February 13th 2012 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Film History
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At this year’s Berlinale, the British Film Festival (BFI) has revealed further details about the restoration of Hitchcock’s silent fims. Further information on ScreenDaily’s article HERE (February 13).
I would also like to recommend you THIS INTERVIEW, where Hitch talks at length about exploiting the audience’ fears.
January 20th 2012 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Spanish cinema
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If you want to get updates about Spanish experimental cinema, check out Sin Fin Cinema, a multidisciplinary platform based in London and New York. Highly recommended!
February 23rd 2011 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Documentary, Film History
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Nowadays that almost everything is digital, let’s watch this 1958 documentary to understand the origins of photographic and cinematic film…
“How film is made”
February 17th 2011 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Inspiration, Resources
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If you are, like myself, a lover of Hitchcock’s films, here’s a treasury of delight for you: the Hitchcock and Truffaut audio tapes (1962) that were the base to Truffaut’s famous book Hitchcock: A definitive Study of Alfred Hitchcock. You can find them HERE.
Thanks for this invaluable hint, Dave!
September 8th 2010 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Crowdfunding, Industry News, Social Media
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The Cosmonaut (El Cosmonauta) is a feature film project by Riot Cinema Collective. It’s the first crowdfunded feature film in Spanish cinema to date. It’s also Creative Commons-licensed so that the viewers can gain access to all of the film’s assets to edit, remix and share them.
The story of The Cosmonaut takes place in 1975 and follows the first Russian cosmonaut sent on a mission to the moon. Unable to return to Earth, he is declared lost. However, through phantasmagoric radio transmissions he claims to have returned to Earth and found it deserted. As he broadcasts his illusions his presence and voice will slowly destroy the world of his beloved ones.
The project has already attracted a number of supporters from all over the world.
The project:
The cosmonaut project from Riot Cinema on Vimeo.
Trailer:
“El Cosmonauta” Teaser 1 (ESP) from Riot Cinema on Vimeo.
If you want to know more about the project, check their website HERE.
July 26th 2010 Posted at Behind-the-scenes, Short film
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I have come across this poetic short film directed by Arev Manoukian, “Nuit Blanche”. The plot is very simple (two strangers exchanging glances in the street), but it’s beautifully told. The film was shot entirely in slow-motion to recreate the moment of “love at first sight” where every second seems suspended in time.
Manoukian declined to name other movies or filmmakers as influences, but when I watched it, I could not help but thinking of Dostoevsky’s short story”White Nights”. The text opens with a beautiful quotation by Turguenev:
“And was it his destined part
Only one moment in his life
To be close to your heart?
Or was he fated from the start
to live for just one fleeting instant,
within the purlieus of your heart.”
For more information about technical aspects, read this article on WIRED magazine.
Here’s the making of:
ENJOY!
July 7th 2010 Posted at Behind-the-scenes
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Here’s some great behind the scenes footage of the new Chris Nolan film, INCEPTION. I can’t wait to see it!
I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on man unless they act.
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