A musa da Balenciaga, Charlotte Gainsbourg, lança em janeiro de 2010, IRM, seu novo álbum com produção do Beck (que esta lindo de cabelo curtinho). A canção título é também a escolhida para divulgar o cd. A inspiração da composição veio de uma série de exames de ressonância magnética a que Charlotte teve que se submeter ao ser diagnoticada com hemorragia cerebral. A música você pode baixar gratuitamente no site oficial da cantora.

Para quem não ligou o nome a pessoa, Charlotte tem dna poderoso no sangue: é filha do pai da contracultura francesa, Serge Gainsbourg, e da atriz, cantora e musa Jane Birkin, que emprestou seu sobrenome as famosas bolsas da grife Hérmes (a mais barata custa 4.700 euros!).

Jane Birkin & Serge Gainsbourg

Além de cantora, a moça é atriz, ótima e premiada. No seu currículo filmes como The Science of Sleep, onde foi dirigida pelo Michel Gondry, e dividiu a cena com Gael Garcia Bernal, 21 Gramas, do mexicano Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu, ao lado de Sean Penn e o polêmico Anticristo, do dinamarquês Lars Von Trier, que lhe rendeu a palma de ouro em Cannes este ano.

Skulle sett 9 på filmfestivalen igår. Biljetter bokade. Barnvakten dök upp. One down, one för barnvakten att lägga. One up! Two up! Hoollaballo och skrik. Den minsta vill inte sova. Ingen vill sova! Det hela slutar med att den största sover och den minsta är lyckligare än någonsin när vi till slut kapitulerar och låter honom vara uppe i flera timmar. Och två tomma stolar får fyllas med volontärer istället för oss på 9-visningen.

Och det här är inte första gången den minsta jävlas med mig! För snart ett år sedan såg han till att sega sig och göra entré bara en vecka innan Mammut-premiären, när min favvoskådis Gael Garcia Bernal var i Sverige. Funderade på att åka raka vägen från bb till presskonferensen, men insåg att det inte vore helt friskt. Eller?

Nu för tiden när hela filmjournalist-Sverige förökar sig i rasande takt kanske det kan vara på sin plats att anordna lekrum i anslutning till filmpresskonferenser? I början av hösten hade till exempel en av kvällstidningarnas filmprofiler med sig sina två, PSP-spelande, knoddar till filmhuset när höstens svenska filmer skulle presenteras. Var kommer det sluta?

Well after a disturbingly depressing few weeks FilmWipe365 is back with a bang.  My illness has gone (again I have not got VD as several people emailed so don’t worry you will not got a bout of te clap from reading this). If I had planned this better I would have reviewed the Korean film The Presidents Last Bang, however, I am lazy and heading to morbid obesity and didn’t think of this incredibly funny joke early enough.  I feel slightly ashamed to come back with this film.  It is like Robbie Williams 2007 return Rudebox – the first album in music history that made people want to get syphilis in their ears.  What makes the film worst is not the fact that you have to read another excruciatingly long review about how much I hated watching it, nor that I wish everyone involved with the film a short and painful career.  It is instead the fact that I was actually excited about watching it and instead had my hopes crushed much like David Furnish when he thought It’s a Boy Girl Thing would stop him from having to spounge off his sugar daddy Elton John.  Rudo y Cursi – the mainstream vehicle for Diego Luna and Gael Garcia Bernal  – is frankly the weakest film I have had the misforune to watch for sometime and actually left me begging to watch films of the quality of the Break up and Eight Legged Freaks.

The film follows the brothers nicknamed Rudo (Diego Luna) and Cursi (Gael Garcia Bernal) on their journey from the bannana plantations in rural Mexico to super stardom playing football for two of the nations biggest teams.  It all kicks off for them when Batuta (a soccer scout) breaks down near their town.  After helping to fix his car the brothers compete against one another to get him to represent them.  Cursi wins and leaves their provincial home for Mexico City.  He is a big success and finishes as top scorer in his first season, which gives him the opportunity to follow his real passion, music.   Rudo has it a bit tougher.  Several months after Cursi, Batuta gives Rudo an opportunity with a rubbish team.  He leaves his wife and children to follow his dream.  After stuggling to get a place in the team in his first season he fortunately finds himself in the top flight. The second season in football contrasts hugely for the pair.  Cursi has lost form due to his relationship with a tv star and is on the verge of being sent to a lower division club.  Rudo, is close to becoming the best goal keeper in the history of the league.  However, his gambling addiction has left him owing money to some dangerous criminals and in the game against Cursi’s team he is asked to throw the game.  He is left with the dilema of following his dream or doing what he is told.

Well after what is possibly the longest description of a film in review history, I will get down to business (I can hear the sense of relief).  Until Cursi leaves for Mexico the film is desperately dull. The film offers very little about the depressing poverty that the pair grow up in. In some ways this is good, however there is hardly anything interesting.  And when you do get a flash of something interesting you’re so bored that you struggle to notice it (such as the abuse by her boyfriend of the pairs mother).  Cursi on his own in Mexico city is abut as exciting as staring at a beie wll for 15 hours.  It is so difficult to stay awake only repeated attempts at self harm will stop you from seeing most of the film with your eyes closed. 

Personally the most excruciating aspect of the film is Rudo’s gambling addiction.  From about 2 minutes into him arriving in Mexico city you quickly guess where the story is going.  It takes about 40 minutes to get to the point that you had magically predicted.  It is so painful to watch that cutting off my penis, cooking it on an open fire and then sharing it with a small Mongolian family as I slowly bleed to death seems a tempting alternative.  There is nothing I  loath more than being able to predict what is going to happen.

If I had my way Radovan Karadžićy would not be the only one in the Hague waiting to serve trial for crimes against humanity.  Director Carlos Cauron deserves to be sentenced to a life punishment for what he has done to cinema.  Technically the film is ok.  However, as the boy genius who wrote and directed this horror show he takes full credit for the misery he has brought on the world.  The script is terrible.  Even his mum would struggle to tell him that this was any good.  The dialogue between characters is so turgid it makes watching paint dry genuinely seem quite exiting.  His direction does little to excite the senses.  Worst of all he manages to make two excellent actors seem like David Arquette.  This is quite a skill as David Arquette is so bad that even genital crabs seem like Oscar nominated actors in comparison to him.

Overall this should be avoided at all costs.  Even football thugs will be bored as you only see about 1 minute of football.  Save money and do something else.

1/10 – If I couldgive minus figures Iwould but I don’t want to give it the infamy.

Clearly Im on a MOVIE and LOVE kick. Don’t blame me, blame the weather. Its MOVIE season!!

