|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 5, 2012 18:56:21 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 6, 2012 9:58:41 GMT -5
www.variety.com/article/VR1118058778Zurich selects 'Impossible,' 'Argo' 'Love,' 'Arbitrage,' 'Looper' also screen By Ed Meza BERLIN -- Juan Antonio Bayona's tsunami drama "The Impossible," starring Naomi Watts and Ewan McGregor, Ben Affleck's Iran hostage crisis thriller "Argo," and Susanne Bier's "Love Is All You Need," with Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm, are among the 111 films unspooling at the Zurich Film Festival.The fest's official lineup, announced on Thursday, includes 21 high-profile international titles -- 12 of them from the U.S. -- screening in the Gala Premieres section. In addition to the three mentioned, others include Nicholas Jarecki's "Arbitrage," Rian Johnson's "Looper," Jake Schreier's "Robot and Frank," Til Schweiger's actioner "Schutzengel" (The Guardians), Brian Klugman and Lee Sternthal's "The Words" and Ben Lewin's "The Sessions." Oliver Stone's "Savages," also in Gala Premieres, opens the fest, which runs Sept. 20-30. Among the nine sections are the international feature film and documentary competitions, which will screen such pics as Benh Zeitlin's "Beasts of the Southern Wild," Tobias Lindholm's Danish pirate thriller "A Hijacking," David Ayer's "End of Watch" and Jean-Stephane Sauvaire's French coming-of-age drama "Punk." The fest's core sections also include the German-language film and doc competitions, which, like the international competitions, screen only first, second or third productions by filmmakers. The New World View regional focus this year is dedicated to Swedish cinema. Among the 11 Swedish pics are Daniel Espinosa's "Easy Money" and Babak Najafi's "Easy Money II," Lisa Aschan's "She Monkeys," Axel Petersen's "Avalon" and Simon Kajiser Da Silva's "Stockholm East." The fest will close with the European premiere of Francois Ozon's "In the House." The lineup boasts more films than ever before, with 111 compared with 95 last year. The increase is in line with the fest's overall growth, which shows numbers up across the board, including more guests (350 compared with 215 in 2011), more screenings and more awards. This year the fest is also debuting a German-language film market.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 6, 2012 10:54:36 GMT -5
www.screendaily.com/reports/opinion/romancing-the-romcom/5046147.article?blocktitle=Opinion&contentID=669Screen Daily: Romancing the romcom6 September, 2012 | By Wendy Mitchell Kudos to Susanne Bier’s Love Is All You Need for reminding the world that romantic comedies don’t have to be embarrassing. It was with great interest that I followed the Tweets coming out of Venice last Sunday morning – the Malick was hugely disappointing critics, but there were raves (even from the cranky types) for Susanne Bier’s romcom Love Is All You Need. Just a few weeks before it premiered, I was editing a preview of the film, wondering if it was detrimental to describe it as a ‘romantic comedy’. The fact that the very genre label itself is so loaded with bad connotations tells us a lot about the level of respect for most romcoms these days. That’s for good reason mostly: there have been a string of formulaic, lazy, cynical, unimaginative and frankly unfunny and unromantic projects in recent years. So well done to Bier for not being afraid to follow-up her Oscar-winning dark family drama In A Better World with something altogether lighter. Coming from a certain independent filmmaking crowd, it’s actually a braver move to do something crowdpleasing than something depressing. But why should serious filmmakers have to only make films that are dark? There’s room in the cinema world, even in the world of auteur-driven cinema, for crowd-pleasing films that take on lighter topics without embarrassment. Screen’s critic Dan Fainaru, not someone I’d immediately peg as a romcom guy, wrote that the film was a “natural born winner, a romantic comedy that pulls out all the stops, uses all of the genre’s classic formulas…certain to become one of the crowd pleasers of the season”. His review continued: “By the end of it, there will be just one or two tears shed, just enough to justify the rules of the genre, and finally the great big hug that everyone expects from the very beginning. What audience will resist that?” Indeed there are audiences out there starving for films that are thoughtful and well made, but provide an enjoyable night at the cinema on a Friday night. I hope Bier’s film can be another reminder to good directors that this isn’t a genre that needs to be avoided. The romantic comedy doesn’t even have to be reinvented as ‘smarter’ or ‘edgier’ to be successful.
