In the latest of our Close Up series we look at one of HeyUGuys’ most treasured directors. Currently killing the Python (for the last time) on stage Terry Gilliam’s vibrant imagination and brutal humour has gathered him up a legion of fans who follow his every cinematic move with delight.
Though with a director such as Gilliam choosing a ‘best of’ list could easily be solved by pointing a link to his IMDb page I have chosen the elements of his work which I like the most. There are many, many more excellent moments and themes from his films, but as we near the release of The Zero Theorem on Blu-ray and DVD (out on Monday the 21st of July folks) we look back at those moments which made us fans.
The Kids are not what they seem.
A young boy holds his mother’s hand and watches silently...
Though with a director such as Gilliam choosing a ‘best of’ list could easily be solved by pointing a link to his IMDb page I have chosen the elements of his work which I like the most. There are many, many more excellent moments and themes from his films, but as we near the release of The Zero Theorem on Blu-ray and DVD (out on Monday the 21st of July folks) we look back at those moments which made us fans.
The Kids are not what they seem.
A young boy holds his mother’s hand and watches silently...
- 7/18/2014
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Before we start here’s a confession. I’m a fan of Terry Gilliam’s work. Unashamed, bordering on (but never becoming) an apologist. From the bedtime anarchy of Time Bandits to the dark satanic future of Brazil, from the dizzying false heights of Munchausen to finding myself washed up on the Tideland – each and every one of his films has connected with me, some inextricably so.
The more of them I saw, the more I became hooked on his dreamatic musings; a new Gilliam film is a big deal in my world. He was also my first film teacher with the BBC’s long forgotten series called The Last Machine taking in a whirlwind tour of the first century of cinema from sideshow contraption to documentarian to a gateway to other worlds. Gilliam knew cinema, and came across as a man possessed with a love of ideas and visual poetry.
The more of them I saw, the more I became hooked on his dreamatic musings; a new Gilliam film is a big deal in my world. He was also my first film teacher with the BBC’s long forgotten series called The Last Machine taking in a whirlwind tour of the first century of cinema from sideshow contraption to documentarian to a gateway to other worlds. Gilliam knew cinema, and came across as a man possessed with a love of ideas and visual poetry.
- 3/14/2014
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Let’s take a look at a spare short film called Free Pie, for a change. Entirely conversation-based and set in a single location, but if you give the film a chance, you’ll find yourself absorbed in its rhythms and revelations. However, I’m not even sure this is a comedy. Directed by Caleb Slain, who has been internationally awarded for his vibrant use of evocative storytelling in both short films and commercials, Free Pie is described as ‘a traumatic comedy about life, death, pie and death with a terrifically witty but dark conversation with several humorous twists and turns.’ Slain’s short documentary It Ain’t Over was...
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- 4/2/2013
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
Under continuous pressure from cat film fans worldwide, online distributor Distrify has finally introduced a fully translated version of the Distrify player in Lingua Feline. Cats are fiercely independent creatures and this innovation allows them to select and watch films without the help of their owners for the first time in history.
"With the rising popularity of cat videos online, we realized we had to meet the demand and make the video player available in a language that our fans could understand," said Distrify's CEO Peter Gerard.
Cats around the world are now able to paw at their tablets and start streaming classic films like Cat Ladies, The Lion King, The Aristocats, Garfield, Cat People, Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Fritz the Cat, The Cat in the Hat, as well as watch the glamorous A-listers such as Blofeld’s right-hand in the Bond films, Jonesy in Alien, Snowbell in Stuart Little, Mr Bigglesworth in Austin Powers, Sassy in Homeward Bound, Cat in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Mir Jinx in Meet the Parents, Jake in The Cat From Outer Space, all from the comfort of their own litter box or sofa.
When asked for comment Bali, a film aficionado from Barnet enthusiastically said, "Meow meow meow Distrify meow. Meow, meow, awards, meow, meow, Palm Dog, meow, discrimination, meow, puurrrrrrrrr."
Distrify have curated a special collection of films in Lingua Feline
All cat lovers check out
For further information:
Distrify is the fast-growing online cinema with integrated viral marketing tools offering filmmakers and distributors the opportunity to reach audiences worldwide.
The Distrify model turns every trailer for a film into an instant VoD player allowing the customer on discovering a film to click ‘rent’ or ‘buy’. Film fans are rewarded for sharing trailers with their contacts and film critics, online publishers and film fans are able to curate their favourite film collections and earn money for their efforts. Not only does Distrify offer international distribution, but it also ensures that the majority of the revenue earned back by films is passed back to the filmmaker.
Distrify has announced a number of audience development projects in recent weeks all showing how the platform is pioneering direct-to-fan online film distribution.
Distrify is setting up an online platform for the BFI Production Board Collection which will offer audiences worldwide to classics from the collection of 300 films. Creative Scotland is using Distrify to promote and offer the Scottish Film Collection to national and international audiences. The Bangalore-based portal hometalkies.com is using Distrify to premiere films to the Indian diaspora. The Glasgow Film Theatre and the Edinburgh Filmhouse are using Distrify to explore cinema-curated Video on Demand (VoD) for a slate of six films. Distrify has provided the platform for Lgbt film distributor Wolfe Video’s WolfeOnDemand.com. Distrify is partnering The Guardian and international film distributors to offer films such as Terry’s Gilliam’s The Wholly Family.
The Distrify model and technology has been pioneered by co-founders Peter Gerard and Andy Green.
Peter Gerard is an award-winning film producer whose films played at festivals, sold for international broadcast, and downloaded tens of thousands of times. He has also specialised in Rich Internet Applications development and has designed and programmed award-winning eCommerce and eCommunity applications for large financial institutions, governmental organisations, and commercial clients. He built the website for The D-Word online community of documentary professionals and is regularly invited to speak on panels throughout Europe and the Us.
Andy Green is an award-winning film editor and producer whose experience includes promos, commercials, broadcast documentaries and short dramas. As an independent producer his films have won several awards including Best Short Documentary prizes at the Palm Springs and San Francisco film festivals. Having developed three screenplays, all of which were funded, Andy has been featured as an up-and-coming producer at the Eiff/Scottish Executive “Features Scotland” Expo.
Distrify chairman David Nicholas Wilkinson, founder of the Guerilla companies, has an award-winning track record in film/TV and theatre production; cinema/DVD/VOD/airline/TV/online distribution; book publishing, as well as event management. An award-winning actor, he has starred in film/TV/theatre productions, has produced and/or distributed almost 150 feature films and has advised on financing for more than 300 feature film projects.
"With the rising popularity of cat videos online, we realized we had to meet the demand and make the video player available in a language that our fans could understand," said Distrify's CEO Peter Gerard.
