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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
STARWARS EPISODE VII Cast Announced
The Star Wars team is thrilled to announce the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. Actors John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, and Max von Sydow will join the original stars of the saga, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Mark Hamill, Anthony Daniels, Peter Mayhew, and Kenny Baker in the new film. Director J.J. Abrams says, "We are so excited to finally share the cast of Star Wars: Episode VII. It is both thrilling and surreal to watch the beloved original cast and these brilliant new performers come together to bring this world to life, once again. We start shooting in a couple of weeks, and everyone is doing their best to make the fans proud." Star Wars: Episode VII is being directed by J.J. Abrams from a screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan and Abrams. Kathleen Kennedy, J.J. Abrams, and Bryan Burk are producing, and John Williams returns as the composer. The movie opens worldwide on December 18, 2015.
April 29th, Pinewood Studios, UK – Writer/Director/Producer J.J. Abrams (top center right) at the cast read-through of Star Wars: Episode VII at Pinewood Studios with (clockwise from right) Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, Carrie Fisher, Peter Mayhew, Producer Bryan Burk, Lucasfilm President and Producer Kathleen Kennedy, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Mark Hamill, Andy Serkis, Oscar Isaac, John Boyega, Adam Driver and Writer Lawrence Kasdan.
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Tuesday, April 22, 2014
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Another Faithful Hit for Hollywood: ‘Heaven Is for Real’
“Heaven Is for Real” became Hollywood’s
fourth overtly faith-based hit of the year over the Easter weekend,
taking in an estimated $21.5 million — double the dismal ticket sales
that Johnny Depp mustered for his latest big-budget effort. But God
still could not beat a superhero: The No. 1 movie at North American
theaters was again “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (Disney), which
sold about $26.6 million in tickets, for a three-week domestic total of
$201.5 million, according to Rentrak, which compiles box-office data.
The animated “Rio 2” (20th Century Fox) was
second, taking in about $22.5 million, for a two-week total of $75.4
million. Then came “Heaven Is for Real”
(Sony Pictures Entertainment), the best-performing new entry, with a
total since opening on Thursday of $28.5 million. It cost $12 million to
make and was backed with a grassroots marketing campaign that focused
on churches as well as a more mainstream audience.
Religious movies
have been hot at the box office this year in part because the current
boomlet follows a drought. Studios also aim to lock in sales by church
groups, resulting in an opening-weekend pop that can drive positive word
of mouth, a crucial element of successful movie releases. “Heaven Is
for Real” was also based on a best-selling book. The other three hits so
far this year have been “Noah,” “Son of God” and “God’s Not Dead.” More
religious movies are on the way, including Ridley Scott’s “Exodus: Gods
and Kings,” which is scheduled for release in December.
For the weekend, Mr. Depp’s “Transcendence”
(Warner Bros.), a science-fiction drama, had $11.2 million in ticket
sales – a distant fourth-place arrival that extended a string of
misfires for him. “Transcendence” was directed by Wally Pfister, a
first-time filmmaker known for his cinematography work on Warner’s “Dark
Knight” series. It cost an estimated $100 million and received
overwhelmingly negative reviews. Fifth place went to the low-budget
comedy horror sequel “A Haunted House 2” (Open Road), which took in
about $9.1 million.
Monday, April 14, 2014
New Featurette for Jeff Bridges' THE GIVER
The Giver is directed by Phillip Noyce and also stars Brenton Thwaites, Alexander Skarsgard, Katie Holmes, Meryl Streep, Cameron Monaghan, and Odeya Rush. It hits U.S. theaters on August 15.
Official Websites: http://thegiverfilm.com/, https://twitter.com/thegivermovie
What do you think of the New Featurette?
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Mickey Rooney Appreciation: Noir Films Showed He Was More Than a Teen Star
From 1937 to 1946, Mickey Rooney
played clean-cut, wide-eyed Midwestern teenager Andy Hardy 15 times in a
series of films that proved instrumental (along with his Judy Garland
musicals) in making him one of the most popular movie stars of his era.
They also surely came to feel like a gilded prison around the actor. By
the time the series ended, the Hardy character had been to WWII and back
(as had Rooney), yet still seemed incapable of getting past first base
with a girl (whereas Rooney was already on the second of his eight
marriages).
