joanna is a 2013 polish documentary film by aneta kopacz about joanna salyga , a young woman with cancer with only three months to live , and her efforts to make the most of her time with her husband and young son .

kopacz came to know salyga 's story through her blog chustka .

salyga 's readers sponsored a crowdfunding campaign to produce this film .

joanna was nominated for the academy award for best documentary ( short subject ) at the 87th academy awards .

i do n’t feel disappointed and a loser in any way .

i made a film which moves people all over the world as a significant experience and event in their lives .

a film which won numerous awards and was nominated for an oscar ! and finally , a film which allows the memory of joanna to survive and which will show her son jaś what a simple day with his mom looked like .

nothing is lost here ! — aneta kopacz said in a press release after the oscar ceremony .

joanna ( 2013 film )

reviewed at curzon soho , london , aug . 7 , 2013 . ( in locarno film festival — competing . ) running time : 104 min .
joanna hogg ' s exquisite , chilly third feature teeters between very boring and completely fascinating .
the new joanna hogg film is a tinder - dry meditation on the uneasy commingling of our public and private selves : just the ticket for sunday afternoon if the kids have already seen spider - man .
for those not in the los angeles area , you can also find joanna internationally on itunes and on vimeo .
dir : joanna hogg ; starring : viv albertine , liam gillick , tom hiddleston , harry kershaw . 15 cert , 105 min .
the story unfolds in a very tender and metered way , with information slowly revealed about each of your characters . how much time did you spend with joanna and her family ? knowing how ill joanna was , did you feel a sense of urgency when filming her story ?
“joanna” flips the equation , centering on a mother with only three months to live who’s determined to maximize the time she has left with her young son and husband . in this case , director aneta kopacz didn’t know her subject personally , but was touched by joanna salyga’s blog , “chustka , ” in which she shared her experiences with readers , a number of whom stepped up to sponsor the crowd - funded short . almost none of this information comes across in the film itself , which serves as an artsy portrait her son can use to remember her by in the future , shot in shallow focus ; cobbled together with jumpy , impressionistic cuts ; and composed of seemingly mundane moments between joanna and her family . “joanna” is melancholy in the extreme , but reminds how much we take for granted , from seeing rainbows to teaching our kids to ride a bike .
you can catch joanna at docuday la , the ida ' s annual celebration of the feature and short documentary films nominated for oscar® . the film will screen at 3 : 35pm on saturday , febrary 21 at the writer ' s guild of america theater as part of shorts program ii with fellow nominee la parka ( the reaper ) .
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shot in a vérité style over the course of just a few months , joanna remains primarily inside the rooms of the family’s home and in the surrounding woods , where joanna seems to be insuring that many a sun - kissed memory is literally planted for her son and his future self . neither joanna nor her family ever directly addresses the camera , and we never linger on a sit - down interview between filmmaker and subject . instead life plays out in its small yet important moments , with stunning cinematography reminding us of the beauty found in life ' s everyday simplicity .
joanna hogg is an artist and film - maker who entrances and enrages . after the first wave of praise from fans ( such as me ) , her movies tend to get a backlash of incredulity and scorn from those who would prefer the envelope unpushed and unmolested . in the runup to its release , this latest film has already provoked some giggles and putdowns online . some of the tweets i ' ve been getting have felt like seat - bangs from some derisive digital walkout . it only makes me love her more .
in 40 short minutes , aneta kopacz ' s oscar® - nominated short documentary joanna invites us in , embraces us unconditionally , and reveals a brief portrait of a woman facing the realities of a terminal illness . the titular joanna , a woman slight of stature but substantial in wisdom , copes with the reality of her condition by sharing as much as she can with her brilliant son janek , a boy of roughly 8 years of age who asks questions as deep and important as any learned philosopher . she publishes her thoughts and succinct life lessons on her blog , where thousands of readers join her in the legacy of her final days . the times spent with her son are interspersed with tender moments between joanna and her adoring husband , whose patience and calming presence adds to the film’s deep warmth .
the look of joanna is very impressionistic , which somewhat belies her straightforward writing style on her blog and the way she raises her child . what helped you decide on the final visual aesthetic for this project ?
best documentary short subject crisis hotline : veterans press 1 ellen goosenberg kent and dana perry joanna aneta kopacz our curse tomasz sliwinski and maciej slesicki the reaper ( la parka ) gabriel serra arguello white earth j . christian jensen
how was it working with joanna’s son janek ? neither he nor the rest of the family ever seemed to notice the camera in the room . was it just you and cinematographer łucasz żal with the family at all times ?
where joanna seems hyper - sensitized to every moment that she has left , efrain jimenez garcia — the slaughterhouse worker profiled in gabriel serra’s “the reaper” — seems totally desensitized to life . according to an info card flashed at the end of the film , efrain has been killing 500 bulls a day , six days a week for the past 25 years . such a job must take it toll on someone , and sure enough , the man we see appears virtually numb to the world around him — though it might just be the way the film presents him , following efrain into the abattoir , staring unflinchingly at the cattle’s faces as they are led into the pen and killed . characterized by its stark , high - impact imagery , yet far from objective in its portrayal , the film displays a photographer’s eye , a sociologist’s curiosity and a vegetarian’s agenda .
it was a long and hardworking road . for nearly the past two years i traveled the world at festivals and have promoted joanna . i was constantly on my way . my life partner , tomasz sredniawa , who is cowriter for the movie often travels with me , sometimes we take our little daughter . now she is also with us in los angeles . so the film is present in our life all the time . being honest , our whole life revolves around the film ; there is nothing else . i am really tired and i am missing such a relaxing and carefree time with my daughter . i am really looking forward to it after oscars . can ' t wait !
we reached out to director aneta kopacz via email to ask her how she came to the film ' s visual style , about crowdfunding in poland , and how she will spend her time after the oscars® are over .
your film is very lyrical , shot in a true vérité style . i appreciate that you get such intimacy without ever interviewing your subjects , but just by allowing them to live their lives . do you always work this way ?
exhibition is her third feature — her last , archipelago , was released in 2010 , to near - blanket critical acclaim — and it establishes her as our preeminent pryer into the affairs of the english haute - bourgeoisie . the film is set almost entirely in a modernist des - res in west london , where its married owners are reluctantly preparing to move out . ( tom hiddleston , who made his film debut in unrelated and starred in archipelago , has a fun cameo as their gloopy estate agent . )
i went to the bookseller club , where a radio reportage about joanna was going to be presented . i knew she would be a special guest there . during the reportage emission , when her son ' s voice appeared , joanna couldn ' t control her emotions and left . after a while , i went for her . barely visible , she was standing with her back to me in a dark , empty room . a thought came to my mind that she is very petite . i walked over to her and introduced myself . for a moment we just looked at each other in silence and tears came to our eyes . i felt the incredible mutual intimacy then , like we knew each other forever . i told her that i wanted to make a film about her . she looked at me and said ,
no , that would interfere with my privacy .
then i learned that she had film proposals from well - known film directors and she refused to all of them . i asked her for just a minute to express how i would like to keep her story in the image . i said that if after this one minute she would say
no
, i will never bother her any more . she actually never said
yes
, but after this one minute , she didn ' t say
no
. so two days later , we had the first shooting day .
the english director joanna hogg has a knack for making us squirm . her new film , ‘exhibition’ , is an experimental at - home - with drama about two london artists , d ( viv albertine ) and h ( liam gillick ) who have lived together in a modernist house for 18 years . now – for reasons unclear – they’re about to move . in some ways this is a departure from hogg’s previous films , ‘unrelated’ and ‘archipelago’ , both of which were portraits of unhappy , posh families on holiday . it’s urban . it’s less talky . it offers a hint of the surreal . it even has a whisper of horror about it .
with acute sensitivity , brit writer - helmer joanna hogg’s third feature , “exhibition , ” explores the difficulty of telling inside from outside , intimacy from estrangement , and revelation from concealment . it seems entirely appropriate , then , that the whole thing teeters between very boring and completely fascinating , like being stuck on a plane in business - class seats next to a bickering couple [ … ]
mostly you need to apply to polish film institute for money for your project . if you are accepted , then you start ; if not , you need to find another way , which is not easy . polish public tv produces documentaries as well , so this is also an option . i didn ' t have time to apply my project and wait for the decision . i had to start immediately . so i went to wajda studio , that i had known before as i graduated from wajda school . they gave me a small amount of money for the start . during the whole time of making joanna i was constantly looking for more funding . i found the co - producer , [ then a ] sponsor , and at the end i used crowdfunding . joanna was pretty popular among internet users , due to her blog . people wanted a movie about her very much . so as soon as they found out about the initiative of collecting money , we didn ' t have to persuade them to help . the needed amount of money we collected in just three weeks , even though the expected time was two months .
