Herinneringen aan het festival 5 [09:48] #0167
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas was voor mij absoluut de topper van het festival. Het is dan misschien geen typische film voor het IFFR, maar zodra hij in de bioscoop draait (en dat duurt geloof ik niet zo heel erg lang meer) ga ik toch zeker proberen minimaal 1 keer per week hem in de bioscoop te bekijken. Als je hem niet bezocht hebt, ga dan eerst even op de website kijken om te zien waarom je hem absoluut moet gaan zien (ook als je hem bezocht hebt moet je natuurlijk naar de website). Hubert
Last night actually, tired fucked up and really pissed
because I missed probably "the" film of the festival AMERICAN HISTORY EX.
And that just so my girly could get into the final party.
The festival, o yes the festival. I truly think it wasn't that great this year
but, that's mainly because of the extreme quality of last years movies I saw.
Gummo, Gadjo Dillo, Lawn Dogs, Marie Baie des Anges, Who the Hell is Julliete.
This year there's only Barrio, and Dis moi que je reve and off course the
other "everyone will like them" Festen, and Victor...pendant....
Rests to say, cheers and C U next....
(pp)
Want to get your film shown in Rotterdam? If this year’s line-up is anything
to go by, including one or more of the following elements into your package
should get you on next year’s guest list.
Thai crime regisseurs in Nederland.
Manop Udomdej (midden) heeft zijn rookwaar met z'n collega's gedeeld.
Herinneringen aan het festival 4
[09:45]
#0166
Simon: "So you made a hard core porn movie?"
Ian: "Yes, we did"
Simon: "Got any VHS copies?"
Herinneringen aan het festival 3
[09:37]
#0165
Tiger Award jury feliciteert Project A met prijs voor snelste IFFR
verslaggeving. Alex Cox: 'Congratulations. You have won a crash course
in writing proper English'.
Herinneringen aan het festival 2
[21:21]
#0164
Christopher Nolan vlak voordat hij de Tiger Award wint met zijn schitterende
no-budget film noir 'Following': No way, I don't think I'll win.
Review: On Edge (short)
[21:19 ]
#0163
director: frazer lee
cast: doug bradley, charley boorman
one of the most pleasant surprises of the festival must have been this 15
minute horror short. shot in gorgeous widescreen panavision and directed by
talented newcomer frazer lee, on edge stars cult favorite doug bradley (better
known as pinhead from hellraiser) as the dentist from hell: a psychopath who
travels past waiting rooms across the country to do some reconstructive
surgery on unfortunate patients.
a brilliant performance from bradley (who performs most of his lines in long
monologues) and excellent fx by bob keen complement frazer lee's skillful
direction. one to watch.
tom
Recensie: Jezus is een palestijn
[21:15 ]
#0162
REGIE: Lodewijk Crijns
CAST: Hans Teeuwen, Kim van Kooten, Dijn Blom
Godzijdank dat er ook goede filmmakers in dit land rondlopen. De vergelijking
tussen Jos Stellings nieuwste en Jezus Is Een Palestijn maakt duidelijk wat
een onoverbrugbare kloof er gaapt tussen de denkwijzen van de huidige
generatie en die van Stelling en co.
Lodewijk Crijns' eerste echte speelfilm is een grappige en inventieve parodie
op de uitwassen van de westerse maatschappij aan het eind van de 20ste eeuw:
egoïsme, milleniumgekte, piercing, euthanasie, etcetera. Met zoveel
naaktscenes (en bijbehorende close-ups) dat het af en toe meer een veemarkt
lijkt (het blijft een Nederlandse film), maar vooral met bizarre en gedurfde
wendingen. En Kim van Kooten.
Tom
Recensie: No trains, No planes
[21:13 ]
#0161
REGIE: Jos Stelling
CAST: Dirk van Dijck, Ellen ten Damme, Kees Prins, Katja Schuurman
Waarom maken mensen dit soort films? Waarom mogen ze ze maken? Als een hele
rits geldschieters (waaronder het Nederlands filmfonds) niet doorheeft dat ze
een tot falen gedoemde, bordkartonnen, niet grappige klucht ondersteunen, hoe
kan dan ooit verwacht worden dat men weet wat wel de moeite van het maken
waard is?
