why not me ? ( film )
that’s not me is alice’s feature film debut as both an actor and writer .
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neri, mary margaret productions, & nhlbi announce that their documentary film ‘if not for me’ received the 2017 bronze telly award. the film shares stories about pediatric research .
forgive me... my relationship to pac is too precious to me for the scenes in all eyez on me to stand as truth .
the world sales rights deal on “people that are not me” was negotiated by film republic managing director xavier henry - rashid who attended locarno. film republic will continue to introduce the film to buyers at the busan festival’s asian film market and at the rome festival market .
“i’m an actor, obviously... ” — polly, that' s not me (2017 )
the film will premiere at the santa barbara international film festival on monday, february 6 .
forgive me... my relationship to pac is too precious to me for the scenes in all eyez on me to stand as truth ,
she tweeted .
come to think of it, that' s not such a bad way to describe that' s not me – a $ 60, 000 trojan horse of a film, fairly bursting with comedy, humanity and interesting ideas .
that' s not me didn' t quite do what it said on the tin, but i did enjoy the journey .
madrid — london - based film republic has acquired world sales rights to “anashim shenem lo ani” (“ people that are not me ”), a tel aviv - set romantic dramedy .
that' s not me opens on september 7, with a series of q & a events featuring gregory erdstein and alice foulcher. details: urltoken
raw and refreshing in its humour, that’s not me is a feel - good comedy about the difference between failure and disappointment. we can’t all be oscar winners. not everyone will make it. but is that such a bad thing ?
director' s bio born in 1988, hadas ben aroya lives in tel aviv, israel. in 2014, ben aroya graduated from the steve tisch school of film at tel aviv university. while studying she wrote and directed a short film called sex doll that participated in the tel aviv international student film festival and won the gold panda, sichuan. people that are not me (2016) is her feature film debut .
in 2014 she was granted an eight - month writing residency in paris with erdstein at the prestigious cité des arts internationale where they wrote the script for that’s not me .
few scripts revolve around characters with disabilities and sharrock hopes her film will represent part of an experience that has been largely ignored in film .
12. and the main message of the book is
just not to judge
.
hadas ben aroya' s people that are not me took the astor for best film at the 31st edition of the mar del plata film festival, which officially closed saturday night with a ceremony at the astor piazzola hall of the argentine city' s auditorium theater, hosted by argentine actress andrea frigerio (the distinguished citizen) .
premiering earlier this month at the locarno film festival, where it played in the signs of life section, “people that are not me” is about people who are very much like the friends and contemporaries of director hadas ben aroya, a young israeli writer - director who self - produced “people that are not” and plays its lead. “people” marks her first feature .
ben aroya commented that was in her last semester at the steve tisch school of film that she realized that she was “part of something. ” “western society teaches young people that they are special little unicorns. well, i’m not. ” so “people that are not me” is about her “friends and their non - unicorn lives, ” what “unites and defines us. ”
their debut feature that' s not me cost just $ 60, 000, and after meeting with plenty of love on the festival circuit the savvy comedy is now getting a limited cinema release .
11 .
ultimately it’s a piece of fiction, it’s not meant to represent anybody else’s experiences .
if not for me is an hour - long documentary which tackles the tough questions many parents ask about pediatric research by talking with families who have been there. the film shares stories of families who have a child with a chronic or acute illness and were asked to join a research study .
“by the end of the story, when you get to paris, then the audience can take a massive breath and see lots of things are ahead that would not have been possible if they had not met. ”
can you somehow capture the now with the feeling of old. we have been working with nostalgia this entire decade but i think that' s not me finds the perfect balance where we are watching the modern while somehow being in the early 90s and 80s effortlessly. this film captures that while also telling a very real, modern story of what it means to be successful while not living to your personal potential .
when asked about the backlash, moyes said she understood why it is being criticised as she sees that it is a controversial topic, but she wanted to point out that it is fiction. she told us :
it’s a controversial topic, i get that, and people are going to have very strong opinions. i hope that if you get into the head of this very uncompromising man you understand why he chooses to make the decision that he makes. but ultimately it’s a piece of fiction, it’s not meant to represent anybody else’s experiences. it’s just the thing that interested us was to explore one person’s very particular circumstance .
