alsino and the condor ( spanish : alsino y el cóndor ) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín .

it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film .

it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival .

the film was a co-production between nicaragua , mexico and cuba .

the film is loosely based on the novel alsino by chilean writer pedro prado .

it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell .

notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage .

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alsino and the condor <EOT> there are no featured reviews for alsino y el cóndor ( alsino and the condor ) at this time .

littin , miguel , and others , alsino y el condor , nicaragua , 1982 .

miguel littin’s “alsino and the condor” concerns the relationship between an american pilot ( dean stockwell ) and a nicaraguan boy who becomes a hero when joining the guerrillas fighting the somoza regime .

like the work of gabriel garcia marquez , who is one of the outspoken supporters of this film , alsino and the condor is a mixture of poetry , political reality and fantasy .

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though ' ' alsino and the condor ' ' is sorrowful , it is never sentimental , which , for mr . littin , a chilean director living in exile in mexico , is as much of an accomplishment as getting the film produced at all . ' ' alsino and the condor ' ' is the first fiction feature ever made in nicaragua .

littin has entered the oscar stakes twice before — in 1976 ( for mexico’s “letters from marusia” ) and 1983 ( for nicaragua’s “alsino and the condor” ) . this is the first time he’s repping his home country .

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alsino & the condor is a multinational production , utilizing financing from nicaragua , mexico , cuba and costa rica . the film is related from the point of view of alsino ( alan esquivel ) , an impoverished nicaraguan lad . while his country and its rotting buildings crumble all around him , the idealistic alsino imagines himself to be a condor , flying far above his deprivations . it is during one of his hallucinations that alsino jumps from a tree ; the fall cripples him , turning him into a hunchback . he will only straighten out to his full proud height upon joining a guerilla band , fighting the corrupt government armies . significantly , alsino & the condor was the first production to be filmed in nicaragua after the sandinista revolution and the overthrow of somoza ~ hal erickson , rovi

' ' alsino and the condor ' ' was one of the five nominees for this year ' s foreign - language film academy award , won by spain ' s ' ' to begin again . ' '

alsino and the condor got me thinking of a documentary about u . s . army boot camp i saw in a sociology class many years ago . the psychological warping of military service knows no national boundaries .

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best foreign language film - - ' alsino and the condor , ' nicaragua ; ' coup de torchon , ' france ; ' the flight of the eagle , ' sweden ; ' private life , ' soviet union ; and ' volver a empezar , ' spain .

alsino y el condor , made at the time of the sandinista overthrow of the somoza regime in nicaragua , is an allegory of the nicaraguan people rising up to meet their oppressor . the film is a mexican - cuban - nicaraguan co - production , yet despite this , it has the distinctive littin touch .

' ' alsino and the condor , ' ' a co - production of nicaragua ( where it was made ) , mexico , cuba and costa rica , is a film about injustice and revolution , not looked at directly but seen , as if in passing , by alsino , a solemn little peasant boy who , more than anything else , wants to fly .

there is a contrast between alsino ' s dreams and the realities of his country as it heads towards revolution . alsino likes to climb trees and to imagine himself flying . his dreams are ignited by the us army helicopter that begins to hover over his head . alsino wants to fly . the fact that the helicopter is fighting the very people who want to liberate his own people is lost on him . alsino ' s dreams are the dreams of his people , although as he is a child he cannot realize this and it is only after he falls from the tree and becomes hunchbacked that he becomes conscious of reality . after meeting the guerilla he returns home to find his town abandoned and his mamabuela dead , the dutch postcards burnt and scattered to the wind , like his dreams . alsino becomes one of the guerillas himself . finally understanding the war and foreign aggression he can fly on the wings of his dreams of freedom .

the movie , which was one of this year ' s oscar nominees for best foreign films , takes place in nicaragua during the fighting with honduras . american advisers work with the government in the war against the guerrillas . helicopters , troop carriers and tanks come and go across the lush landscape where the peasants plow their fields in the rain , and the little boy , alsino , becomes enraptured by the sight of the airborne soldiers .

the hero of the film is 10 - year - old alsino , a dreamer . he lives with his mamabuela , an old lady shrouded in the mystery of her past , who bewitches alsino with travel tales of her dead sailor - husband and shows him old postcards from amsterdam .

like the work of gabriel garcia marquez , who is one of the outspoken supporters of this film , " alsino and the condor " is a mixture of poetry , political reality and fantasy . there seems to be some sort of a romantic muse at work in the films and novels of latin american artists , reminding them to decorate their tragedies with butterflies and dreams . as a result , any description of " alsino " is likely to make the film sound too factual ; it ' s a war story that takes place largely inside the mind of a dreamy little boy .

" alsino and the condor " is the first fiction feature ever made in nicaragua , but its poetic intensity will make it familiar to readers of latin american literature . it makes a fascinating counterpoint to " under fire , " the excellent thriller starring nick nolte and gene hackman as american reporters covering the fall of the somosa regime . the american film instinctively adopts a realistic approach , just as this latin film instinctively adopts a poetic one . it ' s the difference between a dramatization and a parable .

nominated for an oscar for best foreign film , " alsino and the condor " is a potent blend of a philosophical coming - of - age fable and a sharp commentary on what was happening in the country politically . it has hints of south american magical realism as we view life through the eyes of alsino , a boy who dreams of flying . he witnesses the arrival of american soldiers in a helicopter , which inspires him to try actual flight from a tree . the war around him escalates and through it all his outlook remains steadfast , or does it ? this was also the comeback film for actor dean stockwell , who played one of american soldiers who befriends alsino .

a socialist epic recounting the struggles of revolutionary chilean peasants in the 1920s and 1930s .

at its best , ' ' alsino and the condor ' ' has something of a latin american ' ' candide ' ' about it . it ' s never uproariously funny , but it is wise and just a little bit lunatic , as when alsino , in his wanderings , comes across a good friday religious procession . the boy , stony - faced as always , goes up to relieve the burden of the man portraying christ on his way to calvary . screams the angry pilgrim , ' ' find your own cross ! ' '

it is 1925 and working conditions in chile are abysmal . the miners of marusia go on strike , but the mine owners and the government use the chilean army crush them .

alsino , a boy of 10 or 12 , lives with his grandmother in a remote area of nicaragua . he ' s engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a us advisor orders the army to open a staging area by the boy ' s hamlet . alsino tries to be a child , climbing trees with a girl , looking through his grandfather ' s trunk of mementos and trying to fly ; he goes to town to sell a saddle , has his first drink and is taken to a brothel . but the war surrounds him . the us advisor takes alsino on a chopper flight , but he ' s unimpressed . the soldiers ' cruelties awake rebel sympathies in alsino , and after an army assault backfires , the lad is fully baptized into the conflict .

alsino y el condor made at the time of the sandanista overthrow of the somoza regime in nicaragua , is an allegory of the nicaraguan people rising up to meet their oppressor . the film is a mexican - cuban - nicaraguan co - production , yet despite this , it has the distinctive littin touch . littin ' s shortest film to this point was criticized by some for its too blatant use of political allegory .

the very obvious allegories here are the illusion of liberty through flying , and real dictatorial oppression and north american aggression expressed by the helicopter . cultural domination is expressed by alsino ' s wanting to possess the foreign object , the helicopter—even though it represents aggression . the film is full of symbols—in fact it could be said that there is not one real character in the film , merely symbols and emblems . there are birds unable to fly because their wings have been clipped , and alsino becomes hunchbacked because he falls from a tree and only then begins to see things in a different light .