( u . k . ) an artificial eye release of a bfi , bbc presentation in association with rooks nest entertainment of a wild horses film co . production . ( international sales : visit films , brooklyn . ) produced by gayle griffiths . executive producers , lizzie francke , christine langan , ed wethered , michael sackler , julia godzinskaya .
joanna told me that since she learned that she was [ terminally ill ] , all seemed to simplify . that means she needed less time to accept or reject what life gives to her . she did not need to wonder long ; decisions were made faster . she felt harder , and experienced more intensely . i am the same . it also probably helped us to establish a close relationship more quickly .
we had to start immediately , before we got to know each other . in this case , time was uncompromising and running so fast . it was an unusual method of creating a documentary , but i had to face it . i had no choice . the most important thing in any relationship with another human being , regardless of the circumstances , is trust . however , it takes time , time that i didn ' t have before the shooting . i tried hard to gain the trust of joanna . i spent time with her privately outside the film , telling her about myself . we [ shared ] our views [ and ] observations , discussing for hours . we were able to spend time together for only 5 months . these were her last months .
directed , written by joanna hogg . camera ( color , hd ) , ed rutherford ; editor , helle le fevre ; production designer , stephane collonge ; art director , pedro moura ; sound ( dolby digital ) , howard peryer ; supervising sound designer , jovan ajder ; supervising sound editor , ajder ; re - recording mixer , ajder ; assistant director , paolo guglielmotti ; casting , olivia scott - webb .
i was recently a new mom , so i was staying at home taking care of my little daughter . one day i came across an article about joanna on the internet , from which i learned she was leading a blog . it was the only blog on the internet i ever read . it completely consumed me . i was absolutely delighted with the way she described her daily life . she reached the point , in one remarkable , slightly ironic sentence , where she could capture everything . i was fascinated . i decided to make a movie about joanna because she was unusual , beautiful , intelligent and wise , with an interesting point of view . because she loved life and she could touch it , derive from the ordinary everyday life and relationships with other people . for me there is nothing more precious . i am very much interested in such people and such films .
thanks to her blog , for many people joanna has become an icon of a thoughtful and joyful life . the blog describes her daily life honestly and accurately : her goals are as simple as a family trip to the polish lake district ; her planning as short - term as witnessing her son ' s first successful bike ride without training wheels . she starts the blog when she finds out she has cancer and is given three months to live . then she promises her 5 - year - old son , jas , that she will do her best to survive for as long as possible . and she starts writing for him . the documentary shows the everyday existence of joanna , her husband piotr , and little jas . it is as discreet as it is moving . through few well - chosen words and observations it manages to be both essential and sensuous . a story of thoughtfulness in death , life and love .
truly one of the best documentaries i ' ve seen . ultimate ending . i have no idea how can you make such a sad film with an optimistic feeling . . . scenes are cut short , to never fully let you soak in the depth of her condition until the end , and even then the future has been created already with her presence via the messages . i guess everyone is aware of the cancer , what it does physically and mentally , in this film , we can also see what it does to the family , the son and the ultimate aftermath . your own problems will not seem the same once you will watch this . prepare yourself for some crying , even you think you are a tough cookie . life and a movie has never been this close , or this real . masterpiece , worth an oscar .
the selection of two polish docus , both about people coping with fatal conditions , comes as pure coincidence , but a compelling one given the country’s frontrunner status in the foreign language race with “ida . ” made in film school , tomasz sliwinski’s autobiographical “our curse” depicts how the helmer and his wife magda struggle to raise their newborn son , leo , who has been diagnosed with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome , or ondine’s curse , an extremely rare disorder in which the body ceases to regulate breathing during sleep and therefore requires the support of an elaborate machine . there aren’t many sounds more heartbreaking than a child’s cries distorted through the tracheotomy incision in his throat , and one can only begin to imagine what the parents must be going through — which is precisely what sliwinski aims to capture , turning the camera on himself and magda , in what proves to be an uncomfortably personal film .
there is something disturbing in the way these feelings and alienated emotions have been displaced outwards . the house could be their prison , or their refuge , or their private exhibition space for emotional pain . as for d ' s mental state , is she losing it – or gaining it ? it could be that , in her impossibly rarefied way , this contorted figure is absorbing the unspoken distress and is evolving into a butterfly of creativity . exhibition is challenging , sensual , brilliant film - making .
with acute sensitivity , brit writer - helmer joanna hogg ’s third feature , “ exhibition , ” explores the difficulty of telling inside from outside , intimacy from estrangement , and revelation from concealment . it seems entirely appropriate , then , that the whole thing teeters between very boring and completely fascinating , like being stuck on a plane in business - class seats next to a bickering couple you can’t stop eavesdropping on . formally more ambitious but even more spare , brooding and oblique than her uncompromisingly rarefied previous pics , “unrelated” and “archipelago , ” “ exhibition ” could divide hogg’s small but loyal pool of fans .
given how deeply embedded hogg’s previous films felt in a particular kind of english , well - bred , urban - sophisticate world , it almost comes as a shock to realize this is her first film to be set in london itself . it was so palpably obvious — to british ears , based on accent alone — that blighty’s capital was where those characters from “unrelated” and “archipelago” lived most of the time , even if the films themselves were set in vacation homes in , respectively , tuscany and tresco , one of the isles of scilly .
another big difference between ‘exhibition’ and hogg’s earlier films is that here she’s more comfortable exploring the gaps between conversations and interactions . talk recedes , and instead we’re asked to concentrate on other noises – the roadworks outside or the internal sliding doors opening and shutting . for a lot of the film , we’re observing these characters , alone or together , not necessarily engaging . it’s a compelling study of a relationship , but one that demands patience . it’s curious and mysterious , as if we don’t have enough information to make a judgement call on them .
it’s a bit of a shame , then , that viewers aren’t allowed a bit more emotional access due to the pic’s fundamental lack of drama . some will feel there’s just too much time spent watching these characters do hardly anything at all , and at times we can’t even see them directly , just their reflections in windows , precisely aligned and framed by ed rutherford’s painstaking lensing . all in all , it’s an exquisite , chilly film about an exquisite , chilly couple with a very acute set of first world problems , like a richard curtis movie filmed by andrei tarkovsky , without the one - liners .
judged on artistic merits alone , “white earth” would be the category’s winner , but it has stiff competition in ellen goosenberg kent’s “crisis hotline : veterans press 1 , ” which grips us from the get - go with its opening statistic — “america’s veterans are killing themselves at a rate of 22 a day , nearly one every hour” — and never lets go . like a white - knuckle tv procedural , the docu takes us behind the scenes of the veterans crisis line center in canandaigua , n . y . , where trained pros team up to talk post - traumatic stress cases off the ledge . on the other end , troubled vets sit with loaded guns in hand or razor blades within reach , having taken the trouble to call the number before taking drastic action — or , in one case , while waiting for the pills to take effect ( a chilling real - world version of the scenario dramatized in live - action short nom “the phone call” with a far different outcome ) . clearly , something must be done to help vets cope with their experience , an idea the film addresses obliquely , emphasizing the call center’s day - to - day struggle to keep these survivors alive . for patriots and anti - war objectors alike , the film demonstrates the consequences of military service and brings the abstract idea of war back home in a powerful way , recognizing those who protect the men and women who fought to protect us .
it’s annoying , especially to women viewers , that every time a female actor over the age of 40 takes her clothes off in a film she’s called brave , but albertine’s willingness to expose herself here , physically and emotionally , is nevertheless impressive , especially since she’s not a professional thesp . a scene in which d masturbates in bed beside a sleeping h is astonishing , simultaneously quietly erotic , stridently sad and brutally honest about femme sexuality , exactly the opposite of pornographic convention . albertine deserves kudos , as does gillick and above all hogg , whose skill at coaxing spontaneous performances from semi - improvised dialogue has never been better showcased than it is here . audiences will never be in doubt that she and her cast members know these people from the inside out .