Jos Stellings No Trains, No Planes is een beschamende vertoning. Een verhaal
vol achterhaalde clichés en onwaarschijnlijkheden, waarin acteurs in
eendimensionale, stereotype rollen proberen leuk te zijn terwijl ze ongekend
opvallende pruiken dragen. Een nieuw dieptepunt in de Nederlandse cinema.
Tom
Review: American History X
[21:11 ]
#0160
DIRECTOR: Tony Kaye
CAST: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Stacey Keach, Ethan Suplee
The Rotterdam film festival with its very best film. American History X is a
throat grabbing, breath taking, knockout portrait of a band of American
neo-nazis whose leader has returned from prison a changed man. Having sworn
off his racist ideologies, Derek (Norton) returns home to find his kid brother
trying to emulate him in the worst possible way.
His struggle to save his brother from the influences of his former friends is
intertwined with his own history as a skin head and his time in prison.
Former photographer Kaye has crafted a stunning film, both beautifully shot
and brillinatly written, with amazing performances from the cast (in
particular Norton and Keach).
Tom
Review: Psycho (surprise film 2)
[21:09 ]
#0159
Surprise, surprise. The second surprise was the same surprise as the first
surprise. Thank god I didn't have to part with my hard earned cash to find
out.
Tom
Review: Desert Blue
[21:08 ]
#0157
DIRECTOR: Morgan J. Freeman
CAST: Brandon Sexton III, Christina Ricci (again), John Heard, Casey
Affleck
Likable but ultimately unsatisfying and uninvolving teen comedy about the
young inhabitants of a desert ghost town whose only claim to fame is the
world's largest ice cream cone. When a truck carrying a possibly material
crashes and its contents are spilled, the town is quarantined and the FBI
moves in.
At 90 minutes, this takes some major leaps and compromises in terms of
storytelling and character development. Intriguing elements like the toxic
spill and its connection to a mysterious cola factory are hardly utilised.
What remains is a skin deep portrait of a group of kids, sort of a watered
down Richard Linklater movie in the desert. Good performances, though.
Tom
Herinneringen aan het festival 1
[11:01]
#0156
Op bed met Tom Tykwer
Het is voorbij
[10:55]
#0155
Eindelijk niet meer om half negen in deze rij hoeven staan
Review: Last days of disco
[16:38 ]
#0154
DIRECTOR: Whit Stillman
CAST: Chloe Sevigny
Last days of disco.
No trains no plains and a little disco.
A not to accurate view on the ending of the disco decade.
Styling was way of. The dancing not like it was back then.
This movie made Velvet Goldmine the best one in its genre.
The presence of CHLOE SEVIGNY however to me made up for a lot
of the bad shit.(pp)
Paul
Review: American History X
[22:00 ]
#0153
DIRECTOR: Tony Kaye
CAST: Edward Norton, Edward Furlong, Beverly D'Angelo, Jennifer Lien, Stacy
Keach, Guy Torry
Oh man, talk about icing on the cake! This was one hell of a surprise movie
that took the festivalcake all together. An intelligent movie of epic
proportions about right wing extremism in California. From the pictures it's
very clear this is a movie made by a photographer and ad director. Everything
is composed so clear, so full of detail and so balanced that anyone who
watches this is immediately focussed to every second he sees. It doesn't even
feel like a two and a half hour ride, because there's not a moment spent in
vain. Every part: the story, the music, the dialog, the flashbacks, the
colors, the black and white, is exactly where it should be. This is the kind
of movie that is so powerful it will make anyone think and maybe even change
his mind. The kind of movie I will watch again and again.
