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<title><![CDATA[Os Donos da Noite (We Own the Night)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 14:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>LELLA</dc:creator>
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&#8220;Melhor ser julgado por 12, do que ser carregado por 6.&#8220;
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<blockquote><p><span style="color:#000033;">"<em><strong>Melhor ser julgado por 12, do que ser carregado por 6.</strong></em>"</span></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">Após assistir um filme onde civis urbanos se acham no direito de fazer justiça com as próprias mãos (Aliás, um que não devem deixar de ver: "</span><a href="http://lella.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/zona-do-crime-la-zona/"><span style="color:#000033;">Zona do Crime</span></a><span style="color:#000033;">")... Fiquei com vontade de ver um com policiais versus bandidos... Entre tantos, escolhi esse. E não me decepcionei.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">O que temos nesse filme? Numa Nova York de 1988, mais precisamente no Brooklyn, a máfia russa leva grande vantagem sobre a polícia. Com várias baixas de Tiras. E no meio de tudo isso, dois jovens se despontando nas carreiras que escolheram.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">De um lado, temos Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix), gerente de uma casa noturna, El Caribe. Que pertence a uma família russa. Carismático, Bobby cai nas graças dos donos. Que pelo sucesso que ele conseguiu com essa Discoteca, o querem para gerenciar uma outra. Para Bobby, é começo de um sonho: de estar a frente de uma no coração de Manhattan. Para ele, tudo estava indo bem. Até que...</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">O outro jovem, é Joseph Grusinky (Mark Wahlberg). Ainda recente na polícia, mas querendo muito mostrar serviço. Até para não ficar à sombra do pai, Burt Grusinsky (Robert Duvall), um dos oficiais mais respeitados da Polícia. Ele é meio fechadão, mas também um pouco do tipo pavio-curto.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">Ambos, são irmãos. Mas poucos sabem disso. Principalmente, os com quem Bobby convive. Apenas sua namorada, Amada (Eva Mendes) sabe disso.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">A polícia, fica ciente da chegada de um novo carregamento de drogas. Mas não sabe quando, nem como. Dai, numa de "<em>tragam os suspeitos de sempre</em>"... Partem para uma blitz no El Caribe. Nessa, até o Bobby é levado para a delegacia; sendo solto por seu pai. O que queriam de fato: que alguém contasse sobre o carregamento que está para chegar. Mas os tiras nada conseguiram. E as desavenças que já existiam cresce, entre os dois irmãos.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">O peso maior está nos ombros de Bobby. E ele não vai poder ficar mais tempo neutro nessa história. Com os rumos dos acontecimentos, dificulta mais esconder que tem pai e irmão na polícia. Há uma cena, onde um russo conta o que ele fez... Tem que ter muito sangue-frio para não esboçar a menor reação. Até por conta do que o cara fez.</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">Enfim, é um bom policial! De ver com tempo e calma. Eu gostei"</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;">Por: Valéria Miguez (Lella).</span></p>
<p><span style="color:#000033;"><strong>Os Donos da Noite (We Own the Night)</strong>. 2007. EUA. Direção e Roteiro: James Gray. Elenco: Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Duvall, Alex Veadov, Eva Mendes, Danny Hoch, Oleg Taktarov. Gênero: Policial. Duração: 117 minutos.</span></p>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Look: Novidades sobre o Oscar 2009!]]></title>
<link>http://insidecinema.wordpress.com/?p=1080</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Deivison Oliveira</dc:creator>
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[ Anúncio dos Candidatos ]
A data (anteriormente marcada para o dia 20 de Janeiro de 2009) será a]]></description>
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<p><strong>[ Anúncio dos Candidatos ]</strong></p>
<p>A data (anteriormente marcada para o dia 20 de Janeiro de 2009) será adiada por dois dias.</p>
<p>Motivo: Segundo <strong>Ric Robertson</strong> - executivo da <strong>Academia de Artes e Ciências Cinematográficas</strong> - a cerimônia de posse do novo presidente dos E.U.A está marcada para o mesmo dia.</p>
<p><strong>[ Data da Cerimônia ]</strong></p>
<p>A <strong>81ª Edição do Oscar</strong> acontecerá no dia <strong>22 de Fevereiro</strong> de<strong> 2009</strong>.</p>
<p><strong>[ Mudanças na categoria de Melhor Canção e Melhor Filme Estrangeiro ]</strong></p>
<p>Em <strong>Melhor Canção</strong>, o que mudou foi o seguinte: A partir do próximo ano, apenas<strong> 2 músicas</strong> poderão ser indicadas por filme (logo, situações como a dos filmes Dreamgirls e Encantada - que receberam 3 indicações nesta categoria - não voltarão a acontecer), porém, o número de canções inscritas pelos produtores é ilimitado.</p>
<p>Já em <strong>Melhor Filme Estrangeiro</strong>, a mudança consistiu na fase seletiva (que é composta por duas fases). Agora, qualquer membro, que tenha assistido ao mínimo de filmes elegíveis, pode votar para escolher seis das nove produções que irão para a segunda etapa. Os outros três longas serão determinados por um comitê especial.</p>
<p><strong>[ 96 países recebem formulários da Academia ]</strong></p>
<p>Visando facilitar as inscrições no Oscar na categoria de <strong>Melhor Filme Estrangeiro</strong>, a academia enviou formulários para<strong> 96 países</strong>.</p>
<p>Para competir, é necessário que o longa tenha sido lançado em seu país de origem entre 1° de outubro de 2007 e 30 de setembro de 2008. Também é preciso que a produção tenha sido exibida nos formatos 35mm, 70 mm ou digital por, pelo menos, sete dias consecutivos em cinema comercial.</p>
<p>Os diálogos devem ser falados predominantemente em outra língua que não seja a inglesa. Nas cópias enviadas para a Academia é preciso que sejam colocadas legendas em inglês.</p>
<p><strong>[ Academia convida novas personalidades para se tornarem membros da organização ]</strong></p>
<p>No total, foram <strong>105 artitas</strong> convidados. E aqueles que aceitarem, passam a fazer parte do quadro <strong>integrantes </strong>de votantes do Oscar.</p>
<p>Vejam alguns nomes da lista:</p>
<p>- Os diretores: <strong>Walter Salles</strong>, <strong>Michael Haneke</strong>, <strong>James Gray</strong>, <strong>Jason Reitman</strong>, <strong>Doug Liman</strong> e <strong>Gore Verbinski</strong>.</p>
<p>- Atores/Atrizes: <strong>Josh Brolin</strong>, <strong>Ray Winstone</strong>, <strong>Sacha Baron Cohen</strong>, <strong>Jet Li</strong> (HÃ???), <strong>Marion Cotillard</strong> e <strong>Ruby Dee</strong>.</p>
<p>Outros nomes que compoém a vasta lista incluem: o compositor <strong>Michael Giacchino</strong>, o produtor <strong>Andrew MacDonald</strong>, o diretor de fotografia<strong> Tim Orr</strong> e a roteirista <strong>Diablo Cody</strong>.</p>
<p>Querem ver a lista completa? Ok, ok... Lá vai!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Diretores:</strong><br />
Sergei Bodrov<br />
James Gray<br />
Michael Haneke<br />
Doug Liman<br />
Kimberly Peirce<br />
Peyton Reed<br />
Jason Reitman<br />
Walter Salles<br />
Gore Verbinski</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Atores:<br />
</strong>Sacha Baron Cohen<br />
Josh Brolin<br />
Marion Cotillard<br />
Ruby Dee<br />
Allison Janney<br />
Jet Li<br />
Ray Winstone</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Roteiristas:</strong><br />
Judd Apatow<br />
David Benioff<br />
Jean-Claude Carriere<br />
Diablo Cody<br />
Tamara Jenkins<br />
Jeff Nathanson<br />
Nancy Oliver</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Diretores de Fotografia:</strong><br />
Jonathan W. Brown<br />
Clark Mathis<br />
Kramer Morgenthau<br />
J. Michael Muro<br />
Tim Orr<br />
Tom Richmond</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Montadores:</strong><br />
Barry Alexander Brown<br />
John Carnochan<br />
John Gilroy<br />
Mark Livolsi<br />
Dylan Tichenor<br />
Juliette Welfling</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Compositores:<br />
</strong>Glen Ballard<br />
J. J. George<br />
Michael Giacchino</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Produtores:<br />
</strong>Armyan Bernstein<br />
Jennifer Fox<br />
Lianne Halfon<br />
Hal Lieberman<br />
Andrew Macdonald<br />
Karen Murphy<br />
Peter R. Newman<br />
JoAnne Sellar</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Designers de Produção:</strong><br />
Jack Fisk<br />
Clayton R. Hartley</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Figurinista:<br />
</strong>Isis Mussenden</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Maquiadores/Cabelereiros:</strong><br />
Jan Archibald<br />
Kate Biscoe<br />
Didier Lavergne<br />
Christien Tinsley</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Decoradores de Set:<br />
</strong>Larry Dias<br />
Katie Spencer<br />
Sandy Reynolds Wasco</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Especialistas em Som:</strong><br />
Craig Berkey<br />
Fernando Camara<br />
David Giammarco<br />
Mike Hopkins<br />
Robert J. Kizer<br />
Alyson Dee Moore<br />
Mark Onks<br />
Jon Taylor</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Especialistas em Efeitos Visuais:<br />
</strong>Nick Davis<br />
Brian Gernand<br />
Dan Glass<br />
Bryan Grill<br />
Edward T. Hirsh<br />
Helena Packer<br />
Kelly Port<br />
Ted Rae<br />
Doug Roble<br />
Carey Villegas</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Animadores:<br />
</strong>David Bowers<br />
Ash Brannon<br />
Doug Cooper<br />
Jeremy Lasky<br />
Caroline Leaf<br />
David Schaub<br />
David Silverman<br />
Suzie Templeton</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Coordenação de Dublês:<br />
