La JeteeThis unique film was the inspiration for Terry Gilliam's futuristic adventure ... more
'Twelve Monkeys'. The story is almost entirely narrated using black and white stills. After Paris is destroyed by a third world war, the survivors are forced to retre...
An opportunity to own 2 great films written and directed by Chris Marker. La Jetee: A ... more
unique piece of film making that became the inspiration for Terry Gillian's futuristic adventure '12 Monkeys'. Sans Soleil: Director Chris Marker takes the viewer ...
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
Advantages: Can see the show if you can't afford a show ticket Disadvantages: Not quite as good as being in the theatre itself!
I am a huge fan of the Cirque Du Soleil shows and have been lucky enough to win tickets to two of the shows. The last time I won tickets I couldn't actually go on the night they offered me the VIP package so they advised they could offer me two seats in the best section instead and they would send me a few bits of merchandise to make up for not being able to enjoy the VIP package. One of these items was the DVD of the show. I didn't actually watch it until recently as I completely forgot they had given it to me as when it had arrived in the post I had simply put it on my shelf to watch after seeing the real thing!
Directed by Nick Morris this DVD is the full show of Varekai. It was filmed back in 2003 and was during a performance at the Grand Chapiteau in Toronto.
The show:
The show is quite hard to describe really as in ...
Advantages: Opens your eyes to... Disadvantages: ...police brutality and racism in France
Blighty.
The film was released in 1995, and was a huge success in France, so much so that the (then) Prime Minster, Alain Juppé requested a private screening, he then instructed, actually it was more of an order than an instruction, his entire cabinet to watch it. The director went on to win Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival Awards in 1996, but apparently the police guards present turned their backs on those involved with the film, as a protest to the way that they had portrayed police brutality in France.
Note, there are a couple of words in the plot that may need clarification or defining, as this is quite a colloquial (is that the right word? Please correct me if not) film, so certain words will be translated and explained in full after the Plot.
~Plot~
La Haine follows a day in the life of three banlieusards*, Vinz (Jew ...
tazzywazzy 21.03.2007
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Advantages: Superb acting, engaging storyline Disadvantages: Kassovitz is miscast as a skinhead
WHAT IS IT: La Haine is a French film - shot in black and white and released in 1995 - directed and written by Mathieu Kassovitz. It is in French with English subtitles and is around 90 minutes long. The film centres around 3 young men living on an impoverished housing estate in France. Vinz (Vincent Cassel), a French Jew, is full of rage at the injustices he is subjected to and the constant state of tension between the police and local youths in the aftermath of riots. Said is a talkative Maghrebin (French but of Moroccan/Algerian/Tunisian/Libyan/Mauritanian descent) who shares Vinz's dislike of the police but tries to keep the peace between everyone. Hubert is an Afro-French boxer and drug dealer who is philosophical about the situation he sees around him even when his gym gets burnt down during the riots. He suspects Vinz may have ...
jesperado77 29.07.2009
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In 'La Jetee', which is told almost entirely in stills, the viewer is taken on the journey of a man who is travelling from the future back to his childhood. 'Sans Soleil' is an audio-visual mix of footage filmed in Africa, Japan, Iceland, France and the USA. The result is a study of the 'dreams of the human race' which looks at the banal, the exotic and the popular culture of classic movies and video games, and contrasts these images with the forgotten misery of the Third World.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
NOUVEAUX PICTURES; METRODOME DISTRIBUTION
Release date
28/07/2003
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
NPD 1016
Barcode
5035017010167
Languages
Main Language
French
Dubbed Language
English
DVD Description
After a global holocaust, humanity's hopes for survival hinge on time-travel experiments conducted upon a man whose dreams reveal a clarion recall of a defining moment in his childhood, when he witnessed a murder. The narrative is revealed through a montage of stills and inspired the American film "12 Monkeys."
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