' ' alsino and the condor ' ' is full of painful scenes witnessed without apparent emotion by the boy , now a hunchback , as he wanders the nicaraguan countryside . he seems hardly to bat an eye as he passes government troops as they massacre peasants and burn their farms . until he finds political commitment , he is not beyond feeling but beyond its expression , which gives particular impact to the film ' s final freeze frame .

alsino and the condor , directed by miguel littin ; screenplay ( spanish with english subtitles ) by mr . littin , isidora aguirre and tomas perez turrent ; cinematography by jorge her - rera and pablo martinez ; edited by miriam talavera ; music by leo brower ; production : nicaraguan film institute , cuban institute of cinematographic art and industry , latin american production of mexico , costa rican cinematographic cooperative . at the cinema 3 , third avenue and 60th street . running time : 89 minutes . this film has no rating .

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with desaturated , handheld lensing that often stays close to the characters , and occasionally switches to black - and - white , littin expertly captures the disorientation and anxiety of the prisoners . raw perfs from the ensemble augment the docu feel , while the violin - and - piano score is appropriately restrained . other tech credits are top - notch .

miguel littin ' s ' ' alsino and the condor , ' ' which opens today at the cinema 3 theater , is a politically angry film with the manner of a mournful fable - a very odd but haunting mix . it can ' t quite bring itself to say what ' s on its mind , but instead , like a child who is shy , it points at things with furious if silent disapproval .

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set against the almost unbelievable brutality of an internecine guerilla war ( nicaragua , 1979 ) , a young boy ' s dream to fly like the birds seems almost commonplace . in his dreams alsino can fly , but when he wakes up everything is somehow different . the delightful esquivel brings to the title role a fragile passion around which the chilean film - maker littin conjures an archetypal south american world of enchantment ( the grandmother and her chest of secrets , the prostitute and the bird man , familiar from the writings of garcía márquez and others ) which can absorb intrusive realities as easily as the ever - present verdant jungle .

alsino , a boy of 10 or 12 , lives with his grandmother in a remote area of nicaragua . he ' s engulfed in the war between rebels and government troops when a us advisor orders the army to open . . . see full summary »

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late one moonlit night , alsino creeps out of the tiny farmhouse he shares with his grandmother , climbs to the top of his favorite tree and , with his arms outstretched , takes off . instead of flying , the boy crashes to earth and becomes a physically crumpled wreck , to be known forever after as ' ' hunchback . ' '

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the winner of the best foreign language oscar was the spanish entry , “to begin again” ( “volver a empezar” ) in a contest that included : “coup de torchon” ( clean slate ) from france , “the flight of the eagle” from sweden , and “private life” from the soviet union .

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when a united states military ' ' adviser ' ' named frank ( dean stockwell ) takes alsino for a spin in his helicopter , alsino is not impressed . he doesn ' t like the noise or the paraphernalia of technology . he wants to fly on his own , like a bird , which he does in his dreams though , unfortunately , he always forgets how he does it when he wakes up .

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) is a 1982 nicaraguan film directed by miguel littín . it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film . it won the golden prize at the 13th moscow international film festival . the film was a co - production between nicaragua , mexico and cuba . the film is loosely based on the novel

a us adviser ( dean stockwell ) takes the kid up in a helicopter . it is one of the great experiences of his life , but it is not quite good enough . " i want to fly without the helicopter , " he tells his friend . " i want to fly like the condor . " there is a giant , ancient tree near the village where the boy spends his free time , climbing through its enormous network of branches like a monkey . one day , dreaming of flying , he jumps out of the tree . his back is injured in the fall and he becomes a hunchback .

meanwhile , the war escalates , and so do stockwell ' s lectures . using a war map , scowling ferociously through his green - tinted shades , he talks of " containment " and " parameters , " and of bombing the whole area into submission to remove the guerrilla ' s support base . he could easily be a villain , since the movie is frankly opposed to us military intervention on the side of totalitarianism . but " alsino " is more complicated than that , and stockwell emerges as an object of pity . his strategies and analyses are so irrelevant to what ' s going on around him that they exist mostly as his means of maintaining his own sanity .

despite limited expressionism governed by low budget , littin vocalizes a poetic coming - of - political - age tale . self - proclaimed “free man” sells caged birds , alsino sees corrupted capitalist fantasy . no wings for the people , only delusional submission to incompatible foreign ideals . while the imagery is certainly poetically evocative , the narrative could benefit from stronger , and more constantly present struggle .

despite its 22 nominations latin america has only won the oscar for best foreign language film twice . both times the winners were from argentina . the first win was in 1985 for la historia oficial ( the official story ) , set in buenos aires . in the film an upper middle class couple adopts a young girl during the dictatorship . as the country transitions to democracy they begin to suspect that she may be the child of one of the victims of the forced disappearances that occurred during the dirty war , known as los desaparecidos .

miguel littin , chilean director in exile and former head of chile films , flirted with magic realism , a style increasingly popular in fiction and following on from this , cinema , in the 1970s , with el recurso del metodo , and then returned to the chileans - in - exile theme of direct criticism and allegories of the political events in chile with alsino y el condor . nearly all those involved in chile films during allende ' s brief tenure in office in the country were thrown out of chile after pinochet ' s takeover of power in 1973 ( some after a period of imprisonment ) , and despite money difficulties , some managed to keep up a form of film production . those who did so were mostly in socialist regimes—the soviet union or cuba—but because of his contacts in the mexican film business , miguel littin was able to continue his career there . this mass exodus of filmmakers from chile who actually managed to continue filmmaking , and provide an alternative point of view to the very small number of films produced under pinochet at this time , lead to the peculiar situation of almost an entire country ' s film output being made in exile .

the us tried to occupy nicaragua in 1927 . general cesar augusto sandino and his guerrillas begin armed resistance .

this film was respected in the west and even nominated for an academy award for best foreign film , although its obvious and heavy - handed political allegory was too much for the north american critics . cine cubano , however , loved it , and praised it for the beauty of using the innocent eyes of childhood awakening to political consciousness as the medium for the message . one could say , however , that littin ' s vision has never been so schematized before and presents a very simplified vision of a country ' s problems .

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if no gets enough votes it will be the first time a chilean film is nominated in the foreign language film category . what are chile’s chances ? well , if we take a look back at the latin american nominees and winners of the best foreign language film award , the odds don’t look so good .

overall , i found the film uneven but affecting . it ' s heavy on symbolism and the absurdities of war , and that it is rather messy and confused at times mirrors that content . reynaldo miravalles gives a good performance as don nazario . in one remarkable shot , the upturned faces of newly - massacred civilians rise just above the surface of a shimmering river . that shot could have been gorgeous , but nicaragua in the early 80s was a rough place , and this is not a particularly attractive film ; as is , the shot…

after the 1973 coup that deposed allende and brought pinochet to power in chile , the former members of his cabinet are imprisoned on dawson island , the world ' s southernmost concentration . . . see full summary »

the last 7 hours of former president of chile salvador allende , and his closest collaborators inside the palace of la moneda , during the brutal military coup d ' etat on sept . 11 , 1973 , the day democracy in chile ended . based on true events .

mr . littin is most at ease , and most effective , when he keeps to the point of view of alsino , very nicely played by alan esquivel , who looks a little like the boy in francois truffaut ' s ' ' wild child . ' ' the movie is a fairy tale turned inside out . here the monster is not transformed into a prince , but the prince into a monster , at least physically , who eventually finds a more important kind of release in a new identity as a sandinist rebel .

after the 1973 coup resulted in allende’s suicide , the surviving allende ministers and closest government collaborators were sent to a concentration camp on dawson island . the unwelcoming , isolated and sparsely populated isle northwest of cape horn — used by littin for his shoot — effectively made them disappear from view .

on arriving , the men are assigned only the name of their barracks and a number , with former mining minister sergio bitar ( benjamin vicuna ) receiving the titular “dawson island 10 . ” though the film is nominally based on the bitar’s own book , “isla 10 , ” he’s only a bit player here : littin prefers an overview of what the men went through , breaking up their experiences into little scenes that cover many prisoners , guards and events .

this approach , reinforced by the guards’ habit of referring to everyone by number rather than by name , highlights the way in which the system tried to stamp out any individuality . but without anyone to identify with , it also makes it harder for auds to buy into the story emotionally . the attempted escapes , “happy” christmas celebrations , desire for news from home and thawing relationships with some of the guards feel like the stuff of countless other such movies .