</strong>Melissa R. Stubbs</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Diretores de Casting:</strong><br />
Ronna Kress</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Documentaristas:</strong><br />
Nanette Burstein<br />
Heidi Ewing<br />
Liz Garbus<br />
Michele Ohayon<br />
Deborah Shaffer</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Curta-metragista:</strong><br />
Philippe Pollet-Villard</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Executivos:<br />
</strong>Alan Bergman<br />
Dana Goldberg<br />
Sidney Kimmel<br />
Chris S. LeRoy<br />
Andrew Rona<br />
Jeff Skoll</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Relações Públicas:<br />
</strong>Stephanie Allen<br />
Suzanne Fritz<br />
Kevin Goetz<br />
Stephanie Kluft<br />
Tim Palen<br />
Marc Weinstock</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Por contribuições à indústria cinematográfica de uma forma geral:</strong><br />
Jim Houston<br />
Neil Machlis<br />
Sheila Nevins</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Roundtable:  Taste of a different order]]></title>
<link>http://lerepertoire.wordpress.com/?p=147</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 02:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Joie</dc:creator>
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The credits were still rolling, the lights came up, and the brewing desire to release the pressure ]]></description>
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<p>The credits were still rolling, the lights came up, and the brewing desire to release the pressure valve fell on everyone's lips as opinions increasingly became secret confessions of an anxious reader to an absent author.  The film in question is James Gray's <em>Two Lovers</em>, best described by <a href="http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/21/cannes_gray/">Andrew O'Hehir</a> as "a romantic drama about Leonard (Gray regular Joaquin Phoenix), a damaged 30ish Brooklynite living with his parents, who must choose between a nurturing, socially appropriate girlfriend (Vinessa Shaw) and a drugged-out, unavailable shiksa goddess (Gwyneth Paltrow)."   The ensuing discussion skipped the usual interpretative dance of grasping connections to the <em>human condition</em>, or what's left of it.  Instead, superficial assessments were the preferred format of the day, ranging from Gwyneth's miscasting to "ugly" Manhattan lawyer types to hatred of the Jewish father.  Even worse, "authentic" portrayal of NY life and "believability" of the characters' psychologies and emotions were buzzing in the air as indicators of artistic honesty.  Then again, if we take the director's word for his work (neither a good nor bad idea), we would be stuck with Gray's meditative study of love as a solipsistic projection, in which the dictum "save one person, save the world" isn't that far from the religious upbringing of the main character and his impulse to save the messed-up girl, and his fiancee's impulse to save him.  Would that be the measure of success, when a filmmaker fully translates every feeling and meaning to his audience?  Gray admits to be reading Jacques Lacan and Louis Aragon during the film production, but how are we supposed to notice his subliminal projections in the final product?</p>
<p>These points are not moot in any shape or form, they reveal surely the film's immense ability to elicit a spectrum of responses beyond the original intent of the filmmaker in demanding a serious consideration of his work as some lasting examination of modern relationships and their discontents.  There will always be a gap between intention and reception, encoding and decoding, and generations of old and young.</p>
<p><strong>Interview with James Gray courtesy of Salon.com</strong></p>
<p>[audio http://media.salon.com/mp3s/2008/may/conversations_gray.mp3]</p>
<p>Perhaps, Paltrow's "miscasting" was not an error in judgement but an indication of an actress's failure to escape her extradiegetic persona, in which she constantly inhabits her offscreen self or play variations on an established theme whether she wanted to or not.  However, this doesn't mean she fails within the level of the film itself, rather the aura of Gwyneth forever haunts and complements the blonde bimbo shell that is Michelle.  In short, Gwyneth plays Gwyneth really well, and O'Hehir is acute in pointing out that she is the quintessential femme fatale, desirable but never tangible, her first appearance in the film marks the arrival of fantasy rather than flesh, the ghost of her former role transported to a different film.  As much as I despise the God-given wisdom of the auteur, his final say as our final say, the "oh jeez, we got it now, thanks mister," I have to credit Gray for being his own best analyst in regards to the doomed lovers' last encounter.  He mentioned that he wanted Gwyneth (ooops, i mean Michelle) to appear as if she's floating in the dark alleyway before she emerges in front of Leonard.  An inevitable farewell to an ideal woman, a Hollywood construction more real than real.  And a side rebuttal to one vocal commentator:  <strong>Vanessa Redgrave in a Joe Wright's film is not the same as Gwyneth Paltrow in a James Gray's movie.  It's like saying Judi Dench's cameo in <em>Pride and Prejudice</em></strong><strong> was also his desperate ploy for funding.  Get it straight.</strong></p>
<p>Moreover, the overrated focus on a film's capacity to mimic reality, to capture an imprint of life, as if it could've existed, eventually leads us to a dead end in the art of film criticism since it means fantasy narratives are playing another deck of cards to make us believe otherwise.   In the case of <em>Two Lovers</em>, destiny is laid out like a minefield, there will be causalities, there will be survivors, a  safe pathway is painfully visible.  Keeping in mind that there are two separate occasions where Michelle and Leonard  stare straight into the camera, knowing all too well that their intimate embrace is one stemming from vulnerability rather than potentiality.  Only Vinessa Shaw's character is out of this loop.  What we have forgotten when it comes to cinema is neither illusion or realism, but the creation of microcosms, of fictions passing off as realities (rather than REALITY), distinct in their individuality, but always in dialogue with each other, eventually cementing into transparent codes and conventions we take for granted.  It's appropriate that <a href="http://notebook.theauteurs.com/?p=168">critics</a> have labeled Gray as an old-fashioned craftsman, producing films they used to make in the old days, because in the very tone of that nostalgic sentiment lies the truth of their words---he's doing something that WAS done before, just reassembled into new permutations.  That familiarity tells us more about how we as moviegoers have deeply ingrained cultural memory into our consciousness of history and our perception of everyday reality.</p>
<p>In laying out the above expositions on the multi-faceted experience of watching <em>Two Lovers</em>, I want to probe into the wider phenomenon of film reception, which encompasses more than just watching, but all the tactile senses and more.  I admit that I was giggling at particular moments in the film because those were the scenes that retreated from the overall cumbersome trajectory, moments where the characters would exhibit ludicrous behaviors such as demanding an inscription on your arm as a lullaby, displaying your naked breast to a pathetic man across the hall, or asking your son if he needs help using Expedia.  At other times, I'm simply amused by the physical pleasure of seeing Joaquin doing breakdancing or Gwyneth with smeared mascara.  Spoutblog writer, <a href="http://blog.spout.com/2008/05/21/cannes-two-lovers/">Karina Longworth</a> even cites that she was asleep for the first half of the film until that nightclub scene captivated her to the end. Her review fluctuates between adoration and ambivalence; she clearly enjoyed the film, but was uncertain on how to judge it as a critic. Does it always have to funnel down towards a recommendation for yourself, or for others?   Film historian and cinephile, <a href="http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/?p=2315">David Bordwell</a>, performs an admirable job categorizing the nature of reception into these two components that make for competing rivals and strange bedfellows:</p>
<blockquote><p>I can like films I don’t think are particularly good. I enjoy mid-level Hong Kong movies because I can see their ties to local history and film history, because I take delight in certain actors, because I try to spot familiar locations. But I wouldn’t argue that because I like them, they’re good. We all have guilty pleasures—a label that was coined exactly to designate films which give us enjoyment, even if by any wide criteria they aren’t especially good.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The difference between taste and judgment emerges in this way: You can recognize that some films are good even if you don’t like them. You can declare Birth of a Nation or Citizen Kane or Persona an excellent film without finding it to your liking...There aren't any fully “objective” standards, but they are intersubjective—lots of people with widely varying tastes accept them.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What Bordwell is hinting at, though he never mentions explicitly, is the ongoing transformation of taste into judgement, of elitist proclivities becoming the gold standard.  Taste is always shifting from one person to another, but judgement is harder to change, it requires an informal consensus with time as an overseer.  In my agreement with O'Hehir, <em>Two Lovers</em> continue to diverge reactions because it's a successful failed experiment, fascinating, frustrating, and inherently fictitious to its bittersweet finale.  Everyone left the room with something to say instead of a forgettable nod of acceptance. Tolerance would've been boring!</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I will not conclude with a report on film appreciation, for a simple call to arms is much more bearable and easier to administer in the realm of critical reception and pleasurable enjoyment.  Broadening of one's taste (<em>the inclusivity principle</em>) and a cautious judgment of judgment will keep any filmgoer from being too satisfied <em>and</em> too picky with his meal.  Without reverting to archaic rules of appropriateness, when to laugh, when to cry, when to tremble in suspense, it would be better to refer to these selected musings of Susan Sontag in her seminal essay <em>Notes on Camp</em> rather than just grouping everything under that misused umbrella term, <em>camp</em>.  It shouldn't be a label, but a contentious neologism to be argued for and against.</p>
