As Brazil emerges from its shoot shutdown, the magnitude of its biggest production, Netflix fiction miniseries “Senna,” about Formula One racing genius Ayrton Senna, is rapidly becoming clearer.
The series, now in development, ticks multiple boxes for both Netflix and its producer, São Paulo-based Gullane.
“Language is no longer a barrier, only ambition and quality are barriers,” Francisco Ramos, Netflix VP of Spanish-language Originals in Latin America, said as a keynote at September’s San Sebastian Festival.
“Senna” certainly has ambition. It will be “the first Netflix title from Brazil conceived from its very inception as a global series,” “Senna” producer Fabiano Gullane told Variety during Ventana Sur.
In order for a Netflix title to “be successful abroad, it first has to have an impact in its own country,” Ramos also observed.
Senna can expect to have a huge impact n Brazil. For Gullane, “Other Formula One World Champions were heroes of their sport,...
The series, now in development, ticks multiple boxes for both Netflix and its producer, São Paulo-based Gullane.
“Language is no longer a barrier, only ambition and quality are barriers,” Francisco Ramos, Netflix VP of Spanish-language Originals in Latin America, said as a keynote at September’s San Sebastian Festival.
“Senna” certainly has ambition. It will be “the first Netflix title from Brazil conceived from its very inception as a global series,” “Senna” producer Fabiano Gullane told Variety during Ventana Sur.
In order for a Netflix title to “be successful abroad, it first has to have an impact in its own country,” Ramos also observed.
Senna can expect to have a huge impact n Brazil. For Gullane, “Other Formula One World Champions were heroes of their sport,...
- 12/4/2020
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
Having premiered on Netflix Nov. 22, “Nobody’s Looking” marks the first collaboration between Gullane and Netflix – their second, “Boca a Boca” is in development- and comes from a long list of new projects that the streaming giant has announced with it’s $87 Million investment in Brazilian content.
The series embodies the streaming platform’s push into regional production: High concept and higher production values that aim for an international appeal without losing a sense of regional identity.
It depicts a bureaucratic organization of guardian angels in which the uniformed “angelus” invisibly protects humans beings, always following the rules of an absent Boss. With the arrival of Uli (Victor Lamoglia), a new “angelus” that starts questioning the established rules, the whole system slowly sinks into crisis as the series joyfully plays with consequences and the interactions between humans and angels.
The eight-episode series was created by Daniel Rezende, Carolina Markowicz and Teodoro Poppovic.
The series embodies the streaming platform’s push into regional production: High concept and higher production values that aim for an international appeal without losing a sense of regional identity.
It depicts a bureaucratic organization of guardian angels in which the uniformed “angelus” invisibly protects humans beings, always following the rules of an absent Boss. With the arrival of Uli (Victor Lamoglia), a new “angelus” that starts questioning the established rules, the whole system slowly sinks into crisis as the series joyfully plays with consequences and the interactions between humans and angels.
The eight-episode series was created by Daniel Rezende, Carolina Markowicz and Teodoro Poppovic.
- 12/6/2019
- by Emiliano Granada
- Variety Film + TV
Terrence Malick’s magnum opus fully expresses what might be called his ‘Unified Theory’ of cinema — which embraces the human experience from the core of family life to the creation and destruction of the universe. Even Stanley Kubrick didn’t go that far: he never filmed merciful dinosaurs or anything as simple as a mother who experiences rapture rolling in the grass with her young sons.
The Tree of Life
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 942
2011 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 139, 179 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 11, 2018 / 49.95
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan.
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Film Editors: Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa
Original Music: Alexandre Desplat
Production Design by Jack Fisk
Produced by DeDe Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
Written and Directed by Terrence Malick
I’ve wanted to review The Tree of Life ever since it came out.
The Tree of Life
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 942
2011 / Color / 1:85 widescreen / 139, 179 min. / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date September 11, 2018 / 49.95
Starring: Jessica Chastain, Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Hunter McCracken, Laramie Eppler, Tye Sheridan.
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki
Film Editors: Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa
Original Music: Alexandre Desplat
Production Design by Jack Fisk
Produced by DeDe Gardner, Sarah Green, Grant Hill, Brad Pitt, Bill Pohlad
Written and Directed by Terrence Malick
I’ve wanted to review The Tree of Life ever since it came out.
- 9/8/2018
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Today in Variety’s International Newswire, it’s all about soccer, with Vivendi losing French Ligue 1 soccer rights, while Zidane’s resignation as Real Madrid manager may just make Spain’s Laliga rights all the more attractive; in the fast contracting non-soccer universe, as the World Cup approaches, Netflix turns the screws on rivals in Brazil with a top company commission; Mexico’s Dopamine signals new hires
Has Vivendi just scored a massive own goal? In what analyst François Godard, at Enders Analysis, describes as “the biggest shock to the French broadcasting system in a generation,” on May 29, Spain’s Mediapro outbid Vivendi subsidy Canal Plus, Europe’s second biggest pay TV player, to rights to France’s Ligue 1 soccer matches over 2020-24. On Wednesday, Vivendi stock plunged 3.64% by market close. It had clawed back 0.56% by mid-morning trading, but analysts’ sentiment looks to be that Canal Plus now has a problem.
