Archivo etiqueta «Cine»
Por Félix de Azúa, escritor (EL PAÍS, 11/06/07):
Hasta que hace poco más de un año la muerte lo convirtió en alguien extraño para nosotros aunque seguramente muy próximo a él mismo, apenas cambió. Tenía la serenidad de un buda barbudo a pesar de que sonreía con parsimonia. Lo suyo era más bien una risa íntima, casi siempre burlona, que afloraba como un surtidor, a borbotones, y se apagaba casi de inmediato entre los pelos de su barba canosa. Más gordo o menos flaco, más calvo o por completo, Joaquín Jordá no se ocupó nunca de las cosas insignificantes, … Seguir leyendo
By Michael Freedland (THE GUARDIAN, 18/05/07):
It’s an anniversary that ought to be commemorated all over the civilised world – by the flying of flags at half mast. Exactly 60 years ago, freedom of speech and thought were imperilled in an America so caught up in fear and insecurity that it serves as a warning to George Bush and Gordon Brown.It happened in Hollywood. Only this was no screenwriter’s fantasy. There were all the ingredients of a horror movie. People innocent of any crime were arraigned before a group of men who had set themselves up as judges and jury … Seguir leyendo
Por Román Gubern, escritor (EL PERIÓDICO, 18/05/07):
Es sabido que la intolerancia de la autocensura de Hollywood ha sido siempre altamente selectiva. Según sus criterios, el sexo es más peligroso que la violencia, y durante muchos años un desnudo ha resultado para ella más nefando que un asesinato a sangre fría. Y si un comunista no podía ser simpático, un agente del FBI no podía aparecer en cambio como un antipático agente corrupto. La evolución de las costumbres y la feroz competencia en el sector audiovisual han obligado a ir modificando paulatinamente estos criterios, aunque todavía la sexualidad heterodoxa … Seguir leyendo
By William Mann, the author of “Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn” (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 12/05/07):
KATHARINE Hepburn, who demolished brontosaurus skeletons and male egos in “Bringing Up Baby” and held her own with the King of England in “The Lion in Winter,” would have been 100 today. When she died four years ago at 96, she was hailed as an American icon, celebrated for her strength and independence.
But there was another side to Hepburn, too — more vulnerable, conflicted and ambitious than we knew. Though she liked to appear indifferent to vulgar stardom, she worked hard … Seguir leyendo
By Mike White, the screenwriter of “School of Rock” and, most recently, “Year of the Dog” (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/05/07):
THE first movie I ever made was called “Death Creek Camp.” It told the age-old story of a group of teenage guys who set out on a fun-filled wilderness excursion only to be stalked and murdered by a psychopath disguised in a hockey mask and a blue kimono. It was no masterpiece of cinema.
Most of the scenes played out the same way — one of the fresh-faced hikers would get separated from the group. He would hear … Seguir leyendo
Por Julio Llamazares, escritor (EL PAÍS, 29/04/07):
Además de una gran película, La vida de los otros, del director alemán Florian Henckel, es una fuente de reflexiones; no sólo de carácter cinematográfico, sino también social y cultural en sentido amplio.
La primera reflexión que la película sugiere viene dada por su contenido. Afecta a lo que en ella se nos cuenta y nos empuja hacia otras consideraciones. Por ejemplo: ¿por qué en algunos países la sociedad se interesa por su pasado reciente mientras que en otros, como en España, éste sigue siendo tabú, cuando no materia de confrontación directa? … Seguir leyendo
Por Gregorio Morán (LA VANGUARDIA, 24/02/07):
Basta con echar una mirada a las carteleras para comprobar que la industria del cine está volcada en los adolescentes. Primero y fundamental, porque nuestra sociedad se ha ido achicando hasta acercarla a la medida del adolescente. La hegemonía de la adolescencia como movimiento abarca todos los ámbitos; desde la cultura de masas hasta la política. Las manifestaciones culturales tienen como referencia los gustos de los adolescentes de ayer o de ahora mismo, pero cada vez más adolescentes. Hace unos días aparecían en el diario más leído de España las declaraciones de una actriz … Seguir leyendo
Por Pedro Pérez, presidente de la Federación de Asociaciones de Productores Audiovisuales Españoles (EL MUNDO, 27/01/07):
Es muy loable la iniciativa de la ministra de Cultura de presentar un documento con las bases de la esperada futura Ley del Cine y del Audiovisual, con intención de que pueda ser aprobada por el Parlamento dentro de la presente legislatura, como lo es que tales bases no contengan aún un texto articulado, anunciado que éste será fruto de las aportaciones de los sectores afectados.
