ManoelDeOliveira Tagged Articles at Cinematical
Long-Term Project 'Invisíveis, Os' is Closer to Release
Filed under: Foreign Language », Independent », Shorts », Cinematical Indie »
There's a long-term project called Invisíveis, Os that looks like it's one step closer to a real release. There's been word on the film on international sites for a few years, and now IMDb says that the movie is currently in production, and should be released in Brazil in 2008. Unfortunately, my local tri-linguist is out of reach, and I'm at the mercy of the whims of Google Translate for this background, so please bear with me. The project comes from an idea by TV presenter Sérgio Groisman, and features one hell of an international line-up of directors contributing shorts -- Guy Maddin (Brand Upon the Brain!), Fernando E. Solanas (La Nube), Polish actor/writer/director Jerzy Stuhr, Leon Cakoff (Welcome to São Paulo), Golden Globe winner and 97-year-old director Manoel de Oliveira and Brazilian director Evaldo Mocarzel. Some of the projects have already been screened elsewhere. The shorts include Morcarzel's 14-minute film, The Invisible Master, which features Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, and another by de Oliveira that features two friends trying to communicate on cell phones. As for the others, I imagine that they're currently filming. Over on the Brand blogs, there's an interview up with Maddin that says he's working on a new TV doc about Winnipeg, his Canadian hometown, but there's no word about his short for this film collection -- either he's already filmed it, he doesn't want to talk about it or perhaps he's going to offer one of his previous shorts. If you haven't seen any of his, go here, where you can see some of his more recent, wacky and wonderful endeavors. Hopefully we'll have more word on the whole project soon. 2008 isn't too far away.
Secret Cannes Film No Longer a Secret
Filed under: Foreign Language », Cannes », Shorts »
Earlier this month, I posted about a secret film debuting at the Cannes Film Festival. All that was known at the time was that it would be a compilation of 30 shorts, each about three minutes long and directed by an internationally respected filmmaker, and that it wouldn't be shown to the public. Now, thanks to an official press release, we learn that there are in fact 33 shorts from 35 filmmakers (including two pairs of brothers) and that the film, titled To Each his Own Cinema, will air on French television on May 20 following its premiere at the festival. So now I don't have to wish I could attend Cannes; I have to wish I got Canal +. Also revealed are the names of the 35 participants, all of whom were supposed to be kept secret until the film's unveiling, and a few details about the project. Each director was assigned the task of filming, "their current state of mind as inspired by the motion-picture theater." The only individual specifics mentioned in the press release, which was written by festival head Giles Jacob, are that Wim Wenders shot in the Congo, Tsai Ming Liang shot in Kuala Lumpur and David Cronenberg shot "in the ... toilet!" (probably meaning the bathroom, not the bowl). But anyone familiar with the directors involved can imagine the kind of diversity that will be seen in the film.
See the names of the 35 collaborators after the jump.
Greatest Living Filmmakers United for Secret Cannes Project
Filed under: Foreign Language », Cannes », Shorts », Quentin Tarantino »
For its 60th year anniversary, the Cannes Film Festival will premiere new films from many past winners of the Palme d'Or. It isn't known how many of these winners will have new material this year, but apparently festival president Gilles Jacob and artistic director Thierry Frémaux tried to get many of the living "Golden Palm" vets -- winners and nominees, both -- to contribute to a special project. Each participating filmmaker has directed a short film of 2-3 minutes in length that will be shown together as a feature-length film at a gala event on May 20. Variety reports that those known to be included are Ken Loach ('06: The Wind That Shakes the Barley), Gus Van Sant ('03: Elephant), Lars von Trier ('00: Dancer in the Dark), Theodoros Angelopoulos ('98: Eternity and a Day), Abbas Kiarostami ('97: Taste of Cherry), Chen Kaige ('93: Farewell My Concubine), Wim Wenders ('84: Paris, Texas) and non-winners (though often-nominated) Wong Kar-Wai, Michael Cimino, Amos Gitai, Manoel de Oliveira, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. There are 30 shorts in all, so obviously a lot of other contributors are as yet unknown. Only Pedro Almodóvar (also a non-winner, and never a nominee) is known to have declined the offer.
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