glorifying the american girl is a 1929 american pre-code , musical comedy film produced by florenz ziegfeld that highlights ziegfeld follies performers .

rex beach was paid $ 35,000 for the original story .

the script for the film was written by j.p. mcevoy and millard webb and directed by john w. harkrider and millard webb .

the songs were written by irving berlin , walter donaldson , rudolf friml , james e. hanley , larry spier and dave stamper .

the film is in the public domain , and many prints exhibited on television are in black-and-white only , and do not include pre-code material , such as nudity .

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the rise of a showgirl , gloria hughes , culminating in a ziegfeld extravaganza
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glorifying the american girl ,
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the combination of jazz & ballet is experimentally bizarre in the best sense , & with johnny weissmuller turning up in his first film in the role of adonis , the film ends up glorifying the beauty of the american boy as well as girl .
this film exceeded my expectations in just about every way and has easily earned a spot on my list of favorite discoveries from mill creek’s 50 classic musicals set . glorifying the american girl is definitely worth a watch . the score : 4 / 5
in its first two thirds , glorifying the american girl is a light and fun watch . the story is a pretty standard one : small town girl seeks fame in the big city . mishaps and little laughs ensue . plenty more memorable films have been made on the subject , but the story here is still enjoyable to watch .
glorifying the american girl is a 1929 pre - code musical comedy film produced by florenz ziegfeld that highlights ziegfeld follies performers . the last third of the film ( which was filmed in early technicolor ) is basically a follies production , with cameo appearances by rudy vallee , helen morgan , and eddie cantor .
glorifying the american girl is an early talkie , released in 1929 and directed by john harkrider and millard webb . cameo appearances are made by plenty of big names including irving berlin , eddie cantor , rudy vallee , johnny weissmuller , adolph zukor , billie burke and even flo ziegfeld himself .
grease ' s girl gang had a real - life model on the northwest side .
this satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between hollywood power brokers and african - american performers marked . . .
filled with great singing and dancing performances , and graced with onscreen appearances by eddie cantor , helen morgan , rudy vallee , billie burke , irving berlin and even johnny weismuller , glorifying the american girl is a glowing tribute to show biz itself , unafraid to show the grit as well as the glamour . mary eaton , one of the seven little eatons of vaudeville fame , was a star of the 1920 and 1929 ziegfeld follies shows . her stint as eddie cantor ' s leading lady in the broadway smash hits , kid boots ( 1923 ) and sunny ( 1927 ) led to her being cast in both glorifying the american girl and the marx brothers ' first film , the cocoanuts , in 1929 .
the ballet components of the big numbers at the end were choreographed by ted shawn , meaning the film is additionally significant for the history of american dance .
this is some assorted rare color footage from the ziegfeld extravaganza glorifying the american girl . the footage is very fragmented , so is the sound . but we don ' t get to see this every day . . . this important movie has made it to our times and has been restored but no dvd release is still in sight which is a shame .
check out a fun video on the history of cursing in hollywood movies and the first utterances of curse words on screen . movies featured in this video : glorifying the american girl , hell ' s angels , bosko ' s picture show , gone with the wind , holiday , in cold blood , midnight cowboy , the boys in the band , mash , carnal knowledge , scarface , battleship and the south park movie .
glorifying the american girl appears in mill creek’s 50 classic musicals set , and i’m impressed with the quality of their print considering the film’s age and copyright status . the sound is clear and the contrast is pretty good throughout most of the film . ( some of the brighter stage sequences are more washed out . ) there is some film grain , but nothing overwhelming . near the end there are a few more concerning blips , but overall the print is highly watchable .
so many names , phrases , images , pieces of music , and concepts became part of the american vernacular and culture thanks to the vision of ziegfeld , this is a much watch for any student of american art , history , and culture . in setting out to glorify the american girl , he set a new standard for entertainment , and made it american . he balanced the line of lust and desire , the lurid and the tasteful - folks like vargas picked up on it - and i think any artist can still admire and learn from him today . if you can walk away from watching this without humming the bars of no foolin ' or any of the other music . . . you ' re soul is lost .
eddie cantor , rudy vallee and other ziegfeld stars appear in the story of a struggling chorus girl ( mary eaton ) .
it would take busby berkeley to take what ziegfeld tried to do on stage to give it full expression on film . it would also take rival mgm studio to preserve the legacy of florenz ziegfeld with their films , the great ziegfeld , ziegfeld girl , and ziegfeld follies . but paramount got the real deal in glorifying the american girl as the man himself made an appearance in this early talkie . with a minor backstage plot about mary eaton who here and in real life epitomized the ziegfeld girl paramount did this film where eaton like ruby keeler in 42nd street gets to become a star , the real follies with real ziegfeld performers like eddie cantor and helen morgan made appearances . rudy vallee did appear on broadway as well , but it was for rival producer george white . other than the story line glorifying the american girl is like so many early talkie musicals just a filmed stage play . but this is a valuable historical record of what the man ' s fabled follies must have been like for theater audiences . too bad florenz ziegfeld didn ' t live another decade , he died in 1932 . had he done so he might have made a mark in film . this film done at paramount ' s astoria studio is a hint of what he could have accomplished . mary eaton herself had a most tragic life . you might remember her as the young love interest in the marx brothers debut film , the cocoanuts , also a photographed stage play . like her fellow cast member helen morgan , eaton fell pray to too much prohibition booze and her health went south . for the historically minded among us , glorifying the american girl is a valuable piece of cinema .
joan terry , a girl from the country wants to become a broadway star , but this proves to be not so easy .
nothing remastered here this is the same print that was available 8 years ago ! i think this is deceiving when . the film was restored , to the length of 96 minutes , with the original technicolor sequences , by the ucla film and television the back description says
color | 1929 | 96 minutes
b & w ; | 1929 | 94 minutes
is what you get . the remastered print is still at ucla and amazon knows that ! goto youtube , search glorifying the american girl ( 1929 ) , stjn00 uploaded a actual remastered clip of the
remastered
version
don’t tell people that man is a helpless , twisted , drooling , sniveling , neurotic weakling . show the world an american kind of man , for a change .
some of the films from the paramount collection which have been preserved and restored by the archive include : the wild party ( 1929 , dorothy arzner ) ; morocco ( 1930 , josef von sternberg ) ; the virginian ( 1929 , victor fleming ) ; the scoundrel ( 1935 , ben hecht and charles macarthur ) ; remember the night ( 1940 , mitchell leisen ) ; high , wide and handsome ( 1937 , rouben mamoulian ) ; the moon ' s our home ( 1936 , william a . seiter ) ; road to utopia ( l945 , hal walker ) ; glorifying the american girl ( 1929 , millard webb ) .
rand has had an enduring legacy on american political thinking . but one area that remains to be studied thoroughly in the popular press is rand’s direct and indirect influence on hollywood .
the angry - girl zines , coming in homocore ' s wake , took advantage of an intact , politically fertile community to spread their own message . in the past two years the readership of girl zines has multiplied exponentially . this is largely due to their regular coverage in sassy magazine . five years ago , the teen - girl magazine sassy came into being , offering a far more realistic , politically risky vision of teenage life than any other magazine on the market . each issue features a
zine of the month
column , often girl zines . with a readership around 3 million , sassy has been an effective means of spreading the word .
the section on glorifying depravity is particularly interesting given rand’s own obsession with and glorification of serial killer william edward hickman . in the 1920s , after hickman had killed and dismembered a 12 - year - old girl , rand wrote that the murderer was a “genuinely beautiful soul” who had “the true , innate psychology of a superman . ” but that’s a discussion for another time . the entire pamphlet is a fascinating artifact of the cold war .