Anyway this movies looks cute Check it out!

An American girl on vacation in Italy finds an unanswered “letter to Juliet” — one of thousands of missives left at the fictional lover’s Verona courtyard, which are typically answered by a the “secretaries of Juliet” — and she goes on a quest to find the lovers referenced in the letter.

Aww cute I’m definitely going to see this too!

Three years after his “experimental” phase wrapped with the jarring, iconoclastic Container, Swedish enfant terrible Lukas Moodysson returned for this sprawling, ambitious social drama. Echoing Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Babel and featuring two Hollywood A-listers as his leads, Mammoth also marked the director’s premier English-language project. Michelle Williams and Gael García Bernal co-star as Ellen and Leo, New York marrieds; she’s an emergency-room surgeon, he’s a listless, vaguely dissatisfied Internet game designer. They have a family, albeit an unconventional and dysfunctional one: seven-year-old daughter Jackie (Sophie Nyweide) is practically being raised by a 24/7 Filipino caregiver, Gloria (Marife Necesito), who dotes on her incessantly. This provokes the envy of Ellen and the resentment of Gloria’s two geographically estranged sons, Manuel (Martin Delos Santos) and Salvador (Jan Nicdao), who repeatedly phone their mom from Manila and plead with her to come home. Gloria’s mother grows so distressed by this behavior that she attempts to show Salvador just how easy his life is in comparison to that of others, which leads to unanticipated tragic consequences. Meanwhile, Leo teams up with a shifty associate, Bob (Tom McCarthy), flies to Thailand, and encounters a freewheeling, laid-back working mother named Cookie (Run Srinikornchot). Step by step, the actions that Leo takes while abroad create a domino effect and alter everyone’s lives in irreversible ways.

If I were Oprah, you would be really excited. Sorry, I’m not, but I would like to share with you some of my favorite things. Just stuff, things, I don’t know how to put it!

www.StumbleUpon.com

It is definitely the best way to surf the internet. You can sort by the categories you want to see and just push the magical “Stumble” button and it takes you to amazing places

Jelly Battle

Duh I’m so addicted to this game (Jelly Battle)! My sn is Kristinstien because I’m a monster killer that could not possibly have been naturally conceived.

Kristinstien dominates!

I won that battle by the way against a Field Marshall. Just saying.

The Science of Sleep

A cool movie about a guy who confuses his dreams and reality. If you liked Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind then you will like this.

Free on iTunes

If you didn’t know this, then I hope this makes you happy. Every Tuesday the people who run the iTunes store update the free on iTunes selection. There is always a Single of the Week, Music Video of the Week, Discovery Download, and a bunch of other random free stuff. All of which can be found in the convenient little bar at the bottom. I have the latest version of iTunes, so it might be different for you if you have a different version.

Also, for all you Facebook users, there is a Free on iTunes application that you can use to get codes for whole samplers, which include about 15-20 songs each. It gives you codes for each. I love these samplers because they usually highlight indie music!

That’s a short list, eh. I’ll add more later…

Je donne plus l’oreille que je ne prends la parole, j’ai l’humanisme économe.

À la croisée des chemins, on se trompe de route afin d’avoir un entretien avec le destin, même si je ne le comprends pas en suivant mon instinct.

Le silence fait partie de mon histoire sans fenêtre sur vous, ni porte de sortie pour vendre une morale donnant un sens à mes actes.

Allez savoir qui je suis derrière mon masque fait de chair et de sang, ce que je sais sur mes commanditaires comme mes victimes et où je vais d’un pas meurtrier tel le temps qui passe.

Ma mélancolie est assassine et mon tourment est une tombe d’où je ne m’extirperai qu’au dernier souffle.

Mais un doute subsiste lorsque l’on fixe machinalement les cibles mouvantes plutôt que cet horizon bancal plus résigné que fidèle.

Et le planisphère ? Il nous écrase de toute son autopsie, de toutes ses rides guerrières.

Je préfère le paysage aux voyages !

Une ville reste une ville, ces odeurs de peur quand les pas claquent sur le sol en se faisant de plus en plus pressants, le bruit des ruelles orphelines de la lumière du jour, son visage raisonnable pour le tourisme plastique, son charme pour les cartes postales, sans oublier son calme invisible et anonyme.

Ce qui me plaît le plus ce sont les fenêtres, on devine ce qu’elles cachent négligemment, on se protège dans leurs angles morts, pour ne pas être de vu, pour rester méconnu.

J’ai cet instinct de conservation presque animal qui me préserve de ce mauvais goût bien humain pour l’héroïsme de manuel scolaire.

Alors mon nom n’est qu’une anecdote dans le monde des illustres qui cherchent des échos à leur nostalgie dans un regard, dans une guitare.

Une clef fatiguée, une porte à la fois étrangère et familière, un lit d’infortune pour une personne, un cendrier vide et un horizon imparfait me renvoyant à mes respirations inégales.

Peu importe l’endroit, c’est la même chose, sans les mêmes gens…

La limite entre habitude de l’usine humaine et paranoïa des oppressés de service ? Ceux qui en parlent en observant ceux qui sont censés le vivre, ils doivent avoir plus de réponses que de questions.

À force de me demander constamment ce que j’aime, je vais finir par savoir ce que vous pensez.

De retour à la case départ en avançant sur ma piste, le décor habite mes songes éveillés, quitte à y laisser leur mémoire.

J’entends des voix, mais je préfère les mots.

Je pourrais apprendre ta langue, mais tes hésitations en disent long !

Va savoir ce je fais du temps qu’il m’est est arbitrairement imparti puisque la petite mort ne m’attend plus ?

Si l’information c’est le contrôle, nous devons être bien suicidaires!

Le problème des messagers en transit qui rêvent d’être des passagers en stand by, c’est qu’ils oublient que les autres peuvent épouser la solitude.

Dans le doute, on confond mystère et zone d’ombre, mieux vaut ne pas comprendre que de ne pas savoir dans le vaste monde.

Me taire, apparemment, c’est ce que j’ai de mieux à dire.

…

Le temps est aux adieux, nullement aux présentations.

Les choses commencent et se terminent dans un aéroport, là où les hommes viennent de nulle part et vont forcément quelque part pour quelque chose ou quelqu’un !

J’atterris paisiblement, j’arrive tranquillement, je pars sur la pointe des pieds, mais ne peut me résoudre à rester ici. Le mouvement, c’est tout ce qu’il me reste.

Avoir plus de solitude que de questionnement, voilà bien la seule preuve que le silence existe.

Les images défilent à vive allure comme pour mieux satisfaire la boîte à souvenirs.