<blockquote><p>18. One must distinguish between naïve and deliberate Camp. Pure Camp is always naïve. Camp which knows itself to be Camp ("camping") is usually less satisfying.</p>
<p>41. The whole point of Camp is to dethrone the serious. Camp is playful, anti-serious. More precisely, Camp involves a new, more complex relation to "the serious." One can be serious about the frivolous, frivolous about the serious.</p></blockquote>
<p class="MsoNormal">Just one minor exception to social propriety:  Don't ever holler at the screen unless you're at a sing-a-long.</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Cartolina da Cannes 6]]></title>
<link>http://ultimometro.wordpress.com/?p=118</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 15:42:22 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>abarthur</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[Tris d&#8217;assi  sulla Croisette.  Clint Eastwood, tra i registi massimi del cinema USA ha present]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tris d'assi  sulla Croisette.  Clint Eastwood, tra i registi massimi del cinema USA ha presentato, fra ovazioni di pubblico e ampio consenso di critica il suo "The Exchange". Anche questo film, dopo i commoventi pugni di Million dollars baby, e le due bellissime storie  sulla battaglia di Ywo  Jima, mostra una qualità eccelsa e innalza l'anziano Clint ai vertici dell'Olimpo filmico. La vicenda, ambientata in California negli anni della grande Depressione narra del disperato e irriducibile coraggio di una ragazza madre, vittima del rapimento dell'amato figlio. Lo snodo della storia tocca vari punti sensibili: le sopraffazioni delle istituzioni contro la donna, l' orrenda ipotesi di pedofilia, una macabra, agghiacciante esecuzione di pena di morte. Molta carne al fuoco per un grande spot a favore dell'impegno sociale e della libertà di critica, come colonne portanti della democrazia. Acclamata Angelina Jolie in dolce attesa, al fianco di Bred Pitt.  Il secondo asso,  l'ha calato Emir Kusturica, con un documentario sul " campione" Maradona. I fan del"Pide de oro" andranno in visibilio. Il regista pare si sia molto divertito ad esaltare le gesta epiche di questo straordinario calciatore, straordinario in tutto dai primi exploit al declino. Ultimo asso, "Two lovers" di James Gray storia di un "cocco di mamma" alla ricerca di sè, che si fidanza con una brava ragazza e poi si innamora di una scombinata, inaffidabile fanciulla. Commedia sull'amore che induce a non banali riflessioni. Fra gli interpreti Joachin  Phoenix e nel ruolo della confusa amante,  un'inedita Gwyneth Paltrow. Domani ci aspetta l'argentina Lucretia Martel e l'attesissimo Soderbergh col "Che".</p>
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<title><![CDATA[Weathering Cannes]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 00:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>briandjohnson</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s raining again in Cannes, and the films have been as unsettled as the sky. And as moist. E]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://macleans.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/image-from-three-monkeys2.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-1121" src="http://macleans.wordpress.com/files/2008/05/image-from-three-monkeys2.jpg?w=300" alt="An scene from Nuri Bilge Ceylan\'s \" width="341" height="191" /></a>It's raining again in Cannes, and the films have been as unsettled as the sky. And as moist. Earlier I blogged about  clogged drains and nasty plumbing, which have surfaced as a bizarre theme in the program. I cited  drain-clearing scenes in Brazil's <em>Linha de Passe</em> and, by Walter Salles, and <em>Serbis</em>, by Filipino director Brillante Mendoza.  Since then we've seen another plumbing incident in <em>Gomora</em>, a mafia movie from Italy called by Matteo Garron. And my <em>National Post </em>colleague Chris Knight reminded me that the incarcerated characters in <em>Blindness</em> spend much of their time groping around floors slick with human waste. Chris, in fact, he penned a clogged sink blog called <a title="Plumbing the Depths of Cannes" href="http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/theampersand/archive/2008/05/18/plumbing-the-depths-of-world-cinema.aspx" target="_blank"><em>Plumbing the Depths of World Cinema</em></a>. Wish I'd thought of that.</p>
<p>We're  halfway through the festival. No film has blown us away. Last year, just two days into the festival we had a solid Palme d'Or contender in what became fatally known as "the Romanian abortion film" (<em>4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days</em>). And it did, in fact, go on to win the top prize. Now at the end of Day 6, we've seen some solid films worthy of awards but not an obvious Palme d'Or contender. If the trade paper surveys are any indication, the most acclaimed film so far is <em>Three Monkeys</em> by Nuri Bilge Ceylan. I love the work of this Turkish director, in particular his previous film, <em>Climates</em>. He is also a brilliant photographer, and captures real time in slow, static compositions that are, well, like watching paint dry, but in good way. The man loves to shoot weather, as you can see by the image from <em>Three Monkeys </em>above. Yet his new film moved too slowly even for my taste, especially because it's a noir drama about a corrupt politician, who gets his driver to take fall for him in prison then cuckolds his wife. For that kind of business, you need a stern tempo to maintain the tension. Still, I've learned not to judge the pace of films seen early in Cannes in a jet-lag daze.</p>
<p>Other impressive titles include  <em>Waltz with Bashir, </em>an Israeli animated documentary about an atrocity, and Argentina's female prison drama, <em>Leonera, </em>whose star, Martina Gusman, is emerging as an early contender for best actress. But she faces competition form Arta Dobroshi in <em>La Silence de Lorna</em>, another strong feature by Belgium's Dardennes brothers, who have already won the Palme d'Or twice. We saw that film this morning, the latest in a flood of dramas about dispossessed folk at the mercy of the city who become criminals through dire necessity or tragic accident. The only sunny moments in this dark program have come from films out of competition, such as <em>Kung Fu Panda</em>, <em>Indiana Jones</em> and Woody Allen's latest. Tonight we saw James Gray's <em>Two Lovers</em>, starring Joaquin Phoenix as a lovestruck naif with his Jewish parents after attempting suicide. Although it's only subliminally comic, it portrays relationship with the observational detail Woody  Allen once specialized in before he gave up on reality. It was a relief to finally see a movie in competition that wasn't about the end of civilization as we know it—and whose characters needed therapist rather than a plumber.</p>
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<p>Joaquin Phoenix is the star here. The first film I saw him in was Inventing the Abbotts. On an off-tangent here, Inventing the Abbotts was a revolutionary film of sorts for me because it introduced me not only to Joaquin Phoenix, but also Billy Crudup, Liv Tyler, and Jennifer Connelly (one of my favorites). He then went on to star opposite Vince Vaughn in Return to Paradise as Anne Heche's brother. You probably also know him as the bad guy from Gladiator, with Russell Crowe. This guy is one amazing actor. He's got this brooding attitude that the scar on his lip works well with.</p>
<p>Best line of the movie was when Robert Duvall, as NYC police chief, said, "If you piss in your pants, you can only stay warm for so long." It means "do things the right way and don't take shortcuts." At least that's what I got out of it.</p>
<p>Phoenix runs a club where mobs hang out and deal drugs. His dad (Duvall) and brother (Wahlberg) are NYPD. They make life difficult for Phoenix. Shit goes down and Wahlberg gets shot by a mobster. To exact revenge, Phoenix becomes an informant. Oh, Eva Mendes plays his girlfriend. She oozes sex appeal, but I'm not that big of a fan. She's probably best known as Denzel Washington's baby-mama in Training Day or Will Smith's better half in Hitch.</p>
<p>The action's decent, probably because I was expecting it the whole time and received it only sparingly. The Russian mob portrayal in this film is easily outdone by Viggo Mortensen character (<em>by himself</em>) in Eastern Promises.</p>
<p>We Own the Night was written and directed by James Gray, who also wrote and directed Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix in The Yards. I've never seen that one, but will probably check it out after watching this one.</p>
<p>Duvall "If you piss in your pants, you can only stay warm for so long."</p>
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<p><strong>Pick of the Week:</strong> <strong><em>Paranoid Park</em> </strong>- Gus Van Sant's dreamy existentialist piece concerning a skater and an accidental death. It's slow, considered and utterly beguiling.</p>
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<strong><em> The Golden Compass</em></strong> - A shocking disappointment from promising source material.<br />
<em><strong> Lust, Caution</strong></em> - Ang Lee's exploration of sex and hate which I am yet to see.<br />
