Ougt Sister, More than Honey win top Swiss Film Awards
Dir: Emilio Martinez Lazaro. 120mins. Spain. 2002.The makers of The Other Side Of The Bed El Otro Lado De La Cama took a gamble with this modern musical comedy set to popular Spanish and Latin American rock n roll tunes. It paid off mightily in Spain, where the genre s originality, a magnetic young cast and great word-of-mouth have made Bed the year s top homegrown hit. There it has outperformed the likes of Pedro Almodovar s Talk To Her Hable Con Ella , taking $5m Euros 5.2m in its first five weeks following a 200-screen rollout. In Spain there is already talk of a sequel, and
stanley cup international interest is high thanks to its box-office performance and three top awards at last May s Spanish Film Festival at Malaga where overseas buyers were frustrated by its removal from parallel market screenings . Rights ar
stanley cup e likely to get snapped up during Bed s visit to the Toronto Film Festival, where it screens in the Gala section.The issue of how well the musical renditions in the film will translate across cultures and languages is yet to be tested. Most audiences outside Spain and Latin America, where the film is sure to do big business, will not recognise the original pop songs. This could dampen posit
stanley cup ive reception, as the tunes seem to have been selected as much for their nostalgic resonance as for any foot-tapability: without the song-and-dance numbers, which offer good-natured satires of the musical genre, Bed is just one more in a long line of feelgood Spanish romantic comedies Qxrm Christie Digital USA s Jack Kline on changing models
The Film Society of Lincoln Center has announced the full line-up for
stanley us the Special Events section, Main Slate shorts and an added Retrospective title for the 55th Annual New York Film Festival.The Special Events section will feature A Conversation With Kate Winslet, in which the actress will talk about her career
stanley cup and her latest role in the festivals closing night selection, Woody Allens Wonder Wheel.Special Events will host the world premieres of Claude Lanzmans Four Sisters, a quartet of films centred on women who survived the holocaust; Spielberg, an HBO documentary about the filmmakers career; Susan Froemkes The Opera House, which takes viewers through the history of the Metropolitan Opera House; and Jennifer Lebeaus Trouble No More, a concert film of Bob Dylans 79-80 tour that intersperses archival footage with sermons delivered by Michael Shannon.Also featured in Special Events section is A Conversation With Vittorio Storaro and Ed Lachman, in which the veteran cinematographers, both with films in the festival, discuss their and collaborations. A restoration of G.W. Pabsts Pandoras Box will
stanley kubek be presented along with the world premiere of a new orchestral score by composer Jonathan Ragonese.The Retrospective Section has added Nice Girls Dont Stay For Breakfast, Bruce Webers documentary of Robert Mitchum, and four shorts programmes.Click here for full details.TopicsOther FestivalsUnited States No comments