Je ne prends pas de plaisir particulier dans mon travail. Comme les autres, les plans se suivent mais ne se ressemblent pas, tout est une question d’imagination.

Les hallucinations modernes ne valent pas les pertes de conscience d’antan, quand tout n’était que supposition et illusion.

Je suis parti comme je suis venu, sans un bruit, sans un mot, il ne me reste qu’à choisir entre les limites du contrôle et le contrôle des limites.

Since September, Cuarón made the news not only by signing a controversial petition by the Société des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques’ (SACD) protesting the extradition of Roman Polanski from Switzerland for an outstanding warrant dating back to his 1977 rape conviction but also for his participation in  Autism Speaks‘ “I am Autism” campaign (details below the cut).

More recently, HR reported that the director was in early stage talks to direct the remake of Jérôme Salle’s The Tourist (original title: Anthony Zimmer) , replacing Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (The Lives of Others), originally attached to the project.  Variety reports that the production is to finally begin in February after a number of cast and crew changes since 2005.  However, as recently as last week, von Donnersmarck asserted that he was still attached to the project.  “In the trades, everything they say…I think you can discount a lot of it.  It’s just a way of talking about the business, and sometimes things get out about heated points of discussion. We’ll see how it plays out with that one.”

In October, the finalists for the AXN Film Festival were announced.  Jury members – including Gael García Bernal, Diego Luna, and Carlos Cuarón, among others – selected ten short films from across South America which will air on AXN from 15th November to to 6th December in Brazil, Mexico, Columbia, Argentina, and Venezuela.  The winner will be announced Sunday, 13th December.  Read more.  The Sunday Times carried an interview with Carlos and Alfonso Cuarón by Beverley D’Silva ahead of of the DVD release of Rudo y Cursi in the UK mid-November.  The brothers discussed their relationship growing up and making films, “Writing [Y tu mamá también], we were laughing like crazy and getting very excited. We learnt that the only way to make things happen is to take control of your material from the get-go. And it all happened from there.”

Apologies for the great delay!

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22^nd September, international autism research and advocacy organisation Autism Speaks launched its second annual world conference and the “Decade for Autism”p campaign urging governments to better fund autism research and social services for families affected by autism.  Screened at the conference was a short-film commissioned especially for the initiative called “I am Autism,” by Alfonso Cuarón and songwriter Billy Mann, who are both parents of children diagnosed with autism.  The organisation invited individuals with autism and their family to submit footage which was put together with a reading of a poem by Mann, “to show the global face of autism.”

The video, available on YouTube, immediately drew criticism from autistic self-advocates across the web.  Liz Ditz provides a long list of blog posts and articles responding to the video in the days immediately after its release while The New Republic provides coverage of Autism Speaks’ public relations disaster as well as the Autistic Self Advocacy Network’s official response (press release and blog excerpts) to “I am Autism.”

“This is the latest in a series of unethical fundraising strategies adopted by Autism Speaks,” said Ari Ne’eman, an adult on the autism spectrum and President of the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN). “This type of fear mongering hurts Autistic people, by raising fear and not contributing in the slightest to accurate understanding of the needs of Autistic adults and children.”

In addition to the charge of fear mongering and misrepresentation of autism and autistic people, one of the major criticisms of the Autism Speaks campaign targets the exploitative nature of the video campaign, which featured primarily minors unable to personally consent to the use of their image.  Furthermore, rather than providing a platform for autistic persons to discuss their experiences as the name of the campaign might suggest (it is perhaps here that I find this (re)presentation so problematic, personally), the narration instead personifies and demonises autism, focusing on the burden it creates for parents of children with autism.  Thomas C. Weiss of Disabled World takes a closer look at the campaign activities of Autism Speaks, while board members from the Global and Regional Asperger Syndrome Partnership (GRASP) offer their criticisms (requires Facebook sign-in) of the organisation’s past campaigns.

In the week after the video’s release, Autism Speaks responded to the criticism, explaining: “It is an intensely personal expression by these two fathers and their hope is that the piece inspires other voices and artists in the autism community.  No one perspective can ever be the definitive voice of autism.”  The group additionally offered to remove the video “I am Autism,” but it is still available online.  There has been no response from either Mann or Cuarón.

Most recently, Claudia Wallis of Time covered some of the controversy generated by the video, including a statement from Autism Speaks’ vice-president Peter Bell, who acknowledged, “We realized it did hurt a certain segment of the population, which is why we removed the video link from our website,” also admitting the lack of autistic representation on its advisory boards.  Michael Novinson of Bryn Mawr and Harverford Colleges’ Bi-College News also offered an opinion on the controversy, “Giving autistic people a more prominent platform in their own movement may not result in medical breakthroughs, but it should help bridge cultural divides. At the very least, they can caution well-intentioned yet naïve filmmakers against portraying autism subjects as lifeless zombies powerless in their own struggle.”

Et oui, je vous sens trépigner d’impatience. Il faut dire qu’il n’y a pas eu de rubrique “news du côté des news” la semaine dernière, et pour cause, pas de nouveautés dans les malles jeudi dernier (ce qui est assez rare).

Mais nous voilà de retour et en pleine forme.

Pour commencer, trois nouveautés que j’ai eu l’occasion de voir lors du Bifff 2009 :

Jeux de pouvoir / State of play (2009) de Kevin McDonald (le réalisateur du Dernier roi d’Ecosse). Le titre anglais vous sera déjà sans doute plus familier: State of play est en effet une mini série télévisée britannique (6 épisodes) datant de 2003. En voici son remake américain. Ayant vu et la série, et ce remake, j’ai personnellement préféré la série et son style anglais plus précis, plus fin surtout. Cette adaptation typiquement made in U.S. ravira cependant les amateurs de thrillers politiques.

The Chaser (2009) de Hong-Jin Na : un thriller haletant et efficace ! The Chaser est un magnifique film qui impressionne sur bien des plans. La complexité scénaristique est menée de main de maître tout au long de l’histoire, sans aucun temps mort et avec beaucoup de fluidité, Hong-Jin Na arrive ainsi à créer une ambiance pesante et haletante de bout en bout. Quelques touches humoristiques (la police coréenne n’est en rien épargnée) viennent ça et là agrémenter l’ensemble. Les scènes de bagarre sont suffisamment violentes que pour être crédibles. Un excellent polar noir qui a déjà été approché par des producteurs américains pour un remake version US (les rumeurs vont bon train au sujet de Leonardo Di Caprio). Quand on sait que c’est une première réalisation pour ce coréen d’à peine 35 ans, on ne peut qu’attendre ses prochains films avec impatience.