<em><strong> We Own The Night</strong></em> - Another only-okay gangster-ish movie from James Gray which, again, stars Mark Wahlberg and Joaquin Phoenix.<br />
<strong><em> Waitress</em></strong> - Terrific final film from the late Adrienne Shelly featuring charming performances from Keri Russell and Nathan Fillion.<br />
<strong><em> Sleuth</em></strong> - Jude Law... I hate him. You may love him. Go from there.<br />
<strong><em> Out of the Blue</em></strong> - Yet to see this but apparently a thoughtful reflection on a tragic incident in New Zealand history. Will be checking it out.</p>
<p><strong>Region 1:</strong><br />
<strong><em> 27 Dresses</em></strong> - It doesn't look like much but with James Marsden on board, I could rent it.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">ตัวหลักของพล็อตเรื่องนี้อาจจะเดิมๆไปบางนะครับ ก็คือเรื่องของ <strong>บ็อบบี้ กรีน (Joaquin Phoenix</strong></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>)</strong> ชายหนุ่มผู้เป็นผู้บริหารผับ และมีชีวิตเหลวไหลไปวันๆหนึ่ง โดยมีพี่ชายตำรวจของเขาและพ่อของเขา เป็นตำรวจที่อยู่อีกฝ่ายหนึ่งโดยสิ้นเชิงกับเขา </span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">แต่แล้ววันหนึ่ง พี่กับพวกตำรวจของเขาก็กลับมาบุกค้นผับของเขาและเขาโดนจับรวบตัวไป โดยปล่อยเจ้าพ่อขนส่งยาเสพติดภายในผับ <strong>วาดิม (</strong><strong>Alex Veadov</strong></span><span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>) </strong>ไป เพราะน้องเขาไม่ให้ความร่วมมือด้วย</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">แต่แล้วบ็อบบี้ก็ต้องเลือก เมื่อพี่ชายของเขาโดยพวกของวาดิมยิง และบาดเจ็บสาหัส ทำให้เขาต้องคิดว่าจะเลือกยืนอยู่ฝ่ายไหน</span></p>
<p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">พล็อตก็ตามท้องเรื่องเดิมๆนะครับ ประมาณพล็อตแนวเจ้าพ่อ ไม่มีจุดอะไรหักมุมมากนัก และก็เรื่องนี้ไม่ได้เป็นเรื่องจริงนะครับ เป็นเรื่องที่ทำให้ดูเหมือนเรื่องจริงแต่ที่จริง ผู้กำกับและคนเขียนบท <strong>James Gray </strong>เป็คนเขียนขึ้นมาเองครับ เป็นอันว่าหนังไม่ได้ประทับใจมากนัก ออกแนวเดิมๆ แต่ก็ไม่ถึงกับแย่มากครับ ประมาณว่าได้ดาราดังๆ ฝีมือรุ่นพี่มาแต่ก็ไม่ได้ใช้ให้เป็นประโยชน์สักเท่าไหร่มากนัก<br />
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<p>Sin conocerlo, sólo a través de su trabajo, podría decirse de James Gray que es un tipo obsesivo. En trece años sólo ha rodado tres películas, y las tres conforman una especie de trilogía "no al uso", porque en realidad vienen a ser la misma película rodada en tres ocasiones. <em>Little Odessa</em> (1994), la primera, dibujaba ya un escenario de policía y mafias, padres, hijos y hermanos, con la lealtad a la familia o al jefe como leit-motivs fundamentales. <em>The yards</em> (2000) volvía a hacer hincapié en el asunto de la familia, de nuevo con una historia turbia. Esta <em>La noche es nuestra</em> (<em>We own the night</em>, 2007) viene a ser una mezcolanza de las dos anteriores, con esos dos pilares, familia y legalidad/ilegalidad, como ejes básicos.</p>
<p>Lo primero que demuestra Gray es que el haber rodado (prácticamente) la misma película tres veces le ha servido para pulir defectos, lograr un mejor acabado y servir un producto al que, al menos en lo formal, se le pueden poner muy pocas pegas. En cuanto al contenido, el avance no raya a la misma altura. A Gray, a la hora de dibujar a sus personajes, se le va en más de una ocasión la mano con el pincel grueso, y el trazo que le sale oscila entre lo pueril y lo obvio. Los personajes centrales, el hermano descarriado (bien Joaquim Phoenix), el hermano fiel (demasiado contenido Mark Wahlberg) y el padre protector (desaprovechado Robert Duvall), acaban resultando excesivamente arquetípicos, casi encarnaciones de un patrón moral predefinido en la mente del director.</p>
<p>En cuanto a los pros, además del acabado, impecable, y del buen gusto, que es mucho, a la hora de dirigir, hay varias escenas de un mérito enorme, tremendas, como esa en la que el personaje de Phoenix, acompañado de su novia (insustancial Eva Mendes), es perseguido por los mafiosos, que han descubierto su escóndite, con el padre actuando de escudo. Escena trepidante, de las que pegan a la butaca.</p>
<p>El problema central de <em>La noche es nuestra</em> (lema, por cierto, de la policía de NY en los años 80, en los que se ambienta la película -acertada BSO muy disco) es que va de más a menos y llega desinflada al final, en el que el clímax se queda cojo y, por encima, admite un epílogo blandengue, edulcorado y estomagantemente americano.</p>
<p>Película buena que no llega a brillar.</p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
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<p>Un film di <span class="new">James Gray con </span>Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes e Robert Duvall</p>
<p>Un film che mi aveva inspirato grandi aspettative...e che invece mi ha un po' deluso :-( vediamo perché: la trama è banale, okay, me lo aspettavo: due fratelli, figli di un grande poliziotto, uno che ha intrapreso la strada del padre (Joe), mentre l'altro (Bobby) più immaturo gestisce un nightclub ed è fidanzato con una portoricana (Amada) interpretata niente popò di meno che da Eva Mendes; infatti la scena hot iniziale è molto piccante (per i più maliziosi: la Mendes lascia addirittura intravedere un capezzolo) e la prima mezz'ora in generale mi è sembrata la parte più riuscita del film. Dopo che Joe subisce un attentato, però, il film cambia radicalmente registro: innanzitutto Bobby cambia completamente carattere (il che sarebbe anche plausibile se non avvenisse nel giro di mezzo secondo!) e poi l'intero film prende una brutta piega, i ritmi diventano lenti (inseguimento escluso), le battute prevedibili e regna una tristezza da tragedia, finendo per assomigliare a Cassandra's dream e Onora il padre e la madre.</p>
<p>Insomma se come me vi aspettavate un film tamarro, rimarrete delusi. Non che abbia qualcosa contro i film drammatici, però visto che quelli con due fratelli come protagonisti ultimamente vanno di moda, secondo me la scelta di un genere meno impegnato come quello dell'azione sarebbe stata una carta vincente. Anche perché, come ho già detto, mi sembra che la prima mezz'ora regga molto bene. Peccato.</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">La idea de la película nació a partir de la foto del entierro de un policía publicado por el New York Times. “En la foto había varios hombres hechos y derechos abrazándose, llorando a lágrima viva porque habían matado a uno de sus compañeros”, recuerda el director. “La imagen era realmente conmovedora”. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">De hecho, en el año 1988, el tráfico de <b>crack</b> alcanzó su punto álgido en Nueva York, los homicidios eran cada vez más numerosos y <b>el índice de delincuencia era un 73% más elevado que la media nacional</b>. </span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Pero también era la época en la que <b>George Michael</b>, <b>Gloria Estefan</b> y <b>Taylor Dane</b> encabezaban las listas musicales, y <b>las discotecas brotaban como hongos</b>, sobre todo en la zona de Brighton Beach, en Brooklyn.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">James Gray</span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> deseaba plasmar esa vida intensa en la pantalla. “No quería limitarme a un thriller, quería algo explosivo, dramático y lleno de acción”. Sigue diciendo: “También es una película muy personal, y no me refiero al sentido autobiográfico. Para escribir el guión, usé elementos que saqué de las noticias y de lo que aprendí mientras acompañaba a la policía en sus rondas. Descubrí que mucha gente, obligada por las circunstancias, esconde sus conexiones familiares. Todo lo que sale en la película está basado en hechos reales, aunque reconozco que también me basé en mi relación personal con mi padre y mi hermano. Hay algo de mí también”.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Eva Mendes </span></b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">hace el papel de Amada, la novia de Bobby. James Gray dice que estaba viendo la televisión en la habitación de un hotel en Nueva York y encontró un programa donde la estaban entrevistando. “Durante toda la entrevista mantuvo una expresión de sofisticado desconcierto”, dice el director. “Pensé que me gustaría conocerla y hablar más con ella”.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">Cuando la conoció, descubrió a una mujer sensible y segura de sí misma, dos cualidades ideales para el papel de la leal Amada, que no está en absoluto preparada para los profundos sacrificios que deberá hacer si quiere mantener viva la relación con Bobby.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> Para saber más acerca de su papel de chica dispuesta a pasarlo bien en el mundo disco de los ochenta, Eva Mendes habló mucho con <b>Ian Shrager</b>, el antiguo dueño de <b>Studio 54</b>, y descubrió que fue “una época loca en la que nada parecía tener consecuencias”.</span><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.05pt;text-align:justify;"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial;">“Conocía a Joaquin y a Mark y sabía de lo que eran capaces. <b>Robert Duvall es una leyenda</b>”, explica James Gray. “Pero Eva me sorprendió mucho, puede expresar emociones insospechadas. Ha sido fantástico verla trabajar”.</span><span style="font-family:Arial;"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clip 1: <b><a href="http://www.dalealplay.com/informaciondecontenido.php?con=92102">http://www.dalealplay.com/informaciondecontenido.php?con=92102</a></b></p>
<p>Clip 2: <b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:'Times New Roman';"><a href="http://www.dalealplay.com/informaciondecontenido.php?con=92104">http://www.dalealplay.com/informaciondecontenido.php?con=92104</a></span></b></p>
<p><b>Ahora en cines! </b></p>
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<link>http://vertigocine.wordpress.com/?p=29</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 15:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Deyre</dc:creator>
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Dirección y guión: James Gray.
