El Cosmico here again, with the rest of the day's Latin-AICN news...from Coffin Joe and Ulysses! Hooray!
Hey there , despite some technical difficulties , here´s Coffin Joe back with this week´s news :
-The 28th Gramado Film Festival wrapped this weekend with one big winner : " Pantaleón & las Visitadoras " from Peru which won seven Kikito awards , including best picture , best director , best editing , best actor ( Salvador del Solar ) , best screenplay , the critics award for best film , and the audience award for best Latin film . Other nhotable winners were the Brazilian flick " Estorvo " with best soudtrack and best cinematography ; the Mexican pic " Santitos " won for best art direction , and another Brazilian film " Quase Nada ' won the audience award for best film . The best actress award was shared by Brazilian actress Maria Zilda Bethlem , for " Eu não conhecia Tururu " , and Daisy Granados for " Las Profecias de Amanda " . Best supporting actress went to another Brazilian LÃdia Mattos , for " Eu não conhecia Tururu " and best supporting actor for Ulisses Dumont for " El Mismo Amor , La Misma Lluvia " .
-Still in Gramado , actress Florinda Bolkan , who has worked with legendary directors such as Luchino Visconti and Vittorio de Sica , made her debut behind the camera in the film " Eu não Conhecia Tururu " which was screened in Gramado and won a couple of awards . Florinda wrote , directed and stars in picture alongside Brazilian actresses Maria Zilda Bethlem , Ingra Liberato , Suzana Gonçalves and LÃdia Mattos . The film is tentatively scheduled to arrive in theatres here in São Paulo until November .
-Here´s a fun fact : the Penelope Cruz vehicle " Woman on Top " , which is set in Brazil and also stars Brazilian actor Murilo BenÃcio , is called " Receita de Mulher " in Portuguese ( something like *A Woman´s Recipe ) . Go figure .
-Another film fest wrapped recently , the 8th Anima Mundi International Animation Film Festival , here in São Paulo , Brazil . Here are the winners :
OFFICIAL SHOWCASE :
1st prize : " A Suspeita " (PORTUGAL) director : José Miguel Ribeiro 2nd prize : " Chifre de Camaleão " (BRAZIL) director : Marcelo F. Marão 3rd prize : " Chicken Kiev " (GERMANY) director : Thomas Stellmach
BEST VIDEO : " Roubada " directors : Marcelo Vidalo , Renan de Moraes e Sérgio Yamasaki
BRAZILIAN SHOWCASE :
1st prize : " Chifre de Camaleão " director : Marcelo Fabri Marão
2nd prize : " Deus é Pai " director : Allan Sieber
3rd prize : " Almas em Chama " director : Arnaldo Galvão
-Two books will be released dealing with one mysterious subject : Brazilian pioneer director Mário Peixoto , who directed the silent 1931 film " Limite " , and never returned to the movies , focusing on literature for the rest of his life . One of the books contains four articles he wrote between the 30´s and the 60´s ( Mário Peixoto - Escritos sobre Cinema ) and the other book is written by one of his close friends for nearly twenty years , Emil de Castro and it is a biography/essay with letters from Peixoto , interviews with friends , etc ( Jogos de Armar : a Vida do Solitário Mário Peixoto , o cineasta de Limite ) . Both books are in Portuguese .
That´s it for me , see y´all next week . Coffin Joe says bye .
Thanks Coffin Joe! Now, our pal Ulysses chimes in:
Hey central: Ulysses reporting
You know. There are times when everything seems to be perfect, when every chip falls in the right place. This will mean nothing to some of you, but for me it´s beyond utter coolness: Rick Wakeman will be playing in Argentina. This is awesome news for me, as I have been a longtime fan of YES, which he joined in 1971 for the record Fragile. This guy is a brilliant keyboard player. But his music is not just keys, he combines every instrument to perfection in order to create a sound so special, it will become unforgettable once you hear it. I don?t know exactly when he left YES, but after he did so he composed the wonderful Journey to the Center of the Earth and many other works of art. But my favourite is by far the 1973 Six Wives of Henry The 8th, which he created when he was still with the band. For everyone who is out there looking for something groovy and innovative with an extra kick, search no more. This record is beyond great. Combining Rock with Jazz, classical and every other genre to be known by man and then some, Wakeman delivers six beautiful, haunting, perplexing, evocative and extremely complex pieces of music that will stay with you forever. But that´s not all. It seems that Jimmy Page and The Black Crowes will be in my homeland in some months from now. See, I am an unreserved fan of Led Zeppelin and since discovering them I have been whining about the pact I would do with the devil in order to be able to be in one of those monster Zeppelin concerts with all the rage, genius and originality of one of the best rock bands of all time. I have also been considering a plan to steal Moriarty´s Time Machine, but I discarded this possibility due to those darn jellybeans. For being a mythological Greek hero I am quite a softie. But now all those far-fetched plans can rest for a while, as I will be in the presence of the master.
And now, some film news:
- In February, the cameras will start rolling on " The Pendulum Effect " , a Chilean production that tells the true story of four guerrilleros who escaped from a state prison in a chopper. The details of the escape are quite amazing. It seems that a stolen helicopter stood over the prison and threw a basket in the center of the yard, to which the convicts clung as they rose from the facility. This case was a scandal in Chile and caused the resignation of several police authorities. Patricio Contreras will play Mauricio Hernandez, AKA Comandante Ramiro, who was sentenced to life for his involvement in the murder of a senator and in the kidnapping of the son of the owner of the most powerful newspaper of the country. The film will be directed by Bruno Madariaga and its budget is 1.5 million dollars.