Star Trek Zero (2009) de J.J. Abrams : Nous voici donc au commencement, lorsque Capitaine Kirk est encore dans le ventre de sa maman et que papa Kirk se sacrifie pour sauver ses congénères, que Spock use ses culottes de Vulcain sur le banc de l’école et que Dr McCoy a le mal de l’air…. A l’aide d’effets spéciaux impeccables (J. J. Abrams connaît la chanson puisqu’il est entre autres producteur de Cloverfield) et d’un scénario en béton, ce Star Trek 0 (ou Star Trek 11, c’est comme vous voulez) nous offre un très beau moment à la fois de divertissement et de science-fiction (ça fait du bien, c’est tellement rare !). J.J. Abrams a réussi ce que George Lucas a raté en sortant les épisodes 1 à 3 de Star Wars. Comme quoi, quand on veut, on peut !

Sinon, nous avons en plus dans nos bacs magiques :

Mammoth, la dernière réalisation de Lukas Moodysson. Un film indépendant pour lequel il est difficile d’obtenir des informations. N’empêche, la présence au générique du réalisateur de Fucking Amal et du superbe Lilya-4-ever, ou de l’acteur Gael Garcia Bernal semble déjà présager beaucoup. A essayer.

Le Liseur / The Reader (2008) de Stephen Daldry est l’adaptation d’un bestseller de Bernard Schlink, une histoire d’amour entre une femme de 30 ans et un jeune homme de 15. Le film repose entre autres sur la prestation de Kate Winslet, une fois de plus mémorable. Le jeune homme découvrira des années plus tard que cette femme avait travaillé comme gardienne dans un camp nazi. J’ai beaucoup apprécié ce film, qui m’a paru néanmoins un peu trop long.

Enfin, Ne te retourne pas (2009) de Marina De Van, film présenté cette année au Festival de Cannes et qui voit s’affronter Sophie Marceau et Monica Bellucci dans un questionnement identitaire. Un film psychologique, cela va s’en dire.

Qu’on se le dise !

Brigitte Segers

by The Great White Gypsy

The Box – Written and Directed by Richard Kelly
The premise of this film sounds like a bad teenage horror story. A strange man gives a box to a couple having money problems. They will get money every time they push the button, but every time, someone they don’t know will die. Though it’s riding on Cameron Diaz’s acting skills (um…), if anyone can make it cool, writer/director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko, Southland Tales) will have no problem.
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn
November 6

Endgame – Directed by Pete Travis, Written by Paula Milne
Another slow, patient South African political film? Meh. I mean, I really like Hurt and Ejiofor, but Pete Travis directed Vantage Point, which sucked asshole. I really, really want it to be good, I’m just scared it’s going to be really, really bad.
William Hurt, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Johnny Lee Miller, Mark Strong, Derek Jacobi
November 6

The Men Who Stare at Goats – Directed by Grant Heslov, Written by Peter Straughan
Actor Grant Heslov hasn’t done much directing. Same goes for Peter Straughan and writing. But if you look at this cast, you really can’t go wrong in a story about Telekenisis/Psychic programs in the army. Hell yes.
George Clooney, Ewan McGregor, Jeff Bridges, Kevin Spacey, Robert Patrick, Stephen Root
November 6

Precious – Directed by Lee Daniels, Written by Geoffrey Fletcher
I hate the fact that the full title of this film is “Precious: Based on a novel by Sapphire”. I also hate the fact that Tyler Perry and Oprah Winfrey are “presenting” this one. However, cliché and cheesy as it most likely is, I seriously almost cried watching the preview. This has the potential for two hours of raw emotion that leaves you speechless. Or two hours of horrible acting and bullshit storyline. I’ll wait for cable.
Gabourey Sidibe, Paula Patton, Mariah Carey, Lenny Kravitz
November 6

The Fantastic Mr. Fox – Written and Directed by Wes Anderson
I hate, I hate, I hate Wes Anderson. However, there are always a couple elements of his films that impress me, and his attempts at stop motion animation intrigue me. Will I like it? Probably not. Will I see it? Of course.
George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Willem Dafoe, Owen Wilson, Michael Gambon
November 13

Pirate Radio – Written and Directed by Richard Curtis
When I saw the preview for this, I thought, “Hey, that looks exactly like that movie advertised last year called “The Boat that Rocked”. Wait… I have no idea why this film took so long to release, or why they changed the title, but after waiting so long, I’ve built it up to possible “Almost Famous” level in my head. I really hope I’m not disappointed.  About a boatful of radio DJ’s who broadcast banned music over British airwaves in the ‘60’s. Curtis directed Love Actually.
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Emma Thompson, Kenneth Branagh, Nick Frost
November 13

The Messenger – Written and Directed by Oren Moverman
Foster and Harrelson play a very overlooked part of the military in this new drama about the officers who deliver the horrible news to KIA soldiers’ families. Foster starts to care too much…you see where this is going. Moverman’s first film, looks good.
Ben Foster, Woody Harrelson, Samantha Morton, Jena Malone
November 13

2012 – Directed by Roland Emmerich, Written by Roland Emmerich and Harald Kloser
When I want to see an action packed explosion film with weak story, I’ll catch the new Michael Bay flick. When I want to see a really entertaining film with great special effects that will leave me dumber for having watched it, I’ll go see a Roland Emmerich film (Independence Day, Stargate, Godzilla, 10,000 BC). If you don’t know what this film is about, you should probably look into it, cause we’re kinda running out of time, dude…
John Cusack, Amanda Peet, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Thandie Newton, Woody Harrelson, Danny Glover, Oliver Platt
November 13

That Evening Sun – Written and Directed by Scot Teems
I think Clint Eastwood had a scheduling conflict playing a grumpy old man in Gran Turino, so Holbrook stepped in. This is a perfect example of a cookie-cutter Midwest drama starring a senior citizen afraid of change that might not be very good, but will definitely get nominated for at least 2 Oscars. Don’t get me wrong, Hal is great, but the story has the potential to be full of holes.
Hal Holbrook, Ray McKinnon, Mia Wasikowska, Carrie Preston
November 13

Uncertainty – Written and Directed by Scott McGehee and David Siegel
At the risk of sounding like a douchebag, I am very uncertain about this movie. Part romantic comedy, part drama, part action thriller? So confused. McGehee and Siegel have written and directed three other films together, and I’ve never heard of any of them. But Gordon-Levitt hasn’t let me down so far, and Thirlby and Collins are sexy. I’ll flip a coin.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lynn Collins, Olivia Thirlby
November 13

Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans – Directed by Werner Herzog, Written by William M. Finkelstein
Controverial old-school director Werner Herzog (Encounters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man) is remaking the 1992 drama (starring Harvey Keitel) about a gambling/drug addict cop, and he’s setting it in post-Katrina New Orleans. They say it’s Cage’s best performance since Leaving Las Vegas (not really hard), and Kilmer’s presence is reassuring. Looking forward to it.
Nicholas Cage, Val Kilmer, Eva Mendes, Michael Shannon, Fairuza Balk, Xzibit, Shawn Hatosy
November 20

Chi Bi (Red Cliff) – Directed by John Woo, Written by John Woo and Khan Chan
This is an epic film in the style of Hero and House of Flying Daggers. John Woo started out with some good films (A Better Tomorrow, Killer, Hard Boiled), he even had some good American movies (Hard Target, Face/Off), though there were bullshit ones too (Windtalkers, Paycheck). However, his dramas, like Last Hurrah for Chivalry, have gone largerly unnoticed by American audiences. And, of course, it’s been out in China for two years, and we’re just getting it now. Tarantino needs to step his game up.
Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Wei Zhao
November 20

Fix – Directed by Tao Ruspoli, Written by Charles Castaldi and Paul Duran
Documentary filmmaker Ruspoli blends styles in this fictional documentary about a convicted drug dealer and his friends, who are attempting to raise enough money to put him in rehab before 8pm so he can avoid jail time. I can already tell that Andrews’ over-the-top personality is going to steal the show, and Wilde is kinda cute. When’s it coming to Netflix?
Olivia Wilde, Tao Ruspoli, Dedee Pfeiffer, Shawn Andrews
November 20

The Missing Person – Written and Directed by Noah Buschel
Modern noir about a private detective (Shannon in a lead role…nice) searching for a missing person after 9/11. Elements of drama and comedy make it appear a little disjointed, but Shannon and Ryan are solid. Kinda surprised it didn’t go straight to DVD, but whatever.
Michael Shannon, Amy Ryan, Frank Wood
November 20

Me and Orson Welles – Directed by Richard Linklater, Written by Holly Gent Palmo
I can’t see Efron’s name on anything without thinking Highschool Musical, which makes me want to punch everyone under the age of 17 in the eye. However, this film is a little more dramatic, a lot less musical, and Christian McKay looks like the best Orson Welles since D’onofrio in Ed Wood. And if that still doesn’t convince you to see this period film about Welles directing stage plays, I have three words for you: Richard motherfucking Linklater (Scanner Darkly, Waking Life, Dazed and Confused). There you go.
Zac Efron, Claire Danes, Christian McKay, Ben Chaplin
November 25

Ninja Assassin – Directed by James McTeigue, Written by Matthew Sand and J. Michael Straczynski
The directors of The Matrix are producing this balls-to-the-wall violence-fest about…are you ready? A Ninja Assassin. Crazy right? Just think blades, bullets, blood, and nonstop special effects. I can’t freaking wait.
Sung Kang
November 25

The Road – Directed by John Hillcoat, Written by Joe Penhall
I must admit, I didn’t care for Cormac McCarthy’s award winning novel. The fact that writer and director are inexperienced worries me. Whether the acting, cinematography and effects can save it or not, the story makes me think no one will like this no matter what.
Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce, Garret Dillahunt
November 25

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

Metropia – Directed by Tarik Saleh, Written by Fredrik Edin
Anything with Vincent Gallo attatched generally gets my attention (Buffalo 66 was fucking weird). In this animated social commentary, Gallo’s character goes nuts when he starts hearing voices in the expansive underground tunnels Europe was forced to build after gas prices went too high. The animation looks pretty damn cool, so we’ll see.
Vincent Gallo, Udo Kier, Juliette Lewis, Stellan Skarsgard, Alexander Skarsgard
November 6 (Sweden)

Harry Brown – Directed by Daniel Barber, Written by Gary Young
Michael Caine hasn’t really been a badass since Get Carter, but this one may change that. Granted, it’s another cranky old man pissed off at street hooligans, but they did kill his friend…and he is ex-military. Comes out in the UK this month, possible limited releases in US.
Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, Iain Glen
November 11 (UK)

Los abrazos rotos (Broken Embraces) – Written and Directed by Pedro Almodovar
Almodovar is huge in Spain, and the last time he teamed with Cruz was Volver, which was damn good. This film is about a writer/director telling a young man the story of why he changed his name after an accident took the life of his true love 14 years prior. Limited release this month, but expect it to be everywhere in time for the Oscars.
Penelope Cruz, Lluis Homar
November 20 (Limited)

Mammoth – Written and Directed by Lukas Moodysson
Husband and wife with a “perfect” life are put to the test when he takes a business trip to Thailand and decides to let loose a little. It looks very similar to parts of Babel, but more focused. Bernal and Williams have grown on me the last couple years, and Moodysson has done good work in Sweden.
Michelle Williams, Gael Garcia Bernal
November 20 (Limited)

Un film del 2009, regia di Jim Jarmusch, con Tilda Swinton / Bill Murray / Gael García Bernal / Isaach De Bankolé. Prodotto da Mikado ()

Drammatico / Poliziesco / Thriller

Un misterioso criminale è sul punto di portare a termine un lavoro. L’uomo non si fida di nessuno e non ha intenzione di rivelare a cosa stia lavorando. Per completare il colpo, è costretto a mettersi in viaggio per la Spagna, ma nel tragitto si troverà a dover fare i conti con la propria coscienza.

Att kommunisten, ministern och gerillaledaren Che Guevara är en ikon världen över än idag beror förmodligen lika mycket på ett snyggt fotografi som hans faktiska handlingar under sin livstid. Inte för att förringa Ernesto ”Che” Guevaras betydelse som historisk person: den kubanska revolutionen är fortfarande en nagel i ögat för USA:s latinamerikanska intressen och för de kubaner innanför eller utanför Kuba som drömmer om att landet skall bli fritt från Castrobröderna.  Och för dem som sympatiserar med Guevaras sak är han ju onekligen attraktiv som ikon: en ungdomlig revolutionär som inte drog ner på tempot förrän hans motståndare tog livet av honom. Man kommer dock inte ifrån att utanför Kuba och Latinamerika är de som kan beskriva hur det berömda fotot på Guevara ser ut förmodligen betydligt fler än de som kan redogöra för hans liv.

