Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
Adam Driver stars as the idealistic architect and artist Caesar, planning to rebuild a city that has fallen to ruins, and Nathalie Emmanuel as the socialite daughter of his nemesis, a corrupt mayor (Giancarlo Esposito), who likes his municipal kingdom the way it is.
In his official logline for the film, Coppola describes Driver’s character as having the “power to stop time,” while Emmanuel’s character is caught between the two, deeply in love with the artist but loyal to her hard-charging father, “forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.”
Espera... ¿qué?.
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"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Imagen a mayor resolución.
Y, uhm, esto:
“I wouldn’t have been able to make it without standing as I do on the shoulders of G.B. Shaw, Voltaire, Rousseau, Bentham, Mill, Dickens, Emerson, Thoreau, Fuller, Fournier, Morris, Carlyle, Ruskin, Butler, and Wells all rolled into one; with Euripides, Thomas More, Moliere, Pirandello, Shakespeare, Beaumarchais, Swift, Kubrick, Murnau, Goethe, Plato, Aeschylus, Spinoza, Durrell, Ibsen, Abel Gance, Fellini, Visconti, Bergman, Bergson, Hesse, Hitchcock, Kurosawa, Cao Xueqin, Mizoguchi, Tolstoy, McCullough, Moses, and the prophets all thrown in.”
¡BRUUUUUUUUUCE!.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
He leído un comentario en Internet que me ha hecho mucha gracia (traducción mía): Ah, un frame de una gran producción actual donde todo esta perfectamente encuadrado y compuesto. La perspectiva, la profundidad, la espacialidad... es lo que tiene ser bueno en tu oficio, supongo
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 30/04/2024 a las 22:07 Razón: Sobraba la cita
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
De Reddit, una persona que dice -dice, cogedlo con pinzas- haber trabajado en la película, comenta sobre el uso de CGI:
Francis actually asked us to drastically limit the amount of blue and green screen used for shooting.
Drastically limit doesn't mean completely exclude. We used printed backings, locations, the volume space, and blue screens. Some scenes just can't be done practically so you rely on other tools. Our first choice was always to do everything in camera when possible. They made it sound like we were shooting a Marvel movie, but we were explicitly given the directive to avoid that.
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 01/05/2024 a las 14:23
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
De Deadline.
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ Heads To Cannes Market With Goodfellas, French Deal Set With Le Pacte: “The Iconic Director Is Back”
One of the year’s most anticipated films will be on sale for independent buyers at the upcoming Cannes market. We can bring you news that French sales company Goodfellas has boarded Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis ahead of the movie’s world premiere in Competition at the festival.
Also confirmed today is the film’s French deal with Le Pacte and the involvement of longtime Coppola collaborator Paul Rassam.
Speculation has been rife around rollout plans for the $120M self-financed epic ever since Coppola showed it for the first time to buyers at L.A.’s Universal CityWalk Imax Theater at the end of March, with the screening followed shortly after by news of its Cannes selection.
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The movie will debut in Competition in Cannes on the evening of Thursday, May 16.
As per Mike’s report on the L.A. screening, Coppola and longtime attorney Barry Hirsch, who is a producer the film, have been looking for a distribution strategy that will reach a wide audience in the fall, with an emphasis on Imax theatres. The U.S. deal remains a work in progress.
The deals revealed today were negotiated by Hirsch with Goodfellas (formerly Wild Bunch International) President Vincent Maraval and Le Pacte President Jean Labadie. Instrumental in the negotiations was Paul Rassam, longtime partner of Francis Ford Coppola and Sofia Coppola, known for distributing films such as Apocalypse Now, Tucker, Lost In Translation, Marie Antoinette, Amadeus, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Dances With Wolves, and Into the Wild.
The deal with Goodfellas and the now finalized sale of French rights to Le Pacte means the film will meet with a Cannes rule that Competition films must release theatrically in France before hitting any platform.
This rules out the immediate involvement of a streamer in France due to the territory’s windowing rules requiring a 17-month gap between a theatrical release and its launch on a global streamer, apart from Netflix which has negotiated a 15-month deal.
It remains to be seen whether the movie goes the streaming route elsewhere, although Deadline hears Goodfellas is also already close to securing theatrical deals in a number of key territories.
Paris-based Goodfellas has a long track record of audacious sales campaigns at Cannes.
Over its 20-year run, Maraval’s firm has sold 11 Palme d’Or winners including Michael Moore’s Farenheit 9/11, Cristian Mungiu’s 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, Abdellatif Kechiche’s Blue Is The Warmest Colour, Hirokazu Kor-eda’s Shoplifters and Julia Ducournau’s Titane, while it has helped a raft of Cannes titles breakout internationally including Nadine Labaki’s Capernaum and Ladj Ly’s Les Misérables. The company’s Oscar-winning sales titles include Michel Hazanavicius’s The Artist, Luc Jacquet’s March of the Penguins and Hayao Miyazaki’s Spirited Away.