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trailer for a nicaragua / cuba / mexico / costa rica co - production . director : miguel littin starred : dean stockwell , alan esquivel original title : alsino y el cóndor dvd : no apparent official release .

this film was a co - production of mexico ' s imcine ; icaic , the instituto cubano del arte e industrias cinematográficos ; and the then new nicaraguan film institute ( nfi ) of which this was the latter ' s first production .

argentina’s second oscar came almost twenty - five years later with el secreto de sus ojos ( the secret in their eyes ) in 2009 . in the crime thriller directed by juan josé campanella and starring ricardo darín , a retired federal agent begins to write a novel on an unsolved murder case that has haunted him for years . with its two wins , argentina remains the only latin american country to have brought home the bronze . taking into account its 22 nominations but only two oscar statuettes the odds aren’t the best for latin america as a whole and chile in particular ( zero nominations or wins ) , but let’s cross our fingers and hope for the best . chile could very well be selected this time since no is the kind of the film the academy usually goes for .

set in 1988 , no recounts the amazing real life story of a national referendum that everyone thought was destined to fail but ultimately dissolved the chilean dictatorship and ended general pinochet’s almost twenty year rule . leading up to the historic vote each side was allowed 15 minutes of late - night tv airtime every day for a month straight . gael garcía bernal stars as rene saavedra , a young , rebellious skateboard - riding advertising executive who went from selling soap and soda to heading up the campaign to vote no on keeping pinochet in power for eight more years . shot using u - matic video cameras , larraín wanted to match the look of the archival television footage woven into the film . as a result of using the same format that t . v . news was shot in during the eighties , the real - life footage seamlessly matches his purposely grainy and overexposed film . despite its dreary appearance , it is funny , uplifting , and entertaining . it’s not a slow artsy film with little dialogue ; it is perfectly paced . and together , bernal’s charm and the film’s many amusing moments end up creating a movie that will surely captivate the academy and maybe even a mainstream commercial audience .

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a few weeks ago the academy of motion picture arts and sciences released its shortlist for the foreign language film award . the nominations are being determined in two phases . after a committee of several hundred academy members screened all 71 eligible films nine were selected to advance to the second round , making it to the shortlist . of these nine only one latin american film made the cut , pablo larraín’s no , starring gael garcía bernal .

the only strands that stand out are those involving a prisoner with medical knowledge ( horacio videla ) who finds himself in a moral quagmire when treating a hurt jailer ( there’s no doctor on the island ) , and an elderly father and his grown son ( jose martin , matias vega ) who provide the heartbreaking final scene .

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it was mainly disturbing to see how the u . s . sticks its nose in other countries ' business . nicaragua was war torn and dangerous .

the pinochet military regime tries to turn former allende government heavyweights into nameless prisoners in “dawson island 10 , ” a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin . repping chile in this year’s foreign - language film oscar derby , the handsomely drab , damp and desolate - looking pic stays too much within the confines of [ … ]

in 1960 , josé del carmen valenzuela torres , from the small town of nahueltoro in chile , brutally murdered rosa rivas acuña and her five children . this classic film of the latin american . . . see full summary »

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it was the comeback film of actor dean stockwell . notable cuban director of photography jorge herrera died during the production due to a brain hemorrhage .

himself an exile after pinochet toppled allende’s marxist - socialist government in 1973 , the helmer has long been one of the most politically engaged filmmakers in latin america . however , the tone of “island” is closer to humanist documentary than sociopolitical pamphlet , as littin lets the story speak for itself .

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in 1985 , exiled director miguel littin returned clandestinely to pinochet ' s chile to make this documentary about the socio - political reality of the country .

this year nine latin american countries submitted a film for consideration : argentina , brazil , chile , colombia , dominican republic , mexico , peru , uruguay , and venezuela . of these nine , only chile made the shortlist . if it is nominated it will become part of an elite group of latin american countries that have received this honor . mexico leads the pack with eight nominations , followed by argentina who has six , and brazil with four . nicaragua , cuba , puerto rico , and peru have all been nominated once . that is a total of 22 nominations for all latin american countries since 1960 , when the region received its first nomination for macario , directed by roberto gavaldón . the film , a supernatural drama set in colonial times , lost out to ingmar bergman’s the virgin spring . it was the first time mexico had been nominated in the category and despite being the most often nominated country in latin america , it has failed to ever win a statuette . so , which countries have won the coveted award ?

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larraín ' s fourth feature film ( fuga , tony mane ro , post mor tem ) becomes the first chilean film ever to be nominated in this category , and the third film directed by a chilean helmer to get a nomination ( after miguel littí n ' s two nominations for his featu re films actas de marusia / letter from marusia rep resentin g mexico i n 197 5 , and alsi no y el cóndor / als ino and the c ondor represen ting nicaragua in 19 82 ) .

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cast : alan esquivel ( alsino ) ; dean stockwell ( frank ) ; carmen bunster ( mama buela ) ; alejandro parodi ( garin ) ; delia casanova ( rosario ) ; marta lorena perez ( lucia ) ; reinaldo miravalles ( don nazario ) ; marcelo gaete ( lucia ' s grandfather ) .

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a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin .

best sound - - milan bor , trevor pyke and mike le - mare , ' das boot ' ; buzz knudson , robert glass , don digirolamo and gene cantamessa , ' e . t . ' ; gerry humphreys , robin o ' donoghue , jonathan bates and simon kaye , ' gandhi ' ; arthur piantadosi , les fresholtz , dick alexander and les lazarowitz , ' tootsie ' ; michael minkler , bob minkler , lee minkler and jim la rue , ' tron . '

the chilean film no ( pic tured ) by pablo larraín is nominated for an academy award in the best foreign language category , as it was announced this morning .

best adaptation score - - ralph burns , ' annie ' ; tom waits , ' one from the heart ' ; henry mancini and leslie bricusse , ' victor - victoria . '

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the pinochet military regime tries to turn former allende government heavyweights into nameless prisoners in “dawson island 10 , ” a harrowing true story brought to the screen by vet chilean director miguel littin . repping chile in this year’s foreign - language film oscar derby , the handsomely drab , damp and desolate - looking pic stays too much within the confines of the prison - camp genre , though its finale is still moving . “island” should have a less - than - insular fest life followed by bigscreen rollouts in arthouses , especially in spanish - lingo territories .

