David Fincher has been a prolific director who has made a lot of projects in different genres throughout his career. However, he made a breakthrough, when he made Alien 3, though the film did not make a major impact at the box office his film style and vision left a lasting influence on the viewers and critics.
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in Se7en. Credits: Warner Bros. Entertainment
However, everyone was taken aback, when he made his next film, Se7en which featured Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in the lead roles. The film did not belong to a crime thriller or horror genre but it was an amalgamated form of different genres. The film had arguably the biggest plot twist at the end, and it was so scary that the audience had a difficult time watching it on the big screen.
David Fincher’s Daunting Approach for Se...
Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in Se7en. Credits: Warner Bros. Entertainment
However, everyone was taken aback, when he made his next film, Se7en which featured Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman in the lead roles. The film did not belong to a crime thriller or horror genre but it was an amalgamated form of different genres. The film had arguably the biggest plot twist at the end, and it was so scary that the audience had a difficult time watching it on the big screen.
David Fincher’s Daunting Approach for Se...
- 5/28/2024
- by Tushar Auddy
- FandomWire
The renowned annual talent showcase spotlights the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
Screen International has unveiled the 2023 edition of Stars of Tomorrow, spotlighting the hottest up-and-coming actors and filmmakers in the UK and Ireland.
This year marks a special milestone for Stars of Tomorrow – its 20th edition, and the annual talent showcase has demonstrated an unparalleled track record for spotting emerging UK and Irish talent, both in front of and behind the camera, since its launch in 2004.
Those selected this time include Heartstopper star Kit Connor, Mia McKenna-Bruce, who played the lead role in Cannes breakout How To Have Sex,...
- 6/28/2023
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
The Screen Podcast is back for the 2022/2023 awards season.
The Screen Podcast is back for the 2022/2023 awards season. Over the coming weeks, the Screen International team will provide expert analysis of the race for Oscar and Bafta glory, and bring you interviews with many of the leading contenders.
The Screen International Podcast · Alejandro Iñárritu on ‘Bardo’ inspirations, re-editing after Venice premiere
In the first episode of the season, Alejandro González Iñárritu, a two-time best director Oscar winner for Birdman and The Revenant, talks to Screen contributing editor Mark Salisbury about his latest project, Mexican Oscar entry Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths.
The Screen Podcast is back for the 2022/2023 awards season. Over the coming weeks, the Screen International team will provide expert analysis of the race for Oscar and Bafta glory, and bring you interviews with many of the leading contenders.
The Screen International Podcast · Alejandro Iñárritu on ‘Bardo’ inspirations, re-editing after Venice premiere
In the first episode of the season, Alejandro González Iñárritu, a two-time best director Oscar winner for Birdman and The Revenant, talks to Screen contributing editor Mark Salisbury about his latest project, Mexican Oscar entry Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths.
- 11/17/2022
- by Screen staff
- ScreenDaily
It's worth remembering that Michael Keaton was a controversial choice to play Batman in Tim Burton's 1989 film. Better known at the time for comedy films like "Mr. Mom" and "Beetlejuice," Keaton was seen an too "normal" and not tough enough to play a superhero. To add to the controversy, Burton designed the Batman costume with fake musculature sculpted onto its torso, giving Batman a nice set of rubber abdominal muscles. In the Faber & Faber book "Burton on Burton," edited by Mark Salisbury, the director talked about how he couldn't see a man who was already superheroic — say, a muscle man like Arnold...
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- 6/7/2022
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
There never has been (nor will there ever be) anything quite like Beetlejuice, that inimitable horror comedy concoction hailing from the demented minds of screenwriter Michael McDowell, plus writer/producer Larry Wilson and script doctor extraordinaire Warren Skaaren, filtered through the wacky gothic lens of director Tim Burton.
To celebrate Beetlejuice‘s Los Angeles return to the big screen at the Nuart Theatre at midnight tonight, December 20th, Tfh decided to take a look back at the film’s singular significance 31 years later.
As our tale unfurls, Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are a fairly bland couple in the throes of (bland) domestic bliss. They occupy a pleasant, spacious house in the leafy suburb of Winter River, Connecticut. Adam owns a hardware store up the road, and enjoys whiling away his free time building a remarkably thorough model replica of Winter River while jamming out to Harry Belafonte songs.