Cats around the world are now able to paw at their tablets and start streaming classic films like Cat Ladies, The Lion King, The Aristocats, Garfield, Cat People, Cats and Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Fritz the Cat, The Cat in the Hat, as well as watch the glamorous A-listers such as Blofeld’s right-hand in the Bond films, Jonesy in Alien, Snowbell in Stuart Little, Mr Bigglesworth in Austin Powers, Sassy in Homeward Bound, Cat in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Mir Jinx in Meet the Parents, Jake in The Cat From Outer Space, all from the comfort of their own litter box or sofa.
When asked for comment Bali, a film aficionado from Barnet enthusiastically said, "Meow meow meow Distrify meow. Meow, meow, awards, meow, meow, Palm Dog, meow, discrimination, meow, puurrrrrrrrr."
Distrify have curated a special collection of films in Lingua Feline
All cat lovers check out
For further information:
Distrify is the fast-growing online cinema with integrated viral marketing tools offering filmmakers and distributors the opportunity to reach audiences worldwide.
The Distrify model turns every trailer for a film into an instant VoD player allowing the customer on discovering a film to click ‘rent’ or ‘buy’. Film fans are rewarded for sharing trailers with their contacts and film critics, online publishers and film fans are able to curate their favourite film collections and earn money for their efforts. Not only does Distrify offer international distribution, but it also ensures that the majority of the revenue earned back by films is passed back to the filmmaker.
Distrify has announced a number of audience development projects in recent weeks all showing how the platform is pioneering direct-to-fan online film distribution.
Distrify is setting up an online platform for the BFI Production Board Collection which will offer audiences worldwide to classics from the collection of 300 films. Creative Scotland is using Distrify to promote and offer the Scottish Film Collection to national and international audiences. The Bangalore-based portal hometalkies.com is using Distrify to premiere films to the Indian diaspora. The Glasgow Film Theatre and the Edinburgh Filmhouse are using Distrify to explore cinema-curated Video on Demand (VoD) for a slate of six films. Distrify has provided the platform for Lgbt film distributor Wolfe Video’s WolfeOnDemand.com. Distrify is partnering The Guardian and international film distributors to offer films such as Terry’s Gilliam’s The Wholly Family.
The Distrify model and technology has been pioneered by co-founders Peter Gerard and Andy Green.
Peter Gerard is an award-winning film producer whose films played at festivals, sold for international broadcast, and downloaded tens of thousands of times. He has also specialised in Rich Internet Applications development and has designed and programmed award-winning eCommerce and eCommunity applications for large financial institutions, governmental organisations, and commercial clients. He built the website for The D-Word online community of documentary professionals and is regularly invited to speak on panels throughout Europe and the Us.
Andy Green is an award-winning film editor and producer whose experience includes promos, commercials, broadcast documentaries and short dramas. As an independent producer his films have won several awards including Best Short Documentary prizes at the Palm Springs and San Francisco film festivals. Having developed three screenplays, all of which were funded, Andy has been featured as an up-and-coming producer at the Eiff/Scottish Executive “Features Scotland” Expo.
Distrify chairman David Nicholas Wilkinson, founder of the Guerilla companies, has an award-winning track record in film/TV and theatre production; cinema/DVD/VOD/airline/TV/online distribution; book publishing, as well as event management. An award-winning actor, he has starred in film/TV/theatre productions, has produced and/or distributed almost 150 feature films and has advised on financing for more than 300 feature film projects.
- 4/1/2013
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Clowns! Pasta! Babies hatched from giant eggs! It's a new Terry Gilliam movie! Pasta company Garofalo sponsored the 20-minute short The Wholly Family as part of its annual series of films about Naples, Italy. The advert became a surreal tale about a young boy in the southern Italian city. He spots several presepe, Italian nativity scenes, and is drawn to a set of carnivalesque figures nearby. After trying to steal one, his mother momentarily banishes him away in anger, and he becomes lost in a strange dream world. Sounds familiar, right? Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli star in the story that won Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. The last feature we saw from the director was 2009's The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus. The...
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- 1/8/2013
- by Alison Nastasi
- Movies.com
The last we heard about Terry Gilliam's 20-minute short film "The Wholly Family" was well over a year ago, when it took home Best Short Film at the European Film Awards. Not bad at all for a movie that got its start as a project sponsored by the pasta company Garofalo as part of an annual series of films about Naples. Well, Gilliam took that basic premise, ran with it, and now you can finally watch it. After doing a brief festival circuit run (mostly in Europe), and being available to stream (again, mostly in Europe) those of us stateside can finally sit down with the movie, as it has wormed its way online. Penned by Gilliam, the film stars Cristiana Capotondi, Douglas Dean, Nicolas Connolly and Sergio Solli in a typically fantastical story where a visit to a market winds up leading a kid into the kind of...
- 1/5/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Dystopian fantasy will star Christoph Waltz of Inglourious Basterds, with pre-production set to begin in next few days
Terry Gilliam fans rejoice! The maverick director, who has spoken candidly about his funding problems in recent years, has finally been given the money to make a new feature film. An existential fantasy starring Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as an eccentric computer genius trying to discover the meaning of life, The Zero Theorem is set to enter pre-production in Bucharest over the next few days.
Gilliam himself revealed Waltz's casting on his Facebook page. "Announcement!" he wrote, next to a photograph of the Austrian actor in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. "I'm heading off to Bucharest to start work on my new film, The Zero Theorem. It stars everybody's favourite Nazi, the great Christoph Waltz. Very original script about a man waiting for a telephone call that will give meaning to his life.
Terry Gilliam fans rejoice! The maverick director, who has spoken candidly about his funding problems in recent years, has finally been given the money to make a new feature film. An existential fantasy starring Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as an eccentric computer genius trying to discover the meaning of life, The Zero Theorem is set to enter pre-production in Bucharest over the next few days.
Gilliam himself revealed Waltz's casting on his Facebook page. "Announcement!" he wrote, next to a photograph of the Austrian actor in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds. "I'm heading off to Bucharest to start work on my new film, The Zero Theorem. It stars everybody's favourite Nazi, the great Christoph Waltz. Very original script about a man waiting for a telephone call that will give meaning to his life.
