Monica Bellucci is conquering both European and
American film markets.
I submit to Richard Corliss that he missed the real source of distemper in today's
American film market, and that is the ascendency of the marketing campaign, and the use of stars as bait to orchestrate such campaigns.
Not exact matches
An Indian
film executive told a U.S. diplomat in 2010 that
American films represent just 3 % to 6 % of the Indian
market, according to a cable released by Wikileaks.
All the statistics about attendees indicate that horror
films are still solid date movies» and, in an
American society where an ever - increasing percentage of young men and women are staying unmarried longer and having children later, the appeal of thrills that entertain without forcing one to think too hard is expanded to a larger
market.
Because the
film is clearly made for the
American market, the cinematography can be distracting but it provides an interesting look at how politicians operate and what makes them tick.
In March, the company opened a new factory in Tucson, where it plans to produce enough thin -
film CIGS solar cells to generate 40 megawatts of electricity next year — enough to power roughly 15,000 average
American homes; it hopes to boost the juice to 100 megawatts by 2010 in response to what it predicts will be a growing
market.
The Movie: The idea of George Clooney playing a (mostly) silent assassin holed up in the Italian countryside with gorgeous European women sounds like recipe for a solid dramatic experience, so why Focus Features is
marketing «The
American» as some sort of action thriller when in fact it's an arty European
film, will throw some moviegoers off and just outright anger others.
While walking the floor of the
American Film
Market (AFM) this morning, Steve was able to grab some images and synopses for a few upcoming
films.
design as the
American marketing of the
film (toning down the clutter and hi - lighting the hearts and sunshine) but have curiously re-branded the
film to a more «straight - forward» title for their own audience.
In the early»70s, he moved over to the
American market, photographing the Rainer Werner Fassbinder
film «Whity.»
The
film opened in 5th place on its way to just $ 12 million and change domestically, a total it matched in the few (mostly South and Central
American)
markets that bothered to exhibit it.
An under par version of the Hardy classic.Why the BBC (who made the
film) chose to look for finance from Hollywood rather than Europe is beyond me.European financing would have meant a gritty dark version, instead we have the usual heritage Britain
film made for the
American market..
In addition to the work - in - progress screenings, Fantastic
Market will also screen a special selection of previews, clips, and teasers of Latin
American genre
films in development and post-production.
American Pie 2 is strictly a commercial venture, like most sequels are, and merely exists to tap into a
market created through feelings for the first
film.
As the
American Film
Market goes on, we see a lot of synopsis and sales art releases for upcoming
films.
With the
American Film
Market underway and
films being packaged for international sales, plenty of new casting is being announced.
He said he wanted to make a different kind of
film and sell it to foreign
markets, including Latin America — at that time the Latin
American market was dominated by Mexican cinema.
Traditionally, Marvel Studios
films premiere early in international
markets ahead of their North
American release, and that was also the case with Infinity War, which was scheduled to begin its global rollout on April 25 in a dozen countries, including Australia, Finland, France and Indonesia.
Unsurprisingly, the
film attracted no bites at last fall's
American Film Market trade event.
With a U.K. trailer already around for months, the time seemed ripe for an investigation into how international
films are sold to the
American market.
Straight out of the ongoing
American Film Market, Bloody Disgusting has a look at sales art from the
film starring Paul Ben - Victor, Lainie Kazan, Chelsea Ricketts, John Robinson, and Diane Franklin.
«We're releasing in 17 theaters in eight of the top Korean
American markets on Friday — several theaters will have multiple screens of the
film.»
In terms of plot this shares some similarities with Nicolas Winding Refn's aforementioned
film; it's a literary adaptation, it's about one man's crusade to rescue someone in need and they're both directed by Europeans who have entered into the
American market.
As usual, the inclusion of these
marketing campaign elements is appreciated, though one wishes that the
American trailer and TV spots were also preserved, something Disney rarely does for its present - day
films.
Special Features Conversation between director Robert Altman and actor Tim Robbins from 2004 Luck, Trust & Ketchup: Robert Altman in Carver Country, a feature - length 1993 documentary on the making of Short Cuts To Write and Keep Kind, a 1992 PBS documentary on the life of author Raymond Carver One - hour 1983 audio interview with Carver, conducted for the
American Audio Prose Library Original demo recordings of the
film's Doc Pomus Mac Rebennack songs, performed by Rebennack (Dr. John) Deleted scenes A look inside the
marketing of Short Cuts PLUS: An essay by
film critic Michael Wilmington
Like many in the
film distribution business, Mimi Steinbauer has a story — «funniest example ever» — of the ingenious sleight of hand in
marketing American movies to foreign lands.
