Movies Making a Splash at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
0 views
Skip to first unread message
Zachary Mandell
May 1, 2013, 12:50:02 PM5/1/13
to publish-the...@googlegroups.com
*****************************************************************
Message delivered directly to members of the group:
publish-the...@googlegroups.com
*****************************************************************
Please consider this free-reprint article written by:
Zachary Mandell
*****************************
IMPORTANT - Publication/Reprint Terms
- You have permission to publish this article electronically in free-only publications such as a website or an ezine as long as the bylines are included.
- You are not allowed to use this article for commercial purposes. The article should only be reprinted in a publicly accessible website and not in a members-only commercial site.
- You are not allowed to post/reprint this article in any sites/publications that contains or supports hate, violence, porn and warez or any indecent and illegal sites/publications.
- You are not allowed to use this article in UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) or SPAM. This article MUST be distributed in an opt-in email list only.
- If you distribute this article in an ezine or newsletter, we ask that you send a copy of the newsletter or ezine that contains the article to http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
- If you post this article in a website/forum/blog, ALL links MUST be set to hyperlinks and we ask that you send a copy of the URL where the article is posted to http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
- We request that you ask permission from the author if you want to publish this article in print.
The role of iSnare.com is only to distribute this article as part of its Article Distribution feature ( http://www.isnare.com/distribution.php ). iSnare.com does NOT own this article, please respect the author's copyright and this publication/reprint terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms, please do not reprint or publish this article.
*****************************
Article Title: Movies Making a Splash at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
Author: Zachary Mandell
Word Count: 760
Article URL: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1836658&ca=Entertainment
Format: 64cpl
Contact The Author: http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
Easy Publish Tool: http://www.isnare.com/html.php?aid=1836658
*********************** ARTICLE START ***********************
Since its founding in 2002, the Tribeca Film Festival has served to bring together an eclectic combination of established filmmakers, actors, and incredibly pretentious fans with relative unknowns and the cream of the senior class from NYU's film school. Somehow, it also manages to remind the world that Hollywood doesn't have a lock on the all-consuming corporatization of independent film. This festival lacks the internationalist pretense of Cannes, just as it is deficient in the outrageous tsunami of raw cash that's always been on display at Sundance. No, Tribeca is essentially and distinctly a New York affair. If large, days-long celebrations of cinema could have an accent, the Tribeca Film Festival would talk like Joe Piscopo.
So there's a big film festival in New York. It's going to attract respectful press notices and make a big pile of money, as usual, but what's really there? Digging around a bit, it looks like three films are going to generate some buzz this year. Usually, "buzz" at a film festival means rumors about which director just signed a million-dollar contract with Miramax or even which actor just plea bargained down to misdemeanor public nudity, but in this case genuine interest seems to be buzzing around these movies. Here, then, are the three films most likely to make a splash at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
"Adult World"
"Adult World" is the first, and in many ways the most obvious, entry on this list. Remember how Tribeca is super New York. Here's the plot of "Adult World": Emma Roberts plays Amy, an aspiring poet who suffers from crippling social anxiety. On this Earth, people who match that description are lucky to get dishwashing jobs and live in flophouses, but in the world of movies that are popular at Tribeca, this means she has to land a job at a local sex shop. John Cusack arrives to simultaneously act as her poetry mentor and to remind everyone he was the guy from "Say Anything." Amy becomes ever more comfortable in her role as a fleshlight distributor and eventually comes of age as a mature poet or something.
"Alberi"
Some people are just dying to know the ins and outs of arcane pagan customs that have survived in the modern Christian Europe. "Alberi" scratches that itch by showcasing a nearly extinct ritual that's haltingly still practiced in southern Italy. In the outskirts of the village of Satriano, men have spent the last zillion years going out into the woods right before Carnevale and dressing up as trees covered with ivy, because why not. "Alberi" is only twenty-eight minutes long, so there really isn't enough time for audience-friendly exposition, leaving director Michelangelo Frammartino bathing the audience in sound and fury. The visuals alone are haunting, and the score seems to have been composed and arranged by a race of superior alien beings who have come here to elevate mankind. The ritual, like all rituals these days, is dying out as younger people decide for some reason that dressing like a tree and running around in the woods is weird and a waste of time. What this means is that the ritual will probably either stop being a thing within one or two generations or survive largely as a minor tourist attraction. Which of these is sadder depends on who's telling the story, but it can't be denied that an ancient pagan rite loses some of its magic when there's a concession stand within five minutes' walk.
"Almost Christmas"
Okay, first things first: Paul Rudd is awesome. Also, there's no Canada like French Canada, and when the two come together, their respective awesomeness is expressed by exponential notation. "Almost Christmas" accomplishes this by casting Rudd as a wastrel drifter and womanizer who just stole the wife of ex-con and general maniac Dennis (Paul Giamatti). Honestly, not much actually happens in "Almost Christmas," but in the very best way that nothing really happens in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The entire film revolves around the personalities involved in the non-action and how very long an uncomfortable moment can stretch between enemies who can't escape each other's presence for a minute.
It will be seen that each of these films is a melange. Some classic cinema seems to have influenced each, which tries to bring newer elements to the mix. There could hardly be a better melting pot for this kind of filmmaking than the original melting pot itself of New York City.
About The Author: As a long time fan of Hollywood I was able to carve out the perfect career in the entertainment industry by writing initially for celebrity news sites and am now the owner of http://MovieRoomReviews.com
Please use the HTML version of this article at:
http://www.isnare.com/html.php?aid=1836658
*********************** ARTICLE END ***********************
- To distribute your articles go to http://www.isnare.com/distribution.php
- For more free-reprint articles go to http://www.isnare.com
Message delivered directly to members of the group:
publish-the...@googlegroups.com
*****************************************************************
Please consider this free-reprint article written by:
Zachary Mandell
*****************************
IMPORTANT - Publication/Reprint Terms
- You have permission to publish this article electronically in free-only publications such as a website or an ezine as long as the bylines are included.