Has Vivendi just scored a massive own goal? In what analyst François Godard, at Enders Analysis, describes as “the biggest shock to the French broadcasting system in a generation,” on May 29, Spain’s Mediapro outbid Vivendi subsidy Canal Plus, Europe’s second biggest pay TV player, to rights to France’s Ligue 1 soccer matches over 2020-24. On Wednesday, Vivendi stock plunged 3.64% by market close. It had clawed back 0.56% by mid-morning trading, but analysts’ sentiment looks to be that Canal Plus now has a problem.
- 5/31/2018
- by John Hopewell, Jamie Lang and Leo Barraclough
- Variety Film + TV
Rio De Janeiro — HBO announced during Rio2C it has commissioned three new series in Brazil. As happened with the other HBO productions in the country, the series will run on HBO Brazilian channels and eventually on HBO channels worldwide subtitled or dubbed.
“Hard” will be the first HBO Brazilian series adapted from a foreign production. Leading local production house Gullane Filmes will adapt Cathy Verney’s French series that airs on Canal Plus since 2008. In it, a recent widow learns her deceased husband was in the porn production business and faces the challenge of saving the company she’s inherited. Daniel Rezende (an Oscar-nominee for best editing in 2003 on “City of God”) is the artistic supervisor of the series, which will have six episodes and will be lensed in the second half of 2018.
“One of the challenges is to adapt to Brazilian reality the French approach to sex, as...
“Hard” will be the first HBO Brazilian series adapted from a foreign production. Leading local production house Gullane Filmes will adapt Cathy Verney’s French series that airs on Canal Plus since 2008. In it, a recent widow learns her deceased husband was in the porn production business and faces the challenge of saving the company she’s inherited. Daniel Rezende (an Oscar-nominee for best editing in 2003 on “City of God”) is the artistic supervisor of the series, which will have six episodes and will be lensed in the second half of 2018.
“One of the challenges is to adapt to Brazilian reality the French approach to sex, as...
- 4/6/2018
- by Marcelo Cajueiro
- Variety Film + TV
Despite the devastating mudslides that overwhelmed the Santa Barbara, California community of Montecito last week — resulting in at least 20 deaths and the destruction of 100-plus homes — the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (Sbiff) will go on as usual. A reason to celebrate is “needed now more than ever,” wrote Sbiff director Roger Durling in a letter soon to be shared with festival-goers. He continued, “It is an opportunity for people to gather – reflect – experience – feel – and process,” noting that cinema attendance was strong during the Great Depression.
Launched in 1986, this year’s Sbiff will include films from 58 countries. Numbered among its 45 world premieres is opening night film “the public,” the first feature written and directed by Emilio Estevez since 2010’s “The Way.” Set at a Cincinnati public library, the film follows its homeless and marginalized patrons during a dangerous cold spell. The cast includes Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone (“Neon Demon...
Launched in 1986, this year’s Sbiff will include films from 58 countries. Numbered among its 45 world premieres is opening night film “the public,” the first feature written and directed by Emilio Estevez since 2010’s “The Way.” Set at a Cincinnati public library, the film follows its homeless and marginalized patrons during a dangerous cold spell. The cast includes Alec Baldwin, Jena Malone (“Neon Demon...
- 1/17/2018
- by Jenna Marotta
- Indiewire
Rounding off a vintage year for scary clowns on the big screen, Bingo: The King of the Mornings is a boisterous Brazilian comic drama charting the explosive rise and fall of a blue-haired children’s television star with debauched offscreen appetites. Oscar-nominated editor Daniel Rezende, whose credits include Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life and Fernando Meirelles’ City of God, does a pretty solid job on his feature directing debut. Currently screening in U.K. theaters following a successful domestic run, the film was chosen as Brazil’s official Academy Awards contender in the foreign-language category, though it ultimately failed to make the final...
- 12/18/2017
- by Stephen Dalton
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Daniel Rezende’s version of the life of Brazil’s Bozo takes the myth for granted and is guilty of some lazy screenwriting tricks
Daniel Rezende is the Oscar-nominated editor who worked on Meirelles’s City of God and Malick’s The Tree of Life; now he makes his feature directing debut with this movie – Brazil’s official Academy Awards entry for best foreign film. It is a strangely heavy-handed and hectoring redemption drama, based on the true story of the former porn actor Arlindo Barreto, who in the 80s became a huge hit throughout Brazil as “Bozo”, a wacky clown on Saturday morning kids’ TV. But he was contractually obliged to keep his real identity a secret. Unable to taste the pleasures of celebrity, Barreto underwent a kind of drug-fuelled breakdown, after which he jettisoned his vanity and emerged spiritually enlightened.
The corporate brand identity of Bozo is apparently...
Daniel Rezende is the Oscar-nominated editor who worked on Meirelles’s City of God and Malick’s The Tree of Life; now he makes his feature directing debut with this movie – Brazil’s official Academy Awards entry for best foreign film. It is a strangely heavy-handed and hectoring redemption drama, based on the true story of the former porn actor Arlindo Barreto, who in the 80s became a huge hit throughout Brazil as “Bozo”, a wacky clown on Saturday morning kids’ TV. But he was contractually obliged to keep his real identity a secret. Unable to taste the pleasures of celebrity, Barreto underwent a kind of drug-fuelled breakdown, after which he jettisoned his vanity and emerged spiritually enlightened.
