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Rage (2009 American Film)
''Rage'' is a 2009 satirical mystery art film written and directed by Sally Potter, starring Jude Law and Judi Dench. The filmmakers said that the film created a new genre in filmmaking, called "naked cinema". Premise A young blogger at a New York fashion house shoots behind-the-scenes interviews on his cell phone. Cast * Jude Law as Minx * Steve Buscemi as Frank * Judi Dench as Mona Carvell * John Leguizamo as Jed * Dianne Wiest as Miss Roth * Eddie Izzard as Tiny Diamonds * Riz Ahmed as Vijay * Bob Balaban as Mr. White * Lily Cole as Lettuce Leaf * Patrick J. Adams as Dwight Angel * David Oyelowo as Homer * Adriana Barraza as Anita de Los Angeles * Simon Abkarian as Merlin * Jakob Cedergren as Otto Release The film premiered at the 2009 Berlin International Film Festival and was nominated for the Golden Berlin Bear. The DVD was released on September 22, 2009, in the US, and September 28, 2009, in the UK. A special edition version of the DVD was released through the officia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sally Potter
Charlotte Sally Potter (born 19 September 1949) is an English film director and screenwriter. She is known for directing ''Orlando'' (1992), which won the audience prize for Best Film at the Venice Film Festival. Early life Potter was born and raised in London. Her mother was a music teacher and her father was an interior designer and a poet. Her younger brother Nic became the bassist for the rock group Van der Graaf Generator. When asked about her background, which influenced her work as a filmmaker, she responds, "I came from an atheist background and an anarchist background, which meant that I grew up in an environment that was full of questions, where nothing could be taken for granted." When asked about what she learned about filmmaking from trying to do it as a seventeen-year-old woman in the UK in the 60s, Potter laughs.You know, most kinds of securities are illusions, and we need to kind of duck and weave as filmmakers, go with the flow, go where the harvest is. ..I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filmmaking
Filmmaking (film production) is the process by which a motion picture is produced. Filmmaking involves a number of complex and discrete stages, starting with an initial story, idea, or commission. It then continues through screenwriting, casting, pre-production, shooting, sound recording, post-production, and screening the finished product before an audience that may result in a film release and an exhibition. Filmmaking occurs in a variety of economic, social, and political contexts around the world. It uses a variety of technologies and cinematic techniques. Although filmmaking originally involved the use of film, most film productions are now digital. Today, filmmaking refers to the process of crafting an audio-visual story commercially for distribution or broadcast. Production stages Film production consists of five major stages: * Development: Ideas for the film are created, rights to existing intellectual properties are purchased, etc., and the screenplay is written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babelgum
Babelgum was a free-to-view Internet television platform supported by advertising. The project was set up in 2005 by Italian media and telecommunications entrepreneur Silvio Scaglia (one of the founders of Italian TelCo FASTWEB) and scientist Erik Lumer, with the aim of developing interactive software for distributing TV shows and other forms of video over the Internet.Babelgum profile Babelgum uses streaming TV technology to provide free, on-demand TV content to end users. The company aims to combine the “immersive viewing experience” and visual quality of traditional television with the features made possible by the internet. The beta version of the service was presented on 7 March 2007. On September 1, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid digital subscribers. It also is a producer of popular podcasts such as '' The Daily''. Founded in 1851 by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, it was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company. The ''Times'' has won 132 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any newspaper, and has long been regarded as a national " newspaper of record". For print it is ranked 18th in the world by circulation and 3rd in the U.S. The paper is owned by the New York Times Company, which is publicly traded. It has been governed by the Sulzberger family since 1896, through a dual-class share structure after its shares became publicly traded. A. G. Sulzberger, the paper's publisher and the company's chairman, is the fifth generation of the family to head the pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Berlin Bear
The Golden Bear (german: Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film at the Berlin International Film Festival. The bear is the heraldic animal of Berlin, featured on both the coat of arms and flag of Berlin. History The winners of the first Berlin International Film Festival in 1951 were determined by a West German panel, with five winners of the Golden Bear, divided by categories and genres. Between 1952 and 1955, the winners of the Golden Bear were determined by the audience members. In 1956, the Fédération Internationale des Associations de Producteurs de Films formally accredited the festival, and since then, the Golden Bear has been awarded by an international jury. The award The statuette shows a bear standing on its hind legs and is based on the 1932 design by German sculptor Renée Sintenis of Berlin's heraldic mascot that later became the symbol of the festival. It has been manufactured since either the first or third edition by art foundry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin International Film Festival
The Berlin International Film Festival (german: Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin), usually called the Berlinale (), is a major international film festival held annually in Berlin, Germany. Founded in 1951 and originally run in June, the festival has been held every February since 1978 and is one of the " Big Three" alongside the Venice Film Festival in Italy and the Cannes Film Festival in France. Tens of thousands of visitors attend each year. About 400 films are shown at multiple venues across Berlin, mostly in and around Potsdamer Platz. They are screened in nine sections across cinematic genres, with around twenty films competing for the festival's top awards in the Competition section. The major awards, called the Golden Bear and Silver Bears, are decided on by the international jury, chaired by an internationally recognisable cinema personality. This jury and other specialised Berlinale juries also give many other awards, and in addition there are other awards given by i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Cedergren