- You are not allowed to use this article for commercial purposes. The article should only be reprinted in a publicly accessible website and not in a members-only commercial site.
- You are not allowed to post/reprint this article in any sites/publications that contains or supports hate, violence, porn and warez or any indecent and illegal sites/publications.
- You are not allowed to use this article in UCE (Unsolicited Commercial Email) or SPAM. This article MUST be distributed in an opt-in email list only.
- If you distribute this article in an ezine or newsletter, we ask that you send a copy of the newsletter or ezine that contains the article to http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
- If you post this article in a website/forum/blog, ALL links MUST be set to hyperlinks and we ask that you send a copy of the URL where the article is posted to http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
- We request that you ask permission from the author if you want to publish this article in print.
The role of iSnare.com is only to distribute this article as part of its Article Distribution feature ( http://www.isnare.com/distribution.php ). iSnare.com does NOT own this article, please respect the author's copyright and this publication/reprint terms. If you do not agree to any of these terms, please do not reprint or publish this article.
*****************************
Article Title: Movies Making a Splash at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
Author: Zachary Mandell
Word Count: 760
Article URL: http://www.isnare.com/?aid=1836658&ca=Entertainment
Format: 64cpl
Contact The Author: http://www.isnare.com/eta.php?aid=1836658
Easy Publish Tool: http://www.isnare.com/html.php?aid=1836658
*********************** ARTICLE START ***********************
Since its founding in 2002, the Tribeca Film Festival has served to bring together an eclectic combination of established filmmakers, actors, and incredibly pretentious fans with relative unknowns and the cream of the senior class from NYU's film school. Somehow, it also manages to remind the world that Hollywood doesn't have a lock on the all-consuming corporatization of independent film. This festival lacks the internationalist pretense of Cannes, just as it is deficient in the outrageous tsunami of raw cash that's always been on display at Sundance. No, Tribeca is essentially and distinctly a New York affair. If large, days-long celebrations of cinema could have an accent, the Tribeca Film Festival would talk like Joe Piscopo.
So there's a big film festival in New York. It's going to attract respectful press notices and make a big pile of money, as usual, but what's really there? Digging around a bit, it looks like three films are going to generate some buzz this year. Usually, "buzz" at a film festival means rumors about which director just signed a million-dollar contract with Miramax or even which actor just plea bargained down to misdemeanor public nudity, but in this case genuine interest seems to be buzzing around these movies. Here, then, are the three films most likely to make a splash at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
"Adult World"
"Adult World" is the first, and in many ways the most obvious, entry on this list. Remember how Tribeca is super New York. Here's the plot of "Adult World": Emma Roberts plays Amy, an aspiring poet who suffers from crippling social anxiety. On this Earth, people who match that description are lucky to get dishwashing jobs and live in flophouses, but in the world of movies that are popular at Tribeca, this means she has to land a job at a local sex shop. John Cusack arrives to simultaneously act as her poetry mentor and to remind everyone he was the guy from "Say Anything." Amy becomes ever more comfortable in her role as a fleshlight distributor and eventually comes of age as a mature poet or something.
"Alberi"
Some people are just dying to know the ins and outs of arcane pagan customs that have survived in the modern Christian Europe. "Alberi" scratches that itch by showcasing a nearly extinct ritual that's haltingly still practiced in southern Italy. In the outskirts of the village of Satriano, men have spent the last zillion years going out into the woods right before Carnevale and dressing up as trees covered with ivy, because why not. "Alberi" is only twenty-eight minutes long, so there really isn't enough time for audience-friendly exposition, leaving director Michelangelo Frammartino bathing the audience in sound and fury. The visuals alone are haunting, and the score seems to have been composed and arranged by a race of superior alien beings who have come here to elevate mankind. The ritual, like all rituals these days, is dying out as younger people decide for some reason that dressing like a tree and running around in the woods is weird and a waste of time. What this means is that the ritual will probably either stop being a thing within one or two generations or survive largely as a minor tourist attraction. Which of these is sadder depends on who's telling the story, but it can't be denied that an ancient pagan rite loses some of its magic when there's a concession stand within five minutes' walk.
"Almost Christmas"
Okay, first things first: Paul Rudd is awesome. Also, there's no Canada like French Canada, and when the two come together, their respective awesomeness is expressed by exponential notation. "Almost Christmas" accomplishes this by casting Rudd as a wastrel drifter and womanizer who just stole the wife of ex-con and general maniac Dennis (Paul Giamatti). Honestly, not much actually happens in "Almost Christmas," but in the very best way that nothing really happens in "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." The entire film revolves around the personalities involved in the non-action and how very long an uncomfortable moment can stretch between enemies who can't escape each other's presence for a minute.
It will be seen that each of these films is a melange. Some classic cinema seems to have influenced each, which tries to bring newer elements to the mix. There could hardly be a better melting pot for this kind of filmmaking than the original melting pot itself of New York City.
About The Author: As a long time fan of Hollywood I was able to carve out the perfect career in the entertainment industry by writing initially for celebrity news sites and am now the owner of http://MovieRoomReviews.com
Please use the HTML version of this article at:
http://www.isnare.com/html.php?aid=1836658
*********************** ARTICLE END ***********************
- To distribute your articles go to http://www.isnare.com/distribution.php
- For more free-reprint articles go to http://www.isnare.com
Reply all
Reply to author
Forward
0 new messages