Close-Up is a feature that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. Andrzej Żuławski's The Most Important Thing: Love (1975) is showing November 22 - December 22, 2017 in the United States.The DevilKiedy wszedłeś między wrony, musisz krakać jak i one.
(‘When among the crows, caw as they do.’)—Polish sayingAndrzej Żuławski’s That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) is unlike any film he ever made, and was certainly a departure in his visual sensibility relative to the feature films he had made previously in his native Poland: The Third Part of the Night (1971) and The Devil (1972). Narratively and visually, the film is at once an oddity and a turning point in Żuławski’s oeuvre, and in viewing it, it would benefit the viewer to understand the director’s experience with the French cinematic tradition and its effect on his own cinema.Żuławski was born into a well-known family of artists that spanned several generations in Poland,...
(‘When among the crows, caw as they do.’)—Polish sayingAndrzej Żuławski’s That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) is unlike any film he ever made, and was certainly a departure in his visual sensibility relative to the feature films he had made previously in his native Poland: The Third Part of the Night (1971) and The Devil (1972). Narratively and visually, the film is at once an oddity and a turning point in Żuławski’s oeuvre, and in viewing it, it would benefit the viewer to understand the director’s experience with the French cinematic tradition and its effect on his own cinema.Żuławski was born into a well-known family of artists that spanned several generations in Poland,...
- 12/1/2017
- MUBI
Sophie Davies Nov 27, 2017
30 years on from its release, we take a look back at Three Men And A Baby and the French film that inspired it...
In 1987, a comedy directed by Mr Spock with Magnum Pi, Sam from Cheers and the star of Police Academy was the highest grossing film at the Us box office. For context, it made almost as much money as Lethal Weapon, Predator and Robocop in that year combined. So where are all of its diehard fans?
Among the most successful films of the 1980s, Leonard Nimoy’s Three Men And A Baby stands out as a bit of an anomaly. Despite being hugely popular in its time, it seems to have faded out of the public consciousness without leaving much of a mark, and you’d be hard pushed to find someone who would name it as one of their favourite films. In fact, it...
30 years on from its release, we take a look back at Three Men And A Baby and the French film that inspired it...
In 1987, a comedy directed by Mr Spock with Magnum Pi, Sam from Cheers and the star of Police Academy was the highest grossing film at the Us box office. For context, it made almost as much money as Lethal Weapon, Predator and Robocop in that year combined. So where are all of its diehard fans?
Among the most successful films of the 1980s, Leonard Nimoy’s Three Men And A Baby stands out as a bit of an anomaly. Despite being hugely popular in its time, it seems to have faded out of the public consciousness without leaving much of a mark, and you’d be hard pushed to find someone who would name it as one of their favourite films. In fact, it...
- 11/26/2017
- Den of Geek
Close-Up is a column that spotlights films now playing on Mubi. The retrospective The Many Sins of Walerian Borowczyk is showing February 12 - June 18, 2017 in the United States and in many other countries around the world.As the reverberation of horses fervently neighing and clomping their hooves begins to permeate the opening credit soundtrack of The Beast, one may recall the similarly orchestrated donkey brays that introduce Robert Bresson’s Au hasard Balthazar (1966). Or, given its title, and the very basic concept of a young woman becoming enamored with an savage creature, one may be tempted to compare this 1975 feature to the many variations of Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve’s classic fairy tale, La belle et la bête. One would be more than a little confounded, however, by making either inadequate association. If Walerian Borowczyk’s semi-porn-semi-art-semi-monster movie bears any resemblance to another film or story, it would be...
- 3/21/2017
- MUBI
Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’re reviewing each short category. See the Live-Action section below and the other shorts sections here.
Ennemis intérieurs – France – 28 minutes
The definitive exchange in Hidden Figures—the one that defines America then and still today—is when Kirsten Dunst’s personnel manager tells Octavia Spencer’s yet-to-be-given-the-title supervisor, “Despite what you may think, I have nothing against y’all.” Spencer’s Dorothy Vaughan counters without missing a beat, “I know you probably believe that.” It’s such a perfect distillation of how racism permeates the very core of who we are to the point where we don’t even understand why we are racist. It happens all the time now, white people accusing black people of screaming racism as a knee-jerk reaction because they believe their racist actions are normal. Their fear has made it so other colors are inferior, dangerous, and untrustworthy. In...
Ennemis intérieurs – France – 28 minutes
The definitive exchange in Hidden Figures—the one that defines America then and still today—is when Kirsten Dunst’s personnel manager tells Octavia Spencer’s yet-to-be-given-the-title supervisor, “Despite what you may think, I have nothing against y’all.” Spencer’s Dorothy Vaughan counters without missing a beat, “I know you probably believe that.” It’s such a perfect distillation of how racism permeates the very core of who we are to the point where we don’t even understand why we are racist. It happens all the time now, white people accusing black people of screaming racism as a knee-jerk reaction because they believe their racist actions are normal. Their fear has made it so other colors are inferior, dangerous, and untrustworthy. In...
- 2/8/2017
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
A royal baby is on the way!
Monaco’s Pierre Casiraghi and his wife Beatrice Borromeo are expecting their first baby, according to numerous European sources.
While the Monaco palace isn’t commenting on the happy news, a very pregnant-looking Borromeo was spotted recently in New York’s Laguardia Airport alongside her husband, who is 7th in line of Monaco’s succession.
Borromeo is reportedly due in early 2017.
The royal baby will be the fourth grandchild for Princess Caroline, who happily celebrated her grandson’s lavish wedding to the Italian heiress in July 2015.
Earlier this year, Borromeo told Glamour magazine...
Monaco’s Pierre Casiraghi and his wife Beatrice Borromeo are expecting their first baby, according to numerous European sources.
While the Monaco palace isn’t commenting on the happy news, a very pregnant-looking Borromeo was spotted recently in New York’s Laguardia Airport alongside her husband, who is 7th in line of Monaco’s succession.
Borromeo is reportedly due in early 2017.
The royal baby will be the fourth grandchild for Princess Caroline, who happily celebrated her grandson’s lavish wedding to the Italian heiress in July 2015.
Earlier this year, Borromeo told Glamour magazine...
- 11/11/2016
- by erinhilltimeinc
- PEOPLE.com
Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Oscar-nominated Mustang also among nominated titles.Scroll down for list of nominations
Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite topped the nominations list for France’s annual César Awards, announced this morning (Jan 27).
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 41st edition of the awards at its annual news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées.