it' s something that moyes learnt to not be too precious about as
you physically can’t fit all those details in... there’s just not enough time to explore that in the way that doesn’t unbalance everything .
film republic is a london based sales agency specialised in art house fiction and cinematic documentaries .
it goes without saying some things had to be changed in order for the film adaptation to work – and mainly
because otherwise it would be a six - hour film
.
but me before you refreshingly bucks this trend. not only did sharrock lead as director and moyes work as the screenwriter, but karen rosenfelt and alison owen were the producers, while sue baden - powell acted as executive producer .
leaving aside the complex issue of assisted dying, one of the film' s biggest problems is how much me before you shields the audience. for a supposed romance, it' s surprisingly prudish .
on friday the film had a 25 percent rating on the movie site
rotten tomatoes .
8. a few characters and storylines had to be dropped for the film version to work .
pretty darn proud to be one of two australian films (😘 ali' s wedding) on a knockout top ten list for the melbourne international film festival audience awards. even prouder to be top ten at both melbourne and sydney film festival. thanks to everyone who voted and if you missed out - that’s not me hits aussie cinemas on 7 september exclusively at palace cinemas! # supportaustralianfilm # playtowin 👊🏻🏆 full list of winners: urltoken
when she was asked how important it was to her to be involved in the process of bringing her story to the big screen, moyes gushed ,
oh god, i would have been heartbroken if they had not wanted me included .
it' s one of the reasons why various views are shown in the film – not only will' s, but also those of his parents, who are more understanding of his decision, but also louisa' s mother, who at first is very vocal about disagreeing with it .
we wanted to make sure that all those opinions were represented. what we wanted to do was put the question, not give an answer. this just asks you: what would you do? you know, and it’s nothing more than that. i don’t think it can represent more than any other story can, it’s just one extreme situation .
this was a good little comedy which really had me hooked from the very first scene: planning an oscar acceptance speech - we all do it, just perhaps not always on the loo. as a twin myself i really felt for some of the situations the main character found herself in, and as well as being a comic film, it effectively explores disappointment and life not going the way you had planned. overall it’s quite hilarious - especially the running joke of jared leto !
pac never read me that poem. i didn' t know that poem existed until it was printed in his book .
all eyez on me ,
starring demetrius shipp jr. and kat graham, opened in theaters friday, on what would have been shakur' s 46h birthday, and it' s not winning rave reviews from some who knew the slain rapper .
“i couldn’t understand it and i’m one of these people that if i don’t understand something i have to read as much as i can about it, ” moyes said. “the more i read the more i realised it’s not a black and white issue, you know, that there’s not necessarily a right or a wrong to it and i guess as a writer that’s what fascinates me. ”
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“that’s not me” will have its world premiere at the santa barbara international film festival on monday, february 6 at 8 p. m at the metro theatre. it will also screen on tuesday, february 7 at 8: 10 a. m. and wednesday, february 8 at 2: 40 p. m. for more information, visit the official sbiff website .
“to be acknowledged by a group which recognizes the very best in film and video is an honor, ” says lisa marceau, executive director and vp of digital strategies. “the film has been a collaboration of creativity, commitment, and dedication to the importance of research and the craft of film - making. we are grateful for the teamwork with mmp and the support by nhlbi. ” refinements to the documentary film are being made with plans for broad release late spring or early summer – a trailer of the film can be viewed here .
moyes added :
the moment you hand over your book you have to accept the decisions that are made are not necessarily going to be yours, and i was lucky that they chose to include me on a lot of the decisions .
having seen how much effort the film team put into finding sharrock, moyes felt confident they were handling her
baby
well enough .
me before you is like a two - hour snl skit parodying a bad romantic drama starring a baby - person and a sociopath .