El sector audiovisual está sufriendo una transformación radical, afectado por la aparición de nuevas tecnologías que conllevan … Seguir leyendo
Por Maurizio Carlotti, consejero delegado de A3 Televisión (EL MUNDO, 25/01/07):
El pasado 28 de diciembre, el Ministerio de Cultura presentó al sector audiovisual un documento de base, algo así como el borrador de la nueva ley del cine español que está preparando el Gobierno. A pesar de los grandes reconocimientos internacionales que habitualmente recoge -más que cualquier otra cinematografía europea-, el cine español sigue inmerso en una crisis endémica y necesita nuevas medidas de impulso.
Sin embargo, respecto a la participación de las televisiones en la financiación y desde el año 1999 -cuando el Ejecutivo presidido por José … Seguir leyendo
By Tom Moore, a 10th-grade history teacher at a public school in the Bronx, is writing a book about his teaching experiences (THE NEW YORKK TIMES; 19/01/07):
IN the past year or so I have seen Matthew Perry drink 30 cartons of milk, Ted Danson explain the difference between a rook and a pawn, and Hilary Swank remind us that white teachers still can’t dance or jive talk. In other words, I have been confronted by distorted images of my own profession — teaching. Teaching the post-desegregation urban poor, to be precise.
Although my friends and family (who should … Seguir leyendo
By Giles Fraser, the vicar of Putney and a lecturer in philosophy at Wadham College, Oxford (THE GUARDIAN, 10/01/07):
‘Apocalypto is unburdened by nationalist or religious piety” claimed New York’s Village Voice. With this alibi, critics have allowed themselves to be won over by Mel Gibson’s disgusting Mayan slasher movie. His previous film, The Passion of the Christ, was widely condemned for its anti-semitic portrait of Jews – repeating, many believed, the idea that “the Jews” were responsible for Christ’s death. This interpretation was apparently confirmed by an incident last summer in which Gibson told a policeman: “Jews are … Seguir leyendo
By Felipe Fernández-Armesto, the author of numerous history books (THE TIMES, 03/01/07):
History has the best stories, and Maya history is particularly rich in them. Mel Gibson could have made a movie of the adventures of Siyaj Kak, the 4th-century kingmaker, who crossed mountains and jungles to found a new dynasty in one of the greatest Maya cities; or of rulers, more than half a millennium later, ritually piercing tongue or penis for sacrificial blood to legitimate their wars or postpone the collapse of their kingdoms. Or he could have made a film about Gaspar Antonio Xiu, the 16th-century … Seguir leyendo
By Craig Childs, the author of the forthcoming “House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest” (THE NEW YORK TIMES, 02/01/07):
A FEW years back, while traveling in the Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Mexico, I came upon a canyon packed with cliff dwellings no one had lived in since before the time of Christopher Columbus. On the ground were discarded artifacts, pieces of frayed baskets, broken pottery and hundreds of desiccated corn cobs — the ruins of an ancient civilization.
I reached down to pick up what I thought was a dry gourd, and instead … Seguir leyendo
By Giles Smith (THE TIMES, 06/12/06):
Disney’s proposal for a cartoon update of Enid Blyton’s Famous Five stories is either “jolly good news” or “awfully bad luck”, depending on your view. It’s either hurrah for Disney, or it’s the queasy prospect of Five Go to Smugglers Top in a Hoody. With lashings of Diet Coke, presumably.
If you were really intent on making the Famous Five chime with the culture in 2006, you would probably need to rebrand them the “Celebrity Five”, but there is no sign that Disney intends to go that far. The company does, however, mean to … Seguir leyendo
By Robert D. Novak (THE WASHINGTON POST, 30/11/06):
An invited audience that included Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez gathered at National Geographic Society’s auditorium Monday night for a screening of “Bella,” an independently produced feature film. No mere movie, it offers hope for the beleaguered antiabortion movement to reverse the political tide running against it.
This was the eighth such screening in Washington. Monday night’s audience reflected the reaction in more than 100 showings nationwide: an emotional experience for a stunning exhibition of cinema art that unexpectedly won a Toronto International Film Festival award. It is no propaganda film but a … Seguir leyendo