Oscar discussions for 2013. Those two factors probably help...but they don't make it a lock by any means.

Yes. The Weinsteins did bring both "The Artist" and "The King's Speech" to T-ride on the way to Oscar glory. But, this past year, TWC was in T-ride with only "The Sapphires". Their big Oscar guns ("The Master", "Django" and "Silver Linings Playbook") went other directions.

I also wonder if there might not be some blowback from the whole "Master" not being in Telluride situation, regardless of what hat story actually was.

Finally, TWC has Lee Daniel's "The Butler" and James Gray's "Nightingale" also as potential awards contenders that may or may not be in the Telluride mix. I rather think "Nightingale" more than "The Butler" considering Gray's attendance at part of last year's fest with a bit of the film to show during the Marion Cotillard tribute.

So...50-50 maybe.

One other factor that may be in play...George Clooney is one of the films producers. A good deal of that side of the equation (i.e. the film makers and their decision about wanting to be in Telluride) may rest on whether Mr. Clooney enjoyed his tribute weekend at TFF #38. I tend to believe that he did and that probably gives T-ride a chance at landing the film.

Picture (from left) Julianne Nicholson, Julia Roberts and Ewan MacGregor from the location shoot here in Oklahoma in October via JustJared and FanPop.com

Thursday, October 18, 2012

Kickstart The Jogger/Argo Opens/Various and Sundry/Oscar News

Good Thursday to All...

KICKSTART THE JOGGER

Casey Twenter and Jeff Robison's "The Jogger" continues to lense in and around the Oklahoma City area. Here's what they posted on "The Jogger's" Facebook page on Tuesday:

"That's a day 3 wrap. The footage Michael Stine has shot looks fantastic. The work ethic and demeanor of the crew is inspiring. Acting is aces. Time for some sleep and then we're on at 6 again tonight!"

Here's the link to that page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Jogger/359188407489402?fref=ts

The Oklahoma film makers have a Kickstarter account established so that they can do some desired post-production work. Check that out here:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1277883372/the-jogger?ref=city

As I have been saying...support Oklahoma film a drop a dime (or two) into Casey and Jeff's project.

ARGO OPENS

TFF #39 sneak preview "Argo" has been tearing up the festival scene since its debut in Telluride 6 weeks ago. It opened nationwide last Friday and has benefited from terrific reviews. Dollar-wise, I gather that the WB folks would have liked it to have done a little better business last weekend (it opened as the #2 film of the weekend behind the second week of "Taken 2") but I think that word of mouth is going to keep it going for a while.

As you might expect there aren't quite as many posts/stories today as there were Monday in the glow of its opening weekend but there are still quite a few "Argo" tidbits to pass along to you.

First, Vulture.com explores the value/utility of all the character actors that make up the "Argo' ensemble and have many thinking that it's the favorite for the ensemble acting award that will be presented by the Screen Actors Guild. Here's that post:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/10/who-is-the-mvp-of-argos-character-actors.html

Another common thread among "Argo" stories has been the commentary concerning the "comeback' of actor/writer/director Ben Affleck. The Herald Mail looks at that here:

http://articles.herald-mail.com/2012-10-15/lifestyle/34480754_1_film-review-film-industry-argo

Another common thread through any number of posts about the film has been comparing the fictionalized world of the film to the actual events it is based on. Screenrant is among the sites that have taken that on and here is their examination:

http://screenrant.com/argo-movie-facts-fiction-true-story-differences/

Omer M. Mozaffar breaks down the film on Roger ebrt's website here:

http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/10/the-revolution-has-been-filmed.html

And interviews continue to be posted/published. Below you'll find The Hollywood Reporter's talk with "Argo' screen scribe Chris Terrio and Anne Thompson's talk with Affleck and film editor William Goldenberg:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/argo-screenwriter-chris-terrio-ben-affleck-iran-378972

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/affleck-talks-argo

VARIOUS AND SUNDRY ( "No", "Amour", "Barbara", "The Central Park Five", "Ginger and Rosa", "Rust and Bone" and "Everyday")

Here's a collection of posts/stories/reports from the last four days focused on films that played in TFF #39:

***Director Pablo Larrain talks “No” on iTunes

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/pablo-larrain-no-meet-filmmaker/id570750875