- 8/16/2012
- by Ben Child
- The Guardian - Film News
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Screenwriter James McBride’s Essay on Hollywood: Being a Maid from 40Acres.com
Terry Gilliam Presents The Wholly Family at the Guardian from Guardian.co.uk
Database Cinema: An Instant Movie Mashup Generator from TheAtlantic.com
Bid on a Signed Clone Wars Poster for a Good Cause from StarWars.com
Film Career Flowchart from FilmSourcing.com (Suggested by nwfilmforum)
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Screenwriter James McBride’s Essay on Hollywood: Being a Maid from 40Acres.com
Terry Gilliam Presents The Wholly Family at the Guardian from Guardian.co.uk
Database Cinema: An Instant Movie Mashup Generator from TheAtlantic.com
Bid on a Signed Clone Wars Poster for a Good Cause from StarWars.com
Film Career Flowchart from FilmSourcing.com (Suggested by nwfilmforum)
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- 1/27/2012
- by Heather Campbell
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Three stories vied for our attention as the Oscar nominations were announced, Spike Lee stormed Sundance and director Theo Angelopoulos died
The big storiesOscar nominations
The glitz! The glamour! The gradual realisation that, as much as you wanted your small-time favourite (Melancholia / Drive / Take Shelter) to win, you can't fight the inevitable! Yes - it's Oscar time again. The nominations were announced this week, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo narrowly pipping The Artist with 11 nods to the silent wonder's 10. We live-blogged the announcement, explained why we think Michel Hazanavicius's film will still win big come February and griped about those that were left out. Join us on 26 February for an all-night bonanza of gowns and gongs, back-slapping and blubbering. It will be just like being in La. But with cynicism.
Sundance film festival
Park City's received its annual influx of film-makers as the Sundance film festival rolled into action.
The big storiesOscar nominations
The glitz! The glamour! The gradual realisation that, as much as you wanted your small-time favourite (Melancholia / Drive / Take Shelter) to win, you can't fight the inevitable! Yes - it's Oscar time again. The nominations were announced this week, with Martin Scorsese's Hugo narrowly pipping The Artist with 11 nods to the silent wonder's 10. We live-blogged the announcement, explained why we think Michel Hazanavicius's film will still win big come February and griped about those that were left out. Join us on 26 February for an all-night bonanza of gowns and gongs, back-slapping and blubbering. It will be just like being in La. But with cynicism.
Sundance film festival
Park City's received its annual influx of film-makers as the Sundance film festival rolled into action.
- 1/27/2012
- by Henry Barnes
- The Guardian - Film News
The beloved British comedy troupe Monty Python, well-known for their films and sketch shows from the late ’60s through to the early ’80s, are set to return once more to the big screen together for a new sci-fi farce, Absolutely Anything.
The film will be a mixture of CGI and live-action, Variety report, with Terry Jones directing and Mike Medavoy (Black Swan, Life of Brian) producing. The Pythons will be lending their voices to,
“a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do “absolutely anything” to see what a mess he’ll make of things — which is precisely what happens. There’s also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does.”
And to add even more excellence to this story, guess who’s going to be voicing the dog, Dennis.
Robin Williams.
In his description of the film,...
The film will be a mixture of CGI and live-action, Variety report, with Terry Jones directing and Mike Medavoy (Black Swan, Life of Brian) producing. The Pythons will be lending their voices to,
“a group of aliens who endow an earthling with the power to do “absolutely anything” to see what a mess he’ll make of things — which is precisely what happens. There’s also a talking dog named Dennis who seems to understand more about the mayhem that ensues than anyone else does.”
And to add even more excellence to this story, guess who’s going to be voicing the dog, Dennis.
Robin Williams.
In his description of the film,...
- 1/27/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Terry Gilliam appears at a live Q&A, hosted by Peter Bradshaw, after presenting his new film at the Guardian offices
Terry Gilliam will be at the Guardian's offices from 7pm tonight for the online premiere of his new short, The Wholly Family.
Sponsored by the Italian pasta manufacturer Garofalo, Gilliam's film sees a young boy dream of a nightmare-ish dinner after he's sent to bed without any supper by his tetchy parents. We have a stream of the film here, which we'll be hosting exclusively for two weeks – and you can stream it up to five times for a fortnight, from noon today.
Our own Peter Bradshaw will be interviewing Gilliam tonight, but we'll also be a holding a readers' Q&A, so we'll need your questions too. Post your queries below and we'll get the best of them answered at the event, which we'll be live-blogging here from 6.45pm.
Terry Gilliam will be at the Guardian's offices from 7pm tonight for the online premiere of his new short, The Wholly Family.
Sponsored by the Italian pasta manufacturer Garofalo, Gilliam's film sees a young boy dream of a nightmare-ish dinner after he's sent to bed without any supper by his tetchy parents. We have a stream of the film here, which we'll be hosting exclusively for two weeks – and you can stream it up to five times for a fortnight, from noon today.
Our own Peter Bradshaw will be interviewing Gilliam tonight, but we'll also be a holding a readers' Q&A, so we'll need your questions too. Post your queries below and we'll get the best of them answered at the event, which we'll be live-blogging here from 6.45pm.
- 1/24/2012
- by Henry Barnes, Catherine Shoard
- The Guardian - Film News
'My most unappealing habit? Farting in small, enclosed spaces'
Terry Gilliam, 71, was born in Minnesota. Having worked as an animator and strip cartoonist on Help! magazine in New York, he moved to the UK in 1967, where he began working on the children's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set. In 1969 he launched the comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and John Cleese. The series spawned four movies, including Monty Python And The Holy Grail, which Gilliam co-directed with Jones. To see an online screening of his new short film, The Wholly Family, and to join Gilliam in conversation, go to guardian.co.uk/thewhollyfamily.
When were you happiest?
Lost in a piece of music.
What is your greatest fear?
Any harm to my children.
What is your earliest memory?
Hallucinating with scarlet fever that the refrigerator in the next room blew up,...
Terry Gilliam, 71, was born in Minnesota. Having worked as an animator and strip cartoonist on Help! magazine in New York, he moved to the UK in 1967, where he began working on the children's TV show Do Not Adjust Your Set. In 1969 he launched the comedy TV series Monty Python's Flying Circus, with Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Graham Chapman and John Cleese. The series spawned four movies, including Monty Python And The Holy Grail, which Gilliam co-directed with Jones. To see an online screening of his new short film, The Wholly Family, and to join Gilliam in conversation, go to guardian.co.uk/thewhollyfamily.
When were you happiest?
Lost in a piece of music.
What is your greatest fear?
Any harm to my children.
What is your earliest memory?
Hallucinating with scarlet fever that the refrigerator in the next room blew up,...
- 1/21/2012
- by Rosanna Greenstreet
- The Guardian - Film News
Actor and member of the Monty Python comedy troupe, Terry Gilliam is well known for directing several films, including Brazil (1985), The Fisher King (1991), and 12 Monkeys (1995). The only ‘Python’ not born in Britain is releasing a new film, called The Wholly Family, and it will be available online. The 20-minute short is [...]
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- 1/20/2012
- by Nick Martin
- Filmofilia
This is a piece of very good news to end the week on.
From Monday, the 23rd of January you can watch The Wholly Family, the latest film from cinematic legend Terry Gilliam via The Guardian who are always carrying out a Q&A with the director from 7pm on that day.
