The New York Times just announced that the Danny Boyle film, “Steve Jobs,” starring Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet will be the centerpiece gala for the New York Film Fest. With a crackling script by Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs will be poised to take the Oscars by storm, or certainly get invited into the room.
In a statement, the event’s director, Kent Jones, described the film as “extremely sharp,” adding, “It’s wildly entertaining, and the actors just soar — you can feel their joy as they bite into their material.”
The fest kicks off September 25th, after Telluride and Toronto, leaving me to wonder whether Steve Jobs will be headed to Telluride…
The NYFF can have a major Oscar impact and then sometimes it can do more harm than good if the critics turn on the movie. It is then in the hands of the left coast to turn that boat around, as happened with Life of Pi.
Tomorrow, we get our first taste of the Toronto Film Fest lineup. Telluride will not announce until the day before Labor Day weekend, at the end of August. Supposedly if Toronto says “international premiere” that means it could theoretically play at Telluride first.
I will check it out. But Ryan, I was thinking more like this https://youtu.be/0RpgwVsXmVY
ha, Antoinette, that trio works too.
Antoinette,
As a fellow De Palma fangirl, I’m pretty sure you’ll devour PHOENIX in particular. I got the German Blu, it’s even got English subs! I figure it will be on itunes in a few weeks too. And if you’d rather not blind-buy, check out BARBARA on Netflix instant. But it’s Patrick, Ryan and me so you can’t go wrong.
And if you’d rather not blind-buy, check out BARBARA on Netflix instant.
I bet Barbara barely missed being selected as one the 5 Best FLF submissions in 2012. This could be Petzold’s year to finally break through and get Oscar attention. Dude has made 9 or 10 movies, I think I’ve seen 6 of them, they’re all great and each new one is better than the last. Phoenix ticks all the predictable boxes and ticks them in unpredictable ways.
But it’s Patrick, Ryan and me so you can’t go wrong
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Who is this Petzold? I do consider myself a Fassbinder fan although I’ve only seen a handful of his movies. That’s how I know Netflix works by magic. They recommended QUERELLE to me and I didn’t know why they were telling me to watch some French movie. But I did, and ended up trying some others which I liked much more. On Bryce’s recommendation and what Ryan said I’d like to see this PHOENIX. Is it a current release or is it on video?
I would say that Slumdog Millionaire holds up despite some of the more contrived moments in it. For me, it’s still Boyle’s best film and it feels fresh every time I watch it. I wonder if Steve Jobs will be able to top it.
Paddy, I’d say Trainspotting holds up the whole way through. I’m a sucker for 127 Hours and 28 Days Later but I may more so admire the technique and “cutting around corners” due to an extremely low budget or tight quarters. And oh my lord SUNSHINE. But that’s another I truly love even though I wish the 3rd act was different. Fuck now I’m devolving into a fanboy.
Thanks for your direct response, Steven Kane. (And kudos to Paddy, as well.) I guess if I spot in on the shelf then I’ll check it out (on DVD for rent).
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[Meanwhile, taking note of what Bryce and Paddy have just mentioned: Phoenix]
Trance isn’t that bad. Twisty and twisted. But do any of Danny Boyle’s films truly hold up the whole way through?
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Bryce is right, Phoenix is astounding! EVERYBODY has to see it.
Bryce and Paddy,
Petzold is Fassbinder resurrected. His ravishing period films hit me like lavishly beautiful bricks smashed in my face.
But do any of Danny Boyle’s films truly hold up the whole way through?
it’s still kind of thrilling to watch the way they flamboyantly unravel though, right?
I was looking at TIFF packages. Do any of you guys go? It looks like it’s got all the stuff I want to see. Can normal folks even go to the big shows?
I feel like I could definitely head to NY this year. As long as I don’t get jury duty (real life). Since they do normal people screenings I can maybe swing it. I haven’t checked the schedule. Did they already release tickets? I’m assuming not if they just announced.
JPNS, I actually liked Trance for the most part. It was something different and maybe a noble failure by the end. So when I say liked it I mean it was definitely time well spent. But at the same time I can understand why a lot of others wouldn’t like it.
When the teaser first came out weeks ago or so, I remembered some familiar usernames having some doubt upon one of the protagonists about how the person did not look or even sound the part — on which I agree.
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I’m hoping we simply did read too much into it and everything will turn out well in its full feature. I mean, at least we have Aaron Sorkin on board, and for some reason I still feel that this time round we could possibly see Danny Boyle pulling it off at the end.
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(I haven’t seen Trance; was it really that bad? I mean, sometimes an at least OK film has got its somehow unattractive trailer one way or another – not the best (worst) of both worlds, eh?)
Can’t quite place why I couldn’t care less about this impending motion picture, but I’ll keep you boys posted.
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In the meantime, seek out Petzold’s PHOENIX — it changed my life.
Not seeing the word “premiere” in this pre-release. Could TIFF be getting it first? NYFF has scored some big ones in the past, but they usually announce it like the “World Premiere of David Fincher’s Gone Girl”.
I’m definitely looking forward to hearing reactions about this movie. So excited for all the fall offerings.
Okay, so it might not suck.
At the very least, it should be better than Trance.
Here they go.
Along with this news we were given the new “Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine” trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhWKxtsYrJE) which looks pretty pretentious. Somehow I’ve got the feeling that I’ve heard this story so many times, I know it by hard. Genius on one side, asshole on the other. Changed the world as we know it, but was a total dick to his coworkers and family. I feel both the documentary and Boyle’s picture will play to that tune, but eventually leave us with a rather positive image of the guy, despite all the shit that he has done (some of which thanks to Sorkin will surely find it’s way on screen). So I’m sceptical. I doubt that “Steve Jobs” will reveal anything new, that we haven’t heard or read about a thousand times. So right now it all depends on the dramatisation of the events everyone knows by hard and that’s a tough job for Boyle and Sorkin, because as in case of “Social Network” the main line of conflict was fairly simple, here it might go all over the place. Sorkin’s a smart dude, but the movie feels forced to me. I’d rather see a documentary on Apple’s factories in China, their patent wars and such. Might be an interesting insight in what it takes to become a company like Apple.