To celebrate Beetlejuice‘s Los Angeles return to the big screen at the Nuart Theatre at midnight tonight, December 20th, Tfh decided to take a look back at the film’s singular significance 31 years later.
As our tale unfurls, Adam and Barbara Maitland (Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis) are a fairly bland couple in the throes of (bland) domestic bliss. They occupy a pleasant, spacious house in the leafy suburb of Winter River, Connecticut. Adam owns a hardware store up the road, and enjoys whiling away his free time building a remarkably thorough model replica of Winter River while jamming out to Harry Belafonte songs.
- 12/20/2019
- by Alex Kirschenbaum
- Trailers from Hell
Forthcoming Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is set to get an audiobook attachement via Amazon’s Audible and Pottermore.
The Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic audiobook is narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski in the film, which is released in theaters in November.
Written by documentary maker Hana Walker-Brown and journalist Mark Salisbury, and produced by Pottermore Publishing with Audible Originals and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, the audiobook features interviews with the likes of Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander, Jude Law, who plays Albus Dumbledore, Zoë Kravitz, who plays Leta Lestrange, Ezra Miller (Credence) and new cast member Claudia Kim (the Maledictus)
It also looks into how the team built a magical version of 1927 Paris on a studio backlot in outer London and hidden details and artistic references in the iconic wizarding world wardrobe designs.
The Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald – Makers, Mysteries and Magic audiobook is narrated by Tony Award-winning actor Dan Fogler, who plays Jacob Kowalski in the film, which is released in theaters in November.
Written by documentary maker Hana Walker-Brown and journalist Mark Salisbury, and produced by Pottermore Publishing with Audible Originals and Warner Bros. Consumer Products, the audiobook features interviews with the likes of Eddie Redmayne, who plays Newt Scamander, Jude Law, who plays Albus Dumbledore, Zoë Kravitz, who plays Leta Lestrange, Ezra Miller (Credence) and new cast member Claudia Kim (the Maledictus)
It also looks into how the team built a magical version of 1927 Paris on a studio backlot in outer London and hidden details and artistic references in the iconic wizarding world wardrobe designs.
- 9/13/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s time to catch up with some of the most interesting cinema-centric books of the last few months, and it’s a diverse list. There’s some Lego, some Nolan, some Star Wars (of course), and even some vintage Stan Brakhage. That’s range.
Off the Cliff: Making of Thelma & Louise by Becky Aikman (Penguin Press)
The career of Ridley Scott is full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks was the release of Thelma & Louise in 1991. The cultural impact of this story of two female outlaws cannot be overstated, and Becky Aikman’s account of the making of the film helps explain why. Thelma & Louise involved a unique cast of characters, including stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, as well as a young hunk named Brad Pitt. But the most memorable figures here are Scott, who knew his career needed a change but could not originally see...
Off the Cliff: Making of Thelma & Louise by Becky Aikman (Penguin Press)
The career of Ridley Scott is full of peaks and valleys. One of the peaks was the release of Thelma & Louise in 1991. The cultural impact of this story of two female outlaws cannot be overstated, and Becky Aikman’s account of the making of the film helps explain why. Thelma & Louise involved a unique cast of characters, including stars Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis, as well as a young hunk named Brad Pitt. But the most memorable figures here are Scott, who knew his career needed a change but could not originally see...
- 10/18/2017
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Film Stage
Despite the immediately ecstatic critical responses after its Venice premiere, Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" was still something of a box office question mark leading up to its nationwide release earlier this month with many wondering if its particularly audacious brand of big budget filmmaking would be able to resonate with large-scale audiences. Now with a gross over $122 million in less than two weeks and a final pull of over $250 million all but confirmed, "Gravity" has become one of the biggest success stories of the year with the visionary effects work by Cuaron and his team receiving countless accolades. Coinciding with the film's UK premiere last weekend at BFI's London Film Festival, Cuaron and VFX Specialist Tim Webber sat down at the organization's Southbank theater with film critic Mark Salisbury to discuss the creation of the film and how what was originally envisioned to be a one year project ultimately took over four to complete.
