If…
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Written by David Sherwin
UK, 1968
If….(1968) directed by Lindsay Anderson and winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1969 premiered one year following the May ’68 protests in France. The screenplay was written by David Sherwin who based the narrative off his experiences at Tonbridge School in Kent. The script made its way to Nicholas Ray who was interested in making the film but felt that a British director should direct it. Anderson was approached and accepted the project. He wanted to make a film similar to Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite (1934) and even screened the film to his screenwriters in the pre-production stage. If… was given an X-rating upon release for nudity and violence. Aside from the more graphic scenes the censor board was probably put off by the ideological message of the film.
Like Vigo’s film, If…. is about authority figures...
Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Written by David Sherwin
UK, 1968
If….(1968) directed by Lindsay Anderson and winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 1969 premiered one year following the May ’68 protests in France. The screenplay was written by David Sherwin who based the narrative off his experiences at Tonbridge School in Kent. The script made its way to Nicholas Ray who was interested in making the film but felt that a British director should direct it. Anderson was approached and accepted the project. He wanted to make a film similar to Jean Vigo’s Zéro de conduite (1934) and even screened the film to his screenwriters in the pre-production stage. If… was given an X-rating upon release for nudity and violence. Aside from the more graphic scenes the censor board was probably put off by the ideological message of the film.
Like Vigo’s film, If…. is about authority figures...
- 5/28/2014
- by Cody Lang
- SoundOnSight
Tom Hanks puts in the best performance of his career in Captain Phillips and that’s saying something. This is his film, and it will break your heart. There have been significant male performances this year but Hanks mesmerizes. Captain Robert Phillips (Hanks) leaves his comfortable, upper middle class home in bucolic Connecticut for the airport and a flight to Oman. His wife (Catherine Keener) drives, saying she’d be happier if he started not taking trips so far away. He’s scheduled to take a freighter from Somalia through the Arabian Sea to Mombasa, Kenya, an area that’s become increasingly dangerous due to violent pirate attacks. He agrees. Phillips would like to retire but not today. Meanwhile young rootless men in...
- 10/11/2013
- by Anne Brodie
- Monsters and Critics
From indieWIRE News:
Six new feature films have been unveiled by digital content agency Cinetic Rights Management and broadband portal Babelgum, continuing a pact unveiled in January between the two companies offering one exclusive title for each month of 2009. The next selection of titles began last week with James Hausler’s crime thriller “Wild Seven” starring Robert Forster, Robert Loggia, and Richard Roundtree. Also set to make their online and mobile debuts via Babelgum are crime thriller “Jack Says” by Bob Phillips; sports documentary “On Hallowed Ground” by Kern and Kip Konwiser; foreign-language drama “Scrambled Beer” by Cristobal Valderrama; “Tao of the Golden Mask,” a kung fu comedy directed by Faizon Love (“Couples Retreat”) and “The Assassin” by Devin Haqq.
In addition, Crm recently announced a deal with Babelgum centered around the mobile and online streaming of Sally Potter’s new film “Rage" which depubs on Babelgum in September.
Crm...
Six new feature films have been unveiled by digital content agency Cinetic Rights Management and broadband portal Babelgum, continuing a pact unveiled in January between the two companies offering one exclusive title for each month of 2009. The next selection of titles began last week with James Hausler’s crime thriller “Wild Seven” starring Robert Forster, Robert Loggia, and Richard Roundtree. Also set to make their online and mobile debuts via Babelgum are crime thriller “Jack Says” by Bob Phillips; sports documentary “On Hallowed Ground” by Kern and Kip Konwiser; foreign-language drama “Scrambled Beer” by Cristobal Valderrama; “Tao of the Golden Mask,” a kung fu comedy directed by Faizon Love (“Couples Retreat”) and “The Assassin” by Devin Haqq.
In addition, Crm recently announced a deal with Babelgum centered around the mobile and online streaming of Sally Potter’s new film “Rage" which depubs on Babelgum in September.
Crm...
- 7/23/2009
- by Sydney@SydneysBuzz.com (Sydney)
- Sydney's Buzz
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