Note to self: NEVER open the back cover until the film is completely rewound! This had to be PiscinesPicornell at Montjuic, one of the most beautiful swimming pools in the world.
Already madly in love with Fitzgerald's masterpiece, I was very eager to see the movie directed by Baz Luhrmann, known from Rome + Juliet and Moulin Rouge.
I know there are haters, as there always are, but honestly: I think Gatsby is really great! Luhrmann paints a good picture of a lifestyle and a decade that is both fascinating and horrific, the Roaring Twenties, the jazz age.
You might predict Luhrmann would opting for music of that era. However, the soundtrack features songs by by Fergie, Lana Del Rey, Florence and the Machine, Jay-Z, Nero, The xx, and will.i.am. I'm wondering if Fitzgerald would be a fan of the sound.
So Gatsby is great, yes. The film is quite the audio-visual entertaining ride, maybe the story could be a bit stronger, but definitely enough right ingredients to watch it on the big screen!
Imagine you can go 'shopping' in the closet of rich and famous fashionista… that's what all grown up Emma Watson does in an upcoming Sofia Coppola film.
While I was far from fan of Coppola's last picture 'somewhere', I'm more than curious to see her latest 'The Bling Ring'. It's a true life story telling the tale of some Hollywood Hill burglaries by a bunch of L.A. teens who stole from stars like Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, … back in 2009.
The Bling Ring goes in premiere in Belgium on Wednesday June 5th.
Where October was full booked with concerts, No-mo-vember is a busy film month!
Hasta la vista / Come as you are (director: Goeffrey Enthoven)***½:
.. a really nice Flemish movie about 3 disabled guys in their twenties on a road trip to Spain in order to visit a brothel that caters to people with disabilities. This movie is widely entertaining but has a touchy side as well.
Let's talk about Kevin (director: Lynne Ramsay) ****½:
Waauw ..just brilliant! The story explores the factious relationship between a mother and her son, 112mins of unrelenting tension! All kudos to Tilda Swinton, her performance brings it to a higher level. Dear Kirsten Dunst, you're awesome, but Tilda should have won that price in Cannes!!
'I have seen the Future' .. I mean I've seen Miranda July's new film on the filmfestival here in Gent. It's a must see indie drama, surreal, but it creates real feelings.
The super duper awkward lady herself came to the festival for a question & answer session. Loved her answers! "Can I hug you?" Miranda July: "I'd like to bankt that and save it for later."
Just call this number,
the number you see on your screen...
and say "macaroni."
Okay? That's all you have to do.
Just "macaroni"and hang up.
No questions asked.
You gotta love the charming 'Me and You and Everyone we know', the directorial debut of Miranda July (2005). An amazing film with a slightly awkward edge to it. Can't wait to see her second feature 'The Future' which has been premiered at the Sundance Festival and the Berlin Film Festival.
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Miranda is not only a great filmmaker, she's also an artist and a writer. Under the spell of her work I started reading 'No One Belongs Here More Than You'. A stunning book, the first chapters caused me some lack of sleep.. but... got ... to finish it ...
In a July-esque way she jumps from one medium to another and created the online project: learningtoloveyoumore.com
And the winner is... Somewhere!! That was the echo that reverberated last week in Venice. Sofia Coppola won Venice film festival's top award with her new movie 'Somewhere'. If you don't know who Sofia Coppola is, you've probably spend the last years on the moon or something... The Sofia Coppola, daughter of director Francis Ford Coppola, directed great movies as the Virgin Suicides (1999, gotta love that soundtrack Air made for this movie) and Lost in Translations (2003, waaauw this jewel of a movie has been crowned with an Oscar). She also made the movie Marie-Antoinette, but I haven't seen it yet. Some have said this film is entirely eye candy others said it's too much rock and roll for Marie-Antoinette. Anyhow, I'm so looking forward to her newest project 'Somewhere'.
Storyline :
A hard-living Hollywood actor re-examines his life after his 11-year-old daughter surprises him with a visit. The dad is none other than Stephen Dorff and the daughter will be performed by rising star Elle Fanning. Phoenix, Sebastien Tellier, the Strokes, ... Do I need to say more? Expectations are high, so give us a nice Christmas gift on the screen Sofia (the movie is scheduled for release in December).
And besides writing and directing movies Sofia Coppola has a fashion line as well, Milkfed inc.
I have a cinematic feeling lately. Visited the cinema twice and wanna see more ..
Seen:
De helaasheid der dingen
The Misfortunates, this is how the movie will be shown in American cinema. This story is about the ordinary lives of extraordinary Belgians and based on a semi-autobiographical novel by Dimitri Verhulst.
500 days of Summer:
A non-typical Hollywood love story with indie chemistry. Check out the music from She& Him, the band of actrice Zooey Deschanel.
October is the month of the film festival in Gent www.filmfestival.be . More then 100 movies over 10 days. I'm not going to see them all...would be a little bit too much.. I suppose.. but on Friday I went seeing "Applause" (official site).
We braved the heavy rain to go to the renewed cinema, but it was worth it. This debut of Martin Pieter Zandvliet is a pure dogma cream of the crop!!