d and h aren’t on vacation , but it might look that way to anyone who’s not a self - employed creative type who works from home . she’s a performance artist , and he also does something in the arts — maybe architecture — although , like so much here , it’s not explained what exactly . they spend most of their time and the movie padding from their individual home offices to the bedroom to the living room of their lushly glazed modernist house ( designed by architect james melvin , to whom the film is dedicated ) , somewhere in the borough of uber - wealthy kensington and chelsea , and they . once in a while , he calls her on the phone’s intercom system , indirectly proposing a bout of sex to break up the day . mostly , she declines .
exhibition is a superbly glacial and composed experiment in fictional cine - portraiture ; a refrigerated study in domesticity and sophistication , mysterious and preposterous – a movie that might claim its lineage from rachel whiteread ' s cast sculpture house , or david hockney ' s painting mr and mrs clark and percy . hogg uses her characteristic long takes from fixed camera positions ; she uses available light , and a kind of middle - distance sound design ; it ' s a film - making technique that makes you expect people on screen to start speaking not english but austrian - accented german . this is a movie quite uninterested in the structural conventions of narrative , though there is a story – of a sort . it is also uninterested in the conventional tonal imperative of irony , though there is comedy , and tragedy – of a sort .
meanwhile , in the snowy north dakota depicted in “white earth , ” director j . christian jensen chronicles the influx of opportunity seekers to a quiet oil - drilling town , ignoring the laborers in favor of their families . terrence malick would love the kid jensen finds wiling away his days in a crowded trailer park — a still - innocent witness to this grim , impermanent living arrangement , where oil - field workers have extended their rvs via makeshift plywood walls , suggesting a ramshackle 21st - century version of the california gold rush . it’s obvious why the men have come , so the film wisely privileges their kids , who sometimes go weeks without seeing their parents , describing the pungent gas smell that permeates their clothes when they come home . this year , all five noms are chasing some ineffable sense of poetry , but only jensen achieves it with this stanford master’s thesis project , collecting and arranging details in a way that makes it feel as if we’re experiencing the scene in person , fending off the cold and chasing the dream .
the leads are non - professionals . the former lead singer of the slits , viv albertine , and the turner - nominated artist liam gillick play a childless couple , identified as d and h , both contemporary artists and evidently of considerable private means , able to follow their vocations without worrying about money . they live in a handsome modernist house in london , with huge rectilinear spaces and its own eccentric lift . it was once home to its real - life architect , the late james melvin , to whom the film is dedicated . there is some tension between them : h is considerably more successful than d , whose performance art has not yet found acclaim . they have tense conversations about her work ; their sex life is stalled and , in fact , the whole house seems to exist in a miasma of thwarted , introverted eroticism . when on her own , d does a great deal of masturbatory squirming and fantasising ; she dictates her dreams into a machine on waking and often falls asleep hunched against walls or on window sills , like a cat . her behaviour becomes progressively more disturbed and we are gradually introduced to her inner life ; the scenes hogg conjures have a mesmeric , hallucinatory quality .
thought the entire category is must - see viewing for oscar completists , two shorts — ‘white earth’ and ‘crisis hotline’ — are strong enough to make everyone’s to - watch list .
no doubt the least - watched of any oscar category , the documentary short films are the great beneficiaries of the academy’s magnanimity , both in continuing to recognize an outdated format and in directing attention toward worthy causes . in the early days , the prizes typically went to propaganda films made by the u . s . army , navy and marine corps . now , it’s one way ampas demonstrates its engagement with various social issues , nearly always celebrating subject matter over cinematic achievement , as evidenced by its selection of two polish - made terminal - illness portraits , two serious - minded employment impact studies and a pressing look at the veteran suicide epidemic .
fortunately , a couple of these noms — specifically , “white earth” and “crisis hotline : veterans press 1” — are truly exceptional films in their own right , treasures you almost certainly wouldn’t see if not for their nominated status ( the former debuted at slamdance but never ventured far from the festival circuit , the latter can be seen on hbo ) . thanks to the efforts of shorts international , however , they are also available in theaters , split across two hefty programs ; individually on vimeo and other online platforms ; or on - demand via select cable providers .
reviewed online , feb . 20 , 2015 , paris . running time : 164 min .
no doubt the least - watched of any oscar category , the documentary short films are the great beneficiaries of the academy’s magnanimity , both in continuing to recognize an outdated format and in directing attention toward worthy causes . in the early days , the prizes typically went to propaganda films made by the u . s . army , navy and marine corps . now , [ … ]
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updated with more details : fox searchlight’s the grand budapest hotel and birdman led the way this morning with nine mentions apiece as nominations were announced for the 87th oscars , with the weinstein company’s the imitation game following with eight . all three were included in the best picture race in a category that featured only eight of a possible 10 nominees , joining warner bros’ american sniper , early awards - season frontrunner boyhood from ifc films , focus feature’ the theory of everything , sony pictures classics’ whiplash and paramount’s selma .
selma , which had been left off of several awards lists before today , finally scored with a best pic nom , but director ava duvernay and lead actor david oyelowo were left off in their respective categories . among the late bloomers to score this morning was american sniper , which landed six noms overall including best pic , best actor for bradley cooper and best adapted screenplay for jason hall but not a best director nom for clint eastwood .
the best actor list features steve carell for foxcatcher , benedict cumberbatch for imitation game , michael keaton for birdman , and eddie redmayne for theory of everything . the best director noms are alejandro g . inarritu for birdman ( he also shared an original screenplay nom ) , bennett miller for foxcatcher , wes anderson for budapest , morten tyldum for imitation game and golden globe’s winner richard linklater for boyhood , which had six total noms today .
despite the success in the individual categories , foxcatcher also did not make the marquee best picture list . neither did fox searchlight’s wild . still , that studio dominated the morning with 21 total nominations .
frontrunner julianne moore led the best actress noms for sony classics’ still alice , joining marion cotillard for ifc’s two days , one night , felicity jones for theory of everything , rosamund pike for gone girl and reese witherspoon for wild .
the academy of motion picture arts & sciences unveiled nominations this morning at the samuel goldwyn theater in beverly hills in a special two - part announcement of all 24 categories .
best motion picture of the year american sniper clint eastwood , robert lorenz , andrew lazar , bradley cooper and peter morgan , producers birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) alejandro g . iñárritu , john lesher and james w . skotchdopole , producers boyhood richard linklater and cathleen sutherland , producers the grand budapest hotel wes anderson , scott rudin , steven rales and jeremy dawson , producers the imitation game nora grossman , ido ostrowsky and teddy schwarzman , producers selma christian colson , oprah winfrey , dede gardner and jeremy kleiner , producers the theory of everything tim bevan , eric fellner , lisa bruce and anthony mccarten , producers whiplash jason blum , helen estabrook and david lancaster , producers
performance by an actor in a supporting role robert duvall in the judge ethan hawke in boyhood edward norton in birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) mark ruffalo in foxcatcher j . k . simmons in whiplash
achievement in directing alejandro g . iñárritu , birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) richard linklater , boyhood bennett miller , foxcatcher wes anderson , the grand budapest hotel morten tyldum , the imitation game
original screenplay birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) written by alejandro g . iñárritu , nicolás giacobone , alexander dinelaris , jr . & armando bo boyhood written by richard linklater foxcatcher written by e . max frye and dan futterman the grand budapest hotel screenplay by wes anderson ; story by wes anderson & hugo guinness nightcrawler written by dan gilroy
achievement in cinematography birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) emmanuel lubezki the grand budapest hotel robert yeoman ida lukasz zal and ryszard lenczewski mr . turner dick pope unbroken roger deakins
achievement in costume design the grand budapest hotel milena canonero inherent vice mark bridges into the woods colleen atwood maleficent anna b . sheppard and jane clive mr . turner jacqueline durran
achievement in music written for motion pictures ( original score ) the grand budapest hotel alexandre desplat the imitation game alexandre desplat interstellar hans zimmer mr . turner gary yershon the theory of everything jóhann jóhannsson
achievement in production design the grand budapest hotel production design : adam stockhausen ; set decoration : anna pinnock the imitation game production design : maria djurkovic ; set decoration : tatiana macdonald interstellar production design : nathan crowley ; set decoration : gary fettis into the woods production design : dennis gassner ; set decoration : anna pinnock mr . turner production design : suzie davies ; set decoration : charlotte watts
