Has anyone seen "Eastern Promises"? GREAT FLICK! It's the best Canadian film since "The Sweet Hereafter" and the best mob movie since "Good Fellas". David Cronenberg has created a masterfully paced crime movie that avoids all the cliches.
"Resident Evil" and "Good Luck Chuck" beat it at the box office but this past weekend proving that people like video game franchises and Jessica Alba's ass. The smart money is on Cronenberg.
For the record I also saw "Resident Evil". That dead horse has been beat so hard his zombified corpse has hurled itself over a cliff just to avoid this movie. Save your money and skip this one.
I plan on going to see it if it ever actually opens here. Stupid Edmonton.
NegPhil Wrote:Jessica Alba's ass.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm :thumb:
Sorry, what was the question?
i'd like to see this as well
you mention that it's a Canadian film.... what makes a film "Canadian", or for that matter, what makes a film "Polish" or "Italian"? I realize Cronenberg is a Canadian... but how does that make the film Canadian... i.e. was it produced/filmed/edited? in Canada as well? I'm just wondering... is there a criteria for the country a particular movie is associated with?
Yeah,
I really didn't think this was a Canadian film...
David Cronenberg is a Canadian. The Film was produced and filmed in Canada. It won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the opening credit proclaims it to be a Canadian film. So if one were to add all those elements up it clearly is a Polish film.
Hey, y'all know as an American film maker I complain about American producers and networks outsourcing film work to Canada. That is a business thing. I love Canada. I just can't stand watching our film industry wither on the vine while money grubbing assholes in Hollywood destroy our film industry. Canada has a long and proud legacy of great films. I would like to see The United States implement policies similar to the ones in Canada to protect our artists and crews.
All that aside. Eastern Promises is the best film of the year. IMO
NegPhil Wrote:David Cronenberg is a Canadian. The Film was produced and filmed in Canada. It won the audience choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the opening credit proclaims it to be a Canadian film. So if one were to add all those elements up it clearly is a Polish film.
Hey, y'all know as an American film maker I complain about American producers and networks outsourcing film work to Canada. That is a business thing. I love Canada. I just can't stand watching our film industry wither on the vine while money grubbing assholes in Hollywood destroy our film industry. Canada has a long and proud legacy of great films. I would like to see The United States implement policies similar to the ones in Canada to protect our artists and crews.
All that aside. Eastern Promises is the best film of the year. IMO
I'm pretty sure the movie was filmed in various parts of England.
"The film, shot in England, marked the first time director David Cronenberg shot a movie entirely outside of Canada."
Yep, you got me on that.
"This is the first time in his career Cronenberg did not get the chance to film at least some scenes at home in Canada. Financially, however, Eastern Promises is a Canada/United Kingdom co-production. It represented Canada as a Toronto filmfest Gala.
Even with its British roots, the film is unmistakably Cronenberg -- and Canadian -- in its sensibilies. A History of Violence also benefited because it had a unique Canadian interpretation applied to an American story."
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Cronenberg lets me down time and time again..History of Violence was utter crap, and don't even get me started on Spider
Oh Opiated, Captain of the "Poo Poo Police" your constant trashing of everything never stops putting a smile on my face. Is it hard having to hate everything in life??
He's a 'nucks fan. That would make me depressed 24/7 too!
opiated Wrote:Cronenberg lets me down time and time again..History of Violence was utter crap, and don't even get me started on Spider
Never saw Spider but I very much enjoyed A History of Violence.
Sorry to continue to hijack this thread, but I go back to my original question of what component of a film associates it with a country? Is it just the director, or does it have something to do with the theme of the movie, or is it not so clear cut, and more of a subjective association?
I guess my point is that when you look at a foreign film it's easy to say (for instance) it's a French film because the dialogue is in French, etc.. But in North America, how does one make the distinction between US or Canadian film since typically the dialogue is all in English, and for a person who may not know the director's home country, there is really no telling which country "owns" (for lack of a better word) the film.
I'm genuinely interested and can't seem to find the answer anywhere so that's why I'm asking.
theAryanTwang Wrote:opiated Wrote:Cronenberg lets me down time and time again..History of Violence was utter crap, and don't even get me started on Spider
Never saw Spider but I very much enjoyed A History of Violence.
Sorry to continue to hijack this thread, but I go back to my original question of what component of a film associates it with a country? Is it just the director, or does it have something to do with the theme of the movie, or is it not so clear cut, and more of a subjective association?
I guess my point is that when you look at a foreign film it's easy to say (for instance) it's a French film because the dialogue is in French, etc.. But in North America, how does one make the distinction between US or Canadian film since typically the dialogue is all in English, and for a person who may not know the director's home country, there is really no telling which country "owns" (for lack of a better word) the film.
I'm genuinely interested and can't seem to find the answer anywhere so that's why I'm asking.
I'm not sure myself. For me, I think it's mostly the production company. Then, it's the actors. Is "Shake Hands with the Devil" a Canadian film? I see that Roy Dupuis is in it so I assume it is. Is La Femme Nikita a Canadian show?
opiated Wrote:Cronenberg lets me down time and time again..History of Violence was utter crap, and don't even get me started on Spider
I couldn't disagree more. I was absolutely blown away by A History of Violence. That flick is easily one of my favorite movies of the last 10 years. I thought Spider was quite excellent as well, and I'm really looking forward to Eastern Promises. Cronenberg is on a roll.
Aryan Twangs question has totally distracted me from my work today. What is Canadian cinema? What is French cinema? What is American cinema? It's easy to say yes, RUN LOLA RUN is a German film. The CITY OF LOST CHILDREN is French. LOCK STOCK AND TWO SMOKING BARRELS is British. British and Non English films are obvious and easy to define. Where does that leave Canadian and American cinema? Is GHOST BUSTERS a Canadian film? Are THE LORD OF THE RINGS American? In the new world what defines who we are culturally?
How can World Container be Bob Rocks "great Canadian album" when it was recorded in Hawaii?