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an interview with terry gilliam , director of " the man who killed don quixote . "

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best sound effects editing - - mike le - mare , ' das boot ' ; charles campbell and ben burtt , ' e . t . ' ; stephen hunter flick and richard anderson , ' poltergeist . '

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best live action short film - - ' ballet robotique , ' bob rogers , bob rogers and co . ; ' a shocking accident , ' christine oestreicher , flamingo pictures ltd . ; ' the silence , ' michael toshiyuki uno and joseph benson , the american film institute ; ' split cherry tree , ' jan saunders , learning corp . of america ; sredni vashtar , andrew birkin , laurentic film productions ltd .

less effective as drama is mr . littin ' s portrayal of the pro - government bullies , and especially of all united states advisers , in the characterization of just one fellow , summed up in mr . stockwell ' s role . frank is seen as a well - meaning but fatally ignorant sort who , when desperate , turns brutal . there ' s nothing wrong with the concept of the character ; it ' s just that it seems to belong to another , far less subtle film .

composer carlos rafael rivera re - imagined scoring the western for scott frank ' s netflix miniseries .

after 20 years of exile , aron returns to chile to find out who he is . he asks questions , not only of those who stayed behind but also of himself , examining his relationship with his past and his own memory . the people who stayed lived through 20 years of dictatorship . they were either victims or executioners . amidst this wreckage , aron wonders what name his brother is using now , where his father is . . . can he , in isol ' s arms and through her love , find his way again ? what future awaits him ? like mola the torturer , he has returned from an impossible journey , and aron knows that each man is his own executioner . shipwreck and resurrection are the two facets of a complex truth . los naufragios is the story of a man ' s journey in search of himself .

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nominations for the 1983 academy awards : best picture - - ' e . t . . . .

this nicaraguan melodrama , starring dean stockwell as an american pilot , was nominated for the foreign language oscar .

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best make - up - - tom smith , ' gandhi ' ; sarah monzani and michele burke , ' quest for fire . '

best animated short film - - ' the great cognito , ' will vinton , will vinton prods . ; ' the snowman , ' john coates , snowman enterprises ltd . ; ' tango , ' zbigniew rybczynaki , film polski .

best film editing - - hannes nikel , ' das boot ' ; carol littleton , ' e . t . ' ; john bloom , ' gandhi ' ; peter zinner , ' an officer and a gentleman ' ; fredric steinkamp and william steinkamp , ' tootsie . '

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best costume design - - john mollo and bhanu athaiya , ' gandhi ' ; piero tosi , ' la traviata ' ; albert wolsky , ' sophie ' s choice ' ; elois jenssen and rosanna norton , ' tron ' ; patricia norris , ' victor - victoria . '

i actually liked this movie . . . . but after reading other comments , i ' m wondering what happened to me . was i hypnotized ? was it because i was reading subtitles ? i truly did care about the little boy in this film . and the scenes of war in this central american country were heartwrenching . really hit me hard . am i a fool for propaganda ? was i being played like a violin ? i also thought dean stockwell was great in his role as the american chopper pilot . i especially loved his drunk scene - uh , maybe because it reminded me of all the fights i used to have with my ex . . . . . the one lighthearted moment in a film filled with heavy sorrows .

best original score - - john williams , ' e . t . ' ; ravi shankar and george fenton , ' gandhi ' ; jack nitzsche , ' an officer and a gentleman ' ; jerry goldsmith , ' poltergeist ' ; marvin hamlisch , ' sophie ' s choice . '

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best original screenplay - - barry levinson , ' diner ' ; melissa mathison , ' e . t . ' ; john briley , ' gandhi ' ; douglas day stewart , ' an officer and a gentleman ' ; larry gelbart , murray schisgal and don mcguire , ' tootsie . '

best adapted screeenplay - - wolfgang petersen , ' das boot ' ; costa - gavras and donald stewart , ' missing ' ; alan pakula , ' sophie ' s choice ' ; david mamet , ' the verdict ' ; blake edwards , ' victor - victoria . '

best documentary feature - - ' after the axe , ' sturla gunnarsson and steve lucas , national film board of canada ; ' ben ' s mill , ' john karol and michel chalufour , public broadcasting associates ; ' in our water , ' meg switzgable , foresight films ; ' just another missing kid , ' john zaritsky , canadian broadcasting corp . ; ' a portrait of giselle , ' joseph wishy , wishupon prods .

nbc ' s live musical rendition of the andrew lloyd webber / tim rice rock opera combines an industrial - l . . .

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additionally it was also annou n ced that chilean dp claudio miranda was also nominated for an academy awa rd for best cinemat ogra phy for his work on ang lee ' s life of pi . the 85th annual edition of the academy awards will take place on sunday , february 24th .

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but this is not a predictably tragic outcome . the young boy , played with a luminous intensity by a 12 - year - old nicaraguan named alan esquivel , is not so much crushed by his injury as bemused by it . at one point , asked what happened to his back , he says he hurt it trying to fly , and then he grins at his own presumption .

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production : nicaraguan film institute , cuban institute of cinematographic art and industry , latin american production of mexico , costa rican cinematographic co - operative ; colour , 35mm ; running time : 89 minutes . filmed on location in nicaragua .

july 9 ( upi ) - - police in newport beach , calif . , said they used dna testing to compose a sketch of a man they believe kidnapped and killed an 11 - year - old girl 45 years ago .

july 9 ( upi ) - - a federal judge on monday ordered the u . s . government to provide a proposed timeline for when all separated migrant children can be reunited with their parents .

best documentary short subject - - ' gods of metal , ' robert richter , richter prods . ; ' if you love this planet , ' edward le lorrain , national film board of canada ; ' the klan : a legacy of hate in america , ' charles guggenheim and werner schumann , guggenheim prods . ; ' to live or let die , ' freida lee mock , american film foundation ; ' traveling hopefully , ' john avildsen , arnuthfonyus films .

p remiere d to c ritic al a c cla imed last may at cannes ' directors fortn i ght , no tell s t he s tory of a young ad man ( played by m exican actor g ael ga rcía bernal ) who c reates a successful 1988 voter campaign to oust chilean dictator augusto pinochet . the film will open in theaters in the u . s . on feb rua ry 15th released by sony pictures classics .

best cinematography - - jost vacano , ' das boot ' ; allen daviau , ' e . t . ' ; billy williams and ronnie taylor , ' gandhi ' ; nestor almendros , ' sophie ' s choice ' ; owen roizman , ' tootsie . '

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best performance by an actress - - julie andrews , ' victor - victoria ' ; jessica lange , ' frances ' ; sissy spacek , ' missing ' ; meryl streep , ' sophie ' s choice ' ; debra winger , ' an officer and a gentleman . '

best achievement in directing - - richard attenborough , ' gandhi ' ; sidney lumet , ' the verdict ' ; wolfgang petersen , ' das boot ' ; sydney pollack , ' tootsie ' ; steven spielberg , ' e . t . '

best performance by an actor - - dustin hoffman , ' tootsie ' ; ben kingsley , ' gandhi ' ; jack lemmon , ' missing ' ; paul newman , ' the verdict ' ; peter o ' toole , ' my favorite year . '

best performance by a supporting actress - - glenn close , ' the world according to garp ' ; teri garr , ' tootsie ' ; jessica lange , ' tootsie ' ; kim stanley , ' frances ' ; leslie ann warren , ' victor - victoria . '

this film was a co - production of nicaragua , cuba , costa rica , and mexico . i actually thought i was picking out a movie from costa rica , but in fact , it ' s set in nicaragua . but it ' s all good , as i had never seen a film from nicaragua either .

production : an azul films ( chile ) / vpccinema producoes artisticas ( brazil ) production , in association with villa del cine , with participation of alen cine . ( international sales : mc films latinofusion , santiago . ) produced by miguel littin , walter lima . co - producers , walter lima , miguel ioan littin menz . directed , written by miguel littin , based on the book " isla 10 " by sergio bitar .

art direction : lawrence g . paull , david l . snyder ; set decoration : linda descenna

art direction - art direction : lawrence g . paull , david l . snyder ; set decoration : linda descenna

writing ( screenplay based on material from another medium ) - alan j . pakula

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producers : lilia alfaro , jose ramon perez ; executive producer : herman littin ; screenplay : miguel littin , isadora aguirre , tomas turrent ; photography : jorge herrera , pablo martinez ; editor : miriam talavera ; sound : germinal hernandez ; art director : elly menz ; music : leo brower .