The Mickster’s thirst for more adult roles was palpable, and Hollywood took a few different stabs at figuring out what to do with him. There was a series of sports films designed to show off the five-foot-two actor’s virile, athletic side: the boxing drama “Killer McCoy” (1947), in which he is a highly improbable light heavyweight; the car-racing programmer “The Big Wheel” (1949); and “The Fireball” (1950), about a champion roller skater. But Rooney would prove a far better fit for the seedy, downtrodden world of film noir: He gave two of his best performances in a pair of unjustly overlooked classics of the genre.
Rooney had come to noir via the 1950 “Quicksand,” a taut, independently made thriller (which he partly financed along with his co-star, Peter Lorre) in which he stars as a naive auto mechanic whose seemingly innocuous theft of $20 from the store cash register snowballs into a series of increasingly violent and dangerous criminal acts. Several degrees greater, however, is 1954’s “Drive a Crooked Road,” where Rooney is once again a mechanic, this time seduced by a gangster’s sultry moll (Dianne Foster) into serving as the getaway driver for a Palm Springs bank heist. The movie’s ad copy — “Why Would a Dame Like Her Go for a Guy Like Me?”— effectively summed it up. Expertly directed by Richard Quine (a frequent Rooney collaborator) from a crackling script by the young Blake Edwards, “Drive” turns on Rooney’s diminutive stature and equally deflated sense of self, casting him as a decent but self-loathing loner who allows himself to be duped by Foster’s transparent charms — and it reveals a darkness in the actor that no movie quite had before.
Darker still is “Baby Face Nelson” (1957), directed by the great Don Siegel (“Dirty Harry”) and featuring Rooney as the eponymous John Dillinger associate, known for his trigger-happy ways and massive Napoleon complex. It is an unsparing, startlingly violent film that in many ways anticipates “Bonnie and Clyde” by a decade (unsurprisingly, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther panned it, too), and Rooney is absolutely terrifying in it: shifty, seething with rage against the world, primed to explode. Siegel’s film is rarely screened today and has never been released on any homevideo format; Rooney’s death makes its revival seem all the more urgent.
After “Baby Face Nelson,” Rooney veered back to more likable movie roles, but on TV he had one more unqualified triumph in the pit of despair. In “The Comedian” (1957), directed live by John Frankenheimer for the anthology series “Playhouse 90,” he is Sammy Hogarth, a vituperative TV comic who spews invective at all who surround him, not least his long-suffering brother/assistant (Mel Torme). “Don’t make me the heavy all the time!” Hogarth bellows in one of his rants. Rooney only occasionally got to play the heavy, but when he did, he was rarely more brilliant.
Photo: Post-WWII, the actor stretched in 1954’s “Drive a Crooked Road.”
The Mickster’s thirst for more adult roles was palpable, and Hollywood took a few different stabs at figuring out what to do with him. There was a series of sports films designed to show off the five-foot-two actor’s virile, athletic side: the boxing drama “Killer McCoy” (1947), in which he is a highly improbable light heavyweight; the car-racing programmer “The Big Wheel” (1949); and “The Fireball” (1950), about a champion roller skater. But Rooney would prove a far better fit for the seedy, downtrodden world of film noir: He gave two of his best performances in a pair of unjustly overlooked classics of the genre.
Rooney had come to noir via the 1950 “Quicksand,” a taut, independently made thriller (which he partly financed along with his co-star, Peter Lorre) in which he stars as a naive auto mechanic whose seemingly innocuous theft of $20 from the store cash register snowballs into a series of increasingly violent and dangerous criminal acts. Several degrees greater, however, is 1954’s “Drive a Crooked Road,” where Rooney is once again a mechanic, this time seduced by a gangster’s sultry moll (Dianne Foster) into serving as the getaway driver for a Palm Springs bank heist. The movie’s ad copy — “Why Would a Dame Like Her Go for a Guy Like Me?”— effectively summed it up. Expertly directed by Richard Quine (a frequent Rooney collaborator) from a crackling script by the young Blake Edwards, “Drive” turns on Rooney’s diminutive stature and equally deflated sense of self, casting him as a decent but self-loathing loner who allows himself to be duped by Foster’s transparent charms — and it reveals a darkness in the actor that no movie quite had before.