- 10/18/2013
- by Cameron Sinz
- Indiewire
Books about the art design of mainstream movies can be lavish tomes filled with conceptual drawings and paintings, but the better ones devote a decent amount of space on their pages to the artists that thought up these fantastic worlds. This approach was done for Titan Books most recent coffee table release, Elysium: The Art of the Film, which details the creation of director Neill Blomkamp's dystopic world of 2154. At 176 pages, Titan's Elysium tome covers the art design from the film in a good way that won't leave you regretting your purchasing decision, if you crave to know more about the influences and reasoning that went into the Elysium universe.
Former Empire editor Mark Salisbury wrote the text that accompanies the artwork on the pages, and it's well chosen so that you get a decent background on the decisions that Blomkamp and his head creative team made for...
Former Empire editor Mark Salisbury wrote the text that accompanies the artwork on the pages, and it's well chosen so that you get a decent background on the decisions that Blomkamp and his head creative team made for...
- 8/19/2013
- by Patrick Sauriol
- Corona's Coming Attractions
Author: Mark Salisbury
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
Isbn-10: 1781162476
Isbn-13: 978-1781162477
Synopsis:
From Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9, comes Elysium, an eagerly awaited sci-fi blockbuster starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.
All will be revealed in Elysium: The Art of the Film, which will feature a Foreword by Blomkamp, and wealth of stunning production art and photos, including the input of legendary designer Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron).
Neill Blomkamp has imagined a world where everything you know in a class system has been taken to the extreme. The rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer, the two groups divided to no longer inhabit Earth together. The “First World” rich have created their own world, Elysium, outside and as separated as they can get from the “Third World” poor.
In the book Elysium: The Art of the Film, author...
Hardcover: 176 pages
Publisher: Titan Books
Isbn-10: 1781162476
Isbn-13: 978-1781162477
Synopsis:
From Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9, comes Elysium, an eagerly awaited sci-fi blockbuster starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster.
All will be revealed in Elysium: The Art of the Film, which will feature a Foreword by Blomkamp, and wealth of stunning production art and photos, including the input of legendary designer Syd Mead (Blade Runner, Tron).
Neill Blomkamp has imagined a world where everything you know in a class system has been taken to the extreme. The rich have gotten richer and the poor have gotten poorer, the two groups divided to no longer inhabit Earth together. The “First World” rich have created their own world, Elysium, outside and as separated as they can get from the “Third World” poor.
In the book Elysium: The Art of the Film, author...
- 8/14/2013
- by Jess Orso
- ScifiMafia
Neill Blomkamp’s Elysium is finally entering Us cinemas this weekend, and the early predictions have it topping the box office – something that’s been expected for months now.
After making a remarkable debut with District 9 back in 2009, Blomkamp’s return to the director’s chair has naturally been highly anticipated. As the film heads into cinemas Stateside, some images from ‘Elysium: The Art of the Film’ have debuted online, showcasing a bit of the artwork gone into making the movie.
The book is written by Mark Salisbury, former editor of Empire, whose previous works include Prometheus: The Art of the Film and Frankenweenie: The Visual Companion.
The impoverished inhabitants of a ruined planet Earth fight to join the safe and pristine living conditions of the space station Elysium, where only the wealthy and healthy reside. In need of medical treatment only available on Elysium, one resident of...
After making a remarkable debut with District 9 back in 2009, Blomkamp’s return to the director’s chair has naturally been highly anticipated. As the film heads into cinemas Stateside, some images from ‘Elysium: The Art of the Film’ have debuted online, showcasing a bit of the artwork gone into making the movie.
The book is written by Mark Salisbury, former editor of Empire, whose previous works include Prometheus: The Art of the Film and Frankenweenie: The Visual Companion.
The impoverished inhabitants of a ruined planet Earth fight to join the safe and pristine living conditions of the space station Elysium, where only the wealthy and healthy reside. In need of medical treatment only available on Elysium, one resident of...
- 8/9/2013
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
If destroying a corrupt system of impoverishment was as simple as having a weaponized skeleton grafted onto our bodies and infiltrating the most secure fortress in existence, we’d all do it. That’s a given. Fortunately we don’t have to because Matt Damon is willing to take on the challenge for us in Elysium. As Neill Blomkamp’s first project since District 9, anticipation is at insanely high levels (according to our applause-o-meter), and while the trailers have paraded a drool-worthy design, we can now exclusively share a few pictures from the forthcoming “Elysium: The Art of the Film” from Mark Salisbury (like a movie with pages!) that give us a glimpse of the future. But first, a brief excerpt from Blomkamps’ foreword: “People always say film is the combination of all of the arts. Throwing music, theater, visual arts, and writing into a blender and composing a medley of all of these things...
