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Celebrity Documentaries: “Very Ralph” On HBO Profiles 50 Years Of Ralph Lauren Fashion (HBO)
From a The Cut online review:
Lauren lived his life as a character in his own movie, and his clothes allowed his customers to do the same. Some days he was Rick from Casablanca, dressed in a double-breasted white dinner jacket, and other days he was a cowboy, wearing jeans and cowboy boots with a blazer.
Ralph Lauren is “zee American designer,” says Karl Lagerfeld in Very Ralph, a new HBO documentary on the Bronx-born fashion icon. Coming from zee most prolific French designer of the 20th and 21st centuries, that’s saying a lot. But the film, which premiers today, supports that statement, illustrating with interviews and archival footage how he’s successfully sold an American fantasy to a global audience for over 50 years.
To read more: https://www.thecut.com/2019/11/ralph-lauren-documentary-very-ralph-hbo.html
Short Film Showcase: “Daughter Of The Sea” Directed By Maceo Frost
Directed by Maceo Frost
Director of Photography – Christophe Collette
Underwater DoP – Vincent Kardasik
Executive producer – Blaise Izard
Line Producer – Manu Henoque
Editor Andreas – Arvidsson
Composer – Gustav Karlström
Sound design – Anton Ahlberg
Colorist – Nicke Jacobsson
Production co – badassfilms.tv
“Daughter of the Sea” is a short film exploring a fishermans relationship with his daughter and the sea. Shot in the French town St Jean de Luz.
Website: http://www.maceofrost.com/
Short Film Showcase: “You Will Not Have My Hatred” In France Directed By Salomon Lightelm (2019)
Edited and Directed by: Salomon Lightelm
Words by: Antoine Leiris
Cinematographer: Zack Spiger
Production Co.: Gang Films
Music Score: AWVFTS
Filmed at: Chateaux Fontainebleau
“I vividly remember the morning I read these powerful words for the first time. It was a cold November afternoon and a friend of mine had shared it on Instagram. As I was reading, I glanced over at my son playing in the living room – he was 17 months old, and I started coming undone. My wife looked over at me and I couldn’t speak, I just handed her the phone, and she also just came undone. These words had stuck with me for 4 years and they haven’t let go of me. How can a man, who had suffered so much, have a such a spirit of resilience and grace? Thank you Antoine Leiris for seeing the world unlike how most people see it – for showing a way that flows in the opposite direction of hate, and retaliation. Its words like yours that change the world. This film is a contemplative meditation on those words, be patient with it.”
Website: http://www.ligthelm.work/
Animated Visual Essay: Songwriter “Leonard Cohen” Interview In Video By Joe Donaldson (2019)
Direction, Design & Animation: Joe Donaldson
Original Music and Sound Design: Ambrose Yu
Executive Producer: Soo-Jeong Kang
Senior Producer: Yara Bishara
Senior Editor: Brian Redondo
Producer: Sara Joe Wolansky
Audio Engineer: Jill Du Boff
“I was recently commissioned by The New Yorker to direct, design, and animate a pilot series of three animated visual essays.
“I know there’s a spiritual aspect to everybody’s life, whether they want to cop to it or not,” he said at one point. “It’s there, you can feel it in people—there’s some recognition that there is a reality that they cannot penetrate but which influences their mood and activity. So that’s operating. . . . Sometimes it’s just, like, ‘You are losing too much weight, Leonard. You’re dying, but you don’t have to coöperate enthusiastically with the process.’ Force yourself to have a sandwich.”
Leonard Cohen (1934 – 2016)
The first film features the great Leonard Cohen as he reflects on death and preparing for the end. The initial interview, by David Remnick, was recorded at Cohen’s home in Los Angeles a month before he passed away.”
You can view the full article on The New Yorker here: newyorker.com/culture/video-dept/leonard-cohen-and-the-divine-voice
Short Film Showcase: “Concert Of The Fire” Directed By Mariia Konopatova (2019)
Directed by: Mariia Konopatova
Composer: Yury Konstantinov
“This is a story of struggle between art and death. A violinist finds himself in the middle of a war and is ready to die. Will the music in his heart and a violin in his heands help him to resist Death itself?”
Website: https://vimeo.com/mariikono
Top New Travel Videos: “Iceland – The Prophesy” By Henry Behel (2019)
Filmed, Edited and Directed By: Henry Behel
Voiceover: Júlía Hannam
Music: Sam Plotkin
Percussionists: Amin Malekpour, Sam Archer, Kris Wismer
I filmed this in four days while traveling around Iceland alone. The sun set at midnight and rose at 3am, but it never really got dark. I shot as much of the day as I could, stopping everywhere that caught my eye. I found places off the road and slept on a pad under the stars. I got rained on and blasted with wind, but I felt alive.
I have made a habit of traveling alone in wild places. I feel magic in the howling wind, the ice on my face, the sand in my shoes. My mind can drift back to the beginning of time or out to the stars where the earth is just a dot. I finally feel the connection and peace I so long for, and yet is so elusive in my daily life.
No place has inspired me like this more than Iceland. This film is how it feels to me. Beautiful and serene, but dark and violent as well. Time moves differently here. The land still exists in some ancient forgotten epoch, when earth was still lava rock soup.
Website: http://henrybehel.com/
Top New Animated Videos: “Six Kinetic Characters” By Lucas Zanotto (2019)
Filmed, Animated and Music by: Lucas Zanotto
A series of abstract kinetic characters.
Website: instagram.com/lucas_zanotto
Top New Travel Videos: “A Day In Toledo” Directed By Mattia Bicchi (2019)
Filmed, Edited and Directed by: Mattia Bicchi
Explore at 8K resolution and through the Timelapse technique, the beautiful city of Toledo. A 3.000 years old city declared ‘World Heritage Site’ by UNESCO in 1986, also known as the ‘City of three religions’ in Middle Ages where Jewish, Muslim and Christian communities peaceful coexisted.
I spent 5 days exploring and shooting Timelapse and Hyperlapse, around this incredible city!
Many thanks to Hotel Santa Isabel (hotelsantaisabeltoledo.es) and Azotea de Carlos (carlosv.com) for the access to their beautiful rooftops.
Music: Jordan Critz – Hineni – musicbed.com/invite/ERraL
Cinematic Short Films: “The Heartbeats Of Memory” Directed By Nono Ayuso (2019)
Filmed, Edited and Directed by: NONO AYUSO
The Memory: Roberta Coppa
VO Artist: Chloe Dunn
“It starts with a journey.
Imagine a film that captures every instant
And for each frame, a memory.”
Music and Sound Design: Paulo Gallo
Grading: Fran Cóndor
Compositing and VFX: Damian Todd
Graphic Design: Nico Ordozgoiti
Shot in Super 8 in Japan. April-June 2019.
Website: https://nono.film/
