Tori Garrett on the set of ‘Secret Bridesmaids’ Business’.
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
Director Tori Garrett is waiting for the local television sector’s answer to Phoebe Waller-Bridge to emerge and achieve the same mainstream breakthrough for female, protagonist-driven drama.
“She is the breaker of chains. We need to look beyond the usual suspects and start taking risks with new talent,” the director of the Seven Studios’ production, Secret Bridesmaids’ Business tells If.
Garrett returned to Australia from the UK in 2011, with the vision to direct drama. Her early influences were forged over a decade of working in London and Europe across eclectic projects at MTV, Channel 4, Filmfour and E4.
Garrett says she has detected a general fear in Australian networks to go too dark in content programming choices. “Because dark is depressing right? Wrong,” she says.
She points to the breakthrough international successes of The Handmaid’s Tale, Killing Eve, Bodyguard and...
- 10/7/2019
- by jkeast
- IF.com.au
After his last performance earned him a very much well-deserved and long-awaited Oscar in last year’s The Fighter, it came as a bit of a surprise to discover that Christian Bale’s follow-up film would become China’s entry into next year’s Oscars, The Flowers of War.
Previously titled Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing, The Flowers of War comes from renowned director Zhang Yimou, whose credits include Hero and House of Daggers, and whose films have twice won the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
We got the incredibly powerful first trailer for the film back in October, which is definitely worth your attention, and we’ve now got three brilliant new international posters for the film to share with you, courtesy of Imp Awards.
The film is set in 1937 during the Nanking Massacre, in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing,...
Previously titled Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing, The Flowers of War comes from renowned director Zhang Yimou, whose credits include Hero and House of Daggers, and whose films have twice won the coveted Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival.
We got the incredibly powerful first trailer for the film back in October, which is definitely worth your attention, and we’ve now got three brilliant new international posters for the film to share with you, courtesy of Imp Awards.
The film is set in 1937 during the Nanking Massacre, in the Second Sino-Japanese War. Based on the novel The 13 Women of Nanjing,...
- 12/6/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
So much attention has been focused on Christian Bale’s return to the role of Batman in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming The Dark Knight Rises that it’s been easy to forget he has another very substantial film coming out in just a few months’ time.
The Flowers of War, previously titled Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing, has already been chosen as China’s entry into the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category, directed by renowned director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers).
The first trailer for the film has now arrived, via Twitch Film, giving us a look at what promises to be a very powerful film. It’s an incredibly interesting choice for Bale to get involved with the project, making this his next film following on from his Oscar-winning turn in last year’s The Fighter.
The film is set in 1937 during the Nanking Massacre,...
The Flowers of War, previously titled Nanjing Heroes and 13 Flowers of Nanjing, has already been chosen as China’s entry into the Academy Awards Best Foreign Language Film category, directed by renowned director Zhang Yimou (Hero, House of Flying Daggers).
The first trailer for the film has now arrived, via Twitch Film, giving us a look at what promises to be a very powerful film. It’s an incredibly interesting choice for Bale to get involved with the project, making this his next film following on from his Oscar-winning turn in last year’s The Fighter.
The film is set in 1937 during the Nanking Massacre,...
- 10/21/2011
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
China's most expensive film to-date, Zhang Yimou's epic depicting the Nanking Massacre of 1937 has already been selected as the country's official contender at next year's Oscars. The project grabbed headlines around the world when Christian Bale was cast in the lead role as John Magee, a Jesuit priest who helps protect a group of Chinese women from the invading Japanese troops. The film is set for a 16 December release in China, with a large international release already in the works. Apparently up to 40% of the film will play out in English, with the rest in Mandarin and Japanese. The first trailer for the film has just landed online and is not only very international-friendly, but also promises plenty of bang for its buck....
- 10/20/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The historical dramatic war feature "The Flowers of War" (aka "Nanjing Heroes", "13 Flowers of Nanjing"), starring Christian Bale ("The Rise Of The Dark Knight") is directed by Zhang Yimou.
The film has been selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming 84th Academy Awards :
"...'The Flowers Of War' is set in 1937, Nanjing, China during the 'Nanking Massacre', at the time of the 'Second Sino-Japanese War'. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a Church compound, risk their lives as they struggle to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city, with 'John Magee' (Bale), an American priest, helping to save the lives of many Chinese people..."
With an estimated budget of $90 million, dialogue in the film was shot 40% in English and the remainder in Mandarin Chinese.
"The Flowers of War" will be released in China,...
The film has been selected as the Chinese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the upcoming 84th Academy Awards :
"...'The Flowers Of War' is set in 1937, Nanjing, China during the 'Nanking Massacre', at the time of the 'Second Sino-Japanese War'. A group of escapees, finding sanctuary in a Church compound, risk their lives as they struggle to survive the plight and persecution brought on by the violent invasion of the city, with 'John Magee' (Bale), an American priest, helping to save the lives of many Chinese people..."
With an estimated budget of $90 million, dialogue in the film was shot 40% in English and the remainder in Mandarin Chinese.
"The Flowers of War" will be released in China,...
- 10/1/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
With 2010 only a week over, it already feels like best-of and top-ten lists have been pouring in for months, and we’re already tired of them: the ranking, the exclusions (and inclusions), the rules and the qualifiers. Some people got to see films at festivals, others only catch movies on video; and the ability for us, or any publication, to come up with a system to fairly determine who saw what when and what they thought was the best seems an impossible feat. That doesn’t stop most people from doing it, but we liked the fantasy double features we did last year and for our 3rd Writers Poll we thought we'd do it again.
I asked our contributors to pick a single new film they saw in 2010—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they saw in 2010 to create a unique double feature.
I asked our contributors to pick a single new film they saw in 2010—in theaters or at a festival—and creatively pair it with an old film they saw in 2010 to create a unique double feature.
- 1/10/2011
- MUBI
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