Tag: Venice Film Festival 2010
Three Directed by Tom Tykwer, Venice Film Festival 2010
Another interesting title at this year’s Venice Film Festival (from September 1 – 11) is the project titled Three (Drei), In Competition, from director Tom Tykwer (we all remember him from movie Run, Lola, Run).
Three
Three is already being described as a “relationship-movie”, about love, morals and the sexes in a late-modernist German society at the mercy of its mixed feelings, or if you prefer the official synopsis part:
“A love story Hanna and Simon, a couple in their early forties, live together in Berlin. Unknown to each other they both become acquainted with Adam – and fall in love with him. When Hanna becomes pregnant, their whistle is blown – and the question arises: Who is the father?”
Three
Three is a tragicomical movie about love, morals and the sexes in a late-modernist German society at the mercy of its mixed feelings.
Venice Film Festival 2010 Starts Today
And finally it started! The 67th Venice Film Festival, one of the most prestigious, and, by the way, the oldest film festival in the world, kicked off tonight at 7:00 p.m. in the Palazzo del Cinema featuring impressive Opening ceremony, hosted by the Italian actress Isabella Ragonese.
Black Swan made its world premiere as the opening film, bringing the American director Darren Aronofsky back to the Lido, where he won the top Golden Lion prize with The Wrestler (2008).
Of course, we already have some interesting reviews to share with you, for example this one (that comes from Variety):
“A wicked, sexy and ultimately devastating study of a young dancer’s all-consuming ambition, “Black Swan” serves as a fascinating complement to Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” trading the grungy world of a broken-down fighter for the more upscale but no less brutal sphere of professional ballet.”
Let us remind you that the movie stars Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey and Winona Ryder and is In Competition.
Black Swan premiered on the big screen at the Lido’s glitzy Casino, the first billing in a rare opening night triple-header along with Andrew Lau‘s Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen.
On the other hand, another movie is the highlight of the festival, Robert Rodriguez‘s Machete with Danny Trejo, Jessica Alba, Michelle Rodriguez, Robert De Niro, Steven Seagal, Don Johnson and Lindsay Lohan.
Rodriguez said the idea for Machete came from a fake trailer that he inserted in his and Quentin Tarantino‘s Grindhouse, released in 2007.
“That trailer fed the audience’s appetite and for years after that people asked whether I would make Machete into a feature. They kept coming and asking for it,” Rodriguez said after a press screening of his film, which is being presented out of competition at the Venice festival.
The line-up features numerous American films (six in competition alone) and Italian titles (four in competition, 24 overall) and some of Europe’s top names: Abdellatif Kechiche, Tom Tykwer, Alex De La Iglesia…
You can see the full list of all films playing In Competition right here on our site and can check Out of Competition line-up below.
Essential Killing Starring Vincent Gallo, Venice Film Festival 2010
The 67th Venice International Film Festival will take place on the Lido from September 1 through 11, 2010, and we’re here to remind you to bookmark this event!
The last title, presented in its world premiere screening, In Competition at the 67th Venice International Film Festival is Essential Killing, the new film by Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski that goes like this:
“Captured by the US military in Afghanistan, Mohammed is transported to a secret military black site somewhere in the Eastern Europe.
When the armed convoy he is riding in plummets off a steep hill, Mohammed finds himself suddenly free and on the run behind the enemy lines, among a hostile, snow blanketed forest.
Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins, Venice Film Festival 2010
Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike is a very busy man these days.
13 Assassins
Two new projects for him this year, Zebraman 2 and something that’s already being described as “an epic samurai bloodbath” and the reason why we’re here today movie titled 13 Assassins.
When you’re that busy, then you definitely deserve to have a movie playing In Competition at the Venice Film Festival 2010.
The film is a remake of Eiichi Kudo’s 1963 black-and-white Japanese movie of the same name, and the story follows:
“Esteemed samurai Shinzaemon Shimada is secretly commissioned to terminate the evil Lord Naritsugu after his bloody rise to power. Assembling an elite group of samurai, Shinzaemon plots to ambush the Lord on his annual journey home from Edo.
Venice Film Festival 2010 In Competition List
UPDATE: Check out the list of Venice Film Festival 2010 Winners
Are you guys ready for the oldest film festival in the world? Yeah, sure you are! Who’s crazy enough to miss all that glamour, great movies, and well-known faces? Guess nobody!
This year’s Venice Film Festival runs from September 1- 11th and some great titles will compete for Leone d’Oro, or if you prefer Golden Lion, indeed!
Just in case you don’t trust us, check out a list of all the films playing in competition:
IN COMPETITION
Black Swan, Opening Night Film (dir. Darren Aronofsky – U.S.) Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Barbara Hershey, Winona Ryder
La Pecora Nera, (dir. Ascanio Celestini – Italy) Ascanio Celestini, Giorgio Tirabassi, Maya Sansa
Somewhere, (dir. Sofia Coppola – U.S.) Stephen Dorff, Elle Fanning, Benicio Del Toro, Michelle Monaghan, Laura Chiatti, Simona Ventura
Happy Few, (dir. Antony Cordier – France) Marina Fois, Elodie Bouchez, Roschdy Zem, Nicolas Duvauchelle
Essential Killing, (dir. Jerzy Skolimowski – Poland, Norway, Hungary, Ireland) Vincent Gallo, Emmanuelle Seigner
The Solitude of Prime Numbers, (dir. Saverio Costanzo – Italy, Germany, France) Alba Rohrwacher, Luca Marinelli, Filippo Timi, Isabella Rossellini, Maurizio Donadoni