You can choose to stream the film for a small fee and join in on the conversation and there’s a very good reason why you should. The film is great. It is Gilliam untamed, with a delicious and dark flavour to this cautionary tale. Made in association with Garofalo pasta Gilliam’s film is a prime example of a rewarding and very welcome trend in sponsored films.
Unlike the outrageous product placement of the new Resident Evil: Retribution trailer (which has to be seen to be believed) there is no gorging on platefuls of pasta with close-ups of the Garofalo label,...
From Monday, the 23rd of January you can watch The Wholly Family, the latest film from cinematic legend Terry Gilliam via The Guardian who are always carrying out a Q&A with the director from 7pm on that day.
You can choose to stream the film for a small fee and join in on the conversation and there’s a very good reason why you should. The film is great. It is Gilliam untamed, with a delicious and dark flavour to this cautionary tale. Made in association with Garofalo pasta Gilliam’s film is a prime example of a rewarding and very welcome trend in sponsored films.
Unlike the outrageous product placement of the new Resident Evil: Retribution trailer (which has to be seen to be believed) there is no gorging on platefuls of pasta with close-ups of the Garofalo label,...
- 1/20/2012
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
There's no denying it - awards season is finally upon us. Dust off that tux and/or tiara, and join the party
The big story
You couldn't escape it: this was the week when the awards season (for so we must describe it) kicked into high gear. On Sunday night, we had the Golden Globes, which was monitored in a fantastically popular liveblog by Hadley Freeman and Joshua Alston. It was the first major red carpet splurge of the season, and – as was widely expected – French silent film The Artist walked off with the biggest haul of gongs. Ricky Gervais tried but failed to disgrace himself, Hollywood's finest graced the podium, and, if you still want to know, the full list of winners is here. Then 48 hours later it was back to London, as the nominations for the 2012 Baftas were announced. Again, The Artist did best, but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
The big story
You couldn't escape it: this was the week when the awards season (for so we must describe it) kicked into high gear. On Sunday night, we had the Golden Globes, which was monitored in a fantastically popular liveblog by Hadley Freeman and Joshua Alston. It was the first major red carpet splurge of the season, and – as was widely expected – French silent film The Artist walked off with the biggest haul of gongs. Ricky Gervais tried but failed to disgrace himself, Hollywood's finest graced the podium, and, if you still want to know, the full list of winners is here. Then 48 hours later it was back to London, as the nominations for the 2012 Baftas were announced. Again, The Artist did best, but Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy...
- 1/19/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Terry Gilliam fans rejoice! The director is back in action with a new film, a short entitled The Wholly Family. The best news of all? Gilliam fans will be able to check out the flick online. Billed as a “surreal comedy,” The Wholly Family is about an American family vacationing in Naples. The film was funded by Italian pasta company Garafalo and features nothing you’d expect to find in a pasta commercial here in the States. There are dancing men in masks, dropped eggs, a jaunty musical number and more. It’s pretty obvious that it’s something Gilliam made, though – which is always a good thing in our way of thinking. The film will be available for streaming starting on January 23rd at the Guardian website. It’s not free – so...
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- 1/18/2012
- by Mike Bracken
- Movies.com
Gilliam serves up an unpalatable vision of food in his new short film. But after a childhood of grim mid-century catering, is it any wonder the ex-Python fell for the comfort of pasta?
I always feel a little bit sorry for people who grew up with the foul, post-industrial, pre-Elizabeth David British catering of the 1950s and 60s; it invariably left them with an odd relationship with food. They love it (because they were permanently starving as youngsters and there was often not enough to eat), but they are also suspicious of it (because it was mostly horrible).
Public schoolboys of the time copped it the worst. At least out on the free world, you had some say over how much you ate but at boarding school the ebb and flow (too much being almost worse than too little), of barely-edible mulch was in the hands of someone else.
I always feel a little bit sorry for people who grew up with the foul, post-industrial, pre-Elizabeth David British catering of the 1950s and 60s; it invariably left them with an odd relationship with food. They love it (because they were permanently starving as youngsters and there was often not enough to eat), but they are also suspicious of it (because it was mostly horrible).
Public schoolboys of the time copped it the worst. At least out on the free world, you had some say over how much you ate but at boarding school the ebb and flow (too much being almost worse than too little), of barely-edible mulch was in the hands of someone else.
- 1/18/2012
- by Esther Walker
- The Guardian - Film News
Briefly: You might remember that we've covered the new short from Terry Gilliam, The Wholly Family, a couple times [1] in the past. It's a weird setup, where Gilliam was one of a number of filmmakers hired by Italian pasta company Garofalo to make short films set in or otherwise concerning Naples. Gilliam's movie is probably the most high-profile of the efforts, and it follows "an American family vacationing in Naples and the surreal visions of their young son after he steals a Pulcinella—the black masked unofficial mascot of the city—from a street cart." Most of us haven't yet had a chance to see the short, but Anne Thompson [2] passes along word that the film will stream from The Guardian [3] for two weeks starting 7pm GMT on January 23, at a price of £1.99. (Currently about $3 Us.) The offer isn't available to residents of Italy, likely because of licensing concerns, but...
- 1/17/2012
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
It'd be a mistake for anyone to call one-time Monty Python member Terry Gilliam a conventional filmmaker, but with his new short, "The Wholly Family," the imaginative director is now trying something completely different: an online screening of the film, made possible by sponsor The Guardian. "The Wholly Family" follows an American family vacationing in Naples and the surreal visions of their young son after he steals a Pulcinella—the black masked unofficial mascot of the city—from a street cart. The film will live stream on the Guardian's website starting at 7pm UK time on January 23rd, and will cost £1.99,...
- 1/17/2012
- Thompson on Hollywood
Terry Gilliam, a man who should need no introduction to film junkies, has a new short film on the way called The Wholly Family. A surreal comedy about an American family who goes on vacation in Naples, the short was funded by Italian pasta company Garofalo. They commissioned a set of shorts to take place in dear old Napoli and Gilliam seems to have taken advantage of that. It looks as trippy as anything Gilliam usually does but it has a weird commercial feel to it. You can check...
- 1/17/2012
- by Alex Riviello
- JoBlo.com
Tweet your favourite Terry Gilliam scene with the hashtag #gdnwhollyfamily, and, if you're really inspired, enter our competition with a recreation of that scene
What's your favourite Terry Gilliam scene? Would it be from Brazil, or Twelve Monkeys, or even from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?
Ahead of our evening with Terry Gilliam on 23 January, in which the director is interviewed by Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian offices, before a screening of his film and a Q&A session, we're asking you to tweet your favourite Gilliam scenes. And, if you feel really enthused by them, you can recreate the scene, send us the results and be in the running for a couple of tickets to the event. Don't do the Twitter? Just pitch in on the comments thread.
