2008
The Syracuse International Film Festival
has squeezed in a last-minute midnight showing
of Maldeamores for Friday, May 2, 2008
at the Center for the Arts.
(Source: Syracuse New Times)
April 29, 2008
The Argentine and Guerrilla will have their world premiere
sometime in mid-May inside Cannes' Palais du Festival.
(Source: The Huffington Post)
April 27, 2008
According to Wilkes University's publication The Beacon,
the drop-off scene in The Way Of The Gun is one
of the greatest action scenes of all time.
(Source: The Beacon)
April 26, 2008
Thierry Fremeaux has confirmed to journalists
during a press conference on April 23, 2008
that The Argentine and Guerrilla are going
to be completely finished for the festival.
Listen to the press conference podcast by clicking below:
- Cannes press conference in English
- Cannes press conference in French
(Source: Festival de Cannes website)
April 25, 2008
The Wolfman is currently being filmed at the Pinewood Studios.
April 24, 2008
Vincent Maraval of France's Wild Bunch
(which is handling international sales on
The Argentine and Guerrilla) told The Times
that the films will be screened digitally
at the Cannes Film Festival.
(Source: LA Times)
April 23, 2008
Cannes Film Festival general manager Thierry Fremaux
assured the press that digital post-production of
The Argentine and Guerrilla would allow
Stephen Soderbergh to deliver the French-Spanish
co-production in finished form for the competition.
(Source: Variety)
April 23, 2008
It's official!
The Argentine and Guerrilla are both entered
in the competition at this year's edition of the
Cannes Film Festival, and will be screened back to back
at a running time of four hours on May 21, 2008.
(Photograph by David Lynch)
(Source: LA Times)
April 22, 2008
Tomorrow it will be known if The Argentine
and Guerrilla will be featured at the 61st Cannes Film Festival.
Meanwhile, City One is still looking for 6 hostesses-extras
and 14 host-extras who will have to wear military gear,
Latin America style, represent the film's team and
distribute goodies on the festival's premises for a day,
as per a copy of the memo below:
April 22, 2008
Benicio is featured in the BlackBook Online Cover Gallery,
as he appeared twice on the magazine's cover
in a period of over 10 years.
Benicio on the cover of BlackBook
Benicio and Julian Schnabel on the cover of BlackBook
(Source: BlackBookMag.com)
April 21, 2008
BC Magazine's Brian Bell reviewed Sin City
and gave the film a "Grade A" mention.
He described the film in the following terms:
"Robert Rodriguez's masterpiece Sin City is a stylized
montage of violence mixed with art and sex appeal in
possibly the greatest action film of the 21st century.
Based on the graphic novels by Frank Miller, this is truly
a film that anyone who can appreciate true art will enjoy."
(Source: BC Magazine)
April 20, 2008
Benicio was seen leaving his Central London hotel today:
(Source: Splash News)
April 20, 2008
Lovesickness will be shown at the
the 1st Banja Luka International Film Festival
which will be held from May 2nd to May 9, 2008.
(Source: Variety.com)
April 19, 2008
The line-up of the 61st Cannes Film Festival will be
officially announced on April 23, 2008 with a press conference.
April 18, 2008
Movie fan James Turner travelled from Newquay
in Cornwall for the Lacock filming of The Wolfman.
He said: "Benicio Del Toro gave us all a little wave
and a smile during a break and it makes waiting
around for hours on end totally worth it."
(Source: ThisIsWiltshire.co.uk)
April 17, 2008
RED's Jim Jannard shares his experience about
seeing footage of Guerrilla at the The NAB show,
in which the RED camera was used:
"I sat in most of the footage presentations that last two days.
At the end of the presentation, which ended with footage from
Soderbergh's Guerrilla, there seemed to be an eerie silence.
I would usually say something like 'either you are unimpressed
or stunned'. In every instance, I heard a quiet 'stunned' ".
While others commented as follows:
"Well I was there. I was speechless.
For a couple of hours..."
* * *
"I was VERY impressed."
* * *
"This is the first time I've seen RED footage projected...
I was stunned. This looks beautiful."
* * *
"Can't get it out of my mind."
* * *
"I was there and I can't stop talking about it.
To everyone, everywhere I go! The look of
the 2K anamorphic for The Argentine was absolutely
insane. It had a great period piece feeling, less
crisp than the 4K for Guerilla but in a good way."
* * *
"Ok breathtaking is an understatement...yes you could say
most people sitting to the left and right of me were speechless."
* * *
"I was very floored to see the Soderberg footage
of both The Argentine and Guerrilla..."
* * *
"Was it just me or was it the actual content that was equally
as thrilling as seeing how good the footage looked?"
* * *
"Maybe I'm just less of techy guy than some, but after
about 10 seconds of seeing the characters walking slowly
down the river with the viewers knowing their fate and them not...
hat was an incredible clip. It's amazing the power a good script
and director can haver over the audience, even though it was
only 2 minutes long and we didn't know what was going on,
nor any of the characters. That was amazing.
Oh...it looked great, too."
* * *
"Saw the presentation twice...
The Argentine footage was spectacular..."
* * *
"Stunned - because we were speechless (and vice versa)."
* * *
"The first clip featured 2k footage shot with
anamorphic lenses and to me these are the
most beautiful shots ever captured on Red.
The 2k stretch softened the image in such
a filmic way that was just breathtaking.
We get to see Del Toro in a bunch of
settings in the iconic Che outfits and
a wonderful muted color pallet
of blues, greens and browns.
The second clip had all the amazing sharpness
and detail we have come to expect with the Red
and starts on an overhead shot of soldiers traversing
a river before being ambushed. The detail of the
leaves floating on the water surface and
the jungle is just spectacular."
* * *
"Agreed, the Soderbergh stuff looked really great.
What was really compelling about it was that it wasn't
(just) good looking footage - it felt like it was going to be
a killer film, it looked right for the material. The camera was
being well used in a dramatic context, not demonstrating how
good the chip or codec were (yes, that was there as well).
After the first few cuts (especially in the 4K stuff) I wasn't
even looking for crispness and range anymore. GET OUTTA
THE WATER MAN, THEY'RE GONNA SHOOT YOU!"
April 16, 2008
More recent photos from the set of The Wolfman:
Benicio between takes.
Castle Combe has had a Victorian makeover.
Photo by Mark Walker.
Photo by Mark Walker.
Members of the public look on as filming
takes place in the village of Castle Combe.
Photo by Mark Walker.
Cast members dressed up in Victorian costume.
Photo by Mark Walker.
Castle Combe has been taken back to the late 1800's
with the help of detailed costume and set design.
Photo by Mark Walker.
A village cottage has been turned
into a makeshift butchers.
Photo by Mark Walker.
Filming switches to the popular and picturesque
village of Lacock. Signs are about to warn Villagers
and Visitors that filming is taking place.
Extras.
Hugo Weaving as Detective Aberline.
An actor playing the part of the blacksmith gets
a dusting down from the make-up department.
Extras.
Extras.
Extras.
An Extra.
Extras.
Extras.
A shot of the blacksmith workshop
where a silver bullet is to be made.
The butcher played by Malcolm Skates
arrives for his scene at the Tithe Barn.
A member of the film crew carrying chairs
to the next set ready for the directors.
The scene at the Tithe Barn which has huge
lighting effects outside to illuminate the interior
of the barn through small window slits.
Special effects taking place on East Street.
Crowds gather to watch the filming on East Street.
(Source: Wiltshire Times)