Every season IONCINEMA.com takes a look at those who were left in the cold - films that didn't get picked up for U.S distribution and deserve a second look from the multitude of buyers.
When Indie veteran Ken Loach steps up to the camera the industry tends to take pause. The outspoken 70 year old director has a proven track record that dates back four decades and includes five Cannes Special Jury awards and now the coveted Palme d’Or award for 2006. This year’s winning film The Wind that Shakes the Barley has reportedly just been picked up for US distribution by IFC’s First Take program. IFC has chosen to promote the film in its controversial “day-and-date” model, with limited theatrical release to coincide with video-on-demand release in spring 2007.
"Let me save face and compare my movie-going experience to my sit-at-home DVD experience: Way more enjoyable on the small screen. At no time did the shakiness make me feel like I was going to swallow my own tongue or that my eyeballs were gonna roll at the back of my skull as they were during the theatrical showing. "
From Charlton Heston to Dudley Moore, the biblical standards set out in Genesis have long been the basis for Hollywood interpretation and visualization. None however have attempted it in quite the same way as David Wain’s (Wet Hot American Summer 2001) new film The Ten. Currently in pre-production, and set to film in Mexico and New York, the film will portray ten stories in an episodic style with a story representing each of the 10 Commandments. Winona Ryder, Franke Jansen, Gretchen Mol, Liev Schreiber, Rob Corddy, Ron Silver and Oliver Platt have all just been announced as joining Jessica Alba, Adam Brady, Ken Marino, Paul Rudd and Justin Theroux on the irreverent comedy written by Wain and Marino for City Lights.