achievement in sound mixing american sniper john reitz , gregg rudloff and walt martin birdman or ( the unexpected virtue of ignorance ) jon taylor , frank a . montaño and thomas varga interstellar gary a . rizzo , gregg landaker and mark weingarten unbroken jon taylor , frank a . montaño and david lee whiplash craig mann , ben wilkins and thomas curley
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we were kind of similar to each other : [ of ] the same age , with a similar sense of humor , similar way of perceiving the world , loving life in the simplest things of its manifestations , tasting life with great sensibility . it certainly helped to get closer to each other and gain confidence , which then translated into a movie .
i try to work in this way . i prefer to find out about people from their behavior and relationships and build the story on that . there is nothing more interesting than to be able to get into somebody ' s life , stay there for a while and have a chance to watch their daily life . i need to have the honest picture that later on the audience could believe ; would really feel and would be emotionally connected . i am really fascinated in that kind of movie . i am fascinated by the human being . their emotions , relationships , weaknesses , strengths , temptations they cannot resist , masks they put on , hidden and revealed aspects of their conscious and subconscious . i love to absorb , to watch and to see , to listen and to hear .
there were three of us : the cinematographer , the sound man and me . when the scenes were very intimate , only łucasz was with the family .
the crew had to be invisible as much as possible . therefore we were often shooting while hiding behind the trees , behind the house . we shot through a window , a mirror , a reflection . we used long lenses to reduce the distance and achieve the feeling of closeness and intimacy . we did not want to destroy the intimacy and privacy of the family in the time spent together . we had to behave with extraordinary sensitivity and discretion .
day after day we all became more and more friends , and my protagonists familiarized themselves with the crew and the camera so that they behaved normally . but of course , at the beginning of shooting janek was constantly looking in to the camera . every time i asked -
janek , please take care of what you do and do not look in to the camera
- he looked even more . so one day i ran into a simple but such a brilliant idea ! i asked him to keep looking directly into the camera . so he stopped .
i knew it from the very beginning . i just felt it like that . while reading a blog i imagined the movie to be exactly impressionistic . the only difficulty was to find the right cinematographer and explain my vision to him . it wasn ' t easy to find the one who really felt what i was talking about . fortunately łucasz żal understood what the movie is about and how i [ wanted ] it to look . we were talking for hours about the visual aesthetic . and finally i had no doubt , and during the the whole process of shooting i was comforted in the belief that łucasz was the perfect choice . i was so lucky .
our next project will be the feature - length documentary , also very intimate and emotional . we are also in the process of writing a feature fiction screenplay based on a true story .
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the strange fact is that d and h want to move out of this extraordinary house , in which they have spent most of their adult lives , and on which they have lavished such care . they have presumably already found somewhere new ; where they are moving is never mentioned , and neither is the asking price of the current place . tom hiddleston has a cameo as a sleek , courtier - like estate agent . why are they moving ? because , as artists , they feel in some sense that they have outgrown the house and need to develop further , in a new context ? or is it because something terrible has happened to them there , something they can never mention ? this could be at the root of their dysfunction , somehow fused with the eerily calm house itself ; something that can only be expressed or reclaimed by being tacitly transformed – into art .
it is an enigma manipulated and maintained with mastery . hogg ' s approach is something that might be called asatirical : the anxieties of the bohemian classes are held up for stringent inspection , but not ridicule . d and h are a world away from , say , alan bennett ' s stringalongs , and they are also subtly different from daniel auteuil and juliette binoche as the troubled couple in michael haneke ' s 2005 drama hidden , who like d and h live high - status lives almost barricaded inside a gorgeous modern home in the middle of a capital city .
d and h ' s comfortable existence is not there to be tortured and lacerated , although at one point there is a very hanekerian confrontation with a man who has had the bad taste to park in h ' s private slot . this clash is not the point . these are tremors and after - shocks to something that has already happened .
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viv albertine , liam gillick , tom hiddleston , harry kershaw , mary roscoe , christopher mcwatters .
the two protagonists of “exhibition” are known only by their initials , d ( musician viv albertine , guitarist for femme punk band the slits ) and h ( conceptual artist liam gillick , a contemporary of the now - not - so - young british artists who came to prominence in the 1990s ) . they could easily be friends , relatives or , at the very least , neighbors of the characters in hogg’s other films . indeed , d and h’s unnamed neighbor ( mary roscoe ) , a barrister’s wife who’s in a permanent fret about her children , could be virtually the same character roscoe played in “unrelated . ”
with its crisp right angles and clanging spiral staircase , its complex system of sliding doors and whispering garden of wind - ruffled foliage , the house is a third protagonist in the story , the pampered and adored child substitute for d and h . for reasons also never explained , they have decided to sell up and move out after 18 years ( perhaps the house is going off to college ) . in negotiations with the real - estate agents ( one of whom is played by tom hiddleston , who made his bigscreen debut in “unrelated” ) , d and h try to ensure that no one buys the house planning to tear it down or even change it .
clearly , the thought of moving has disturbed the couple’s equilibrium , and a great weight of resentment and ennui is discernible beneath their testy verbal exchanges . d is possibly the one who’s more attached to their home ; the striped shirts she frequently wears echo the horizontal lines of the venetian blinds . she’s imprisoned herself there , and seems frightened of going out for an evening stroll with h , who comes and goes more easily . the house is her stage , and she literally makes an exhibition of herself , like one of those lingerie - clad prostitutes who sit in cozy amsterdam windows , as she plays erotically with her semi - naked body ; at one point she wraps herself in fluorescent tape in front of her office’s open window . there’s no dire consequence to this , as there might be in a more melodramatically minded movie , but the superbly crafted soundtrack of source noises makes it clear that the outside world — of passing pedestrians and cars and , at one point , a screaming ambulance — is just beyond the glass .
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hogg’s films are so fearlessly intelligent , and are built with such steel - enforced formal precision , that you feel as if you should check twice to see if she’s really british , although she grew up in a village near tunbridge wells , was mentored by derek jarman in her twenties , and directed episodes of casualty and eastenders before her debut feature , unrelated , was released in 2007 , which pretty much settles it 50 times over .
d , played by the former punk singer viv albertine , is in love with the place : when we first see her she’s curled up against the window , like a caterpillar who’s found somewhere to pupate . h , her husband , is played by the conceptual artist liam gillick , and is trying to remain frostily practical .
both are artists , although d is suffering from creative block brought on by some unspecified past trauma . whatever happened has made her fearful of the outside world , particularly at night , and as she pads around her home we hear the city pressing in on all sides , in sirens , shouts and engine noise . she tries to plan a performance piece in her studio , and its huge windows , partly obscured by wooden blinds , turn the house into a queasy hybrid of fish tank and peep show .
hogg plays games with glassy surfaces , nesting reflections inside reflections to the point at which we can no longer tell if the camera is indoors or out . later the theme of inside and outside , public and private , is made fun of in some ripplingly funny skits about a parking space and an awful dinner party , from which d stages an inspired escape .
the couple have no children . is this significant , or connected to d’s unspoken upset ? hogg withholds the specifics , and lets you decode things for yourself . her camera rarely moves , but every shot is composed with total artistry , building to a final image that’s somehow both joyful and devastating . this is work from the forefront of our new national cinema , and it rattles your nerves like stones in a tin .
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but like those films , ‘exhibition’ succeeds in making us feel deeply uncomfortable for peering into other people’s lives . there are times here – when d is rehearsing some strange art performance , or when d and h are going through the motions of sex – that you’re not sure where to look . there’s something about the way hogg casts non - actors ( albertine is a former punk star ; gillick is an artist ) that only increases the discomfort .
that’s not to say ‘exhibition’ is inaccessible or aloof . there’s sly humour to it , and some of the bursts of talk – especially meetings with the neighbours – are spiky and funny . certainly , there’s something very particular about d and h being artists that makes their lives feel distant from most of us . yet ‘exhibition’ also reminds us that behind closed doors , all families , relationships and affairs look very odd when you put them under the microscope .
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hell night is a 1981 american slasher film directed by tom desimone , written by randy feldman , and starring linda blair .