9. they did film the storyline about stephen traynor’s affair but it detracted too much from the main story .
me before you will have you weeping uncontrollably. it will also set your heart on fire, but it' s not just a typical tear - jerking romance: it even has moments that will make you laugh. maybe laughing with tears running down your cheeks, but still .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide. check in for all the info you need .
pac never said goodbye to me before leaving for la. he had to leave abruptly and it wasn' t to pursue his career .
occasionally so insightful into aussie film culture that i had to cover my eyes, and led by a great performance by alice foulcher. when the film just exploring the life of her down and out wannabe actress, it' s damning and hilarious. but after the first act, it starts repeating itself, not really picking up on an actual story until the last 20 minutes. before that momentum really picks up, however, the film ends in a strangely disingenuous and weirdly regressive way .
“there are no absolutes, but there are things that often happen and we wanted to get those across. it is really important to me that the film seems real to anyone who knows anything about this kind of disability. over five months, sam and i sent each other lots of cuttings and book recommendations to work out how to create this character who does not do what you necessarily expect. ”
“we did not want to be dismissive of either side, ” she said. “there are a few well - known cases where people have made these choices and on the wards people knew patients who had done so. they were able to say that they understood, but that was not their story. ”
the film is 2 hours and 20 minutes long, and considering that tupac was only 25 years old when he was gunned down in a drive - by shooting in las vegas on sept. 7, 1996, that should be enough time to tell his story with intimacy and flow. yet “ all eyez on me, ” directed by the music - video veteran benny boom, is an old - school biopic that reminds you why old - school biopics faded: it has that overly sprawling, one - thing - after - another quality that can make you feel like you’re seeing the cinematic version of a wikipedia entry .
also dp - ed (meidan) and edited (or lee - tal) by other recent alums of the steve tisch school of film at tel aviv university, “people that are not me” turns on joy (ben aroya), who’s a mess. she can’t let go of her ex, sleeps around, then meets nir, a free - willed intellectual who does and says what he wants, inspiring joy .
on friday, pinkett smith took to social media to complain about the film, which she called
deeply hurtful .
pinkett smith then went on to tweet some of the things she believes the film got wrong about her relationship with shakur .
steve mouzakis is an award winning australian actor with feature film credits that include where the wild things are, downriver, and his starring turn in the internationally renowned netflix hit the suicide theory. known also for his performances in the short films joey and 296 smith street, he won best actor awards at both the st kilda film festival and melbourne international film festivals .
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“the message of the film is that disability is tragedy and disabled people are better off dead, ” one campaigner said .
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as a musician, lloyd performs in the band the the everly ills. their music has been released in paris and new york through his own flowershop tapes label, and is preparing a new album for launch in 2017. several songs by the everly ills are featured on the soundtrack for that’s not me .
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but it didn' t translate on screen .
i think that was such an interesting example to me of the difference between book and film because in the book she refers to it in almost a throwaway line, she doesn’t spell out what happened and you can’t do that visually. you can’t throw that away and not be respectful to the issue. so we tried and tried and tried, and in the end we just had to accept that to put that in and give it the weight the subject deserves unbalanced the whole film because it then changes a) the tone of the film and b) it changes her relationship with everything, and so we had to lose that .
after 5 weeks, today is our last day in cinemas with one final midday session at kino cinemas (g’arn melburnians !). for a small independent film like ours to have played for this long is an incredible achievement and we have you the audience to thank. so thank you to everyone who came out to support that’s not me! and a big thank you to palace cinemas for having us! it’s been one helluva ride! 🤗🍾🍿👊
and this was a bonus when most people don' t realise how unlike the serious, conquering daenerys targaryen clarke actually is in real life. moyes said :
in person she is just nothing like khaleesi. [ she has a ] huge smile, she’s bubbly, she’s funny, she’s a bit kooky. i’m sure she’d hate me for saying that. but most importantly she just has this warmth that just kind of comes at you and it even showed on screen .
and the deal was sealed when she was put together with claflin .
i suddenly understood why people talk about chemistry because it was there and it was palpable and yeah, for me they are the perfect cast ,
said moyes .