Joep
Recensie: No Trains, No Planes
[21:46 ]
#0152
DIRECTOR: Jos Stelling
CAST: Dirk van Dijck, Katja Schuurman, Ellen ten Damme
Dus dit is de film waarmee het filmfestival afgesloten moest worden? Ik denk
dat festivaldirecteur Simon Fields zich rotgeschaamd moet hebben. Dit
wanprodukt van Nederlandse bodem is de zoveelste film op rij die het niet
waard is om vertoond te worden. Flinterdun verhaal, gebaseerd op een boek wat
waarschijnlijk niet veel beter zal zijn, stereotype karaktertjes, gespeeld
op een manier die zelfs door de leden van de plaatselijke toneelvereniging
beter neergezet kan worden.
Joep
Review: Fishes in August
[21:39 ]
#0151
DIRECTOR: Yoichiro Takahashi
CAST: Keni Mizuhashi, Ayumi Ito, Ren Osugi
With every Japanese film I get more and more convinced they are masters at
making philosophical cinematic statements. This movie about a pubescent boy
in the twilight of maturity finding out about new feelings, situations and
relationships the hard way is refined and magical. Excellent.
Joep
Review: The Item
[21:30 ]
#0150
DIRECTOR:
CAST:
The Item is not about the story at all, it's all about the feeling of
seedyness and gore in B-film and bad horror, splatter and comic books. It's an
over the top magnification of all things gory. In that it succeeds, but it
would have been nice if there was some storyline to enjoy instead of only
some absurd dialog, a weird sex scene and lots and lots of blood.
Joep
Review: Rush Hour
[21:05 ]
#0149
DIRECTOR: Brett Ratner
CAST: Jackie Chan, Chris Tucker, Elizabeth Peña, Mark Rolston
I know we should be overly excited about a new Jackie Chan movie, since we're
named after one of his films, but this just doesn't cut it. The action is
excellent and the fighting is carefully orchestrated and fun, but the rest is
just total bullshit. A very flimsy storyline and silly casting make it bad.
Especially the pairing of Jackie Chan to oddball Chris Tucker, who is merely
doing an Eddie Murphy ripoff act. Not good.
Joep
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
[20:15]
#0148
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Gitaar maakt technobeats
[19:05]
#0147
Wiggle tijdens het slotfeest.
Last-day-of-the-festival
[18:25]
#0146
How to get your film into the Rotterdam Film Festival
[18:19 ]
#0145
Waar zaten ze liever niet? [17:22 ] #0144
The Quarry
No Trains, No Planes
The Power Of Kwangwon Province
Dreams And Honour
Buffalo '66
Killer
The Hole
No Trains, No Planes
Last days of disco
B.Monkey
Inquietude
Another day in paradise
Portland street blues
Tropicola
Laatste 10 minuten van Bug's Life
Aprile
01 Lo zio di Brooklyn
02 Lo zio di Brooklyn
03 Lo zio di Brooklyn
04 Lo zio di Brooklyn
05 Totò che visse due volte
05 Totò che visse due volte
07 Totò che visse due volte
08 Totò che visse due volte
09 Tropicola
10 Velvet Goldmine
Waar zaten ze het liefst? [16:45 ] #0143
01 American History X
02 Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas
03 Sitcom
04 Lola Rennt
05 Bullet Ballet
06 Dang Bireley's And The Young Gangsters
07 Rushmore
08 Crime Kings
09 Aprile
10 Black Angel II
01 American History X
02 Victor.. pendant qu'il est trop tard
03 Following
04 Orphans
05 Flight of the Bee
06 The Herd
07 The Apostle
08 Barrio
09 Lola Rennt
10 Fresh Air
01 American History X
would have been one if I handn't missed it
01 Barrio
02 Dis moi que je reve
03 l'albero delle pere
04 Victor...pendant
05 fin aout, debut septembre
06 Henry Fool
07 Happiness
08 last night
09 the herd
01 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
02 The Opposite of sex
03 Bullet Ballet
04 Sitcom
05 Barrio
06 Ikinai
07 l'Albero delle pere
08 L' éternité et un jour
09 Aprile
10 B-Monkey