The 2009 film Great Directors from doc filmmaker Angela Ismailos is a great introduction to the work, creative philosophies and personalities of ten directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film presents conversations and clips from the work of those filmmakers, […]
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- 1/23/2015
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Documentary filmmaker Angela Ismailos’s 2009 documentary “Great Directors” was a satisfactory first step for burgeoning film buffs to not only learn about what goes into becoming a director but to hopefully become inspired to seek out the brilliant works of the directors interviewed for the film. Today you can watch the whole thing for free, thanks to the good people at Anisma Films. For her doc, Ismailos sat down with some of the most revered and influential names in film history, including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles, each expounding on their influences and artistic processes. Upon its release, “Great Directors” got mixed reviews. Many critics praised Ismailos’ ability to extract honest and candid interviews with her subjects but criticized the fact that she inserted too much of her own thoughts on these directors and their films via voice-over.
- 1/19/2015
- by Oktay Ege Kozak
- The Playlist
Reviewer: Jeffrey M Anderson
Rating (out of five): ***
If you're a certain kind of film fan, there's nothing quite like a good clip show. It's so easy to please these fans just by showing scenes from favorite movies. These viewers never fail to "ooh" and "ahh" if you can surprise them with a good clip.
Angela Ismailos' debut documentary Great Directors has plenty of them, and it's a generally happy experience. It's very satisfying to hear favorite directors like David Lynch and Richard Linklater talking about how they dealt with their flops Dune and The Newton Boys. It's lovely to listen to dear, sweet Agnes Varda talking about herself, and it's even interesting to hear what the aggravating Catherine Breillat had to say.
Rating (out of five): ***
If you're a certain kind of film fan, there's nothing quite like a good clip show. It's so easy to please these fans just by showing scenes from favorite movies. These viewers never fail to "ooh" and "ahh" if you can surprise them with a good clip.
Angela Ismailos' debut documentary Great Directors has plenty of them, and it's a generally happy experience. It's very satisfying to hear favorite directors like David Lynch and Richard Linklater talking about how they dealt with their flops Dune and The Newton Boys. It's lovely to listen to dear, sweet Agnes Varda talking about herself, and it's even interesting to hear what the aggravating Catherine Breillat had to say.
- 11/8/2011
- by weezy
- GreenCine
Release Date: Nov. 8, 2011
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
David Lynch is one of ten filmmakers included in the documentary Great Directors.
Ten of the world’s top filmmakers discuss their craft in first-time director Angela Ismailos’ 2009 documentary film Great Directors.
The lineup is an impressive one: Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris), David Lynch (Blue Velvet), Stephen Frears (Tamara Drewe), Agnes Varda (Vagabond), Ken Loach (Kes), Liliana Cavani (The Night Porter), Todd Haynes (Poison), Catherine Breillat (Bluebeard), Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused) and John Sayles (The Secret of Roan Inish).
They all open up about their careers with candor and humor. They speak about everything from their personal artistic evolutions to the roles that politics and history play in their movies. Most satisfyingly, they all honor their influences, from Todd Haynes on Fassbinder (I Only Want You to Love Me) to Breillat on Ingmar Bergman (Face to Face) to Lynch...
Price: DVD $29.95
Studio: Kino Lorber
David Lynch is one of ten filmmakers included in the documentary Great Directors.
Ten of the world’s top filmmakers discuss their craft in first-time director Angela Ismailos’ 2009 documentary film Great Directors.
The lineup is an impressive one: Bernardo Bertolucci (Last Tango in Paris), David Lynch (Blue Velvet), Stephen Frears (Tamara Drewe), Agnes Varda (Vagabond), Ken Loach (Kes), Liliana Cavani (The Night Porter), Todd Haynes (Poison), Catherine Breillat (Bluebeard), Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused) and John Sayles (The Secret of Roan Inish).
They all open up about their careers with candor and humor. They speak about everything from their personal artistic evolutions to the roles that politics and history play in their movies. Most satisfyingly, they all honor their influences, from Todd Haynes on Fassbinder (I Only Want You to Love Me) to Breillat on Ingmar Bergman (Face to Face) to Lynch...
- 10/17/2011
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
A series of interviews with well-known film-makers that is unctuous, uninspiring stuff, says Catherine Shoard
It's not hard to work out why the likes of Stephen Frears, Catherine Breillat and John Sayles would agree to appear in a documentary called The Great Directors. Nor why film-maker Angela Ismailos (oft on-camera in soulful closeup) might like to rub shoulders with them. But the results don't do either party any favours. There's no coherent organisation, so Todd Haynes discusses Fassbinder, Richard Linklater critics, and Agnès Varda must come up with a response to such posers as: "Why are you known as the grandmother of the new wave?" You'd learn more just watching one of their films.
