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“Mimesis” is a melancholy, but ultimately very uplifting short film directed by the young French filmmaker Camille Meynard, which has won a number of awards at European film festivals. The film tells the story of a chance meeting between a down-on-his-luck mime and a young boy. “Mimesis” opens showing the mime at a tawdry fight club full of hooligans, where he works as a battered fall-guy for the other fighters. After he gets fired from the fight club, the mime returns home to his decrepit little apartment, where he gets harassed by a group of boys throwing rocks through his window. The ensuing encounter between the street kid and the tragic mime leads to a heartwarming coming together of an adult mind in a children’s body and a children’s mind in an adult body. Who said magic doesn’t exist anymore?
This piece includes a number of black-and-white photographs, as well as the very touching short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/mimesis-the-battered-mime-and-a-little-street-kid/“Mimesis” is a melancholy, but ultimately very uplifting short film... more
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“Target” is a suspenseful new six-minute short film by the gifted young French director Kendy Ty, an action-thriller that keeps the viewer sitting on edge, guessing right up until the very end. The film begins with brief flash-forward, flash-back sequences that introduce the situation, then focuses on the gripping fast-paced action in a setting of pure presence. “Target” tells the spine-tingling story of a cold-blooded hitman who sets out to enforce a contract; however, nothing happens in the way that the killer actually had planned.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the gripping, action-thriller short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/target-the-spine-tingling-story-of-a-cold-blooded-hitman/“Target” is a suspenseful new six-minute short film by the gifted young... more
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The reported death of the serious, small drama — the kind of things that major studios used to do before opening-weekend grosses became all-important; the kind of thing that indie production companies used to do before the major studios bought them up and made opening-weekend grosses all-important — may be a little premature, but that doesn’t mean that the genre isn’t going through some rough times. Within the world of THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN, that poses a problem for Grégoire Canvel (Louis-Do de Lencquesaing), a producer who stakes his reputation on his unswerving commitment to serious filmmaking and now faces the collapse of everything he’s worked for. For the film itself, it means that the latest work by young director Mia Hansen-Løve enters a market where a serious and thoughtful approach to a story is always welcome.
That FATHER bears a striking resemblance to last year’s SUMMER HOURS isn’t really a surprise — Hansen-Løve has a personal relationship with HOURS’ director Olivier Assayas, and seems to parallel his skill in portraying with candid empathy how people handle tragic loss and deal with the practical decisions that have to be made regardless of such tragedy. Where FATHER diverges is in its tighter focus: looking primarily, as the title suggests, on the impact Canvel’s actions have on his wife, Sylvia (Chiara Caselli) and his children, particularly his similarly headstrong daughter Clémence (Alice de Lencquesaing — daughter of Louis-Do). The result remains a moving drama that demonstrates that there are still stories compelling enough to tell without the intervention of massive pyrotechnics and CG monsters, and filmmakers still agile enough to tell them.
Click on the link to hear the interview:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-persons/emmighty-movie-podcastem_b_593449.htmlThe reported death of the serious, small drama — the kind of things that major... more
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*clac* *clac* *clac* *clac* *clac* “Clac” is a wickedly funny two-minute animated short film by Julien Hazebroucq and Monica Beramendi, two students at Supinfocom in France. Birds can be very annoying, especially when they mess with a living statue man. They can be aggravating to the point of creepiness, particularly when they swarm down in massive groups. But here, these nasty little birds finally get what they darn well bloody deserve, after messing once too often with the living statue man….
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the playfully humorous animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/04/15/clac-clac-clac-clac-now-they-finally-get-what-they-bloody-well-deserve/*clac* *clac* *clac* *clac* *clac* “Clac” is a wickedly funny two-minute... more
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La Gaîté Lyrique is a stunning, dreamlike two-minute 3D animated short film by Passion Paris Director Yves Geleyn. The film was created to celebrate La Gaîté Lyrique, the 19th century Paris theater abandoned since the 1980s, which will blossom as a center for digital arts and contemporary music this coming December. The animation is a stunning work both in the 3D animation and also the interactive experience, combining elements of Baroque theater and stylised Japanese Kabuki dance.
The film’s opening moments lead to a shimmering cascade, immersing the viewer in magical experiences as flowing shapes of all descriptions are conjured from air and water in magnificent, abstract spectacle, conveying the promise of the new theater, the art, science and sound. In addition, Yves Geleyn expands this magnificent film, creating an interactive experience that allows the viewer to venture inside the cathedral and become immersed in its magical atmosphere, bathing in the breathtaking visuals and wonderful soundscape.
This piece presents a number of colorful illustrations, the stunning animated short film and the additional enthralling interactive journey.
Please visit my website to view these illustrations, watch the amazing animated short and engage in this stunning interactive experience:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/04/03/la-gaite-lyrique-a-poetic-journey-through-a-19th-century-parisian-theater/La Gaîté Lyrique is a stunning, dreamlike two-minute 3D animated short... more
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A new YouTube video gives us the first online look at moving footage from Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist, and what we see is simply stunning. The film has premiered this week at the Berlin Film Festival to some wonderfully positive reviews, the most encouraging of which come from those who had doubts about Chomet’s previous feature, Belleville Rendezvous.
Read more: First Footage From Sylvain Chomet’s The Illusionist | /Film http://www.slashfilm.com/2010/02/21/first-footage-from-sylvain-chomets-the-illusionist/#ixzz0gEez8RIGA new YouTube video gives us the first online look at moving footage from Sylvain... more
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A film about 19th Century French author Alexandre Dumas has sparked a row after a white actor was chosen to portray the novelist, who was of African origin.