 I alla fall, det stora arbete som det innebär att göra en film av Che Guevaras historia tog filmaren Steven Soderbergh på sig och detta resulterade i två filmer: Che – Argentinaren och Che – Gerillaledaren. Det är svårt att se de här två filmerna var för sig utan de måste nästan ses som en helhet. Che – Argentinaren visar Guevara under den kubanska revolutionens tid och innefattar även Guevara begav sig till New York 1964 för att prata i FN – skyskrapan. Den här filmen känns stundom lika fragmentiserad som en David Lynch film (behöver inte vara en dålig sak) och är lite svår på det sättet: man går lätt bet om man försöker göra ett kronologiskt helhetsgrepp på vad som faktiskt händer under filmens lopp. Ändå tycker jag att det är njutbart att titta på Che – Argentinaren, det gäller bara att ge upp ambitionen att se den som en biografi. Benicio Del Toro är helt perfekt som huvudrollsinnehavare och Soderberghs uppenbara ambition att göra en snygg film ger resultat. Om Che – Argentinaren dras med problemet att den kanske blir lite tråkig på grund av svårigheterna att hänga med i händelseförloppet så är Che – Gerillaledaren desto mer spännande. Guevara har bytt plattfrom från Kuba till Bolivia för att sprida revolutionen över kontinenten. Där möter han på svårigheter: hans framgångar vill inte upprepa sig och USA är fast beslutna att inte låta kommunismen få ytterligare ett fotfäste i Amerika. Det är Guevaras undergångssaga som berättas och det är svårt att inte ryckas med.

Förutom Soderberghs filmatisering av Ches liv finns det en några år gammal biopic av Walter Salles : Dagbok från en motorcykel med Gael Garcia Bernal i huvudrollen. Denna film har ett annat fokus och skildrar den unge Guevaras politiska uppvaknande under en längre resa på den Latinamerikanska kontinenten. Salles lyckas kanske bättre än Soderbergh med att begripliggöra personen Che Guevara, och åskådaren får mer insikt i vilka hans motiv var.

Om man nu är verkligt nyfiken på vem Che Guevara var som person och inte bara vill titta på en massa filmer hela tiden finns det en del böcker att tillgå. Svensken Björn Kumm, som såg Guevara på sin dödsbädd, kom nyligen med biografin Che. Men den mest definitiva biografierna sägs vara skrivna av Jon Lee Anderson Che Guevara: Ständigt mot segern 1928-1959 och Che Guevara: Fosterlandet eller döden 1959-1967.

Finns Steven Soderberghs filmer om Che inne på biblioteket?

Finns Dagbok från en motorcykel inne på biblioteket?

Finns Björns Kumms Che inne på biblioteket?

Finns Jon L Andersons biografier om Che Guevara inne på biblioteket?

/Tobias

Rudo y Cursi (2008)
★★★ / ★★★★

“Rudo y Cursi” stars Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna as brothers who started off as workers in a banana plantation and, with the help of a soccer scout (Guillermo Francella), eventually became Mexico’s soccer stars. One of the things I liked most about this movie was it allowed two very different characters to start off in the same level of happiness (or unhappiness). But when they finally achieved stardom, they were rarely on that same level and that caused tension, resentment, and bitterness which ate them inside out. But what’s even more impressive is that writer and director Carlos Cuarón painted the picture in a light-hearted manner with a real sadness in its core. It was easy for me to buy the fact that Bernal and Luna were very competitive brothers because of their lingering chemistry from “Y tu mamá también.” Although their characters genuinely loved one another, they forget that one time or another because they constantly got caught up in their own problems and inner demons. Such issues were commented on by the narrator who discussed things like the similarities and differences between a mother and a uniform, passion and talent, and the labyrinthine world of fame. The way their luck and fortunes fluctuated from golden fevers to pitiful desperation engaged me throughout. This is far from a typical sports film where a lead character goes through all kinds fo hardship in life and finally gets that big break. It’s really more about the dynamics between brothers who constantly had to build themselves up and could not help but compare themselves to each other in order to determine if they were good enough. (Which kind of works as a cautionary tale.) Carlos Cuarón’s debut film impresses on many levels which, admittedly, could have been a lot stronger if it had a better sense of pacing. I was just glad that it actually had a brain despite the sport.

Wreszcie nadszedł dzień, w którym mogłem uraczyć się nowym tworem Jima Jarmuscha. Na samym wstępie napiszę, że jestem entuzjastą jego kina, co całkowicie pozbawia mnie obiektywizmu. Powszechnie wiadomo, że reżyser jest kwintesencją ascezy we współczesnym kinie, a mimo to zdołał pójść krok dalej tym razem. Do obecnej w „The Limits of Control” surowości nie przyzwyczaiły mnie nawet takie obrazy jak „Dead Man” czy „Stranger Than Paradise”.

Bohaterem filmu jest tajemniczy mężczyzna wynajęty do początkowo nieokreślonej, brudnej roboty, której cel jest nieznany, aż do finału historii. W tej roli celowo oszczędny aktorsko Isaach De Bankolé. Widniejący w obsadzie jako Lone Man, wędruje (a jakże !) po terenach Hiszpanii, gdzie spotyka się z  personami równie enigmatycznymi jak on (w ich rolach m.in.: Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray i Gael Garcia Bernal). Często stosowanym zabiegiem jest powtarzalność motywów, zachowań i wypowiedzi. Bohater nieustannie uprawia tai chi między spotkaniami, nigdy nie zasypia, w kawiarni zamawia zawsze dwie kawy, jest witany przez zagadkowe postacie tym samym pytaniem o znajomość języka hiszpańskiego (coś na kształt szpiegowskiego potwierdzenia tożsamości) itd.

Film rozpoczyna się cytatem Arthura Rimbauda z wiersza „Statek pijany”, który zapowiada transcendentalną podróż, jaką film odbędzie podobnie jak jego literacki odpowiednik – okręt. Jest to swoistymi ostrzeżeniem reżysera przed abstrakcją, której zaraz doświadczymy. Z minuty na minutę, faktycznie film staje się coraz bardziej mglisty i dziwaczny, ocierając się powoli o granice realności i snu. I gdy abstrakcja staje się nieznośna i wręcz przesadnie nudna, postać grana przez Tilde Swinton wyjaśnia taki bieg wydarzeń (o ile można tu w ogóle mówić o jakichkolwiek wydarzeniach). Blonde (bo tak nazywa się najciekawsza chyba z napotkanych przez bohatera osób), ujawnia swoje upodobania filmowe następującymi słowami:  „The best films are like dreams, you’ve never sure you‘ve really had. Sometimes I like in films, when people just sit there, not saying anything”. Jarmusch drwi z nas, doprawadza do stanu frustacji, aby nagle oświadczyć, że takie były jego zamiary. Ta charakterystyczna scena jest dumną afirmacją osobistego podejścia do sztuki i kina.

