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Werner Herzog: The Hollywood Interview

17 November 2009 10:22 PM, PST | The Hollywood Interview | See recent The Hollywood Interview news »

Werner Herzog Brings The Music Back

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Alex Simon

Academy Award-nominated German film director, screenwriter, actor and opera director Werner Herzog was born Werner H. Stipetić on 5 September 1942 in Munich. His family moved to the remote Bavarian village of Sachrang in the Chiemgau Alps after the house next to theirs was destroyed during bombing towards the close of World War II. When he was twelve, he and his family moved back to Munich. The same year, Herzog was told to sing in front of his class at school and adamantly refused. He was almost expelled for this and until the age of eighteen listened to no music, sang no songs and studied no instruments. He would later say that he would easily give ten years from his life to be able to play an instrument. At fourteen, he was inspired by an encyclopedia entry about film-making which he says provided »

- The Hollywood Interview.com

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October A.M.P.A.S. Events In Los Angeles

30 September 2009 8:48 PM, PDT | Cinemaretro.com | See recent CinemaRetro news »

Cinema Retro has received the following press release from A.M.P.A.S

2009–2010 Contemporary Documentaries Series

Wednesdays at 7 p.m., through December 9

The latest installment of the free Contemporary Documentary series showcases 2008 feature-length and short documentaries.  In October: “The Garden,” “Encounters at the End of the World,” “Flow” and more.

Linwood Dunn Theater

1313 Vine Street

Hollywood, CA 90028

Wednesday evenings, through December 9, at 7 p.m.

Doors open at 6 p.m.

Admission is free; tickets are not required.

(310) 247-3600

www.oscars.org

Academy Seminar Series: Perspectives on Editing

October 6 and 14 at 7-10 p.m. at the Linwood Dunn Theater

The final two sessions in the seminar series on film editing focus on editing for documentary films (Tuesday, Oct. 6) and the accomplishments of Oscar winner Anne Coates (Wednesday, Oct. 14).

Linwood Dunn Theater

1313 Vine Street

Hollywood, CA 90028

Doors open at 6 p.m.

General Admission – $10 per evening

Academy members and students with a valid ID – $7.50 per evening

(310) 247-3600

www. »

- nospam@example.com (Cinema Retro)

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Academy Documentary Series Looks for Connections

17 September 2009 3:20 PM, PDT | The Wrap | See recent The Wrap news »

By Steve Pond

You may have noticed that documentaries often come in groups: there are lots of films about Iraq (“Taxi to the Dark Side,” “Iraq in Fragments”), films about the environment (“An Inconvenient Truth,” “Encounters at the End of the World”), films about the economy (“Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room,” “Capitalism: A Love Story”) …

 

For the Academy, that kind of repetition is a very good thing.

 

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- Steve Pond

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Review: Whiteout

11 September 2009 2:00 PM, PDT | FilmSchoolRejects.com | See recent FilmSchoolRejects news »

When the trailer for Whiteout first appeared I jumped to the disheartening conclusion that Hollywood had decided to remake The Thing (again), this time with a female protagonist. The Antarctica setting, the swirling snow over the title cards, the whistling wind on the soundtrack and an action scene set during a blizzard all triggered fond memories of the fine John Carpenter/Kurt Russell collaboration and the fervent hope that the filmmakers weren’t messing with a good thing, pun not intended. Less than a minute of subsequent Internet research alleviated my fears: this was an entirely new South Pole extravaganza, based on the graphic novel by respected comic artist Greg Rucka. Yet, after seeing what director Dominic Sena and his team of four screenwriters (never a good sign) made out of Rucka’s material, it’s hard not to wish they really had rebooted Carpenter’s. A lifeless whodunit, it wastes the mystical setting (or at least »

- Robert Levin

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Tiff 2009 Must See List: Werner Herzog Double Header

4 September 2009 6:40 PM, PDT | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

#5: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans #6: My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done Werner Herzog films aren't exactly hard to come by - he regularly releases several in a given year - but his two features at this year's Tiff are notable for both being non-documentary works, which have been relatively scarce in Herzog's recent years. (His last was 2004's excellent Rescue Dawn. Before that, it was 2001's much-derided Invincible.)  Even stranger is that one of them is a quasi-remake of Abel Ferrara's Bad Lieutenant, a film that Herzog claims never to have seen (and whose director he claims never to have heard of). Its star is Nicolas Cage, whose recent stretch of stinkers is almost unparalleled considering some of the great work he's done in the past. The trailer, below, is frankly insane, and Variety's review [1] suggests it's in step with the film: "The film is offbeat, »

- Ricky

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Exclusive: Werner Herzog Exorcism Clip

28 August 2009 8:16 AM, PDT | EmpireOnline | See recent EmpireOnline news »

Werner Herzog's latest documentary was Encounters At The End of the World, his account of the weird and wonderful people who choose to live in the Antarctic for months on end. And since it's coming out on DVD, we managed to get an exclusive clip of the film for your delectation here, showing machine repair, Antarctic style.Yes, that's right: they're trying to exorcise the big machine without either an old priest or a young priest. If it starts to projectile vomit green machine oil, run for your lives.Encounters at the End of the World is out on DVD on August 31 - just the thing to make your Bank Holiday ten times as mental as it would otherwise be. »

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Encounters At The End Of The World on UK DVD!