the film also blends elements of slasher films and haunted house-themed films .

while reception was generally mixed , the film has developed a large cult following since its release .

future film director chuck russell ( a nightmare on elm street 3 : dream warriors , the blob , the mask ) served as an executive producer , while his long-time collaborator frank darabont served as a production assistant .

the film was nominated for a razzie for worst actress for blair .

hell night was also the final film released by compass international pictures .

hell night

welcome to hell , my arse ! if you think this is hell , try the graft on a friday night .
hell at night , good during the day ! - review of h . top royal beach
the
almost original
hell yeah ! night will be soaked in inner beauty hot sauce .
ra : gigolo records label night . dj hell album release at tresor , berlin ( 2011 )
hell night is atop st . louis ' metal scene — with the best dreadlocks in the business
george greenidge , a . k . a . doctor pepper , engages the crowd at east coast grill’s final hell night .
hell at night , good during the day ! - review of h . top royal beach , lloret de mar - tripadvisor
hell night brought out the gimp at least a decade before pulp fiction was even a twinkle in quentin tarantino ' s eye .
r . city - hell of a night is a new 2017 dancehall meets r & b ; banger produced by dj frass .
on this night , current chef - owner jason heard is re - creating the scene one more time , reviving the spiciest dishes from the past decades , like pasta from hell and scorpion chile - artichoke dip . he has called the event “one last night in hell . ”
a table of 20 - somethings who probably weren’t born during the first hell night drink beer next to tim dineen , who says he assists doctor pepper with his costumes . he stands off to the side as waiters brush past , tugging at his hell night t - shirt .
hell’s kitchen australia couldn’t break the one million viewer barrier last night in another sign that channel 7 is struggling to find a runaway hit .
hell night is a 1981 american independent horror film ( with elements of creature features ) . tom desimone directed the film , which was written by randy feldman and stars linda blair . the film depicts a night of fraternity hazing (
hell night
) set in an old manor , during which a deformed maniac terrorizes and murders many of the college students .
a deluge of cantabrigian tears have suppressed the flames of hell night—the legendary night of spicy specials at the former incarnation of east coast grill—since the inman square restaurant hosted its final masochistic meal in 2016 . while new owners mark romano and marci joy revived ecg favorites like the jerk wings from hell , and may resuscitate the special night of spiciness in the future , a new restaurant enters to fill the fiery void . the automatic is firing up the first - ever hell yeah ! night on monday , may 1 .
exclusive backstage access to the world premiere of the bat out of hell musical .
“you want a description of hell ? i can give it to you . ”
at the friday night party , musk again addressed his audience of employees with some potentially reassuring words : “i look forward to working alongside you through our journey through hell . as the saying goes , if you’re going through hell , keep going . ”
joe walsh and bad company will co - headline a 25 - date u . s . trek this summer , aptly dubbed the one hell of a night tour .
hell night is atop st . louis ' metal scene — with the best dreadlocks in the business | music stories | st . louis news and events | riverfront times
the exciting part is probably over . but it has been an unforgettable night .
brand new copy of hell night pray for day , feel free to message me with any questions you may have . order will be shipped within five days of payment .
since the automatic debuted , it has featured schlesinger’s inner beauty hot sauce , the scotch bonnet - driven bomb that fueled many hell night specials . for hell yeah ! night—which is somehow hillbilly - themed—chef ian andreotta has inner beauty “on steroids” gracing the automatic’s flat patty burger , along with spicy pepper aioli . other specials include shrimp and hot shit grits , with habanero grits and jalapeño jam ; an asian refresh of ecg’s classic pasta from hell , with ghost pepper sausage , jalapeño , and pine nuts tossed with lo mein noodles ; and a revival of the original hell night’s wmds ( wings of mass destruction ) .
one of hell’s kitchen’s saving graces was that australian survivor , on ten , is faring even worse . the jonathan lapaglia - hosted show averaged 606 , 000 viewers last night .
hell night may have an intriguing set - up , but ultimately it suffers from bland execution and a rather uneventful narrative , which results in just another forgettable slasher from the 80s .
hell night ( dark messiah in japan ) is a first - person survival horror , developed and published in japan by atlus for the sony playstation system . konami published it in europe .
peter bennett , the president of the alpha sigma rho fraternity , is making four pledges : marti , jeff , seth , and denise stay at garth manor until dawn on hell night .
hell yeah ! night , monday , may 1 , 5 - 11 p . m . , the automatic , 50 hampshire st . , cambridge , 617 - 714 - 5226 , urltoken .
from scream factory :
today we can ( finally ) provide some more concrete updates on our plans for the 1981 horror favorite hell night . here’s what we can divulge at this time :
across the way , hyde park’s john towle beams with pleasure as he picks apart a hell bone .
“you want a description of hell , ” kipp recalled . “i can give it to you . ”
george greenidge , a . k . a . doctor pepper , engages the crowd as east coast grill chef jason heard churns out the spicy food for the full house on the final hell night .
cummings , michael j . “twelfth night , or what you will : a study guide . ”
scarlett johansson leads a bachelorette weekend from hell in a dark comedy that teeters between formula and something fresh .
who ' s been decapitating the innocent girls at a local night school ? the police are baffled .
“hell night’s hours and hours of special features raise this scream factory blu - ray disc to a must own for any horror / slasher geek . recommended . ” – a . w . kautzer , the movie isle
what we did see suggested that black men from deprived neighbourhoods have a cat in hell’s chance of going free .
hell night starring linda blair on dvd & blu - ray combo re releasd in early 2018 with plenty of extras new interviews with some of the casts , writers , director & producers , hell night was produced for $ 1 . 4 million in late 1980 but even though it was produced on a small bubjert it truly is a beautiful film to watch with production values up there . . . yes it is a tad cheesy at times but it has a fun casts & some good old fashioned scares , it ' s fitting that l bought hell night from smile amazon . com as they donate 5 % to linda blair ' s very own charity the linda blair world heart foundation .
hell’s kitchen australia couldn’t break the one million viewer barrier in another sign that seven is struggling to find a runaway hit .
not the first time the abc has done this sort of thing just goes to prove the abc is biased as hell .
( 2 . 5 . 92 ) : tartarus . in classical mythology , tartarus was part of hades ( hell ) .
than love that would seem hid : love’s night is noon . ( 3 . 1 . 114 - 115 )
the members of hell night look to one another to be sure everyone is ready , then wordlessly begin their set with a simple four - count . the room is still half - empty as the group crashes into its thunderous opening song .
schlesinger introduced the biannual hell night in the 1980s , and it remained a hard ticket to come by , especially after being featured on kristen kish’s travel channel show , 36 hours . safe to assume spice fiends are burning with desire for another go at the fiery feast , so get your reservations in for hell yeah ! at the automatic by emailing reservations @ urltoken .
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awesome restoration . i was 18 years old when i saw hell night and it was love at first fright ! ! i got the blu - ray for the bonus features that my very old dvd does not have . it was everything i expected and more .
one dark night 12 years ago , madman raymond garth butchered his wife and children in their creepy mansion before killing himself . legend has it that one child survived the slaughter and remains hidden in the house as a deformed monster . tonight , a group of fraternity and sorority pledges must spend the night in garth manor on the anniversary of the killings . but even if these college kids can handle one wild evening of sex , partying and pranks , will they survive the ultimate horrors of
hell night
?
patients would no longer have to wake up in the middle of the night to take their pills , purdue told doctors . one oxycontin tablet in the morning and one before bed would provide “smooth and sustained pain control all day and all night . ”
hell hell hell just returned from 6 days of hell sunshine holidays never informed me that during my stay i would have to live with 400 italian students , as you can imagine , the noise was unbelievable , screaming running up and down outside my room door at 2 / 3 o ' clock in the morning , the hotel absolutely nothing to stop this , they were out of control , my complaints to sunshine was fobbed off . so i will we staring clear of them in future . . . . please if you are going to stay at this hotel check first before you book ,
an orphaned teenager finds himself being dominated by his aunt who ' s hell - bent on keeping him with her . . . at all costs .
winner of best musical at the evening standard theatre awards 2017 , jim steinman’s bat out of hell is now playing at the dominion theatre , london .
not to be confused with the movie of the same name , neither the pal version of a konami arcade rail shooter , evil night .
“frankly , we’re going to be in production hell , ” he told a crowd of tesla employees . “for at least six months , maybe longer . ”
but the hell’s kitchen launch was down 24 per cent compared to last year’s zumbo’s just desserts which had the benefit of premiering straight after the rio olympics .
when this seemingly innocent night turns deadly , these college students will do anything to survive hell night . directed by genre filmmaker tom desimone ( reform school girls , angel iii : the final chapter ) , this slasher classic has a talented young cast including linda blair ( the exorcist ) , vincent van patten ( rock ' n ' roll high school ) , peter barton ( friday the 13th : the final chapter ) and kevin brophy ( the seduction ) .
a throng sways snakelike to the right , allowing a wild - haired man with a cane and parachute pants to pass into the frigid night air .
she said it was
unbelievably warm and scary
so it was
time to go