Desplechin’s romantic drama My Golden Days clocked 11 nominations as did Giannoli’s Marguerite, starring Catherine Frot as a society singer with a terrible voice.
Other features picking up multiple nominations included Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan and Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Mustang, which both secured nine nods.
There was widespread consternation last year in some quarters of the French film industry when five times Palme d’Or nominee Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Years was not given a Competition...
Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Days (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite topped the nominations list for France’s annual César Awards, announced this morning (Jan 27).
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 41st edition of the awards at its annual news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées.
Desplechin’s romantic drama My Golden Days clocked 11 nominations as did Giannoli’s Marguerite, starring Catherine Frot as a society singer with a terrible voice.
Other features picking up multiple nominations included Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan and Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Mustang, which both secured nine nods.
There was widespread consternation last year in some quarters of the French film industry when five times Palme d’Or nominee Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Years was not given a Competition...
- 1/27/2016
- ScreenDaily
Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Oscar-nominated Mustang also among nominated titles.Scroll down for list of nominations
Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Years (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite topped the nominations list for France’s annual César Awards, announced this morning (Jan 27).
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 41st edition of the awards at its annual news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées.
Desplechin’s romantic drama My Golden Years clocked 11 nominations as did Giannoli’s Marguerite, starring Catherine Frot as a society singer with a terrible voice.
Other features picking up multiple nominations included Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan and Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Mustang, which both secured nine nods, as well as Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure Of A Man.
For the first time in the awards’ history, three female directors are nominated in the best directing and best film categories...
Arnaud Desplechin’s My Golden Years (Trois Souvenirs De Ma Jeunesse) and Xavier Giannoli’s Marguerite topped the nominations list for France’s annual César Awards, announced this morning (Jan 27).
France’s Academy of Cinema Arts and Sciences unveiled the nominations for the 41st edition of the awards at its annual news conference at Le Fouquet’s restaurant on the Champs Elysées.
Desplechin’s romantic drama My Golden Years clocked 11 nominations as did Giannoli’s Marguerite, starring Catherine Frot as a society singer with a terrible voice.
Other features picking up multiple nominations included Jacques Audiard’s Dheepan and Deniz Gamze Erguven’s Mustang, which both secured nine nods, as well as Stéphane Brizé’s The Measure Of A Man.
For the first time in the awards’ history, three female directors are nominated in the best directing and best film categories...
- 1/27/2016
- ScreenDaily
It’s time for a quick break from the bombastic Summer fare, and briefly enter the world of big screen biographies, a genre usually reserved for those serious cooler months, closer to awards season. In this new (for stateside audiences) release we aren’t examining the life of a figure from the annals of historical science like the recent Oscar winners The Theory Of Everything or The Imitation Game. No, we’re heading into the world of the arts (an arena for several terrific feature documentaries of late). But the subject is not from the world of fine art, like those films concerning painters such as Pollack or Surviving Picasso. Nor is this based on a music maestro like Nowhere Boy and the film still in theatres Love And Mercy (and if you’re not seen this dazzling look inside the mind and work of Brian Wilson, by all means drive,...
- 6/11/2015
- by Jim Batts
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Join us for Screen’s Cannes line-up live blog…Cannes 2015Full line-upNEWS: Cannes Competition shows attempt to shake things upCOMMENT: surprises and no-shows
Ever so quiet from the film PRs this morning. Is there something going on that we should know about?
Yes, yes, of course….it’s that sacred event: Cannes lineup day!
Time to put to bed weeks of speculation about the chosen few and reveal which films have made it into the most prestigious film festival competition known to man.
You can follow the entries as they come in here or stick with me for some idle speculation and gossip punctuated with genuine near-insight.
[Cannes is currently showing a very jaunty and occasionally stirring promo video of the fest. Very ‘Euro’].
Onto business….
Most prediction stories kept it tight, only mentioning about 75 possible entries. Every auteur from here to Timbuktu seems to have been tipped for a slot…
Screen towers did its own crystal ball gazing in the shape of Melanie Goodfellow’s excellent and comprehensive piece:
In case you don...
Ever so quiet from the film PRs this morning. Is there something going on that we should know about?
Yes, yes, of course….it’s that sacred event: Cannes lineup day!
Time to put to bed weeks of speculation about the chosen few and reveal which films have made it into the most prestigious film festival competition known to man.
You can follow the entries as they come in here or stick with me for some idle speculation and gossip punctuated with genuine near-insight.
[Cannes is currently showing a very jaunty and occasionally stirring promo video of the fest. Very ‘Euro’].
Onto business….
Most prediction stories kept it tight, only mentioning about 75 possible entries. Every auteur from here to Timbuktu seems to have been tipped for a slot…
Screen towers did its own crystal ball gazing in the shape of Melanie Goodfellow’s excellent and comprehensive piece:
In case you don...
- 4/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
Join us for Screen’s Cannes line-up live blog…Click here for the line-up of titles as they are announced
Ever so quiet from the film PRs this morning. Is there something going on that we should know about?
Yes, yes, of course….it’s that sacred event: Cannes lineup day!
Time to put to bed weeks of speculation about the chosen few and reveal which films have made it into the most prestigious film festival competition known to man.
You can follow the entries as they come in here or stick with me for some idle speculation and gossip punctuated with genuine near-insight.
[Cannes is currently showing a very jaunty and occasionally stirring promo video of the fest. Very ‘Euro’].
Onto business….
Most prediction stories kept it tight, only mentioning about 75 possible entries. Every auteur from here to Timbuktu seems to have been tipped for a slot…
Screen towers did its own crystal ball gazing in the shape of Melanie Goodfellow’s excellent and comprehensive piece:
In case you don’t know Mel...
Ever so quiet from the film PRs this morning. Is there something going on that we should know about?
Yes, yes, of course….it’s that sacred event: Cannes lineup day!
Time to put to bed weeks of speculation about the chosen few and reveal which films have made it into the most prestigious film festival competition known to man.
You can follow the entries as they come in here or stick with me for some idle speculation and gossip punctuated with genuine near-insight.
[Cannes is currently showing a very jaunty and occasionally stirring promo video of the fest. Very ‘Euro’].
Onto business….
Most prediction stories kept it tight, only mentioning about 75 possible entries. Every auteur from here to Timbuktu seems to have been tipped for a slot…
Screen towers did its own crystal ball gazing in the shape of Melanie Goodfellow’s excellent and comprehensive piece:
In case you don’t know Mel...