País: USA.
Año:  2007.
Duración:  117 min.
Género: Thriller po]]></description>
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<b>Dirección y guión: </b>James Gray.<br />
<b>País:</b> USA.<br />
<b>Año: </b> 2007.<br />
<b>Duración: </b> 117 min.<br />
<b>Género:</b> Thriller policiaco, drama.<br />
<b>Intérpretes: </b> Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Wahlberg, Eva Mendes, Robert Duvall, Tony Musante, Antoni Corone, Alex Veadov, Moni Moshonov, Danny Hoch, Maggie Kiley.<br />
<b>Producción:</b> Marc Butan, Joaquin Phoenix, Nick Wechsler y Mark Wahlberg.<br />
<b>Música:</b> Wojciech Kilar.<br />
<b>Fotografía:</b> Joaquin Baca-Asay.<br />
<b>Montaje:</b> John Axelrad.<br />
<b>Diseño de producción: </b> Ford Wheeler.<br />
<b>Vestuario:</b> Michael Clancy.</p>
<p>Es agradable encontrar en una semana en la que no abundan los estrenos interesantes una sabrosa película como <i><b>La noche es nuestra</i></b>. El filme de James Gray recupera el sabor de los thrillers policíacos de los años 70 en un modélico ejercicio de clasicismo. </p>
<p>La acción se sitúa a finales de los años 80, en la mítica ciudad de Nueva York. Una nueva droga se difunde por la ciudad y el crimen asola las calles. En este contexto tendrá lugar el duelo fraternal entre dos hermanos: Bobby Green (Joaquin Phoenix) y Joseph Grusinsky (Mark Wahlberg). Un atribulado Robert Duvall, en el papel de padre de los dos protagonistas, intenta poner paz entre ellos. Pero las cosas no son fáciles, y Bobby Green, encargado de un local de moda, despreocupado y fiestero, deberá decidir entre ayudar a la mafia rusa o a la policía local, representada por su padre y su hermano. Aunque en un principio desea mantenerse al margen, un trágico accidente precipitará su elección. El filme se convierte de esta manera en un drama familiar en el que entran en juego los sentimientos primarios del odio y la venganza.</p>
<p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v619/deyre/ownight1.jpg" border="0" alt="Joaquin Phoenix y Mark Wahlberg"></img></p>
<p>A nivel interpretativo hay que señalar la gran interpretación de <b>Joaquin Phoenix</b>, que sustenta a Bobby Green, personaje con una elaborada psicología. Phoenix es capaz de dar forma a un hombre complejo emocionalmente, que abandona su inicial apatía para dar rienda suelta a sus afán de venganza. <b>Mark Wahlberg</b> consigue dar la réplica a Phoenix, en una actuación que si bien no llega al nivel del anterior, es más que correcta. Eva Mendes, en el papel de novia de Bobby Green, no molesta, aunque tampoco consigue aportar una calidad equiparable a la de Phoenix o a la de Wahlberg.</p>
<p>Contundente, con un frenético ritmo, <i>La noche es nuestra</i> nos retrotrae al más puro cine negro. Plena de emoción en sus dos horas de metraje, la película de Gray no decae en ningún momento y demuestra que la falta de pretenciosidad puede ser, en ocasiones, la mejor aliada para lograr una buena película.</p>
<p>Al final todo se resume en un conflicto entre ‘buenos’ y ‘malos’. Aunque podríamos acusar a Gray de cierto tono moralizante, escondido en la historia del hermano ‘redimido’,  es innegable que estamos ante un ejemplo de buen cine, en el que el realismo y la sobriedad se unen para cautivar al espectador.</p>
<p><b>Valoración</b>: * * * * </p>
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<link>http://yourblues.wordpress.com/?p=64</link>
<pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Nueva York, finales de los 80. Una de las ciudades más peligrosas del mundo, donde el crack se vend]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p align="justify">Nueva York, finales de los 80. Una de las ciudades más peligrosas del mundo, donde el <i>crack </i>se vendía en la calle como si fuera una aspirina, y en la que el Departamento de policía libraba una cruenta guerra contra los narcotraficantes, que amenazaba con llevar el caos a la ciudad.</p>
<p align="justify">En este escenario se desarrolla la última película de James Gray, <b>La noche es nuestra (We own the night)</b>. 2 hermanos, interpretados por Mark Whalberg y Joaquin Phoenix, han optado por caminos distintos en la vida. Mientras el primero ha decidido seguir los pasos de su padre, Robert Duval, e ingresar en la Policía, el otro se dedica a dirigir un club nocturno en Brooklyn, que sirve de tapadera para la mafia rusa, y que le permite darse la gran vida. Sin embargo, todo cambia cuando el departamento de su hermano comienza a investigar a los rusos. Entonces debe decidir en que bando está...</p>
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<p align="justify">Y a partir de esa encrucijada se desarrolla una de las mejores películas de los últimos años. Phoenix es quizás el actor más brillante de su generación, a pesar de sus altibajos. Y Whalberg, que empezó como modelo de ropa interior, ha alcanzado su madurez interpretativa. Respaldados, además, por un actor de la talla de Robert Duvall, el eterno Tom Hagen de El Padrino, y otros como Eva Mendes o  el ruso Alex Veadov, conforman un reparto de excepción.</p>
<p align="justify">James Gray, el director y guionista, se confirma como una de las grandes promesas. Con esta su tercera película da toda una lección de como rodar un thriller: con ritmo, dosificando las escenas más violentas, luciéndose en algunos planos (impresionante la secuencia de la persecución) y con una trabajada puesta en escena.</p>
<p align="justify">Una película altamente recomendable.</p>
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<link>http://celuloidesensujugo.wordpress.com/?p=274</link>
<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 11:46:50 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Pablo</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[La cartelera pega un bajón importante. Hay que ir haciéndose a la idea de que así será hasta el ]]></description>
<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>La cartelera pega un bajón importante. Hay que ir haciéndose a la idea de que así será hasta el verano, cuando, en teoría, lleguen a las pantallas los pelotazos más palomiteros, pero pelotazos al fin y al cabo. De momento, para echarse a la boca, esto:</p>
<p><strong>-<em>La noche es nuestra</em>:</strong> lo mejor de la nueva remesa; James Gray hace una especie de remix de sus dos anteriores (y únicas) películas, <em>Little Odessa</em> y <em>The yards</em>, para prácticamente servirnos el mismo producto, en principio revigorizado: crimen, policías, gángsters y lazos familiares; repiten con el director neoyorquino Joaquin Phoenix y Mark Wahlberg, a los que acompañan, redondeando un prometedor reparto, Eva Mendes y Robert Duvall; de largo, la elección más recomendable del fin de semana.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Despierto</em>:</strong> una cinta de esas que, antes de verlas, despiertan sensaciones contradictorias; hay un multimillonario, una operación a corazón abierto, una esposa con su trama paralela y un prometido giro inesperado; todo esto, así en abstracto, suena bastante sugerente; ocurre que el multimillonario es el petardo Hayden Christensen (sí, el nuevo y peor Skywalker; lo sentimos, Hayden, pero jamás te lo perdonaremos) y su mujercita la limitada actriz pero increíble mujer Jessica Alba, y ahí la cosa ya se tambalea, por más que el cirujano, el que opera, sea el solvente Terrence Howard; dirige y escribe Joby Harold, el típico newcomer que, de alguna manera, consigue vender su producto a un estudio.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Casi 300</em>:</strong> aquí ya no hay dudas que valgan; esto es una memez en toda regla, la inevitable y cíclica parodia de películas taquilleras recientes, aquí con 300 como obvia referencia, que no es óbice para meter en el mismo saco a <em>Transformers</em>, <em>Rocky Balboa</em> y <em>El Motorista Fantasma</em>; para mear y no echar gota.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Game Plan</em>:</strong> otra que no engaña, The Rock va de estrella del fútbol americano que, de la noche en la mañana, descubre que es padre de una mocosa; supuesta excusa para una serie de gags y situaciones pretendidamente divertidas bajo la premisa de desembocar en un final feliz y con la moraleja de "hay cosas más importantes que la fama y el dinero".</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Love and Honor</em>:</strong> cinta japonesa que cierra una trilogía sobre samuráis; el género no parece en su momento de mayor esplendor, disipado el éxito de <em>Tigre y dragón</em> y otras.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Love sick</em>:</strong> cinta rumana de esas con triángulo amoroso y dos amigas que se quieren mucho.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Pingpong</em>:</strong> drama alemán, opera prima que en Cannes se llevó un par de premios en las categorías para noveles, sobre una familia de clase media, en apariencia perfecta, que se desequilibra con la llegada de un pariente, un chico con problemas cuyo padre se acaba de suicidar.</p>