Rating: 2/5
DocumentaryStephen FrearsKen LoachRichard LinklaterCatherine Shoard
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It's not hard to work out why the likes of Stephen Frears, Catherine Breillat and John Sayles would agree to appear in a documentary called The Great Directors. Nor why film-maker Angela Ismailos (oft on-camera in soulful closeup) might like to rub shoulders with them. But the results don't do either party any favours. There's no coherent organisation, so Todd Haynes discusses Fassbinder, Richard Linklater critics, and Agnès Varda must come up with a response to such posers as: "Why are you known as the grandmother of the new wave?" You'd learn more just watching one of their films.
Rating: 2/5
DocumentaryStephen FrearsKen LoachRichard LinklaterCatherine Shoard
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- 3/31/2011
- by Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
Filmmaker Angela Ismailos decides that the best way to learn about cinema is by interviewing several veteran movie directors. This is the central idea for the new documentary, The Great Directors. I would say that the film offers an overview of the world’s best filmmakers, but the interview subjects are from North America and Europe. It’s a shame that the Middle East, Asia, India, and Australia are not represented. Perhaps they will be included in a follow-up sequel. The directors included offer some interesting insights into the history of cinema.
A talk with Italian filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci who relates a story about a childhood encounter with Pier Paolo Pasolini that sparked an interest in cinema, begins the film. Later he talks about his work including his censor problems over Last Tango In Paris (some countries banned it for decades). In France we meet Catherine Briellant who also had...
A talk with Italian filmmaker, Bernardo Bertolucci who relates a story about a childhood encounter with Pier Paolo Pasolini that sparked an interest in cinema, begins the film. Later he talks about his work including his censor problems over Last Tango In Paris (some countries banned it for decades). In France we meet Catherine Briellant who also had...
- 7/30/2010
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
This month, the documentary Great Directors arrives in a few theaters around the country, and it's exactly what you'd think it would be about: Filmmakers, discussing their craft, their own work, and their influences.
The film features some very influential names and a few that, for American audiences, are probably yet to be discoverd: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. We've got the trailer as well as separate discussions with Todd Haynes and David Lynch, who talks candidly about the failure of Dune.
And I hear if all goes well, I hear documentrix Angela Ismailos will make a sequel about second-rate hacks like Stephen Sommers, so that's exciting. (Actually, she is working on a sequel, which will feature more Euro directors and Asian filmmakers as well).
The film features some very influential names and a few that, for American audiences, are probably yet to be discoverd: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. We've got the trailer as well as separate discussions with Todd Haynes and David Lynch, who talks candidly about the failure of Dune.
And I hear if all goes well, I hear documentrix Angela Ismailos will make a sequel about second-rate hacks like Stephen Sommers, so that's exciting. (Actually, she is working on a sequel, which will feature more Euro directors and Asian filmmakers as well).
- 7/10/2010
- by Colin Boyd
- GetTheBigPicture.net
"The film is a mental voyage...I was interested in the directors' anxiety, their failures in life and career. The common threads are a celebration of the creative process. I don't only want film people to see the film; it is aimed at anyone who is creating."
Angela Ismailos was in the process of creating her first film when she found herself in need of inspiration, so she did what any aspiring filmmaker would do. She sat down with ten great film directors and spoke to them about their own films, successes and failures. Though she does come from a privileged background, apparently Ismailos's letter-writing campaign is what won over the directors who agreed to participate. And what a group of directors they are: David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. The documentary won a standing...
Angela Ismailos was in the process of creating her first film when she found herself in need of inspiration, so she did what any aspiring filmmaker would do. She sat down with ten great film directors and spoke to them about their own films, successes and failures. Though she does come from a privileged background, apparently Ismailos's letter-writing campaign is what won over the directors who agreed to participate. And what a group of directors they are: David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. The documentary won a standing...
- 7/5/2010
- by Cindy Davis
First-time filmmaker Angela Ismailos sits down with “Great Directors” and reignites one’s passion for film.
Almost everyone who ends up working in the film industry — whether as a filmmaker, a studio employee or a journalist — is a movie buff, a cinephile who at some point encountered Cinema with a capital “C.” Angela Ismailos, director of the documentary “Great Directors,” probably experienced this moment at a younger age than most.