***"Amour" and Haneke…

Director/writer Michael Haneke is awarded the French Legion of Honor

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/michael-haneke-gets-french-legion-378922

Movie City News' Dave Poland interviews Haneke:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/10/dp30-amour-writerdirector-michael-haneke-la-2012/

***Barbara

Director Christian Peltzold talks with both The Playlist and Mubi.com about Foreign Language Oscar hopeful "Barbara":

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/nyff-barbara-director-christian-petzold-talks-gdr-german-acting-vs-american-20121015

http://mubi.com/notebook/posts/spatial-suspense-a-conversation-with-christian-petzold

***The Central Park Five

The Ken Burns/Sara Burns/David McMahon doc gets a poster. Here's the skinny from Hollywood Elsewhere and Ioncinema:

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/10/cut_and_dried.php

http://www.ioncinema.com/movies/central-park-five

***Ginger and Rosa

A first clip from the Elle Fanning starrer directed by Sally Potter is here via The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-first-clip-from-sally-potters-ginger-rosa-starring-elle-fanning-20121017#

***Rust and Bone

My favorite film of TFF #39 has an official U.S. trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uwwJWgD6J8&feature=youtu.be

***Everyday

Michael Winterbottom's experimental, five-years-in-the-making film with a post from The Guardian:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/oct/15/child-stars-michael-winterbottom-everyday?newsfeed=true

OSCAR NEWS

Here's this week's link to Scott Feinberg's (of The Hollywood Reporter) "A Few Minutes with Feinberg":

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-view-379501

And I have added a link to a new (well new to this blog) Oscar prognostication site. This one is from the Huffington Post. Here's the link:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michael-hogan/academy-award-predictions-2013-gold-rush_b_1967374.html

More on Monday...have a great weekend...

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Ginger and Rosa Have a Home/Oscar Notes/Foreign Film List/Marion and Matthias

Good Thursday to All!

GINGER AND ROSA AND A24

Sally Potter's "Ginger and Rosa" was a modest success at best at Telluride based on my informal survey of patrons where it ranked #23 out of #26 shows that were seen by enough respondents to earn a rating/ranking. Most of the positive commentary came for Elle Fanning's performance and that seems to be the motivating factor behind the acquisition of the title by A24 and the buzz that they want to try to position her for Oscar consideration. Seems like a long stretch to me. Links for a multitude of stories/posts about the a24 acquisition and plans from Anne Thompson, The Daily Mail, The Hollywood Reporter, The Chicago Tribune, Screen Daily, ComingSoon.net and Variety are all included here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/a24-acquires-potters-ginger-rosa-plans-oscar-qualifying-run-to-push-fannings-stunning-performance

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#inbox/139ff69c78c64313

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/a24-sally-potter-ginger-and-rosa-373925

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-201209251331reedbusivarietynvr1118059787-20120925,0,2264479.story

http://www.screendaily.com/news/distribution/a24-films-acquires-sally-potters-ginger-and-rosa/5047012.article

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=95184

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118059787

OSCAR CALCULATIONS

Cinema Blend has its look/predictions at the major 6 categories for Oscar here:

http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Oscar-Eye-Master-Holding-Strong-With-Life-Pi-About-Debut-33153-
p4.html

Rope of Silicon also has entered the fray with their Oscar series starting with Best Director:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions/best-director/

This week's "Few Minutes with Feinberg" prefaces the New York Film Festival among other things. Here's your link:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/new-york-film-festival-feinberg-373783

FOREIGN LANGUAGE OVER 50 TITLES

The deadline for submissions for consideration for the Foreign Language Oscar is looming (Oct. 1)...and the number of announced films is growing. Rope of Silicon runs the list down for you:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-contenders/foreign-language/

"Amour"
"No"
"A Royal Affair"
"Barbara"
But no "Rust and Bone" as France has chosen "The Intouchables" instead.

INTERVIEW WITH COTILLARD AND SCHOENAERTS AND MCN

The stars of what I thought was ine of the 3-4 best films at this year's Telluride Film Fest, tributee Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenarets have been interviewd by David Poland at Movie City News. Check that out here:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/09/dp30-rust-and-bone-actors-marion-cotillard-matthias-schoenaerts/

More Monday...have a great weekend everyone!

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