All articles by Lee Marshall – Page 60
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L'amore Probabilmente ( Probably Love )
Dir: Giuseppe Bertolucci. Italy, 2001. 112 mins.Towards the end of Giuseppe Bertolucci's new film, the director's voice can be heard off-camera, pondering one of those fundamental questions: "Do I really want to make this film, or do I just want to dream it'" One can't help feeling that the latter ...
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Il Mestiere Delle Armi (The Profession of Arms)
Dir: Ermanno Olmi. Italy/France/Germany, 2001. 104 mins.Veteran Italian auteur Ermanno Olmi has come up with a hermetically-sealed historical epic that some will find ravishingly poetic, others merely boring. Not a few viewers will shuttle between these two states: something of an Italian Tarkowsky, Olmi has the rare talent of transfixing ...
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La Stanza Del Figlio
La Stanza Del FiglioDir: Nanni Moretti. Italy/France. 2001. 98minsIf Nanni Moretti is the Italian Woody Allen, then La Stanza Del Figlio is his Interiors. The Moretti faithful expect at least three or four memorable gags per film, but although it has a few moments of comic relief, La Stanza Del ...
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Memento
Screening at Sundance (Dramatic Competition). Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2000. 113mins.Not content with the challenges raised by making a film about a memory-deficient character who has to work out where he is every time he wakes up, Nolan has complicated life further by telling the story of Memento backwards, cut ...
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Almost Blue
Dir: Alex Infascelli. Italy. 2000. 90 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (+39 06 3247 2244). Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori. Scr: Sergio Donati, Alex Infascelli, based on the book by Carlo Lucarelli. DoP: Arnaldo Catinari. Prod des: Eugenia di Napoli. Editor: Valentina Girodo. Music: Massimo Volume. Main ...
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My Generation
Dir: Barbara Kopple. US. 2000. 113 mins.Prod co: Cabin Creek Films. Prod: Barbara Kopple. DoP: Tom Hurwitz. Co-director/editor: Tom Haneke.Barbara Kopple has built a successful career around cinematic-release documentaries - most recently her warts-and-all portrait of Woody Allen's jazz band, Wild Man Blues. My Generation is the culmination of a ...
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Holy Tongue (La Lingua Del Santo)
Dir: Carlo Mazzacurati. Italy. 2000. 110 mins.Prod co: Rodeo Drive. Co-prod: Medusa Film. Int'l sales: Adriana Chiesa (+39 06 807 0400). Prods: Marco Poccioni, Marco Valzania. Scr: Franco Bernini, Umberto Contarello, Carlo Mazzacurati, Marco Pettenello. DoP: Alessandro Pesci. Prod des: Leonardo Scarpa. Editor: Paolo Cottignola. Main cast: Antonio Albanese, Fabrizio ...
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Teeth (Denti)
Dir: Gabriele Salvatores. Italy. 2000. 95 mins.Prod co: Cecchi Gori Group Fin.Ma.Vi. Co-prod: Colorado Film. Int'l sales: Cecchi Gori (39) 06 324721. Prod: Vittorio Cecchi Gori, Maurizio Totti. Scr: Salavatores, based on novel by Domenico Starnone. DoP: Italo Petricione. Prod des: Rita Rabassini. Editor: Massimo Fiocchi. Music: Federico De Robertis, ...
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The Prime Gig
Dir: Gregory Mosher. US. 2000. 97 mins.Prod co: Independent Pictures. US dist: Fine Line. Int'l sales: Independent Picures, tel: (1) 212 993 1200. Prod: Cary Woods, Gina Mingacci, Elliot Lewis Rosenblatt. Co-prod/scr: William Wheeler. DoP: John A. Alonzo. Prod des: Richard Hoover. Editor: James Kwei. Music: David Robbins. Main cast: ...
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Time And Tide
Dir: Tsui Hark. Hong Kong-China. 2000. 112 mins.Prod co: Film Workshop Company Limited. Co-prod: Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia. Int'l sales: Columbia Tristar, Tel: (1) 310 244 4000. Prod: Tsui Hark. Scr: Koan Hui, Tsui Hark. DoP: Ko Chui Lam, Herman Yau. Editor:Marco Mak . Music: Tommy Wai. Main cast: ...