Greek in ancestry, Ismailos is of a different era. Classically beautiful with platinum blonde hair and wearing an elegant sundress with wedge heels, she harks back to 1960s Europe, the filmmaking period she so admires. Her father introduced her to film: Renoir, Eisenstein, Bergman, Pasolini, Antonioni, De Sica and Cocteau. “He was my cinema professor,” she says. Her studies began when she was age 10 or 11. “The first film I ever watched was film noir, and I was amazed how a...
Almost everyone who ends up working in the film industry — whether as a filmmaker, a studio employee or a journalist — is a movie buff, a cinephile who at some point encountered Cinema with a capital “C.” Angela Ismailos, director of the documentary “Great Directors,” probably experienced this moment at a younger age than most.
Greek in ancestry, Ismailos is of a different era. Classically beautiful with platinum blonde hair and wearing an elegant sundress with wedge heels, she harks back to 1960s Europe, the filmmaking period she so admires. Her father introduced her to film: Renoir, Eisenstein, Bergman, Pasolini, Antonioni, De Sica and Cocteau. “He was my cinema professor,” she says. Her studies began when she was age 10 or 11. “The first film I ever watched was film noir, and I was amazed how a...
- 7/4/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Angela Ismailos probably wasn't intending herself to be included when she gave her film the simple title, "Great Directors," but when the film played to a standing ovation at the Venice Film Festival last year, Ismailos figured they were just applauding for the ten internationally renowned auteurs she profiles.
"Todd Haynes was like 'get up!'" laughed Ismailos, who eventually realized it was the only thing that would stem the five-minute-and-counting ovation. "Marco Müller, the director of Venice told me, 'I've never seen an audience touched so much by a documentary.' I guess it reminds people what all good cinema used to be."
Indeed, "Great Directors" will likely have movie lovers running to their local video stores and Netflix queues to discover or revisit the work of the ten directors Ismailos gathered for her documentary, a celebrated group that includes Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach,...
"Todd Haynes was like 'get up!'" laughed Ismailos, who eventually realized it was the only thing that would stem the five-minute-and-counting ovation. "Marco Müller, the director of Venice told me, 'I've never seen an audience touched so much by a documentary.' I guess it reminds people what all good cinema used to be."
Indeed, "Great Directors" will likely have movie lovers running to their local video stores and Netflix queues to discover or revisit the work of the ten directors Ismailos gathered for her documentary, a celebrated group that includes Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnès Varda, Ken Loach,...
- 7/2/2010
- by Stephen Saito
- ifc.com
"Depending on who's watching, a better title for Great Directors might be A Few Great Directors and Some Highly Competent Ones," suggests Jeannette Catsoulis in the New York Times. "Truth in advertising aside, this spasmodically entertaining documentary from Angela Ismailos chronicles her globe-trotting goal of interviewing 10 of her personal cinematic heroes." And those ten are: Bernardo Bertolucci, Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, Ken Loach, David Lynch, John Sayles and Agnès Varda.
- 7/2/2010
- MUBI
I don't know if Angela Ismailos's Great Directors is a great documentary, but for the most part it's a treat to watch. On second thought, I do know: This not a great or even a particularly good documentary. It lacks structure, posits fandom as perspective and persists in drifting into unforgivable transitional shots of this or that filmmaker looking moody and glamorous. And yet it's packed with raw material that even lesser directors than Ismailos couldn't ruin: She gained access to 10 of the world's more interesting directors and recorded their conversations at length. Though the movie is largely vanilla in its pleasures, film lovers will eat it up.
- 7/1/2010
- Movieline
The title of the film Great Directors is exceptionally misleading, given that its real title should be People Whose Films I Like and Who Agreed to Be Interviewed By Me on Camera For This Movie. Written and directed by Angela Ismailos, whose credentials seem distinctly lacking to choose which directors to award the title of "great," this film jumps around between interviews with David Lynch, Bernardo Bertolucci and such head-scratchers as Todd Haynes, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda and Richard Linklater. Really, other than listing the names of the directors of this film, it's pointless to talk about it extensively because the selections seem so random. The interviews are half-assed, the attempts to put the directors in context are hopeless -- and Ismailos' budget obviously was too small to include relevant clips that truly define even this motley collection of filmmakers. Not that there's...
- 6/30/2010
- by Marshall Fine
- Huffington Post
A curious celebration of cinema and the mix of craft, history and ideology that goes into its making, Angela Ismailos’ Great Directors provides a chance to travel into the minds of ten of the world’s most celebrated film directors. In conversations with Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles, Ismailos probes these directors for the secrets of their success while recounting much of the history of post-War world cinema via archival footage, occasionally ponderous black-and-white B-roll of the filmmakers, and mostly insightful voice over commentary. Detailed and revealing, the film’s dissection of the varied...