Darker still is “Baby Face Nelson” (1957), directed by the great Don Siegel (“Dirty Harry”) and featuring Rooney as the eponymous John Dillinger associate, known for his trigger-happy ways and massive Napoleon complex. It is an unsparing, startlingly violent film that in many ways anticipates “Bonnie and Clyde” by a decade (unsurprisingly, New York Times critic Bosley Crowther panned it, too), and Rooney is absolutely terrifying in it: shifty, seething with rage against the world, primed to explode. Siegel’s film is rarely screened today and has never been released on any homevideo format; Rooney’s death makes its revival seem all the more urgent.
After “Baby Face Nelson,” Rooney veered back to more likable movie roles, but on TV he had one more unqualified triumph in the pit of despair. In “The Comedian” (1957), directed live by John Frankenheimer for the anthology series “Playhouse 90,” he is Sammy Hogarth, a vituperative TV comic who spews invective at all who surround him, not least his long-suffering brother/assistant (Mel Torme). “Don’t make me the heavy all the time!” Hogarth bellows in one of his rants. Rooney only occasionally got to play the heavy, but when he did, he was rarely more brilliant.
Photo: Post-WWII, the actor stretched in 1954’s “Drive a Crooked Road.”
Monday, April 7, 2014
Frankie & Alice
Plot Summary: From Lionsgate and Codeblack Films and the executive producers of "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" and "Lackawanna Blues" comes a mind-bending drama starring Academy Award® Winner
and Golden Globe® Nominee Halle Berry ("The Call," "Monster's Ball").
"Frankie & Alice" is inspired by the remarkable true story of an
African American go-go dancer "Frankie" with multiple personalities
(dissociative identity disorder or “DID”) who struggles to remain her
true self while fighting against two very unique alter egos: a
seven-year-old child named Genius and a Southern white racist woman
named Alice. In order to stop the multiple voices in her head, Frankie
(Halle Berry) works together with a psychotherapist (Stellan Skarsgard)
to uncover and overcome the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.Read more: Frankie & Alice Trailer, News, Videos, and Reviews | ComingSoon.net http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=44280#ixzz2yFLq2pKy
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http://www.fandango.com/movie-trailer/frankieandalice-trailer/139403
Saturday, April 5, 2014
The Expendables 3 OFFICIAL TRAILER
"Barney (Stallone), Christmas (Statham) and the rest of the team comes face-to-face with Conrad Stonebanks (Gibson), who years ago co-founded The Expendables with Barney. Stonebanks subsequently became a ruthless arms trader and someone who Barney was forced to kill… or so he thought. Stonebanks, who eluded death once before, now is making it his mission to end The Expendables — but Barney has other plans. Barney decides that he has to fight old blood with new blood, and brings in a new era of Expendables team members, recruiting individuals who are younger, faster and more tech-savvy. The latest mission becomes a clash of classic old-school style versus high-tech expertise in the Expendables’ most personal battle yet."
‘The Expendables 3′ is scheduled to arrive in theaters on August 15, 2014. The enormous cast includes Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mel Gibson, Jason Statham, Harrison Ford, Kelsey Grammer, Antonio Banderas, Wesley Snipes.
What do you think of the trailer?
Thursday, April 3, 2014
MORE POTTER?: Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling Confirms Three More Wizarding World Stories
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling confirms she has signed on with Warner Bros. to pen three films taking place in Potter's wizarding world. The series is based on a book Harry Potter read in the original series. The next series will take place seven decades before the start of Harry Potter's stories
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Wednesday, April 2, 2014
Watch Scarlett Johansson star in trailer for Luc Besson's Lucy
"I can feel every living thing…"
The trailer for Luc Besson's sci-fi actioner Lucy has hit the 'net, and it's a bit bloody exciting.
It might seem a tiny bit gratuitous in the opening few seconds - we first see Scarlett's Lucy in a bra, and there's a bit too many 'Scarlett being objectified' clips in those opening moments - but then the premise kicks in (Lucy is affected by a drug that allows her to access 100% of her brain's capabilities, instead of the usual 10%) and it starts to get really good.