“making a film about unauthentic people requires strict authenticity, ” she said. so she cast non - actors and played the lead .
this is erdstein and foulcher’s debut feature. erdstein has collaborated with foulcher on a number of short films, including “picking up at auschwitz, ” which was nominated for the short film competition prize at the 2012 st. kilda film festival, “a bit rich” and “paris syndrome. ”
if everyone and everything had been paid for, they say, the true cost of the film would have been around $ 900, 000 .
janine was most recently seen on abc tv ‘s the code and has previously starred in erdstein and foulcher’s acclaimed short film picking up at auschwitz .
the novel’s open attitude to assisted suicide made the book controversial in some quarters, and sharrock listened to rival views before she shot the film .
alice foulcher is an australian actor and writer. she frequently collaborates with her husband, director and co - writer gregory erdstein – whom she met while studying at the esteemed victorian college of the arts (vca) school of film and television in 2008. their short films have screened at multiple film festivals internationally – most notably their tropfest short film a bit rich (2014), the critically lauded picking up at auschwitz (2012), and paris syndrome (2016). as writer and director, foulcher’s own short films have screened at major film festivals in australia and internationally .
it' s not perfect - there are times when the pacing is off and the epilogue tries too hard to end things on a positive note - but it' s effective and affecting .
will traynor, the handsome, wheelchair - using hero of the bestselling novel me before you, by british author jojo moyes, has already left millions of readers around the world sobbing and heartbroken. now a leading west end director is inviting cinema audiences to go through it all again with the release of her first feature film .
richard davies is an australian actor and writer best known for his roles in popular australian television series offspring and the saddle club, as well as the 2015 smash hit film oddball. in 2010, he wrote, produced and starred in the short film when the wind changes, which won multiple awards at film festivals across australia. he has most recently starred as the title character in the web - series bruce directed by tony rogers (wilfred) .
and according to moyes it was all down to costume designer jill taylor, who took the process very seriously from the beginning. and we have to say, she did an exemplary job. me before you is not your usual weepy romance as there are also plenty of laughs, thanks in large part to each time louisa comes on screen in one of her kooky outfits .
director gregory erdstein graduated the course i' m doing roughly 10 years ago. he came in to talk to us about this film, some other shorts he' s made, and his life as a filmmaker. i hadn' t seen this, so went onto itunes and rented it that night. and after watching, i liked it! it' s cleverly written, and the story goes places i wasn' t expecting it to. the main character keeps making terrible decision after terrible decision. erdstein described it as the
anti - la la land
and i can see why. am excited to see what he and his partner alice foulcher make next. overall, a cool little aussie film set in melbourne! would rewatch again easily .
sleekly shaven - headed, with a pirate bandana, a gangsta’s dripped - in - death tattoos, and the liquid stare of an arabian prince, tupac shakur was the matinee idol of hip - hop superstars: not the fiercest rapper, not the most virtuosic or visionary, but a figure of “hard” ferocity who elevated street nihilism by fusing it with a certain lovesexy bravura. [ … ]
1. yes, me before you was inspired by a real - life news story. it was also inspired by a couple of moyes' family members who required 24 - hour care .
( cnn) all eyes are on a new film about the life of tupac shakur, and some of his friends don' t like what they see .
directed by gregory erdstein this film stars alice foulcher, isabel lucas and richard davies. an aspiring actor struggles when her twin sister suddenly becomes a successful actress .
polly cuthbert (alice foulcher) is a struggling actress, while that reality is not at all unique, neither is she personally. polly is an identical twin and her identical twin is also an actress who…
that' s not me, in which foulcher plays acting twins amy, whose career is soaring, and polly, whose career is stalling, grew out of their desire to make something more substantial .
we thought we' d do it in a really lo - fi, mumble - core way. initially we thought we' d spend $ 20, 000 at most ,
says erdstein .
[ lewis ] threw himself into the role of patrick ,
moyes grinned .
he was taking the mickey out of himself when i first met him because, you know, he’s a good lad from leeds and there he was drinking green juice while we were all on tea and butties and he was like,' my friends would not know me now.' i loved him so much, and the fact he was in lycra on set every day was not hard for us women on set. those days had a little lift to them, shall we say. does that sound creepy? !