- 4/16/2015
- by andreas.wiseman@screendaily.com (Andreas Wiseman)
- ScreenDaily
WWE.com
The 1994 Royal Rumble was truly a new era in WWE because Hulk Hogan was gone and it was the time to create some new stars.
One of the guys that was left to carry the torch was Lex Luger or at least he tried. Luger debuted as the heel Narcissist one year earlier. That gimmick was a major flop. In the summer of 1993, he turned into the All-American Lex Luger that was positioned as the next Hulk Hogan. He got a WWE Title match at Yokozuna at SummerSlam, beat him by countout and failed to win the WWE Title. It showed that WWE didn’t want to go all the way with Luger, but he still went into the 1994 Rumble as a favorite to win.
The other contender going into the Rumble match was Bret Hart, who was a former WWE Champion that was trying to get back to that level again.
The 1994 Royal Rumble was truly a new era in WWE because Hulk Hogan was gone and it was the time to create some new stars.
One of the guys that was left to carry the torch was Lex Luger or at least he tried. Luger debuted as the heel Narcissist one year earlier. That gimmick was a major flop. In the summer of 1993, he turned into the All-American Lex Luger that was positioned as the next Hulk Hogan. He got a WWE Title match at Yokozuna at SummerSlam, beat him by countout and failed to win the WWE Title. It showed that WWE didn’t want to go all the way with Luger, but he still went into the 1994 Rumble as a favorite to win.
The other contender going into the Rumble match was Bret Hart, who was a former WWE Champion that was trying to get back to that level again.
- 1/10/2015
- by John Canton
- Obsessed with Film
All hail the twins! Prince Albert and Princess Charlene proudly showed off their son and daughter to thousands of loyal Monaco residents Wednesday. On a special public holiday named in their honor shortly after their birth in December, the tiny heads of Prince Jacques and Princess Gabriella were seen being cradled by their parents from the windows of the palace. The twins, whose formal titles are Prince Jacques, His Serene Highness The Hereditary Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, and Gabriella, Her Serene Highness The Countess of Carladés, are almost a month old, and appeared to be sleeping through the excitement.
- 1/7/2015
- by Simon Perry and Peter Mikelbank
- PEOPLE.com
Adieu au langage - Goodbye to Language
A Works Cited
Introduction
From its bluntly political opening (Alfredo Bandelli's 'La caccia alle streghe': "Always united we win, long live the revolution!") to its hilarious fecal humor and word play—with 3D staging that happily puts to shame James Cameron and every other hack who's tried their hand at it these past several years—Adieu au langage overwhelms us with a deluge of recited texts, music and images, hardly ever bothering to slow down to let us catch our breath. Exhilarating and certainly not surprising—this is the guy who made Puissance de la parole after all!
The release of a new Godard film or video means a new encounter with texts, films and music often familiar from the filmmaker's earlier work—reworked and re-contextualized—as well as new discoveries to be sorted through and identified. This life-long interest in quotation...
A Works Cited
Introduction
From its bluntly political opening (Alfredo Bandelli's 'La caccia alle streghe': "Always united we win, long live the revolution!") to its hilarious fecal humor and word play—with 3D staging that happily puts to shame James Cameron and every other hack who's tried their hand at it these past several years—Adieu au langage overwhelms us with a deluge of recited texts, music and images, hardly ever bothering to slow down to let us catch our breath. Exhilarating and certainly not surprising—this is the guy who made Puissance de la parole after all!
The release of a new Godard film or video means a new encounter with texts, films and music often familiar from the filmmaker's earlier work—reworked and re-contextualized—as well as new discoveries to be sorted through and identified. This life-long interest in quotation...
- 10/16/2014
- by Ted Fendt
- MUBI
WWE.com
As we have seen from previous installments, sometimes the biggest stories in WWF/E happen off screen rather than on screen. Last time, in 1997, we learned that Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were supposed to face off at Wrestlemania 13, the Road Dogg ended the Ecw Invasion, and Vince McMahon tried to re-sign the Ultimate Warrior…again.
In 1998, the WWF gained momentum in the Monday Night War against WCW. Stone Cold Steve Austin won the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania, the second incarnation of D-Generation X became fan favorites, and The Rock rose to prominence.
With so much happening on- and off-screen, you’d think you would know everything that went on backstage in the WWF, but you’d be wrong. There are plenty of little nuggets of trivia that came from this year. Some of these you may have also known about, but simply forgot.
10. The Quebecers Reunited...
As we have seen from previous installments, sometimes the biggest stories in WWF/E happen off screen rather than on screen. Last time, in 1997, we learned that Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels were supposed to face off at Wrestlemania 13, the Road Dogg ended the Ecw Invasion, and Vince McMahon tried to re-sign the Ultimate Warrior…again.
In 1998, the WWF gained momentum in the Monday Night War against WCW. Stone Cold Steve Austin won the WWF Championship at Wrestlemania, the second incarnation of D-Generation X became fan favorites, and The Rock rose to prominence.
With so much happening on- and off-screen, you’d think you would know everything that went on backstage in the WWF, but you’d be wrong. There are plenty of little nuggets of trivia that came from this year. Some of these you may have also known about, but simply forgot.
10. The Quebecers Reunited...
- 9/30/2014
- by Justin Seagull
- Obsessed with Film
Elegant innovation wrapped in painful vices defined the life and career of the iconic French designer Yves Saint Laurent. Becoming the Christian Dior’s creative successor at 21-years-old was merely a hint of his groundbreaking vision. Fashion was an obsessive force that tortured him and saved him from despair in several occasions. In Jalil Lespert’s biographical film, Saint Laurent is played by Pierre Niney , who sports a striking resemblance to him. Paying homage to the artists wearable artistry, the garments are often at the center of action; however, Lespert’s focus is the turbulent romance between Pierre Bergé (played by Guillaume Gallienne) and the drug-addicted genius. As unflattering as the portrayal can seem at times, the intent is to portray truth. It never diminishes the magnificent works Yves Saint Laurent envisioned, but it also doesn’t try to hide the perpetual distress and instability that marked his existence.
Director Jalil Lespert talked to us from New York about his relationship with fashion, turning icons into mortals, and his choice of making the designer’s romantic life the driving force for his project.
Aguilar: How did you get involved with Yves Saint Laurent’s story, where you always a interested in fashion to some degree?
