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Rencontres Internationales #15 Paris/Berlin/Madrid

Ilari Valbonesi @ May 4, 2008 # No Comment Yet

In Madrid, from the 5th to the 14th of May, 2008
In 2007, the Rencontres Internationales, which initially took place in Paris and Berlin, opened up to a third city: Madrid. This event now constitutes a unique artistic and cultural platform in Europe for artists, professional networks and different audiences.
The Rencontres Internationales reflects the specificities and […]

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Der Zauber des Surrealen: Luis Buñuel Retrospective at Berlinale

Ilari Valbonesi @ February 8, 2008 # No Comment Yet

L’AGE D’OR (The Golden Age)
France, 1930
Director: Luis Buñuel
Production: Black and white, 35mm; running time: 60 minutes (some French sources list 80 minutes). Released 28 November 1930, Paris. Filmed in Studios Billancourt-Epinay, France. Producer: Charles Vicomte de Noailles; screenplay: Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dalí; photography: Albert Duverger; editor: Luis Buñuel; production designer: Pierre Schilzneck; original music: […]

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Michel Gondry Curates YouTube from Sundance (Film takes ((Place))

Ilari Valbonesi @ January 18, 2008 # No Comment Yet

Michel Gondry, picks his favorite YouTube videos at the Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Institute
Founded by Robert Redford in 1981, Sundance Institute is dedicated to the development of artists of independent vision and to the exhibition of their work. The Sundance Film Festival, a major program of Sundance Institute held each January, is considered the premier […]

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NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (Call it Friend-O)

Ilari Valbonesi @ January 17, 2008 # No Comment Yet

NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN is a mesmerizing new thriller from filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, based on the acclaimed novel by Pulitzer Prize-winning American master, Cormac McCarthy.
The time is our own, when rustlers have given way to drug-runners and small towns have become free-fire zones. Featuring a cast that includes Academy Award®-winner Tommy Lee […]

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Fight for your Media Right: Brian De Palma’s Redacted

Ilari Valbonesi @ November 16, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Brian De Palma (1940, Newark, New Jersey) is an American film director, best known for directing the Al Pacino classic Scarface, and the Academy Award-winning film The Untouchables. Brian De Palma’s Redacted, a prizewinner in Venice and a polarizing selection at film festivals in Telluride, Toronto and New York opens today in New York and […]

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Who Killed the Electric Car?

Luca @ November 2, 2007 # No Comment Yet

Quick talk with Chris Paine, writer and director of the film-documentary “Who Killed the Electric Car“, where he investigates about the launch and the next removal of the battery electric vehicle from the market, specifically the General Motors EV1 of the 1990.

LB: can you tell in few words the story of “Who Killed the Electric […]

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Mouth at Strike. Nolita, Prostitutes and other Second Sex workers Rights

Ilari Valbonesi @ October 27, 2007 # No Comment Yet

What crosses your mind when you hear someone talking about prostitution?

Prostitutes in the Bolivian city of El Alto sewed their lips together as part of a hunger strike to demand that the mayor reopen brothels and bars ordered closed after violent protests by residents last week. “We are fighting for the right to work […]

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Coup de rouge at Trevi Fountain

Ilari Valbonesi @ October 22, 2007 # No Comment Yet

A traditional legend holds that if visitors throw a coin into the fountain, they are ensured a return to Rome. Instead a man threw a bucket of red paint into Rome’s Trevi Fountain on Friday, coloring the waters of the 18th-century monument bright red in front of an astonished crowd.
The man escaped, leaving a […]

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