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 6, 2012 11:47:08 GMT -5
Thanks Ace
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 6, 2012 13:41:07 GMT -5
An article written after the Premiere in Denmark yesterday ..... ekstrabladet.dk/flash/filmogtv/film/article1821621.eceHere is the translation courtesy of Google in case your browser didn't automatically translate the page .... Bees are Denmark's Most Romantic QueenSusanne Bier has made the ultimate romantic film - and she's proud of it 13:08, 06 September 2012 | Kim Kastrup Susanne Bier turned up for the gala premiere of his new film 'The bald hairdresser' in a deep, beautiful and simple velvet dress and looked like what she is right now. Namely Denmark's most romantic queen. - Why did you choose Pierce Brosnan in the lead role? - Trine Dyrholms character hairdresser's Ida has just lost everything when we start the movie. She just recovering from a chemo-therapy. Her husband is unfaithful with his blonde secretary, who is the same age as her daughter. And who is it that you need to meet. It can almost only be James Bond because he per. definition is a man who can not get. - But in my film, I have made Pierce Brosnan to a real person who also has a pain point. It could hardly be better. And it is the meeting between the two fates, which is the core of the film. And I also love Pierce Brosnan as an actor. He is good at it heartfelt and substance. - How did Pierce Brosnan as an Englishman in a Danish film? - Brosnan as the yolk of an egg. He had a party during filming. He was also constantly surrounded by beautiful Danish women who Trine Dyrholm, Paprika Steen, Christiane Schaumburg-Müller and Molly Egelind. - Why have you chosen that there is a cancer-theme in your romantic comedy? - I wanted to make a film that is loyal to the point of pain in cancer, but also affect the problem with a lot of hope and bright emotions. But it is first and foremost an uninhibited, romantic movies. And I'm proud of, says Susanne Bier, adding: Another Oscar? - My own mother also had breast cancer twice, and hairdresser's Ida is actually to some extent inspired by my own mother. My mother, too, is an extremely positive person. Susanne Bier has since his Oscar made two films, 'The bald hairdresser' and Hollywood film 'Serena', as she is currently in the process of cutting. It has Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence in the lead roles. was recently Susanne Bier's 'The Bald hairdresser' also shortlisted as Oscar candidate from Denmark with 'A Royal Affair' and Bille August's new film 'Marie Krøyer'. And Susanne Bier will not deny that 'The bald hairdresser' can go all the way and possibly win an Oscar? - Sony Classic, which has bought the film in the United States, strongly believe in, that it is allowed by Oscar party. Many of the people who are to vote films through is actually slightly up in the arteries. And Sony Classic believe that our adult love story combined with the way we deal with cancer issues will be very well received in the U.S., says Susanne Bier. romance in Italy 'The bald hairdresser' is a romantic comedy with huge R which takes the audience to the picturesque Sorrento in southern Italy, where we are going to a wedding with two Danish families. In the center we have the young, beautiful bride and groom Astrid (Molly Egelind) and Patrick (Sebastian Jessen). And around them, their two crazy families. In one camp, we have the bride's mother - the beautiful but cancer hairdresser Ida (Trine Dyrholm), who embarks on a romantic relationship with brudgommes English father, the absent-minded weary businessman Philip (Pierce Brosnan). And then put in the pasta pot to a passionate, seasoned lap Pasta Con Amore.
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 6, 2012 13:46:04 GMT -5
Trine on kissing Pierce ... ekstrabladet.dk/flash/dkkendte/article1819616.eceTrine: How was it to kiss James BondTrine Dyrholm tells Ekstra Bladet what it's like to kiss himself Pierce Brosnan 21:19, 03 September 2012 | VENICE (Ekstra Bladet): The beautiful, 40-year-old Trine Dyrholm blushes shy when Ekstra Bladet asked her how it really was kissing himself James Bond in Susanne Bier's new film 'The bald hairdresser'? - It's a secret. But I can say so much that Pierce Brosnan is a man who really can easily play in love with, because he is an incredibly nice man. And he's even a real gentleman. - But you're not the first Danish woman who has kissed with Pierce Brosnan. It made the Danish fashion model and actress Cecilie Thomsen also in the movie 'Tomorrow Never Dies' from 1997? - Yes. But Cecilie kissed him only. She did not know anything else with him. Not true, says Dyrholm with a cryptic smile. - How is it to be with Pierce Brosnan here in Venice and promoting the film? - I have to pinch myself in the arm. It is a very magical experience. - Were you nervous the first time you have to play against Pierce Brosnan? - Yes. I was super nervous about meeting him. He's a huge star. And I was not sure I could explain to him who I really am at a completely different language. But already read the samples he took me suddenly in his hand and looked me in the eyes as he said one of his lines. I felt as though he invited me into his private sphere. It was really good for me, because I subsequently relaxed completely, says Dyrholm and keeps a small pause before she adds: - Pierce Brosnan is a very generous and caring person. film 'The bald hairdresser' premieres on Thursday.