Lespert: I’m Parisian so I know about fashion. I know a lot of people who work in fashion. My wife, for example, she used to be a model, so I’m very close to fashion. However, I was not fascinated by fashion, but I really wanted to make a great French story. I was wondering if it was going to be fictional or a biopic but I didn’t know. While looking for a great story I suddenly realized that fashion was quite interesting to me. It is well known almost everywhere in the world that Paris is the fashion capital. I don’t know why, but I though about Yves Saint Laurent and realized that nobody had done a narrative movie about him before. I read everything about him, I saw all the documentaries on him and I realized that it was the movie I wanted to make and the story I wanted to tell. I just dove into it.
Aguilar: Your approach is not that of a traditional "cradle-to-grave" biopic. Why did you decide to depict such a specific side of Yves Saint Laurent's life?
Lespert: First of all, I decided to only deal with the first 20 years of his career because for me it was the most interesting period of his career. I really wanted it to end with the runway because I knew that I wanted to talk about creation and I wanted to show his masterpieces. I realized that these 20 years of work were also the 20 years of love with Pierre Bergé. The combination of both was the foundation for my script. I wanted to talk about Yves Saint Laurent through Pierre’s eyes and memory.
Aguilar: How difficult was to obtain access to the designer’s archives in order to research for the project?
Lespert: I needed to talk to Pierre Bergé because their relationship was the foundation of the script. We met and I had to ask him. I didn’t know if it was Ok for me to say, “Hello, I’m a young director, I want to make a movie about Yves Saint Laurent and it’s going to talk about your love story too. And, by the way, I will need to work with you and the foundation because I need to show the dresses, the drawings, everything. Therefore I need full access to the archives.” He said, “Yes,” so I was very lucky [Laughs]
Aguilar: How did the process of choosing the particular dresses you wanted to use work? Did you have a team that helped you select them, or a certain point of reference, or was it your intuition?
Lespert: No, I worked with Madeline Fontaine , she is my costume designer. I’ve worked with her in all of my films. She is a fantastic costume designer. She has worked in many great films; for example, she has been Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s costume designer as well. She knows a lot about fashion history. We did research, and we worked in collaboration with the foundation. We chose the most important pieces like the Mondrian or the tuxedos. I wanted to include a few runways, and it was important that each one told something about the story, and my movie is a love story. I wanted to talk about the couple through the runways.
At the beginning we have the first runway that Yves Saint Laurent did as designer. He created a style and he met Pierre, it represents the meeting between the two. In the second one he unveils his first collection for his brand Ysl. At this time it is all a big mess, they are all a bit hysterical. They are just like a young couple that is trying to show that they can be a great pair if they succeed. The last runway, which is an achievement, for me is his best collection. Because at this time Yves was really bad very tired and very sick, Pierre and Yves almost ate each other, they break up, and finally they find each other again thanks to creation of this collection. I really wanted to show this because it’s the truth.
Aguilar: Looking at pictures of the real life Yves Saint Lauren and comparing them with Pierre Niney in the film, the resemblance is uncanny. What drew you to him enough to believe he could pull off such a captivating performance?
Lespert: I was very lucky. Before the first time I saw Pierre Niney, I had heard about him because I love actors, and I know who the important young actors in Paris are. Then I saw a picture of him in a magazine, and I knew there was something there because he was wearing glasses and he had this sort of elegance to him. I asked my casting director to show me some readings he had done for another movie, and after thirty seconds I knew he had the role. He was able to bring life to this movie because he is a smart actor. He could be very funny like Yves Saint Laurent was, and he has a dark side like him as well. He is very smart. It was important to have an actor who is already very smart because you can’t play being smart if you are not [Laughs]. I knew I needed an actor who would be able to play a genius, which means a lot. I had this kind of crush with him immediately.
Aguilar: As a director, what was the process with your actors to create versions of these characters that felt human and relatable?
Lespert : The first thing I did with both of the main actors, Guillaume Gallienne and Pierre Niney, was do readings during two weeks. We were very involved already because the script was not so bad [Laughs], and some scenes were very moving. It was important to be able to break the ice and to understand that they were human beings just like you and I. We were talking about real feelings and they were not perfect people. We had to break everything apart to make our own story, our own movie. We were able to bring emotion and make a real movie not something out of a wax museum or a Wikipedia movie. That was not the purpose.
Aguilar: Did Pierre Bergé get to see the film? What was his reaction?
Lespert: He was very moved actually. I showed him the movie when it was not completely finished. I was terribly scary for me, it was worse than having stage fright. To show my film to someone that is still alive, it was really weird. I was very lucky that someone like him trusted me enough to give me the responsibility of talking about his own life, his love story, and the person that he was in love with for 50 years. He was simple a human being who saw his life and his companion on screen. It was a very special moment, a wonderful moment.
Aguilar: Did you talk to any other fashion personalities that could give you more insight on Yves Saint Laurent's life? People like Karl Lagerfeld perhaps?
Lespert: Not really. I met several people who worked with Yves Saint Laurent, but mostly people from his work family like Betty Catroux or Dominique Deroche who was his closest assistant for over 40 years, as well as some seamstresses. I didn’t want to use too many people. For example, for Karl Lagerfeld, it would have been difficult to explain deeply the meaning of my film and the fact that I wanted to talk about Jacques de Bascher . It was a touchy subject, so I preferred to read from the biographies, for example one called The Beautiful Fall by an American journalist. He talks a lot about Yves and Karl, but I didn’t meet everybody unfortunately.
Aguilar: Now that you’ve finished the film and after getting to know Yves Saint Laurent through your research, what image of him do you have?
Lespert: For me, Yves Saint Laurent is a hero because he fought his whole life against illness. Maybe the only way to fight this illness for him was to make it positive with creation. Otherwise he would have been lonely or in the hospital. He had so many issues with alcohol, drugs, and everything, this explains a lot about his necessity to create. Great creators like Yves Saint Laurent or Jimmi Hendrix; they are people who are so smart and so sensitive. They have such a sharp vision of life that everyday life is complicated for them. They are moved and shocked with so many things that they have to make it positive with creation.
Director Jalil Lespert talked to us from New York about his relationship with fashion, turning icons into mortals, and his choice of making the designer’s romantic life the driving force for his project.
Aguilar: How did you get involved with Yves Saint Laurent’s story, where you always a interested in fashion to some degree?
Lespert: I’m Parisian so I know about fashion. I know a lot of people who work in fashion. My wife, for example, she used to be a model, so I’m very close to fashion. However, I was not fascinated by fashion, but I really wanted to make a great French story. I was wondering if it was going to be fictional or a biopic but I didn’t know. While looking for a great story I suddenly realized that fashion was quite interesting to me. It is well known almost everywhere in the world that Paris is the fashion capital. I don’t know why, but I though about Yves Saint Laurent and realized that nobody had done a narrative movie about him before. I read everything about him, I saw all the documentaries on him and I realized that it was the movie I wanted to make and the story I wanted to tell. I just dove into it.