The corporate brand identity of Bozo is apparently...
- 12/14/2017
- by Peter Bradshaw
- The Guardian - Film News
As a child in Brazil, Daniel Rezende was obsessed with television. His friends were more interested in playing soccer or going swimming, but he was drawn to the magic he saw onscreen — and he was deeply curious about what happened offscreen. When he watched TV hosts, he wanted to know "as soon as the camera would shut off, what is this guy doing? Where does he go?" he recalls. "I was always asking those questions."
So when Rezende discovered the story of actor Arlindo Barreto, who portrayed Bozo the Clown, the host of the 1980s Brazilian version of the...
So when Rezende discovered the story of actor Arlindo Barreto, who portrayed Bozo the Clown, the host of the 1980s Brazilian version of the...
- 10/28/2017
- by Shannon L. Bowen
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“You look at it, you know it’s right.” That’s what Daniel Rezende came to realize when he was directing “Bingo: The King of Mornings.” Rezende is an Oscar-nominated film editor for “City of God” and has also worked on “The Motorcycle Diaries” and “The Tree of Life,” so he knows how to follow his instincts. And he told TheWrap’s Awards Editor Steve Pond how his experience as an editor shaped his work when directing his feature film debut. “There’s no such thing as a rule on how to make a movie,” Rezende said at The Wrap...
- 10/27/2017
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
The final deadline for submitting each country’s film for consideration for the foreign-language Oscar was October 2. Last year 85 were finally deemed eligible by the Academy; this year the number is a record 92. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants. These films are vying for the initial shortlist of 9, and final five nominations to be announced on January 23. See the final list below.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
- 10/5/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
The final deadline for submitting each country’s film for consideration for the foreign-language Oscar was October 2. Last year 85 were finally deemed eligible by the Academy; this year the number is a record 92. Haiti, Honduras, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Mozambique, Senegal and Syria are first-time entrants. These films are vying for the initial shortlist of 9, and final five nominations to be announced on January 23. See the final list below.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
Read More:Oscar Announces Changes for Foreign-Film Voting: Now Simpler! (Sort Of.)
The frontrunners include Sweden selected Ruben Östlund’s hilarious Palme d’Or-winner “The Square” (October 27, Magnolia Pictures), an art-world satire shot in majority Swedish with some English from stars Claes Bang, Elisabeth Moss, and Dominic West, thus giving Östlund another shot after “Force Majeure” was a surprise 2015 Oscar omission.
Germany’s choice, Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade” (December 27, Magnolia Pictures), won Best Actress for Diane Kruger at Cannes.
- 10/5/2017
- by Anne Thompson
- Indiewire
The Brazilian Film Academy has selected Bingo -- The King of the Mornings as the country's submission for the Oscars' foreign-language film category.
Directed by Daniel Rezende, the film tells the story of a famous TV clown (played by Vladimir Brichta) who is frustrated by his lack of public recognition, as his contract forbids him to reveal his identity to the public. It is a biopic of real-life actor and evangelical pastor Arlindo Barreto, one of the stars who played the local version of Bozo the Clown in the 1980s.
Bingo is also Rezende's directorial debut after a long career as...
Directed by Daniel Rezende, the film tells the story of a famous TV clown (played by Vladimir Brichta) who is frustrated by his lack of public recognition, as his contract forbids him to reveal his identity to the public. It is a biopic of real-life actor and evangelical pastor Arlindo Barreto, one of the stars who played the local version of Bozo the Clown in the 1980s.
Bingo is also Rezende's directorial debut after a long career as...
- 9/18/2017
- by Agustin Mango
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Now this is a list that could result in a lot of fascinating dissection and thanks to HitFix it comes to our attention almost three years after it was originally released back in 2012, celebrating the Motion Picture Editors Guild's 75th anniversary. Over at HitFix, Kris Tapley asks, "Is this news to anyone elsec" Um, yes, I find it immensely interesting and a perfect starting point for anyone looking to further explore the art of film editing. In an accompanying article we get the particulars concerning what films were eligible and how films were to be considered: In our Jan-feb 12 issue, we asked Guild members to vote on what they consider to be the Best Edited Films of all time. Any feature-length film from any country in the world was eligible. And by "Best Edited," we explained, we didn't just mean picture; sound, music and mixing were to be considered as well.
- 2/4/2015
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
A random bit of researching on a Tuesday night led me to something I didn't know existed: The Motion Picture Editors Guild's list of the 75 best-edited films of all time. It was a feature in part celebrating the Guild's 75th anniversary in 2012. Is this news to anyone else? I confess to having missed it entirely. Naturally, I had to dig in. What was immediately striking to me about the list — which was decided upon by the Guild membership and, per instruction, was considered in terms of picture and sound editorial as opposed to just the former — was the most popular decade ranking. Naturally, the 1970s led with 17 mentions, but right on its heels was the 1990s. I wouldn't have expected that but I happen to agree with the assessment. Thelma Schoonmaker's work on "Raging Bull" came out on top, an objectively difficult choice to dispute, really. It was so transformative,...