|
|
|
Post by piercebrosnanhot on Sept 6, 2012 15:26:54 GMT -5
WOW NICE FOUND EAZ!!
|
|
|
Post by eaz35173 on Sept 7, 2012 5:51:27 GMT -5
An interview with Paprika Steen on a Danish morning show. It's all in Danish, but they do show a few clips of the movie during the interview. go.tv2.dk/aftentv/id-55444239.html
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 9, 2012 1:44:34 GMT -5
blogs.detroitnews.com/poptropolis/2012/09/08/tiff-dispatch-3-cloud-atlas-frances-ha-naomi-and-love/The Detroit News Tom Long Sep 8, 2012 Way better day. Way, way. Remembering why I love movies. Started out with “Love is All You Need,” a supposed comedy by Oscar winning (“In a Better World,” foreign film) director Susanne Bier. It is funny a good deal of the time, but in a complex, layered European brilliant way. This woman is known for her dramas, and she sure knows how to bring drama — or harsh reality — to comedy. Pierce Brosnan stars alongside the luminous Danish actress Trine Dyrholm (she’s basically their Meryl Streep) in a wedding movie that’s so much more than a wedding movie.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 9, 2012 2:38:33 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 9, 2012 13:39:59 GMT -5
content.usatoday.com/communities/livefrom/post/2012/09/efron-and-brosnan-when-sex-symbols-collide/1USA Today: Efron and Brosnan: When sex symbols collideBy Susan Wloszczyna, USA TODAY The Sony Pictures Classic dinner at Creme Brasserie on the first Saturday of the festival is traditionally packed with indie-world stars, given the distributor's long list of titles at the event each year. But the screams and faces pressed up against the plastic rain shield around the open-air terrace probably weren't for Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke (Amour) or documentarian Dror Moreh (The Gatekeepers). Instead, the young girls were trying to catch the eye of Zac Efron, 24, who still looks as if he is about to put on another high-school musical despite moving on to more grown-up themes in his two fest movies, At Any Price and The Paperboy. At the other end of the age spectrum, Pierce Brosnan, 59, charmed ladies and gents alike while promoting his fest entry, the romantic-comedy Love Is All You Need directed by Oscar-winner Susanne Bier (In a Better World). Even though James Bond is celebrating his 50th year in movies, Brosnan says there is not going to be a reunion of all the 007 actors to note the event. "I've moved on," he says. Love has a wedding theme, which led to a discussion of his 2008 musical smash Mamma Mia! He says he still hears the occasional disparaging word about his singing ability in the ABBA-tune-filled romp. But Brosnan has the last laugh: He gets royalties from the best-selling soundtrack. "A little," he qualifies.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 9, 2012 21:01:43 GMT -5
Out & About today in Toronto At the Premiere with Trine Dyrholm
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 9, 2012 21:49:20 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 10, 2012 1:37:06 GMT -5
Many thanks, Ace. Greetings
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 10, 2012 2:56:54 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 10, 2012 4:07:23 GMT -5
Many thanks again
|
|
|
Post by rosafermu on Sept 10, 2012 11:44:24 GMT -5
Attachments:
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 10, 2012 15:19:25 GMT -5
Hollywood Reporter" Toronto 2012: Romance Risky Move for Susanne Bier in 'Love Is All You Need'9/10/2012 by Scott Roxborough "I was kind of terrified to let this movie out. Because I thought: some people are going to kill me for this," the Oscar-winning director says of her rom-com starring Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm.TORONTO - Danish director Susanne Bier is accustomed to artistic risk-taking, whether it's aesthetic (the shaky-cam Dogme style of 2002's Open Hearts) or thematic (the Afghan war in 2004's Brothers) or the seductions and dangers of retributive violence in her Oscar-winning In a Better World (2010). But it's surprising to hear Bier feels her latest film, the romantic comedy Love is All You Need, is her "most controversial movie yet." On the surface there is little to spark outrage in Love - which debuted to acclaim in Venice before charming audiences at the Toronto Film Festival last week. The movie stars Pierce Brosnan as a lonely widower and In A Better World's Trine Dyrholm as a woman suffering from cancer whose husband leaves her for a woman half her age. Their fates intwine when both travel to Italy to celebrate the wedding between his son and her daughter. Love Is All You Need bowed at the Danish box office last weekend with more than 100,000 admissions, a