Coppola and French producer Rassam go back a long way. In 1977, Rassam invested in Apocalypse Now when it was in financial difficulty in return for the French rights to the film. The deal resulted in a life-long friendship between the two men and their families.
Le Pacte’s Jean Labadie said today: “I want to thank Francis Ford Coppola, Barry Hirsch, and Paul Rassam for trusting Le Pacte with the distribution of Megalopolis in France. It is fantastic for us, as our admiration for Francis’ work is immense. How many directors have been able to liberate themselves from the ‘rules’ of cinema? How often do we experience a film in which every sequence is truly astonishing, with incredible performances from an A-list acting ensemble? Thanks to Megalopolis, our faith in American independent cinema is alive, and our appetite for bold films—which combine pleasure, outstanding direction, and reflection—are fulfilled.”
Goodfella’s Vincent Maraval added: “This is a dream come true for Goodfellas as we have always dedicated ourselves to legendary directors and their vision. We had the chance to screen the film last week and we were blown away. This is a film that never ceases to surprise you, to challenge the boundaries of independent cinema in a joyful and visually impressive dance, leaving you with the unique feeling of never having seen such a thing before. The iconic director is back!”
The feature film is produced by Fred Roos, Barry Hirsch, and Michael Bederman, and is executive-produced by Anahid Nazarian, Barrie Osbourne, and Darren Demetre.
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 01/05/2024 a las 15:07
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Esto es acido para el pseudocritico moderno.
Buenísima pinta.
¿Adam Driver en planen lo alto del edificio Chrysler?Spoiler:
Saludos
Q: "I'm your new quartermaster"
007: "You must be joking"
_______________________
CLAUDIO: "Lady, as you are mine, I am yours"
_______________________
EISENSTEIN: "I'm a boxer for the freedom of the cinematic expression" -"I'm a scientific dilettante with encyclopedic interests"
Peinabombillas
Del it. peinar, bombilla.
1. adj. Dícese de aquel hombre que realiza actividades absurdas o faltas de razonamiento.
2. adj. coloq. Dicho de una persona: Que se comporta de forma similar o que evoca al cineasta James Gunn.
Joder, COMPRO. El homenaje a Storaro es precioso (esos colores, el aspect ratio). Cómo está rodado, la música....
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Esto es como decían BruceTimm y Tripley, la película es casi lo de menos (que no, pero ya me entendeis). Un referente absoluto en su campo, un gigante, una leyenda viva al final de su vida, haciendo lo que le sale de los cojones al margen del sistema con medios casi ilimitados de facto, materializando el proyecto que le ha tenido obsesionado desde los años 70 (hay entrevistas con Lawrence Fishburne donde dice que en el rodaje de Apocalypse Now Francis ya hablaba de Megalópolis, así, con ese nombre), y a quién le importa un carajo como vaya la película en términos de recaudación en taquilla y demás historias.
En pleno 2024, la era de los algoritmos, los comités y demás, esto no es ya que sea algo digno de celebrar, es que es un milagro, algo histórico. Un evento (de los de verdad, no como Endgame).
Somos muy afortunados de estar viviendo algo así.
Última edición por Branagh/Doyle; 05/05/2024 a las 12:12
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
De la web del Festival de Cannes.
Megalopolis is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing conflict between Cesar Catilina, a genius artist who seeks to leap into a utopian, idealistic future, and his opposition, Mayor Franklyn Cicero, who remains committed to a regressive status quo, perpetuating greed, special interests, and partisan warfare. Torn between them is socialite Julia Cicero, the mayor’s daughter, whose love for Cesar has divided her loyalties, forcing her to discover what she truly believes humanity deserves.
138 minutos.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Se confirma que se ha rodado integramente en 70mm (en digital, eso si), con la Arri Alexa 65 y lentes Panavision Sphero 65.
Un incentivo extra para verla en salas, y para babear imaginando como se verá la futura edición en BD/UHD (si se hacen las cosas bien).
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Pues el próximo Jueves Megalópolis se proyectará en el festival de Cannes. La película será al fin desvelada al mundo. Coppola se la juega a una sola carta por última vez. Esperemos de todo corazón que le salga bien.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
Ninguna sorpresa, pero se confirma (vía Variety), que el próximo jueves en Cannes, además de proyectarse dentro de la competición principal, la película se ofrecerá a compradores/distribuidores, con la esperanza de alcanzar acuerdos para un estreno en salas en más territorios (todo esto si la película recibe una buena acogida por parte del festival, supongo).