7. it was down to moyes to make sure the film stayed as true to the book as possible and spot any problems in bringing certain aspects to life .
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dominic l. santana, who plays knight, captures the underworld mogul’s self - righteous menace, and the second half of the movie, in which shakur finds his greatest success, records his greatest song (the momentous “california love”), and experiences his greatest existential confusion while at death row, is the ominous heart of “all eyez on me. ” it’s not just that he’s surrounded by back - stabbers and glad - handers, as well as musicians like dr. dre (harold house moore, in an underwritten role) and snoop dogg (jarrett ellis, who gets the voice but not the snakish cunning). in essence, tupac is still in prison, trapped not just in a three - album contract but in a stance of outlaw brutishness that’s become, in his own mind, “political”: the only stance the white man will allow him .
6. the production team was very female - heavy – something you don' t often see in the film industry. but it was also a
total accident
.
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if there' s a formula for making a low - budget film with oodles of charm, it seems husband and wife team gregory erdstein​ and alice foulcher​ must have nailed it .
karl has been a journalist at fairfax media since 1999, in a variety of writing and editing roles. karl writes about popular culture with a particular focus on film and television .
me before you is now out in cinemas, and it' s all thanks to writer jojo moyes, who wrote the book and adapted it for the film. yes, things had to be tweaked or ignored, and minor details had to be dropped altogether. but what does appear on screen is possibly the closest anyone could ever get to bringing the book and its complex characters to life .
we did film it but that was just an editing thing. and again what we found is when you know about the affair it actually changes the way the audience feels when you have those tender moments between the parents towards the end, because you’re not focusing on louisa and will, which is the important bit at that point. you’re focusing on the fact he’s touching her shoulder and you go,' oh, perhaps they’re getting back together.' you know, it changes your emotional focus. but all that stuff you only find out once you’re on set. that’s what i found really fascinating to me as a writer .
13. there could potentially be a sequel based on the follow - up book, after you, which follows louisa post - will. but only if this first film warrants it .
moyes talked to buzzfeed uk about her involvement in making the film, working with director thea sharrock, the cast, and the problems she faced in bringing the story to the big screen. there are many, many spoilers about the book and movie below, so go and read the book and watch the film before continuing if you don' t want it to be spoiled !
book readers will notice in the movie how much stronger will' s parents seem as a couple. and after a lot of tweaking it was decided it was best for the film audience .
since previews for the film began it has come under a lot of criticism from disability rights campaigners, who are angry about the depiction of will sending what they say is the wrong message .
mary margaret productions is a washington dc based production company that produces award - winning video, film and multi - media projects. sheila curran dennin, president and writer / director, has been writing and directing for film, video and multi - media over 20 years. her work has been recognized by numerous awards, including two freddies (considered the “oscar” of health films), five cine’s, eight telly’s, awards from the international film and video awards in new york, itva festivals in chicago and new orleans and boston, and numerous hesca and national health information awards .
hogan' s heroes
actor bob crane was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment on june 29, 1978, at the age of 49. even after the case was reopened in 1990, crane' s murder has still not been solved .
“this project was funded by nhlbi to address the unique issues surrounding pediatric clinical research participation, ” said victoria pemberton, project officer at the national heart, lung, and blood institute (nhlbi). “parents agree that clinical research for children is important to find new and better treatments, but misperceptions, fears and lack of information often lead parents to forgo enrollment of their children. if not for me works to address those misconceptions by highlighting families that have gone through pediatric clinical trials. ”
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sharrock, claflin and steve peacocke, who plays nathan, a trained nurse, researched the impact of quadriplegia together for the film. the three spent time in hospital talking to patients with spinal injuries .
i absolutely trusted them ,
she confessed .
i felt that, you know, they hadn’t wanted me to change anything, they wanted to keep it as a british production, they wanted to keep the ending, they wanted to keep the character of the movie very true to the book. so when they told me they were speaking to director upon director, and this was a long search, i felt confident that they were putting some serious thought into this .
