the truth behind christian bale´s screaming

this is why I think AIN`T IT COOL NEWS is such a class act.

AICN continues the love for "let the right one in"

AIN`T IT COOL NEWS continues the love-fest for the Swedish film "LET THE RIGHT ONE IN" ("LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN"), by stating that: "It genuinely is one of the best movies in any language on any subject made this year" and stating a resound "FUCK NO!!!" to the idea of a US remake by MATT REEVES ("CLOVERFIELD") - or any other filmmaker as well, for that matter.

I strongly believe that this time right now, with Swedish films such as "LET THE RIGHT ONE IN" ("LÅT DEN RÄTTE KOMMA IN"), "WOLF" ("VARG") and "EVERLASTING MOMENTS" ("MARIA LARSSONS EVIGA ÖGONBLICK") heralds a new dawn for Swedish cinema. hell, even the two "ARN"-films ("THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR") in terms of film-making technique is impressive. let´s keep our fingers crossed - the last time the industry got excited and started talking about a new "golden age" for Swedish cinema was when LUKAS MOODYSON and JOSEF FARES started making their first films. that "golden age" didn´t last very long, either. if there ever was one. this time, it atleast feels that the reason people are getting excited isn´t because there´s a bunch of young directors shooting on crappy handheld-camera systems, doing rebellious films - but because solid professionals are making grand, epic, larger-than-life-films. some bad, some amazingly great. they´ve realized the importance of style and, most importantly, genre.

we´re living in pretty extraordinary times.

AICN rewiews swedish film! holy crap!

it´s very rare these days that SWEDISH FILMS gets any serious international press coverage. so when I see that one of the worlds, if not THE most important internet film news site, AIN`T IT COOL NEWS has a review of the film "LET THE RIGHT ONE COME IN", then I get goose-bumps.

I feel very strongly that Swedish cinema is in a strong phase of re-awakening. older structural tabus of how to make films and why, and what they´re about, are being torn down. just the very notion of a genre based film getting any state-funded support and mainstream attention would have been a ridiculous notion just a handfull of years ago. who knows - perhaps we can look forward to some groundbreaking Swedish science-fiction as well...?

moriarty tells a tale of the southland

I doubt Richard can even distill the film into one thematic idea, and that seems to me to be a huge failing. If you listen to his various DONNIE DARKO commentaries, he becomes less and less sure what his film is about as he re-edits it, an occupational hazard, this rabbit hole of the era of the director’s cut special collector’s edition anniversary remasters.

reviewer MORIARTY at AIN´T IT COOL NEWS in a review of director RICHARD KELLYs latest film, SOUTHLAND TALES.

filmartiklar

det finns ett par intressanta, aktuella filmrelaterade artiklar att läsa för den intresserade. i söndags publicerade DAGENS NYHETER en intervju med DAME JUDI DENCH, som berör hennes nya film "NOTES ON A SCANDAL" generellt, men skådespelarkonsten specifikt. mycket matnyttigt.

AIN´T IT COOL NEWS (denna ständiga källa till briljans) har en intervju med skådespelarna VIRGINIA MADSEN och virtuosen BILLY BOB THORNTON angående deras kommande film "ASTRONAUT FARMER" (se den fantastiska trailern). THORNTON säger bl.a, om POLISH-bröderna som regisserat filmen, och som kanske är applicerbart för varje independant-filmskapare:

"...like, on your third or fourth movie, that people start to think, now maybe I should make one that people will go see."

dessutom skrev JAN LUMHOLDT en bitsk och mkt underhållande betraktelse från & ang. filmfestivalen i BERLIN, i SVENSKA DAGBLADET.

minghella speaks

AIN`T IT COOL NEWS has a newly published interview with writer-director ANTHONY MINGHELLA, in which he speaks about his new film "BREAKING AND ENTERING". an interesting glimpse into an interesting filmmaker, with more substance than is usually present on the cyberspace tabloid. read all about it HERE.

stallone

för ett par dagar sedan avslutade SYLVESTER STALLONE sin historiska 200-frågors intervju på AIN`T IT COOL NEWS. 20 dagar före den amerikanska premiären av hans nya film "ROCKY BALBOA", svarade han på 20 frågor om dagen, ställda av vanliga filmälskare och filmfans. det var en väldigt fin gest av en man som i sanning fått kämpa sig till den plats han är på idag, och som inte alltid fått den uppskattning han förtjänat. till detta måste nämnas att svaren var så långt ifrån politisk korrekthet som någonsin uppvisats - STALLONE var väldigt ärlig med vilka misstag han gjort under sin karriärs gång (en hel del, enligt honom själv...); hans åsikter om dagens filmklimat (ekonomer styr filmbranschen) och om omvärldens syn på honom själv, avslöjade en väldigt ödmjuk, på gränsen till självstympande, människa som har en fullständig självinsikt. bakom den generella bilden av en actionhjälte döljer sig en oerhört begåvad producent, manusförfattare, regissör och skådespelare. se "COP LAND" och "OSCAR" som bevis på hans breda register som aktör; "ROCKY" som regissör och manusförfattare, etc.

när hela intervjusessionen var klar, hade det inkommit tiotusentals frågor från fans över hela världen. helt otroligt - och allt detta engagemang för en skådespelare som många hade räknat ut för länge sedan. med den nya ROCKY-filmen, och den kommande fjärde RAMBO-filmen, så kommer STALLONE visa oss alla att han fortfarande är relevant. 

underskattade stallone

den hogst underskattade SYLVESTER STALLONE genomfor just nu en omfattande fraga-och-svara marathon pa fantastiska AINT IT COOL NEWS. en av hans skriftliga svar angaende delar av inspelningen av en av hans starkaste filmer, 'NIGHTHAWKS', visar pa hur absurd en filmproduktion kan vara ibland:

"The stunts in the film were pretty extraordinary because they were invented along the way. Running through the tunnels of an un-built subway station was very dangerous, but exciting and we were only given one hour to do it. So that made for an interesting evening.

Hanging from the cable car was probably one of the more dangerous stunts I was asked to perform because it was untested and I was asked to hold a folding Gerber knife in my left hand so if the cable were to snap, and I survived the 230 foot fall into the East River with its ice cold 8 mile an hour current, I could cut myself free from the harness because the cable when stretched out weighed more than 300 lbs. I tell you this because it's so stupid to believe that I would survive hitting the water so to go beyond that is absurd. So I actually thought the smart move would be to commit hari-kari on the way down and let the cards fold as they may.

P.S. Several years later this cable did snap while testing it on a 100lb bag of sand."