- 8/6/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Neill Blomkamp's Elysium hits theatres August 9th, but three days beforehand, on August 6th, Titan Books is releasing Elysium: The Art of the Film, written by Mark Salisbury, a behind-the-scenes look at the eagerly awaited sci-fi epic.
Elysium: The Art of the Film features stunning production art, photos, commentary from the cast and crew, and a foreword by Neill Blomkamp.
Salisbury is no stranger to this type of compilation, having previously released similar works like Frankenweenie: The Visual Companion (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film)) with Leah Gallo, Holly Kempf, and Tim Burton; Prometheus: The Art of the Film with Ridley Scott; Dark Shadows: The Visual Companion, and many others.
Synopsis:
From Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9, comes Elysium, an eagerly awaited sci-fi epic starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. All will be revealed in Elysium: The Art of the Film,...
Elysium: The Art of the Film features stunning production art, photos, commentary from the cast and crew, and a foreword by Neill Blomkamp.
Salisbury is no stranger to this type of compilation, having previously released similar works like Frankenweenie: The Visual Companion (Disney Editions Deluxe (Film)) with Leah Gallo, Holly Kempf, and Tim Burton; Prometheus: The Art of the Film with Ridley Scott; Dark Shadows: The Visual Companion, and many others.
Synopsis:
From Neill Blomkamp, the director of the acclaimed District 9, comes Elysium, an eagerly awaited sci-fi epic starring Matt Damon and Jodie Foster. All will be revealed in Elysium: The Art of the Film,...
- 7/27/2013
- by The Woman In Black
- DreadCentral.com
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Tim Burton’s latest slice of morbid nostalgia Frankenweenie is currently riding high on a wave of critical praise and tracing the themes and hand of Burton through his filmography is an easy and enjoyable task. The art and design of his films is, without exception, a huge draw for many of the director’s fans and though Dark Shadows didn’t send a thrill through audiences the phenomenal production design stayed with me and this new Visual Companion is a wonderful look inside the film.
Titan Books have engaged Mark Salisbury to once again step onto the set of a Burton film and return with a wealth of beautiful stills from the film, telling the whole story from almost identical anecdotes from the director and his leading man about how they would dash back from school to watch Dan Curtis’s long-running gothic soap opera which inspired the film to the post production work.
Tim Burton’s latest slice of morbid nostalgia Frankenweenie is currently riding high on a wave of critical praise and tracing the themes and hand of Burton through his filmography is an easy and enjoyable task. The art and design of his films is, without exception, a huge draw for many of the director’s fans and though Dark Shadows didn’t send a thrill through audiences the phenomenal production design stayed with me and this new Visual Companion is a wonderful look inside the film.
Titan Books have engaged Mark Salisbury to once again step onto the set of a Burton film and return with a wealth of beautiful stills from the film, telling the whole story from almost identical anecdotes from the director and his leading man about how they would dash back from school to watch Dan Curtis’s long-running gothic soap opera which inspired the film to the post production work.
- 10/25/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Author: Mark Salisbury; Foreword by Ridley Scott
Hardcover: 186 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (June 12, 2012)
Isbn-10: 1781161097
Isbn-13: 978-1781161098
Synopsis:
Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The movie takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.
With an introduction by Scott himself, this lavish book will be the only publication to accompany Prometheus. Stunning production art and behind the scenes photos will grant the reader a window on the process of creating this astounding new epic.
Prometheus: Art of the Film is a heavyweight hardcover book, packed from start to finish with fantastic illustrations, concept art,...
Hardcover: 186 pages
Publisher: Titan Books (June 12, 2012)
Isbn-10: 1781161097
Isbn-13: 978-1781161098
Synopsis:
Visionary filmmaker Ridley Scott returns to the genre he helped define, creating an original science fiction epic set in the most dangerous corners of the universe. The movie takes a team of scientists and explorers on a thrilling journey that will test their physical and mental limits and strand them on a distant world, where they will discover the answers to our most profound questions and to life’s ultimate mystery.
