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"It was shut out of the Oscar race for Best Documentary Feature, but Blessed is the Match: The Life and Death of Hannah Senesh, now playing in New York City, could easily inspire a Hollywood film about the life of its heroic subject. And that dramatic version could potentially garner multiple Academy Award nominations. It wouldn’t be the first time a figure documented in a nonfiction film was later portrayed in an Oscar-nominated movie. In fact, one of this year’s Best Picture contenders, Milk, is almost like a remake of the 1984 Oscar-winning documentary The Times of Harvey Milk. Actual dramatic remakes of documentaries include Werner Herzogs’ Rescue Dawn, which revisits the subject of his earlier nonfiction film
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"Make no mistake, 2008 was the year of the woman. From politics to multiplex, they were the most newsworthy. At the box office, week after week brought about stories about how, mother of all shockers, women enjoy going to the movies too. From summer “event movies” (usually an exclusive boys tree house where "No Gurlz Allowd"), to record-breaking such as best opening for a female director, women were the new black at the box office. In 2008: Twilight was the highest-grossing film opening by a female director (at $70 million); It received the second-largest advanced ticket sales, trailing only The Dark Knight; Sex and the City was the best opening ever for an R-rated comedy; The SATC gals also debuted as the fifth best R-rated film of all time; The film also bested Mission Impossible as the best debut of a film based on a TV show. Now, perhaps next year we can do the same with good movies. Sex in the City was the female equivalent of Iron Man, replacing magical gad ... "
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"I thought this movie was just ok. It wasn't very memorable, except for the story that it was based off of. It moved a little slow for my liking, but what can you really ask for from an unsolved murder mystery. I'm from San Francisco so I knew about the zodiac murders before the film, and I was vaguely aware of the details of the crimes. I think it was a good idea to expose this true story on a national level, but the movie didn't seem to reveal anything much. It basically seemed like one of those movies that build up a story (leading you to believe that the story is going to peak somewhere, but instead it doesn't really happen). Then, the ending seems somewhat more anti-climatic than anything else. "
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"The next four non-AFI Netflix queue entries take a puzzling leap into thrillers (hey, I don't remember how I filled up my queue, I just did it). The first two are David Fincher thrillers. Of Fincher's catalog, I've only seen a few films, and I'm not sure I've seen enough of them to the point that I can definitively call myself a Fincher fan, though he has got some definite potential. I also don't feel qualified, based on what I have seen, to discuss any movie that might be called his "masterpiece" (or whether he has one still in the making). I've seen Alien 3, which I didn't really like (and neither did he, so I don't count it against him). I've seen Se7en and loved it, and want to own it, and I think I saw part of Fight Club, but I can only say I think I saw it because I might have been, er, um, under the influence at the time and can't really say one way or another. It was recommended by some friends who also recommended I try certain beverages. What can I say? I don't re ... "
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"Veteran documentarian Ken Burns is on the Board of Governors for the Telluride Film Festival. The creator of classic PBS documentary mini-series like The War, Baseball, and Jazz, all of which have a total runtime of many hundreds of minutes, it’s a wonder this guy watches anything other that the archival material he uses to assemble his films. He mentions a film called Hunger by Steve McQueen that’s playing here. No, it’s not the ghost of the Steve McQueen you might be thinking of, this Steve McQueen is a Turner Prize winning British video artist turned filmmaker. A full review of Hunger with an interview is coming soon. Spout: What films have you been watching lately? Ken Burns: Well, I come to the Telluride Film Festival to sort of end a draught. Being a very busy person, and living in rural New Hampshire, and having a small child, I don’t get into the communion of dark theaters very often. So "
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"There seems to be some consensus around and abouts on the Interwebz that this year’s Telluride Film Festival line-up is a non-starter. Its collection of foreign films, documentaries and classic films - along with a smattering of the more usual fare - seems to fly in the face of the perception of the festival as a launching pad for the next great independent-minded-but-mainstr eam-accessible crossover hit. Considering last year’s festival included first looks at Juno, There Will Be Blood, The Savages and others that went on to some mainstream success, such reaction is to be expected. But the - let’s generously say “oddly” - formed 2008 list doesn’t mean a crossover success is completely outside the realm of possibility. Let’s look at five movies that could wind up getting some decent buzz coming out of Telluride and heading into the remainder of festivals and awares season. Happy-Go-Lucky: Anything from director Mike Leigh is sure to come with some expectations around it and this i ... "
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"The 2008 Telluride Film Festival list of movies was revealed this afternoon. Our team on the ground is going to be back with more commentary on the selections but it looks to be an exciting and eclectic festival this year as usual. You can also stay up to date here on SpoutBlog or join in the conversation that develops around these movies on our Telluride Film Festival Group page. The full lineup is after the jump. A New Land (Nybyggarna) Adam Resurrected American Violet An Italian Straw Hat (Un Chapeau de Paille d’Italie) Daddy and Lili Marlene Elmer Gantry Everlasting Moments
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"The 2008 Telluride Film Festival list of movies was revealed this afternoon. Our team on the ground is going to be back with more commentary on the selections but it looks to be an exciting and eclectic festival this year as usual. You can also stay up to date here on SpoutBlog or join in the conversation that develops around these movies on our Telluride Film Festival Group page. A New Land (Nybyggarna) Adam Resurrected American Violet
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Zodiac - Review
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"David Fincher, 2007I'm always wary of films that use the prefix 'based on true events', it's usually a warning sign in code stating 'yawn fest ahead'. More often or not those films tend to be extremely tiresome with it's fixation of telling it 'like it happened' with little in the way of imagination or artistic license, a simple paint by numbers job and hey presto! Here's your Oscar. Fincher's Zodiac however goes against the norm by creating a hugely watchable, creative and tense thriller chronicling the unsolved 'Zodiac' killings that swept San Francisco in the 60's and 70's; the work of a serial killer who sent ciphers and letters to local newspapers and police, teasing them with grisly facts about murders and inducing panic in citizens with tales of mass homicidal fantasies.Spanning 30 years, Zo "
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Zodiac (2007)
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"David Fincher's "Zodiac" has been called "Seven: Part Two" in some circles. This film, about California's Zodiac serial killer, has more in common with TV's "Law & Order" than the Brad Pitt/Morgan Freeman film. The year is 1969 and a string of murders starts in California. A boy and a girl in a secluded "make-out" spot. Another couple in broad daylight by a lake. A cab driver. Concurrent with each of these attacks, three newspapers in the San Francisco area receive letters containing a message in code as well as a note taking credit for the killings. At the San Francisco Chronicle, cartoonist Robert Graysmith (Jake Gyllenhaal) becomes enraptured with the story, as does a colleague, Paul Avery (Robert Downey, Jr.). Over the course of time, the investigation grows cold and everyone moves on from Zodiac...except Graysmith. "Zodiac," running an overlong 158 minutes (or 2 hours 38 minutes), has little in common with director Fincher's arguably most famous film "Seven". Both films ce ... "
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