pretty girl is like a melody
opens the show with badly staged fashion show representing the march of time from 1919 to 1928 . we ' re tossed right into the main theme of
mcclure ' s messages , however , weren ' t written on a bathroom wall but in a small fanzine called my super secret circulating through the riot girl network . riot girl ( or grrrrl ) was started by a group of musicians and writers and friends who decided to aggressively co - opt the values and rhetoric of punk , 15 years later , in the name of feminism - - or as they call it ,
the revolution girl - style now .
riot girl was organized in the wake of the
angry girl
mood , which has overwhelmed the postpunk scene in the form of confrontational female - led bands ( bikini kill , hole , babes in toyland , calamity jane ) , and a flood of fanzines by and about women ( jigsaw , sister nobody , chainsaw , girl germs , bikini kill ) . this anger didn ' t feel like a fad , it felt like hope - - compelling girls to organize weekly meetings , start calling themselves soldiers , messengers .
even if you wear the cool clothes , you’re wearing them wrong . because nobody wants to see the girl with the overlarge ass try to squeeze her way into those tight , high - waisted jeans .
there’s a lot to like about this film , but where glorifying the american girl really excels is in its final third , that previously - mentioned lengthy stage sequence . though the extravagance is pared down slightly and a few interjections are made to follow gloria’s experience with the show , this section of the film really makes the viewer feel as though they’re sitting in a theater watching a ziegfeld show . the lovely music , the stunning costumes , the lavish stage decoration… if you’re interested in the follies , this is a real treat . time travel isn’t possible , so we can’t go back and see the shows first - hand . there are other films that recreate the follies , but few seem as close to watching a real show as this one does .
if the riot girls are grounded in the girl - punk past , they are also rooted in modern american feminism . it ' s surprising how many are daughters of 70s women ' s libbers - - and the children of divorce . for all their anger and violence , many of these girls come from nurturing , healthy mother - daughter relationships . allison wolfe of bratmobile and girl germs says ,
my mom ' s real cool ; she was a 60s feminist .
d . c . riot girl organizer erika reinstein was first turned on to these ideas by reading her mother ' s books : the
old school
betty friedan , gloria steinem . for christmas her mother gave her susan faludi ' s backlash .
when show boat was presented in 1927 by florenz ziegfeld , it was unlike anything the great showman had yet produced . his legendary follies were really just vaudeville shows on a grand scale , featuring popular headliners of the day in unrelated scenes . legendary performers such as fanny brice , will rogers , w . c . fields and sophie tucker did their acts along side huge production numbers featuring scantily clad young women . ziegfeld was ‘glorifying the american girl’ , he claimed . he also presented light musical comedies such as sally and sunny with music by jerome kern . these were shows with wispy plots that were usually just vehicles for the star in question .
20th century - fox gussied up its 1954 hit three coins in the fountain for the 1960s , and the result was the pleasure seekers . three american girls in search of wealthy husbands head to madrid . ann - margaret is an aspiring performer , carol lynley . . .
as of now there are approximately ten weekly riot girl meetings nationwide , more than 20
girlcore
fanzines , and bands multiplying faster than can be counted . this summer washington , d . c . , hosted the first - ever national riot girl convention with workshops in fanzine making and surviving sexual abuse , and long , drawn - out jam sessions . the members of riot girl are quite young , ranging in age from about 14 to 25 , although i once encountered a woman wearing a riot grrrl t - shirt who was at least 45 . the unofficial centers of the girl revolution are the punk - rock meccas of olympia , washington , and washington , d . c . , but the movement keeps growing and dispersing , drowning itself out then resurfacing .
in the early part of the century , musical theater consisted of vaudeville shows , operettas imported from europe or minstrel shows . in the 1910s a new type of musical that was purely american began to be seen . jerome kern , along with lyricist p . g . wodehouse , created a string of this light , american style comedies about young people on long island estates and their love troubles . once again , wispy plots that featured amusing tunes for the stars to sing .
while motion pictures have a strict code that forbids us to offend or insult any group or nation—while we dare not present in an unfavorable light the tiniest balkan kingdom—we permit ourselves to smear and slander american businessmen in the most irresponsibly dishonest manner .
the series includes anna may wong in ' ' the toll of the sea ' ' ( 1922 ) ; ' ' liliom ' ' ( 1930 ) starring charles farrell ; a 1925 ' ' wizard of oz ' ' with piano accompaniment ; ben hecht ' s ' ' specter of the rose ' ' ( 1946 ) starring judith anderson ; ' ' group theater screen tests ' ' ( 1937 ) , featuring luther adler , morris carnovsky , lee j . cobb and elia kazan ; ' ' glorifying the american girl ' ' ( 1929 ) , with helen morgan , rudy vallee and eddie cantor , and ' ' the shining future , ' ' in which frank sinatra , cary grant , bing crosby and benny goodman appear .
this satirical look at the ambivalent relationship between hollywood power brokers and african - american performers marked the writing , producing , and directing debut of robert townsend . the filmmaker also stars as bobby taylor , a struggling actor looking for his big break despite . . .
the girl revolutionaries , many of whom are too old and worldly to reasonably be called
girls ,
take this name because they remember that loud , untamed figure , because their utopia lies in the past . the bikini kill girls often talk nostalgically about an early
girl culture
that is destroyed upon contact with boys . that ' s when competition and jealousy interfere . bikini kill often chant ,
struggle against the j - word , killer of girl love .
if that seems rather innocuous , more interesting is their sense that this
organic
girl community allowed an unregulated sexuality .
girls ' first erotic experiences are usually with each other ,
says hanna ,
but we ' re taught to forget that .
more prudent financially ) shoot the whole film in two - strip technicolor , he and cantor brought in busby berkeley to direct the numbers ( his film debut ) and berkeley delivered a series of dazzling ensembles , many of them with the overhead kaleidoscope shots that would be his trademark throughout his career ; for glorifying the american girl director webb and his choreographer , ted shawn ( husband of modern dancer ruth st . denis and dance teacher of myrna loy ! ) , keep their cameras at a discreet distance from the action and don’t move them during the number . the only time the camera goes overhead is when we least want it to — during mary eaton’s big solo , when we want the camera front - and - center , astaire - rogers style , so we can see how good she is .
ted shawn is the imaginative choreographer who arranges the dancers up and down ziegfeld’s stairs dressed as exotic animals , graceful swans , and art nouveau beauties clutching glass globes . shawn would create the jacob’s pillow dance festival and was instrumental in forming a uniquely american branch of modern dance .
murray was the best known and easily the most flamboyant . several years later she would star with john gilbert in the extravagant stroheim feature the merry widow , photographed by oliver marsh . mary eaton was the star of the 1929 musical variety feature glorifying the american girl , directed by millard webb , but with the guiding hand of the redoubtable florenz ziegfeld . the great george folsey , who ended his career by teaching at the afi , photographed it . hope hampton had just recently starred in a clarence brown picture called light in the dark , and wore that film’s wardrobe for the test . a french born cinematographer named alfred ortlieb , whose credits on imdb end in 1926 , photographed that film . the film was long considered lost until a near complete print was discovered in the garage of a former projectionist and was restored at the george eastman house . such are the ongoing amazing stories of discovery and digital restoration that we read about weekly . one can only wonder if movies from our own digital infancy will be so lucky .
curiously , as far as i can tell , she didn’t sign her name to this pamphlet . the only credit is given to the motion picture alliance for the preservation of american ideals in beverly hills , california . collective credit for the work of one woman ? sounds a lot like communism to me .
titled the “screen guide for americans , ” the pamphlet was distributed in 1947 . michigan state university has a copy of the guide , which advises producers on everything from spotting communist subversion in their writers to the practical advice of how to avoid celebrating “the common man . ” as rand explains , glorifying “the common man” is “communist doctrine” which “preaches the reign of mediocrity . ” i’m not making this stuff up , i swear .