- 2/4/2015
- by Kristopher Tapley
- Hitfix
Captive Beauty tells an unflinching and unforgettable story of four women – Catalina, Leidy, Diana and Marta - who are all serving time for various crimes in Medellin’s notorious and largest female prison. They are also participants of a week long beauty pageant held at the prison complete with catwalks and being pampered. Some of these women will never leave prison but the pageant serves to restore some dignity and let them feel like a queen for a moment. Jared Goodman shared his journey with us.
LatinoBuzz: Your first film was Road to the Big Leagues, what was it about documentaries that drew you to it?
Jared: Studying film in college left me eager to tell a story – I had just graduated, was always passionate about baseball, and after pitching the project to a Boston based production company, I found myself in the Dominican Republic playing with children, interviewing stars, and finding out what made them tick. All of this led to the creation of Road to the Big Leagues, a film about the fascinating journey of young Dominican players attempting to make it big. The experience was great, empowering and I quickly began hunting for another experience, another story to tell.
LatinoBuzz: You are from Boston, when and how did the idea to shoot in Medellín’s largest female prison about an inmate beauty pageant come up?
Jared: I simply came across an article about this beauty pageant in a prison and it instantly resonated with me – it had to be my next project. So many powerful themes were present that I just couldn’t ignore and in a matter of months Spencer Kehe (producer) and I were making arrangements to go to Medellin. Spencer was instrumental in getting us an incredible amount of access to the prison.
LatinoBuzz: Was shooting a documentary under those circumstances easy?
Jared: The prison was actually a relatively easy place to film. After the first couple of weeks the prisoners as well as the prison guards got so used to us that we were free to go pretty much anywhere and talk to anyone. I think that for the most part the majority of the prisoners liked us being there.
LatinoBuzz: What creative decisions do you make beforehand?
Jared: Going into production the main goal was to keep the camera running, and capture as many vérité scenes as possible. I knew that patience would be the key; that I had to simply let it all unfold in front of me and the building blocks of the film would present themselves. So in the beginning, we stayed in the prison every day, all day, for over a month, filming as much as possible. It wasn’t until we were about half way done with post production, once we had our story shaped, that we started styling the scenes with interesting cuts and experimenting with a strong score to help make the film more theatrical. Our editor, Daniel Rezende (City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries, and recently, The Tree of Life), is master time manipulator. He added so much to this film.
LatinoBuzz: How was finding funding for Captive Beauty?
Jared: Finding funding is always a challenge, but thankfully we had the support of a successful, New York based production company. Once we returned with great footage we were able to edit a trailer that helped us secure a large grant to help us complete post-production.
LatinoBuzz: I like that you didn't sensationalize their crimes. How did you get these women - convicted murderers, kidnappers etc to open up to you on camera?
Jared: For the first two weeks I didn’t ask our protagonists why they were in prison. I just wanted to get to know them as much as possible and develop a level of trust between us. Finally, once I did interview them, I found the result to be intensified. They were now telling their crimes to a friend and when they admitted to what they had done (murder, kidnapping, treason) they all came to tears and showed an incredible degree of openness and vulnerability. The strongest parts of this film are the interviews. The women are brutally honest.
LatinoBuzz: These women grew up in a beautiful country under brutal circumstances. How important was it to find those moments of humanity in them?
Jared: I came to learn quite a bit about the duality of mankind from making this film. Of course these women have a bad side to them, but with spending more time with them, I came to see more and more good in them. These moments naturally came out, and in order to tell a complete story they had to be included.
LatinoBuzz: Your first film is about shooting for your dreams and this was about dreams deferred, stolen or lost; what would you say you took away from the subject matters in both your films?
Jared: I’m drawn to the human spirit – how it is affected by struggle, how it embraces opportunity, and how it faces challenge. Yes, my first two films are at opposite ends of the spectrum, but to me it is imperative that I treat my subjects with dignity, regardless. This all leaves me with the experience of the human spirit, which fascinates and moves me personally, no what shape it takes.
LatinoBuzz: Have you ever thought to go back and see what became of these women?
Jared: I am friends with several of them. As each one is released, they reach out to me, and we catch up. Social media has thankfully made it possible for me to maintain a relationship with most everyone who I have worked with in my films over the years.
LatinoBuzz: Any other subject matter you would like to explore through the documentary lens?
Jared: So many! Currently I am helping produce a 30 for 30 doc for Espn with director Mario Diaz. I also have a new documentary that I hope to start shooting this summer in NYC and finally I have a narrative film that I am hopeful to begin production on some time in 2014 as well.
For the latest on the film give them a ‘Like at https://www.facebook.com/CaptiveBeauty
Written by Juan Caceres . LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow [At]LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook...
LatinoBuzz: Your first film was Road to the Big Leagues, what was it about documentaries that drew you to it?