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The Goddess Of 1967
Dir: Clara Law. Australia. 2000. 120 mins.Prod co: Still Life Pictures. Co-prod: Trix Films. Backers: Australian Film Finance Corporation. Int'l sales: Fortissimo Film Sales (31) 20 627 3215. Prods: Peter Sainsbury, Eddie L.C. Fong. Scr: Eddie L.C. Fong, Clara Law. DoP: Dion Beebe. Editor: Kate Williams. Prod des: Nicholas McCallum. ...
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Pollock
Dir: Ed Harris. US. 2000. 130 mins.Prod co: Brant-Allen Industries Inc. Co-prod: Zeke Productions, Fred Berner Films. US dist: Sony Picture Classics. Int'l sales: Alliance Atlantis Pictures International, tel: (1) 310 899 8000. Exec prod: Peter M. Brant, Joseph Allen. Prod: Fred Berner, Ed Harris, Jon Kilik. Scr: Barbara Turner, ...
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The Hundred Steps (I Centro Passi)
Dir: Marco Tullio Giordana. Italy. 2000. 105 mins.Prod co: Titti Film. Co-prod: Rai Cinema. Backer: Tele +. Int'l sales:Istituto Luce (39) 06 729921. Prod: Fabrizio Mosca. Scr: Claudio Fava, Monica Zapelli, Marco Tullio Giordana. DoP: Roberto Forza. Prod des: Franco Ceraolo. Ed: Roberto Missiroli. Main cast: Luigi Lo Cascio (Peppino ...
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The Wrestlers (Uttara)
Dir: Buddhadeb Dasgupta. India. 2000. 102 mins.Prod co: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Productions. Int'l sales: Buddhadeb Dasgupta Productions, tel: (91) 33 4735545. Prod: Buddhadeb Dasgupta. Scr: Buddhadeb Dasgupta. DoP: Asim Bose. Prod des: Ashok Bose. Editor: Raviranjan Maitra. Music: Biswadeb Dasgupta. Main cast: Jaya Seal, Tapas Pal, Shankar Chakraborty, R.I.Asad, Tapas Adhikari, ...
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The Circle (Dayereh)
Dir: Jafar Panahi. Iran-Italy. 2000. 91 mins.Prod co: Jafar Panahi Film Productions. Co-prod: Mikado Film, Lumiere & Co (It). Int'l sales: Celluloid Dreams (33) 1 4970 0370. Prod: Jafar Panahi. Ass. prod: Mohammed Attebai. Scr: Kambozia Partovi. DoP: Bahram Badakhshani. Prod des: Iraj Raminfar. Ed: Jafar Panahi. Main cast: Fereshteh ...
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Memento
Dir: Christopher Nolan. US. 2000. 113 mins.Prod co: Team Todd. Exec prod co: Newmarket. Backers: Summit Entertainment. Int'l sales: Summit Entertainment, tel: (1) 310 309 840001. Prods: Suzanne Todd, Jennifer Todd. Exec prods: Aaron Ryder, Will Tyrer, Chris Ball. Scr: Christopher Nolan, based on short story by Jonathan Nolan. DoP: ...
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Brother
Dir: Takeshi Kitano. Japan-UK-US. 2000. 108 mins.Prod cos: Office Kitano, Recorded Picture Company. US dist: Sony Picture Classics. Int'l sales: HanWay Films Ltd, tel: (44) 20 7290 0750. Prod: Masayuki Mori, Jeremy Thomas. Scr: Takeshi Kitano. DoP: Katsumi Yanagijima. Ed: Yoshinori Ota, Takeshi Kitano. Music: Joe Hisaishi. Main cast: Takeshi ...
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Sade
Dir: Benoit Jacquot. France. 2000. 100 mins.Prod co: Aliceleo. French dist: Ocean Films. Int'l sales: TF1 International (33) 1 4141 1504). Prod: Patrick Godeau. Scr: Jacques Fieschi. DoP: Benoit Delhomme. Prod des: Sylvain Chauvelot. Editor: Luc Barnier. Main cast: Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, Gregoire Colin, Isild Le Besco, ...
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The Man Who Cried
Dir: Sally Potter. UK-Fr. 2000. 98 mins.Prod co: Working Title, Adventure Pictures. Backers: Universal Pictures, StudioCanal. Int'l sales: StudioCanal, tel: (33) 1 4443 9800. Prod: Christopher Sheppard. Exec prods: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner. Co-prod: Simona Benzakein. Scr: Sally Potter. DoP: Sacha Vierny. Prod des: Carlos Conti. Editor: Herve Schneid. Music: ...