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- 5/15/2012
- by Indiewire
- Indiewire
A 'guerrilla film-maker' has leapt into the spotlight to accuse British films of 'frittering' away money. His targets are dubious
Such is the pace at which we're speeding into the new age of austerity, it's easy to miss much of the scenery along the way. And yet I couldn't help but pause for thought last weekend at the recent holding forth of "guerrilla filmmaker" Chris Jones, who announced in the Observer that the real problem with British film was its "frittering" away of vast sums of money on impossibly expensive productions that then fail to find two paying customers to rub together. Bold words – and more than slightly suspect ones.
Because to me, just as the feeling lingers that the coalition's first wave of cuts has been informed less by fine-tuned economic policy than the urge to squash things they don't like, Jones's comments seem to be not so much...
Such is the pace at which we're speeding into the new age of austerity, it's easy to miss much of the scenery along the way. And yet I couldn't help but pause for thought last weekend at the recent holding forth of "guerrilla filmmaker" Chris Jones, who announced in the Observer that the real problem with British film was its "frittering" away of vast sums of money on impossibly expensive productions that then fail to find two paying customers to rub together. Bold words – and more than slightly suspect ones.
Because to me, just as the feeling lingers that the coalition's first wave of cuts has been informed less by fine-tuned economic policy than the urge to squash things they don't like, Jones's comments seem to be not so much...
- 10/8/2010
- by Danny Leigh
- The Guardian - Film News
Long before he became a vampire portraying heartthrob Edward Cullen in the Twilight saga, actor Robert Pattinson had auditioned for the lead role in a British film about public sex. The 23-year-old British actor had failed to grab a role in the romantic comedy Dogging: A Love Story, which releases in Britain on Christmas day, in favour of a rival hunk. In the film, directed by Simon Ellis, Luke Treadaway stars as a Newcastle-based journalist who casts aside his inhibitions to research the UK’s outdoor sex scene, only to fall in love with a girl he meets ...
- 12/22/2009
- Hindustan Times - Celebrity
Life hasn’t always been as rosy for the “Twilight” sensation as it is right now. Just two years ago Robert Pattinson auditioned for a role in a seedy comedy called “Dogging: a Love Story,” according to British paper the Daily Star. And he didn’t even get the part. The movie is about a journalist who uncovers a community of fun-lovers in the North of England that like to have sex in cars, in full view of each other. The journalist character decides to investigate further and pursues the group in chat rooms and in reality – for professional purposes, understand – only to become more personally involved when he forms a relationship with a girl going by the name "Horny Geordie Lass.” The film’s tagline is the unsubtle question, “Fancy a ride?” “It’s all a bit surreal, to be honest," a source from the “Dogging” film set told the Daily Star.
- 12/20/2009
- IrishCentral
Out This Week
Avatar (12A)
(James Cameron, 2009, Us) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver. 163 mins
The King Of The World returns with an awesomely expensive epic that makes everything else out there look cheap. It really is a visit to a strange new world: part-prog rock album cover, part-Japanese anime come to life. The mix of real action and animation is flawless, the 3D is unobtrusively immersive, and Cameron has lost none of his gift for gripping, purposeful action. It's a shame the story is so un-revolutionary: a formulaic mix of A Man Called Horse, other Cameron movies, The Matrix Sequels, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, all washed down with an eco message that's at odds with the technological spectacle served up. But you'd be churlish not to be carried away by the experience. Come on, this is amazing!
Nine (12A)
(Rob Marshall, 2009, Us) Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz.
Avatar (12A)
(James Cameron, 2009, Us) Sam Worthington, Zoe Saldana, Sigourney Weaver. 163 mins
The King Of The World returns with an awesomely expensive epic that makes everything else out there look cheap. It really is a visit to a strange new world: part-prog rock album cover, part-Japanese anime come to life. The mix of real action and animation is flawless, the 3D is unobtrusively immersive, and Cameron has lost none of his gift for gripping, purposeful action. It's a shame the story is so un-revolutionary: a formulaic mix of A Man Called Horse, other Cameron movies, The Matrix Sequels, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, all washed down with an eco message that's at odds with the technological spectacle served up. But you'd be churlish not to be carried away by the experience. Come on, this is amazing!