Jared: Studying film in college left me eager to tell a story – I had just graduated, was always passionate about baseball, and after pitching the project to a Boston based production company, I found myself in the Dominican Republic playing with children, interviewing stars, and finding out what made them tick. All of this led to the creation of Road to the Big Leagues, a film about the fascinating journey of young Dominican players attempting to make it big. The experience was great, empowering and I quickly began hunting for another experience, another story to tell.
LatinoBuzz: You are from Boston, when and how did the idea to shoot in Medellín’s largest female prison about an inmate beauty pageant come up?
Jared: I simply came across an article about this beauty pageant in a prison and it instantly resonated with me – it had to be my next project. So many powerful themes were present that I just couldn’t ignore and in a matter of months Spencer Kehe (producer) and I were making arrangements to go to Medellin. Spencer was instrumental in getting us an incredible amount of access to the prison.
LatinoBuzz: Was shooting a documentary under those circumstances easy?
Jared: The prison was actually a relatively easy place to film. After the first couple of weeks the prisoners as well as the prison guards got so used to us that we were free to go pretty much anywhere and talk to anyone. I think that for the most part the majority of the prisoners liked us being there.
LatinoBuzz: What creative decisions do you make beforehand?
Jared: Going into production the main goal was to keep the camera running, and capture as many vérité scenes as possible. I knew that patience would be the key; that I had to simply let it all unfold in front of me and the building blocks of the film would present themselves. So in the beginning, we stayed in the prison every day, all day, for over a month, filming as much as possible. It wasn’t until we were about half way done with post production, once we had our story shaped, that we started styling the scenes with interesting cuts and experimenting with a strong score to help make the film more theatrical. Our editor, Daniel Rezende (City of God, The Motorcycle Diaries, and recently, The Tree of Life), is master time manipulator. He added so much to this film.
LatinoBuzz: How was finding funding for Captive Beauty?
Jared: Finding funding is always a challenge, but thankfully we had the support of a successful, New York based production company. Once we returned with great footage we were able to edit a trailer that helped us secure a large grant to help us complete post-production.
LatinoBuzz: I like that you didn't sensationalize their crimes. How did you get these women - convicted murderers, kidnappers etc to open up to you on camera?
Jared: For the first two weeks I didn’t ask our protagonists why they were in prison. I just wanted to get to know them as much as possible and develop a level of trust between us. Finally, once I did interview them, I found the result to be intensified. They were now telling their crimes to a friend and when they admitted to what they had done (murder, kidnapping, treason) they all came to tears and showed an incredible degree of openness and vulnerability. The strongest parts of this film are the interviews. The women are brutally honest.
LatinoBuzz: These women grew up in a beautiful country under brutal circumstances. How important was it to find those moments of humanity in them?
Jared: I came to learn quite a bit about the duality of mankind from making this film. Of course these women have a bad side to them, but with spending more time with them, I came to see more and more good in them. These moments naturally came out, and in order to tell a complete story they had to be included.
LatinoBuzz: Your first film is about shooting for your dreams and this was about dreams deferred, stolen or lost; what would you say you took away from the subject matters in both your films?
Jared: I’m drawn to the human spirit – how it is affected by struggle, how it embraces opportunity, and how it faces challenge. Yes, my first two films are at opposite ends of the spectrum, but to me it is imperative that I treat my subjects with dignity, regardless. This all leaves me with the experience of the human spirit, which fascinates and moves me personally, no what shape it takes.
LatinoBuzz: Have you ever thought to go back and see what became of these women?
Jared: I am friends with several of them. As each one is released, they reach out to me, and we catch up. Social media has thankfully made it possible for me to maintain a relationship with most everyone who I have worked with in my films over the years.
LatinoBuzz: Any other subject matter you would like to explore through the documentary lens?
Jared: So many! Currently I am helping produce a 30 for 30 doc for Espn with director Mario Diaz. I also have a new documentary that I hope to start shooting this summer in NYC and finally I have a narrative film that I am hopeful to begin production on some time in 2014 as well.
For the latest on the film give them a ‘Like at https://www.facebook.com/CaptiveBeauty
Written by Juan Caceres . LatinoBuzz is a weekly feature on SydneysBuzz that highlights Latino indie talent and upcoming trends in Latino film with the specific objective of presenting a broad range of Latino voices. Follow [At]LatinoBuzz on Twitter and Facebook...
- 5/21/2014
- by Juan Caceres
- Sydney's Buzz
Bozo The Clown
Wagner Moura ("Elysium") is set to play one of the Brazilian versions of beloved children's TV personality Bozo the Clown in a new film about the character to be directed by "Elite Squad" editor Daniel Rezende.
Moura will most likely play actor Arlindo Barreto, the most famous Brazilian Bozo, who became a cocaine addict and ultimately a pentecostal preacher. [Source: Omelete]
Secrets and Lies
Juliette Lewis has scored the starring role in ABC's U.S. adaptation of the Australian drama mini-series "Secrets and Lies". Lewis plays Andrea Cornell, the formidable detective conducting the investigation.
Ryan Phillippe stars a loving father who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the 4-year-old son of his neighbor when he finds the body whilst out for a jog. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Best of Me
Luke Bracey ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") has joined the cast of the Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Best Of Me" at Relativity.