- 6/30/2010
- by Brandon Harris
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Angela Ismailos interviewing Bernardo Bertolucci For her simply titled debut documentary Great Directors, Greek-born cineaste (and opera singer!) Angela Ismailos spent 2 ½ years of her life doing something many of us have probably fantasized about: traveling across the world, getting to know revered titans of filmmaking. The result, an official selection at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, is an expansive portrait of the last four+ decades of film, including the historical contexts (where relevant), various trends in filmmaking, and the wildly diverse personalities one finds behind the camera. Ismailos' subjects range from old-school European masters (Bernardo Bertolucci, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach) to American indie gods (Todd Haynes, Richard Linklater, John Sayles) to modern goddesses (Catherine Breillat, Liliana Cavani) to uncategorizable geniuses (Stephen Frears, David Lynch). Through her interviews, Ismailos weaves in film clips from each, plus additional clips of the directors cited by her subjects as major influences (Pier Paolo Pasolini, ...
- 6/30/2010
- TribecaFilm.com
Angela Ismailos, who’s never made a film before, tracks down 10 filmmakers who mean something to her and discusses what cinema means to them. Greek by nationality, Ismailos resides in both Paris and New York, and the directors she selected to interview reflect her bicontinental background. Within the group there’s some limited diversity — they’re all white, but their nationalities include American, British, French and Italian; three are women; and their eras of influence range from the French New Wave to the contemporary American indie movement.
A classically beautiful platinum blonde, Ismailos plants herself firmly in front of the camera, serving as a surrogate for the viewer and inspiring more intimate conversations with her subjects: Agnès Varda in the courtyard of her home that is featured in many of her films, Ken Loach on an exterior set that he’s quick to point out is not his private garden,...
A classically beautiful platinum blonde, Ismailos plants herself firmly in front of the camera, serving as a surrogate for the viewer and inspiring more intimate conversations with her subjects: Agnès Varda in the courtyard of her home that is featured in many of her films, Ken Loach on an exterior set that he’s quick to point out is not his private garden,...
- 6/30/2010
- Moving Pictures Magazine
Director Angela Ismailos and Paladin President Mark Urman earlier this week at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) for a screening of "Great Directors," a doc featuring ten of the world's most acclaimed filmmakers. The feature spotlights the directors from around the world with in depth conversations, including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. , Ismailos ...
- 6/25/2010
- Indiewire
Toward the end of "Great Directors," first-time filmmaker Angela Ismailos' documentary about 10 innovative directors still alive today, David Lynch explains why he dislikes answering questions about his films after the fact: "The film is the talking. The film is the thing, so you go see the film, that’s the thing. It’s a whole thing, and it’s there, and that’s it!"...
- 6/23/2010
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Yesterday, June 22, the film 'Great Directors' premiered at The Museum of Modern Art in New York City. The film, directed by Angela Ismailos, follows her own journey as an artist. In the film she has conversations with nine of the world's greatest living directors including Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, and John Sayles. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below. Photo by Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images...
- 6/23/2010
- BroadwayWorld.com
[Update: Very nice poster pays homage to Dziga Vertov's Man with a Movie Camera, after the cut.] Great Directors opens July 2 in NY and July 9 in La. From Anisma Films & Paladin: Angela Ismailos’ Great Directors, is a celebration of films and filmmaking starring ten of the worlds most acclaimed,...
- 4/23/2010
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
It's a wrap! The Martin Gropius Bau is empty and the final pickups follow. This is a work in progress and readers are invited and welcome to contribute. Presales have returned in reaction to the reduced number of finished films on offer over the past two markets. Presales applies across the board from Us to French and even Italian films. English language films are increasingly coming out of the major non English language territories but local product is impacting sales on Us films internationally. Business was quickly wrapped up but it was done with a healthy number of buys reported. Lower prices have become accepted but the market must have product as this event proved.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
Adriana Chiesa has licensed Federico Moccia’s teen trilogy to Savor to Spain. The first title, Sorry If I Love You (Scusa Ma Ti Chiamo Amore) grossed $27m when released by Medusa on 600 prints in Italy.