<p><strong>-<em>Oro negro</em>; <em>Regreso a Normandía</em>:</strong> un par de docus para cerrar el repaso; el primero, sobre las injusticias de una industria, la del café, que como tantas otras, se lucra a base de explotar a sus trabajadores; el segundo marca el reencuentro real del director con los campesinos que, hace más de 30 años, participaron en una película en la que él intervino como ayudante de dirección.</p>
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<link>http://frammentinomadi.wordpress.com/?p=170</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 19:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>sparkaos</dc:creator>
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I padroni della notte  è il secondo atteso film di James Gray, dopo il promettente esordio di L]]></description>
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<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_film.jsp?idContent=324168">I padroni della notte</a>  è il secondo atteso film di <a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=174000">James Gray</a>, dopo il promettente esordio di <b><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_film.jsp?idContent=120410">Little Odessa</a></b>.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Narra la vicenda di una famiglia americana con una forte tradizione di lavoro in Polizia. Tema molto caro al cinema americano, in cui ci sono numerosi precedenti anche per la ribbelione giovanile di uno dei due fratelli, che si mette a gestire per conto di immigrati Russi un club a NY. L'altro fratello ha seguito la tradizione di famiglia e per colpa di un indagine sul traffico di droga nel locale, i destini della famiglia si intrecciano e confondono. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">La trama non originalissima avrebbe materiale ottimo per lavorare soprattutto per la bravura degli attori:</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=185072">Joaquin Phoenix</a>, il fratello ribelle. onirico in alcune scene, non convincente in altre, straordinario in quelle focali</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=184324">Mark Wahlberg</a>, il fratello in polizia. Guardabile ma non paragonabile ad altre prove di recitazioni che ha date</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=181803">Robert Duvall</a>, il padre. Il mestiere è quello solito ma manca qualcosa.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Il film però resta sul vago, scade nel melenso in alcuni punti, non approfondisce fino in fondo i rapporti su cui si basa, spesso volta verso la facile morale di impegno patriottico e buonismo.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Nonostante ciò e una certa lunghezza, riesce a catturare l’attenzione e ci si imbatte in scene davvero ben fatte, come un inseguimento visivamente molto intenso e coinvolgente, o alcune scene più recitate e vagamente oniriche di Phoenix, spesso in compagnia di una discreta <a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=158721">Eva Mendes</a>, la sua fidanzata nel film. Di rilievo visivo forte anche la scena del grano.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">In sostanza un film con molti pregi e spunti, ma una trama non originalissima e che per qualche motivo manca di quel non so che…</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"> </span><a href="http://frammentinomadi.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/la-promessa-dellassassino.jpg" title="la-promessa-dellassassino.jpg"><img src="http://frammentinomadi.wordpress.com/files/2008/03/la-promessa-dellassassino.jpg" alt="la-promessa-dellassassino.jpg" /></a></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_film.jsp?idContent=332912">La Promessa dell'assassino</a> è l’ultimo film del geniaccio di <a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=185077">David Cronenberg</a>.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Tre attori starordinari:</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=185215">Viggo Mortensen</a>, fantastico nel ruolo del killer della mafia Russa, duro, silenzioso, spocchioso e gentile insieme. Misterioso. Davvero bravissimo</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=186169">Vincent Cassel</a>, sono di parte è sempre un po’ straordinariamente sopra le righe, ma in modo fantastico comunicativo nella sua esasperazione. Il giovane figlio del boss, un bel po’ fannullone, spietato e ubriacone in eterno conflitto imitativo con il padre.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_personaggio.jsp?idContent=157091">Naomi Watts</a>, non male regge la parte bene, ma non ci aggiunge altro.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><a href="http://www.mymovies.it/biografia/?a=5445">Armin Mueller-Stahl</a>, il boss dall’aria bonaria, ma il cuore nero pece. Altra prova ottima</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Parla di un ostetrica che si mette in testa di scoprire eventuali parenti di una bimba data alla luce da una prostituta dell’est quattordicenne, poi deceduta, durante il suo turno di lavoro. Lei di padre russo, ma che non parla li lingua, si trova a scontrarsi con la mafia Russa per il diario della ragazza deceduta. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Il film ha il grande merito di gettare lo sguardo sulla violenza contro le donne, senza troppi moralismi o pietismi, trattando un tema troppo spesso volontariamente semi-dimenticato.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Le premesse ci sarebbero tutte e il film resta interessante e sopra la media del periodo, ma dal regista di <b><a href="http://www.kataweb.it/cinema/scheda_film.jsp?idContent=129725">Videodrome</a> (imperdibile) </b><span>ci saremmo aspettati molto di più. </span></span></p>
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<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Cosa accumuna i due film oltre al fatto di essere film con tanti preggi e che non riescono fino in fondo?</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Il tema, sempre più presente nel cinema Americano degli immigrati Russi.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">L’immagine che si ricava dei Russi, che vivono negli USA, dal cinema è fortemente razzista e stereotipata. Appaiono tutti come duri e spietati mafiosi o ubriaconi che straparlano a sproposito. Cronenberg, in parte sfugge allo stereotipo mostrando una realtà molto più complessa e variegata anche presentando personaggi che corrispondono cmq agli archetipi del duro e puro, della donna forte e materna, e del mafioso amorale.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Sembra che neanche lui riesca a scrollarsi di dosso del tutto questa modo di vedere, certamente in<span>  </span>parte giustificato dal crescere della mafia Russa in America; ma che sembra scontare ancora la cultura di contrapposizione della Guerra Fredda. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Gli Americani tendono a vedere nei Russi ancora principalmente dei nemici e le loro paure trovano conferme emotive negli scontri odierni su praticamente tutte le questioni di politica internazionale.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">E’ un po’ quello di cui il Ministro degli Esteri Russo ha accusato gli Inglesi. Le due diplomazie sono da tempo ai ferri corti, anche per lo scottante caso Litvinenko. Il Russo ha accusato gli Inglesi di essere ancorati ad una mentalità da Guerra Fredda. (<a href="http://notizie.alice.it/notizie/esteri/2008/03_marzo/18/ne_russia_elite_gb_assuefatta_a_stereotipi_da_guerra_fredda,14325016.html">qui</a>)</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">In realtà le cose sono più complesse. </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Occidente e Russia, dopo una fase iniziale post sovietica di buona collaborazione, sono sempre più in rotta di collisione su moltissime questioni. Alcune sono da tempo aperte, come;</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">le differenti vedute, ed interessi, sulle risorse energetiche e i corridoi di trasporto principali;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">l’allargamento della Nato verso i confini Russi;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">la democrazia e i diritti umani in Russia;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">lo strapotere dei magnati e della Mafia Russa;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">l’assetto del Caucaso e dell’Asia centrale, ma anche del Medioriente, del Meidterraneo e del sud-est asiatico dove sempre più la  Russia cerca di proporsi come competitor Globale nuovamente;</span></li>
