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Silent Light (2007)

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A man of faith succumbs to a temptation he cannot resist in this drama written and directed by Carlos Reygadas. Johan (Cornelio Wall Fehr) and Esther (Miriam Toews) have been married for years, and live with their children in a Mennonite community Mexico. While Johan and Esther are both taciturn by nature, a moral dilemma is tearing Johan apart -- he's been having an affair with another woman in their circle, Marianne (Maria Pankratz), and feels he may be falling in love with her. While the tenants of his faith strictly forbid adultery, his need to be with Marianne seems stronger than the dictates of his moral compass, and while he's confessed his sins to Esther and his close friend Zacarias (Jacobo Klassen), subjecting himself to the shame of truth hasn't buffered his desires. Even worse, after Johan his father about his lust for Marianne, he's told that he may have fallen under the sway of Satan. Luz Silenciosa (aka Silent Light) received its world premiere at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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KarinaKarina Silent Light NOT Coming Out…
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 "I “eeee!”ed too soon. Yet another snag has come up in the distribution future for the film that’s become my most picked scab over the past year, Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light. Just yesterday, Anthony Kufman passed along news that Palisades Media, the company that purchased the back catalogs of both Tartan Uk and Tartan US, were planning a theatrical release for some time in the vague future. But today. Kaufman says he’s been emailed by Camille Neel of Bac Films International, who own worldwide rights on Reygadas’ film.Though Tartan did release the film in the UK, a report in Screen Daily suggesting that they had purchased US distribution rights to the film was apparently erroneous––whether they wanted to or not is unclear, but the distributor apparently never closed a deal before shutting down. Kaufman quotes Neel, italics mine: “The film is still available today for the US and of course, if we have strong interests, we are still looking for distribution [for] all rights in the US. ... " [More]
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 "I “eeee!”ed too soon. Yet another snag has come up in the distribution future for the film that’s become my most picked scab over the past year, Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light. Just yesterday, Anthony Kufman passed along news that Palisades Media, the company that purchased the back catalogs of both Tartan Uk and Tartan US, were planning a theatrical release for some time in the vague future. But today. Kaufman says he’s been emailed by Camille Neel of Bac Films International, who own worldwide rights on Reygadas’ film.Though Tartan did release the film in the UK, a report in Screen Daily suggesting that they had purchased US distribution rights to the film was apparently erroneous––whether they wanted to or not is unclear, but the distributor apparently never closed a deal before shutting down. Kaufman quotes Neel, italics mine: “The film is still available today for the US and of course, if we have strong interests, we are still looking for distribution [for] all rights in the US. ... " [More]
KarinaKarina Silent Light to FINALLY Open?
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 "Today is my 28th birthday (cue self-reflexive old maid joke). I wasn’t even going to mention it here, but Anthony Kaufman has written a blog post with a promise that, if it ends up coming true, would be a pretty fantastic present, for you and me: I’d get to see Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light get a theatrical release, and you’d get a reprieve from me bitching about it. Here’s what’s going on: yesterday, news broke that Palisades Media had acquired the left-behind library of recently-shuttered distributor art film Tartan. The Variety story on the matter was fairly vague, and didn’t say much regarding the films that had been sitting on Tartan’s shelf awaiting a theatrical release, including Light, Princesses, You the Living, etc. Kaufman exchanged emails with Palisades about the future of Light, and ‘was told it would “absolutely receive a theatrical screening now,’ with, of course, one caveat: ‘but everything is still TBD.’” So, you know. Don’t get your hopes up or anything, but … eee ... " [More]
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 "Today is my 28th birthday (cue self-reflexive old maid joke). I wasn’t even going to mention it here, but Anthony Kaufman has written a blog post with a promise that, if it ends up coming true, would be a pretty fantastic present, for you and me: I’d get to see Carlos Reygadas’ Silent Light get a theatrical release, and you’d get a reprieve from me bitching about it. Here’s what’s going on: yesterday, news broke that Palisades Media had acquired the left-behind library of recently-shuttered distributor art film Tartan. The Variety story on the matter was fairly vague, and didn’t say much regarding the films that had been sitting on Tartan’s shelf awaiting a theatrical release, including Light, Princesses, You the Living, etc. Kaufman exchanged emails with Palisades about the future of Light, and ‘was told it would “absolutely receive a theatrical screening now,’ with, of course, one caveat: ‘but everything is still TBD.’” So, you know. Don’t get your hopes up or anything, but … eee ... " [More]
KarinaKarina More Bushes: Trade Roughage 03/ ...
