I wouldn’t have guessed that it’d be an IMAX 3-D + a silent film from 1928 that would instantly emerge as can’t miss films for me @ SXSW Film Festival 2010, but after having a spaceship land in my lap during a preview of Hubble 3-D — in a moment that was as great as the scenes that followed when Avatar started — I will be front and center tripping balls (I’m kidding, of course) during the screening of NASA: (and I don’t mean the horribly overrated music project) Hubble 3-D. It’s another big premiere for SXSW which introduced The Hurt Locker to the world. I’m also extra-curious about Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1928 silent The Passion of Joan of Arc, which seems to be getting a resurrection in more places than Texas — Will from Goldfrapp told me (that on-camera interview will be up next week) that he’s doing a live scoring of the film with Adrian of Portishead (who’s just become a Dad for the second time — congratulations!) in Paris, France — not Paris, Texas.
“The Hubble space telescope allows us to go to places so far away that it’s inconceivable that humans will ever go there.” – from the film
At YT where this clip was posted, somebody posted this quote from the trial of Jean D’Arc:
“Truly if you were to tear me limb from limb, and separate soul from body, I will tell you nothing more; and, if I were to say anything else, I should always afterwards declare that you made me say it by force.”
This is a xenon short-arc lamp — it makes IMAX special
This is Jean D’arc’s actual tag — she wrote “Jehane”. This John Hancock is one of three known signatures
Here’s the list of Headlining feature films for the 2010 SXSW Film Festival, released at midnight 2/4/10 The entire line-up of films can be found HERE
Features
Cyrus
Directors and Screenwriters: Jay and Mark Duplass
With John’s social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcee finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another man in her life – her son. Written and directed by Jay & Mark Duplass, the iconoclastic filmmaking team behind The Puffy Chair, Cyrus takes an insightful, funny and sometimes heartbreaking look at love and family in contemporary Los Angeles.
Cast: John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marisa Tomei, Catherine Keener, Matt Walsh
Get Low
Director: Aaron Schneider, Screenwriters: Chris Provenzano and C. Gaby Mitchell
A film spun out of equal parts folk tale, fable and real-life legend about a mysterious, 1930s Tennessee hermit who plans his own rollicking funeral party… while still alive.
Cast: Robert Duvall, Bill Murray
Kick-Ass
Director: Matthew Vaughn. Screenwriters: Jane Goldman and Matthew Vaughn
A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, based on the comic written by Mark Millar and John S. Romita, Jr. The film tells the story of average teenager Dave Lizewski, a comic-book fanboy who decides to take his obsession as inspiration to become a real-life superhero.
Cast: Aaron Johnson, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Mark Strong, Chloë Grace Moretz and Nicolas Cage. (World Premiere)
MacGruber
Director: Jorma Taccone. Screenwriters: Will Forte & John Solomon & Jorma Taccone
Will Forte brings his clueless soldier of fortune to the big screen in the action-comedy MacGruber.
Cast: Will Forte, Kristen Wiig, Ryan Phillippe, Powers Boothe, Maya Rudolph and Val Kilmer (World Premiere)
Micmacs / Micmacs à tire-larigot (France)
Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet. Screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Guillaume Laurant
Drawing on one of France’s most popular screen stars, the incorrigible Dany Boon from the comedy megahit Bienvenue chez les Ch’tis, as well as a cast of some of the country’s best-known actors, Jeunet turns on the afterburners in this searing piece of romantic filmmaking set against the storm clouds of warring arms dealers.
Cast: Dany Boon (U.S. Premiere)
Mr. Nice (United Kingdom)
Director and Screenwriter: Bernard Rose
The true story of Howard Marks. He was Britain’s most wanted man. He spent seven years in America’s toughest penitentiary. You’ll like him.
Cast: Rhys Ifans, Chloë Sevigny, David Thewlis, Luis Tosar, Crispin Glover, Omad Djalili. (World Premiere)
The Runaways
Director and Screenwriter: Floria Sigismondi
The Runaways follows two friends, Joan Jett (Kristen Stewart) and Cherie Currie (Dakota Fanning), as they rise from rebellious Southern California kids to rock stars of the now legendary group that paved the way for future generations of girl bands.
Cast: Kristen Stewart, Dakota Fanning, Scout Taylor-Compton, Michael Shannon, Alia Shawkat, Tatum O’Neal.
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