This one's just gone near the top of our must-watch list, check it out below, then let us know what you think.
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
INTERVIEW WITH CARLOS PONCE: The actor sits down with LCP (Lights! Camera! Popcorn!) to talk about his role in the latest Tinker Bell series “The Pirate Fairy”
by Adriana Jimenez
The Puerto Rican actor, singer and composer Carlos Ponce is back in a new Disney animated film in the latest Tinker Bell series "The Pirate Fairy".
In the film that's available April 1st on Blu-ray and DVD, Ponce gives life to Bonito—a big, strong, buff pirate with a sensitive soul and a passion for sowing. Not only can the huge Spaniard pirate throw a harpoon a hundred yards away, but he also enjoys applying dainty double-stitched seams to his fairy captain's tiny outfits.
Having worked on past animated films like "Rio" and "Free Birds", Ponce said he felt quite comfortable in the recording booth. He said he definitely practiced his "arr" around the house to channel his inner pirate, but revealed to Lights! Camera! Popcorn! of the real reason why the character came quite natural to him.
"That was all me, it's Carlos Ponce, they saw I was a big, strong guy and yet I was very sensitive, so they based the whole character on me. I'm very modest. I'm kidding!" he joked with a playful grin.
While Bonito and Ponce may not be one of the same, one thing they have for sure in common is the talent for singing. Ponce, who's reached the #1 spot on the Billboard charts several times in the past, lends his voice in a good ol' catchy pirate song that he guarantees will get stuck in your head.
"It's a great song… it gets embedded into your brain—forever!"
The Pink Panther is coming (back) to the big screen.
The Pink Panther is coming (back) to the big screen.
MGM announced Monday it planned to reboot the franchise in a live-action/animation hybrid, focusing on the rosy-colored cat who soft-shoed his way through the intros to most of the films, rather than on the aloof Inspector Clouseau. They’ve tapped The Simpsons Movie director David Silverman to helm the project.
Based on Friz Freleng and David De Patie’s cartoons, the Pink Panther’s 11-feature film cinematic history has spanned five decades — made iconic by the collaboration between director Blake Edwards and star Peter Sellers, who portrayed Clouseau. MGM tried their hand at a few reboots — including one in 1993 with Roberto Benigni and two with Steve Martin in 2006 and 2009. Both Martin attempts were very poorly reviewed, and the second film grossed only $35.9 million domestically on a $70 budget. There have also been a slew of animated Pink Panther films.
The new film will focus on a jewel heist and, reports say that, paying homage to its origin, the Panther will not speak. Mancini’s theme will be used as well. Both Walter Mirisch, executive producer of the original films and shows, and Julie Andrews (Edwards’ widow) will serve in a producing capacity.
Are you ready for a new Pink Panther movie?
For full article go to Entertainment Weekly:
http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/03/31/mgm-plans-pink-panther-reboot-with-simpsons-director/
Monday, March 31, 2014
Interactive Film Making
There are currently over 33,000 films trying to raise funds on Kickstarter alone which doesn’t include films raising money on other worthy platforms such as IndieGoGo and Seed and Spark, among others.
Facing an over-saturated market, when we were trying to decide if we should turn to crowdfunding to raise the seed money for our independent feature film "The Other Side," we knew we would have to make a big splash if we were going to have any chance at all of meeting our $50,000 goal.
Of course, this is in the post "Veronica Mars," Zach Braff, era, when celebrities from Spike Lee to Neil Young have drawn attention to the crowdfunding cause and changed the way people look at crowdfunding completely (depending on your train of thought this either good and bad).
We quickly understood that we would have to set ourselves apart using new ideas and turned to the innovative technology of interactive video to do so. We had seen a few interactive videos (most notably the Bob Dylan music video and the New Girl music video) and our director, Dani Tenenbaum, thought this medium not only could fit extremely well for our story, but could be huge for people trying to raise money through crowdfunding in general.
Interactive video lets the viewer choose his or her own path of discovery. For filmmakers, this means that it’s possible to invite people to explore different aspects of the film’s world and keep them engaged for longer than just a two-minute trailer.
Our film, which takes place between the Hasidic Jewish community in Brooklyn and the hipster community, which are two very distinct, vibrant, places, gave us the idea to film tours of each place and gives the viewer the chance to choose which tour they want to take. We also have three languages in our film so we give people the option to hear a summary in English, Hebrew, or Yiddish depending on which language they speak.
Read More: Indiewire's Ultimate Guide to Crowdfunding
Interactive video is great for getting people involved in a deeper way because statistically people watch the video multiple times so they can see what would happen if they chose a different option. People have watched our interactive video for an average of 7 minutes and 41 seconds, which in today’s fast paced, ADD world, is huge. Now the viewer is invested in the project and is more likely to take the extra step of donating because they already spent more time getting to know not only the story, but also us as filmmakers.
Since the technology is brand new, certain kinks are still being worked out. The interactivity works really well on computers (both laptops and desktops) but some phones and tablets struggle with loading this type of video. However the team from Interlude, the company who created the interactive technology, are constantly updating their servers to give the best viewing experience possible and were super helpful as we were developing the video with great tips (they are also just really good people).
The end of the video takes you directly to our Kickstarter page where people can then choose to watch our regular pitch video or donate directly. Being the first group of filmmakers to use this technology to crowdfund has been such an exciting and rewarding experience as we have had people from all over the world watching, sharing, and donating.
We can’t wait to see others develop their own interactive crowdfunding campaigns in the near future.
Check out the video below and read more about the campaign here.
Stacey Maltin, who wrote the screenplay for "The Other Side," is a producer, writer, and actress based in New York. She has a BFA from NYU Tisch with a minor in journalism and has been working professionally in film and theater for over ten years. She has produced in New York as well as internationally in Israel and has found a home with WIWU Productions, a boutique production house creating compelling independent film as well as commercial work including music videos, commercials, and PSA’s for major companies worldwide.
Friday, March 28, 2014
RUBEN SALAZAR- THE DOCUMENTARY
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Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle examines the life and mysterious death of pioneering LA Times journalist Ruben Salazar.
At the heart of the story is Salazar's transformation from a mainstream, establishment reporter to primary chronicler and supporter of the radical Chicano movement of the late 1960s. Killed under mysterious circumstances by a law enforcement officer in 1970, Salazar became an instant martyr to Latinos — many of whom had criticized his reporting during his lifetime. Adding to the Salazar mystique is that the details of how he was killed have been obscured in the ensuing four decades since his death. Featuring material from recently released files obtained by the filmmaker, Ruben Salazar: Man in the Middle removes Salazar from the glare of myth and martyrdom and offers a clear-eyed look at a complex man and his times.
The Documentary will air Nationally on PBS Tuesday, April 28, 2014 at 9 pm.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
Check out Megan Fox in New "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" MOVIE TRAILER
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles comes out in theaters everywhere August 8th 2014. Michelangelo, Donatello, Raphael and Leonardo thank all your efforts!
'Cesar Chavez' Director: 'We Don't See Films About The Latino Experience ... It's Time For That To Happen'
Vía FOX NEWS LATINO
By Naibe Reynoso
"Cesar Chavez," the biopic about the late Hispanic union leader that fought for fair wages for farm workers, has been gaining buzz leading up to its theatrical release on Friday.
The movie won the audience award at the trendy South by Southwest Festival in Austin this month. President Obama recently hosted a screening at the White House. There have been Facebook campaigns urging Latino moviegoers to go see the movie, and it received support from the National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference, which has more than 60 million members.
There have been many documentaries about Cesar Chavez, who co-founded the United Farm Workers in 1962, led a grape boycott and organized a 300-mile march in California from Delano to Sacramento. But it wasn't until now that Chavez' story finally became a bona fide Hollywood movie.
It was a passion project for Diego Luna, who directed and produced the film.
For full article go to FoxnewslatinoUniversal Studios to Build $2 Billion Hollywood-Themed Resort in Beijing
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Universal Studios looks to Beijing?
Located in a suburb of China's capital city, Universal Studios Beijing will be the company’s third facility in Asia after Singapore and Tokyo.
Universal Studios is planning to open a Hollywood movie theme park, Universal Studios Beijing, in the suburbs of the Chinese capital in collaboration with a local state tourism company.The facility will cover a 51-acre site and the total budget will be 12 billion yuan ($1.95 billion). Construction is due to start in the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the local media report.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK's Jackie Cruz talks Fashion!
Looks like Jackie Cruz, star of Orange Is The New Black, which comes back to NETFLIX for its second season, is turning in her Orange jumpsuit for something a little more high-brow.
"I like to buy vintage pieces and pair them with new stuff, but I make the combination look cool. I definitely buy a lot of my new stuff from Century 21."
The Latina actress has teamed up with Century 21 Department Store to give shoppers and fans a deeper look into her personal style, which she describes as bohemian, hippie, rocker, chic.
"My favorite thing I've ever gotten from Century 21 is a Roberto Cavalli jacket. It's tight on the waist and royal blue with detailing on the shoulders- I look like a princess, " said Cruz.
When asked about her fashion choices, Jackie said, "I don't want to look like anybody else, and that's what's cool about Century 21- you can find unique pieces and some really great treasures."
What do you think of Cruz's glammed look?
Monday, March 24, 2014
X-Men: Days of Future Past NEW TRAILER!
The new trailer for Bryan Singer's X-Men: Days of Future Past is finally here.
The trailer features Wolverine (Hugh Jackman), Mystique (Jennifer Lawrence), Professor X (James McAvoy and Patrick Stewart) and Magneto (Michael Fassbender and Ian McKellen), Blink (Fan Bingbing), Bishop (Omar Sy), Quicksilver (Evan Peters), and more.
The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original "X-Men" film trilogy join forces with their younger selves from "X-Men: First Class," in an epic battle that must change the past -- to save our future.
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Sunday, March 23, 2014
**Indie Scene**Review: Nymphomaniac Vol. 1 - A Sexually Explicit Film About Love
Nymphomaniac: Vol. I
Beaten and unglamorously left lying on a dark alley, which can presumably be attributed to her condition, adult Joe is taken in by Good Samaritan Seligman, played by Stellan Skarsgård. Reluctant to share the reasons for her state at first, eventually Joe opens up to the tolerant and heavily philosophical man. She begins by clarifying she is aware of how terrible of a person she is, and then exposes the intricacies of her unorthodox lifestyle. The promiscuous storyteller goes on to speak of her first time with an unsentimental man named Jerome, played by the now infamous Shia LaBeouf. The unsatisfactory experience is nonetheless relevant to her development as a chronic pleasure seeker.
Over tea, they discuss an analogy between fly-fishing and young Joe’s competition with her best friend to seduce as many men as possible on a moving train. The prize: a bag of colorful chocolates. Seligman listens to the blunt anecdotes without a hint of judgment. He attentively tries to make sense of her irrational behavior unconcerned with the morality of it, but with her motivations. With time, the actual intercourse becomes irrelevant, is the process, the psychological power trip, and the rejection towards intimacy that define Joe’s actions. She devices a form of systematic dating that uses a dice to determine how she will treat each one of her many partners. Objectifying them by denying them individuality is the key to her success. All of this serves to satisfy her need to be in control, and to prove that emotions are a sign of weakness. But of course, her motto: “love is lust with jealousy added”, changes when she realizes that the exact feeling she despises is the only thing that makes carnal relationships meaningful.
Hugo Speer, Uma Thurman, and Stacy Martin in "Nymphomaniac Vol.1"
Von Trier’s storytelling is dynamic, poignant, and surprisingly accessible without leaving behind the thought provoking poetry that characterizes his work. As usual, his investigation on the human condition focuses on those dark corners that exist in a gray area between perversion and divinity. Sexuality itself is not important to him, but rather how the diversity of the sexual experiences of his characters shape them in the face of the outrageous circumstance she places them in. His vision champions female liberation and turns their sexual curiosity into an asset and not a demonized flaw. Even with all the attention placed on the pornographic nature of his images, this is, above all, a film about love. Not in a simplistic way at all, but one could argue that the Danish provocateur is the most feminist male filmmaker alive.
http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/review-nymphomaniac-vol-1-a-sexually-explicit-film-about-love-international-film-business
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