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it stars raghava lawrence and gayathri raguram in the lead roles , while ramana and vadivelu portray supporting roles .

the music for the film was composed by bharani and the film opened to mixed reviews in december 2002 .

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style ( 2002 film ) <EOT> valerie bertinelli during 2002 sundance film festival - in style - guess party at . . .

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the remake of patrick leconte’s 2002 film stars donald sutherland and u2 drummer larry mullen , jr .

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the life of mise - en - scène : visual style and british film criticism , 1946–78 .

style manual for authors , editors and printers ( 2002 ) emphasises the importance of focusing on an audience ' s needs when producing a publication .

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29 ) dicaprio met the real frank abagnale , jr – the con - man character he played in 2002’s catch me if you can – while working on the film .

though his movie wraps challenging ideas and ingenious visual conceits in a futurist film - noir style , it ' s pretentious , didactic and intentionally but mercilessly bleak .

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sunday too far away ( 1975 ) was the first ever australian film to be selected for the directors ' award at the cannes film festival .

the film was a tamil new year release ( april 13 ) but was not promising at the box office . vijay ' s next film will be

, who began their careers as film directors , worked primarily in television during the 1970s and ’80s , and then resumed film production . leigh’s works include

monal played a small role in the film directed by shakti chidambaram . in the film she commits suicide . apparently , chidambaram was upset that monal did commit suicide in real life , especially since his film also shows her committing suicide .

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one of spielberg ' s more underrated films . an astonishing visual style , great performances , an intriguing plot and superb direction from spielberg .

two of the films are for kb ' s ' disciples ' . one - time assistant vasant will direct a film with shaam in the lead . saran will direct a film with ajith ; linguswamy will direct a film with vikram , selvakumar with kartik .

the cry of the owl : investigating decision - making in a contemporary feature film .

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) . he then went on to be a director in american film and television .

keiko , whose name means " lucky one " in japanese , was freed in iceland in july 2002 , after five years training to help it to survive in the wild .

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( 2000 ) , a compelling portrait of a family and society , was honoured by the national society of film critics in the united states as the year’s best film released there .

cannes - a superb re - make of patrick leconte’s 2002 film , man on the train is a scrumptiously literate character drama . starring donald sutherland and u2 drummer larry mullen , jr . , this well - crafted entertainment’s appeal will be to a mature , intelligent demographic .

the film will star vikram again . their association goes back to their college days in chennai ' s loyola college . vikram plays a villager . the film costars jyotika and reema sen (

this week , the riverrun international film festival in winston - salem , north carolina , is hosting a screening of d . a . pennebaker’s 1968 film monterey pop . playing as part of from the archives : rock on film , a music - themed sidebar to the festival , p…

22 ) dicaprio was chased through the louvre by a gaggle of teen girls in 1998 . he probably should have sorted a blue ivy carter - style shutdown .

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suja and gayatri are daughters of choreographer raghuram . gayatri made her debut in the recent tamil film

producers c sudhakar and g prem kumar produce the film , with dialogues written by malluri venkat .

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mexican cinema was representative of many national film cultures that had , as it were , one foot in its own language and film traditions and the other connected to influences from and opportunities in hollywood . the actor alfonso arau directed a highly popular film based on a novel written by his wife , laura esquivel ,

bala who directed the original , showered praises on jeevita ' s work . she now plans her second film

with d . a . pennebaker’s groundbreaking concert film , rock music solidified its status as a universal language .

an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film , " sorry to bother you . "

34 ) dicaprio helped win once - girlfriend bijou philips her role in james toback’s 1999 film black and white .

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and while she has mostly stuck to her signature blonde locks over the years , the oscar winner has also dipped into variations of hair style and color , even sporting the occasional brunette pixie .

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cinematographer stefan von bjorn’s silken hues and production designer jennifer carroll’s vibrant furnishings are precisely right for this full - bodied film .

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even though spielberg has made significant use of modern technology in recent times , we realized that high tech did not mesh with this film . beneath his powerful style and incredible technique , we understood that we had to surprise him by heading towards something that reclaims the “artist’s” work . what mattered was not our know - how but the emotion that we could transmit to a simple thing .

in spite of the lukewarm fan reception to spider - man 3 , its impressive box office score convinced sony to make another film , even convincing them to speak of a fifth and sixth film , also to be directed by raimi . it was even discussed that they be shot cocurrently .

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" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

t’s established in allen lore that the picture was originally a two - and - a - half - hour solipsistic ramble , with alvy and annie’s fling relegated to a subplot . but in the edit , their relationship was what brought the film to life , and the dead wood was mercilessly cut back . allen’s preferred name for the film he’d originally planned was anhedonia : a greek term for the inability to feel pleasure . there couldn’t have been a less appropriate title for the finished film .

its handlers , from the keiko project , a collaboration of marine experts from the humane society of the united states and the free willy - keiko foundation charity , coaxed it a few miles to the more remote taknes fjord in november 2002 . they still often fed it the 110lb of fish that it required every day .

s ( digital video discs ) accelerated these trends , with the computer emerging as a new production unit in filmmaking and the internet as a site for film distribution and exhibition . one result of these changes was the appearance on the world stage of filmmakers—particularly chinese - language ones—from places that had previously been little recognized within international film culture .

in his last screen role . angelopoulos , a master of greek cinema since his first feature film in 1970 , made several ambitious works fusing the personal and the historical :

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he first film in which allen directed diane keaton was also , perhaps not coincidentally , the first film to suggest he had more in him than than madcap , gag - driven comedies . ( they appeared in a film together before his directing days ) . that’s not to say sleeper isn’t as madcap and gag - driven as his earliest work : a film about a health food shop owner who falls into a vat of liquid nitrogen and wakes up 200 years later kind of has to be . but allen’s painting with new colours here : romance , melancholy , and even – gasp ! – coherent plotting , while the uproarious robot butler sequence showcased his talent for silent - era physical clowning .

in the film , vijay sets out to proove that most indians are not aware of basic laws . how vijay tries to educate people about their basic rights forms the crux of

( vcr ) opened up new possibilities for the distribution of films as videocassettes , giving wider circulation and easier access to works made throughout the world . in the same manner , new cable and satellite television systems that delivered media directly to homes created additional markets for film distribution and income sources for film producers . with the availability of higher - quality video cameras , more filmmakers used video technology to lower production costs , later transferring the image to film stock for theatrical exhibition . in the following years , the spread and increasing capabilities of

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( 1999 ) , written and directed by larry ( later lana ) wachowski and andy ( later lilly ) wachowski . in spielberg’s film , based on a best - selling novel by

keiko , the killer whale that starred in the film free willy , died yesterday , a year after being released into the wild where it remained dependent on humans until the end .