Wagner Moura ("Elysium") is set to play one of the Brazilian versions of beloved children's TV personality Bozo the Clown in a new film about the character to be directed by "Elite Squad" editor Daniel Rezende.
Moura will most likely play actor Arlindo Barreto, the most famous Brazilian Bozo, who became a cocaine addict and ultimately a pentecostal preacher. [Source: Omelete]
Secrets and Lies
Juliette Lewis has scored the starring role in ABC's U.S. adaptation of the Australian drama mini-series "Secrets and Lies". Lewis plays Andrea Cornell, the formidable detective conducting the investigation.
Ryan Phillippe stars a loving father who becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the 4-year-old son of his neighbor when he finds the body whilst out for a jog. [Source: The Live Feed]
The Best of Me
Luke Bracey ("G.I. Joe: Retaliation") has joined the cast of the Nicholas Sparks adaptation "The Best Of Me" at Relativity.
- 2/13/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Production is set to begin on Saturday, September 15 in Toronto on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ RoboCop, directed by Jose Padilha. The film stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, as well as Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The screenplay is by Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, based on the 1987 motion picture written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner. The film is produced by Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, with Bill Carraro serving as executive producer. The film will be released in the Us on August 9th, 2013.
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his...
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his...
- 9/14/2012
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Production is set to begin on Saturday, September 15 in Toronto on Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures’ and Columbia Pictures’ RoboCop, directed by Jose Padilha. The film stars Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Samuel L. Jackson, as well as Abbie Cornish, Jackie Earle Haley, Michael K. Williams, Jay Baruchel, Jennifer Ehle, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste. The screenplay is by Josh Zetumer and Nick Schenk, based on the 1987 motion picture written by Edward Neumeier & Michael Miner. The film is produced by Marc Abraham and Eric Newman, with Bill Carraro serving as executive producer. The film will be released in the Us on August 9, 2013.
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best...
In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Their drones are winning American wars around the globe and now they want to bring this technology to the home front. Alex Murphy (Kinnaman) is a loving husband, father and good cop doing his best...
- 9/13/2012
- by Kellvin Chavez
- LRMonline.com
Fernando Meirelles recently sat down for an interview where he claimed that Jose Padilha was having a terrible time trying to get his vision of the Robocop reboot to light. Meirelles said that Padilha told him that for every ten ideas he has nine of them get cut by the studio. During and interview with a Brazilian newspaper, translated by Latino Review, Padilha refutes the claims that he is have a tough way to go on the film. “I have a script I’m happy with and I got the cast I have picked. The director of photography is Lula Carvalho, my editor is Daniel Rezende. I was even consulted for the selection of the producers,” said Pahilha. He also went on to say that you deal with problems during per-production with coolness and familiarity. With these rumors floating around, and his dodge the question types answers it wouldn't seem...
- 9/5/2012
- ComicBookMovie.com
Last week a website called Cinema Com Rapadura posted a story about director Jose Padilha being in RoboCop Remake Hell. Immediately following that, a shitstorm started brewing around the Internet. Today Padilha has addressed those remarks and rumors.
Our friends at Latino Review did some translating of a recent interview Padilha did with Cinema em Cena in which he states...
“I have a script I’m happy with, and I got the cast I have picked. The director of photography is Lula Carvalho, my editor is Daniel Rezende (City of God, Elite Squad, The Tree of Life). I was even consulted for the selection of the producers.”
When asked about the rumors of him having a bad time while in pre-production for RoboCop:
“We deal with those difficulties with coolness and familiarity.”
Smart answer.
Jose Padilha's film is gearing up for a September start in Toronto and thus...
Our friends at Latino Review did some translating of a recent interview Padilha did with Cinema em Cena in which he states...
“I have a script I’m happy with, and I got the cast I have picked. The director of photography is Lula Carvalho, my editor is Daniel Rezende (City of God, Elite Squad, The Tree of Life). I was even consulted for the selection of the producers.”
When asked about the rumors of him having a bad time while in pre-production for RoboCop:
“We deal with those difficulties with coolness and familiarity.”
Smart answer.
Jose Padilha's film is gearing up for a September start in Toronto and thus...
- 9/4/2012
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
City of God director Fernando Meirelles recently gave an interview in which he dished that Jose Padilha, director of the RoboCop remake, was having a hellish time with the project.
A Brazilian newspaper interviewed Padilha and it now seems that those claims are untrue.
Padilha speaks for himself (rough translation):
“I have a script I’m happy with and I got the cast I have picked. The director of photography is Lula Carvalho, my editor is Daniel Rezende (City of God, Elite Squad, The Tree of Life). I was even consulted for the selection of the producers.”
When asked about the rumors of him having a bad time while in pre-production for RoboCop:
“We deal with those difficulties with coolness and familiarity.”
If you were ever trying to make your first big mainstream film in Hollywood, this sounds exactly like what you would need to say to protect your ass.
A Brazilian newspaper interviewed Padilha and it now seems that those claims are untrue.
Padilha speaks for himself (rough translation):
“I have a script I’m happy with and I got the cast I have picked. The director of photography is Lula Carvalho, my editor is Daniel Rezende (City of God, Elite Squad, The Tree of Life). I was even consulted for the selection of the producers.”