feminist
girl groups
- - from early british bands like the slits and the raincoats to americans like the avengers - - are nothing new in punk . in the early 80s , bush tetras sang ,
i don ' t want to walk out on the street no more / too many creeps ,
and before that the slits declared ,
i don ' t want to be no one ' s little girl .
women in bands had begun using the form of punk rage for their own purposes , focusing specifically on women ' s experiences .
something often left unacknowledged is that vassar students , living in close proximity to one of the fashion capitals of the world , and mostly coming from privileged enough backgrounds to buy expensive clothing , work in tandem with the fashion industry . just walk around campus and you will see any number of students wearing tommy hilfiger , calvin klein , j . crew , american apparel or urban outfitters . by glorifying and normalizing these fashion giants , vassar culture glorifies , normalizes and inherently supports an industry which perpetuates an idealized , sometimes unhealthy body type . in september , tim gunn wrote a powerful editorial for the washington post stating just as much . gunn wrote :
under the american system , all men are equal before the law . therefore , if anyone is classified as “common”—he can be called “common” only in regard to his personal qualities . it then means that he has no outstanding abilities , no outstanding virtues , no outstanding intelligence . is that an object of glorification ?
james stewart stars alongside judy garland , lana turner , and hedy lamarr in this musical from director robert z . leonard . telling the story of three women who jump at the opportunity to perform on broadway , ziegfeld girl has received a full - screen . . .
riot girl olympia first met on a cold night last february when the sky was bright violet , an unreal light . girls started drifting in around six o ' clock , the room slowly filling until there were 17 , sitting on the floor , waiting for something to happen . most were dressed in traditional olympia girl - style : short - cropped dyed hair ; rumpled vintage dresses ; bright woolworth ' s lipstick . allison wolfe , coeditor of girl germs and the unofficial leader , broke the ice :
ok , i mean this meeting is really figuring out what we want riot girl to be here . it ' s a different thing in every city . i personally would like to see us rent out space and put on shows , just put on a whole bunch of shows and blow their minds .
yes , almost everyone agrees , and we can pass out fanzines about sexism and rape small enough to fit in your pocket at the shows . men can come , but they ' ll have to wear dresses .
it’s a musical mellerdrammer starring mary eaton as gloria hughes , a young woman with aspirations to be a ziegfeld follies girl…but until such a time as that dream comes true , gloria’s toiling away in the sheet music department of a local department store .
eaton discovers her beau has moved on just before she goes out for the finale in the follies , and you see the emotions hit her as she struggles under the weight of an enormous headpiece that cascades around her like a fountain . ok , so it’s not exactly deep , but at least she doesn’t die of alcohol poisoning or get slapped around like in the exploitational ziegfeld girl .
glorifying the american girl gives us a rare glimpse into ziegfeld ' s world of the american showgirl . we see gloria , a sheet music sales girl , yearn for the big time , and reach it , but at a cost . gloria is played by genuine ziegfeld star , mary eaton , an actress who didn ' t fare too well in real life , and died in 1948 . she was sister to both doris eaton , another ziegfeld star , and pearl eaton , who choreographed musicals at rko back in the late ' 20s and early ' 30s . gloria has a monstrous stage mother , played by sarah edwards . she says
dammit
several times during the proceedings . other cast members are edward crandall and dan healy who i believe hail from the new york stage . the
guest stars
are helen morgan , rudy vallee , and eddie cantor , who perform in the revue section at the end of the film . there is a completely restored version moulding away at ucla film archive , but unless you go there or to a film
event
that is featuring it , you ' ll never see it . the dvd print that is out there generally runs 94 out of 96 minutes and presents the revue section in black - and - white instead of two - color technicolor . the early sections of the film are rather sharp in clarity and contrast , with the black - and - white versions of the color footage grainer and less sharp . it ' s still an enjoyable film for buffs even in it ' s public domain version . the upside is that it is not at all expensive like , say , on with the show , a 1929 warners technicolor film which also exsists only in black - and - white , and coming from warner archive is considerably pricier . it won ' t be everyone ' s cup of tea , but it ' s fun for us buffs , and a bargain , at that .
d . c . riot girl started in the summer of ' 91 , shortly before hanna and bikini kill migrated there . it ' s a younger , more racially diverse group than olympia riot girl , with most of its members in or just out of high school . maybe because the meetings are now led by the emotional cyclone of hanna , they tend to be more personal , less about political organizing : at one meeting a series of girls came out , and at others discussions have involved the members ' feeling , as do many 16 - year - old girls , like they are disappearing .
only savages and communists get rich by force—that is , by looting the property of others . it is a basic american principle that each man is free to work for his own benefit and to go as far as his ability will carry him ; and his property is his—whether he has made one dollar or one million dollars .
if the girl revolution expresses itself in ear - splitting noise , it also happens through writing . girl fanzines , or zines , are time bombs disguised as thick letters . they come with titles like g - force , fantastic fanzine , chainsaw , sister nobody . they are crazy mishmashes of politics , scene reports , top - ten lists , love and hate mail , blurry photographs . all across the country , girls wait to hear from the fanzine network , a phantom community they belong to but never see - - it ' s an underground with no nucleus , built of paper .
mary eaton is a chorus girl with an internal struggle : does she want the love of edward crandall or the love of teeming millions as she performs in the ziegfeld follies ? the thin plot line is really just an excuse for the production numbers , songs , and sketches contained in this film , along with eddie cantor ' s marvelous tailor bit , and a host of celebrity . . . read more
america is the land of the self - made man . say so on the screen .
after their zine was reviewed in sassy , molly and allison of girl germs say their mail multiplied overnight :
we couldn ' t keep up with it . . . . we got hundreds of letters from teenage girls across the country .
the same happened when riot girl was covered there , and bikini kill . one of the most common sights in the apartments of fanzine makers now is piles of letters , often written on pink , flowery stationery , with circles or hearts dotting the i ' s .
i want to start riot girl in my town ,
they write from oklahoma , nevada , alabama .
your zine changed my life .
one fan writes ,
i want to start a band now . since i can ' t really scream in my house , i know i belong on a stage .
these girls might be sleeping in canopy beds , but they dream of starting a hardcore band .
it’s nice to hear mary eaton speak frankly to her boyfriend ( a dreamy edward crandall ) about wanting to live a little and see what she can do before settling down and raising children . he’s visibly hurt , but not petulant or insulting ( like every boyfriend / husband in ziegfeld girl and the dolly sisters ) . he does wait for her and seems genuinely supportive of her success… , but eventually settles for available girl - next - door gloria shea — who actually is treated pretty badly by the film : abandoned and hit by a car ! that’s what chasing love gets you… .
marrs was also one of the first women to organize collective punk girl activities in olympia . her girl city store was a punk - rock collective where women sold clothes and artwork . her remarkable 1986 performance piece 50 girls 50 states , in which , she says ,
i assembled 50 women and told them to make dresses based on a given state and the idea of world peace ,
was a twisted beauty pageant , a punk debutante parade , where all girls in outlandish dresses marched down the streets of olympia . one attendee said the spectacle was like a combination
political march and craft show .
the proceeds from the reception afterward went to safeplace , a rape - relief shelter . yet although she has been active in the community for years , marrs , like many of the older women i spoke with , is suspicious of the hard - line ideologues of the girl revolution . she feels they may be taking their power for granted .
it ' s all gaining momentum so fast . but they don ' t realize how long it has taken . how hard it was .
here the revolution girl - style becomes a revolution not about spiritual freedom but about bodily freedom . when 424 women are raped in the united states each day and roughly half of those are under 19 , it seems a logical focus for any feminism , particularly a youth movement . for the riot girls , the new world might be nothing more than a world where they can walk down the street at night , as far as they want , even into the early hours of the morning .