, when she was packing her car last night .
philip jacques de loutherbourg , coalbrookdale at night ( 1801 ) : oil on canvas , 68 × 106 . 5 cm . science museum , london .
hell’s kitchen got an absolute grilling on social media which suggests that its numbers could tumble further over coming nights . seven has it scheduled to screen three nights a week .
four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion , where they are stalked by the monstrous survivor of a family massacre years earlier .
amateur night , but it doesn ' t stop those regressives telling us how to live , how to act and think . they can ' t even read .
this time , the pretext is a fraternity - sorority initiation stunt . the venue is an old mansion . we learn that the hapless garth family once lived there and had four deformed and handicapped children . the misfortunes of the children are described in great detail , with dialogue that ' s in very bad taste . but then of course “hell night” is in bad taste . the only child that need concern us is the youngest garth , who was named andrew and was born , we are told , a
gork .
none of the dictionaries at my command include the word
gork ,
but for the purposes of “hell night” we can define
gork
thus :
sitting in the green room upstairs at the ready room while the release party for hell night ' s new album is underway downstairs , fair is somewhat dismissive of his hair , which by this point has been the subject of innumerable questions posed by music journalists .
this is the result of 23 years of neglect ,
he laughs .
spoiler alert : do not read on unless you’ve seen season 7 , episode 3 of “ american horror story , ” titled “neighbors from hell , ” which aired on sept . 19 .
“welcome to production hell , ” musk said , chuckling , to the audience of engineers , designers and factory line workers amassed on friday night at the back of the factory . “it’s going to be where we are for at least six months , maybe longer . but you guys know this ; you’re veterans . you’ve been through this , ” musk said .
sunshine coast councillor rick baberowski said residents would probably be more comfortable staying with family and friends but was last night urging anyone without that option to come to the centre .
is this a revival meeting ? a rally ? similar fervor , but nope . this is a last chance for loyal patrons to pay homage to hell night — a recurring , reservations - only meal featuring east coast grill’s most blistering dishes , known to reduce many to tears of pleasure and pain . the 30 - year - old landmark closed jan . 23 .
i was running this conversation through my memory while watching “hell night . ” you know a movie is in trouble when what is happening on the screen inspires daydreams . i had lasted through the first reel , and nothing had happened . now i was somewhere in the middle of the third reel , and still nothing had happened . by
nothing ,
by the way , i mean nothing original , unexpected , well - crafted , interestingly acted , or even excitingly violent . “hell night” is a relentlessly lackluster example of the dead teenager movie . the formula is always the same . a group of kids get together for some kind of adventure or forbidden ritual in a haunted house , summer camp , old school , etc . one of the kids tells a story about the horrible and gruesome murders that happened there years ago . he always ends the same way :
, and they say the killer never died and is still lurking here somewhere .
that was the formula of “the burning” and the “friday the 13th” movies , and it ' s the formula again in “hell night . ”
write an essay describing how dramatic irony enhances the comic situations in twelfth night . dramatic irony occurs when a character does not see or understand what is obvious to the audience .
1 . viewers don’t buy a nasty marco pierre white . it is easy to imagine gordon ramsay , who presents the us version of hell’s kitchen , as a hellfire host . but aussies know pierre white from his guest spots on masterchef australia and hosting masterchef : the professionals where he was firm but fair . it feels like he is playing a cartoon version of himself on hell’s kitchen .
urltoken hell night : linda blair , vincent van patten , peter barton , kevin brophy , jenny neumann , suki goodwin , jimmy sturtevant , hal ralston , carey fox , ron gans , gloria heilman , jean hasselhoff , mac ahlberg , tom desimone , bruce cohn curtis , chuck russell , irwin yablans , joseph wolf , mark l . rosen , randy feldman : movies & tv
a better than average post -
halloween
haunted house slasher starring that cherubic sex dumplin ' of the b - movie screen , linda blair . god help me , but there is just something about this cheesy oh - so - eighties horror flick that i inexplicably love . for starters ,
hell night
boasts nice photography and loads of creepy atmosphere ( it was filmed in and around a genuine gothic mansion ) , it contains a few decent scares , and it features a pretty freaky looking deformed killer that in my estimation would on sight cause the average person to shit their pants in real life . on top of all that , well ,
hell night
stars that cherubic sex dumplin ' of the b - movie screen , linda blair .
and so a cultish curiosity was born . hell night became a rite of passage , like your first trip to newbury comics as a teenager . did you get in ? you ate what ? was your stomach ever the same ? the fiery faithful became known as chile - heads . the motto , spelled out on the bottom of the menu : “no wimps . absolutely no substitutions . ”
check out the it comes at night trailer below . the film opens august 25th and stars joel edgerton , riley keough , christopher abbott , kelvin harrison jr . , and carmen ejogo .
for now hell night intends to keep working at its own pace , which is paradoxically laid - back and breakneck at the same time . songwriting , recording and the sound of the music itself all carry a sense of immediacy , but there is no rush to find a label , no plans to tour eight months out of the year ( as fair had grown accustomed to in the past ) . the youngest member of hell night , drummer adam arseneau , is 33 . bassist eric eyster is the oldest ; fair and white estimate his age at 117 ( he ' s actually 47 ) . with full - time jobs and families , the band ' s members have set their goals on something ultimately far more important than industry success : having fun and playing music they love .
“rough night , ” a bachelorette - party - from - hell thriller comedy that’s got some push and some laughs , despite its essentially formulaic nature , is a perfect example of why hollywood needs ( many ) more women filmmakers . do we want to see more women directors who have the scalding audacity of a kathryn bigelow , or who can turn a tent - pole origin story [ … ]
fair , meanwhile , opted to spend his time skateboarding , a passion since he was eight years old ( surprisingly , he ' s only run over his own hair in the process once ) . it was through skateboarding that fair first met hell night guitarist and founding member andy white . when the band ' s former vocalist mike craft left suddenly in early 2016 , fair hopped on board .
general tickets for the one hell of a night tour are set to go on sale either march 11th or 12th , depending on venue , primarily at 10 a . m . local time . pre - sale in select markets for american express or citi cardmembers begins march 8th at 10 a . m . local time . special vip ticket packages that include a meet - and - greet will also be available .
brian fair , vocalist of the rising st . louis punk / metal act hell night , has the most impressive set of dreadlocks you will ever see , anywhere . they flow from the top of his head to the tips of his shoes , 72 inches of hair that he uses to great effect on stage , whipping the snake - like tendrils to and fro like a human cat o ' nine tails .
there are no focus groups in hell night ,
white adds with a laugh .
some things are sort of calculated , but it ' s very casual , man . i ' ve been in bands before where i feel like everything is too overthought , so if something was taking us , like , four practices to write it , i would be like , ' something ' s wrong . '
he ' ll night is a pretty good horror movie . there is no nudity in the movie which is rare . no gore . there is talking in the movie but it ' s not overdone .
hell’s half mile events is a non - profit organization dedicated to celebrating and expanding the art of independent film , music , and entertainment . we strive to exceed expectations , while inspiring our community to participate in the arts .
there were many banners greeting manchester united as they arrived in istanbul . some said it would be their last 48 hours alive . others said :
rip manchester
. the most famous proclaimed :
welcome to hell
.
four college pledges are forced to spend the night in a deserted old mansion where they get killed off one by one by the monstrous surviving members of a family massacre years earlier for trespassing on their living grounds .
how about stop promoting 4 corners on monday night during the 7pm news . this was just as dumb as last year with the 7 : 30 report giving the checkout chick airtime for her putin versus abbott satire .
he was meant to have his sons at home last night , but had arranged for them to stay elsewhere , as he ' d seen the thick smoke plumes billowing on his way home from nambour earlier friday afternoon .
loud metal music remains a lackluster inducer of labor , apparently ; white ' s wife will make it through the night with the baby still on board . which is good , because white has enough to worry about with tonight ' s release party performance . the band ' s new four - song ep , hell night songs , is a quick - and - dirty ripper of an offering that follows closely on the heels of the band ' s december ep human shelves . its title is an homage to cinderella ' s 1986 lp night songs ; the band even covered that album ' s title track as its opener . the three original tracks are characteristically thick and heavy , filled with rock riffs pushed through a hardcore / metal filter that compel daydreams about chainsaws . ( or maybe weed whackers ? ) the entire ep was recorded in just one day in february by gabe usery at encapsulated studios .
the victorious floyd mayweather hails conor mcgregor’s showing after their superfight in las vegas on saturday . ‘he fought a hell of a fight , ’ says the undefeated american . mayweather prevailed in the 10th round with a tko to take his record to 50 - 0
“ hell night is a very fun , well - made slasher film with a notable star from the 1980s heyday of the horror subgenre . scream factory doesn’t let their opportunity to release it go to waste either , with a terrific onslaught of brand new interviews for this collector’s edition . the film looks and sounds about as good as it’s going to with the materials available . . . its truly the best edition of this film you’re going to find . ” – brandon peters , why so blu