Remember, you can stream The Wholly Family from 23 January on this site.
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What's your favourite Terry Gilliam scene? Would it be from Brazil, or Twelve Monkeys, or even from The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus?
Ahead of our evening with Terry Gilliam on 23 January, in which the director is interviewed by Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian offices, before a screening of his film and a Q&A session, we're asking you to tweet your favourite Gilliam scenes. And, if you feel really enthused by them, you can recreate the scene, send us the results and be in the running for a couple of tickets to the event. Don't do the Twitter? Just pitch in on the comments thread.
Remember, you can stream The Wholly Family from 23 January on this site.
TwitterTerry Gilliam
guardian.co.uk © 2012 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies.
- 1/13/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
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To celebrate the Guardian's exclusive screening of Terry Gilliam's The Wholly Family, we're giving away a pair of tickets to our evening with the man himself, at which Peter Bradshaw will interview Gilliam, before his film is shown and he answers questions from the audience.
For your chance to win, you simply need to recreate your favourite scene from a Terry Gilliam film. You can be as creative as you like - photos in your living room, digital artwork, sketches, paintings, cartoons, plasticine models or Lego constructions. We'd love to see what you come up with. We'll be collecting the best entries and publishing them on the site.
By email
Send an email to the address your.photos@guardian.co.uk, that a) includes "Terry Gilliam" in the subject line; b) names the film your entry is...
To celebrate the Guardian's exclusive screening of Terry Gilliam's The Wholly Family, we're giving away a pair of tickets to our evening with the man himself, at which Peter Bradshaw will interview Gilliam, before his film is shown and he answers questions from the audience.
For your chance to win, you simply need to recreate your favourite scene from a Terry Gilliam film. You can be as creative as you like - photos in your living room, digital artwork, sketches, paintings, cartoons, plasticine models or Lego constructions. We'd love to see what you come up with. We'll be collecting the best entries and publishing them on the site.
By email
Send an email to the address your.photos@guardian.co.uk, that a) includes "Terry Gilliam" in the subject line; b) names the film your entry is...
- 1/13/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Film's favourite Pm, David Cameron, stepped in to give his views on what sort of features deserve lottery funding – the big ones
The big story
What sort of British films do we want? Or, more specifically, what sort of British films does David Cameron want? More commercial, big-box-office ones it seems, as the prime minister carefully primed the media for the publication of the government's film policy review. His "remarks" were fed to the press overnight, in advance of his visit to the James Bond studios at Pinewood – leading to immediate suggestions that garlanded veterans like Mike Leigh were "finished". More films like The King's Speech and Slumdog Millionaire, please, said Cameron – but, as Peter Bradshaw pointed out, when politicians meddle in film-making, disaster is never far away. Perhaps Cameron could reflect on what might happen to a film he claimed to admire, Lindsay Anderson's If..., if it had it been around today.
The big story
What sort of British films do we want? Or, more specifically, what sort of British films does David Cameron want? More commercial, big-box-office ones it seems, as the prime minister carefully primed the media for the publication of the government's film policy review. His "remarks" were fed to the press overnight, in advance of his visit to the James Bond studios at Pinewood – leading to immediate suggestions that garlanded veterans like Mike Leigh were "finished". More films like The King's Speech and Slumdog Millionaire, please, said Cameron – but, as Peter Bradshaw pointed out, when politicians meddle in film-making, disaster is never far away. Perhaps Cameron could reflect on what might happen to a film he claimed to admire, Lindsay Anderson's If..., if it had it been around today.
- 1/12/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
A new short feature from Terry Gilliam, which we'll be streaming on this site, has been funded by an Italian pasta company. So, is it a film or an advert, or both? And how satisfying is this 20-minute morsel?
It hasn't been that long since Shane Meadows made a short feature with commercial sponsorship; Eurostar stumped up the cash for his drama Somers Town, and the company was rewarded with very prominent branding and plot involvement. Not everyone was thrilled that a film-maker should take the commercial shilling. My colleague David Cox sharply pointed out that Eurostar's corporate practices were given a rosy fictional glow.
Now Terry Gilliam has moved into this arena with a new 20-minute short film, to be distributed online. It has been entirely funded by the Garofolo Pasta company, an Italian firm based in Gragnano near Naples, where the film is set.
Gilliam has spoken glowingly...
It hasn't been that long since Shane Meadows made a short feature with commercial sponsorship; Eurostar stumped up the cash for his drama Somers Town, and the company was rewarded with very prominent branding and plot involvement. Not everyone was thrilled that a film-maker should take the commercial shilling. My colleague David Cox sharply pointed out that Eurostar's corporate practices were given a rosy fictional glow.
Now Terry Gilliam has moved into this arena with a new 20-minute short film, to be distributed online. It has been entirely funded by the Garofolo Pasta company, an Italian firm based in Gragnano near Naples, where the film is set.
Gilliam has spoken glowingly...
- 1/11/2012
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
Sold Out: Tickets for our screening of The Wholly Family have sold out already. But don't forget, you can see the film online for just £1.99 at 7pm on 23rd (you can pre-order now - see below) and our Film team will be liveblogging the event
The latest film from former Python and celebrated director Terry Gilliam is The Wholly Family. A 20-minute short, it's set in Naples and was funded by Italian pasta company Garafalo.
The scene is a crowded street in the heart of Naples, teeming with shops selling elaborate Nativity scenes, beautifully carved Holy Families, grotesque Punchinellos. A tourist couple and their 10 year-old son, Jake, try to push their way through the crowd. While his parents quarrel, Jake lags behind attracted by the carved Punchinellos.
Spellbound by these extraordinary figures, the boy stops at a stall and peering around to see that no one is watching, reaches for one of the Punchinellos.
The latest film from former Python and celebrated director Terry Gilliam is The Wholly Family. A 20-minute short, it's set in Naples and was funded by Italian pasta company Garafalo.
The scene is a crowded street in the heart of Naples, teeming with shops selling elaborate Nativity scenes, beautifully carved Holy Families, grotesque Punchinellos. A tourist couple and their 10 year-old son, Jake, try to push their way through the crowd. While his parents quarrel, Jake lags behind attracted by the carved Punchinellos.
Spellbound by these extraordinary figures, the boy stops at a stall and peering around to see that no one is watching, reaches for one of the Punchinellos.