Aguilar: Your approach is not that of a traditional "cradle-to-grave" biopic. Why did you decide to depict such a specific side of Yves Saint Laurent's life?
Lespert: First of all, I decided to only deal with the first 20 years of his career because for me it was the most interesting period of his career. I really wanted it to end with the runway because I knew that I wanted to talk about creation and I wanted to show his masterpieces. I realized that these 20 years of work were also the 20 years of love with Pierre Bergé. The combination of both was the foundation for my script. I wanted to talk about Yves Saint Laurent through Pierre’s eyes and memory.
Aguilar: How difficult was to obtain access to the designer’s archives in order to research for the project?
Lespert: I needed to talk to Pierre Bergé because their relationship was the foundation of the script. We met and I had to ask him. I didn’t know if it was Ok for me to say, “Hello, I’m a young director, I want to make a movie about Yves Saint Laurent and it’s going to talk about your love story too. And, by the way, I will need to work with you and the foundation because I need to show the dresses, the drawings, everything. Therefore I need full access to the archives.” He said, “Yes,” so I was very lucky [Laughs]
Aguilar: How did the process of choosing the particular dresses you wanted to use work? Did you have a team that helped you select them, or a certain point of reference, or was it your intuition?
Lespert: No, I worked with Madeline Fontaine , she is my costume designer. I’ve worked with her in all of my films. She is a fantastic costume designer. She has worked in many great films; for example, she has been Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s costume designer as well. She knows a lot about fashion history. We did research, and we worked in collaboration with the foundation. We chose the most important pieces like the Mondrian or the tuxedos. I wanted to include a few runways, and it was important that each one told something about the story, and my movie is a love story. I wanted to talk about the couple through the runways.
At the beginning we have the first runway that Yves Saint Laurent did as designer. He created a style and he met Pierre, it represents the meeting between the two. In the second one he unveils his first collection for his brand Ysl. At this time it is all a big mess, they are all a bit hysterical. They are just like a young couple that is trying to show that they can be a great pair if they succeed. The last runway, which is an achievement, for me is his best collection. Because at this time Yves was really bad very tired and very sick, Pierre and Yves almost ate each other, they break up, and finally they find each other again thanks to creation of this collection. I really wanted to show this because it’s the truth.
Aguilar: Looking at pictures of the real life Yves Saint Lauren and comparing them with Pierre Niney in the film, the resemblance is uncanny. What drew you to him enough to believe he could pull off such a captivating performance?
Lespert: I was very lucky. Before the first time I saw Pierre Niney, I had heard about him because I love actors, and I know who the important young actors in Paris are. Then I saw a picture of him in a magazine, and I knew there was something there because he was wearing glasses and he had this sort of elegance to him. I asked my casting director to show me some readings he had done for another movie, and after thirty seconds I knew he had the role. He was able to bring life to this movie because he is a smart actor. He could be very funny like Yves Saint Laurent was, and he has a dark side like him as well. He is very smart. It was important to have an actor who is already very smart because you can’t play being smart if you are not [Laughs]. I knew I needed an actor who would be able to play a genius, which means a lot. I had this kind of crush with him immediately.
Aguilar: As a director, what was the process with your actors to create versions of these characters that felt human and relatable?
Lespert : The first thing I did with both of the main actors, Guillaume Gallienne and Pierre Niney, was do readings during two weeks. We were very involved already because the script was not so bad [Laughs], and some scenes were very moving. It was important to be able to break the ice and to understand that they were human beings just like you and I. We were talking about real feelings and they were not perfect people. We had to break everything apart to make our own story, our own movie. We were able to bring emotion and make a real movie not something out of a wax museum or a Wikipedia movie. That was not the purpose.
Aguilar: Did Pierre Bergé get to see the film? What was his reaction?
Lespert: He was very moved actually. I showed him the movie when it was not completely finished. I was terribly scary for me, it was worse than having stage fright. To show my film to someone that is still alive, it was really weird. I was very lucky that someone like him trusted me enough to give me the responsibility of talking about his own life, his love story, and the person that he was in love with for 50 years. He was simple a human being who saw his life and his companion on screen. It was a very special moment, a wonderful moment.
Aguilar: Did you talk to any other fashion personalities that could give you more insight on Yves Saint Laurent's life? People like Karl Lagerfeld perhaps?
Lespert: Not really. I met several people who worked with Yves Saint Laurent, but mostly people from his work family like Betty Catroux or Dominique Deroche who was his closest assistant for over 40 years, as well as some seamstresses. I didn’t want to use too many people. For example, for Karl Lagerfeld, it would have been difficult to explain deeply the meaning of my film and the fact that I wanted to talk about Jacques de Bascher . It was a touchy subject, so I preferred to read from the biographies, for example one called The Beautiful Fall by an American journalist. He talks a lot about Yves and Karl, but I didn’t meet everybody unfortunately.
Aguilar: Now that you’ve finished the film and after getting to know Yves Saint Laurent through your research, what image of him do you have?
Lespert: For me, Yves Saint Laurent is a hero because he fought his whole life against illness. Maybe the only way to fight this illness for him was to make it positive with creation. Otherwise he would have been lonely or in the hospital. He had so many issues with alcohol, drugs, and everything, this explains a lot about his necessity to create. Great creators like Yves Saint Laurent or Jimmi Hendrix; they are people who are so smart and so sensitive. They have such a sharp vision of life that everyday life is complicated for them. They are moved and shocked with so many things that they have to make it positive with creation.
- 6/26/2014
- by Carlos Aguilar
- Sydney's Buzz
Six years after he died, the 'truth' over Yves Saint Laurent's hedonistic and tortured life is being fought over by two new films
In 2001, seven years before he died, Yves Saint Laurent agreed to be filmed by documentary-maker David Teboul for a rare behind-the-scenes look at his work. In the opening scene, watching a slideshow of family photographs, he grimaces: "J'ai joué le 'grand couturier'…" His voice is both sad and self-mocking; the voice of an old man looking back across a great distance at his frail 16-year-old self, head bowed over his lavishly dressed paper dolls.
Growing up in 1940s French Algeria, the young Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent dreamed of Paris: a bullied outcast at school, he escaped into fantasy at home – devouring his mother's fashion magazines, sketching endlessly, and predicting (in the safety of his adoring family circle, at least) a future of spectacular fame.