the movie doesn ' t update the musical so much as bring it to a high electric streamlined gloss . the director rob marshall , a stage veteran making his big screen debut , paces the film with gusto . it ' s not all breakneck production numbers , but it ' s never far from one . and the choreography doesn ' t copy fosse ' s inimitable style , but it ' s not far from it , either ; the movie sideswipes imitation on its way to homage .

t opens with one of allen’s most vividly written , shot and acted scenes ever , as judy davis and sydney pollack arrive for dinner and announce their separation plans . the way their best friends , allen and farrow , respond – shocked , but also offended – turns this into a rapid marvel of four - way characterisation . this is allen’s most scorching anatomy of marital bonds , a film so bitter , witheringly frank and unsentimental he entirely reinvented his style of shooting and editing for it .

in order to capture the spirit of leonardo dicaprio’s character , we chose to employ a creative process that did not resort to the use of high technology . we used the same techniques as the film’s protagonist , by imagining the characters in stamp form , made from the same cutters as those used in the film by frank abagnale jr . we wanted to preserve that crudeness .

lawrence created a sensation with terrific choreography in hitler and from then onward he never had to look back . he is the in - demand choreographer at present in telugu and tamil film industry .

to the film industry and the title favela to the world at large . the film shows the darker side of one of south america ' s most famous resort cities , rio de janeiro . set in the " city of god , " the lawless ghetto where the city ' s poorest and most dangerous citizens live , meirelles tells stories of hope , of violence , and of love .

i worked as choreographer for six months for low budget films . then chiranjeevi spotted me and offered me the film hitler . with my dance numbers clicking in hitler , i never had to look back .

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i keep the hero in mind while composing dance moves . each and every hero has a style . i don ' t force my dance movements on them . instead i study their body language and compose steps that suit their body language perfectly . i also keep the fans of that particular hero in mind and accordingly compose steps that exhilarate those fans .

even if he belabors the ending and can ' t resist tempering the darkness with a strained ray of hopefulness , minority report is a document that proves spielberg among the top ranks in a minority of film geniuses .

lawrence was choreographing ' vaa vaa ' song for bobby film at a set erected in floor number one in padmalaya studios . he spent some time with urltoken team for chitchat . here are the excerpts . . . .

the color palette does so much to set the feel of the jet setting era in which the film takes place . was there an intentionality to the colors that you selected and if so , what materials did you reference ?

it’s a glorious premise , explored by allen and his cast to dazzlingly funny ends . what gives the film its existential bite , though , is a two - part acknowledgement late in the game : firstly , that the beautiful solace film offers is a lie , and secondly , that it doesn’t matter . watching it , you feel ( and probably look ) like farrow’s heroine : a smiling face in the dark , lit up , flickering , alive .

acting under the cover of a hollywood producer scouting a location for a science fiction film , a cia agent launches a dangerous operation to rescue six americans in tehran during the u . s . hostage crisis in iran in 1979 .

keiko became the centre of worldwide attention after the release of free willy in 1993 . in the film , a killer whale is coaxed by a young boy to jump over a sea park wall to freedom . reality proved more difficult .

in russia a significant figure to emerge was aleksandr sokurov , whose early films had been “shelved , ” or prohibited from public screening , until 1987 . sokurov’s first film to be widely seen internationally was mat’ i syn ( 1997 ; mother and son ) . in 2002 he made russki kovcheg ( russian ark ) , a 96 - minute tour of the hermitage museum in st . petersburg , in a single take without cuts , the longest steadicam shot ever recorded . aleksey balabanov directed both crime dramas— brat ( 1997 ; brother ) and a sequel , brat ii ( 2000 ; brother ii ) —and meditative historical works , including pro ourodov i lioudiei ( 1998 ; of freaks and men ) .

e’s speaking to the film’s other main character , allen’s documentary filmmaker clifford stern , in the one scene they share , sitting apart from a wedding celebration at the film’s very end . not here the fortune - cookie insights that some of allen’s lesser pictures call philosophy . here he’s thinking deeply about moral choice , the question of whether guilt in your own eyes or the eyes of the world matters more . this bubblingly wise film , rich with beautifully dovetailing metaphors about blindness and conscience and the perils of self - knowledge , has only grown in stature since its release . it is allen on soaring form , gliding so elegantly through its maze of ideas it’s as if the spirit of fred astaire gave it lift - off .

writes al reinert , director of for all mankind : “having your film in the criterion collection is like marrying your daughter into an old distinguished family that intimidates and humbles you . she might feel at home there , but i am inclined to stand

5 . the runts portrayed in city of god would grow up to form the now feared comando vermelho or " red command , " the most notorious gang in rio . like in the film , the cv is known to have a death list .

2 . like most of the non - actors used in the film , alexandre rodrigues ( buscapé ) and leandro firmino ( li ' l zé ) really were from the city of god . firmino only went to the audition to keep a friend company .

( 2006 ) . the success of nearly all these works as international art films was a sign that , despite hollywood’s dominance of the world film marketplace , there was still a place for distinctive national visions in cinema at the turn of the 21st century .

after three years at paramount , he returned to design and remained active throughout the 1980 ' s and 90 ' s , working with directors like mr . coppola on ' ' the cotton club ' ' and mr . de palma on ' ' the bonfire of the vanities ' ' and ' ' carlito ' s way . ' ' tall and charismatic , he even acted a bit , appearing in a bit role in the 1996 film ' ' mulholland falls , ' ' a film he also , of course , designed .

an entirely new arena for tap dancers opened up with the introduction of “talking” motion pictures . although the technology for sound on film had been around for several years , it was not until the jazz singer ( 1927 ) that the public accepted this new medium . …

the original stamps , that we created in a few hours , are those that exist in the final product . the magic of the first try was not altered . the force of the sketch remained . that seemed to cohere with the spielberg spirit . when it was time to sync our title sequence with his film , we asked him to send us some images from his avid or via the internet , but we also received an actual piece of film because he edits his films the old - fashioned way , on a moviola .

13 . city of god was brazil ' s official submission to the best foreign language film category for the 75th academy awards in 2003 . but it failed to receive a nomination . the same year , miramax released the movie in the u . s . which qualified it for other categories the following year . in 2004 , city of god was nominated for four academy awards ( best director , best editing , best cinematography , and best adaptated screenplay ) . it was the first time a brazilian film earned more than two oscar nods .

the curtain - raiser for cannes in 2002 was the definition of a duff opener , pleasing nobody : allen cast himself as a once - fêted director who suffers an attack of hysterical blindness . strenuous farce ensues , with a feature - length quantity of dead time on screen , and only téa leoni threatening to be an asset . the punchline explains its cannes berth : when the $ 60m movie allen’s character directs while blind is a resounding flop , his one consolation is that the french love it . but not even the french loved hollywood ending .

