Great news! BOXING DAY will have its World Premiere at Venice Film Festival competing in the Orizzonti Section. Produced by Luc Roeg’s Independent and the BFI, BOXING DAY is based on MASTER AND MAN by Leo Tolstoy and follows IVANS XTC and THE KREUTZER SONATA as the third film in a trilogy of modern day interpretations of Tolstoy stories directed by Bernard Rose. The film centres around struggling businessman Basil (Danny Huston) and his chauffeur, Nick (Matthew Jacobs), as they drive in to the heart of the mountains to pursue a make-or-break property deal. As night falls and the weather worsens, the men become trapped and face an uncertain fate. Director Bernard Rose says, “BOXING DAY follows the novella closely. Tolstoy’s title is allegorical - the Master is not who he thinks he is and the Man turns out to be plural.” Click here to follow the film on facebook.
"Standouts in the Lido's competitive, more cutting-edge Horizons section include "Boxing Day," a drama by U.K. helmer Bernard Rose; "Mr. Nice," about a limo driver and his passenger who get stuck in the Colorado mountains, starring Danny Huston." Variety 7/26/2012 OFFICIAL SELECTION VENICE International Film Festival 2012
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Martin Jameson directs Loaded which opens in Manchester this coming week. Looks like being a great piece of theatre ... Brenda Chapman (co-director, co-screenplay and story) seems to be the force behind this ... I may be wrong but I think this is the first Pixar feature film to be directed and originated by a woman, and in my opinion it is truly wonderful. It sustained excellence right the way through the film, something that most of the other Pixar pieces didn't quite achieve in my opinion. Call me a sloppy date, but I dehydrated behind my 3D specs ... Even my T-shirt was wet when I left the theatre! And I'm not a mother or a daughter which is where this movie lives thematically. Jean Binta Breeze, who wrote "Hallelujah Anyhow" the first BBC TV feature I directed, is not only a great screenwriter whose work got us into Sundance in 1992 and made the centerpiece feature at the London Film Festival, but she is even better known as a brilliant poet. Her work is well worth tracking down. I've just heard she has been awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours this year. Congratulations to Jean for that and all the other honours she has received. Here she is reading her work ... My father Anthony Jacobs .... We all have tales to tell about our parents, and they are there in most of what we do. I often include my father in my work wether he likes it or not. Here he is, guerilla filmmaking with us on the Channel Islands while on a wild vacation many years ago.
Best selling novelist Jonathan Lethem (Fortress Of Solitude, Gun With Occasional Music and As She Climbed Across The Table) screened Your Good Friend and has kindly written an advance praise blurb for the EPK and poster etc.
"Your Good Friend is so warm and so sly, and what an unusual combination those two virtues make! I was thrilled by the way the film crew subtly edged into the frame by the end, making a literal analogue to the way the viewer has been edged from his complicity and identification with Jules into something a bit more uneasy while never unsympathetic ... Masterful." After a morning of writing romance I went to the SFIFF and saw Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights" The movie is a demanding, unique adaptation, bravely spoken in the voice of the filmmaker. I was deeply impressed, and totally immersed in a world which had little to do with the language of Bronte but everything to do with the novel's spirit. Not since the Polanski Macbeth have I seen such a truly cinematic adaptation of a classic. For anyone who loves Terrence Malik or Ken Loach this is a must. Saw this tonight at the SFIFF. It was the centerpiece film. Major crowd-pleaser. Beautifully improvised performances. Look out for this one, it's cleaning up at all the festivals! I really enjoyed it. New "Justin and the Knights of Valour" picture just released across the net.
Fingers crossed for its 2013 release ... A touching wonderful film, that has all the strength of a great stage play enhanced by a truly cinematic adaptation. Wonderful performances all around, especially from the children. It just opened here, if it's playing where you are, take the time to see it, and give us your thoughts. |
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