Six decades on,...
In 2001, seven years before he died, Yves Saint Laurent agreed to be filmed by documentary-maker David Teboul for a rare behind-the-scenes look at his work. In the opening scene, watching a slideshow of family photographs, he grimaces: "J'ai joué le 'grand couturier'…" His voice is both sad and self-mocking; the voice of an old man looking back across a great distance at his frail 16-year-old self, head bowed over his lavishly dressed paper dolls.
Growing up in 1940s French Algeria, the young Yves Henri Donat Mathieu-Saint-Laurent dreamed of Paris: a bullied outcast at school, he escaped into fantasy at home – devouring his mother's fashion magazines, sketching endlessly, and predicting (in the safety of his adoring family circle, at least) a future of spectacular fame.
Six decades on,...
- 3/2/2014
- The Guardian - Film News
The Talent Family: Bourdos Abandons Genre for Elegant Biographical Period Piece
A summer signifying the encroaching end of one artist and the birth of another within one of France’s most famous families is the subject of Gilles Bourdos’ latest film, Renoir, based on the biographical novel penned by the great grandson of Auguste Renoir, Jacques (himself a notable cinematographer and photographer). A pastoral portrait that often reaches a resplendence with its moving images that evokes the works of its famed subject, this marks an aggressive change of pace for Bourdos, who has thus far seemed most interested in adapting mystery thrillers for the screen (and to middling effect, at least judging from his 2008 English language debut, Afterwards). Managing to avoid the clichés associated with lofty biopics, this straightforward rendering smartly focuses on a slight passage of time and isn’t driven by any overtly dramatic scenarios.
Set on the...
A summer signifying the encroaching end of one artist and the birth of another within one of France’s most famous families is the subject of Gilles Bourdos’ latest film, Renoir, based on the biographical novel penned by the great grandson of Auguste Renoir, Jacques (himself a notable cinematographer and photographer). A pastoral portrait that often reaches a resplendence with its moving images that evokes the works of its famed subject, this marks an aggressive change of pace for Bourdos, who has thus far seemed most interested in adapting mystery thrillers for the screen (and to middling effect, at least judging from his 2008 English language debut, Afterwards). Managing to avoid the clichés associated with lofty biopics, this straightforward rendering smartly focuses on a slight passage of time and isn’t driven by any overtly dramatic scenarios.
Set on the...
- 3/27/2013
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
On the occasion of Anthology Film Archive's retrospective on Jean Epstein and the publishing of a new anthology on the filmmaker edited by Sarah Keller and Jason N. Paul, Jean Epstein: Critical Essays and New Translations, we are here reprinting the essay by Nicole Brenez, "Ultra-Modern: Jean Epstein, or Cinema 'Serving the Forces of Transgression and Revolt.'" The anthology is published by Amsterdam University Press and available in the Us and Canada from the University of Chicago Press. Many thanks to Amsterdam University Press, University of Chicago Press, Magdalena Hernas, Sarah Keller and Nicole Brenez.
Jean Epstein disappeared over half a century ago, in 1953. Yet, few filmmakers are still as alive today. At the time, a radio broadcast announced the following obituary: “Jean Epstein has just died. This name may not mean much to many of those who turn to the screens to provide them with the weekly dose of emotion they need.
Jean Epstein disappeared over half a century ago, in 1953. Yet, few filmmakers are still as alive today. At the time, a radio broadcast announced the following obituary: “Jean Epstein has just died. This name may not mean much to many of those who turn to the screens to provide them with the weekly dose of emotion they need.
- 5/30/2012
- MUBI
Concluding our short series celebrating the films of the Pathé-Natan company, 1926-1934.
Above: Maurice Tourneur invents the film noir style while nobody's looking in Justin de Marseille.
Bernard Natan, CEO of Pathé, was as conservative in his tastes as any studio boss, but he can be considered a brilliant talent scout on the basis of a few risks he took: casting Jean Gabin in his first feature (Chacun sa chance, 1931, an operetta-film), giving Jacques Tourneur his first directing job (Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour, 1932, a comedy), and allowing Pierre and Jacques Prevert to make their first film (L'affaire est dans le Sac, 1932) on leftover sets, although admittedly he was so baffled by the resulting film he refused to release it.
But Natan often preferred to work with tried and true filmmakers with the added insurance of long track records. Leonce Perret, who made his directing debut in 1909, was...
Above: Maurice Tourneur invents the film noir style while nobody's looking in Justin de Marseille.
Bernard Natan, CEO of Pathé, was as conservative in his tastes as any studio boss, but he can be considered a brilliant talent scout on the basis of a few risks he took: casting Jean Gabin in his first feature (Chacun sa chance, 1931, an operetta-film), giving Jacques Tourneur his first directing job (Tout ça ne vaut pas l'amour, 1932, a comedy), and allowing Pierre and Jacques Prevert to make their first film (L'affaire est dans le Sac, 1932) on leftover sets, although admittedly he was so baffled by the resulting film he refused to release it.
But Natan often preferred to work with tried and true filmmakers with the added insurance of long track records. Leonce Perret, who made his directing debut in 1909, was...
- 4/5/2012
- MUBI
HollywoodNews.com: the House of Cartier showcased its standout creativity and innovation with the international online release of “L’Odyssee de Cartier” – a three-and-one-half minute film that chronicles Cartier’s 165 years of rich history, offering viewers a tour of the one-of-a-kind jeweler’s cultural influences that include France, Russia, China and India. Making its U.S. television debut on Sunday, March 4, “L’Odyssee de Cartier” – directed by one of the world’s leading advertising directors, Bruno Aveillan – will air in its entirety during prime time on national TV networks.
The film tells the story of the jeweler’s unique history, from its beginnings as a jeweler to European royalty to its modern-day worldwide luxury status. It reveals a glimpse into an imaginary world inhabited by Cartier’s designs, under the watchful gaze of its familiar muse, “La Panthere” (The Panther). The film features many of Cartier’s most enduring and iconic designs,...
The film tells the story of the jeweler’s unique history, from its beginnings as a jeweler to European royalty to its modern-day worldwide luxury status. It reveals a glimpse into an imaginary world inhabited by Cartier’s designs, under the watchful gaze of its familiar muse, “La Panthere” (The Panther). The film features many of Cartier’s most enduring and iconic designs,...