When asked about the rumors of him having a bad time while in pre-production for RoboCop:
“We deal with those difficulties with coolness and familiarity.”
If you were ever trying to make your first big mainstream film in Hollywood, this sounds exactly like what you would need to say to protect your ass.
- 9/4/2012
- by Matt Granados
- LRMonline.com
Asghar Farhadi's A Separation, Margaret's Anna Paquin (photo), Weekend's Tom Cullen, and The Tree of Life's Terrence Malick and Brad Pitt were some of the winners of the 2012 International Cinephile Society Awards. The honors are announced by "an online group made up of approximately 80 accredited journalists, film scholars, historians and other industry professionals who cover film festivals and events on five continents." And cinephiles they clearly are; some of their choices would put the U.S.-based National Society of Film Critics to shame. [Full list of International Cinephile Society winners and runners-up.] Writer-director Farhadi's Iranian family drama A Separation, which is up for the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Original Screenplay Academy Awards, won as Best Picture of 2011, in addition to Best Film Not in the English Language, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Ensemble (including Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress runners-up Peyman Moaadi and Shahab Hosseini). Farhadi was also the runner-up for Best Director.
- 2/22/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Chris New, Tom Cullen in Andrew Haigh's Weekend Anna Paquin, Terrence Malick: Cinephile Society Winners Best Picture 01. A Separation 02. The Tree of Life 03. Mysteries of Lisbon 04. Certified Copy 05. Weekend 06. Margaret 07. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 08. Drive 09. Meek's Cutoff 10. Hugo 11. Melancholia Best Director Terrence Malick – The Tree of Life Runner-up: Asghar Farhadi – A Separation Best Film Not In The English Language 01. A Separation 02. Mysteries of Lisbon 03. Certified Copy 04. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives 05. The Skin I Live In 06. Poetry 07. House of Pleasures 08. Le Havre 09. Le Quattro Volte 10. Of Gods and Men Best Actor Tom Cullen – Weekend Runner-up: Peyman Moaadi – A Separation Best Actress Anna Paquin – Margaret Runner-up: Juliette Binoche – Certified Copy Best Supporting Actor Brad Pitt – The Tree of Life Runner-up: Shahab Hosseini – A Separation Best Supporting Actress J. Smith-Cameron – Margaret Runner-up: Jessica Chastain – Take Shelter Best Original Screenplay A Separation – Asghar Farhadi...
- 2/22/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
You may have heard that the Online Film Critics Society unleashed their press release on the world today. It rained Manna Malick from Heaven as The Tree of Life won 5 of their 13 gongs. Their winners...
Picture The Tree of Life
Director Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Actress Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Actor Michael Fassbender, Shame
They go against the grain frequently with Best Actress. Aside from obvious sweepers like Natalie Portman or Helen Mirren in their years, winners have included Melanie Laurent from Basterds, Michelle Williams from Wendy & Lucy, Reese Witherspoon in Election and more. Like the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, who are even more adventurous in Best Actress citations, the Ofcs is much more traditional / conservative when it comes to Best Actor almost always going with a major future Oscar nominee or frontrunner. The only exception in their entire history is Billy Bob Thornton...
Picture The Tree of Life
Director Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Actress Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Actor Michael Fassbender, Shame
They go against the grain frequently with Best Actress. Aside from obvious sweepers like Natalie Portman or Helen Mirren in their years, winners have included Melanie Laurent from Basterds, Michelle Williams from Wendy & Lucy, Reese Witherspoon in Election and more. Like the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, who are even more adventurous in Best Actress citations, the Ofcs is much more traditional / conservative when it comes to Best Actor almost always going with a major future Oscar nominee or frontrunner. The only exception in their entire history is Billy Bob Thornton...
- 1/3/2012
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
Laramie Eppler, Jessica Chastain, Hunter McCracken, The Tree of Life Terrence Malick's Cannes winner The Tree of Life, a "cosmic" family drama starring Brad Pitt, Jessica Chastain, and Sean Penn, topped the Online Film Critics Society's list of 2011 winners. The Tree of Life won five of its seven nominations: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress (Chastain), Best Editing (Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, Daniel Rezende, Billy Weber, Mark Yoshikawa), and Best Cinematography (Emmanuel Lubezki). No other film won more than one award. [Full list of Online Film Critics winners and nominees.] Malick lost the Best Original Screenplay Award to Woody Allen for the fantasy Midnight in Paris, the filmmaker's most popular movie in years. Midnight in Paris features Owen Wilson, Rachel McAdams, and Marion Cotillard. The Tree of Life's other loser, Brad Pitt, had been shortlisted in the Best Supporting Actor category. Christopher Plummer won for his performance as Ewan McGregor's gay father in Mike Mills' Beginners.
- 1/3/2012
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Brit Marling, Another Earth
Best Film
* The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
The Tree Of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
* Le Quattro Volte
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Happy Happy
Of Gods And Men
The Double Hour
Best Director
* Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
Best Actress
* Brit Marling, Another Earth
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis, The Help
Best Actor
* Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Supporting Actress
* Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Carey Mulligan, Shame
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Mélanie Laurent, Beginners
Best Supporting Actor
* Nick Nolte, Warrior
Albert Brooks, Drive
Andy Serkis, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Christopher Plummer,...