- 1/11/2012
- The Guardian - Film News
Nothing, it seems, can stand in the way of the Margaret Thatcher biopic: you literally couldn't avoid it
The big story
There was only one film in town this week: The Iron Lady. Guardian political grandee Michael White failed to square the screen Thatcher with the one he knew, Alex von Tunzelmann told us there was more to Margaret Thatcher than a fabulous blow dry, Meryl Streep raced to the front of the queue in the best actress Oscar betting, the Thatcher family apparently turned down an invitation to watch the film, and the premiere – on a blue carpet – triggered the usual shenanigans. Our man Peter Bradshaw, though, has the definitive word on the film.
In the news
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 should get an Oscar, say its makers
Warner Bros deny cleaning up the audio on The Dark Knight Rises, after complaints no one could understand...
The big story
There was only one film in town this week: The Iron Lady. Guardian political grandee Michael White failed to square the screen Thatcher with the one he knew, Alex von Tunzelmann told us there was more to Margaret Thatcher than a fabulous blow dry, Meryl Streep raced to the front of the queue in the best actress Oscar betting, the Thatcher family apparently turned down an invitation to watch the film, and the premiere – on a blue carpet – triggered the usual shenanigans. Our man Peter Bradshaw, though, has the definitive word on the film.
In the news
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 should get an Oscar, say its makers
Warner Bros deny cleaning up the audio on The Dark Knight Rises, after complaints no one could understand...
- 1/5/2012
- by Andrew Pulver
- The Guardian - Film News
Welcome to the second part of The Truffles – the HeyUGuys Movie Awards in which our team dole out an alternative set of awards to the great and good of this year’s cascade of movies.
You can read Part 1 by clicking here and read on to see which cinematic heroes are hoisted high above the crowd and which are dragged into a nearby corner and pummelled.
Here are more unique awards as we take on the year that was…
Jon Lyus
The Charles Manson Sing-a-long Award – John Hawkes in Martha Marcy May Marlene
A show stopping moment from one of my highlights of the cinematic year. Elizabeth Olsen was rightly lauded for her magnetic central performance in Sean Durkin’s film, but it was Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes who stood out for me. What stuck with me most was the moment when Hawkes’ latent anger is given an outlet...
You can read Part 1 by clicking here and read on to see which cinematic heroes are hoisted high above the crowd and which are dragged into a nearby corner and pummelled.
Here are more unique awards as we take on the year that was…
Jon Lyus
The Charles Manson Sing-a-long Award – John Hawkes in Martha Marcy May Marlene
A show stopping moment from one of my highlights of the cinematic year. Elizabeth Olsen was rightly lauded for her magnetic central performance in Sean Durkin’s film, but it was Sarah Paulson and John Hawkes who stood out for me. What stuck with me most was the moment when Hawkes’ latent anger is given an outlet...
- 12/22/2011
- by Guest
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“Billy Wilder once said that there are only two things aging directors can’t avoid…awards and haemorroids [sic]. I’ll stick with just the awards for the moment, please.” So says a recent Facebook post from the brain behind some of the greatest films of the last century, from Monty Python and the Holy Grail to Brazil to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen. Yes, Terry Gilliam has joined Facebook, as an experiment to promote his latest venture, the short film The Wholly Family, about Italian Pulcinella figurines coming to life inside a small boy’s imagination. (I highly recommend following his status updates). Fortunately for Gilliam, he’s on the awards path, recently honored with the Golden Star Award of the 11th Annual Marrakesh International Film Festival.
Wearing a Filipino-print shirt he purchased at his favorite craft shop in Los Angeles, and socks covered with cows sporting sunglasses, Gilliam showed...
Wearing a Filipino-print shirt he purchased at his favorite craft shop in Los Angeles, and socks covered with cows sporting sunglasses, Gilliam showed...
- 12/17/2011
- by Ariston Anderson
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
Lars von Trier's "Melancholia" (I know, he's the most hated director right now, but the film was great!) was the big winner at the 2011 European Film Awards. The film took home the Best Film, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design awards.
Tilda Swinton won Best Actress for "We Need to Talk About Kevin" while Colin Firth added another Best Actor award under his belt for "The King's Speech." The Oscar Best Picture winner also won the Best Editing and People's Choice awards.
Here's the full list of the winners of the 2011 European Film Award:
European Film 2011
Melancholia Dir. Lars von Trier
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for In a Better World
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for The Kid with a Bike
Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro...
Tilda Swinton won Best Actress for "We Need to Talk About Kevin" while Colin Firth added another Best Actor award under his belt for "The King's Speech." The Oscar Best Picture winner also won the Best Editing and People's Choice awards.
Here's the full list of the winners of the 2011 European Film Award:
European Film 2011
Melancholia Dir. Lars von Trier
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for In a Better World
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need To Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King's Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for The Kid with a Bike
Carlo Di Palma European Cinematographer Award 2011
Manuel Alberto Claro...
- 12/11/2011
- by Manny
- Manny the Movie Guy
A good night for Britons at ceremony with Colin Firth and Tilda Swinton, Terry Gilliam and Stephen Frears winning prizes
The apocalypse came with a happy ending at the 24th annual European film awards in Berlin, as Lars von Trier's Melancholia – an extravagant drama about the end of the world, took the crowning prize for best film. It marked a redemption of sorts for the Danish director, who was ejected from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi. Von Trier's wife, Bente Froge, collected the award on his behalf.
She said her husband had taken a vow of silence after the Nazi row. "I should say from Lars that he has no statement for you," she announced. "But he did ask that I should wave to you in a kind and gentle way."
Melancholia stars the American actor Kirsten Dunst as a brittle manic-depressive who rises...
The apocalypse came with a happy ending at the 24th annual European film awards in Berlin, as Lars von Trier's Melancholia – an extravagant drama about the end of the world, took the crowning prize for best film. It marked a redemption of sorts for the Danish director, who was ejected from the Cannes film festival after joking he was a Nazi. Von Trier's wife, Bente Froge, collected the award on his behalf.
She said her husband had taken a vow of silence after the Nazi row. "I should say from Lars that he has no statement for you," she announced. "But he did ask that I should wave to you in a kind and gentle way."
Melancholia stars the American actor Kirsten Dunst as a brittle manic-depressive who rises...
- 12/5/2011
- by Xan Brooks
- The Guardian - Film News
Lars Von Trier's Melancholia took the top prize at the 2011 European Film Awards this weekend, a ceremony that wrapped with no single runaway picture.Von Trier's latest led the pack with three awards including Best Film, a well deserved Best Cinematography and a somewhat perplexing Best Production Design - perplexing in that the entire film is shot on location with minimal design work actually present.Best director went to Susanne Bier for In A Better World while Colin Firth and Tilda Swinton took the actor and actress awards for The King's Speech and We Need To Talk About Kevin, respectively. Terry Gilliam managed to get in on the action, too, with an award for his short film The Wholly Family. Here's the complete list of...
- 12/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The King’s Speech, Melancholia, and the other winners of the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards were presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards winners is below.
