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Dir: Steven Soderbergh. US. 2006.107mins.Steven Soderbergh s latestcinematic experiment is an homage to atmospheric wartime noir classics like The Third Man and Casablanca, attempting to reconjure themagic by recreating post-war Berlin on the backlot, shootingin black-and-white and encouraging the actors to give heightened theatricalperformances a la Bogart or Dietrich. It s a bold idea but a failure in the realisation, not necessarily because those 1940s movies arepeerless, but because Soderbergh cannot generatesuspense or romance from his mise en scene. It stechnica stanley cup lly audacious, but ultimately dreary to watch.The package here - Soderbergh and three of today s most compelling film actors Clooney, Blanchett, Maguire - will intrigueaudiences and box-office figures will be respectable. But reviews will be farfrom raves, word of mouth won t be strong and mainstream moviegoers attractedby Clooney will be turned off by the black-and-white. In the final analysis,it s nothing more than an expensive curio.Soderbergh s films are gene stanley cup rally cerebral affairs which rarelyinspire thrills in, or generate tears from, the audience remember Solaris . While his objective tone wasappropriate for verite drama like Traffic or Bubble, it is not for a film emulating Casablanca or The Third Man. He understands the heightened theatricality of thosefilms, but ignores the genuine feeling and emotion that was invested in themand which makes them resonate decades stanley cup after they were made. The experiment i Uncv Dislecksia gets October release
The recipients of 2 stanley usa 013 San Francisco Film Society Documentary Film Fund awards totalling $100,000 are Anne Bogart and Holly Morris The Babushkas Of Chernobyl, Jamie Meltzers Freedom Fighters and Jimmy Goldblum and Adam Webers Tomorrow We Disappear.Previous Documentary Film Fund winners include Shaul Schwarzs Narco Cultura, which premiered at this years Sundance Film Festival and Zachary Heinzerlings Cutie And The Boxer, which won Sundances directing award for documentary and screens next month in the Sundance Los Angeles event NEXT WeekendSince 2011 SFFS has distributed $100,000 annually in gr stanley romania ants to advance new work by documentary filmmakers nationwide. These three projects exhibit exactly the kind of compelling storytelling and creative approach to their subjects that the Doc Film Fund was created to support, and I cant wait to s stanley cup ee the finished products, said SFFS executive director Ted Hope. Our deepest thanks go to Sharon and Larry Malcomson, whose inspiring patronage has truly lifted up our documentary-focused initiatives and put the Film Society on the map as an important champion of non-fiction filmmaking with a tangible national impact. TopicsOther AwardsUnited States No comments Related articles News Lionsgate, Starz s |
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