Got to hand it to Collider: they're scouring the
American Film
Market scarfing up info on a ton of new
films being represented there this week.
A few weeks ago, Steve attended the
American Film
Market (AFM) and was able to bring back some promo images, posters, and synopses for a few upcoming
films.
And most recently, it appears to have adjusted its
marketing campaign, with new posters that replace John Hawkes with character actor Clarke Peters, who is African -
American, and who has a small role as the
film's replacement police chief.
Release: Wednesday, April 8, 2015 (limited)[Netflix] Written by: Asghar Farhadi; Azad Jafarian Directed by: Asghar Farhadi This
film originally debuted in Iran in 2009 but
American markets did not get it until last year, hence the
film qualifies as a «recent» release on this site.
We were originally scratching our heads as to why this politically infused
film would be worth a translation for the North
American market, but Sara Colangelo «s surely approached the material from a different angle.
Overseas — where
American films with a black cast can face challenges — Black Panther opened in virtually every major
market save for Russia (Feb. 22), Japan (March 1) and China (March 9).
Eventually, they get to the Front — where the
film introduces Eugene Brave Rock as the last throwaway sidekick, an
American Indian who's a black
market profiteer selling to both sides, even though the Germans are really, really, really, really bad guys in Wonder Woman.
In 1951 Hammer began to co-produce its
films with the US producer Robert Lippert, enabling the company to develop its North
American market, and cast US stars.
by Bryant Frazer The 1990s were unkind to John Carpenter: The stock
market was booming, there was a Democrat in the White House, and the
American horror
film was at a low ebb.
The
American Film Market kicks off tomorrow and there are a number of high profile projects foreign
film distributors could go after like Michael Winterbottom's latest, The Emperor's New Clothes, J.C. Chandor's Deepwater Horizon and The Hateful Eight from Quentin...
We previously brought you images from this
film via last month's
American Film Market (AFM), but were asked by the studio to take them down.
Each of these characters are flashy and clever, playing the stock
market con a la
American Hustle (2013), but the
film never hesitates to show the depth that every man is capable of in moments of concern.
To date, the adventure
film has made $ 35 million worldwide in 36
markets, with about $ 8.7 million of that haul coming from the North
American box office.
Wong Kar Wai broke into the European and
American markets with IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (FA YEUNG NIN WA), which also began one of the foreign
films in the European
market with the box office.
But more details are likely to be revealed soon as «The Search» is expected to hit major
film markets soon looking for distribution, and we can only imagine it will be a presence at the
American Film Market next month.
The Wong Kar Wai directed
film THE GRANDMASTERS earlier unveiled lead actor Tony Leung Chiu Wai's GRANDMASTER look, surprising the
American Film Market, leading to attention from buyers and fans everywhere and even started an online poster bid fever.
Even European and
American distributors would spare no expense on promoting this Wong Kar Wai kung fu epic at this year's Berlin
Film Festival
film market.
Variety dismissed the
film as «unlikely to find traction in the
American market» because of its tonal shifts, particularly in the long stretches of downtime where the long - separated brothers bond and rediscover each other.
Here are three new posters, two of which are for the north
American markets where the
film is set to open on November 22nd.
A unique vision of insect life from French directors Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud emerged as one of the most talked about
films from the recent
American Film
Market.
Producer Arnon Milchan admits in the doc that the
film's complicated financing and release agreements - two companies splitting the North
American and International
markets - made the struggle to preserve «Legend» more difficult, and he acknowledges a measure of culpability in not fighting harder to preserve Scott's original vision.
Meanwhile, in the one
film's best sections, two young, eager
market managers — Jamie Shipley (Finn Wittrock of «
American Horror Story,» edging closer to star status) and Charlie Geller (John Magaro), both of whom work out of their garage, get in on the action with input from shrewd former banker Ben Rickert (Pitt, having a devilishly good time).
For example, Agent Mendez has to take the six
Americans, disguised as Canadian filmmakers, into a crowded
market and have them pretend to be scouting out the area for the
film they are supposed to be making.
DreamWorks could be using this
film to help provide opportunities for Asian -
American actors in a
market with few opportunities for them to shine — please sign the petition asking them to reconsider casting Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell and select actors who are truer to the cast of the original
film!»