- 3/9/2010
- by Sydney
- Sydney's Buzz
At the end of the day, the goal of Ioncinema.com is to celebrate and promote the process, and this is why Ismailos' Great Directors might interest our readers - she interviews such auteurs as Bernardo Bertolucci, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Liliana Cavani, David Lynch, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater, Haynes and Sayles. - I was stoked when I received an invite for a market screening of this film in Cannes - I regretfully couldn't make it but wished that one day I'd get to see this via some channel - I'm especially glad that the doc film which played in Venice (see pic of John Sayles, helmer Angela Ismailos and Todd Haynes above) will actually see the day of light in theaters this Spring via Mark Urman's Paladin Films. At the end of the day, the goal of Ioncinema.com is to celebrate and promote the process,...
- 2/18/2010
- IONCINEMA.com
New York-based independent film company Paladin, formed last fall by distribution veteran Mark Urman, announced today that it will release Angela Ismailos’ Great Directors, a celebration of films and filmmaking starring ten of the world’s most acclaimed, provocative, and individualistic living directors. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and was produced through Ismailos’ Anisma Films. Paladin will open the film in NY, Los Angeles, and other top markets in late Spring.
A deeply personal and intimate look at the art of cinema and the artists who create it, Great Directors features original, in-depth conversations with world-class filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, The Dreamers), David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters, The Queen, High Fidelity), Agnes Varda (Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule), Ken Loach (Hidden Agenda, Land and Freedom, Land and Freedom...
A deeply personal and intimate look at the art of cinema and the artists who create it, Great Directors features original, in-depth conversations with world-class filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, The Last Emperor, The Dreamers), David Lynch (The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Mulholland Drive), Stephen Frears (Dangerous Liaisons, The Grifters, The Queen, High Fidelity), Agnes Varda (Vagabond/Without Roof or Rule), Ken Loach (Hidden Agenda, Land and Freedom, Land and Freedom...
- 2/18/2010
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Indie Roundup is your weekly guide to what's new and upcoming in the world of independent film. Pictured from left to right: Le Refuge, Countdown to Zero, and Picture Me.
Deals. It was another busy week of acquisition activity. Here's a quick rundown, with details courtesy of our friends at indieWIRE.
Strand Releasing picked up Francois Ozon's Le Refuge. Isabelle Carre stars as woman impregnated by her late boyfriend; she 'develops a strong bond with her boyfriend's brother.' Oh, the French! Look for it in theaters this spring. Magnolia Pictures grabbed the documentary Countdown to Zero, directed by Lucy Walker, a Sundance premiere that "follows the escalating global nuclear arms crisis." A fall release is in the works. IFC Films acquired Duncan Ward's satire Boogie Woogie, set in the contemporary London art scene. The cast is impressive, including Danny Huston, Stellan Skarsgard, Heather Graham, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee,...
Deals. It was another busy week of acquisition activity. Here's a quick rundown, with details courtesy of our friends at indieWIRE.
Strand Releasing picked up Francois Ozon's Le Refuge. Isabelle Carre stars as woman impregnated by her late boyfriend; she 'develops a strong bond with her boyfriend's brother.' Oh, the French! Look for it in theaters this spring. Magnolia Pictures grabbed the documentary Countdown to Zero, directed by Lucy Walker, a Sundance premiere that "follows the escalating global nuclear arms crisis." A fall release is in the works. IFC Films acquired Duncan Ward's satire Boogie Woogie, set in the contemporary London art scene. The cast is impressive, including Danny Huston, Stellan Skarsgard, Heather Graham, Alan Cumming, Christopher Lee,...
- 2/17/2010
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
New York-based independent film company Paladin, formed last fall by distribution veteran Mark Urman, announced today that it will release Angela Ismailos' doc "Great Directors," which celebrates films and filmmaking by interviewing ten of the world's most acclaimed living directors. The documentary had its world premiere at the 2009 Venice Film Festival, and was produced through Ismailos' Anisma Films. Paladin will open the film in New York, Los Angeles, and other ...
- 2/16/2010
- Indiewire
- Joe Dante will be presenting not one, but two films at the Lido. The Venice Film Festival will be presenting Dante's latest film - the 3D supernatural called The Hole and will include a re-cut showing for The Movie Orgy - Ultimate Version. The stitched together pic, that Dante made during his student days, is a back-breaking 280-minute look at the B films from the 50's and 60's which I'm sure would be a blast for film aficionados like Quentin Tarantino. The 66th Venice International Film Festival will also include a film from the Makhmalbaf. Youngest member Hana will show Green Days, which looks at women in Iran in docu form and fiction, this will be shown Out of Competition. Also showing is Angela Ismailos's Great Directors. There was a private screening at Cannes which I couldn't make and I regret, since it looks at contemporary cinema and talks with Bernardo Bertolucci,
- 8/24/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
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