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50th Venice International Film Festival
The 50th annual Venice International Film Festival was held on 31 August to 11 September 1993. Jury The following people comprised the 1993 jury: *Peter Weir (head of jury) * Mohamed Camara *Carla Gravina *James Ivory *Kaige Chen *Nelson Pereira dos Santos *Abdulah Sidran *Giuseppe Tornatore Official selection In competition Out of competition * ''The Age of Innocence'' (Martin Scorsese) * ''A Bronx Tale'' ( Robert De Niro) * '' Jurassic Park'' (Steven Spielberg) * ''The Secret of the Old Woods'' ( Ermanno Olmi) * ''Manhattan Murder Mystery'' (Woody Allen) Special Screenings * ''Pursued'' (restored, Raoul Walsh) * ''La naissance de l'amour'' (Philippe Garrel) * ''Johnny Guitar'' (restored, Nicholas Ray) * '' Donersen Islic Cal'' ( Orhan Oguz) * '' High Boot Benny'' (Joe Comerford) * '' Sono Kido Wo Tohtte'' (Kon Ichikawa) * ''Searching for Bobby Fischer'' (Steven Zaillian) * '' Fermière à Montfaucon'' (Éric Rohmer) * '' L'Arbre, le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venice
Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group of 118 small islands that are separated by canals and linked by over 400 bridges. The islands are in the shallow Venetian Lagoon, an enclosed bay lying between the mouths of the Po River, Po and the Piave River, Piave rivers (more exactly between the Brenta (river), Brenta and the Sile (river), Sile). In 2020, around 258,685 people resided in greater Venice or the ''Comune di Venezia'', of whom around 55,000 live in the historical island city of Venice (''centro storico'') and the rest on the mainland (''terraferma''). Together with the cities of Padua, Italy, Padua and Treviso, Italy, Treviso, Venice is included in the Padua-Treviso-Venice Metropolitan Area (PATREVE), which is considered a statistical metropolitan area, with a total population of 2.6 million. The name is derived from the ancient Adri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Boy Bubby
''Bad Boy Bubby'' is a 1993 black comedy film written and directed by Rolf de Heer, and starring Nicholas Hope, Claire Benito, Ralph Cotterill and Carmel Johnson. Hope stars as the titular character, a mentally challenged man who has been held captive in his home by his abusive mother for his entire life. The storyline follows his escape from confinement, and subsequent journey of self-discovery. The film was shot on a low budget in Adelaide, and is an international co-production between Australia and Italy. ''Bad Boy Bubby'' premiered at the 50th Venice International Film Festival on 1 September 1993, where it won the Special Jury Prize. It was released in Australia the following year, and was met with positive reviews. Although it was a box office failure, the film has gained a cult following. Plot In an industrial area of Adelaide, Bubby (Hope) is a mentally challenged 35-year-old man who lives in a squalid house with his abusive and religious fanatic mother, Florence. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Luisa Bemberg
María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin America, particularly during her most active period, from 1970 to 1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying famous Argentine women and the Argentine upper class. Bemberg also focused on feminism, with regards to the gender debate and cinematic gaze. Her vast legacy extends to the 21st Century, with Bemberg being hailed as arguably Argentina’s foremost female director. Biography Early years The daughter of Otto Eduardo Bemberg and Sofía Bengolea, she was born into one of the most powerful and wealthy families of Argentina. Her great-grandfather, German Argentine immigrant Otto Bemberg founded the largest brewery Quilmes Brewery in 1888. Bemberg grew up in a wealthy family. Bemberg never received a high school diploma or a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Botelho
João Manuel Relvas Leopoldo Botelho (born 1949) is a Portuguese film director. He has directed and written the screenplays of numerous films. His films have won several awards. His works have been nominated for the Venice Film Festival's Golden Lion. Botelho was awarded the prestigious Ordem do Infante D.Henrique (Grau Comendador), one of the highest Portuguese honors, by President Jorge Sampaio on 10 June 2005. Early years Botelho was born in Lamego, northern Portugal. He enrolled in mechanical engineering at the University of Coimbra and in cinema at the Lisbon Theatre and Film School (Escola Superior de Teatro e Cinema), in 1974, dropping out in both cases. He has worked as a graphic artist. His first cinematographic works were ''O Alto do Cobre'' and ''Um Projecto de Educação Popular'', both in 1976. Awards *In 1985, he won the Tucano de Ouro for Best Director at the Rio de Janeiro Film Festival for ''Um Adeus Português''. *Nominated for the Golden Globes, Portugal i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aqui Na Terra
''Aqui na Terra'' (''Here on Earth'') is a 1993 Portuguese film directed and written by João Botelho. It stars Luís Miguel Cintra, Jessica Weiss/Voz de Maria João Luís, Pedro Hestnes, Rita Dias. Overview * Direction: João Botelho * Script: João Botelho * Production: Companhia de filmes do Príncipe Real; BBC * Format: 35mm, color * Genre: fiction (drama) * Duration: 105’ * Length: 2900 meters * Distributor: Marfilmes * Release Date: Cinema Nimas, in Lisbon, October 14, 1993 Synopsis Miguel is a successful economist until his father's death plunges him into a strange obscure world of fears, eerie sounds and psychological isolation. He quits his job, drifts away from his wife and initiates a process of physical disintegration. He will touch the bottom before he starts seeing the light. And, as an echo to his journey, we follow, faraway in the countryside, the story of a crime and its redemption, the story of António and Cecília. From death to the miracle of life, her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gus Van Sant
