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Bytowne
325 Rideau St.
(613) 789-Film
Ottawa
Pina
Directed by
Wim Wenders
99 minutes
Germany
Documentary featuring the dancers of
Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
January
27-February 6, 2012
"Pina,"
the 3-D dance documentary directed by Wim
Wenders,
is nominated for an
Academy Award
for Best Documentary Feature
Note: The film will not be shown in 3-D at the
Bytowne.
"Dance, Dance, otherwise we are lost, " Pina
Pina Bausch was a German
modern dance performer,
choreographer and dance instructor noted for her
influence on dance style.
She died of cancer in 2009 at the age of 68,
just before shooting
was scheduled to begin on a film about her and
her work.
"Pina" is a tribute to her.
She appears in the film
through archival footage.
Her seamless movement is amazing.
Pina Bausch
Pina's choreographies are not confined to
stages.
Dancers perform on the street:
parks, busy, traffic-clogged intersections,
airport walkways,
streams, on a monorail, in an industrial park,
or on a flatbed of a railroad car.
Dancers perform inside: in a swimming
pool,
in an art center encased in glass
The works are
inventive, unusual, unpredictable.
One lady dances in water with a huge hippo.
Dancers move on a floor coated in dirt.
A stage is filled with chairs in all types of
positions
and individuals move through the space.
The angst and tension in this composition
reminded one of a mental hospital.
A man dances with a leaf blower, another dances
at the edge of a cliff.
"You just have
to get crazier," Pina once said.
Her works have
incredible force.
Another dance
seems to be based on vaudeville, and there's one
that features
a dance with a dog. One fascinating dance is
only with hand movements,
like pantomime.
Her dancers are
often barefoot, but at other times
they wear high heels, ballet pointe shoes, or
regular shoes.
One of her dances incorporates teens over the age of 14 and elders over
65.
Stravinsky's striking "The
Rite of Spring" (Le Sacre du Printemps)
accompanies a dance with sharp movements.
Another dance uses sound effects,
and a slow tune changes to a boogie woogie.
Stay for the credits.... the dancing isn't over
yet.
Anyone interested
in the arts or, specifically, in dance must see
this film.
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Bytowne
325 Rideau St.
(613) 789-Film
Ottawa
Starring
Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, John C. Reilly, Christophe Waltz
January
27-February 9, 2012
There is something special about viewing a film
with
outstanding actors.
Their talent binds the film and makes the story
relevant. In "Carnage," one location is transformed into a small world, revealing the lives of two
couples. At first they are quite polite, but
then, with the aid of alcohol, their other
selves appear, brimming with accusations,
revelations, and embarrassments. The film is a
history of relationships
and how they are never perfect.
"Carnage" starts with a seemly innocent scene
during
the opening titles. We see young schoolboys
outside being boys.
They talk, they jostle, they fight.
What happens next is the real story... how
parents become involved and try to handle the situation when one boy
has been harmed by another.
Christophe Waltz, Kate Winslet
The film becomes a cross between "Who's
Afraid of Virginia Woolf" (1966),
and
"Lord of the Flies."
"Virginia Woolf," directed by Mike Nichols
starred
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton as an older couple
who sling brutal accusations at each other
in the presence of a younger couple, George
Segal and Sandy Dennis.
The film won five Oscars.
"Lord of the Flies," (1990), directed by
Harry Hook, focuses on a group of young boys who, stranded on an island without adult supervision,
lose their dignity and become savages.
In Polanski's
film, what starts as civilized behavior
between four adults,
quickly deteriorates into a spectacle of
unpleasant occurrences and
unbecoming actions.
It's when a bottle of 18-year-old Scotch is
opened
that the secrets pour out as the couples tell
stories about each other
and tensions and emotions are pushed to
extremes.
The characters are strong, the shooting is
amazing for a small location
and the film is 'theatre' at its best.
Trailer
Review by Lois
Siegel |
The Mayfair
1074 Bank
St.
Paul
Goodman Changed My Life
A film about the most influential man
you've never heard of.
Directed by
Jonathan Lee
89
minutes,
USA
2011
Friday, December 30,2011, 7
p.m.
Sunday, January 1, 2012, 7 p.m.
Monday, January 2, 2012, 9 p.m.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012, 9 p.m.
The thing is, I've heard of Paul Goodman. I
read his book
"Growing Up Absurd:
Problems of Youth in the
Organized Society
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when I was a university student. The book
became
the bible of college students when it appeared in 1960 and
soon sold over 100,000 copies.
It talked about problems from a male
point-of-view. Girls' careers didn't need to
be justified or explored.
That was normal at the time.
I didn't know much about Goodman's life.
This film filled in those gaps and made him
a real person, more than just the
intellectual thinker I knew.
This was done with the aid of black and
white photographs and
interviews with those who knew Goodman best.
It's also a history of the times,
chronicling the student movement, war
protests, and draft resistors to the Vietnam
War
marching on Washington, D.C. in 1967.
Goodman was an outspoken social critic, a gay - bisexual family man,
a 60s anarchist, concerned about the
future.
He was not always the nicest man, but
he certainly
made an impression on those around him. He forced people
to think. He offered a proposal to ban
private traffic
from Manhattan. He questioned whether public
schools were necessary.
He said that corporations provide work, but
not meaningful activity
that engages the individual. Goodman became
famous for his views.
To break away from what we are used to is
scary.
Woody Allen called him the philosopher of
the new left,
Goodman was ordinary, difficult, and
generous.
He didn't like the education system and was
worried about
disaffected youth who didn't know what to do with themselves.