during his great communist witch hunt of the 1940s and 50s , congressman joseph mccarthy infamously turned his eye to hollywood . mccarthy sought to purge tinseltown of any possible speck of pinko influence . and an organization of conservative activists known as the motion picture alliance for the preservation of american ideals was more than happy to name names of alleged communists working in hollywood and provide any other assistance necessary . they even had rand write up a guide for the movie industry .
olympia is an important stop on the underground , the birthplace of that quickly evolving cliche , the seattle scene . sub pop and nirvana both have their spiritual roots here . it ' s also home to the dedicated indie label k records , run by candice pedersen and calvin johnson , who ' ve been instrumental in encouraging girl bands . in the summer of ' 91 k hosted the week - long international pop underground convention . more than 50 bands came from all over the world , overrunning the town . the waitresses at the local diner were ruined , serving one table of broke , elated kids after another . the quiet sidewalks were suddenly crowded ; people sat out on curbs and wandered in front of traffic , trying to find friends or idols . the convention opened with girl day , an event allison wolfe and molly neuman , the editors of girl germs , like to call
prdct ,
punk rock dream come true . for one night , only girls took the stage : kreviss ( eight ragged girls playing electric guitars ) , jean smith , seven year bitch , rose melberg of tiger trap , members of bikini kill , one after another . tracy , of the band heavens to betsy , who played their first show that night , said breathlessly ,
it was the most incredible thing in the world .
many riot girls see that night as a kind of beginning .
it is true that there have been vicious congressmen and judges , and politicians who have stolen elections , just as there are vicious men in any profession . but if you present them in a story , be sure to make it clear that you are criticizing particular men— not the system . the american system , as such , is the best ever devised in history . if some men do not live up to it—let us damn these men , not the system which they betray .
among a host of treasured american feature films and esteemed documentaries considered for the 2012 registry of the national film preservation board , there is an unlikely hopeful : a film test . it was made in 1922 at the paragon studios in fort lee , new jersey , a decade after d . w . griffith and his cinematographer billy bitzer had migrated to los angeles . ( update : the test was in fact included in this year ' s registry , announced on dec . 19 ) .
the girl revolution looks back to a peaceful female prehistory ; they romanticize the past , much like some new - age goddess groups . yet there ' s another quality of this vanished girl that comes across , most strikingly in the performances of bands like bikini kill , hole , and babes in toyland , and that ' s the inherent anarchy of little girls . when kat bjelland of babes in toyland , wearing a sweet velvet dress , sings ,
vomit my heart / pull my legs apart ,
she seems both to be reviving that anarchy and bringing to it an immense exhaustion . it has taken a long time to return to this first self and discover not an innocence but a violated , tantrum - throwing , terrifying girl hero . she is as far from the self - sacrificing , nurturing woman as you can get , and she implies that beneath this daylight woman ' s surface there is another dark , powerful life . the riot girls refuse to cross the threshold into womanhood and lose that ferocious child . they don ' t want her to recede . they want her to ascend .
is a major piece of american social history — not only because it was the only film ziegfeld actually produced himself ( more or less ) but also because it’s a marvelous fragment of the 1920’s spirit , finished just before the stock market crash and thereby reproducing the devil - may - care zeitgeist of the pre - depression era . a newspaper clipping informs us that the price of a ticket to the ziegfeld show that gives the film its name is $ 25 — in 1929 dollars ! apparently broadway tickets aren’t really any more expensive now , when you adjust for inflation , than they were then . — 8 / 21 / 96
marilyn miller was not the star of this film . marilyn miller was a beautiful tall , leggy showgirl who was broadway ' s brightest star of the 20s . she was in
sally
,
sunny
- she also filmed them in 1929 and 1930 . the star of
glorifying the american girl
was mary eaton . mary eaton was picked by ziegfeld in the 20s to be the successor to marilyn miller ( because miss miller was getting uppity . ) she replaced miss miller in
kid boots
with eddie cantor . mary eaton , in my opinion , couldn ' t hold a candle to marilyn miller . i think mary eaton was showcased far better in
the cocoanuts
( 1929 ) . i loved this film because this is my era - i feel so at home watching musicals and movies from the late 20s , early 30s - the songs are so catchy . i loved the start as it showed girls from all over america walking to broadway and instantly went into mary eaton singing
no foolin '
. i also liked olive shea - i was glad when she got her
buddy
- she seemed quite a natural actress . i didn ' t particularly like mary eaton - she didn ' t seem very starry eyed - she came across as tough and jaded . helen morgan ' s song i loved but i also thought eddie cantor ' s skit went on far too long .
the flicker could also have been made by the conveyance technology employed in the coating machines at the time - the use of festoon loop sticks . early coating machines conveyed the coated film by the use of these long sticks that supported the film and the sticks were driven by chain drives on each side . the film hung over the sticks and where the stick contacted the base side of the coated film , the film ' s thickness - and thus density , could be slightly altered . after processing , that would result in a flicker .
as nirvana goes number one , some believe that boy punk is dying as an underground and the girls are rising out of their ashes . independent labels ( and majors too ) are scrambling to sign girl bands , and it ' s getting harder to find a show without a woman somewhere in the lineup . yet it has taken years for it to be possible for a contributor to write , in girl germs , no . 3 :
i hear these girls , girls i don ' t know , girls i have never met , make these same promises and these same threats . they speak to me and i speak to you and i know our time has come .
yet as the riot girls guard their integrity ,
purifying
themselves against a sick society , they also isolate themselves . everyone in the embassy living room is white , as are most of the riot girls . most come from upper - or upper - middle - class backgrounds . like a religious sect , they huddle together , superior to the rest of the world but also somewhat afraid of it . glorifying
youth rebellion ,
they sometimes will themselves into a comforting naivete . while the riot girls talk in a cursory way about branching out , they haven ' t . and until the riot girls address the socioeconomic basis of their movement - - the way their somewhat privileged lives have given them the time and the freedom to express their rage , have given them enough economic power to desire other types of power - - their force will be limited .
mooney ' s a girl who sings & dances . miller ' s a guy who dances , jokes , sings . the act is very cute , especially when they sing
spooning with the one you love .
but they don ' t get along with each other off stage , & miller pretty much railroads the young woman ( kaye renard ) constantly assuring her he can always find another hoofer & call her mooney .
below i’ve pulled some of the most interesting quotes from the document . the emphasis in bold is entirely rand’s .
# # # the history of sound at the movies the inclusion of sound at the movies was one of the most dramatic changes in all of film history . dive into the early experiments of edison trying to incorporate sound from film ' s inception , through the experiments in the early 1920s , the jazz singer and . . . more
the riot girl manifesto ( a rushed , two - page document that ' s constantly being revised ) declares
we seek to create revolution in our own lives every day by envisioning and creating alternatives to the bullshit christian capitalist way of doing things .
they urge their members to
resist psychic death
and
cry in public .
their goals include getting
all girls to be in bands
and making it so
girls rule all towns .
they teach each other to play guitar or drums , talk and write about sexism , even encourage women to arm themselves . riot girls are often accused of being separatist : they want to form a life away from men and invent
girl culture .
the greatest cable channel known to mankind™ rolled out a righteous premiere on the first day of the new year : the joseph losey - directed . . .
judge william hooks cited the defendant’s “remorse” for the crime , but the victim’s loved ones say that claim rings false .
in the year of the pig ( dir . emile de antonio , 1968 )
the power and the glory ( dir . william k . howard , 1933 )
the sign of the cross ( dir . cecil b . demille , 1932 )
with the greeks in the firing line ( dir . robert schwobthaler , 1913 )
the girl revolutionaries have a long way to go before they rule all towns . as they exist now , they are a self - proclaimed movement of very young , very angry women discovering their own power through frenzied productivity : fanzines , music , public - access shows , performance events . they meet in massachusetts , new york , pennsylvania - - in apartments , rock clubs , cluttered kitchens , pink bedrooms . riot girl olympia meet sundays in a white apartment - house laundry room , usually in the late afternoon . the world they are trying to change right now is the world of olympia , an isolated small town with one main street , a few wide , clear alleys perfect for graffiti (
your desires are reality
) , a theater where movies are always a dollar . the bars are full of quiet regulars , who occasionally start short - lived , halfhearted brawls .
remember that america is the country of the pioneer , the non - conformist , the inventor , the originator , the innovator . remember that all the great thinkers , artists , scientists were single , individual , independent men who stood alone , and discovered new directions of achievement— alone .
the cakewalk performed by ellie and frank is also danced to an authentic song of the period , goodbye , ma lady love . the dancing is staged in such a way as to recall the style of the minstrel shows that would have been current at the time the movie is depicting .
the black widow ( 1947 ) – chapter 2 : the stolen for . . .
glorifying the american girl
is an extremely dated film and it comes off as very quaint and old fashioned . the audio quality varies widely and is , at times , almost incomprehensible . in addition , the original two - color technicolor sequences are gone - - faded over time . it ' s a darn shame the film is in this condition and i ' d love to see it restored someday . the first 2 / 3 of the film is a story about a woman who gets a dance partner and sets off for the stage . her boyfriend is left alone . . . . waiting and hoping for her return . as for the dreams of success , it doesn ' t come quickly and the lady has a serious problem with her sleazy partner . however , with hard work she ' s discovered by the folks at the ziegfeld follies and she ' s about to become a star . now because she isn ' t available back home , her boyfriend slowly drifts away and falls for a co - worker . by the end , the lady is a star and the show is a success . . . but she ' s alone and so ends the picture . the final 2 / 3 is the big show and you get a chance to see one of ziegfeld ' s shows filmed and shown to a wider audience . i was a bit surprised as the routines were a lot rougher and less amazing than they ' d be portrayed over a decade later in
the great ziegfeld
- - which isn ' t surprising as this biopic seemed to have little to do with the man anyway . in addition , you hear rudy vallee and helen morgan sing as well as a very stereotypically jewish comedy routine with eddie cantor . it ' s a shame , however , that you don ' t get to hear cantor sing in the film , as i loved his clever songs in his other films . all in all , if you can get past the rough condition of the film , it gives you a rare peek at a bygone era - - like a time capsule . rough but full of energy and fun - - mostly for fans of early films and historians but still might be of some interest to the average person if they give the film a chance . while it is very dated , for 1929 it was a heck of a picture - - hence my relatively high rating .
as magnolia’s performing career on the cotton blossom itself blossoms , we get to see many of her performances . the scene between the school teacher and her beloved hamilton is an affectionate depiction of what types of melodramas were being performed in the days of the cotton blossom . the histrionic acting and overheated dialogue seem right . the audience’s reaction confirms this . the humor of the scene comes not from the film’s condescension to the play , but to the woodsmen’s reaction – their belief that reality is happening on stage . the play itself is performed almost in documentary fashion .
recently psychologist carol gilligan , author of in a different voice , published a ground - breaking study of young girls that concluded that as they enter the
feminine role ,
somewhere between the ages of 11 and 13 , their confidence plummets . sensing the violence and injustice there , many girls derail on the verge of entering society . brash and self - assured at 11 , they become shy and insecure , even self - destructive . they feel the new limits drawn around their bodies . what ' s interesting about gilligan ' s study is not so much her evocation of the familiar image of the masochistic teen as that earlier wild and unafraid girl who disappeared .
the paramount holdings at the ucla film & television archive include the entire studio output from the coming of sound in the late 1920s to 1948 . in many cases these studio prints are the best , or only , available materials for preservation . paramount features and shorts have been at the forefront of the archive ' s preservation program and the archive staged a major retrospective of paramount titles in 1987 .
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one of the more original spirits in the evolution of the punk girl scene is stella marrs , an olympia - based artist and performer whose styles and theories can easily be detected in the work of bikini kill . for years marrs has been exploring images of femininity , rummaging through patriarchy ' s memory and building art out of the debris she finds there : ribbons , high heels , debutante dresses , old slips .
i grew up with a set of images ,
she says .
they don ' t make sense to me . they ' re not my reality . so i take those images and reinterpret the meaning .
she ' s used high heels as drumsticks in a performance and turned hundreds of old slips into canvases . she splits them down the seams and spatters paint across them .
i made a lot of lesbian separatists mad ; they thought it was violence against women ,
she remarks . but for marrs it was a way to connect femininity and rage , in the same way the name
riot girl
does , in the same way courtney love of hole does when she wears a lacy dress and screams ,
ugly , ugly , ugly , ugly .


why not me ? ( french : pourquoi pas moi ? ) is a 1999 french comedy film written and directed by stéphane giusti .

it is about a group of gay french friends living in barcelona who decide to have a dinner party and come out to their parents .

why not me ? ( film )

that’s not me is alice’s feature film debut as both an actor and writer .
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neri , mary margaret productions , & nhlbi announce that their documentary film ‘if not for me’ received the 2017 bronze telly award . the film shares stories about pediatric research .
forgive me . . . my relationship to pac is too precious to me for the scenes in all eyez on me to stand as truth .
the world sales rights deal on “people that are not me” was negotiated by film republic managing director xavier henry - rashid who attended locarno . film republic will continue to introduce the film to buyers at the busan festival’s asian film market and at the rome festival market .
“i’m an actor , obviously . . . ” — polly , that ' s not me ( 2017 )
the film will premiere at the santa barbara international film festival on monday , february 6 .
forgive me . . . my relationship to pac is too precious to me for the scenes in all eyez on me to stand as truth ,
she tweeted .
come to think of it , that ' s not such a bad way to describe that ' s not me – a $ 60 , 000 trojan horse of a film , fairly bursting with comedy , humanity and interesting ideas .
that ' s not me didn ' t quite do what it said on the tin , but i did enjoy the journey .
madrid — london - based film republic has acquired world sales rights to “anashim shenem lo ani” ( “ people that are not me ” ) , a tel aviv - set romantic dramedy .
that ' s not me opens on september 7 , with a series of q & a events featuring gregory erdstein and alice foulcher . details : urltoken
raw and refreshing in its humour , that’s not me is a feel - good comedy about the difference between failure and disappointment . we can’t all be oscar winners . not everyone will make it . but is that such a bad thing ?
director ' s bio born in 1988 , hadas ben aroya lives in tel aviv , israel . in 2014 , ben aroya graduated from the steve tisch school of film at tel aviv university . while studying she wrote and directed a short film called sex doll that participated in the tel aviv international student film festival and won the gold panda , sichuan . people that are not me ( 2016 ) is her feature film debut .
in 2014 she was granted an eight - month writing residency in paris with erdstein at the prestigious cité des arts internationale where they wrote the script for that’s not me .
few scripts revolve around characters with disabilities and sharrock hopes her film will represent part of an experience that has been largely ignored in film .
12 . and the main message of the book is
just not to judge
.
hadas ben aroya ' s people that are not me took the astor for best film at the 31st edition of the mar del plata film festival , which officially closed saturday night with a ceremony at the astor piazzola hall of the argentine city ' s auditorium theater , hosted by argentine actress andrea frigerio ( the distinguished citizen ) .
premiering earlier this month at the locarno film festival , where it played in the signs of life section , “people that are not me” is about people who are very much like the friends and contemporaries of director hadas ben aroya , a young israeli writer - director who self - produced “people that are not” and plays its lead . “people” marks her first feature .
ben aroya commented that was in her last semester at the steve tisch school of film that she realized that she was “part of something . ” “western society teaches young people that they are special little unicorns . well , i’m not . ” so “people that are not me” is about her “friends and their non - unicorn lives , ” what “unites and defines us . ”
their debut feature that ' s not me cost just $ 60 , 000 , and after meeting with plenty of love on the festival circuit the savvy comedy is now getting a limited cinema release .
11 .
ultimately it’s a piece of fiction , it’s not meant to represent anybody else’s experiences .
if not for me is an hour - long documentary which tackles the tough questions many parents ask about pediatric research by talking with families who have been there . the film shares stories of families who have a child with a chronic or acute illness and were asked to join a research study .
“by the end of the story , when you get to paris , then the audience can take a massive breath and see lots of things are ahead that would not have been possible if they had not met . ”
can you somehow capture the now with the feeling of old . we have been working with nostalgia this entire decade but i think that ' s not me finds the perfect balance where we are watching the modern while somehow being in the early 90s and 80s effortlessly . this film captures that while also telling a very real , modern story of what it means to be successful while not living to your personal potential .
when asked about the backlash , moyes said she understood why it is being criticised as she sees that it is a controversial topic , but she wanted to point out that it is fiction . she told us :
it’s a controversial topic , i get that , and people are going to have very strong opinions . i hope that if you get into the head of this very uncompromising man you understand why he chooses to make the decision that he makes . but ultimately it’s a piece of fiction , it’s not meant to represent anybody else’s experiences . it’s just the thing that interested us was to explore one person’s very particular circumstance .
it ' s something that moyes learnt to not be too precious about as
you physically can’t fit all those details in . . . there’s just not enough time to explore that in the way that doesn’t unbalance everything .
film republic is a london based sales agency specialised in art house fiction and cinematic documentaries .
it goes without saying some things had to be changed in order for the film adaptation to work – and mainly
because otherwise it would be a six - hour film
.
but me before you refreshingly bucks this trend . not only did sharrock lead as director and moyes work as the screenwriter , but karen rosenfelt and alison owen were the producers , while sue baden - powell acted as executive producer .
leaving aside the complex issue of assisted dying , one of the film ' s biggest problems is how much me before you shields the audience . for a supposed romance , it ' s surprisingly prudish .
on friday the film had a 25 percent rating on the movie site
rotten tomatoes .
8 . a few characters and storylines had to be dropped for the film version to work .
pretty darn proud to be one of two australian films ( 😘 ali ' s wedding ) on a knockout top ten list for the melbourne international film festival audience awards . even prouder to be top ten at both melbourne and sydney film festival . thanks to everyone who voted and if you missed out - that’s not me hits aussie cinemas on 7 september exclusively at palace cinemas ! # supportaustralianfilm # playtowin 👊🏻🏆 full list of winners : urltoken
when she was asked how important it was to her to be involved in the process of bringing her story to the big screen , moyes gushed ,
oh god , i would have been heartbroken if they had not wanted me included .
it ' s one of the reasons why various views are shown in the film – not only will ' s , but also those of his parents , who are more understanding of his decision , but also louisa ' s mother , who at first is very vocal about disagreeing with it .
we wanted to make sure that all those opinions were represented . what we wanted to do was put the question , not give an answer . this just asks you : what would you do ? you know , and it’s nothing more than that . i don’t think it can represent more than any other story can , it’s just one extreme situation .
this was a good little comedy which really had me hooked from the very first scene : planning an oscar acceptance speech - we all do it , just perhaps not always on the loo . as a twin myself i really felt for some of the situations the main character found herself in , and as well as being a comic film , it effectively explores disappointment and life not going the way you had planned . overall it’s quite hilarious - especially the running joke of jared leto !
pac never read me that poem . i didn ' t know that poem existed until it was printed in his book .
all eyez on me ,
starring demetrius shipp jr . and kat graham , opened in theaters friday , on what would have been shakur ' s 46h birthday , and it ' s not winning rave reviews from some who knew the slain rapper .
“i couldn’t understand it and i’m one of these people that if i don’t understand something i have to read as much as i can about it , ” moyes said . “the more i read the more i realised it’s not a black and white issue , you know , that there’s not necessarily a right or a wrong to it and i guess as a writer that’s what fascinates me . ”
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“that’s not me” will have its world premiere at the santa barbara international film festival on monday , february 6 at 8 p . m at the metro theatre . it will also screen on tuesday , february 7 at 8 : 10 a . m . and wednesday , february 8 at 2 : 40 p . m . for more information , visit the official sbiff website .
“to be acknowledged by a group which recognizes the very best in film and video is an honor , ” says lisa marceau , executive director and vp of digital strategies . “the film has been a collaboration of creativity , commitment , and dedication to the importance of research and the craft of film - making . we are grateful for the teamwork with mmp and the support by nhlbi . ” refinements to the documentary film are being made with plans for broad release late spring or early summer – a trailer of the film can be viewed here .
moyes added :
the moment you hand over your book you have to accept the decisions that are made are not necessarily going to be yours , and i was lucky that they chose to include me on a lot of the decisions .
having seen how much effort the film team put into finding sharrock , moyes felt confident they were handling her
baby
well enough .
me before you is like a two - hour snl skit parodying a bad romantic drama starring a baby - person and a sociopath .
9 . they did film the storyline about stephen traynor’s affair but it detracted too much from the main story .
me before you will have you weeping uncontrollably . it will also set your heart on fire , but it ' s not just a typical tear - jerking romance : it even has moments that will make you laugh . maybe laughing with tears running down your cheeks , but still .
buzzing comedies such as the spy who dumped me await you in our summer movie guide . check in for all the info you need .
pac never said goodbye to me before leaving for la . he had to leave abruptly and it wasn ' t to pursue his career .
occasionally so insightful into aussie film culture that i had to cover my eyes , and led by a great performance by alice foulcher . when the film just exploring the life of her down and out wannabe actress , it ' s damning and hilarious . but after the first act , it starts repeating itself , not really picking up on an actual story until the last 20 minutes . before that momentum really picks up , however , the film ends in a strangely disingenuous and weirdly regressive way .
“there are no absolutes , but there are things that often happen and we wanted to get those across . it is really important to me that the film seems real to anyone who knows anything about this kind of disability . over five months , sam and i sent each other lots of cuttings and book recommendations to work out how to create this character who does not do what you necessarily expect . ”
“we did not want to be dismissive of either side , ” she said . “there are a few well - known cases where people have made these choices and on the wards people knew patients who had done so . they were able to say that they understood , but that was not their story . ”
the film is 2 hours and 20 minutes long , and considering that tupac was only 25 years old when he was gunned down in a drive - by shooting in las vegas on sept . 7 , 1996 , that should be enough time to tell his story with intimacy and flow . yet “ all eyez on me , ” directed by the music - video veteran benny boom , is an old - school biopic that reminds you why old - school biopics faded : it has that overly sprawling , one - thing - after - another quality that can make you feel like you’re seeing the cinematic version of a wikipedia entry .
also dp - ed ( meidan ) and edited ( or lee - tal ) by other recent alums of the steve tisch school of film at tel aviv university , “people that are not me” turns on joy ( ben aroya ) , who’s a mess . she can’t let go of her ex , sleeps around , then meets nir , a free - willed intellectual who does and says what he wants , inspiring joy .
on friday , pinkett smith took to social media to complain about the film , which she called
deeply hurtful .
pinkett smith then went on to tweet some of the things she believes the film got wrong about her relationship with shakur .
steve mouzakis is an award winning australian actor with feature film credits that include where the wild things are , downriver , and his starring turn in the internationally renowned netflix hit the suicide theory . known also for his performances in the short films joey and 296 smith street , he won best actor awards at both the st kilda film festival and melbourne international film festivals .
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“the message of the film is that disability is tragedy and disabled people are better off dead , ” one campaigner said .
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as a musician , lloyd performs in the band the the everly ills . their music has been released in paris and new york through his own flowershop tapes label , and is preparing a new album for launch in 2017 . several songs by the everly ills are featured on the soundtrack for that’s not me .
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but it didn ' t translate on screen .
i think that was such an interesting example to me of the difference between book and film because in the book she refers to it in almost a throwaway line , she doesn’t spell out what happened and you can’t do that visually . you can’t throw that away and not be respectful to the issue . so we tried and tried and tried , and in the end we just had to accept that to put that in and give it the weight the subject deserves unbalanced the whole film because it then changes a ) the tone of the film and b ) it changes her relationship with everything , and so we had to lose that .
after 5 weeks , today is our last day in cinemas with one final midday session at kino cinemas ( g’arn melburnians ! ) . for a small independent film like ours to have played for this long is an incredible achievement and we have you the audience to thank . so thank you to everyone who came out to support that’s not me ! and a big thank you to palace cinemas for having us ! it’s been one helluva ride ! 🤗🍾🍿👊
and this was a bonus when most people don ' t realise how unlike the serious , conquering daenerys targaryen clarke actually is in real life . moyes said :
in person she is just nothing like khaleesi . [ she has a ] huge smile , she’s bubbly , she’s funny , she’s a bit kooky . i’m sure she’d hate me for saying that . but most importantly she just has this warmth that just kind of comes at you and it even showed on screen .
and the deal was sealed when she was put together with claflin .
i suddenly understood why people talk about chemistry because it was there and it was palpable and yeah , for me they are the perfect cast ,
said moyes .
“making a film about unauthentic people requires strict authenticity , ” she said . so she cast non - actors and played the lead .
this is erdstein and foulcher’s debut feature . erdstein has collaborated with foulcher on a number of short films , including “picking up at auschwitz , ” which was nominated for the short film competition prize at the 2012 st . kilda film festival , “a bit rich” and “paris syndrome . ”
if everyone and everything had been paid for , they say , the true cost of the film would have been around $ 900 , 000 .
janine was most recently seen on abc tv ‘s the code and has previously starred in erdstein and foulcher’s acclaimed short film picking up at auschwitz .
the novel’s open attitude to assisted suicide made the book controversial in some quarters , and sharrock listened to rival views before she shot the film .
alice foulcher is an australian actor and writer . she frequently collaborates with her husband , director and co - writer gregory erdstein – whom she met while studying at the esteemed victorian college of the arts ( vca ) school of film and television in 2008 . their short films have screened at multiple film festivals internationally – most notably their tropfest short film a bit rich ( 2014 ) , the critically lauded picking up at auschwitz ( 2012 ) , and paris syndrome ( 2016 ) . as writer and director , foulcher’s own short films have screened at major film festivals in australia and internationally .
it ' s not perfect - there are times when the pacing is off and the epilogue tries too hard to end things on a positive note - but it ' s effective and affecting .
will traynor , the handsome , wheelchair - using hero of the bestselling novel me before you , by british author jojo moyes , has already left millions of readers around the world sobbing and heartbroken . now a leading west end director is inviting cinema audiences to go through it all again with the release of her first feature film .
richard davies is an australian actor and writer best known for his roles in popular australian television series offspring and the saddle club , as well as the 2015 smash hit film oddball . in 2010 , he wrote , produced and starred in the short film when the wind changes , which won multiple awards at film festivals across australia . he has most recently starred as the title character in the web - series bruce directed by tony rogers ( wilfred ) .
and according to moyes it was all down to costume designer jill taylor , who took the process very seriously from the beginning . and we have to say , she did an exemplary job . me before you is not your usual weepy romance as there are also plenty of laughs , thanks in large part to each time louisa comes on screen in one of her kooky outfits .
director gregory erdstein graduated the course i ' m doing roughly 10 years ago . he came in to talk to us about this film , some other shorts he ' s made , and his life as a filmmaker . i hadn ' t seen this , so went onto itunes and rented it that night . and after watching , i liked it ! it ' s cleverly written , and the story goes places i wasn ' t expecting it to . the main character keeps making terrible decision after terrible decision . erdstein described it as the
anti - la la land
and i can see why . am excited to see what he and his partner alice foulcher make next . overall , a cool little aussie film set in melbourne ! would rewatch again easily .
sleekly shaven - headed , with a pirate bandana , a gangsta’s dripped - in - death tattoos , and the liquid stare of an arabian prince , tupac shakur was the matinee idol of hip - hop superstars : not the fiercest rapper , not the most virtuosic or visionary , but a figure of “hard” ferocity who elevated street nihilism by fusing it with a certain lovesexy bravura . [ … ]
1 . yes , me before you was inspired by a real - life news story . it was also inspired by a couple of moyes ' family members who required 24 - hour care .
( cnn ) all eyes are on a new film about the life of tupac shakur , and some of his friends don ' t like what they see .
directed by gregory erdstein this film stars alice foulcher , isabel lucas and richard davies . an aspiring actor struggles when her twin sister suddenly becomes a successful actress .
polly cuthbert ( alice foulcher ) is a struggling actress , while that reality is not at all unique , neither is she personally . polly is an identical twin and her identical twin is also an actress who…
that ' s not me , in which foulcher plays acting twins amy , whose career is soaring , and polly , whose career is stalling , grew out of their desire to make something more substantial .
we thought we ' d do it in a really lo - fi , mumble - core way . initially we thought we ' d spend $ 20 , 000 at most ,
says erdstein .
[ lewis ] threw himself into the role of patrick ,
moyes grinned .
he was taking the mickey out of himself when i first met him because , you know , he’s a good lad from leeds and there he was drinking green juice while we were all on tea and butties and he was like , ' my friends would not know me now . ' i loved him so much , and the fact he was in lycra on set every day was not hard for us women on set . those days had a little lift to them , shall we say . does that sound creepy ? !
7 . it was down to moyes to make sure the film stayed as true to the book as possible and spot any problems in bringing certain aspects to life .
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dominic l . santana , who plays knight , captures the underworld mogul’s self - righteous menace , and the second half of the movie , in which shakur finds his greatest success , records his greatest song ( the momentous “california love” ) , and experiences his greatest existential confusion while at death row , is the ominous heart of “all eyez on me . ” it’s not just that he’s surrounded by back - stabbers and glad - handers , as well as musicians like dr . dre ( harold house moore , in an underwritten role ) and snoop dogg ( jarrett ellis , who gets the voice but not the snakish cunning ) . in essence , tupac is still in prison , trapped not just in a three - album contract but in a stance of outlaw brutishness that’s become , in his own mind , “political” : the only stance the white man will allow him .
6 . the production team was very female - heavy – something you don ' t often see in the film industry . but it was also a
total accident
.
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if there ' s a formula for making a low - budget film with oodles of charm , it seems husband and wife team gregory erdstein and alice foulcher must have nailed it .
karl has been a journalist at fairfax media since 1999 , in a variety of writing and editing roles . karl writes about popular culture with a particular focus on film and television .
me before you is now out in cinemas , and it ' s all thanks to writer jojo moyes , who wrote the book and adapted it for the film . yes , things had to be tweaked or ignored , and minor details had to be dropped altogether . but what does appear on screen is possibly the closest anyone could ever get to bringing the book and its complex characters to life .
we did film it but that was just an editing thing . and again what we found is when you know about the affair it actually changes the way the audience feels when you have those tender moments between the parents towards the end , because you’re not focusing on louisa and will , which is the important bit at that point . you’re focusing on the fact he’s touching her shoulder and you go , ' oh , perhaps they’re getting back together . ' you know , it changes your emotional focus . but all that stuff you only find out once you’re on set . that’s what i found really fascinating to me as a writer .