9 . city of god marks the acting debut of 19 - year - old alice braga , now one of brazil ' s most famous actresses . she had appeared in commercials as a child but hadn ' t done much since . she credits the film for her current success .

motion picture , series of still photographs on film , projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light . because of the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision , this gives the illusion of actual , smooth , and continuous movement . the motion picture is a remarkably effective…

was worried that if this movie flopped at the box - office ( like his previous two films ) , it would be the end of his directing career . luckily for him , that didn ' t happen . after an initial lukewarm response , the film became a surprise sleeper hit .

at the end of the 20th century , japan’s long - established film culture was characterized by individual work rather than by dominant movements , as had been the case in the past . as in france , filmmakers of the japanese new wave era of the 1960s continued to be active , with

allen has often shown an interest in stage magic and hypnotism ( see also : scoop , magic in the moonlight ) , but this enthusiasm reached its unfortunate nadir in this dodo of a light comedy , his most expensive film ( it cost $ 33m ) and by his own reckoning among the worst . his own performance as a wisecracking insurance investigator hypnotised into jewel theft was one problem , but helen hunt doesn ' t fare much better as the ruthless efficiency expert he wants off his back . all the film achieves is managing to look lavishly nostalgic for a more sexist era .

f allen’s many mooted returns to form , here’s the film that actually was one : a lacerating comedy of financial and romantic recessions , and his best work since his extraordinary mid - career hot streak came crunching to a halt in the early 1990s . cate blanchett won an oscar for her heart - tightening performance in the title role – a kind of blanche dubois of park avenue brought low by her husband’s economic chicanery . jasmine’s dogged denial of her desperate circumstances is the fire under the film’s feet , and watching her crumble is agonising , thrilling – and , most damning of all , great fun .

mckee believes that executives can engage listeners on a whole new level if they toss their powerpoint slides and learn to tell good stories instead . in his best - selling book story : substance , structure , style , and the principles of screenwriting , published in 1997 by harper - collins , mckee argues that stories “fulfill a profound human need to grasp the patterns of living—not merely as an intellectual exercise , but within a very personal , emotional experience . ” what follows is an edited and abridged transcript of mckee’s conversation with hbr .

entertaining for the most part , but many of the concepts introduced in the film are flawed . i wouldn ' t call " minority report " the most intelligent science - fiction film ever made . maybe one of the most interesting . the future that spielberg creates is believable and is one that certainly could happen . maybe not the whole predicting the future thing , but most of the technology used in the film mirrors the technology in our world today . on a narrative standpoint , " minority report " is intense yet many of the things that happen may make you wonder why they happened . the entire story is based on anderton seeing himself as a future killer . the question is , how did his future appear on that screen ? everything is based on what he saw but if he didn ' t see it none of the things that happened would have happened . it ' s a flawed concept that really doesn ' t make any sense .

the film takes place in the 1960s and spielberg desired for us to transplant the audience into a varied universe , with a bit of chic and a sense of drama ( certainly not a humorous cartoon ) . we decided to take on the same approach as those who created title sequences during that era : as if we were in that era , working amongst colleagues . not in terms of technological means , but in terms of philosophy . we wanted to deliver a personal creation that has our mark , that works in contrast to studio title sequences in which the artist’s hand is less visible . we wish to have the audience of this film rediscover a paradise lost .

ere it is : not just allen ' s creative pinnacle , but perhaps the most perfectly assured braiding of comedy and drama in mainstream american film . it feels like the miraculous sweet spot between all of its filmmaker ' s many modes and tones – biting without being cruel , profound without seeming sanctimonious , warmly humane without collapsing into goo .

fter a run of russet - hued collaborations with cinematographer darius khondji , allen is working here for the first time with the venerable vittorio storaro , and the change has done him the good . a couple of scenes with bobby and vonnie together are the most visually beautiful sequences in an allen film in goodness knows how long . and then there ' s

its fortunes changed in 1993 when it starred in free willy , about a boy fighting the unscrupulous owner of an oceanarium to liberate its star turn . the film became a worldwide hit , and when the living conditions of the real " willy " became known , adults and children funded a multi - million dollar campaign to save keiko from its tank in mexico .

todd haynes ' " far from heaven " is like the best and bravest movie of 1957 . its themes , values and style faithfully reflect the social melodramas of the 1950s , but it ' s bolder , and says out loud what those films only hinted at . it begins with an ideal suburban connecticut family , a husband and wife " team " so thoroughly absorbed into corporate culture they ' re known as " mr . and mrs . magnatech . " then it develops that mr . magnatech is gay , and mrs . magnatech believes that the black gardener is the most beautiful man she has ever seen .

it was superstar rajnikant who blessed me to join the film industry . he paid rs 10 , 000 / - on behalf of me to the dancer ' s association and bought the dancer card for me . now , the price of card is rs 15 , 000 / - . i came to the film industry with the recommendation of rajnikanth . i joined as a dancer for shiva shankar master for one year and then i worked for prabhu deva master for 5 months . i am the first and only dancer to become master with in two years of entering the field as dancer . after seeing my phenomenal rise , the dancers ' union passed on a new rule that a dancer should have a minimum of 5 years of experience to become a dance master .

" far from heaven " uses superb craftsmanship to make this film look and feel like a film from the 1950s . todd haynes says he had three specific inspirations : douglas sirk ' s " all that heaven allows " ( 1955 ) , which starred jane wyman and rock hudson in the story of a middle - aged widow and her handsome young gardener ; sirk ' s " imitation of life " ( 1959 ) , with lana turner as a rich woman whose maid ' s daughter ( susan kohner ) passed for white , and max ophuls ' " the reckless moment " ( 1949 ) , about blackmail . in sirk ' s films you often have the feeling that part of the plot is in code ; that one kind of forbidden love stands for another .

17 . in the english - subtitled version of the film , mané galinha is called " knockout ned . " the name was changed to avoid confusion since mané galinha means " chicken manuel . " in the u . s . a chicken is a coward , but , as mentioned above , in brazil it means " womanizer " and the character also stole chickens . the term " knockout " means " handsome " in american slang .

spider - man has a sticky situation to crawl out of . as reported by deadline hollywood , spider - man 4 is caught up in a web of disagreements that’ll likely keep it from being released on may 5th , 2011 as planned . further complicating things , raimi reportedly went through four revisions of the script , with different writers , and still " hated it " . with so many issues , sony cancelled the film in january 2010 .

his work was also notable for its keen detail - - like a copy of a child - rearing guide on a bedroom bookshelf in ' ' virginia woolf ' ' - - as well as its ingenuity , as when he re - created tiananmen square for the 1997 film ' ' red corner ' ' using a 200 - foot - wide blue screen and thousands of 20 - inch concrete slabs cemented to a parking lot in playa del rey , calif .

with the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 and the collapse of the soviet union two years later , the film cultures of russia and the former soviet - bloc countries of eastern europe experienced dramatic transformations . formerly controlled and supported by the state , film production shifted into private hands . with the boundaries that previously had divided eastern from western europe now torn down , filmmakers were freed to work where they pleased or where opportunities existed . a prominent example was the polish director krzysztof kieslowski , who in 1991 made la double vie de véronique ( the double life of veronique ) , which suggested a mysterious symmetry between two women , one living in poland and the other in france . kieslowski shifted his filmmaking work to france , where he made the important trois couleurs ( “three colours” ) trilogy— bleu ( 1993 ; blue ) , rouge ( 1994 ; red ) , and blanc ( 1994 ; white ) —before his death in 1996 .

