Posted on 06 February 2012 by DttM
In this episode: John and Titus discuss the polarizing similarities between “The Tree of Life” and “Melancholia”… but that’s where the similarities end.
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Posted on 19 May 2011 by DttM
Magnolia Pictures and Madman Pre-Buy
THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: SCORSESE VS TRIER and
A ROYAL AFFAIR in North America and Australia/New Zealand
The Wagner/Cuban Company’s Magnolia Pictures and Madman announced today they have respectively pre-bought North American and Australia/New Zealand rights to two high profile films from TrustNordisk and Zentropa Entertainment: the just announced and hugely anticipated Lars von Trier and Martin Scorsese collaboration, THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: SCORSESE VS TRIER, and the sweeping historical drama, A ROYAL AFFAIR.
Martin Scorsese subjecting himself to Lars Von Trier’s challenge was one of the biggest announcements out of Cannes this year. THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: SCORSESE VS TRIER follows in the footsteps of The Five Obstructions, Trier’s landmark 2003 documentary collaboration with Jørgen Leth, wherein von Trier challenged Leth to remake his 1967 short film The Perfect Human five times, with an increasingly difficult set of strict rules, or obstructions, that he had to follow. Slated to be finished in 2013, THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS: SCORSESE VS TRIER is a co-production between Scorsese’s Sikelia Productions and Trier and Peter Aalbaek Jensen’s Zentropa Real.
Magnolia and Madman are distributers of Trier’s gorgeous Melancholia, which debuted with much fanfare today at Cannes, and will be released later this year.
Currently in production, A ROYAL AFFAIR is an 18th century historical drama four years in the making, starring Mads Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander. Directed by Nikolaj Arcel, screenwriter of The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, the film is an epic romance about the love triangle between a German doctor, the queen of Denmark, and her deranged king. The film was produced by Meta Louise Foldager (Melancholia) and Sisse Graum Jørgensen (In a Better World) for Zentropa Entertainments.
“The Five Obstructions is one of my all time favorite films, and I couldn’t be more excited to see what these two masters concoct together for this next installment,” said Magnolia SVP Tom Quinn. “After being blown away by Melancholia here in Cannes, the opportunity to work with Lars Von Trier again is a dream come true. Together with A ROYAL AFFAIR, we are so happy to continue our wonderful relationship with TrustNordisk and Zentropa.”
“Strengthening long standing bonds over a legendary dinner. Madman looks to the future and sees no obstructions boarding Lars Vs Martin. There is a lot of mutual love to champion maverick film makers,” said Paul Wiegard, MD Madman Entertainment
CEO of TrustNordisk Rikke Ennis about the deals: “We did it again. We are so proud of working on these amazing films with our good friends from Magnolia and Madman. After a long and inspiring night with brainstorming on ideas for releases, we are confident that the films will be handled like little babies.”
The deals were done by Magnolia’s Tom Quinn and Eamonn Bowles, Madman’s Paul Wiegard and Nick Batzias, with Susan Wendt and Rikke Ennis for TrustNordisk.
The Five Obstructions Scorsese Vs. Trier Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Five-Obstructions-Scorsese-Vs-Trier/131697130238750
A Royal Affair Facebook Page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Royal-Affair/103331793089486
Posted on 18 February 2010 by DttM
In this episode: Part 2 of Tom and I listing our top 10 directors of the decade. Shoot us an email if you have any suggestions for topics you’d like to hear us discuss on the podcast, or leave a comment if you have a favorite director that you think should have made the list.
Note: We recorded this in January, before the Oscar nominations were announced.
Posted on 18 February 2010 by DttM
In this episode: Tom and I list our top 10 directors of the decade. We wanted to do a “decade list”, but both agreed we couldn’t only pick 10 films to sum up our favorites of the decade. By choosing directors, we were able to put well over 10 films on our lists. It took about 2 hours for us to go through our top 10, so I decided to split this up into two separate podcasts. The lists are a bit scattered due to us choosing a few of the same directors, so make sure you listen to both parts. :)
Shoot us an email (deathtothemovies@gmail.com) if you have any suggestions for topics you’d like to hear us discuss on the podcast, or leave a comment if you have a favorite director that you think should have made the list. Here’s to another decade of great films, and new voices!
Note: We recorded this in January, before the Oscar nominations were announced.
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