19 August 2009 4:35 AM, PDT | Twitch | See recent Twitch news »

Werner Herzog’s magnificent, quirky documentary is a wondrously droll look at the disparate inhabitants of Antarctica and the landscape they live in. Whether human or animal, Herzog manages to ring out unique insights into their lives, and focus on the details that others miss. Comical, intriguing and melancholy, the director’s mesmeric voice-over is a joy, lending an other worldliness to stunning underwater photography and icy landscapes. As is to be expected,  Herzog insures there’s an unusual perspective on whatever subject he turns the camera towards, making for a unique and constantly surprising film that never fails to delight. It’s worth watching purely for a hysterical, sad and wondrous scene with a lone penguin, separated from his group and on a relentless and doomed journey across the wilderness which perfectly encapsulates the film’s idiosyncratic appeal.

You can buy Encounters At The End Of The World on »

- James Dennis

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What's Up Doc? - Cinema Eye Honors

24 March 2009 | ioncinema | See recent ioncinema news »

- Many would say that at this year's Academy Awards got the documentary film category "right". The "right" doc film won and even the final nominees were worthy mentions. But all this doesn't make the Cinema Eye Honors mission less "important". Now in their second year and with eleven categories, a quirky film such as Guy Maddin's My Winnipeg receives a little bit more acknowledgement before disappearing on shelves, those who edit and photograph doc films have any evening reserved all to themselves and newbies to docu filmmaking world have a shot at getting some cred and mingle with the right crowd. The ceremonies take place on Sunday, we'll be reporting on who the winners are from the categories below. Make sure to check out their newly designed website.  Outstanding Achievement In Production Henry Kaiser - Encounters At The End Of The World Simon Chinn - Man On Wire »

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Werner Herzog, Encounters At The End Of The World By Nick Dawson

15 February 2009 7:15 PM, PST | Filmmaker Magazine_Web Exclusives | See recent Filmmaker Magazine_Web Exclusives news »

Werner Herzog And D.P. Peter Zeitlinger Capture Antarctica In Encounters At The End Of The World. Courtesy Thinkfilm. Leading up to the Oscars on Feb. 22, we will be highlighting the nominated films that have appeared in the magazine or on the Website in the last year. Nick Dawson interviewed Encounters at the End of the World director Werner Herzog for our Director Interviews section of the Website. Encounters at the End of the World is nominated for Best Documentary. For more than 40 years, Werner Herzog has been redrawing the map, both cinematically and geographically. He started making short films in the mid-1960s, and made an impact internationally with Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972), the tale of a mad conquistador's doomed... »

- Jason Guerrasio

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Best Documentary of 2008 - Vote in Tsr Awards

14 February 2009 7:56 AM, PST | The Scorecard Review | See recent Scorecard Review news »

Ok, the Oscars have this category, but there list of nominees are limited and weak. And while I will admit it was an off year for documentaries, with none except for Man on Wire getting consistent headlines, there are some hidden gems out there. Here's our list. Trouble The Water Man On Wire American Teen I.O.U.S.A Super High Me The Garden Religulous Standard Operating Procedure The Betrayal Bigger, Stronger, Faster America The Beautiful Young @ Heart Dear Zachary: A Letter To A Son About His Father Encounters At The End Of The World Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Hunter S. Thompson Click Here to vote of the 7th Annual Tsr Movie Awards The Academy Awards just don’t cut it. Every year I watch, and every year I think they get something wrong. Not only that, why can’t there be more than five nominations, categories »

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Benjamin Button Leads Oscar Nominations

22 January 2009 8:06 AM, PST | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Brad Pitt's The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button is the film to beat at the 2009 Academy Awards after scooping an astounding 13 Oscar nominations.

The Hollywood superstar is nominated in the Best Actor category for his portrayal of a man who ages backwards.

The film also received nods for Best Picture, Best Director for David Fincher, and Best Actress in a Supporting Role for Taraji P. Henson.

It is an impressive haul of nominations for the movie - only 1997 blockbuster Titanic and Bette Davis' 1950 classic All About Eve have achieved more, with 14 nods each.

Other actors competing with Pitt for the Best Actor prize include Frank Langella (Frost/Nixon), Sean Penn (Milk), Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler) and Richard Jenkins (The Visitor).

Kate Winslet picked up her sixth Oscar nomination, recognised in the Best Actress category for The Reader, and will battle against Pitt's partner Angelina Jolie (Changeling), Anne Hathaway (Rachel Getting Married), Meryl Streep (Doubt), and Melissa Leo (Frozen River) for the award.

Late star Heath Ledger won a nomination for his role as The Joker in The Dark Knight exactly a year after his tragic death.

He will compete in the Best Supporting Actor category against Josh Brolin (Milk), Robert Downey Jr. (Tropic Thunder), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Doubt), and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road).

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Slumdog Millionaire, The Reader, Frost/Nixon and Milk will all vie for the coveted Best Motion Picture gong at the forthcoming ceremony on 22 February.

And each of the film's directors - David Fincher, Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry, Ron Howard and Gus Van Sant respectively - are up for the Achievement in Directing prize.

The award nominations were announced at a press conference in Los Angeles on Thursday morning by Academy Award-winner Forest Whitaker, who took home the Best Actor Oscar in 2007 for his role in The Last King Of Scotland.

The full list of nominations is as follows: »

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