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 "Ellen Burstyn and James Cromwell have been hired to play Barbara Bush Sr and George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush drama, which is currently being called W. All along, the trades have been saying that the goal is to get this sucker distributed around the time of the November elections; today’s Variety story implies that since it’s almost April and they’re still casting the thing, a pre-Inauguration Day release might be more realistic. Peter Chernin of News Corp/Fox and Robert Iger of Disney/ABC, who helped negotiate deals with the DGA and WGA, are now expected to mediate talks between SAG/AFTRA and the studios, in an effort to head off an actors strike. My beloved Silent Light won five Mexican Academy Awards on Tuesday night, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » karina " [More]
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 "Ellen Burstyn and James Cromwell have been hired to play Barbara Bush Sr and George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone’s George W. Bush drama, which is currently being called W. All along, the trades have been saying that the goal is to get this sucker distributed around the time of the November elections; today’s Variety story implies that since it’s almost April and they’re still casting the thing, a pre-Inauguration Day release might be more realistic. Peter Chernin of News Corp/Fox and Robert Iger of Disney/ABC, who helped negotiate deals with the DGA and WGA, are now expected to mediate talks between SAG/AFTRA and the studios, in an effort to head off an actors strike. My beloved Silent Light won five Mexican Academy Awards on Tuesday night, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog " [More]
paulpaul FilmCouch #41
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 "What’s truly interesting in the film world this week are the 52 episodes of Next to Heaven Rob Parrish created over the last year. Sometimes funny, sometimes tragic and always bizarre–Next to Heaven is an experimental series that simply would not have existed, much less been seen, pre-Internet. The freedom Parrish had was to define his own limitations, like working from archival footage and producing an episode a week–as opposed to a network or studio defining the limitations–and, in doing so, he’s created his own aesthetic. Karina is covering the New York Film Festival and she shares her personal best of the fest, Silent Light (but to Kevin’s chagrin, not I’m Not There). FilmCouch 41 Subscribe in the iTunes store (search for “filmcouch” or click here to launch iTunes) and a new free episode will download every Friday. Silent Light, I’m Not There Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Paul " [More]
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 "Time Out London’s interview with Silent Light director Carlos Reygadas is full of good stuff, but like Ray Pride, I’m most interested in what he has to say about the formulation of the film’s almost incomprehensibly beautiful opening shot. It turns out that its inspiration was surprisingly mundane–just take one part OS X, add one part Icelandic art band, and stir: I was listening to Sigur R??s before going to bed, the computer was in front of me, and the screensaver came on. I have this cosmic screensaver, a picture of stars moving out of the frame very, very slowly. I looked at that magnificent space landscape with the music of Sigur R??s playing and I thought the movie had to open like that. After all the breathless sploogery over this scene (my own included), its actual ingredients are kind of a letdown, no? In any case, as my romance with this movie continues unabated, I was happy to see Anne Thompson name it as a “strong contender” for an Oscar nom. Also, how did I miss the n ... " [More]
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 "At The Circuit, John Hopewell and Emilio Mayorga offer a number of signs that “the mantle of greatness is rapidly slipping over” Silent Light director Carlos Reygadas. I’m surely not going to argue with that, but I do think it’s interesting that Mayorga and Hopewell make it a point to set Reygadas apart from other hot young Mexican directors, such as Alfonso Cuaron and Alejandro Gonz??lez I????rritu, who crossed over to Hollywood success: Reygadas has a niche in a pantheon - not new Mexican cinema; given the accessibility of and interest in film-making worldwide, the very concept of new national cinemas may be arcane - but new, left-field world cinema, up there with other unorthodoz film-makers such as, say, Thailand’s Apichatpong Weerasethakul. Read: he’s making art films for die hards, and that’s never gonna translate to the masses. I don’t know. I don’t want to be an elitist. I feel like I’m a woman of the people, or whatever. But I like it that Silent Light requires work to en ... " [More]
SpoutBlogSpoutBlog Trade Roughage 11/27/07
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 "There’s not much news to report from yesterday’s strike talks (looks like Nikki was right about that pesky press blackout), but we do know that Democrat presidential candidate John Edwards is a expected to join Tim Robbins and Gilbert Gottfried at a star-studded strike rally today in New York’s Washington Square. Meanwhile, this week Carson Daly will become the first late-night host to cross picket lines to tape his show. Yes, Carson Daly has a show. My beloved Silent Light took the best picture and best director prizes at the 33st Huelva Ibero-American Film Festival over the weekend Dubai International Capital, an investment corp owned by the ruler of Dubai, has acquired a chunk of Sony. The exact size of the investment is unknown, but DIC characterized it in a press release as “substantial.” In other local news, the Dubai Film Festival has announced its lineup, which will include a tribute to Danny Glover as well as “Jordan’s first feature in 50 years.” Originally posted on:Spo ... " [More]
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