- 3/4/2012
- by Josh Abraham
- Hollywoodnews.com
"The Artist" producer Thomas Langmann and star Jean DuJardin are re-teaming for a remake of Claude Berri's 1977 French rom-com "One Wild Moment" says The Hollywood Reporter.
The original follows two fathers and best friends, Pierre and Jacques, who take their teen daughters on a holiday to the Côte d'Azur.
Pierre and Jacques' daughter become lovers and when Pierre wants out, the girl tells her father but leaves Pierre's name out. Jacques soon enlists Pierre's help to find out who seduced his daughter.
Vincent Cassel, who worked with Langmann on the "Mesrine" movies, will co-star in the film. The film was previously remade into the Michael Caine-led early 80's comedy "Blame it on Rio".
The original follows two fathers and best friends, Pierre and Jacques, who take their teen daughters on a holiday to the Côte d'Azur.
Pierre and Jacques' daughter become lovers and when Pierre wants out, the girl tells her father but leaves Pierre's name out. Jacques soon enlists Pierre's help to find out who seduced his daughter.
Vincent Cassel, who worked with Langmann on the "Mesrine" movies, will co-star in the film. The film was previously remade into the Michael Caine-led early 80's comedy "Blame it on Rio".
- 1/17/2012
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
London, Nov 28: Lady Gaga recorded a personal video message and sent it to a Canadian fan, who is campaigning against school bullies.
The pop queen emailed the video to 17-year-old Jacques St Pierre, praising his efforts to "spread tolerance" by asking pupils to make pledges against bullying.
"It is important that we push the boundaries of love and acceptance," the BBC quoted her as saying in the clip.
The 'Born This Way' hitmaker has long been an advocate for anti-bullying laws.
She addressed President Obama on the issue earlier this year, highlighting the case of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a Us student.
The pop queen emailed the video to 17-year-old Jacques St Pierre, praising his efforts to "spread tolerance" by asking pupils to make pledges against bullying.
"It is important that we push the boundaries of love and acceptance," the BBC quoted her as saying in the clip.
The 'Born This Way' hitmaker has long been an advocate for anti-bullying laws.
She addressed President Obama on the issue earlier this year, highlighting the case of 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer, a Us student.
- 11/28/2011
- by Amith Ostwal
- RealBollywood.com
Welcome back, folks! Did you miss us? Even a little? Things get quiet over the holidays, but we've still got things to share. But first, I was hoping as we shift gears into Christmas we might revive the forum topic where members share their Christmas trees. My first tree in the new house is up, though I prefer my outdoor decorations to my indoor ones this year.
I hate to admit that my beloved Muppets were beaten by a sparkly vampire, but Breaking Dawn raked in another $62 million, while my felt friends delivered a solid $42 million. Happy Feet 2 took third, with Arthur Christmas falling into fourth with $17 million and Hugo scraping together $15 million.
Remember that sad little ginger seal that was rejected by its colony a couple of months back? Well, karma isn't always a beyotch, because she's now the star of her Russian zoo.
Is anyone besides me surprised...
I hate to admit that my beloved Muppets were beaten by a sparkly vampire, but Breaking Dawn raked in another $62 million, while my felt friends delivered a solid $42 million. Happy Feet 2 took third, with Arthur Christmas falling into fourth with $17 million and Hugo scraping together $15 million.
Remember that sad little ginger seal that was rejected by its colony a couple of months back? Well, karma isn't always a beyotch, because she's now the star of her Russian zoo.
Is anyone besides me surprised...
- 11/28/2011
- by lostinmiami
- The Backlot
THR Staff
Lady Gaga surprised one of her little monsters with a personal video supporting his anti-bullying campaign. The pop singer e-mailed a video message Friday to one of her fans, 17-year-old Jacques St. Pierre, who has organized events at his Toronto school to raise awareness of bullying, congratulating him on his efforts. Photos: Lady Gaga's MTV Evolution "I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you for being such a strong advocate of the Lgbt community in your school," she says in the video. "There should be more little monsters like you. My
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Lady Gaga surprised one of her little monsters with a personal video supporting his anti-bullying campaign. The pop singer e-mailed a video message Friday to one of her fans, 17-year-old Jacques St. Pierre, who has organized events at his Toronto school to raise awareness of bullying, congratulating him on his efforts. Photos: Lady Gaga's MTV Evolution "I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you for being such a strong advocate of the Lgbt community in your school," she says in the video. "There should be more little monsters like you. My
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- 11/27/2011
- by THR Staff
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Lady Gaga gave one Canadian teen an extra special, pre-Christmas surprise by taping a video in support of his anti-bullying campaign.
The pop diva and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advocate e-mailed the video message to 17-year-old Jacques St. Pierre, who has organized school assemblies and gathered no-bullying pledges from students at the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto.
"I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you for being such a strong advocate of the Lgbt community in your school," Lady Gaga, who has repeatedly vowed to make bullying illegal, says in the clip. "There should be more little monsters like you. My father always saves all the fan letters that I receive and I read yours and wanted to send this video to you. It is important that we push the boundaries of love and acceptance."
St. Pierre confessed to being dumbfounded after receiving the e-mail.
The pop diva and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights advocate e-mailed the video message to 17-year-old Jacques St. Pierre, who has organized school assemblies and gathered no-bullying pledges from students at the Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto.
"I just wanted to tell you how proud I am of you for being such a strong advocate of the Lgbt community in your school," Lady Gaga, who has repeatedly vowed to make bullying illegal, says in the clip. "There should be more little monsters like you. My father always saves all the fan letters that I receive and I read yours and wanted to send this video to you. It is important that we push the boundaries of love and acceptance."
St. Pierre confessed to being dumbfounded after receiving the e-mail.
- 11/25/2011
- by Curtis M. Wong
- Huffington Post
To follow up on yesterday's roundup of Un Certain Regard remainders...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
"The Tati-inspired dance trio of Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon, and Bruno Romy are at it again, crafting an awfully similar follow-up to their previous feature, Rumba." Blake Williams for Ioncinema: "The Fairy is light on magic and the supernatural, but flutters breezily along with joke-a-minute fluff…. As in their other films, the 'plot' — this one involving a wish-granting fairy — is only really a conceit by which to give the illusion of continuity to what is essentially a string of short films." Screen's Fionnuala Halligan's enjoyed it, though: "Theirs is an old-fashioned, almost silent, routine (their first feature L'Iceberg was virtually wordless) blended beautifully with an arresting dance element." In the Hollywood Reporter, Jordan Mintzer notes that "Tati's hand is evident in the exceptionally precise art direction and camerawork by regulars Nicholas Girault and Claire Childeric."