Nine (12A)
(Rob Marshall, 2009, Us) Daniel Day-Lewis, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz.
- 12/19/2009
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
Deals. Sony Pictures Classics acquired The Last Station hot off its debut at the Telluride Film Festival and plans a quick turnaround, releasing it before the end of the year and pushing its stars Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer, and James McAvoy for awards consideration, according to Thompson on Hollywood. Described as a "fictionalized chronicle of Tolstoy's last days" by our own Eugene Novikov, the film's main problem is that it 'madly equivocates' on whether Tolstoy, portrayed by Plummer is, essentially, "a crackpot."
Historical drama John Rabe will get a theatrical outing next spring courtesy of Strand Releasing, according to indieWIRE. Based on the diaries of a German businessman, the film tells about his role in saving the lives of 200,000 people during the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in 1937. indieWIRE also reports that IFC Films picked up Bruno Dumont's religiously-inclined Hadewijch and Lorber Films will distribute Nobody's Perfect, a German...
Historical drama John Rabe will get a theatrical outing next spring courtesy of Strand Releasing, according to indieWIRE. Based on the diaries of a German businessman, the film tells about his role in saving the lives of 200,000 people during the Japanese invasion of Nanking, China in 1937. indieWIRE also reports that IFC Films picked up Bruno Dumont's religiously-inclined Hadewijch and Lorber Films will distribute Nobody's Perfect, a German...
- 10/8/2009
- by Peter Martin
- Cinematical
The trailer for unconventional Brit rom-com Dogging: A Love Story (yes, like Stan Collymore in a Range Rover, and yes, we were as surprised as you are) has been released, starring Luke Treadaway (soon to be swinging swords next year in Clash Of The Titans) and directed by newcomer Simon Ellis.It's a story as old as time: Geordie journo Dan (Treadaway) loses his girlfriend and can't get a job. Desperate for a big break in the cut-throat world of hackery, he does what we'd all do in his situation... and takes up dogging, joining online forums using the pseudonym "East Of England Eight Inches" hoping to expose the whole scene.In the course of his car park wanderings, he meets a fellow dogger (a doggette, if you will), called "Horny Geordie Lass" and, well, falls in love. As you do. It's not the first idea we'd have pitched to movie execs,...
- 10/7/2009
- EmpireOnline
IFC has now been cutting a wide swath of Us distribution for many foreign films, including some fantastic ones. But in all this, I have never seen such a horrendous trailer for a film we've been following that they picked up. Playing October 7th On Demand, Dogging a love story is about sex in public car parks. It looks good (at least the other trailer I saw), and it sounds good.. but this thing just makes the film look like crap.
Wannabe journalist Dan expected so much more after graduation.. but with no leads, little ambition and a girlfriend who would rather cosy up to the boss at the office, it's not exactly as he planned. In a bid to get his life back on track and coerced by his womanising flatmate, Dan is introduced to the risque sex scene that is Dogging. Encoutnering an array of qweird and wonderful...
Wannabe journalist Dan expected so much more after graduation.. but with no leads, little ambition and a girlfriend who would rather cosy up to the boss at the office, it's not exactly as he planned. In a bid to get his life back on track and coerced by his womanising flatmate, Dan is introduced to the risque sex scene that is Dogging. Encoutnering an array of qweird and wonderful...
- 9/28/2009
- QuietEarth.us
London -- The directorial debut of Montreal-based filmmakers Henri Bernadet and Myriam Verreault, the second film from Alicia Scherson and Peng Tao's sophmore outing "Floating in Memory" are among the 14 titles selected for the competition lineup at this year's Rotterdam International Film Festival.
Organizers said Wednesday that Bernadet and Verreault's "At West of Pluto" will open the competition section, while Scherson's "Tourists" will close the festival's 12-day run of Jan. 21-Feb. 1.
Other competitors for the event's Tiger Awards include movies from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Rotterdam's long history with young Asian filmmaking is reflected by a half-dozen films from Asia, including productions from Japan ("Dark Harbour"), Korea ("Breathless"), Indonesia ("Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly") and Taiwan ("No puedo vivir sin ti") along with Tao's "Floating in Memory."