whether you read the book or watch the movie, whatever the format the story will certainly move you. so when we asked moyes what she hopes people will take away from the story, she told us the overall message is
just not to judge
.
as a theatre director she has directed the national tours of elizabeth coleman’s secret bridesmaid’s business and it’s my party (and i’ll die if i want to), max gillies live at the republic club and an evening with richard frankland for the sydney opera house and adelaide cabaret festival. she is a recipient of the ewa czajor award for female directors and the peter summerton award for directing. catherine has a passion for new writing and australian stories (especially funny ones) and she loved working on that’s not me !
in the latin american competition, the jury — which included film curator agnes wildenstein, american filmmaker john gianvito, argentine critic marcelo stiletano and directors nelson carlo de los santos arias and adirley queirós — selected vincent carelli, tatiana almeida and ernesto de carvalho' s martirio as best film and yamil quintana' s aire quemado for best short. eduardo williams' the human surge also was awarded with a special jury prize .
a rarity – a london - based arthouse sales agency – film republic has a strong line in film from a new generation of filmmakers, arthouse and more more mainstream foreign - language titles, such as scottish filmmaker ben sharrock’s “pikadero, ” about two frustrated young lovers in a crisis - struck basque village, and swiss niklaus hilber’s “amateur teens, ” which centers on a group of teens at a secondary school in zurich .
man i watched the 2 pac film, that was some bulls * * t ,
50 cent wrote on the caption to an instagram posting .
catch that s * * t on a fire stick .
moyes didn' t get to choose the director who took on the project, but it' s fair to say she was more than happy with the decision. and it seems the whole cast was pretty enthralled by sharrock. in an instagram post by lead star sam claflin this week, he wrote :
thea really was the beating heart of this experience. she really made this journey worth fighting for, for me as an actor. and me as a person. i owe it to her. and you guys do too .
thea sharrock, who directed tom hiddlestone in shakespeare’s henry v for the bbc in 2012, believes the fresh tears will be worth it, as the film offers a chance to pause and reflect on the real value of life .
joy is a young woman living in tel aviv who has a love - hate relationship with the city’s casual sex scene. her whole world is her apartment, which happens to be located on the same street where her ex lives. after her failed and desperate attempts to get him back, joy becomes inspired by nir, a chatty intellectual type, who says and does whatever he wants. dealing with themes of urban loneliness within the y generation, people that are not me centres on the young people of tel aviv who yearn for intimacy and are also terrified by it .
indeed, it' s not. with its well - drawn characters, sharp dialogue and thoughtful grappling with the gulf between expectation and reality in gen y lives, it has more than a whiff of the modern screwball comedies of noah baumbach​ and greta gerwig​ (frances ha, mistress america) about it .
tomas de leone' s el aprendiz won best film honors in the argentine competition, and the best director prize went to lukas valenta renner for a decent woman. jury members in this category included jinna lee, ted fendt and julietta sichel .
“we kept it as english - looking as we could, so there is a greyness of tone, ” said sharrock. “i didn’t want to show gritty britain, because this is not about that. then when lou takes will on holiday, it had to look as if she had tried her absolute best for him .
apparently unaware of the old film - acting adage that
less is more
, she (emilia clarke) over - acts from scene - setting beginning to would - be tear - jerking end. her eyebrows almost deserve a credit of their own .
she added :
i mean, the thing that intrigued me about the story i originally heard on the radio was my impulse was to immediately judge the parents. like, what kind of parents are they? and i think when you look behind the curtain at the reality of someone’s situation what you realise is that most of the time people are doing their best in extraordinary circumstances. and what i felt about creating a story like this is you have one man whose decision you might not agree with, and nobody else agrees with it frankly in the film either, but i think it would be very hard once you know who he is to judge him for the decision that he makes. i think that we’re a very judgmental society and you never know really what goes on in someone’s mind or what experiences they’ve had to make that decision. so yeah, let’s just be a little kinder to each other .