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<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Ma di recente i dissapori si sono focalizzati su temi di scottante attualità:</span></p>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Lo Scudo Spaziale che gli Americani vorrebbero in Europa;(<a href="http://www.loccidentale.it/node/14925">proprio oggi non sono riusciuti a trovare un accordo su questo tema</a>)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Trattati in scadenza sul nucleare e quelli relativi all’ammontare delle forze militari convenzionali in Europa;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Le differenti vedute sull’Iran;</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family:Dotum;">E di ultimamente il riconoscimento del Kosovo da parte Americana, che minaccia, per i Russi, di provocare un effetto a catena di nuove richieste di autonomia da parte di minoranze etniche.</span></li>
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<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Questi e molti altri sono motivi di scontri reali, ma a guardare il cinema Americano, forse si può dare un po’ di ragione anche al ministro Russo. Nella visione degli anglosassoni, e forse di tutti gli occidentali, a torto o ragione, restano paure legate alla guerra fredda.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;">Peccato che se non le superiamo, aiutiamo i personaggi come Putin a schiaccare il popolo Russo che già in gran parte si sente depredato dell’antico prestigio e se provocato probabilmente reagirà affidandosi a chi come l’ex presidente promette nuove glorie e rivincite sull’occidente.</span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"><i>Serbatoi d’odio nascosti.</i></span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-indent:18pt;"><span style="font-family:Dotum;"> </span></p>
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<pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:21:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Lucy</dc:creator>
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(James Gray, USA 2007)
Due fratelli, Bobby (Phoenix) e Joseph (Wahlberg), nella New York di fine an]]></description>
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<p align="center"><b>(James Gray, USA 2007)</b></p>
<p align="justify">Due fratelli, Bobby (Phoenix) e Joseph (Wahlberg), nella New York di fine anni '80. Bobby ha rinnegato il cognome del padre (Duvall), noto capitano di polizia, e gestisce - cercando di non sporcarsi troppo le mani - un locale notturno appartenente a un boss della mafia russa. Joseph, invece, segue in tutto e per tutto le orme del genitore. I loro mondi finiscono inevitabilmente per scontrarsi. Sulla carta, <i>I Padroni della Notte </i>avrebbe tutto per piacermi, a partire da un evidente omaggio ai grandi autori del genere, da Scorsese a Siegel a Frankenheimer. Eppure, eppure.. la sensazione è un po' di "già visto", e oltretutto manca qualcosa. Per quel che mi riguarda, posso dire che avrei gradito senz'altro un <i>villain</i> consistente, che secondo me per questo genere di film è fondamentale. E certe soluzioni narrative, in primis la scelta radicale di Bobby, mi hanno lasciata un po' interdetta. Tutto sommato, il film rimane comunque piacevole, grazie soprattutto ad un buon ritmo e a tre protagonisti di livello.</p>
<div align="center"><a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=N44IVWe1PFY" target="_blank"><b>Trailer</b></a></div>
<p><a href="http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=N44IVWe1PFY" target="_blank"> </a></p>
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<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 13:47:53 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Paulo Afonso</dc:creator>
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We Own The Night é um excepcional drama policial que lembra os grandes exemplares dos anos 70. T]]></description>
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<p><em>We Own The Night</em> é um excepcional drama policial que lembra os grandes exemplares dos anos 70. Tem um bom roteiro, uma linha narrativa coerente, um elenco afiadíssimo (destaque para <em>Joaquin Phoenix</em>) e, principalmente, uma direção primorosa de <em>James Gray</em>.</p>
<p>Em 13 anos, esse diretor realizou apenas 3 filmes, todos recebidos com uma certa indiferença pela crítica e o grande público. Mas a verdade é que <em>James Gray (</em>um narrador da linha clássica, talvez por isso tão subestimado<em>) </em>é um cineasta formidável e seus filmes não menos que ótimos.</p>
<p>Obs 1.: O filme possui uma das melhores e mais angustiantes perseguições de carros vistas no cinema.</p>
<p>Obs 2.: <em>Eva Mendes </em>masturbando-se num sofá, ao som de “Heart Of Glass”<em>, </em>é de deixar qualquer um louco. Maldito seja <em>Joaquin Phoenix</em>, maldito seja!</p>
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<pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[servizio di LUCA SVIZZERETTO 
(tratto da Nuovo Oggi di sabato 8 marzo 200   - Dall&#8217;istante in]]></description>
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<p align="justify"><img border="0" align="left" width="150" src="http://www.mymovies.it/filmclub/2007/05/073/imm.jpg" height="214" /><u><font color="#000080">(tratto da Nuovo Oggi di sabato 8 marzo 2008)</font></u> - Dall'istante in cui appare sullo schermo il titolo del film si capisce che abbiamo a che fare con gli anni '80 e con un certo cinema di genere. 'I padroni della notte' di James Gray è un gangster movie ambientato a New York nel 1988 nel pieno dello scontro tra Polizia e Narcotrafficanti.<br />
Bobby Green ha deciso di non seguire le orme del padre, un leggendario capo della polizia, come ha invece fatto suo fratello Joseph. Bobby gestisce un locale notturno 'El Caribe', di propietà di una famiglia russa, è fidanzato con la bellissima portoricana Amada, e vive la sua vita di notte tra lusso sfrenato, musica, fumo e qualche 'tirata' di cocaina. Ma Bobby è solo testardo e libero, ha il sogno di diventare ricco e pensa a divertirsi. Non è un criminale, neppure uno spacciatore. Così quando suo fratello finisce vittima di un'attentato da parte di alcuni membri di un clan malavitoso russo e si salva per miracolo, Bobby comincia a riflettere sulle sue scelte e sul pericolo di perdere le persone più importanti della sua vita.<br />
Il film di Gray come avrete già capito non ci regala nulla di originale. Stiamo parlando di un gangster movie nel senso più stretto del termine e altro non può essere. Ma è il modo di inquadrare le cose che lo rende a suo modo speciale e per questo un film che merita decisamente attenzione.<br />
I cattivi sono ben inquadrati e non c'è alcun dubbio che rappresentino il male e la degenerazione di una società che negli anni '80 stava scoprendo la diffusione a macchia d'olio delle droghe pesanti. I buoni però non sono quelli che ci aspetteremmo. Gli eroi che dovrebbero difendere i più deboli dalla criminalità organizzata sono palesemente più deboli, impotenti e molto spesso impauriti. La Polizia non riesce ad avere la meglio, i suoi uomini muoiono in gran numero, quando riescono ad arrestare qualcuno spesso quest'ultimo viene liberato o riesce ad evadere. Il cattivissimo di turno, ovvero il russo Vadim Nezhinski, sapientemente interpretato da Alex Veadov, definisce i poliziotti dei "pagliacci di cui non abbiamo nessuna paura".<br />
Alla fine l'uomo che riesce a fare la differenza è quel Bobby che era ritenuto dalla sua famiglia una specie di 'pecora nera' perchè ostinato e ribelle. Sarà proprio lui a prendere in mano la situazione, a sgominare la banda di spacciatori e ad uccidere il boss con una mossa peraltro palesemente illegale. La sua sete di vendetta è più forte della giustizia.<br />
Una morale crudissima alla base dunque di un genere che ci aveva sempre insegnato come invece la giustizia sia uguale per tutti e come i criminali siano sempre destinati ad avere la peggio sulle forze dell'ordine. Ci sono anche degli insegnamenti positivi ma sono altri. L'importanza della famiglia, l'amore immenso e illimitato che c'è tra un padre ed il proprio figlio, il legame tra fratelli e l'importanza assoluta dell'amicizia. Questi sono gli elementi che Gray pone all'attenzione. Tutto il resto è una visione dark ma anche estremamente realista del mondo negli anni '80 che poi, riflettendoci bene, non è molto diverso da quello di oggi.<br />
La colonna sonora che spazia dalla discomusic ai Clash non può far altro che saltare indietro di una ventina d'anni e coinvolgere tutti, dai più giovani, perchè certe sonorità sono rimaste immortali, ai nostalgici.<br />
Il cast merita applausi da Mark Wahlberg, che dopo 'The Departed' torna ad impersonare un ruolo perfettamente riuscito, a Robert Duvall, un capitano della polizia tra i più veri che si siano mai visti. Brava e bella Eva Mendes che continua la sua scalata ai blockbuster di Hollywood dopo 'Grano rosso sangue V', 'Urban Leggend: final cut', 'Training day', '2 fast 2 furious', 'C'era una volta in Messico', 'Hitch: lui si che ama le donne', 'Ghost Rider'.<br />
Joaquin Phoenix è Bobby Green, ed è lui che merita gli applausi più grandi per una carriera in cui sta divenendo sempre più interessante il suo modo di recitare ruoli affatto semplici. In attesa di vederlo, anche in Italia, protagonista di quel 'Reservation Road' che sta già facendo tanto discutere.<br />
