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| The New World (introduction) |
 It's a rainy afternoon and I'm feeling lazy, so I'm just going to paste some stuff from the internet here:
The New World (2005)
Written and directed by Terrence Malick
Starring: Colin Farrell, Q'Orianka Kilcher, Christopher Plummer, Christian Bale
Cinematography:Emmanuel Lubezki
Original Music: James Horner
PG-13, 135 mins.
Plot Summary (from Amazon.com): When 17th century explorer John Smith and a few men go up the river to trade with the Indians, he befriends the princess Pocahontas and they fall in love. While in love, Smith must obtain his duties as president of Jamestown fort and challenges to himself what is the better path for himself to take: stay with the fallen apart colony or go up the river and love Pocahontas in the wild. The Indians realize that the English do not mean to leave, so they attack. A few men at the fort decide to capture Pocahontas as a hostage so the Indians will not attack them. Smith is ordered to leave Jamestown by the King, and John Rolfe, a wealthy tobacco planter arrives at the fort. Pocahontas, now living there adapts to the English cultures and falls in love with Rolfe. She falls apart deciding who she is dedicated to, Smith or Rolfe.
Now here's some interesting trivia from IMDB:
*Before the start of the shoot, Terrence Malick and Emmanuel Lubezki devised a series of photography rules or dogma that are to be used in film. They are:
* 1) No artificial lights. All is shot in natural light.
* 2) No crane or dolly shots, just handheld or Steadicam shots.
* 3) Everything is shot in the subjective view.
* 4) All shots must be 'deep-focus shots', that is everything (foreground and background) is visible and focused.
* 5) You (the camera crew) are encouraged to go and shoot unexpected things that might happen in accident or if your instinct tells you so.
* 6) Selective shots: any shot that does not have visual strength is not used.
*Native American cast members had to learn the Algonquin language. 3000 people speak this language today, many of whom were hired by producers to teach cast members.
*Producers agreed with Native American leaders not to acknowledge credit to them until the final film met with their approval.
*In preparation for the role, Colin Farrell read all seven of John Smith's books he published back in England on his accounts of The New World.
*Terrence Malick cut the film around a completed score as opposed to creating the music in a studio with a finished film.
*Casting for the character of Pocahontas proved difficult, producers looked at over two thousand actors before deciding to open up their search criteria for all indigenous actors of both North and South America.
*The original version of the film lasted for 150 minutes and was released in December 2005. After a few days on limited release, Malick decided to withdraw the print and re-edit the film into its definitive, 135-minute version. There are rumours that the extended cut, whilst not favored by Malick, could appear on DVD at some point in the future.
OK, hopefully this has piqued your interest if you haven't already seen the movie. We'll start discussing next week, so join in any time. See you then! |
posted by Jeff @ 11/15/2006 04:19:00 PM  |
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i love this blog, its marvelous.
what happens when the club gets huge in athens and you all get together in real life? will you post MINUTES?