is an hour - long documentary which tackles the tough questions many parents ask about pediatric research by talking with families who have been there. the film shares stories of families who have a child with a chronic or acute illness and were asked to join a research study .
it' s part of the beauty of the film, especially when you see clarke, who plays daenerys targaryen in game of thrones, acting in the bubbly role of louisa next to the fatherly figure of dance, who played her rival tywin lannister in the hbo show .
i think the useful thing to them was that i have carried the book as a whole with the character arcs and the issues and the romance and the humour. i’ve carried the balance in my head for so long that i could kind of be a shortcut to say,' yeah, you can' t say that' or' you can’t do that because that means that will work.' and so my job was not to get in the way. my job was, i worked out very quickly, to sort of sit on the stairs with my computer and wait for people to ask me, and that is what i did. and it was great .
and this soon became the basis for me before you: “so what i wanted to do was to write a story about a man who is uncompromising and who makes a decision that nobody else around him agrees with and put myself in the shoes of him, his mother, and maybe somebody who wanted to change his mind. ”
sharrock took the lead when it came to casting but she worked closely with moyes to decide on the final line - up .
because she and i have been really closely entwined ever since she came on board she would send me links and say,' what do you think about this person for so and so?'
“my nephew is in a wheelchair and i hope he will be pleased to see this shown in a way that does not make audiences too uncomfortable. if we had shown will being taken in and out of his chair, or put in a hoist over a bath, the impression we would give is of difficulty. i wanted to make it more normal. ”
since graduating from the western australian academy of performing arts catherine has enjoyed guest roles on neighbours, blue heelers, mda, flying doctors and embassy. she has appeared in films including, witch hunt, my year without sex, the independent feature film johnny ghost and more recently blinder .
adapted from the bestselling novel by jo jo moyes, me before you tells the story of the unexpected relationship that blossoms between a contented small town englishwoman and the wealthy, paralyzed londoner who hires her as his caretaker. theater director thea sharrock makes her feature directorial debut with this mgm / new line cinema co - production. ~ jason buchanan, rovi
very relatable in its cinema worker scenes. i watched this movie too late last night, so i was a little tired the last half hour of my shift at my own cinema worker job, and i might have let my emotions show a little too much when a customer talked to me like i wasn' t a person. very relatable indeed .
moyes perfectly described the look with this comment :
there’s a very fine line between quirky english girl trying stuff out and crazy lady, and i think what’s interesting is i feel jill managed to keep it on the right line. i think what i like about louisa’s wardrobe is she’s not trying to draw attention to herself; it’s just about her expression of her individual personality .
“ all eyez on me, ” the messy, hugely flawed, but fascinating biographical drama that has now been made about him, channels those contradictions, even if it doesn’t always know what to do with them. comprehensive but sketchy, richly atmospheric but often under - dramatized, it is not, in the end, a very good movie (there are a few scenes, like tupac’s initial meeting with ted field of interscope records, that are embarrassingly bad). yet it’s highly worth seeing, because in its volatility and hunger, and the hidden desperation of its violence, it captures something about the space in which tupac shakur lived: a place that wanted to be all about pride and power, but was really about flying over the abyss .
romanian helmer radu jude picked the best director prize for scarred hearts, while bertrand bonello' s nocturama won a jury special mention for best cinematography. the film, shot just before the terror attacks in paris last november, depicts a group of adolescents who plant a series of bombs in the french capital .
andrew s. gilbert has appeared in over twenty australian feature films. he has received afi nominations for his work as best supporting actor in mullet and paperback hero, along with nominations for kiss or kill and paperback hero from the film critics circle australia awards. he won the 1997 afi award for best actor in a supporting role for kiss or kill and in 2001 the film critics circle australia award for best supporting actor in mullet. andrew has appeared in some of australia’s most recognised television series, including series 3 and 4 of ‘round the twist as tony twist and bed of roses (series 1, 2 and 3). andrew has worked on stage all over australia specialising in the development and production of new australian plays. he has appeared in world premier theatre productions at the sydney and melbourne festivals and devised, directed and performed for the melbourne and sydney fringe festivals. for the past three years he has worked as a lecturer in australian film, at a graduate and postgraduate level, for boston university’s sydney program .
both funny and a little bit tragic this is a good blend of comedy and drama looking at sibling rivalry and the desire for fame. there are more than enough laughs along the way to entertain. generally the film is well made and i look forward to seeing what else the husband and wife team of erdstein and foulcher comes up with .
and it was re - created with a mixture of secondhand clothes and budget high street shops .