European Film 2011
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Carlo Di Palma European...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards winners is below.
European Film 2011
Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by: Lars von Trier; Produced by: Meta Louise Foldager & Louise Vesth
European Director 2011
Susanne Bier for Hævnen (In a Better World)
European Actress 2011
Tilda Swinton in We Need to Talk About Kevin
European Actor 2011
Colin Firth in The King’s Speech
European Screenwriter 2011
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne for Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike)
Carlo Di Palma European...
- 12/4/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
While American film critics circles orgs and associations prep their year end "best" reveals, let's hop overseas for a moment. The European Film Awards were held in Berlin, Germany yesterday. It was a very good day to be Danish.
Though Mads Mikkelsen (left) is often seen in American and British films he frequently headlines Danish films too and was honored with a world cinema tribute. Lars von Trier, the maddest prince of Denmark since Hamlet, won the top prize for Melancholia. Though von Trier lost Best Director, he lost it to fellow Dane Susanne Bier who recently also won the Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World.) All three were born within a nine year span in Copenhagen!
Film Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
Documentary Pina (Wim Wenders)
Animated Feature Chico & Rita (Tono Erranda, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba)
European Achievement World Cinema Mads Mikkelsen
Lifetime Achievement Stephen Frears
Director Susanne Bier,...
Though Mads Mikkelsen (left) is often seen in American and British films he frequently headlines Danish films too and was honored with a world cinema tribute. Lars von Trier, the maddest prince of Denmark since Hamlet, won the top prize for Melancholia. Though von Trier lost Best Director, he lost it to fellow Dane Susanne Bier who recently also won the Oscar (Best Foreign Language Film, In A Better World.) All three were born within a nine year span in Copenhagen!
Film Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
Documentary Pina (Wim Wenders)
Animated Feature Chico & Rita (Tono Erranda, Javier Mariscal & Fernando Trueba)
European Achievement World Cinema Mads Mikkelsen
Lifetime Achievement Stephen Frears
Director Susanne Bier,...
- 12/4/2011
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Melancholia Tops European Film Awards, Lars von Trier Bypassed, Colin Firth Beats Jean Dujardin [Photo: Stephen Frears.] The Artist, a favorite for the 2012 Oscar, won a single Efa Award: Best European Composer, Ludovic Bource, who thanked the film's perky dog, Uggie, for providing the necessary inspiration. Writer-director Michel Hazanavicius wasn't even nominated; star Jean Dujardin lost to Colin Firth. Other Efa 2011 winners include Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne's screenplay for The Kid with a Bike; Wim Wenders' documentary Pina, Germany's submission for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar; Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, and Fernando Trueba's bolero-rhythmed animated feature and potential Oscar contender Chico & Rita; Terry Gilliam's short The Wholly Family, about an American family visiting Naples; and Hans Van Nuffel's Dutch-Belgian drama Oxygen, the European Discovery of 2011. Oxygen tells the story of two young men in love — and suffering from incurable illnesses. Efa winners of non-competitive awards were...
- 12/4/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
The film to beat at the European Film Awards, "Melanchola," took home the top prize Saturday in Berlin. Lars von Trier was not present when his film won, as the eccentric director has stopped making public statements since his series of gaffes earlier this year.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
"Melancholia"'s frontrunner status was hinted at during the show, according to The Hollywood Reporter. At one point, host Anke Engelke walked on stage in a wedding dress in slow motion, alluding to Kirsten Dunst's character in the film. "Melancholia" was up for eight awards but went home with three, also taking cinematography (Manuel Alberto Claro) and production design (Jette Lehmann). The film came up short a win for director, which went to Susanne Bier for "In a Better World," the best foreign film winner at the Oscars earlier this year.
Other notable wins included best actor, going to Colin Firth for "The King's Speech.
- 12/4/2011
- by Gazelle Emami
- Huffington Post
The live stream of the European Film Awards from Berlin this evening was pretty spotty, but a few fine moments came through, particularly the moment when a special honorary award was inaugurated and presented to a very surprised Michel Piccoli by Volker Schlöndorff and Bruno Ganz.
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
Another special award was given to producer Mariela Besuievski, Stellan Skarsgård presented the European Achievement in World Cinema Award to Mads Mikkelsen, and Stephen Frears received this year's Lifetime Achievement Award.
The full list of winners and nominees:
European Film 2011: Melancholia, Denmark/Sweden/France/Germany
Written and Directed by Lars von Trier
Produced by Meta Louise Foldager and Louise Vesth.
Also nominated:
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by Michel Hazanavicius
Produced by Thomas Langmann and Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Produced by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne,...
- 12/3/2011
- MUBI
We’ve seen some fantastic short films over the last year, with Terry Gilliam’s The Wholly Family being a particularly delightful way to spend twenty minutes, and I found watching Elfar Adalsteins’ Sailcloth a completely captivating experience.
Not to wander too far into spoiler territory but the dialogue free short tells the story of a day in the life of a hospital bound widower making an important decision to break free from his surrounds. Adalsteins has enormous good fortune in his leading man as John Hurt delivers a powerful and soulful performance.
I was able to speak with John Hurt this week about the film, his support for the short film format and the difficulties of films being tied to the source material.
We inevitably touch on spoilers for the film, which is being considered for an Oscar and will hopefully be available to watch online at some point.
Not to wander too far into spoiler territory but the dialogue free short tells the story of a day in the life of a hospital bound widower making an important decision to break free from his surrounds. Adalsteins has enormous good fortune in his leading man as John Hurt delivers a powerful and soulful performance.
I was able to speak with John Hurt this week about the film, his support for the short film format and the difficulties of films being tied to the source material.
We inevitably touch on spoilers for the film, which is being considered for an Oscar and will hopefully be available to watch online at some point.
- 11/11/2011
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Melancholia, The Artist, Le Havre and the other nominations for the 2011 European Film Awards have been announced. The 24th Annual European Film Awards are presented “by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements. The awards are given in over ten categories of which the most important is the Film of the year. They are restricted to European cinema and European producers, directors, and actors.” This year’s European Film Awards “ceremony will be held on December 3, 2011 in Berlin’s Tempodrom near Potsdamer Platz.”
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
The full listing of the 2011 European Film Awards nominations is below.
European Film 2011
The Artist, France
Written and Directed by: Michel Hazanavicius; Produced by: Thomas Langmann & Emmanuel Montamat
Le Gamin au Velo (The Kid with a Bike), Belgium/France/Italy
Written and Directed by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne; Produced by: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne, Denis Freyd & Andrea Occhipinti
Hævnen (In a Better World), Denmark...
- 11/6/2011
- by filmbook
- Film-Book
Here at HeyUGuys, we’re pretty big fans of Terry Gilliam, and one of the London Film Festival films we’re most excited about is his short, The Wholly Family.