7 . the scene where buscapé tells marina ( graziela moretto ) " he never took a hot bath " wasn ' t scripted . it was actually footage of rodrigues and moretto talking off camera . during a pause in shooting , he was simply telling her about his life in the city of god . 8 . the film was not actually shot in the cidade de deus , as it was too dangerous . it was shot in a neighboring , less dangerous area .

as beloved as city of god is ( currently # 21 in the imdb top 250 ) , it remains a mysterious star in the film universe . meirelles followed it up with the underrated constant gardener in 2005 , but has yet to match its greatness again . city of god stands on its own at this point and is still one of the best gangster films of the new millennium . let ' s dig deeper into the movie and discover what was going down behind the scenes :

gene hackman , ian holm and martha plimpton feature in the flashbacks and present - day scenes she’s weighing up against each other , trying to work out where her life slid into a rut of barely noticed unfulfilment , and how to escape it . in the film’s most unnerving scene , she bumps into a high - school friend ( sandy dennis ) who dumps a shocking checklist of grievances in her lap , revealing marion ' s long - held view of herself as a kind of mirage .

filmmaking was inevitably affected by the prolonged , bitter , and brutal breakup of yugoslavia during the 1990s . under the circumstances , every film from the region was likely to come under attack from some group as a work of propaganda . this was the case for the work of emir kusturica , who had gained wide recognition for his films in the 1980s but caused controversy in the 1990s with underground ( 1995 ) and crna macka , beli macor ( 1998 ; black cat , white cat ) .

absolutely . we follow people in whom we believe . the best leaders i’ve dealt with—producers and directors—have come to terms with dark reality . instead of communicating via spin doctors , they lead their actors and crews through the antagonism of a world in which the odds of getting the film made , distributed , and sold to millions of moviegoers are a thousand to one . they appreciate that the people who work for them love the work and live for the small triumphs that contribute to the final triumph .

city of god is a great film , but it resonated with viewers because it ' s a gangster movie . the movie tells the origin of li ' l zé , a killer with serious self - loathing issues . and meirelles spins his tale , as well as others , with hyperkinetic editing , handheld cameras , and sun - soaked lighting . the effect is scorsese - esque and thrilling . but city of god also manages to skirt glorifying the violence . you don ' t envy these guys .

his first film work as production designer came in 1956 , for ' ' baby doll , ' ' directed by mr . kazan , for whom he later designed ' ' a face in the crowd , ' ' and ' ' splendor in the grass . ' ' the approval of mr . kazan and appreciation of his work opened other director ' s eyes . mr . sylbert was in constant demand , working as an art director or production designer on more than two dozen films from 1956 to 1975 .

on the subject of villains , raimi considered showcasing the transformation of dr . curt connors into the lizard , with dylan baker reprising his role . he also had plans to upgrade bruce campbell to a more significant role than his prior cameos . in december 2009 , it was reported that john malkovich was in talks to play the vulture , with anne hathaway playing felicia hardy . hardy would be taking a departure from her prior portrayals in this film , becoming " vulturess " instead of the familiar black cat .

jump cuts abound , straight - to - camera interviews break up the plot , and carlo di palma’s handheld camera whip - pans all over the place , seeming to reel from one accusation or gossip - bomb to the next as this foursome all experiment separately with new lovers : perfect catch liam neeson , aerobics bimbo lysette anthony , impressionable student juliette lewis . it’s woody’s last film with farrow and feels , even more now , like a brutal post - mortem on their whole relationship : he even makes himself the loser .

in 1994 , allen adapted his first professionally produced play – a quick - fire cold war farce in which a family of american tourists are mistaken for spies – for the television network abc . a previous film version had been made in 1969 , and apparently niggled away at allen for years , though his own take in no sense redeems it : it looks shatteringly cheap and ugly , while the cast ( which includes michael j . fox and julie kavner ) have nothing to work with but reheated , three - decades - old schtick .

he best of allen’s europe - trotting films is the one most in touch with its touristic soul . scarlett johansson and rebecca hall are two young american women who fall for javier bardem’s divorced artist during a catalonian excursion – and like a midsummer night’s sex comedy , it’s the idea of romance as a mini - break for the soul that gives the film its rosily libidinous power . of its unspeakably attractive cast , penélope cruz was the eventual oscar - winner ; oftentimes , you sense allen’s just happy to be tagging along for the ride .

adio days is allen being nostalgic about nostalgia : it’s the kind of film about the olden days they just don’t make any more . the model was fellini’s free - flowing 1973 masterpiece amarcord , with rimini swapped for rockaway beach in queens , where a working - class jewish family buzz and drift through everyday life , while the music of glenn miller and duke ellington crackles comfortingly from the living room set . allen weaves in further stories of stars and wannabes , muddling memory and fantasy . the result isn’t so much a collage as a patchwork quilt .

woody’s fourth and , thus far , final london film is a lightly cynical ensemble juggling act , taking in gold - digging , psychic love advice and ambulance - chasing literary plagiarism . josh brolin is well cast as a desperate novelist , but gemma jones has the best of it as the jilted wife of anthony hopkins , whose new girlfriend is a tacky ex - hooker ( lucy punch ) . allen , alas , seems above all of his characters here , and inflicts petty twists of fate on them which feel forced and malicious rather than wise or illuminating .

erhaps of all allen’s early comedies , this is the one that could be remade today with the fewest concessions to modern taste . that might be because on its release , it already felt like a film out of time : it’s effectively the marx brothers’ duck soup with a cuban spin ( allen’s wilting new york nebbish accidentally becomes a dictator ) and survives on its never - ending supply of lunatic gags , thundering past like an express train . it looks cheap , which is funny in itself , and satire and spoofery are crammed in until it bulges at the seams .

reilly brings a kind of pathetic sincere naivete to the role - - the same tone , indeed , he brings to a similar husband in " the hours , " where it is also needed . it ' s surprising to see the confidence in his singing and dancing , until you find out he was in musicals all through school . zellweger is not a born hoofer , but then again roxie hart isn ' t supposed to be a star ; the whole point is that she isn ' t , and what zellweger invaluably contributes to the role is roxie ' s dreamy infatuation with herself , and her quickly growing mastery of publicity . velma is supposed to be a singing and dancing star , and zeta - jones delivers with glamor , high style and the delicious confidence the world forces on you when you are one of its most beautiful inhabitants . as for queen latifah , she ' s too young to remember sophie tucker , but not to channel her .

allen cast a fond eye back to the hollywood musicals of his childhood for this all - singing , star - stuffed confection , which follows a clan of wealthy manhattanites chasing after love in new york , venice and paris . edward norton , drew barrymore , julia roberts and goldie hawn are among the game cast singing their hearts out . despite those names it was a commercial flop , and its airiness can sometimes play as insubstantial . but when the film works , it really works : not least when hawn defies gravity on the banks of the seine in its magical finale .

allen has yet to submit a film entitled “will this do ? ” , but anything else comes closest , both in its title and for recycling old tropes about thwarted creativity and being stuck with a pesky , permanently difficult long - term girlfriend ( christina ricci ) who wants to move her mother in . jason biggs’s character is meant to be an aspiring comedy writer , but allen’s script gives him not one funny line . all of these go to his ageing intellectual mentor , a veritable fount of park - bench philosophical witticisms , played by guess who . go on , have a guess .

because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we ' ve somehow never seen before . the effect is oddly jolting : contemporary movies take so many subjects for granted that they never really look at them . haynes , by moving back in time , is able to bring his issues into focus . we care about the characters in the way its period expected us to . ( there is one time rupture ; frank uses the f - word to his wife and the fabric of the film breaks , only to be repaired when he apologizes . ) julianne moore , dennis quaid and dennis haysbert are called on to play characters whose instincts are wholly different from their own . by succeeding , they make their characters real , instead of stereotypes . the tenderness of cathy and raymond ' s unrealized love is filled with regret that is all the more touching because they acknowledge that their society will not accept them as a couple . when raymond and his daughter leave town , cathy suggests may she could visit them sometimes , in baltimore , but raymond gently replies , " i ' m not sure that would be a good idea . "