“this is what east coast grill does best . unbelievable flavor . hot as hell . ” he blushes and composes himself . “i’m what you might call a schlesinger groupie . i have the cookbooks . i’ve been to about 10 of these things , ” he says .
even between a pair of identical twins ( steffan and nicholas obligingly stepped forward in last night’s film ) with the same upbringing , even the same dna , there can be big differences in concentration , comprehension or the sheer will to read something .
. shakespeare wrote the play in the festive spirit of the twelfth night of the christmas season , january 6 , as part of events celebrating the holiday season . the play uses mix - ups , pranks , and comic dialogue to achieve its effect .
some tesla employees will likely buckle under the production - hell pressure , although musk himself is unusually committed to help in these hardcore situations . with the model x , musk famously slept in a sleeping bag on the production line of the factory until the manufacturing issues were worked out .
life inside jail : hell on earth ( itv ) also stressed the importance of family . locked up in the women’s section of new york state’s albany jail were numerous mothers , depending on their own parents to look after their children , eating themselves up with guilt over the separation .
a note about our new 4k scan : we did an extensive search for the original film elements , but were unable to locate them . therefore , this new transfer comes from a 4k scan of the best surviving archival 35mm film print of hell night . we did extensive color correction and film restoration to clean up any film damage . because the print was missing some minor footage , so we have inserted a small amount of standard definition footage to deliver the complete film . we hope you enjoy this new restoration of this ‘80s horror classic .
mike mckiernan ; philip jacques de loutherbourg , coalbrookdale at night ( 1801 ) : oil on canvas , 68 × 106 . 5 cm . science museum , london . , occupational medicine , volume 58 , issue 5 , 1 august 2008 , pages 316–317 , urltoken
hell night throws you into its story in a hurry , telling you almost nothing for a long time . after the opening cut scene you’re tossed into a series of meandering hallways without anything in the way of instructions . you’ll have someone with you to talk with , but she doesn’t really have many interesting things to say so i didn’t speak with her for long . instead , i set about exploring the corridors trying to figure out where i could possibly be . i wasn’t given a whole lot of time to look before the monster showed up .
hell had lost some of its fire and when liverpool faced galatasaray some years later their fans carried a banner which drew on some of their experiences of the grafton , described by those in the know as one of merseyside ' s
low - budget , grab - a - granny nightclub .
trey edward shults’ post - apocalyptic thriller it comes at night seems designed to start conversations about man’s essential nature , the limits of tribalism , and the relative merits of becoming a doomsday prepper . for a considered and adult discussion of the movie , please read dana stevens’ review .
“we engineered it [ the model 3 ] to be a lot easier to build , ” said musk at the friday night party .
we’ve got the part count down , made it light , and made it affordable ,
explained musk during his presentation at the party .
walsh and bad company will alternate headlining duties each night , while british singer - songwriter steve rodgers will open with an acoustic set . the trek kicks off may 9th at the gexa energy pavilion in dallas and wraps july 3rd at the carl black chevy woods amphitheater at fontanel in nashville .
shakespeare mixes twelfth night with a potpourri of ingredients to achieve his comic effect—a set of twins , some situation comedy , a dash of dramatic irony , a goodly dollop of romance , three boisterous merrymakers , and a puritanical sourpuss . following is an explanation of how shakespeare uses these ingredients :
i have now of course , given away the plot of “hell night . ” as the fraternity and sorority kids creep through passageways of the old house , their candle flames fluttering in the wind , andrew the gork picks them off , one by one , in scenes of bloody detail . finally only linda blair is left . why does she survive ? maybe because she ' s a battle - hardened veteran , having previously more or less lived through “ the exorcist , ” “exorcist ii : the heretic , ” and “born innocent . ” at least in those movies , something happened in the first reel .
yes . so there’s a whole other version of the ending that i have . it’s a final nightmare , basically , and these nightmares throughout are supposed to put you closer to what is going on inside travis’ head and what he’s battling in his subconscious and get you closer to him , beyond just being scary or whatever . and there was a final one that was basically travis’ reality has become a nightmare , so it’s all just a nightmare , and it was like a sort of dying fever dream where he confronts everything and it’s like his personal hell . and his hell is his house and his parents and facing what they’ve done .
this may be sounding a bit like scp - 087 , but there is a key difference . while the movement speed of the creature in both scp - 087 games is steady , it still moves at an almost lazy speed . the creature would advance on me like something out of an 80’s horror movie , slow but determined . i thought the creatures in hell night would be the same after sneaking up on one of them and watching it move for a while . i was almost smug the next time i ran into one , a feeling i only maintained until the creature ran toward me at a staggering speed .
5 . nothing is at stake . on masterchef australia the winner gets $ 250 , 000 . but the winner of hell’s kitchen gets a mere $ 50 , 000 for their favourite charity . that sort of figure just doesn’t cut it in 2017 . contestants can win 20 times that much in a single episode of hot seat .
at the back of tesla’s fremont , calif . factory last friday night - - surrounded by thousands of tesla employees and under the spotlight of cameras and a video live stream - - musk showed off the first 30 of the company’s new model 3 electric cars , awaiting pickup by customers , including many employees .
deceit drives the plot of twelfth night , causing many mix - ups and much mischief before the curtain falls on the final act . ironically , the most likable and upright character in the play , viola , is also the chief dissembler . she foreshadows her own deceitful behavior when she tells a ship captain ,
“ rough night , ” a bachelorette - party - from - hell thriller comedy that’s got some push and some laughs , despite its essentially formulaic nature , is a perfect example of why hollywood needs ( many ) more women filmmakers . do we want to see more women directors who have the scalding audacity of a kathryn bigelow , or who can turn a tent - pole origin story like “wonder woman” into a cultural event the way patty jenkins did ? duh and duh . that said , we also need more women to direct the mor entertainment of the week . in the case of a goofy - nasty bad - behavior farce like “ rough night , ” directed and co - written by lucia aniello , what’s novel isn’t so much the plot as the spin , the female gaze , the inside - the - club sensibility . that , for all the cookie - cutter elements , is what’s fresh about the movie , and why it should find a solid audience .
they were literally , they were trying to turn up the low end and see if they could shake the baby out of there ,
fair says .
we just went and saw them the other night with anthrax here , and they were like , ' man , we tried so hard . '
it’s smart , and necessary , for tesla to do everything it can to make its employees happy during this “production hell” crunchtime . under musk ' s leadership , the car company is notorious for pushing its employees to the limits to reach audacious goals . executive turnover at times has been high , and workers have reportedly suffered due to aggressive timelines .
entering / exiting the barracks : you probably won ' t get to play this game until a little later in the day . at some point during this first day , in - processing will be complete , and it will be time to retire to the barracks to unpack and enjoy a good night ' s sleep .
originally written as a musical , bat out of hell went on to become one of the most iconic and successful albums of all time . 40 years later , this critically acclaimed , smash hit ' brings the theatre and its audience thrillingly alive ' ( the stage ) with its jaw - dropping , boundary pushing spectacle and jim steinman and meat loafs legendary hits .
before being able to join alpha sigma rho fraternity and its sister sorority , four pledges must spend the night in garth manor , twelve years to the day after the previous resident murdered his entire family . some , however , say that one member of the garth family survived , and still resides somewhere in the now - deserted mansion .
filming hell night took only 40 days . the majority of the movie was shot in three locations : the outside of garth manor was shot at a mansion in redlands , california . ( the kimberly crest mansion was converted from a private residence to a museum shortly after filming was completed . ) the hedge maze was brought in as there was no actual garden maze on the mansion property . the inside of garth manor was filmed in a residential home in pasadena , california . the frat party was filmed in an apartment lobby in los angeles , california . the many underground tunnels filmed in the movie were actually no more than two corridors in which the director had the actors running repeatedly through from different angles .
spoiler alert : do not read on unless you’ve seen season 7 , episode 3 of “american horror story , ” titled “neighbors from hell , ” which aired on sept . 19 . the isolation of ally ( sarah paulson ) is in full swing . after she shot and killed her former employee pedro at the end of the last episode , her neighbors and [ … ]
calleigh zeroes in on a suspect : donny ' s girlfriend kelly , who was with him the night of miranda ' s murder . she wanted the trial ended so that she didn ' t have to testify and jeopardize her engagement to her wealthy finace . her handwriting isn ' t a match for the killer ' s note , either .
that could be part of the motivation behind why the gathering on friday night was so focused on the employees . employee customers got the first cars , and thousands of employees surrounded musk on stage . some new tesla faces - - including tesla designers , engineers and factory - line workers - - were given an opportunity to address the audience .
