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I saw The Road twice at the 42 Sitges Film Festival and liked it better with each viewing. I still don’t know how close the current cut most matches the directors preferred cut of John Hillcoat (The Proposition) but suffice it to say that this theatrical cut isn’t it, yet still delivers. It will be interesting to see how Cormac McCarthy fans (No Country for Old Men) respond to this film version of their novel. I should note some of the images contained show scenes not in the theatrical cut of the film and Charlize Theron is barely in it.

Image Source:
Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile
::: Official Site

A Prophet (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – 22 New Images

blake — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:28:18 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, July 27, 2009

With this latest batch of 22 images this brings the total of images from Cannes Grand Prix winner A Prophet to 27. This has been to this date my favorite film of 2009. A Prophet is riveting from beginning to end, unlike any prison film you’ve ever seen before and with break out performances that keep you deeply immersed in what is happening on screen.

Synopsis:
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.

But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.

Photo By:
Roger Arpajou

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release. Courtesy of Sony Pictures Classics.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

A Prophet (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Jacques Audiard & Tahar Rahim

blake — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 14:34:07 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, July 5, 2009

A Prophet was the Grand Prix winner at Cannes (details) and also happens to be my favorite film to date of 2009. The timeless and engrossing type of rise to power crime films like Scarface (Hawks or De Palma) or Godfather seem few and far between. A Prophet in my mind is in that rare category of crime films of that ilk. Whereas I found it to be particularly more bleak and human. Which is one way it separates itself from the recent glut of faux gritty yet highly glossy prison melodramas and one dimensional crime thrillers. Personally I can’t stand contemporary prison melodramas of any type or variety. They all just seem very overly calculating and artificial. Like wise, I didn’t go walk into A Prophet very optimistically at Cannes. By the time it was over and the end credits were rolling I was so completely absorbed in it that I forgot I was watching a movie. It was that involving! Every twist and turn had me more and more on the edge of my seat along for its ride. The human touches the film possesses in some ways reminds me of the rich characterization in Shawshank Redemption which give it this multi-layer quality of not watching real life actors go through the paces on screen but presenting us a vivid world of real and breathing characters who tight rope through life each day in the harsh prison life and its surrounding criminal enterprise tentacles. One part I’m still very impressed with is even though it presents a very realistic world it also has numerous surreal moments that flow perfectly into the editing of the film without every taking you out. On paper this should be distracting and jarring… yet somehow they weave it in and it works perfectly. Engrossing, rich and intoxicating with fumes of great cinema and all the qualities you hope any film walking into it would possess and rarely get, let alone contemporary crime films.

Synopsis:
Condemned to six years in prison, Malik El Djebena cannot read nor write. Arriving at the jail entirely alone, he appears younger and more fragile than the other convicts. He is 19 years old. Cornered by the leader of the Corsican gang who rules the prison, he is given a number of “missions” to carry out, toughening him up and gaining the gang leader’s confidence in the process.

But Malik is brave and a fast learner, daring to secretly develop his own plans.

Photo By:
Roger Arpajou

Image Source:
Official stills used in the original international release.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Antichrist (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – 15 New Images

blake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:53:26 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, July 4, 2009

With the inclusion of these 15 images, there are now 45 movie wallpapers (post 1 | post 2) on Cinema is Dope for Antichrist (official site). This latest batch has several new behind the scenes images and production stills that I haven’t seen come out before.

Image Source:
Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Antichrist (2009) – New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day – Charlotte Gainsbourg & Willem Dafoe & Lars von Trier

blake — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:30:09 +0000

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New Cinema Wallpaper of the Day
Thursday, July 2, 2009

I first witnessed and experienced this sitting in between Angel Sala, director of the Sitges Film Festival and Tim League (Twitter) and now here are 29 images for what Lars von Trier described as, “The most important film of my entire career” (iw). I can honestly say I thought Enter the Void would be by far the most wild and shocking film experience I’d have in 2009. Well… I’m completely wrong as Lars von Trier has made one of the most controversial and divisive movie masterpieces ever made. At the same time visually its one of the most accomplished movies to have ever come along. It’s the rare movie that comes along that in certain places will have people storming out, others throwing up, others mouth agape completely shocked, others applauding while the rest are laughing. The pacing might be incredibly slow but it has the net effect of winding you around a fast moving and all hell breaks loose roller coaster ride. You can’t help but walk out of this film stumbling like a tornado has just ripped the movie theater apart and you somehow have survived. Not sure what IFC’s plans are for North American release but its sure to generate a fire storm of controversy and press in ultimately being the most talked about time at the movies for 2009.

One interesting thing about Cannes this year is on all the monitors they typically showed highlights of various movies. For Antichrist it was a reel of people storming out of the movie shouting various obscenities and the like, all the while the song “That’s Entertainment” played. I guess they can credit a certain NY Times writer for spurring that idea.

Note you can now get official Antichrist ring tones for your mobile at its official site (here).

Image Source:
Official stills that were used in the original international release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile