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Twilight from the sides
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"Twilight. Saga. Eclipse" (USA, 2010, David Slade). The third part of the super-cult romantic vampire saga for all high school girls on the planet based on the novels of Stephenie Meyer. However, this time the situation, which is usually unbearable for any sane person, may change somewhat - David Slade, who made a name for himself with the more than good horror films “Lollipop” and “30 Days of Night,” was invited to become the director of “Eclipse.” But among the target audience, it’s unlikely that anyone will reflect on this change of milestones, because the main thing is that the vampire Edward, played by Robert Pattinson, is still in place (“Coming of Age,” “Echoes of the Past,” “Remember Me”). So there will be screaming - from the heavens to the very outskirts. Also starring Kristin Stewart, Thaler Lautner, Billy Burke, Ashley Greene, Dakota Fanning, Jackson Rathbone and Kellan Lutz.“White Material” (France-Cameroon, 2009, Claire Denis). A parable about a white woman, the French Marie (Isabelle Huppert - “Waltzers”, “Madame Bovary”, “The Pianist”), who lives in a conventional African country, torn apart by civil strife and is inevitably forced to enter into a difficult dialogue of racial cultures. One of three films from last year's Venice competition, released this week in Russian distribution. Also starring Christopher Lambert, Isaac De Bancolet, Nicolas Duvachelle and Michel Subor.
“Bitchy Things” (USA, 2009, Rick Jacobson). Stylization (at times becoming quite adequate to the original) for trash films, which are usually classified as explotation, primarily the textbook work of Russ Meyer “Faster, pussy! Kill! Kill!” (1965). Tarantino dabbled in something similar in “Death Proof,” but this time Jacobson, best known for his close collaboration with karateka and very bad actor Don “Dragon” Wilson (“Ring of Fire,” “Lion Strike,” “Bloody”), took up the matter. fist-6"). The result is appropriate. Starring Julia Voth, Erin Cummings, America Olivo, Michael Hurst, Ron Melendez, Minai Oji, Lucy Lawless and Kevin Sorbo.
“Lourdes” (Austria-France-Germany, 2009, Jessica Hausner). A religious drama (or rather a drama on a religious theme, which is not quite the same thing) about the paralytic Christina (Silvia Testu - “La Vie En Rose”, “Retribution”, “Lucky Luke”), who finds a miraculous recovery during a pilgrimage to Lourdes, in the Pyrenees. Four prizes in Venice (including the FIPRESCI prize) and awards at the Warsaw and Vienna Film Festivals. Also starring Bruno Todeschini, Gilet Barbier, Gerhard Liebmann, Léa Seydoux, Irma Wagner and Ellina Levensohn.
“The Losers” (USA, 2010, Sylvain White). Perhaps the best action movie of the season so far, a film adaptation of DC comics about a special forces team that was framed and declared dead, which, however, does not in the least hinder the five good fellows and the beauty who joined them (Zoe Saldana - “Star Trek”, “Avatar” ", "Skeptic") to fight with a powerful international villain Max (Jason Patric - "High", "Speed 2", "Drug Lord"). All this is similar to the recent “A-Team”, but much funnier and more effective. Also starring Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Chris Evans, Ray Hernandez, Oscar Jaenada, Peter Francis James and Columbus Short.
“Death in a pince-nez, or Our Chekhov” (Russia, 2010, Anna Chernakova). A somewhat surreal story about a famous theater director (Yuri Stoyanov - “Town”, “12”, “Hitler Kaput!”), who returns “to Moscow, to Moscow!” from abroad to restore the once-thrilling performance “The Cherry Orchard,” but at every step he discovers signs of his own imminent death. Co-author of the script, production designer and performer of one of the roles is Alexander Adabashyan (“Five Evenings,” “Keep Me, My Talisman,” “12”). Also starring Alexander Feklistov, Alena Babenko, Evdokia Germanova, Elena Drapeko, Alexander Grave, Pavel Belozerov and Alexander Shpagin.
“Baaria” (Italy-France, 2009, Giuseppe Tornatore). A one hundred and fifty-minute epic about the life of three generations of inhabitants of Bagheria - a Sicilian commune whose name is translated from Arabic as “gate of the wind” and where Renato Guttuso and Giuseppe Tornatore himself come from (New Cinema Paradiso, Pure Formality, Malena). The film won the Pasinetti Award in Venice and was also nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Non-English Language Film. Starring Raoul Bova, Francesca Scianna, Margaret Made, Giorgio Faletti, Leo Gulotta and Gabriele Lavia.
"Tyson" (USA, 2008, James Toback). Two years ago, at the Cannes Film Festival, Tobak (“Fingers,” “Two Girls and a Guy,” “Harvard Party”) received a special award for this film, “Knockout Look” (similar to the traditional “Special”), which is quite logical: in the center attention - the legendary Mike Tyson, who for the first time in a truly significant volume shares thoughts about the world and himself (in total, in addition to archival materials, about thirty hours of interviews were filmed). The title character himself describes the film as “a Greek tragedy, only with me in the leading role” - and, in general, he is not so far from the truth.