Jakob Cedergren (born 10 January 1973) is a Swedish-born Danish actor. He has appeared in more than 40 films and television shows since 1998. He starred in the film '' Dark Horse'', which was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, he portrayed the Danish Prince Carl/King Haakon VII of Norway in the Norwegian TV-miniseries '' Harry & Charles''. Maria Bonnevie played his wife, Maud. Since 2010 he has been starring in the Swedish crime series ''The Sandhamn Murders''. Selected filmography * ''Stealing Rembrandt'' (2003) * '' Dark Horse'' (2005) * ''Offscreen'' (2006) * '' The Killing'' (2007) * ''Arn – The Knight Templar'' (2007) * '' Arn – The Kingdom at Road's End'' (2008) * '' Remix'' (2008) * '' Terribly Happy'' (2008) * '' Rage'' (2009) * '' Submarino'' (2010) * '' Morden i Sandhamn'' (2010-2018) * ''Sorrow and Joy'' (2013) * '' The Squad'' (2015) * ''Compulsion Compulsion may refer to: * Compulsive behavior, a psychological ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Abkarian
Simon Abkarian (Armenian language, Armenian: Սիմոն Աբկարյան, born March 5, 1962) is a French-Armenian actor. Life and career Born in Gonesse, Val d'Oise, of Armenians, Armenian descent, Abkarian spent his childhood in Lebanon. He moved to Los Angeles, where he joined an Armenian theater company managed by Gerald Papazian. He returned to France in 1985, settling in Paris. He took classes at the Acting International school, then he joined Ariane Mnouchkine's Théâtre du Soleil and played, among others, in ''L'Histoire terrible mais inachevée de Norodom Sihanouk, roi du Cambodge'' ("The Terrible but Unfinished Story of Norodom Sihanouk, King of Cambodia") by Hélène Cixous, and in the ''Atreus, House of Atreus'' four-play cycle by Aeschylus. Abkarian left the Théâtre du Soleil in 1993. In 2001 he starred in ''Beast on the Moon'' by Richard Kalinoski, directed by Irina Brook, a play about the life of a survivor of the Armenian genocide, a role which won him cri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adriana Barraza
Adriana Barraza González (born 5 March 1956) is a Mexican actress, acting teacher, and director. In 1999 director Alejandro González Iñárritu cast her as the mother of Gael García Bernal's character in ''Amores perros'', which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In 2006, she collaborated with Iñárritu again in ''Babel (film), Babel'', for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Barraza is known in Mexico as ''Master Barraza'' from her partnership with Mexican director Sergio Jiménez, known as ''El Profe''. They created the Actors Workshop in Mexico City, teaching and developing their own version of Method acting. Barraza began her career directing telenovela episodes, the actors in which she would also coach. In the 1990s she decided to step in front of the camera. She currently operates her own acting school located in Miami, Florida titled ''Adriana Barraza's Black Box''. Instructors at the sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Oyelowo
David Oyetokunbo Oyelowo ( ; born 1 April 1976) is a British actor, director and producer. His accolades include a Critics' Choice Award and two NAACP Image Awards as well as nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a BAFTA Award. In 2016, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to drama. Oyelowo rose to prominence for portraying Martin Luther King Jr. in the biographical drama film ''Selma'' (2014) and Peter Snowdin in the HBO film ''Nightingale'' (2014), both of which garnered him critical acclaim. He also achieved praise for his roles as Louis Gaines in ''The Butler'' (2013), Seretse Khama in ''A United Kingdom'' (2016) and Robert Katende in ''Queen of Katwe'' (2016). He has also played supporting roles in the films ''Rise of the Planet of the Apes'' (2011), ''The Help'' (2011), ''Lincoln'' (2012), ''Red Tails'' (2012) and ''Jack Reacher'' (2012). On television, Oyelow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patrick J
Patrick may refer to: *Patrick (given name), list of people and fictional characters with this name *Patrick (surname), list of people with this name People *Saint Patrick (c. 385–c. 461), Christian saint *Gilla Pátraic (died 1084), Patrick or Patricius, Bishop of Dublin * Patrick, 1st Earl of Salisbury (c. 1122–1168), Anglo-Norman nobleman * Patrick (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian striker *Patrick (footballer, born 1992), Brazilian midfielder *Patrick (footballer, born 1994), Brazilian right-back *Patrick (footballer, born May 1998), Brazilian forward *Patrick (footballer, born November 1998), Brazilian attacking midfielder * Patrick (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian defender * Patrick (footballer, born 2000), Brazilian defender *John Byrne (Scottish playwright) (born 1940), also a painter under the pseudonym Patrick *Don Harris (wrestler) (born 1960), American professional wrestler who uses the ring name Patrick Fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Balaban
Robert Elmer Balaban (born August 16, 1945) is an American actor, author, comedian, director and producer. He was one of the producers nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture for ''Gosford Park'' (2001), in which he also appeared. Balaban is most known for his appearances in the Christopher Guest comedies ''Waiting for Guffman'' (1996), '' Best in Show'' (2000), ''A Mighty Wind'' (2003), and '' For Your Consideration'' (2006) and in the Wes Anderson films ''Moonrise Kingdom'' (2012), ''The Grand Budapest Hotel'' (2014), ''Isle of Dogs'' (2018) and ''The French Dispatch'' (2021). Balaban's other film roles include the drama ''Midnight Cowboy'' (1969); the science fiction films ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977), ''Altered States'' (1980), ''2010'' (1984), the comedy ''Deconstructing Harry'' (1997), and the historical drama '' Capote'' (2005). Balaban has directed three feature films, in addition to numerous television episodes and films. He is also an author of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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