With an introduction by Scott himself, this lavish book will be the only publication to accompany Prometheus. Stunning production art and behind the scenes photos will grant the reader a window on the process of creating this astounding new epic.
Prometheus: Art of the Film is a heavyweight hardcover book, packed from start to finish with fantastic illustrations, concept art,...
- 6/25/2012
- by Jason Moore
- ScifiMafia
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
As the half-way point of 2012 approaches and we begin to look back at the most diverting cinematic offerings of the year to date, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus might not end up atop everyone’s list, but there’s no mistaking the film’s stunning production design and artistic fortitude. Apt it is then that Mark Salisbury – a former editor of Empire magazine – has put together this insightful art-book, delving into the design and conception of one of the year’s most anticipated and divisive films.
Prometheus: The Art of the Film is presented in hardback format, with glossy pages giving it a robust coffee-table look. The opening pre-text pages contain some wonderful adornments that are unquestionably native to Scott’s universe, albeit not actually seen in any of the Alien films. These concept drawings expand the aesthetic in impressive, subtle ways – one image of an...
As the half-way point of 2012 approaches and we begin to look back at the most diverting cinematic offerings of the year to date, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus might not end up atop everyone’s list, but there’s no mistaking the film’s stunning production design and artistic fortitude. Apt it is then that Mark Salisbury – a former editor of Empire magazine – has put together this insightful art-book, delving into the design and conception of one of the year’s most anticipated and divisive films.
Prometheus: The Art of the Film is presented in hardback format, with glossy pages giving it a robust coffee-table look. The opening pre-text pages contain some wonderful adornments that are unquestionably native to Scott’s universe, albeit not actually seen in any of the Alien films. These concept drawings expand the aesthetic in impressive, subtle ways – one image of an...
- 6/18/2012
- by Shaun Munro
- Obsessed with Film
Tired of hearing about Prometheus? If your answer is yes, consider moving on. If you’re still coming to grips with the film or if you’re a huge fan of the Alien universe, then read on, because we get our dirty little mitts on three books that will take you deeper into the movies than ever before. From Titan Books, Ridley Scott’s newest, Prometheus, gets a wonderful hardcover “The Art of the Film” treatment from author Mark Salisbury, while the original film is highlighted in the recently re-published The Book of Alien. Space Marines, form up, as the stars of James Cameron’s installment are highlighted in the re-published Aliens: Colonial Marines Technical Manual. The Book of Alien From authors Paul Scanlon and Michael Gross, this book, originally published in 1979 (and then again in 1993, and now once more in 2012), is a must have for any fan of Alien. It...
- 6/18/2012
- by Robert Fure
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Judging by the comments here and here, everyone is a bit “Prometheus”-ed out at this point, even if, like me, you came down on the positive side. It’s easy to forget the film only opened in North America last Friday, so epic is the flow of post-viewing discourse. (“Prometheus”: The “Girls”/"Mad Men" of summer cinema.)
So what more can be said? Plenty. As Titan Books’ gorgeous, hardcover “Prometheus: The Art of the Film” makes evident, we’ve only hit the tip of the Nostromo in terms of understanding everything that’s visible, or hinted at, in Ridley Scott’s divisive sci-fi epic. With startling imagery and simple, unfussy text from author Mark Salisbury, the book offers something viewers have so far lacked: A complete overview of the film’s concept and design from the filmmakers themselves. And until the Blu-ray release, this is likely the...
So what more can be said? Plenty. As Titan Books’ gorgeous, hardcover “Prometheus: The Art of the Film” makes evident, we’ve only hit the tip of the Nostromo in terms of understanding everything that’s visible, or hinted at, in Ridley Scott’s divisive sci-fi epic. With startling imagery and simple, unfussy text from author Mark Salisbury, the book offers something viewers have so far lacked: A complete overview of the film’s concept and design from the filmmakers themselves. And until the Blu-ray release, this is likely the...
- 6/14/2012
- by Christopher Schobert
- The Playlist
One of the great things about a movie like Prometheus is that even if you don't outright love it, you still want to talk about it. You want to figure out why this person does that or why this thing behaves that way, but as fun as theorizing about the film can be, it's important that everyone is using the proper terminology when talking about it. That's where Titan's amazing Prometheus: The Art of the Film book by Mark Salisbury comes into play. We highly, highly encourage anyone even remotely fascinated by the alien elements of Scott's film to pick up a copy when it hits store shelves on June 12th. This hardbacked beauty is nearly 200 pages of glossy, gorgeous photos explaining every step of the design process for Ridley Scott's film. And not only...
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- 6/11/2012
- by Peter Hall
- Movies.com
Showcasing the most eagerly awaited film of 2012, the latest book from Titan Books and Twentieth Century Fox Consumer Products, Prometheus: The Art of the Film, has created such a demand from fans that the book is already being re-printed for a third run prior to its publication date on June 12th.
As the only book to directly tie in to the film, Prometheus, this lavish title serves as an exclusive guide to never-before-seen content, including newly revealed production art, exclusive interviews, extraordinary behind-the-scenes material and an introduction by legendary director Ridley Scott.
Written by Mark Salisbury, Prometheus: The Art of the Film, offers fans the opportunity to delve deeper into this epic science-fiction production. Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth,...
As the only book to directly tie in to the film, Prometheus, this lavish title serves as an exclusive guide to never-before-seen content, including newly revealed production art, exclusive interviews, extraordinary behind-the-scenes material and an introduction by legendary director Ridley Scott.
Written by Mark Salisbury, Prometheus: The Art of the Film, offers fans the opportunity to delve deeper into this epic science-fiction production. Ridley Scott, director of Alien and Blade Runner, returns to the genre he helped define. With Prometheus, he creates a groundbreaking mythology, in which a team of explorers discover a clue to the origins of mankind on Earth,...
- 5/29/2012
- shocktillyoudrop.com
Phaidon Press continue their exceptional work in publishing some of the best books on cinema with Antoine de Baecque’s Cahiers du Cinema on Tim Burton.
The director has always been a personal favourite, as much for his marvellously scrappy and witty drawings and concept art as for his baroque take on the Gothic sensibility. His eye for the ornate shadows and impossible romanticism of the outcast will always resonate and find an audience, yet his directorial sojourns have, of late, met with some critical backlash despite commanding huge box office figures and handsome returns for the studios who invest in the man who was once champion of the strange and unusual.
Any book on Tim Burton needs to be well illustrated and each project covered in de Baecque’s book has a wealth of images from the director’s scratchy concept art to the final on screen image. The...
The director has always been a personal favourite, as much for his marvellously scrappy and witty drawings and concept art as for his baroque take on the Gothic sensibility. His eye for the ornate shadows and impossible romanticism of the outcast will always resonate and find an audience, yet his directorial sojourns have, of late, met with some critical backlash despite commanding huge box office figures and handsome returns for the studios who invest in the man who was once champion of the strange and unusual.
Any book on Tim Burton needs to be well illustrated and each project covered in de Baecque’s book has a wealth of images from the director’s scratchy concept art to the final on screen image. The...
- 12/19/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Walkabout (1971)
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Written by Edward Bond
Australia, 1971
There are two words, two unencumbered English words that are guaranteed to reduce a certain generation of heterosexual Englishmen to quivering wrecks, and those two words are Jenny Agutter. She began her film career not in The Railway Children but in the first film solely directed by Nicolas Roeg (the authorship on Performance is still under debate), a hugely influential figure on European and American cinema (paging Mr. Soderbergh) whose visionary contributions to the art form have been admired and echoed across the globe. In a recent Sight & Sound article editor Nick James made a convincing argument for the 1970′s UK cinema being amongst the most intriguing and resonant of the past century, arguing that sandwiched between the free love and civil responsibility of the Sixties and the Social Realist backlash against Thatcher and unfettered capitalism in the eighties there...
Directed by Nicolas Roeg
Written by Edward Bond
Australia, 1971
There are two words, two unencumbered English words that are guaranteed to reduce a certain generation of heterosexual Englishmen to quivering wrecks, and those two words are Jenny Agutter. She began her film career not in The Railway Children but in the first film solely directed by Nicolas Roeg (the authorship on Performance is still under debate), a hugely influential figure on European and American cinema (paging Mr. Soderbergh) whose visionary contributions to the art form have been admired and echoed across the globe. In a recent Sight & Sound article editor Nick James made a convincing argument for the 1970′s UK cinema being amongst the most intriguing and resonant of the past century, arguing that sandwiched between the free love and civil responsibility of the Sixties and the Social Realist backlash against Thatcher and unfettered capitalism in the eighties there...