"The Strength of Water," a first film from New Zealand, and "Wrong Rosary," the first Turkish film ever to be included,...
Organizers said Wednesday that Bernadet and Verreault's "At West of Pluto" will open the competition section, while Scherson's "Tourists" will close the festival's 12-day run of Jan. 21-Feb. 1.
Other competitors for the event's Tiger Awards include movies from Turkey, New Zealand and Indonesia.
Rotterdam's long history with young Asian filmmaking is reflected by a half-dozen films from Asia, including productions from Japan ("Dark Harbour"), Korea ("Breathless"), Indonesia ("Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly") and Taiwan ("No puedo vivir sin ti") along with Tao's "Floating in Memory."
"The Strength of Water," a first film from New Zealand, and "Wrong Rosary," the first Turkish film ever to be included,...
- 1/7/2009
- by By Stuart Kemp
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Fourteen titles have been announced which are first and second features in competition for Iffr's top honor, the Vpro Tiger award. The Hungry Ghosts, the directorial debut of Sopranos actor and Goodfella's Spider (haha!) will be opening the fest. Simon Ellis's debut feature Dogging: A Love Story which we reported on here will also be playing. The story revolves around the risque sex scene that is dogging which I guess has to do with voyeurism. The list is a good mixture of film from all over the planet, but I have yet to go through the rest.
Check out the full list after the break. via Variety.
"At West of Pluto," Henri Bernadet & Myriam Verreault (Canada)
"Be Calm and Count to Seven," Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran)
"Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly," Edwin (Indonesia)
"Breathless," Yang Ik-june (South Korea)
"Dark Harbor," Takatsugu Naito (Japan)
"Dogging: A Love Story," Simon Ellis (U.
Check out the full list after the break. via Variety.
"At West of Pluto," Henri Bernadet & Myriam Verreault (Canada)
"Be Calm and Count to Seven," Ramtin Lavafipour (Iran)
"Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly," Edwin (Indonesia)
"Breathless," Yang Ik-june (South Korea)
"Dark Harbor," Takatsugu Naito (Japan)
"Dogging: A Love Story," Simon Ellis (U.
- 1/7/2009
- QuietEarth.us
Simon Ellis won an award at Sundance in 2007 for his short film Soft which was also nominated for a BAFTA award, and now, courtesy of Vertigo which is one of the finest producers of genre material in the UK, he's making his feature length debut with a comedy about love and sex. Dogging is defined as a "euphemism for engaging in sexual acts in a semi-public place (typically a secluded car park)". Dogging will also be playing in competition at the upcoming Rotterdam Film Festival.
Wannabe journalist Dan expected so much more after graduation.. but with no leads, little ambition and a girlfriend who would rather cosy up to the boss at the office, it's not exactly as he planned. In a bid to get his life back on track and coerced by his womanising flatmate, Dan is introduced to the risque sex scene that is Dogging. Encoutnering an array...
Wannabe journalist Dan expected so much more after graduation.. but with no leads, little ambition and a girlfriend who would rather cosy up to the boss at the office, it's not exactly as he planned. In a bid to get his life back on track and coerced by his womanising flatmate, Dan is introduced to the risque sex scene that is Dogging. Encoutnering an array...
- 12/16/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Newcomers and Major Mainstays. The top 40 list include newcomers like Rupert Grint, Luke and Harry Treadaway, Josh Peck, Tom Payne and Rory Culkin. One of them has yet to do his first full-length movie- Colin Morgan. Major mainstays are Ryan Donowho, Jesse Eisenberg and Tom Sturridge. Definitely, these three can act and play the lead roles. It just so happens that the kind of challenging and interesting roles are not yet within their grasps... [ Get to know more about the mechanics in choosing the top 50 Brothers of the Head (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432260/) and as Theo in Clapham Junction. Why he made the top 50: Luke plays one of the leads in Brothers of the Head, which many critics lambasted for its 'incoherent and messy second half'. Says Boyd van Hoeij @european-films.net (http://european-films.net/content/view/258/57/): The musical career of two British punk siblings joined above the hip spirals out of control in the fake rockumentary Brothers of the Head. This first foray into fiction for Keith Fulton and Louis Pepe...
- 9/27/2008
- The Movie Fanatic
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