Co się z kolei tyczy sztuki, film jest hołdem oddanym artystycznej twórczości, swoistą zbieraniną dzieł cenionych przez Jarmuscha. „The Limits of Control” jest naszpikowany kulturowymi nawiązaniami, poczynając od pojawiających się obrazów, poprzez wspomniany cytat, do ukradkiem rzuconych tytułów filmów Hitchcocka czy Wellesa. Zresztą postacie napotkane przez bohatera, są uosobieniem szeroko pojętej sztuki. Mamy tu Blonde – miłośniczkę kina, Nude – nagą panne, Violin – fana muzyki, a nawet Molecules, która dostrzega typową dla sztuki magię w nauce.

Sporym atutem jest forma, co jest zasługą zdjęć Christophera Doyle’a. Dzięki niemu film ogląda się miło dla samych kadrów. Co chwilę doświadczamy barwnych, ostrych obrazów Hiszpanii, sprawiających wrażenie sterylności i elegancji (nawet gdy ukazują prowincjonalny dworzec).

Możliwe, że zdradziłem zbyt wiele szczegółów z filmu i doszedłem do niekoniecznie ciekawych wniosków, ale mam to srogo gdzieś. Kolejny film Jarmuscha, wpisany w schemat drogi i niejako kino gangsterskie (w zupełnie inny sposób niż hip-hopowy „Ghost Dog”), jest najbardziej odrealnionym i dziwacznym obrazem reżysera. Zdecydowanie brakuje abstrakcyjnego humoru tak charakterystycznego dla jego filmów, ale chyba zaakceptowałem drogę, która podąża Jarmusch od ostatnich 3 filmów. W moim odczuciu film zasługuje na notę 2/3 z plusem, choć zdaje sobie sprawę z nieuzasadnionej fascynacji filmami ostatniego beatnika.

♥ “Mammoth”

In this indie movie, Gael Garcia Bernal (“Y Tu Mama Tambien”) and Michelle Williams (“Brokeback Mountain”) play a couple whose lives start unraveling when Bernal flirts with infidelity on a business trip in Thailand.

The story also focuses on their live-in Filipino nanny, which is exciting since very few Filipino actors breakthrough in Hollywood. “Mammoth” even features subtitles for the actors speaking the Tagalog language. With more than 1,000 votes on IMDb.com, the film has received a 7 out of 10 rating.

♥ “Salt”

This espionage thriller was originally set to have a male lead, but when Tom Cruise (“Collateral”) dropped out of the project, the role was re-written for Angelina Jolie (“Girl, Interrupted”), naturally. Jolie is Evelyn Salt, a CIA agent, who is framed for a plot to murder the president. She must prove her innocence while on the run from authorities. Leaps unto buses ensue.

♥ “Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time”

Jake Gyllenhaal (“Jarhead”) stars in this adaptation of a video game where he, along with a princess (Gemma Arterton from “Quantum of Solace”), must stop a villain from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy the world.

It sounds lame when you put it like that, but from the trailers, it looks like the film has a good dose of comedy. It’s even produced by powerhouse Jerry Bruckheimer (“Pirates of the Carribean”). Sir Ben Kingsley (“Gandhi”) and Alfred Molina (“Spider-man 2″) also star. Catch the domestic and international trailers after the jump:

♥ “Brothers”

Lionsgate and Relativity Media previously released a trailer for “Brothers,” which I posted here. This is the second trailer of the drama, which stars Tobey Maguire (“Spider-man”), Natalie Portman (“Closer”) and Gyllenhaal.  It’s better if you view it without reading a synopsis first, so take a look:

♥ “The Road”

It’s based on Cormac McCarthy’s novel which tells of the end of the world. Hardly anyone is left but Viggo Mortensen (“A History of Violence”), Charlize Theron (“North Country”) and their son, newcomer Kodi Smit-McPhee. Guy Pearce (“Memento”) and Robert Duvall co-star. Dimension Films has also released two trailers for this Oscar contender. They are distinctly different as one is more dreary than the other. See for yourself:

♥ “The Princess and the Frog”

Disney is going back to its roots with this animated movie. Beating the likes of singers Jennifer Hudson and Alicia Keys, Anika Rose (“Dreamgirls”) as well as Terrence Howard (“Hustle and Flow”) and John Goodman (“Coyote Ugly”) voice the characters. A teaser trailer and full trailer below:

♥ ”The Wolfman”

Check out a horror film that boasts of Emily Blunt (“The Devil Wears Prada”), Benicio del Toro (“Traffic”), Anthony Hopkins (“Silence of the Lambs”) and Hugo Weaving (“Lord of the Rings”):

♥ “Inception”

Here’s a film that’s been kept under wraps so much so that all IMDb.com states is this: “Corporations have developed a technology to enter dreams to extract information from certain people’s heads. A CEO (Leonardo DiCaprio) enters dreams and things begin to escalate, taking a turn for the worst.”

The buzz surrounding “Inception” is mostly due to its director, Christopher Nolan, who also did “The Dark Knight” and “Memento.” However, I’m watching it for one of my favorite actresses, Ellen Page (“Juno”). Marion Cotillard (“The Diving Bell and the Butterfly”), Michael Caine (Miss Congeniality”), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (“Brick”) and Cillian Murphy (“Batman Begins”) are in it as well.

♥ “Green Zone”

Although it’s by the same people who brought us “The Bourne” movies, I think some would hesitate to watch it since it’s another war movie. Still, Matt Damon gives it some star power.

♥ “Invictus”

Damon is one hot commodity as he also stars in this Clint Eastwood film, otherwise known as an Oscar contender. Based on a true story, Damon plays the captain of a rugby team who is enlisted by Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) to win, thus, uniting the country. Prepare to hear Damon speak with a South African accent …

♥ “Gentlemen Broncos”

Some have have predicted that “Broncos” will be a cult hit, perhaps in the same vein as “Napoleon Dynamite.” (They have the same director.) “Broncos” is a comedy about a science fiction author who steals the idea of a student (Michael Angarano from “Will and Grace”) for his next book. Jennifer Coolidge (“Legally Blonde”) is also in the movie, playing Angarano’s mom.

♥ “A Single Man”

Colin Firth (“Bridget Jones’s Diary”) plays a gay man who tries to carry on after the death of his partner. Julianne Moore (“Children of Men”) joins Firth, who is a potential Oscar nominee. Based on Christopher Isherwood’s novel, I must say the trailer is pretty original. It eerily plays on with no words the entire time. The film itself received an 8.6 rating on IMDb.com.

♥ “New Moon”

As the second part in the “Twilight” saga, we find  Bella (Kristen Stewart) left to gather the pieces with Jacob (Taylor Lautner) since the vampire Edward (Robert Pattinson) left her. This time around, Stewart finds herself among werewolves and vampire royalty, the Volturi.