- 3/8/2011
- by John
- SoundOnSight
The 54th BFI London Film Festival kicked off today with a cracking opener in the form of Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go.
After watching the film during an early morning screening in the heart of the West End, FilmShaft went along to the press conference where Romanek, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan, Ella Parnell, Izzy Meikle-Small, screenwriter Alex Garland and novelist Kazuo Ishiguro all turned up to discuss their sci-fi heartbreaker.
In general this was a real ‘no messing about’ type event. It lasted just over half an hour and was occasionally quite interesting to hear the stars talk about their roles and why award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro isn’t the least bit offended that film-makers took his novel and turned it into something else. Certainly makes a refreshing change from others who complain about how their work gets adapted!
Apart from one moment of incredible rudeness...
After watching the film during an early morning screening in the heart of the West End, FilmShaft went along to the press conference where Romanek, Keira Knightley, Andrew Garfield, Carey Mulligan, Ella Parnell, Izzy Meikle-Small, screenwriter Alex Garland and novelist Kazuo Ishiguro all turned up to discuss their sci-fi heartbreaker.
In general this was a real ‘no messing about’ type event. It lasted just over half an hour and was occasionally quite interesting to hear the stars talk about their roles and why award-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro isn’t the least bit offended that film-makers took his novel and turned it into something else. Certainly makes a refreshing change from others who complain about how their work gets adapted!
Apart from one moment of incredible rudeness...
- 10/13/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
I’m not the biggest fan of press conferences. They can range from intimate affairs with a few people gathered around a table to full blown mega- conferences. This was one was massive. Two hundred and fifty people attending, if you want some facts and figures. On the whole, these kinds of things can be truly awful and occasionally descend into deepest tedium and total nonsense, before resurfacing back into reality. The gathered talent often treat the whole farrago with a mixture of fun, bemusement and, on occasion, annoyance. International press conferences do tend to enter another realm of the unreal and absurd – rather fitting for Alice in Wonderland, no?
It kicked off in the ballroom at the Dorchester in upmarket Mayfair after having to sit waiting for Godot…well as close to that as can be. It took me ages to get my interview slot with Richard Zanuck! In attendance were: Crispin Glover,...
It kicked off in the ballroom at the Dorchester in upmarket Mayfair after having to sit waiting for Godot…well as close to that as can be. It took me ages to get my interview slot with Richard Zanuck! In attendance were: Crispin Glover,...
- 2/25/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
The event was entitled ‘Curiouser and Curiouser: The Genius of Alice In Wonderland’ and it was a glorious celebration of the Lewis Carroll stories in anticipation of the Disney adaptation, directed by Tim Burton and out next week.
The chance to see Michael Sheen and Sir Christopher Lee read from the original stories, and to hear an appreciation of the enduring legacy of Alice from author Will Self, was too good to pass up, and so we took our seats in the British Library as the two cast members took their place alongside Richard Zanuck, the eminent producer who, it seems, must be introduced with the epithet ‘the legendary’, to enjoy an evening with Alice.
It was an intimate affair, with no more than a hundred people in a small auditorium, there amidst the Carrollians and the haggle of assorted Alices we sat and listened to Michael Sheen reading the...
The chance to see Michael Sheen and Sir Christopher Lee read from the original stories, and to hear an appreciation of the enduring legacy of Alice from author Will Self, was too good to pass up, and so we took our seats in the British Library as the two cast members took their place alongside Richard Zanuck, the eminent producer who, it seems, must be introduced with the epithet ‘the legendary’, to enjoy an evening with Alice.
It was an intimate affair, with no more than a hundred people in a small auditorium, there amidst the Carrollians and the haggle of assorted Alices we sat and listened to Michael Sheen reading the...
- 2/25/2010
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This evening Filmshaft was at a historical event. Truly. Disney put on a very special gathering at the British Library, which was basically a discussion, readings from the book, a screening and Q&A on the new movie and the historical awesomeness of Alice in Wonderland. The evening was hosted by Tim Burton’s official biographer and writer dude, Mark Salisbury.
