COMENTANDO: DIRECTOR STEVE MCQUEEN ON 12 YEARS A SLAVE
La que será una de las favoritas para el Oscar®, 12 Years a Slave es una producción que alcanza marcas de excelencia a todo nivel: grandes actuaciones, guión, cinematografía y dirección.
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| Steve McQueen. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
A SURE CONTENDER FOR THE ®OSCAR. !2 Years a Slave is the latest film by director Steve McQueen who came to NYC to present the movie at the 51st New York Film Festival.
This video was recorded after the press screening at the Walter Reade Theater. Steve McQueen speaks about slavery and the way he came to approach the subject in his movie, 12 Years a Slave.
COMENTANDO: ROBERT REDFORD ON ALL IS LOST AND DIRECTOR J.C CHANDOR
La odisea de Robert Redford en All is Lost es tan personal como la batalla (imposible de ganar?) de un navegante expuesto a la furia de los elementos totalmente desprotegido, o como una metáfora de la decadencia de la sociedad Occidental y la transferencia de poder del Oeste al Este.
| Robert Redford. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
A SURE CONTENDER FOR THE ®OSCAR. ALL IS LOST is the latest film by director J.C CHANDOR with Robert Redford as 'The Man'. Both came to NYC to present the movie at the 51st New York Film Festival. This video was recorded after the press screening at the Walter Reade Theater. Robert Redford speaks about director J.C Chandor and about what attracted him to the role.
COMENTANDO: LO MEJOR DEL NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
Hoy quiero compartir el listado de las 10 películas que más me impactaron del recién finalizado New York Film Festival. Ya las he publicado en tuiter y también he publicado notas y videos de algunas de ellas pero ahora con la carrera al Oscar en desarrollo, varias de ellas son fuertes candidatas.
| Steve McQueen. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
| Sebastián Lelio y Paulina García. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
| Robert Redford. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
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| Adèle Exarchopoulos, Abdellatif Kechiche. Photo by Alex Guerrero®2013 |
IN PICTURES: THE 51st NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
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| Sebastián Lelio y Paulina García |
More to come! All pictures by AlexGuerrero ®2013.
SEBASTIAN LELIO ON HIS MOVIE 'GLORIA' AND CHILE AT THE NYFF
El director chileno Sebastián Lelio (foto, con Paulina García) nos conversó un poco sobre su nueva película, GLORIA, selección oficial del 51 New York Film Festival y nominada de Chile a los Premios Oscar. La historia de una mujer 'de cierta edad' que busca afirmar su derecho a vivir, ser ella misma y ser amada en una sociedad no muy proclive a aceptarlas. Gloria es magníficamente actuada por Paulina García, en un papel que ya tiene ecos de Oscar. En este video, Sebastían Lelio nos habla de sus motivaciones con Gloria y el paralelismo que ve con la realidad y el momento histórico chileno. (En Inglés). Una de las mejores cintas del NY Film Festival. Vean el video debajo o sigan enlace > LELIO
PHOTO: Sebastian Lelio and Paulina García. By AlexGuerrero ®2013
CINE LATINO EN EL 51 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL
* En los Documentales tenemos What Now, Remind Me, de Joaquim Pinto; Who is Dayani Cristal, de Marc Silver y Manakamana, de Stephanie Spray y Pacho Velez.
* En los Cortos tenemos Tryouts, de Susana Caseres; Carny, de Fernanda Chicolet y The King's Body, de Joåo Pedro Rodrigues.
* En Views from the Avant-Garde encontramos a Life is a Dream, de Raul Ruíz; Costa da Morte y Montaña en Sombras, de Lois Patiño; Dive Approach and Exit, de Sandro Aguilar y Redemption, de Miguel Gomes.
* Gloria, de Sebastián Lelio 2013
Chile/Spain | Spanish with English subtitles | 110 minutes
Director Sebastian Lélio and star Paulina García in person for Q&A at both screenings!. October 6,7.
Gloria (Paulina García) is an attractive middle-aged woman who lives alone, sees her children infrequently, and seems to be quietly preparing herself for the infirmities and the loneliness of old age. She goes to dance clubs but maintains a polite remove from all men. Until she meets Rodolfo (Sergio Hernandez), a sweet gentleman with whom she decides to take the plunge into romance. Director Sebastián Lelio, co-writer Gonzalo Maza and the wonderful García build their title character and her world one sharp insight and on-the-mark detail and situation at a time. It’s difficult to remember another film as refreshingly frank about sexual desire felt by people of Gloria’s and Rodolfo’s respective ages, or as attentive to the painful dilemma of giving up old habits to make room for a new companion. From its melancholy opening scenes to its believably triumphant ending, this wise, funny movie doesn’t strike a single false note. A Roadside Attraction release.
Mexico | Spanish with English subtitles | 82 minutes.
In his latest low-key, slow-burn comedy Fernando Eimbcke ventures into the fraught territory of puberty and separation anxiety, as he focuses on a teenage boy taking his first tentative (and furtive) steps into the uncharted waters of sex. Listless 15-year-old Héctor (Lucio Gimenez Cacho Goded) is on vacation with his thirtysomething single mother Paloma (Maria Renée Prudencia). Mother and son have the deserted off-season resort hotel to themselves until a couple arrive with their 16-year-old daughter, Jazmin (Danae Reynaud Romero). Jazmin sets her sights on Hector, but Mom has a way of interrupting them whenever things get interesting. The director’s deadpan comic style is grounded in a deliciously awkward use of silence and the unspoken, punctuated by occasional exchanges about nothing in particular. In Club Sandwich, Eimbcke uses his precise timing and composition to demonstrate that less can still sometimes be more.




