Never had the Netflix logo been welcomed by Venetian audiences with an applause as rapturous as the one it received when the iconic N popped up to introduce what was rightly billed the cinematic event of the year: Orson Welles’ much-awaited and finally restored The Other Side of the Wind.
It was a moment 48 years in the making. In 1970, Welles grouped together a cast of Hollywood giants to shoot what would turn out to be an eerily auto-fictional farewell opus. Beset by all sorts of financial constraints, the production would stretch, stall, and come to an infamous end. Rejected by major Hollywood studios, partly funded by Iranian production company Apostrophe until the 1979 Revolution — at which point the film effectively became property of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the people of Iran — The Wind would outlive Welles (who passed away in 1985) as an irreparably unfinished last work. Over a thousand reels languished...
It was a moment 48 years in the making. In 1970, Welles grouped together a cast of Hollywood giants to shoot what would turn out to be an eerily auto-fictional farewell opus. Beset by all sorts of financial constraints, the production would stretch, stall, and come to an infamous end. Rejected by major Hollywood studios, partly funded by Iranian production company Apostrophe until the 1979 Revolution — at which point the film effectively became property of the Ayatollah Khomeini and the people of Iran — The Wind would outlive Welles (who passed away in 1985) as an irreparably unfinished last work. Over a thousand reels languished...
- 9/18/2018
- by Leonardo Goi
- The Film Stage
Stars: Brendan Byrne, Leoni Leaver, Rebecca Callander, Bob Clark | Written and Directed by Dane Millerd
There’s not a more overwrought and overused genre trope as the found footage format, at least in terms of direct to DVD movies, with many film makers using the format in place of having a decent story. Which means – at least for me – the sub-genre has become something of a nadir when it comes to horror.
However once in a while the format can be used to great effect, and this year there have been some stellar entries in the found-footage genre, be it in the cinema or on DVD: The Den, Willow Creek, Across the River, The Cellar and Black Water Vampire. And now you can add Aussie horror Prying Eyes (such a poor re-title of There’s Something in the Pilliga) to the list.
Australia has something of a tradition of producing some great exploitation movies,...
There’s not a more overwrought and overused genre trope as the found footage format, at least in terms of direct to DVD movies, with many film makers using the format in place of having a decent story. Which means – at least for me – the sub-genre has become something of a nadir when it comes to horror.
However once in a while the format can be used to great effect, and this year there have been some stellar entries in the found-footage genre, be it in the cinema or on DVD: The Den, Willow Creek, Across the River, The Cellar and Black Water Vampire. And now you can add Aussie horror Prying Eyes (such a poor re-title of There’s Something in the Pilliga) to the list.
Australia has something of a tradition of producing some great exploitation movies,...
- 9/6/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
We were recently given the heads up on a trailer for a really creepy looking Italian film called Across the River (Oltre il Guado). If nothing else, this two-minute preview proves that you can give people goosebumps without a word of dialogue.
Across the River was directed by Lorenzo Bianchini (Custodes Bestiae), who co-wrote it with Michela Bianchini. The movie stars Marco Marchese, Renzo Gariup and Lidia Zabrieszach.
Look for more on this one as we get it, but for now dig the trailer and hit the Splattercontainer.com link below for a few additional photos.
Across the River Synopsis
Ethnologist/naturalist Marco Contrada reaches the wooded areas of eastern Friuli on the border with Slovenia to carry out his usual work on the census of wild animals. Marco observes wild boar and deer, looks for traces of predators and maintains traps and cameras scattered over the forest to film animals.
Across the River was directed by Lorenzo Bianchini (Custodes Bestiae), who co-wrote it with Michela Bianchini. The movie stars Marco Marchese, Renzo Gariup and Lidia Zabrieszach.
Look for more on this one as we get it, but for now dig the trailer and hit the Splattercontainer.com link below for a few additional photos.
Across the River Synopsis
Ethnologist/naturalist Marco Contrada reaches the wooded areas of eastern Friuli on the border with Slovenia to carry out his usual work on the census of wild animals. Marco observes wild boar and deer, looks for traces of predators and maintains traps and cameras scattered over the forest to film animals.
- 7/29/2013
- by Scott Hallam
- DreadCentral.com
[Updated with new poster art]Though scarcely known outside of his native Italy - or even inside it, honestly - writer-director Lorenzo Bianchini remains, to my mind, one of the most intriguing talents in the region. The man simply has a gift for mood and character that results in some truly compelling work regardless of any budget limitations and his 2006 effort Custodes Bestiae and his 2001 offering Lidris Cuadrade Di Tre are personal favorites. All of which adds up to a certain satisfaction coming with the news that Bianchini is now in post on a new feature titled Oltre Il Guado (Across The River). The story revolves around an ethnologist working in the remote woods, trapping animals and mounting cameras on them so that he...
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- 5/14/2013
- Screen Anarchy
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