career-best for Bier and more than twice the box office of In A Better World. TrustNordisk had sold out Love before its Toronto debut, with Sony Pictures Classics picking up the film for domestic release. But for Bier, the move back into comedy - her first since Once in a Lifetime back in 2000 - was fraught with creative peril. "It’s a movie that is unashamedly romantic. Which is something that is difficult to make today," she told THR in Toronto. "If you don’t infuse the romance with cynicism these days it is somehow controversial. ... I was kind of terrified to let this movie out. Because I thought: some people are going to kill me for this. It sounds strange to say but in a way I think this film demanded more courage that some of my dramas." Bier says she would label Love a romantic comedy but only "very, very hesitantly" and the script, which Bier co-wrote with her longtime collaborator Anders Thomas Jensen, twists the conventions of the genre. The film opens with Dyrholm's character in a cancer ward getting her diagnosis after having a partial mastectomy. Loneliness, disappointment and death are reoccurring themes. There are few easy laughs. "We are consciously playing with the romantic comedy genre," said Bier. "When Mr. Jensen and I started out was we wanted to make a movie that addresses the issue of cancer. Like almost everyone else in the western world, cancer is a very real thing: my mother has had it twice and so has Mr. Jensen’s mother. We wanted to make a movie where it was part of the movie but we didn’t want it to be heavy. We wanted someone that was light and where audiences weren’t alienated by it. And that’s how we came to romantic comedy. So we came to romantic comedy from a slightly unusual place. I actually think it is a love story. But love stories have to have a sad ending. Because it has a happy ending, it’s a romantic comedy." For Brosnan, Love Is All You Need is a "companion piece" to the crowd-pleasing musical romp Mamma Mia!, which also featured a Fall-Fall romance set against the backdrop of a Mediterranean wedding bash. "They are bookends, really, I think they sit well on the shelf together," Brosnan told THR. "But Mamma Mia! is a musical and this is not. It’s a drama with laughs. It’s about cancer and hope and faith and the new beginnings of life and how you can find love regardless of the hardships you take on. Both are about love, families, about weddings and celebration. But your readers and the world at large will be happy to hear that I don’t sing in this one!" Love Is All You Need is one of three films shortlisted to become Denmark's entry for next year's Best Foreign Language Film. The Danish entry will be announced Sept. 18.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 10, 2012 15:23:23 GMT -5
Canadian Press: Brosnan fits right in on set of buzzy Danish film 'Love is All You Need' By Nick Patch, The Canadian Press September 10, 2012 1:10 PM TORONTO - As an Irishman in the Danish film "Love is All You Need" — directed by Oscar winner Susanne Bier — you might think Pierce Brosnan felt like the odd man out. Not so, according to the former James Bond, who in fact says he had the "time of (his) life" making the buzzed-about romance in Italy. "I felt very at home," the 59-year-old actor said during an interview at the Toronto International Film Festival, where the critically acclaimed film has screened. "I don't like talking that much anyway, except for doing these (interviews) — I only have so much to say for myself at the best of times. "So I could just sit at dinner (as) they'd yak away in Danish. But most of the time, if not all of the time, they spoke English and brought me in. We became good friends." He certainly hit it off with golden-haired co-star Trine Dyrholm, his romantic interest in the film. The former "Remington Steele" star portrays Philip, a widowed businessman who sponsors his son's lavish wedding on a picturesque chunk of the Italian coast. Dyrholm plays the mother of the bride, an ebullient woman who doesn't let an ongoing battle with cancer or the dissolution of her marriage drain her positivity on her daughter's wedding day. Brosnan credits Bier with creating such a welcoming atmosphere on set. But Bier, who helmed 2010's Academy Award-winning "In a Better World," says she didn't need to do much to ensure Brosnan's warm reception. "He was wonderful — he was so generous and great," Bier said in a separate interview Monday. "But he was also like, surrounded by any number of beautiful blond actresses who didn't want anything but to be near him. "So I think he had a pretty good time." He certainly did. "It will be forever cherished," Brosnan said with a smile.
|
|
|
Post by Ace on Sept 10, 2012 15:48:48 GMT -5
|
|