'I padroni della notte' è decisamente promosso. Da 'gustare' al cinema please.</p>
<p align="center"><img border="0" align="absBottom" width="400" src="http://eur.i1.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/ng/mo/zapster_photos/20080108/19/3390730724.jpg" height="343" /></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong>Trailer Ufficiale del film</strong></span></p>
<p align="center"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Verdana;"><strong><span style='text-align:center; display: block;'><object width='425' height='350'><param name='movie' value='http://www.youtube.com/v/N44IVWe1PFY'></param><param name='wmode' value='transparent'></param><embed src='http://www.youtube.com/v/N44IVWe1PFY&rel=0' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' wmode='transparent' width='425' height='350'></embed></object></span></strong></span></p>
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<link>http://cutnonono.wordpress.com/?p=60</link>
<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 01:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Adam Del Mastro</dc:creator>
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WE OWN THE NIGHT
James Gray, 2007
On its initial 2001 release, it was almost impossible to convince]]></description>
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<p><a target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0498399/">WE OWN THE NIGHT</a></p>
<p><em>James Gray, 2007</em></p>
<p align="justify">On its initial 2001 release, it was almost impossible to convince someone to see James Gray's impossibly wonderful second film <em>The Yards</em>, and even harder to convince someone of its genius. The follow-up to his promising and lugubrious 1994 debut <em>Little Odessa</em>, The Yards was a melancholic New-York-set seventies-orientated family/crime epic that took its cues directly from Greek tragedy; as "classic" as contemporary filmmaking gets. Its deftly woven and quietly masterful tale of a family tearing itself apart is here revisited, and to say that it is every portion as dull and...god, stupid, if I'm honest, is the saddest "Cut! No, no, no..." news of the year.</p>
<p align="justify">In its portrayal of a police force waging a war on drugs it is both thoughtless and clichèd, and borders on being a mindless and dimensionless pro-cop/anti-drug good guys/bad guys parable. In its portrayal of a family coming apart it is awkwardly plotted, riddled with hurried arcs and simple characterisations, and it squanders a tense and nicely composed first act. The performances are largely informed by the simplistic script, and suffer thusly. Only Duvall brings anything more to his celebrated cop/father role than is asked, his moving and complex performance the only light in this cave.</p>
<p align="justify">It looks awful. It sounds terrible. I am inconsolable.</p>
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<link>http://mediensucht.wordpress.com/?p=101</link>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>mediensucht</dc:creator>
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<description><![CDATA[We yawn at night
Ein Polizist, ein verdeckter Ermittler, kriminelle Machenschaften, Brutalität, Spa]]></description>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><img src="http://mediensucht.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/weownthenight1.jpg" alt="weownthenight1.jpg" hspace="10" vspace="5" align="left" />Ein Polizist, ein verdeckter Ermittler, kriminelle Machenschaften, Brutalität, Spannung bis zum Erstarren und eine hitzige Atmosphäre ... ja, <em><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departed_–_Unter_Feinden" target="_blank">The Departed</a> </em>war schon ein guter Film, aber schreibe ich lieber über <a href="http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/weownthenight/" target="_blank"><em>Helden der Nacht</em></a>! Gern wäre der Film so gut, leider versteht es Regisseur und Autor <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0336695/" target="_blank">James Gray</a> nicht, mit seinem Film nur in die Nähe von Scorsese zu kommen. <em>We own the night</em> (so der Originaltitel) ist langweilig, kaum spannend und oft viel zu unlogisch.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Die Grundidee ist zwar nicht neu, böte aber viel Potential für Spannung und Atmosphäre. Bobby (Joaquin Phoenix) führt sehr erfolgreich einen Nachtclub, in dem auch Drogengeschäfte der russischen Mafia geduldet werden. Die Polizei, zu der Bobbys Bruder Joseph (Mark Wahlberg) und sein Vater gehören, versucht hinter die Machenschaften der Mafiosi zu kommen. Als Joseph angeschossen wird, arbeitet Bobby verdeckt für die Polizei, um die Russen zu überführen, doch die Situation eskaliert.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Gray legt viel Wert auf Charaktertiefe und Gefühl. Es kommt gehäuft zu Konfliktsituationen, die das Innere bzw. die Gefühlswelt der Protagonisten beleuchten sollen. Die Szenen sind aber so in die Länge gezogen, dass kaum Spannung aufkommen kann. Zudem hapert es an der Logik. Viele Handlungen der Figuren sind kaum nachvollziehbar. Die Charaktere bleiben einem seltsam fremd. Die Schauspieler geben zwar ihr Bestes, um gegen die behäbige Inszenierung anzukämpfen, scheitern aber an der falschen Prioritätensetzung von Gray. Ohne eine ordentlich erzählte Geschichte bringen solche Schauspielleistungen nichts, dann wirken sie nur fehlgeleitet.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Die Ungereimtheiten auf der Handlungsebene stören ebenso gewaltig. Der Auslöser für das Scheitern einer geregelten Festnahme in der Drogenfabrik ist lächerlich. Dann muss man sich fragen, warum ein potentieller Kronzeuge, dem man eben noch eine andere Identität geben wollte, sich plötzlich als Polizist auf dem Präsentierteller zeigt. Dass die Polizei zu doof ist, ein zu stürmendes Haus zu umstellen, ist dann noch die Krone der Misere. Das pathetische Ende lässt den Zuschauer wiederum ungläubig zurück. Es fehlt an Konsequenz, dieses Drama auch als Drama zu verkaufen. Stattdessen ist der Halbkriminelle nun ein richtig Guter geworden und bezeugt seinem Bruder die Liebe. Auch hier denkt man wehmütig an die wunderbare Geradlinigkeit und Konsequenz eines <em>The Departed</em>.</p>
<div style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://mediensucht.wordpress.com/files/2008/02/weownthenight2.jpg" alt="weownthenight2.jpg" /></div>
<p>Es ist schon ärgerlich, wie Gray mit dem vorhandenen Potential umgeht. Er fährt den Karren zielstrebig gegen die Wand. Zu viele störende Einflüsse verhindern einen Zugang zum Film: Unglaubwürdigkeit der Handlung, Logikschwächen, schlechtes Timing und eine lächerlich wirkende Polizei. Das ist alles so überflüssig wie der Film selbst.</p>
<p>Nur <strong>3/10</strong> Pillen zur Entwöhnung</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-243" src="http://mediensucht.wordpress.com/files/2008/06/m032.jpg" alt="" width="200" height="15" /></p>
<p>(auch auf <a href="http://www.kino.de/community/forum/thread.php4?id=87446" target="_blank">kino.de</a>)</p>
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Redemption and Secular Experience 
James Gray&#8217;s violent tale of two brothers who are on opp]]></description>
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<p align="center"><b><font size="3" face="Helvetica">Redemption and Secular Experience</font> </b></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Helvetica">James Gray's violent tale of two brothers who are on opposite sides of the law begins with the "good son" getting promoted in his father's police department and shortly after, raiding the "bad son's" night club for drugs. Joe, the good cop, is wounded by drug dealers and the "bad son" Bobby, finds himself infiltrating the ring of drugs that is run out of his nightclub. </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Helvetica">Respect for the Almighty is on all sides in this film, the straight police, Bobby and even the murdering, drug trafficking antagonist all express heartfelt respect for the Christian God. </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Helvetica">Bobby, the prodigal son, leaves everything he has known to protect his family. His character arc is completed in the final scene when he and the police are in a shoot out with the drug cartel. When a police officer is shot right in front of Joe, he is so shaken, he is unable to continue with the operation. It's the streetwise Bobby that is able to press on in attempt to capture the criminal. The hardening Bobby endured during his life as less than a model citizen is what </font><font size="3" face="Helvetica-Oblique"><i>enabled</i></font><font size="3" face="Helvetica"> him to witness evil and not have the wind knocked out of him. </font></p>
<p><font size="3" face="Helvetica">Being in the world was the training Bobby used for good. </font></div>
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