[ jill ] met with me long before filming even started ,
said moyes .
she wanted to get inside my head about louisa’s wardrobe .
she got a lot of louisa' s clothing from thrift shops and charity shops, but mainly from chain stores such as matalan, primark, and tk maxx .
the pair are self - distributing the film, which is showing on a small number of palace screens throughout the country (foulcher spent seven years working for the company), but it is much better than that might suggest. the early reviews have been positive, too, even if many of them have been couched in terms of low expectations exceeded .
but she enjoyed making the film so much she has already started work on adapting some of her other books in the meantime :
i mean, obviously i would always love to do another. in fact, i’ve actually gone on to adapt two more [ of my ] books since i wrote this one because i loved the process so much .
and while she can' t prove it was down to their being women, moyes did comment on how lovely the set was, potentially as a result .
i’ve got nothing to judge that by because this is my first film production, but what i will say is that i felt the experience on set was very positive. well, i know the crew who i spoke to – you know, lots of grizzled old hands who have been on every film you can imagine – said that it was a particularly happy set. so i don’t know if that’s because we were women or just because it’s thea. i don’t know, because i think those sorts of things come from the head down .
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and what' s more, it wasn' t a deliberate move to make a stand against the unbalanced numbers: they were chosen because they were the right ones for the job .
[ it was a ] total accident ,
moyes told us .
three kickass women producers, thea, and me… i mean i feel like we’re kind of making up some invisible tally, you know, we’re upping the numbers in our own small way .
belinda misevski completed a bachelor of theatre arts in acting from the university of southern queensland in 2009. she is the co - founder and artistic director of exhibit a: theatre and in 2016 produced the short film bridge which had its world premiere at palm springs shorts fest 2016. her screen credits include several shorts including two devils, a bit rich, and nbc universal’s childhood’s end .
she says she was so bad in her first year at vca that she was almost kicked out, but erdstein says she swept the prizes in final year .
she won for directing, she won best screenplay, best film, best student overall ,
he says proudly .
she talks it down now but she was, and is, an incredibly talented writer and director .
sam claflin (the hunger games) plays will traynor, a quadriplegic man who requires 24 - hour assistance following a road accident. the film begins by showing him before the accident and his subsequent situation, which brings carer louisa into his life, played by emilia clarke (game of thrones). what unravels is a heart - wrenching love story where the pair change each other' s lives inconceivably .
what an unexpected gem! this film is hilarious! it falls in that very rare
laughter hangover
category... films that make you laugh so much that you wake up the next morning with an aching gut. terrific cast! tremendous performances! the cinematography and blocking are also fantastic. a variety of unique visual techniques are ingeniously employed, serving to underscore dramatic tensions and to heighten comedic effect. brilliant !
as a master of martial arts and an action star, bruce lee was reaching the zenith of his career when he died at 32 in july 1973. he was in hong kong at the time of his death, which was blamed on a brain edema caused by an allergic reaction to painkillers. his sudden and shocking passing came just a month before the premiere of his classic 1973 film ,
enter the dragon.
why not me ? ( french : pourquoi pas moi ? ) is a 1999 french comedy film written and directed by stéphane giusti . it is about a group of gay french friends living in barcelona who decide to have a dinner party and come out to their parents . 
why not me? (french: pourquoi pas moi ?) is a 1999 french comedy film written and directed by stéphane giusti. it is about a group of gay french friends living in barcelona who decide to have a dinner party and come out to their parents.
why not me? (french: pourquoi pas moi ?) is a 1999 french comedy film written and directed by stéphane giusti. it is about a group of gay french friends living in barcelona who decide to have a dinner party and come out to their parents.