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Film Review: Tony Manero
What is fascinating about character is his since of normalcy, he lacks a moral compass from which to work from and the ascension of his obsessive behavior adds unpredictability to the tone of the film. The out of focus, handheld aesthetics, muted and degraded colors add a touch of realism and vintage to the film, and for a period pic working with such a politically charged subject matter, Tony Manero takes a risky, disturbing, but rewarding road in deciphering the air of the moment.
Paramount Vantage: Three Years of Highs and Lows
From an outsiders point of view, you'd think that winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor for 2007's No Country for Old Men and winning Best Actor and Best Cinematography for There Will Be Blood would be a sign of better things to come, but at the end of the day, it's not the number of Oscars you win, but the plus and minus on the balance sheet.
Mungiu and Uricaru place Bogdan Apetri in the ‘Outskirts’
Tales from the Golden Age's Cristian Mungiu and Ioana Uricaru (one of the several co-directors that participated in the deadpan, short film collage on some of the blunders in Romanian's past) have collaborated on a screenplay that they have handed to fellow Romanian filmmaker Bogdan Apetri. This is Apetri's feature length debut.
Michele Placido, Jacques Rivette and Christophe Honoré headed to Venice?
Add Michele Placido’s Il Grande Sogno, Jacques Rivette’s 36 Vues du Pic Saint-Loup and Christophe Honoré’s Non Ma Fille, Tu N'iras Pas Danser to the list of possible titles that will compete at the Venice Film Festival. I speculated on plenty of titles what we should be seeing at the Lido in late August, and these three titles will surely be added to the usual cluster of Euro titles.
Claude Miller Pairs Isabelle Carre and Marina Hands for a ‘Dance’
A trio of actors in Isabelle Carre (Anna M.), Marina Hands (Lady Chatterley) and James Thierree (Vatel) have scored a top-lining acting gig in Claude Miller's next feature which will be filmed on both sides of the Atlantic.