Alice in Wonderland is a seminal piece of literature that somehow is often thought of as a primarily children’s story, when in fact, it’s something much more darker and sinister. Is this reflected in Tim Burton’s new adaptation? You’ll have to wait and see the film, or read my review when I post it at the stroke of midnight GMT tomorrow. As Christopher Lee commented on the books effect upon him:
“The characters make perfect sense, but are not entirely sensible.”
Welsh actor and part-time Tony Blair impersonator,...
Alice in Wonderland is a seminal piece of literature that somehow is often thought of as a primarily children’s story, when in fact, it’s something much more darker and sinister. Is this reflected in Tim Burton’s new adaptation? You’ll have to wait and see the film, or read my review when I post it at the stroke of midnight GMT tomorrow. As Christopher Lee commented on the books effect upon him:
“The characters make perfect sense, but are not entirely sensible.”
Welsh actor and part-time Tony Blair impersonator,...
- 2/24/2010
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
There's been a few little bits of interesting Mark Romanek business hit the web in recent days and I think a quick round up is in order. Firstly, Mark Salisbury wrote a piece for Time Out on The Wolfman, giving some clues as to why Romanek left the project and how the picture changed when Joe Johnston came on board. Suffice to say, the article supports my suspicions that had Romanek been supported by the studio, the finished film would have benefited. More recently, Romanek published a couple of interesting pictures to his Posterous account. You can see them both below the break as well as what we might surmise from them. In this first picture, Rachel Portman sits watching playback of Never Let Me Go, Romanek's upcoming picture. From this it is safe to assume that Portman is scoring the film - and that's a very good thing indeed.
- 2/24/2010
- by Brendon Connelly
- Slash Film
Two directors! Two endings! Reshoots! A spiraling budget! Five release dates! Just how did The Wolfman get to our screens, asks Mark Salisbury in a recent interview with director Joe Johnston about the troubled history of The Wolfman...
This is a great article wolf fans. Rarely if ever does a director talk freely about the negative aspects of a film while its currently on the silver screen. We all know the trials and tribulations that surrounded this, at least we thought we did. Click on the link below to read the interview in it's entirety.
Click Here To Read The Interview "The Troubled History Of The Wolfman"
Source: TimeOut
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
This is a great article wolf fans. Rarely if ever does a director talk freely about the negative aspects of a film while its currently on the silver screen. We all know the trials and tribulations that surrounded this, at least we thought we did. Click on the link below to read the interview in it's entirety.
Click Here To Read The Interview "The Troubled History Of The Wolfman"
Source: TimeOut
Original post blogged on b2evolution.
- 2/17/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
Matt Damon gained 30 pounds to play the role of infamous corporate whistleblower Mark Whitacre, a top executive at agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland who helped the FBI expose price fixing at that company in the 1990s. If that doesn't sound like the setup for a successful comedy — even in the hands of director Steven Soderbergh — you could be right.
"...a groovy-looking, chuckle-baiting, fact-based movie from protean director Steven Soderbergh..."
— Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Who said true-life crime stories have to make serious movies? Bright, breezy, and downright goofy, this superbly captures the workings of Whitacre’s highly imaginative mind and the outlandish nature of the crime."
— Mark Salisbury, Premiere
"Amusingly eccentric rather than outright funny..."
— Todd McCarthy, Variety
"A comedy about corporate fraud, malfeasance, and a mental disorder that never quite succeeds as a comedy."
— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"Unlike the director's [Soderbergh] usual organic efforts — in which great style never results in overstylized — The Informant!
"...a groovy-looking, chuckle-baiting, fact-based movie from protean director Steven Soderbergh..."
— Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
"Who said true-life crime stories have to make serious movies? Bright, breezy, and downright goofy, this superbly captures the workings of Whitacre’s highly imaginative mind and the outlandish nature of the crime."
— Mark Salisbury, Premiere
"Amusingly eccentric rather than outright funny..."
— Todd McCarthy, Variety
"A comedy about corporate fraud, malfeasance, and a mental disorder that never quite succeeds as a comedy."
— Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
"Unlike the director's [Soderbergh] usual organic efforts — in which great style never results in overstylized — The Informant!
- 9/17/2009
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
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