♥ “The Book of Eli”

Denzel Washington (“Man on Fire”) stars in this action movie set in yet another future depicting the end of the world. To salvage what’s left, Washington has to protect a sacred book. Mila Kunis (“That ’70s Show”) co-stars.

♥ “Nowhere Boy”

I don’t know why, but this feels like the most refreshing trailer out of the bunch. ”Nowhere Boy” is John Lennon (newcomer Aaron Johnson) of The Beatles. It chronicles the band’s beginnings and Lennon’s life. Kristin Scott Thomas (“Life as a House”) is part of the supporting cast.

♥ “The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus”

Perhaps better known as Heath Ledger’s (“The Dark Knight”) last film, Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer) strikes a deal with the devil, trading in his daughter at the age of 16. Parnassus tries to rectify his mistake by offering his daughter’s hand in marriage to whoever can help him. Jude Law (“Closer”), Colin Farrell (“Minority Report”) and Johnny Depp (“Blow”) all stepped in to finish Ledger’s role.

♥ “When in Rome”

In this romantic comedy, Kristen Bell (“Forgetting Sarah Marshall”) takes some coins out of a fountain only to have the men who threw them in fall for her. The lovesick puppies include Josh Duhamel (“Transformers”), Will Arnett (“Blades of Glory”), Jon Heder (“Napoleon Dynamite”) and Bell’s real-life beau, Dax Shepard (“Baby Mama”).

♥ “Dear John”

Another Nicholas Sparks’s book, another movie adaptation. By now, I should know better than to fall for Sparks’s sap, but the trailer was enchanting. Channing Tatum (“Stop Loss”) and Amanda Seyfried (“Nine Lives”) fall in love, but Tatum, a soldier, has to return to war. *Tear*

♥ “Pirate Radio” (aka “The Boat that Rocked”)

Richard Curtis, the man behind the darling “Love Actually,” brings a new movie to the big screen. The film already has more than 11,000 voters rating it 7.6 out of 10 stars. “Radio” is a comedy about DJs who air their show on the high seas. Oscar winner Philip Seymour Hoffman (“Doubt”) joins the ensemble cast.

♥ “The Messenger”

IMDb users give this movie 8.6 stars. “Messenger” centers on the soldiers, Woody Harrelson (“Zombieland”) and Ben Foster (“Alpha Dog”), who are tasked with notifying the loved ones of their fallen comrades. Things are complicated when Foster gets involved with a soldier’s widow. Acclaimed actresses, Samantha Morton (“Minority Report”) and Jena Malone (“Stepmom”), round out the cast.

♥ “Alice in Wonderland”

This Tim Burton film hasn’t been released yet, but it’s already won an award. “Alice” was proclaimed the Most Anticipated Fantasy Film at the 2009 Scream Awards. If that still doesn’t convince you to see it, Oscar nominees Anne Hathaway (“Rachel Getting Married”) and Depp are in the movie.

Forse amo troppo i film di Pedro Almodovar, i suoi personaggi. Forse mi sono troppo invaghita di Lola (Tutto su mia madre, 1999), transessuale bellissimo e affascinante, padre di due figli di nome Esteban: il primo muore all’inizio del film senza conoscere suo padre, il secondo nasce alla fine senza conoscere sua madre, interpretata da Penelope Cruz.

Forse mi è rimasto impresso il viso e il corpo di Gael Garcia Bernal, che ha interpretato un altro personaggio meraviglioso in La Mala education (2004): bello travestito quasi quanto è bello nei suoi panni maschili più conosciuti.

Forse vivo in un paese troppo piccolo e qui i transessuali non si vedono mica,  perciò li ho sempre immaginati così: colorati e affascinanti, belli, pieni di mistero e di cose da dire sulle donne e sugli uomini, cose vere.

Ma forse tutto questo non c’entra poi così tanto con ‘la debolezza privata’ di Piero Marrazzo e sono io che, guardando il mondo attraverso libri e film, tendo sempre a cercare qualcosa di romanzesco, seppur surreale e grottesco anche nella cronaca politica pruriginosa e ipocrita, come questa.

In Italia succede che una vicenda così affascinante (seppur scandalosa, ammetto) non sia commentata da intellettuali con pezzi di fondo sui quotidiani, ma sia argomento dei salotti televisivi grazie all’apporto di esponenti della politica più conservatrice (Alessandra Mussolini, Storace), da concorrenti di reality show (Floriana, Serena, Cristina del Grande Fratello) e da Trans illustri come Eva Robbins (solo per citarne alcuni).

Delle tante cose che si sono dette una domanda mi ha colpito: ma cosa cercano gli uomini in una Trans, che una donna non ha? (Alessandra Mussolini, Matrix, Canale 5)

A parte la risposta più immediata, che non capisco perché non venga in mente alla Mussolini, secondo me la risposta è nel monologo di Agrado (Tutto su mia madre), che parla del Corpo delle donne, sempre più simile a quello di una transessuale e del femminismo, della bellezza e dell’autenticità. (video)

‘Costa molto essere autentica, signora mia, e in questa cosa non si deve essere tirchie perché una è più autentica quanto più somiglia all’idea che si è fatta di se stessa’



A critically acclaimed drama featuring Gael Garcia-Bernal, Michelle Williams and Filipino, Marife Necesito about a family and the decisions they have to make in life. This opened earlier this year in the US and Europe and will open next year in some parts of Asia.

Tak, tak, Jim Jarmusch znowu w natarciu z kolejnym filmem wpisanym w swój specyficzny sposób w kanon kina drogi. Nie na darmo mówi się o nim jako ostatnim beatniku, w którego świadomości mocno utarło się dzieło Jacka Kerouacka “W drodze” – kultowa pozycja wśród buntowniczego, lubującego się w jazzie, alkoholu i narkotykach Beat Generation. Dość o tym, wróćmy do filmu.  Czy będzie to typowa dla reżysera bezproduktywna podróż (patrz “Broken Flowers”, “Mystery Train”, “Stranger Than Paradise” etc.), to okaże się już 13 listopada 2009 (premiera w Polsce). 

Bohaterem ma być zagadkowy mężczyzna trudniący się nie do końca jasnym, lecz prawdopodobnie nielegalnym fachem. W tej roli Isaach De Bankolé, przewijający się dość często w filmach Jarmuscha (kierowca taksówki z epizodu w Paryżu z “Night on Earth”  czy typ z budki w “Ghost Dog”). W obsadzie znaleźli się też Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton i Gael Garcia Bernard. Poniżej trailer i dwa clipy: