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This #Bird :)

"Von dem Moment an, wo du glaubst, du bist auf sicherem Terrain, bist du tot." #DavidBowie

#berlinalepalast #berlinale von #Seidl präzise inszenierter film #paradise #hope wurde mit gedämpftem Beifall aufgenommen. Vielleicht konnten die Zuschauer den Film nicht so leicht kategorisieren, es wurde viel gelacht, man ist schnell amüsiert von den Kindern #kids die im Diät-Camp #diät #diet herumhüpfen, möchte dem Moment jedoch auch seine Ernsthaftigkeit gönnen. Als Zuschauer, filmisch eindeutig in eine Voyeur-Perspektive gerückt, fühlt man sich in diesem Film ertappt, an neuen Orten. Da verzeiht man Seidl auch die eine oder andere Dramaturgische Lücke. #worthwatching

Total Recall is such a waste of time, I can only wish that someone uses Lorenzo Durantini techniques to discard this film. This Rolling Stone article puts it in some perspective.

So I got to watch To Rome with Love the other day and I was expecting a film on a similar emotional level as Midnight in Paris, having in mind also all the great films about Rome such as Roma by Fellini. As in American Masters "Woody Allen" Fellini was mentioned as one of Allen's influences. Unfortunately none of the episodes of "To Rome with Love" really impressed me. Still, every time Woody Allen himself was on the screen you just wanted him to keep going...

To me quite unknown James Moll shot a Documentary about the Foo Fighters!! Quite low at expectations I was surprised by the film, which certainly can be read as part of a marketing campaign for their last album "Wasting Light" but still also shares quite interesting infos from Dave Grohl's times at Nirvana or the underground Punk scene of those years. The film reviews honestly those times and explores the unplumbed depths of some of the members: Pat Smear coming & going "back and forth", Dave Grohl's excentric, very demanding way of treating its band members, Taylor Hawkins "OD" (Overdose) and partly Kurt Cobains early death. Overall it manages to stick to the music of the Foo Fighters, by following them in the making-of the music and touring with them. Therefore the film is certainly a must-see for Foo Fighter Fans but is also WORTH TO WATCH for everyone who is interested in music and the music industry. Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853563/ Trailer: http://youtu.be/oBDTsUgbkKc

I'm fucking James Bond!

Francis Ford Coppola today announced that he is currently working on Sound Editing of his new film called "TWIXT" which is to be released in late November 2011. He posted this on his new Twitter Account which yet needs to be confirmed by Twitter as a Verified Account.

Does it not remind you of the flames in "Tree of Life"? Definetely reminscent to Opus 147 "Mulitidimensional" by Thomas Wilfred in 1957! Check out Thomas Wilfred: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Wilfred

Not mentioned often: DoP of "The tree of Life" is Emmanuel Lubezki. And it seems to me that one can see parallels between his visual style in "Children of Men" and his work in "Tree of Life". No?

A short Featurette from Christopher Nolan & David Fincher about Terrence Malick "The tree of life": Interestingly, Nolan holds a view that image and narrative structure in Malick's Films (similar to Kubrick and Hitchcock) are "inseparable and [have a] vital relationship". This approach certainly needs further research but could help to dechiffer Malick's films (or at least this specific film). At the same time it can also be used as a response to critics who accuse "The tree of life" of lack of substance due to a massive concentration on images / visual aspects. This thematic complex shall be discussed in later posts.

So, I've finally watched much discussed and critically acclaimed, Cannes 2011 Winner, Terrence Malick's last work: "The Tree of Life". Out of question: It is worth to watch especially due its fresh aesthetical approach and breakout from known narrative patterns. It is rather a complex film working on different time levels and connecting the Microcosm of a Family life with the Macrocosm of Eternity and the Universe, all embedded within a fragile philosophical and religious construction. Supposedely I have to watch it (at least) a second time... Imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/

Maurice Tabard "Test for the Film Culte Voudou" (1937)

As I've read today auto-didact and youtube myth Patrick Boivin won Open Film’s ‘Get It Made’ Short Film Competition.” With that, he received a $500,000 contract to produce a feature-length film. Congratulations.

Jon Ronson's Documentary discovers "Stanley Kubrick's Boxes". Worth to watch. Imdb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1263704/ Trailer: http://youtu.be/htQq3oYO5sI