Gus Green Van Sant Jr. (born July 24, 1952) is an American film director, producer, photographer, and musician. He has earned acclaim as both an independent and mainstream filmmaker. His films typically deal with themes of marginalized subcultures, in particular homosexuality. Van Sant is considered one of the most prominent auteurs of the New Queer Cinema movement. His early career was devoted to directing television commercials in the Pacific Northwest. He made his feature-length cinematic directorial debut with ''Mala Noche'' (1985). His second feature, ''Drugstore Cowboy'' (1989), was highly acclaimed, and earned him screenwriting awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and New York Film Critics Circle and the award for Best Director from the National Society of Film Critics. His next film, ''My Own Private Idaho'' (1991), was similarly praised, as was the black comedy ''To Die For'' (1995), the drama ''Good Will Hunting'' (1997), and the biographical film ''Mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Even Cowgirls Get The Blues (film)
''Even Cowgirls Get the Blues'' is a 1993 American romantic comedy-drama film based on Tom Robbins' 1976 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Gus Van Sant (credited as Gus Van Sant Jr.) and starred an ensemble cast led by Uma Thurman, Lorraine Bracco, Angie Dickinson, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita, Keanu Reeves, John Hurt, and Rain Phoenix. Robbins himself was the narrator. The soundtrack was sung entirely by k.d. lang. The film was dedicated to the late River Phoenix. Plot Sissy Hankshaw is a woman born with a mutation (she would not call it a defect) giving her enormously large thumbs. Sissy makes the most of her thumbs by becoming a hitchhiker. Her travels eventually take her to New York City, where she becomes a model for a homosexual feminine hygiene products mogul, known as "The Countess". A few years later, he introduces her to his "beauty ranch", the Rubber Rose Ranch. The main plot revolves around the cowgirls who work at the ranch after they violently take ove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abel Ferrara
Abel Ferrara (born July 19, 1951) is an American filmmaker, known for the provocative and often controversial content in his movies and his use of neo-noir imagery and gritty urban settings. A long-time independent filmmaker, some of his best known movies include '' Ms .45'' (1981), ''King of New York'' (1990), ''Bad Lieutenant'' (1992) and '' The Funeral'' (1996). Early life Ferrara was born in the Bronx of Italian and Irish descent. He was raised Catholic, which subsequently influenced much of his work. At 8 years old, he moved to Peekskill in Westchester County, New York and he started making movies at Rockland Community College. Later, he attended the film conservatory at SUNY Purchase, where he directed several short films. Career Early work Ferrara studied at the San Francisco Art Institute; one of his teachers there was the famous avant-garde director Rosa von Praunheim. In the early 1970s, while still in art school, Ferrara directed a number of independently produced sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dangerous Game (1993 Film)
''Dangerous Game'' (also known as ''Snake Eyes'') is a 1993 joint American-Italian drama film directed by Abel Ferrara, written by Nicholas St. John, and starring Madonna, Harvey Keitel, and James Russo. Plot Utilizing a film-within-a-film format, the overall plot involves New York City-based director Eddie Israel directing actors Sarah Jennings and Frank Burns in a Hollywood marital-crisis drama, ''Mother of Mirrors'', which is about a formerly wealthy but unemployed husband who berates his newly religious wife about what he considers her hypocritical aversion to their sex-and-drug lifestyle. During the shooting of that film, Israel becomes more and more demanding of his actors, growing increasingly obsessive with finding the ugly truths beneath the story's surface. All the while, his own carelessness and bad behavior with his own family begins to erode him and to corrode his marriage to Madlyn. Cast * Harvey Keitel as Eddie Israel * Madonna as Sarah Jennings * James Russo as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusz Grzegorzek
Mariusz is a Slavic-language masculine name, and may refer to: *Mariusz Czerkawski (b. 1972), Polish ice hockey player *Mariusz Duda (b. 1975), Polish musician *Mariusz Fyrstenberg (b. 1980), Polish tennis player *Mariusz Jędra *Mariusz Jop *Mariusz Kamiński *Mariusz Klimczyk *Mariusz Kukiełka *Mariusz Kwiecień *Mariusz Lewandowski * Mariusz Liberda *Mariusz Linke, first Polish born black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu *Mariusz Maszkiewicz *Mariusz Niedbała *Mariusz Pawełek *Mariusz Podkościelny *Mariusz Pudzianowski, five-time World's Strongest Man *Mariusz Sacha *Mariusz Siembida *Mariusz Siudek *Mariusz Zganiacz *Mariusz Wach *Mariusz Wodzicki :''See also'' Marius (name) Marius is a male given name, a Roman family name, and a modern surname. The name Marius was used by members of the Roman ''gens'' Maria. It is thought to be derived from either the Roman war god Mars or from the Latin root ''mas'' or ''maris'' m ... {{given name Polish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conversation With A Cupboard Man
''Conversation with a Cupboard Man'' ( pl, Rozmowa z człowiekiem z szafy, also known as ''The Conversation with the Man from the Closet'') is a 1993 Polish drama film written and directed by Mariusz Grzegorzek and loosely based on a short story by Ian McEwan. The film was entered into the main competition at the 50th edition of the Venice Film Festival. It also won the Special Jury Prize at the 1993 Polish Film Festival. Plot Charles sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Charles' tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Charles starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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