Increíble que a día de hoy la película no tenga un distribuidor en Estados Unidos, su país de origen. Debería darles vergüenza.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
ALABEMOS AL SEÑOR. NUESTRAS PLEGARIAS HAN SIDO ESCUCHADAS.
Francis Ford Coppola's ‘Megalopolis' Has Found Distribution in Germany, Italy, UK and Spain
Labadie says the film was inspired by the conspiracy of Catlline, as told by historian Sallust. Some of the dialogue in “Megalopolis” is in English, some of it in Latin. About the film itself, Labadie calls it “spectacular” film with a “unique visual universe.”
It's a film that keeps surprising you, both by the story and the form. Coppola dares to be daring and I challenge audiences to predict what will happen from one scene to the next, you can’t. It's an unimaginable approach in cinema today. You’ll feel emotion and extraordinary intellectual stimulation, as the film speaks about our society of today and tomorrow. Megalopolis talks about our lives, politics, science, time, family, creation, the trace we leave... So many themes with which Coppola's cinema is familiar.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
¿Se sabe quien en España?
Jean Labadie: “Megalopolis” no es “Barbie”
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Qué huevos tienen, sobretodo siendo Greta Gerwig la presidenta del jurado este año en Cannes.
Cito extractos.
Como suele ocurrir con Francis Ford Coppola , todo está sobre la mesa para alimentar la epopeya de un triunfo o de una caída en la Croisette: un gran presupuesto financiado enteramente – o al menos en parte – con los fondos del maestro, una libertad total sin el control de un estudio, la promesa de un espectáculo rompedor de códigos e innovador, un cineasta en el ocaso de su vida, pero sin miedo ante los detractores.
Como puedes imaginar, no podemos revelar las condiciones de adquisición. Era un acuerdo clásico y un contrato muy sencillo de unas veinte páginas incluido el tradicional bla-bla. Fue una negociación bastante fácil, pero afortunadamente conté con el apoyo de dos hombres que fueron mis padrinos en el proceso: Thomas Langmann y Paul Rassam. A partir de ahí, ¡dejo que todos sueñen con las cantidades!
Sobre la fecha de estreno de Megalópolis en Francia, todavía no puedo confirmar nada, ya que una cláusula de “hold back” estipula que nos comprometemos a esperar el estreno americano de la película para distribuirla en las salas francesas. Probablemente será la misma semana para evitar la piratería. En Francia sólo hay veintidós salas Imax y eso está muy lejos de cubrir todo el territorio. Por lo tanto, la estrenaremos en las mejores salas posibles, con el compromiso de los exhibidores de respetar las condiciones técnicas de proyección exigidas por Coppola.
Si es accesible al gran público, ¿cómo se explica que los grandes estudios le hayan dado la espalda?
En primer lugar, las estructuras operativas de los estudios son tan engorrosas que casi nunca compran una película que no hayan iniciado ellos mismos. Y en cualquier caso, ya no son las mismas empresas que Coppola, Scorsese o Spielberg conocieron al inicio de sus carreras. Las grandes empresas ahora están dirigidas por personas que, sobre todo, siguen la cotización en bolsa. Mire los rumores actuales que rodean la adquisición de Paramount por parte de Sony. Si un estudio recibiera hoy los guiones de Panic in Needle Park, Macadam Cowboy o Secret Conversation , se negaría a distribuirlos y eso es una pena, todo esto empobrece la creación.
No tengo nada en contra de Barbie , siempre me alegro cuando una película es un éxito de público pero, está claro, Megalópolis no es Barbie. En cualquier caso, tengo una enorme confianza en el público, hay que confiar en ellos, son mucho más inteligentes de lo que piensan algunos profesionales del sector y Megalópolis lo tiene todo para complacer a un gran público en las salas. Sí, obviamente está dirigido a cinéfilos, pero es espectacular en todos los sentidos y debería llegar a mucha gente.
¿Quiénes son los otros distribuidores de la película además de Pacte y Goodfellas para los derechos internacionales?
Este lunes [13 de mayo, nota del editor] se dará a conocer la lista de los otros cuatro distribuidores europeos de Megalópolis fuera del Pacto, para Alemania, Italia, Inglaterra y España, todos elegidos uno tras otro por Francis Ford. Coppola, siguiendo el consejo de su socio y abogado Barry Hirsch y también de Paul Rassam, que sigue siendo su verdadero asesor. Todos los distribuidores estamos convencidos de que se trata de una película destinada a un público amplio.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.
"There’s this misconception these days that a thematic score means a dated-sounding score. This, of course, is a cop out. There’s no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater. The art of composing modern scores is the having the skill set to keep motifs alive while being relevant. But too many times, newer composers have no idea what fully developed themes are because they grew up on scores that are nothing more than ostinatos and “buahs.”
John Ottman.