"Paul
Goodman Changed My Life"
is the story of a man whose life
changed how people thought about the world
they lived in.
Review by Lois Siegel
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Audrey's Costume Castle
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"Await The Freight"
Mitch St. Pierre
Intermode Media
CBC
It will also air on Current TV (United States)
Produced by Intermode
Media with the help
of Story Editor Sue Stranks
Director at the Canadian Film Television Production Association
Two daring travelers embark on the journey of
a lifetime.
Mitch and Skot
Along the way they encounter countless difficulties and obstacles
that come rolling with the wheelchair and living life off the beaten
track.
Come along for the ride and see how they meet adversity and beat
overwhelming odds.
Mitch, who has been diagnosed with a brittle bone disorder
sets out on this dangerous expedition in a wheelchair.
He faces unbelievable barriers when attempting freight train hops in
the constraints of his chair. Accompanied by his best friend Skot
the two document their story as they face the unknown in "Await the
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07.02.2011
Ottawa, Canada
Contact:
Danny McLeod T: +1 613 282-3858 E:
danm@qpictures.com
NATIONAL CAPITAL TO BE MOVIE SET OF
NEW DARK COMEDY
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Quiet Revolution Pictures, Majika Pictures and Denmark's
Fridthjof Films with the support of
Telefilm Canada and The Danish Film Institute will be filming
the feature-length dark comedy,
"Eddie" in the Nation’s Capital.
Photo by Lois Siegel
Miriam
Nørgaard
and Michael Dobbin
Producers
Photo by Lois Siegel
Boris Rodriguez, Director
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Starring Thure Lindhart (Angels
& Demons, Into The Wild), Georgina Reilly (Pontypool,
This Movie is Broken),
Al Goulem (18 to Life, The Trotsky) and Dylan Smith (300,
Love & Savagery).
Production is scheduled to begin February 7, 2011.
Quiet Revolution Pictures:
www.qrpictures.com
Fridthjof Films:
http://www.f-film.com
Telefilm Canada:
www.telefilm.gc.ca/data/communiques/rel_1016.asp
Ottawa, ON Canada, February
7, 2011 –the Nation’s
Capital is being transformed into the set of a twisted, dark-comedy
movie entitled "Eddie." The satirical story is about a once-famous
painter who rediscovers inspiration after he befriends a
sleepwalking cannibal. Telefilm Canada and the Danish Film Institute
have partially funded the project to be directed by Boris Rodriguez
(Havana Kids, Beso Nocturno) and produced by Ottawa native
Michael A. Dobbin (The Devil’s Curse, Powerful: Energy for
Everyone, The Maiden Dance to Death) and Ronnie Fridthjof (Armadillo,
Tempo). “The National Capital Region is the ideal setting for
this movie. I’m really looking forward to working here,” says Boris.
Photo by Lois Siegel
Michael Dobbin, Producer
Director Boris Rodriguez is a graduate of Concordia University and
the Canadian Film Centre. Boris’ films
Beso Nocturno (Night Kiss)
and Perfect
both had premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival
(TIFF) and Beso
Nocturno was
selected for a retrospective at the Museum Of Modern Art in New
York.
Michael’s past
work as a producer includes Toni Harman's debut horror entitled
The Devil's Curse (aka Credo), (currently available
through Lionsgate and iTunes), David Chernushenko’s
Powerful: Energy for Everyone as well as Endre Hules'
The Maiden Danced to Death. Michael was mentored by
BAFTA-winning producer of East is East, Leslee
Udwin. He’s an alumnus of the film programme of Ryerson. In October
2006, Michael founded the ‘Just Watch Me!’ Canadian Film Festival
and as a story editor, script doctor and lecturer is in steady
demand on both sides of the Atlantic.
For further
information:
Lois Siegel, Unit Publicist: >>>>>>>
Danny McLeod, Assistant Producer + 613 282-3858
danm@qrpictures.com |
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Ottawa International Animation Festival
Teen Filmmaker First Local
to Win
at Ottawa International Animation Festival
©Photo by Lois Siegel
Will
Inrig's short, animated film
"The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes" won the
Adobe Prize for High School Animation
This is his first animated film and
tells the story of a humble shepherd
on a wind-swept heath in Armenia, whose sheep begin to conspire against him.
Inrig gained significant attention last
summer with his debut feature documentary film
"The
Exceptional Jivatma Valettas"
that chronicles his
very eccentric next-door
neighbours.
The film premiered at
the Library and Archives Canada.
He is currently working on another feature documentary
"The Fantastic Ballet of the Mind and Its Master," exploring the inner
fantasies of the autistic mind.
The film is inspired by his younger brother
who has been diagnosed with severe autism.
Inrig is working with
the National Film Board of Canada through
the assistance of Oscar-winning producer Adam Symansky.
Acting as the film’s executive producer is renowned Canadian filmmaker
and Order of Canada recipient Allan King ("Warrendale," "A Married
Couple").
Inrig is mentored by Order of
Canada recipient Alanis Obomsawin,
one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary
filmmakers
and Ottawa filmmaker Lois Siegel.
Inrig's first dramatic feature about an
enigmatic alien landing in northern Ontario,
is also being supported by the
National Film
Board of Canada
"The Depose of Bolskivoi
Hovhannes" was made as part of
Canterbury High School's Media Arts Program
YouTube
Director: Will Inrig
Camera: Gordon Bailey
AUDIO: Will Inrig talks to All in a Day host Adrian Harewood on CBC Radio
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