"The Silver Cliff was...
- 6/1/2011
- MUBI
From the pioneers of the silver screen to today's new realism, French directors have shaped film-making around the world
France can, with some justification, claim to have invented the whole concept of cinema. Film historians call The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, the 50-second film by the Lumière brothers first screened in 1895, the birth of the medium.
But the best-known early pioneer, who made films with some kind of cherishable narrative value, was Georges Méliès, whose 1902 short A Trip to the Moon is generally heralded as the first science-fiction film, and a landmark in cinematic special effects. Meanwhile, Alice Guy-Blaché, Léon Gaumont's one-time secretary, is largely forgotten now, but with films such as L'enfant de la barricade trails the status of being the first female film-maker.
The towering achievement of French cinema in the silent era was undoubtedly Abel Gance's six-hour biopic of Napoleon (1927), which...
France can, with some justification, claim to have invented the whole concept of cinema. Film historians call The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station, the 50-second film by the Lumière brothers first screened in 1895, the birth of the medium.
But the best-known early pioneer, who made films with some kind of cherishable narrative value, was Georges Méliès, whose 1902 short A Trip to the Moon is generally heralded as the first science-fiction film, and a landmark in cinematic special effects. Meanwhile, Alice Guy-Blaché, Léon Gaumont's one-time secretary, is largely forgotten now, but with films such as L'enfant de la barricade trails the status of being the first female film-maker.
The towering achievement of French cinema in the silent era was undoubtedly Abel Gance's six-hour biopic of Napoleon (1927), which...
- 3/22/2011
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Xavier Beauvois' "Of Gods and Men" dominated the nominations of the 36th Annual Cesar Awards, the French equivalent of the Oscars. "Of Gods" received 11 nominations total and will compete against Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), Mammuth, Le Nom Des Gens, The Ghost Writer, and On Tour for Best Film.
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
The Social Network, Invictus, Inception, Illegal, The Secret In Their Eyes, Bright Star, and Les Amours Imaginaires will duke it out for the Best Foreign Film category.
Jodie Foster will preside over the ceremony and Quentin Tarantino will be given an honorary Cesar award. The 36th Annual Cesar Awards will be held on Feb. 25th.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Film
Heartbreaker (L'Arnacoeur), dir: Pascal Chaumeil
Of Gods and Men (Des Hommes Et Des Dieu), dir: Xavier Beauvois
Gainsbourg (Vie Heroique), dir: Joann Sfar
Mammuth, dir: Benoit Delepine, Gustave Kervern
Le Nom Des Gens, dir: Michel Leclerc
The Ghost Writer,...
- 1/21/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
The Visual Effects Society (Ves) has announced the nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in 24 categories of film, animation, television,
commercials and video games.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" dominated the nominations receiving four nods. Nolan will also be honored at the event with the inaugural Ves Visionary Award. Ray Harryhausen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Ves Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 1 and will air exclusively on Reelzchannel Saturday, February 19 at 10p Et/Pt with encore presentations throughout February.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion
Picture
Inception
Paul Franklin Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Chambers Visual Effects Producer
Matthew Plummer Visual Effects Producer
Iron Man 2
Ben Snow VFX Supervisor
Ged Wright VFX Supervisor
Janek Sirrs VFX Supervisor
Susan Pickett VFX...
commercials and video games.
Christopher Nolan's "Inception" dominated the nominations receiving four nods. Nolan will also be honored at the event with the inaugural Ves Visionary Award. Ray Harryhausen will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
The Ves Awards will take place on Tuesday, February 1 and will air exclusively on Reelzchannel Saturday, February 19 at 10p Et/Pt with encore presentations throughout February.
Here's the complete list of nominees for the 9th Annual Ves Awards:
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Visual-Effects Driven Feature Motion
Picture
Inception
Paul Franklin Visual Effects Supervisor
Chris Corbould Special Effects Supervisor
Mike Chambers Visual Effects Producer
Matthew Plummer Visual Effects Producer
Iron Man 2
Ben Snow VFX Supervisor
Ged Wright VFX Supervisor
Janek Sirrs VFX Supervisor
Susan Pickett VFX...
- 1/10/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
* This review contains some spoilers. *
The Queen Of Hearts is a French film set in Paris. The story revolves around Adele, a twenty-something women whose boyfriend has just dumped her. She goes into a deep depression and her cousin, Rachel tries to help. Rachel gives Adele a place to live and finds her a job. She meets Pierre, then Jacques, but Adele still cannot get over her depression, until she meets Paul – it is love at first sight. Or, so Adele thinks.
The film has Adele having one misstep after another; she can.t pay her grocery bill, boys throw water balloons on her, and someone smashes her ice cream cone into her face. Whenever Adele is speaking about her loves, she breaks into song. Adele is a true romantic who gives up herself to her would be lovers to no success. The ones that love are either married or...
The Queen Of Hearts is a French film set in Paris. The story revolves around Adele, a twenty-something women whose boyfriend has just dumped her. She goes into a deep depression and her cousin, Rachel tries to help. Rachel gives Adele a place to live and finds her a job. She meets Pierre, then Jacques, but Adele still cannot get over her depression, until she meets Paul – it is love at first sight. Or, so Adele thinks.
The film has Adele having one misstep after another; she can.t pay her grocery bill, boys throw water balloons on her, and someone smashes her ice cream cone into her face. Whenever Adele is speaking about her loves, she breaks into song. Adele is a true romantic who gives up herself to her would be lovers to no success. The ones that love are either married or...
- 11/19/2010
- by Joan Rapp
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
- 9/2/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
- 9/2/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
Films on the cutting edge. That's how I would describe the 50 movies on this list. While some moviegoers may find it an 'alien' experience to refer to sub-titles in understanding what's happening on the big screen, a good number of audiences are totally enjoying the different and often surprising take by many foreign filmmakers, nothwithstanding the language barrier.
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
Content-wise, the 50 movies feature stories about war and peace, love and romance, family affairs, coming-of-age tales, cultural and religious diversity, social issues (including prostitution and abortion) and personal - celebrating life or facing death with dignity. Coverage-wise, tMF list down many of the best foreign films from 2000 until last year from the UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and about 15 other countries in Europe, North and Latin America and Asia-Pacific.
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André Téchiné, Catherine Breillat, Julian Schnabel, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Christophe Barratier, Jacques Audiard, Cedric Clapisch, Francois Ozon... they are,...
- 9/2/2009
- The Movie Fanatic
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