elon musk marked an important moment for his electric vehicle company tesla on friday night . in a move that symbolized the first step in tesla’s shift from a luxury car maker to a mass market one , musk handed the keys to his first ever mainstream car , the model 3 , to 30 people at the company’s factory in fremont , calif .
everything seemed as if it was allowed to be attacked . they let the supporters in at the airport with all the ' welcome to hell ' banners . they could only have come in with the police ' s say - so . it was all about taking a team out of its comfort zone and , if you have done that , then you have won half the battle .
the match itself was the least memorable part of the whole story , a goalless draw that in roy keane ' s eyes saw galatasaray
pull every stroke in the book , diving , time - wasting , badgering the referee ,
to obtain the result that would eliminate united on the away - goals rule . then , in keane ' s words :
all hell broke loose
.
somehow i think media watch will be mentioned in this weeks micallef show for mentioning mad as hell being mentioned on the news and being called out by mr . barry so there is a reason to parody the abc being upset with paul barry which will make other people upset and then that can be a real news item for the abc to broadcast and then everyone gets more air time , aaaahhhhh
hotel claims a 4 star rating when in reality is no more than a 2 star . furniture old , outdated and falling apart , small bath / shower room . tv very old fashioned . also the hotel was full of students running riot throughout the night as there is a disco across from the hotel with opening hours 21 . 00 - 05 . 00 .
the climax of twelfth night occurs when viola and sebastian reunite and their true identities become known to everyone . their reunion sets up the conclusion ( or denouement ) , in which preparations are made for the marriage of viola to orsino and sebastian to olivia . the conclusion also explains how the plotters against malvolio carried out the prank that caused him to appear insane .
ninety - nine percent of the people who see “rough night” will have no idea that it lifts its premise , and much of its flavor , from an edgy and overlooked 1998 movie called “ very bad things , ” which starred christian slater and was peter berg’s first film as a director . it was about a group of guys who accidentally kill a prostitute during a bachelor party in vegas ; what they do to hide the disaster is hideous but — as berg staged it — creepily plausible , and the film , though it never caught on , had a queasy power as a foray into the dark side of the male psyche . “rough night” is a lighter entertainment . it’s “very bad things” with the sexes reversed , but also with a harmless synthetic dollop of the “hangover” films , a replay of the best - friend - of - the - bride jealousy drama of “bridesmaids , ” plus a touch of “weekend at bernie’s . ” it’s all been mashed together in the comedy compactor , yet the best thing about “rough night” is the feisty , claws - out spontaneity of its competitive banter between “sisters” who love and hate each other .
the music is important because the graphics look really dated . unlike the snes era , i find ps1 games just look awful when i see them these days , and beyond a couple of places hell night just doesn’t look that good . its worst offense is that the monster just seems kind of goofy looking up close . he looks like a robot out of an anime , and that took away some of the fear i might have felt otherwise . the locations also just look a lot like the hallways from every early first - person shooter . you probably know them well if you’ve ever played wolfenstein 3d or doom . there’s just lots of nonsense hallways that don’t serve any purpose or have any reason to them . they work as a playground to dodge around a monster , but they’re pretty uninspired and dull .
like a bat out of hell , jim steinman ' s new musical has soared in its world premiere west end season at the london coliseum , opening to a rip - roaring rapturous rock reception ! but it ' s a show which is . . . well , slightly hard to describe . . . so we tried our best to , with the help of the cast , creatives and guests ! more information and tickets : urltoken
the late show host was right : he , along with most of his american viewers , had very little clue about what they were about to witness with the musical segment of last night’s show . but then again , there isn’t much that you can say about babymetal prior to laying eyes upon their unique stage show for the very first time , for seeing really is believing . twitter user katsuki baekugo called it :
we are here to have the other conversation . what the hell actually happens in this movie ? filmgoers are likely to leave with completely different interpretations of the disturbing final sequence and the many other ambiguous scenes that come before . at 28 , writer - director shults has made a staggeringly well - crafted movie that is also structured to leave open many questions about its plot . he agreed , with good humor , to talk over some of our theories , spoilers and all .
hell night is a very underrated horror film . it was no doubt lost within the slasher craze of the 80 ' s , which is really a shame . what starts out as another seemingly cliche dead teenager movie turns into a great mix of monster movie and slasher movie that focuses on atmosphere and tension rather than gore . sure , it ' s got it ' s share of cheesiness throughout , but it ' s actually pretty well acted for the most part . add to that some nice cinematography and a serious , creepy atmosphere and you have a good horror film . there ' s also a slight twist toward the end and a very satisfying end to the killer . overall , it ' s a great little horrror movie that doesn ' t get the praise it deserves . it has some problems , but the good definitely outweigh the bad . check it out if you can find a copy . it would be
i’ve been playing a few first - person horror games lately , and they’ve all been quite good at keeping me uneasy . there’s something about that first - person perspective that makes immersing myself in the game very easy , allowing me to really feel like i’m there . the most recent one i played was hell night ( dark messiah in japan ) , a ps1 game that never managed to make it to north america . luckily , the game made it to the pal territories or i would have had to struggle my way through the japanese language version of it ( i tried . for a game with little in the way of writing or dialogue , it’s just about impossible to play if you don’t understand japanese ) . it’s a neat little game that doesn’t manage to be quite as effective as scp - 087 , but it’s still pretty terrifying when you have to turn your back on a monster and run for your life .
the barbecue restaurant electrified boston’s dining scene under former chef chris schlesinger when it opened in 1985 , injecting a splash of smoke and heat into an era of heavy sauces and tall salads . some restaurants had white tablecloths and leather wine lists ; east coast grill had neon lights , fish mounted on the walls , and plastic mermaids dangling from cocktail glasses . special menus on appointed hell nights pushed the envelope even further and gave chefs a chance to experiment with other spicy cuisines — thai , indian , caribbean .
i wrote this like two years ago , and i’ve been talking about it so much and thinking and then analyzing my own thing . in the thing , the effects are amazing , but personally , i care way less about that . the thing i’m obsessed with is what it does to the people . same with night of the living dead— personally i don ' t care that much about the zombies , but i love what it ' s doing , that power dynamic inside .
as an initiation rite into alpha sigma rho fraternity , four pledges must spend a night in garth manor , twelve years to the day after the previous resident murdered his entire family . two of the pledges , marti and jeff ignore the rumors that the now - deserted mansion is haunted by a crazed killer , until one by one , members of their group mysteriously disappear . could this be a part of a fraternity prank . . . or is a demented former tenant seeking revenge ?
there are plenty of gags in “rough night” that don’t work , like the overly obvious role - reversal stunt of having jess’ fiancée stage a bachelor party that’s an absurdly effete evening of wine - tasting . mckinnon , as pippa , has an effervescent silliness , but too much of the joke of her performance boils down to her doing an aussie accent as if that were a bubbly novelty . yet peter’s all - night - long drive to miami to rescue jess gets funnier as it goes along , and what’s amusing about the movie is the cocky texture of its feminine bonding — the jokes about home bikini waxing or scarfing pizza over a dead body , delivered with a new style of merciless aggression . it’s hardly the first , or most original , comedy of female outrage to come along , but we’ve had 40 years of men behaving badly on screen , stretching back to “national lampoon’s animal house , ” and watching these ladies get their turn generates a slobby low - down kick .
a24 has released the first it comes at night trailer , and it basically plays as one long chastisement that i haven’t seen trey edward shults ’ previous film krisha yet . while this trailer doesn’t really offer any details on plot , it’s all tone , and that tone looks phenomenal . a24 had a modest hit with the witch , and it looks like they’re trying to repeat that success with a brooding , artistic horror film that gets under your skin rather than just going for jump scares .
fire is the dominant theme in this oil painting of madeley wood furnaces , one of coalbrookdale ' s ironworks [ 1 ] . the foundry is shown at night ( the moon can just be seen peeping out at the right margin ) , silhouetted against the fiery glow of a furnace , which is being tapped . a wagon and horses are being lead away from the site through the detritus of industrial production . a dog trots alongside and a woman and her son are watching their progress .
there are different variants on the creature you’ll see , but they all bear a similar shape and build to the first one . just the same , the only important detail you need to know about it is that it can kill you in one hit . contact with the monster is lethal , so you’re going to want to stay out of its reach . that seems like it shouldn’t be much of a problem , but hell night manages to strike up a very good balance of scripted appearances and random ones . the monster in the game is often scheduled to appear on paths that you’ll need to take , so there aren’t many times when you’ll be able to do your business in a given area without him blocking an important path . at other times he’ll just show up at random , but even then i found that the game would toss him at you when you were in a tight spot . seeing him is always a good sign that you’re going the right way , but it’ll still make your heart sink when he shows up .