The celebrated but fair-skinned screen star, Gerard Depardieu, had to darken his skin and wear a curly wig to play the part in L'Autre Dumas.
Critics argue the French movie industry has deliberately undermined the 19th Century novelist's ethnicity.
They say a mixed-race actor should have been chosen to play the national hero.
The directors may have France's favourite actor playing France's favourite author, but while Gerard Depardieu is white, Alexandre Dumas was mixed race.
The casting of a white man in the new film's title role has sparked a racism row
'Shocking and insulting'
Patrick Lozes, President of the Council of Black Associations of France, feels that Dumas' African heritage has been deliberately suppressed for the big screen.
"It's very shocking and it is insulting.
"It is a way of saying that we don't have any black actor who has the talent to play Alexander Dumas, which of course is not true."
Dumas was the grandson of a Haitian slave and often referred to himself as a negro.
Historian Claude Schopp says although his books were revered by his contemporaries, he was often mocked for his colour.
"In caricatures or in sketches he was always presented with big lips, with Afro hair, as a sort of monster."
The film's directors insist they simply chose an actor who could match Dumas's vibrancy.
And although he may not share the author's ethnicity, who better, they say, than the larger-than-life actor Depardieu to portray such a colourful personality?A film about 19th Century French author Alexandre Dumas has sparked a row after a... more
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“Mon Ami Charly” is a wickedly wild, award-winning animated short film by four students from the French ESMA School of Arts. In the film, a little girl gets bored being all alone and asks her mother for permission to go meet her “imaginary friend” Charly. The mother refuses but the little girl disobeys her, and things go rapidly downhill, completely loony-tunes crazy from that point on!
This piece includes a number of colorful illustrations, as well as the wickedly crazy animated short, “Mon Ami Charly.”
Please visit my website to view the illustrations, and to watch this weird and wacky animated short:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/mon-ami-charly-its-your-turn-to-get-your-brains-blown-out/“Mon Ami Charly” is a wickedly wild, award-winning animated short film by... more
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“(Manquer) Missing: A Bicycle Love Story” is a visually stunning 4-minute animated short film by Matt Daniels and Sean Pecknold. The stop-motion animation recounts a well-known motion picture trope: awkward fellow falls for the love of his life, who is stolen away by a village lout, then abused and neglected by the hooligan, and finally gallantly rescued from the cruel thug. But this wonderfully charming short transcends that commonplace leitmotif through its mixture of unusual, visually dynamic photography and a captivating narrative voice-over. You’ll find it very hard not to fall under the pleasant spell of this beguiling little love story, with its every surprising twist and turn.
This piece presents a number of color photographs, as well as this fascinating animated short film.
Please visit my website to view the photographs, and to watch this irresistible 4-minute animation.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/a-bicycle-love-story-hope-lost-and-hope-regained/“(Manquer) Missing: A Bicycle Love Story” is a visually stunning 4-minute... more
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Betty Blue is quintessential French cinema material, an uninhibited and tumultuous story of an obsessive relationship that descends into madness. When it premiered in 1986, the film gained notoriety for its full-frontal nudity and explicit sex. With audience members questioning if the sex scenes were simulated or not, the word-of-mouth buzz helped drive it to box-office success. Based on a novel by Philippe Djian, it has become a cult classic for its mercurial characters, bohemian sexuality and descent into ‘amour fou. Betty Blue: The Director’s Cut, never screened in US theatres, features an additional hour of footage.Betty Blue is quintessential French cinema material, an uninhibited and tumultuous... more
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The Class (Entre Les Murs) was up close and personal for me. The scenes in Laurent Cantet ’s French language film took me back to the thousands of hours I spent teaching migrant students in very multicultural secondary schools in Australia. A very worth winner of the Palme D'or in 2008.The Class (Entre Les Murs) was up close and personal for me. The scenes in Laurent... more
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The Grocer's son is a foreign language film that’s worth a visit to the cinema, if you can find it.The Grocer's son is a foreign language film that’s worth a visit to the... more
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This film consists of series of flashbacks that recount the story of Jane, a young Japanese woman recently having arrived in Bordeaux and fallen in love. Unfortunately, the man is consumed by alcohol and becomes abusive. This drastic change is rather difficult for Jane who turns to religion to find peace and joy. The film was created in 2006 by French, American, and Japanese students at the University of Bordeaux. Excuse the non-steady cam! The flashbacks use the video capture feature of a digital still to remove that larger than life quality cinema usually creates and to instill a life-caught-unawares fictional aesthetic. Whether we succeeded or not is another question. This film consists of series of flashbacks that recount the story of Jane, a young... more
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This film consists of series of flashbacks that recount the story of Jane, a young Japanese woman recently having arrived in Bordeaux and fallen in love. Unfortunately, the man is consumed by alcohol and becomes abusive. This drastic change is rather difficult for Jane who turns to religion to find peace and joy. The film was created in 2006 by French, American, and Japanese students at the University of Bordeaux. Excuse the non-steady cam! The flashbacks use the video capture feature of a digital still to remove that larger than life quality cinema usually creates and to instill a life-caught-unawares fictional aesthetic. Whether we succeeded or not is another question.
Dont forget to see part IIThis film consists of series of flashbacks that recount the story of Jane, a young... more
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This film was created by students at the university of Bordeaux, France. Upon being struck by a tram, Lucas relives visions of his past. Its in French, but you get the idea.This film was created by students at the university of Bordeaux, France. Upon being... more
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