Despite appearing early in his career, Aguirre, the Wrath of God is for me the quintessential Herzog movie. ... It deals with possibly the most obsessed group of people in history, the Spanish conquistadors, and their desperate hunt for the most magic of all Grails, the elusive golden land of El Dorado – leaving destruction and death to millions in their wake. A few lines in an old chronicle is all that remains of the historical facts, thus leaving plenty of room for Herzog to employ his imagination and re-arrange the facts. In short: an ideal topic for a visionary director, tackled with just the right crew, and on a location guaranteed to make the shooting an ordeal in itself.
posted by Trurl
on Nov 24, 2011 -
40 comments
In 2000, acclaimed playwright and screenwriter Kenneth Lonergan directed his first film, the critically acclaimed
You Can Count on Me, which among other things kickstarted the career of
Mark Ruffalo. In 2006, Lonergan got $12 million to film his follow-up, called
Margaret, and starring Ruffalo, Anna Paquin, Jeannie Berlin, Matt Damon, Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Allison Janney, and Kieran Culkin.
Then things got ugly. [more inside]
posted by eugenen
on Oct 12, 2011 -
37 comments
"Set in the strange and oppressive emotional landscape of the year 1983,
Beyond The Black Rainbow is a Reagan era fever dream inspired by hazy childhood memories of midnight movies and Saturday morning cartoons."
Trailer.
[more inside]
posted by naju
on Nov 18, 2010 -
29 comments
The Auteurs is a new web site (in beta) for film lovers--and, for those film lovers,
Criterion has relaunched their site. Now with the ability to watch (some of) their films online for $5 (good for a week's worth of watching one title). The viewing cost is also applicable to the cost of buying the same title on DVD.
posted by Manhasset
on Nov 25, 2008 -
22 comments