Best Film
* The Artist
Drive
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
The Tree Of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
* Le Quattro Volte
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Happy Happy
Of Gods And Men
The Double Hour
Best Director
* Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
Best Actress
* Brit Marling, Another Earth
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis, The Help
Best Actor
* Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Best Supporting Actress
* Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Carey Mulligan, Shame
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Mélanie Laurent, Beginners
Best Supporting Actor
* Nick Nolte, Warrior
Albert Brooks, Drive
Andy Serkis, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Christopher Plummer,...
- 12/15/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Owen Wilson, Midnight in Paris
Best Film
Drive
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
The Artist
The Tree Of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Happy Happy
Le Quattro Volte
Of Gods And Men
The Double Hour
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
Best Actress
Brit Marling, Another Earth
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis, The Help
Best Actor
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Carey Mulligan, Shame
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Mélanie Laurent, Beginners
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, Drive
Andy Serkis, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Christopher Plummer,...
Best Film
Drive
Hugo
Midnight In Paris
The Artist
The Tree Of Life
Best Foreign Language Film
A Somewhat Gentle Man
Happy Happy
Le Quattro Volte
Of Gods And Men
The Double Hour
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, Hugo
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive
Terrence Malick, The Tree Of Life
Woody Allen, Midnight In Paris
Best Actress
Brit Marling, Another Earth
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Michelle Williams, My Week With Marilyn
Tilda Swinton, We Need To Talk About Kevin
Viola Davis, The Help
Best Actor
Brad Pitt, Moneyball
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
George Clooney, The Descendants
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter
Best Supporting Actress
Bérénice Bejo, The Artist
Carey Mulligan, Shame
Jessica Chastain, The Help
Mélanie Laurent, Beginners
Shailene Woodley, The Descendants
Best Supporting Actor
Albert Brooks, Drive
Andy Serkis, Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
Christopher Plummer,...
- 12/13/2011
- by Steve Montgomery
- Alt Film Guide
Why round up reviews of both in one entry? Because Fernando Meirelles's 360 will be opening the BFI London Film Festival on October 12 and Terence Davies's The Deep Blue Sea will be closing it on October 27. What's more, both star Rachel Weisz and, of course, both have just seen their world premieres in Toronto. We'll consider them, though, in order of interest.
"So entirely immersive is Terence Davies's desire to recreate and analyze the ethos of post-World War II Britain that not only has he fulfilled his ambition to refashion Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea," writes Todd McCarthy in the Hollywood Reporter, "but he has created a theoretical sequel to Noël Coward and David Lean's Brief Encounter in the bargain. As intensely personal and deeply felt as it is, however, Davies's attempt to breathe new life into Rattigan's 1952 play is a rather bloodless, suffocating thing,...
"So entirely immersive is Terence Davies's desire to recreate and analyze the ethos of post-World War II Britain that not only has he fulfilled his ambition to refashion Terence Rattigan's The Deep Blue Sea," writes Todd McCarthy in the Hollywood Reporter, "but he has created a theoretical sequel to Noël Coward and David Lean's Brief Encounter in the bargain. As intensely personal and deeply felt as it is, however, Davies's attempt to breathe new life into Rattigan's 1952 play is a rather bloodless, suffocating thing,...
- 9/14/2011
- MUBI
With less than a month to go before Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life hits theaters, the first official review has landed, and it is quite positive. Sprouting from the French site Les Echos du Cinéma, we have a translation below from an IMDb user. They praise the film for its natural performances and beauty, but call out its Christian tones. It can be viewed below, followed by extensive production notes from All Things Shining. There are a lot of interesting tidbits in there, so I encourage you to read on.
In related news, the French distributor EuropaCorp have announced (via Blu-ray.com) a July 15th release date for the Blu-ray of The Tree of Life. No region coding is known yet, but that seems wildly early and highly unlikely. We’ll update the story if we hear any sort of confirmation or correction. For now, check out the review and productions.
In related news, the French distributor EuropaCorp have announced (via Blu-ray.com) a July 15th release date for the Blu-ray of The Tree of Life. No region coding is known yet, but that seems wildly early and highly unlikely. We’ll update the story if we hear any sort of confirmation or correction. For now, check out the review and productions.
- 4/29/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
The art of editing and advances in edit systems were the topics foremost on the minds of the Oscar-nominated editors participating in the fourth annual Invisible Art/Visible Artists seminar organized by American Cinema Editors. Panelists included City of God cutter Daniel Rezende, Cold Mountain's Walter Murch, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King editor Jamie Selkirk, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World editor Lee Smith and Seabiscuit editor William Goldenberg. The panel opened to a standing-room crowd Saturday morning at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood and was moderated by Alan Heim. The Oscar-winning editor played a clip from All That Jazz (1979) showing Roy Scheider spooling film on a now dated Moviola editing system. The clip inspired a discussion on the evolving nature of edit systems.
- 2/29/2004
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.