So when we saw him walking past us at the Coriolanus premiere, we had to grab him for a quick chat.
Hug: As a feature director, what was it about doing a short?
Tg: It was very simple. What happened was that, Quixote was what we were supposed to be doing last year… When Quixote, for whatever reason didn’t happen, luckily [The Wholly Family] filled the hole up, which is a lot more fun than doing a full length feature.
Hug: Is there a possibility that you might be doing more shorts then, if you enjoyed it that much?
Tg: I was actually thinking that it would be nice to do a couple more, and then put them all together and make an instant film festival.
So when we saw him walking past us at the Coriolanus premiere, we had to grab him for a quick chat.
Hug: As a feature director, what was it about doing a short?
Tg: It was very simple. What happened was that, Quixote was what we were supposed to be doing last year… When Quixote, for whatever reason didn’t happen, luckily [The Wholly Family] filled the hole up, which is a lot more fun than doing a full length feature.
Hug: Is there a possibility that you might be doing more shorts then, if you enjoyed it that much?
Tg: I was actually thinking that it would be nice to do a couple more, and then put them all together and make an instant film festival.
- 10/17/2011
- by Ben Mortimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Perhaps no other filmmaker in recent memory is as talked about for the films they didn't make, as opposed to the ones they did, than director Terry Gilliam. But, you have to admire the man's perseverance. We're now coming on two years since "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus" and Gilliam has yet to mount another film, not that he hasn't been busy. He's done a couple of food and drink sponsored short films--"The Legend of Hallowdega" and "The Wholly Family"--knocked out a webcast for Arcade Fire, and more recently put on a terrific stage version of "The Damnation Of Faust."…...
- 7/28/2011
- The Playlist
Getty Images Sir Ben Kingsley, Daniela Lavender and Terry Gilliam
Eyewear brand Persol, recognizable to style watchers and cinemaphiles alike as the company behind Steve McQueen’s specs and Marcello Mastroianni’s La Dolce Vita chic, debuted an exhibition in honor of cinematic artifacts in Chelsea.
“Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftmanship in Film,” will be open to the public at Chelsea’s Center 548 through Sunday, June 19 before traveling to Paris and Milan. The exhibit features mixed-media looks at past “obsessions,...
Eyewear brand Persol, recognizable to style watchers and cinemaphiles alike as the company behind Steve McQueen’s specs and Marcello Mastroianni’s La Dolce Vita chic, debuted an exhibition in honor of cinematic artifacts in Chelsea.
“Persol Magnificent Obsessions: 30 Stories of Craftmanship in Film,” will be open to the public at Chelsea’s Center 548 through Sunday, June 19 before traveling to Paris and Milan. The exhibit features mixed-media looks at past “obsessions,...
- 6/17/2011
- by Elva Ramirez
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Though Terry Gilliam seems entirely unable to get a new feature project off the ground the director has, at least, managed to keep himself busy. He directed a live Arcade Fire show a little while back. He's directing an opera in London right now. And he's been dabbling in commercial work of a sort, shooting two different corporate-sponsored short films in recent days.The newest of those is The Wholly Family, a piece funded by an Italian pasta company. The trailer for this arrived online recently and, frankly, I find it rather depressing to see Gilliam mailing it in like this. The images are clearly his - obvious because we've seen variations of them before - and something just feels wrong about seeing a man...
- 6/2/2011
- Screen Anarchy
The man who introduced Monty Python to the world and and directed such films as Brazil, and Twelve Monkeys, decided to try his hand at opera for the first time with The Damnation of Faust. Luckily the production of Berlioz’s masterpiece was not impacted by any of the production problems Gilliam has with his last few films. This isn’t his first time directing away from motion pictures. Last year he directed a webcast for Arcade Fire, and this year he helmed a short film The Wholly Family. Now a trailer for the short has now been released and you can get a feel for how the director has brought his unique directorial style to the film.
The star of the film is Cristiana Capotondi, apparently famous in Italy for a few well-seen TV roles and now becoming a bigger name in cinema. The film is being sponsored by...
The star of the film is Cristiana Capotondi, apparently famous in Italy for a few well-seen TV roles and now becoming a bigger name in cinema. The film is being sponsored by...
- 6/2/2011
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Here is the teaser trailer for Terry Gilliam‘s short film The Wholly Family, which was funded by Italian pasta company Garofalo. The company hired Gilliam to direct one of the set in or otherwise concerning Naples. Earlier we shared some stills from the film, but this is our first look at the short. Gilliam specializes in odd films, which I love. This short reminds me a bit of Time Bandits.
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Source: /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/the-wholly-family-teaser-trailer-terry-gilliams-strange-short-film/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29)...
Check it out below and share your thoughts:
What are your thoughts?
Source: /Film (http://www.slashfilm.com/the-wholly-family-teaser-trailer-terry-gilliams-strange-short-film/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+slashfilm+%28%2FFilm%29)...
- 6/1/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
One of Terry Gilliam's many recent non-feature projects is The Wholly Family, a short film funded by Italian pasta company Garofalo. The company commissioned a set of short films set in or otherwise concerning Naples, and Gilliam is one of the people tapped to take advantage of the option. We haven't seen anything from the film since some stills [1] hit in February, but a teaser trailer hit the web a week or two back, and you can see it below. This is weird-looking stuff. When some of the characters trundle out plates of food the commercial aspect becomes pretty dominant, but I wonder how apparent that will really be in the full short. There is some deliriously weird-looking footage here. Some shots look like part of a fever dream that captures the spirit of early scenes of Time Bandits. I have no idea what we're in for here, but...
- 6/1/2011
- by Russ Fischer
- Slash Film
Pasta Garofalo (no relation to Janeane), an Italian pasta company, has a nifty little program in which they give money to film makers to make short films set in Naples, their home town. The second film in their effort is being made Terry Gilliam. The film, called The Wholly Family is set to be screened on television and theaters in Italy, starting in May, but presumably it will migrate elsewhere sometime over the summer.
Said Gilliam: "I have always loved Italian cinema and it's fantastic that a firm like Garofalo chooses film production as its communication strategy rather than classic advertising. For me it was great to get to discover Naples and to be free to express my vision through this project."
Back in doth elder days, patronage was the way art got done, unless one was content with being a starving artist. The holy grail for an artist was...
Said Gilliam: "I have always loved Italian cinema and it's fantastic that a firm like Garofalo chooses film production as its communication strategy rather than classic advertising. For me it was great to get to discover Naples and to be free to express my vision through this project."
Back in doth elder days, patronage was the way art got done, unless one was content with being a starving artist. The holy grail for an artist was...
- 3/8/2011
- by Steven Lloyd Wilson
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