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Eros + Massacre (1969) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – Kiju Yoshida

blake — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:55:45 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Sunday, January 24, 2010

One of the big regrets of 2010 will be not getting a chance to get out to the 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam for its Kiju Yoshida retrospective of 7 films. What a solid lineup they have selected! I absolutely love this beautiful still from Eros + Massacre and am extremely proud to finally have an image from this film on Cinema is Dope!

Related Coverage:
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::: Jasper Sharp book review of Ozu’s Anti-Cinema at Midnight Eye

Screening at the 2010 International Film Festival Rotterdam:
Sunday, January 31; Wednesday February 3

From IFFR Listing (more):
Yoshida’s masterpiece is a daring analysis of sex, politics, revolution and art in modern Japan that shifts back and forth between the 1910s and 1960s. Long and complex, but with inspiring content and enchanting cinematography. One of the highlights of Japanese post-war cinema.

7 films will be screened at IFFR this year as part of a retrospective on Kiju Yoshida. These titles include:

Coup d’etat
Eros + Massacre
Women in the Mirror, The
Affair at Akitsu, The
Story Written on Water, A
Eighteen Who Stirred up a Storm, The
Good for Nothing

Japanese Cinema Sites I Highly Recommend:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Image Source:
Official still that was used in the original international release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Duck, You Sucker (1971) – The Daily Movie Wallpaper – James Coburn is John H. Mallory

blake — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 01:00:56 +0000

The Daily Movie Wallpaper
Monday, January 4, 2009

Dshanya requested more from this film off the Cinema is Dope Facebook Fan Page and here an addition is (with more on the way this month)!

If you are a film festival programmers or looking to program this film for any type of event, I highly recommend the new digital restoration of it that I saw at Cannes in 2009. Further notes on it below.

Restoration Notes:

The restoration of Giu la testa is based on the original camera negative and on the magnetic soundtracks provided by the Sergio Leone Estate. This copy corresponds with the complete version of Sergio Leone’s approved edit from 1971. The Techniscope camera negative was scanned at 2k resolution and digitally restored; color correction was made using a positive print from 1971 as a reference.

The English soundtrack was restored from the original magnetic materials used for the monophonic mixing. The film was restored by Cineteca di Bologna at L’Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in 2009, under the auspices of the Sergio Leone Estate.

Related Coverage:
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::: Previous Movie Wallpaper – [1] [2]

Image Source:
Official still that was used in the original Argentina release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile

Reason #5,000,001 to Attend The Sitges Film Festival

blake — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:28:31 +0000

The Sitges Film Festival (sitgesfilmfestival.com) is held annually in Sitges, Spain, in early October and one of the largest and most fun film festivals in the world. Goes without saying it is one of my favorite film festivals and here is a video I put together showing off the festival and town in takes place in and in mostly asking if you haven’t been yet… what are you waiting for? This is a must attend film festival on the international circuit set in an ideal location with great audiences and film festival staff.

Sitges Film Festival 2009:
::: Official Site
::: Sitges Official Facebook Fan Page
::: Variety on Sitges ‘09
::: ‘Visage’, by Tsai Ming-liang, opens the Noves Visions category
::: Malcolm McDowell to receive the Grand Honorary Award at the opening, which will moved up to October 1st
::: [REC]2 to open Sitges 09
::: Alien is the inspiration for Sitges 09
::: The latest and most eagerly awaited genre films at Official Fantàstic Section
::: Animation, international variants of horror and 3D film
::: Sitges 09 will be recalling certain flashes from the 80’s

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

Duck, You Sucker (1971) – Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day – James Coburn

blake — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:33:28 +0000

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, July 11, 2009

When I lasted posted an image for Duck, You Sucker is was a B&W still from Argentina and I provided my notes on seeing the new restored version at Cannes Film Festival this year (link). Today we move over to France with a magnificently towering image of James Coburn in an official lobbycard from its release there where it was known as Il etait une fois… la revolution.

Related Coverage:
::: Previous Movie Wallpaper (Cinema is Dope)

Image Source:
Official lobbycard that was used in the original French release of the film.

Related Links:
::: IMDb Profile