13 . there could potentially be a sequel based on the follow - up book , after you , which follows louisa post - will . but only if this first film warrants it .
moyes talked to buzzfeed uk about her involvement in making the film , working with director thea sharrock , the cast , and the problems she faced in bringing the story to the big screen . there are many , many spoilers about the book and movie below , so go and read the book and watch the film before continuing if you don ' t want it to be spoiled !
book readers will notice in the movie how much stronger will ' s parents seem as a couple . and after a lot of tweaking it was decided it was best for the film audience .
since previews for the film began it has come under a lot of criticism from disability rights campaigners , who are angry about the depiction of will sending what they say is the wrong message .
mary margaret productions is a washington dc based production company that produces award - winning video , film and multi - media projects . sheila curran dennin , president and writer / director , has been writing and directing for film , video and multi - media over 20 years . her work has been recognized by numerous awards , including two freddies ( considered the “oscar” of health films ) , five cine’s , eight telly’s , awards from the international film and video awards in new york , itva festivals in chicago and new orleans and boston , and numerous hesca and national health information awards .
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actor bob crane was found bludgeoned to death in his apartment on june 29 , 1978 , at the age of 49 . even after the case was reopened in 1990 , crane ' s murder has still not been solved .
“this project was funded by nhlbi to address the unique issues surrounding pediatric clinical research participation , ” said victoria pemberton , project officer at the national heart , lung , and blood institute ( nhlbi ) . “parents agree that clinical research for children is important to find new and better treatments , but misperceptions , fears and lack of information often lead parents to forgo enrollment of their children . if not for me works to address those misconceptions by highlighting families that have gone through pediatric clinical trials . ”
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sharrock , claflin and steve peacocke , who plays nathan , a trained nurse , researched the impact of quadriplegia together for the film . the three spent time in hospital talking to patients with spinal injuries .
i absolutely trusted them ,
she confessed .
i felt that , you know , they hadn’t wanted me to change anything , they wanted to keep it as a british production , they wanted to keep the ending , they wanted to keep the character of the movie very true to the book . so when they told me they were speaking to director upon director , and this was a long search , i felt confident that they were putting some serious thought into this .
whether you read the book or watch the movie , whatever the format the story will certainly move you . so when we asked moyes what she hopes people will take away from the story , she told us the overall message is
just not to judge
.
as a theatre director she has directed the national tours of elizabeth coleman’s secret bridesmaid’s business and it’s my party ( and i’ll die if i want to ) , max gillies live at the republic club and an evening with richard frankland for the sydney opera house and adelaide cabaret festival . she is a recipient of the ewa czajor award for female directors and the peter summerton award for directing . catherine has a passion for new writing and australian stories ( especially funny ones ) and she loved working on that’s not me !
in the latin american competition , the jury — which included film curator agnes wildenstein , american filmmaker john gianvito , argentine critic marcelo stiletano and directors nelson carlo de los santos arias and adirley queirós — selected vincent carelli , tatiana almeida and ernesto de carvalho ' s martirio as best film and yamil quintana ' s aire quemado for best short . eduardo williams ' the human surge also was awarded with a special jury prize .
a rarity – a london - based arthouse sales agency – film republic has a strong line in film from a new generation of filmmakers , arthouse and more more mainstream foreign - language titles , such as scottish filmmaker ben sharrock’s “pikadero , ” about two frustrated young lovers in a crisis - struck basque village , and swiss niklaus hilber’s “amateur teens , ” which centers on a group of teens at a secondary school in zurich .
man i watched the 2 pac film , that was some bulls * * t ,
50 cent wrote on the caption to an instagram posting .
catch that s * * t on a fire stick .
moyes didn ' t get to choose the director who took on the project , but it ' s fair to say she was more than happy with the decision . and it seems the whole cast was pretty enthralled by sharrock . in an instagram post by lead star sam claflin this week , he wrote :
thea really was the beating heart of this experience . she really made this journey worth fighting for , for me as an actor . and me as a person . i owe it to her . and you guys do too .
thea sharrock , who directed tom hiddlestone in shakespeare’s henry v for the bbc in 2012 , believes the fresh tears will be worth it , as the film offers a chance to pause and reflect on the real value of life .
joy is a young woman living in tel aviv who has a love - hate relationship with the city’s casual sex scene . her whole world is her apartment , which happens to be located on the same street where her ex lives . after her failed and desperate attempts to get him back , joy becomes inspired by nir , a chatty intellectual type , who says and does whatever he wants . dealing with themes of urban loneliness within the y generation , people that are not me centres on the young people of tel aviv who yearn for intimacy and are also terrified by it .
indeed , it ' s not . with its well - drawn characters , sharp dialogue and thoughtful grappling with the gulf between expectation and reality in gen y lives , it has more than a whiff of the modern screwball comedies of noah baumbach and greta gerwig ( frances ha , mistress america ) about it .
tomas de leone ' s el aprendiz won best film honors in the argentine competition , and the best director prize went to lukas valenta renner for a decent woman . jury members in this category included jinna lee , ted fendt and julietta sichel .
“we kept it as english - looking as we could , so there is a greyness of tone , ” said sharrock . “i didn’t want to show gritty britain , because this is not about that . then when lou takes will on holiday , it had to look as if she had tried her absolute best for him .
apparently unaware of the old film - acting adage that
less is more
, she ( emilia clarke ) over - acts from scene - setting beginning to would - be tear - jerking end . her eyebrows almost deserve a credit of their own .
she added :
i mean , the thing that intrigued me about the story i originally heard on the radio was my impulse was to immediately judge the parents . like , what kind of parents are they ? and i think when you look behind the curtain at the reality of someone’s situation what you realise is that most of the time people are doing their best in extraordinary circumstances . and what i felt about creating a story like this is you have one man whose decision you might not agree with , and nobody else agrees with it frankly in the film either , but i think it would be very hard once you know who he is to judge him for the decision that he makes . i think that we’re a very judgmental society and you never know really what goes on in someone’s mind or what experiences they’ve had to make that decision . so yeah , let’s just be a little kinder to each other .
is an hour - long documentary which tackles the tough questions many parents ask about pediatric research by talking with families who have been there . the film shares stories of families who have a child with a chronic or acute illness and were asked to join a research study .
it ' s part of the beauty of the film , especially when you see clarke , who plays daenerys targaryen in game of thrones , acting in the bubbly role of louisa next to the fatherly figure of dance , who played her rival tywin lannister in the hbo show .
i think the useful thing to them was that i have carried the book as a whole with the character arcs and the issues and the romance and the humour . i’ve carried the balance in my head for so long that i could kind of be a shortcut to say , ' yeah , you can ' t say that ' or ' you can’t do that because that means that will work . ' and so my job was not to get in the way . my job was , i worked out very quickly , to sort of sit on the stairs with my computer and wait for people to ask me , and that is what i did . and it was great .
and this soon became the basis for me before you : “so what i wanted to do was to write a story about a man who is uncompromising and who makes a decision that nobody else around him agrees with and put myself in the shoes of him , his mother , and maybe somebody who wanted to change his mind . ”
sharrock took the lead when it came to casting but she worked closely with moyes to decide on the final line - up .
because she and i have been really closely entwined ever since she came on board she would send me links and say , ' what do you think about this person for so and so ? '
“my nephew is in a wheelchair and i hope he will be pleased to see this shown in a way that does not make audiences too uncomfortable . if we had shown will being taken in and out of his chair , or put in a hoist over a bath , the impression we would give is of difficulty . i wanted to make it more normal . ”
since graduating from the western australian academy of performing arts catherine has enjoyed guest roles on neighbours , blue heelers , mda , flying doctors and embassy . she has appeared in films including , witch hunt , my year without sex , the independent feature film johnny ghost and more recently blinder .
adapted from the bestselling novel by jo jo moyes , me before you tells the story of the unexpected relationship that blossoms between a contented small town englishwoman and the wealthy , paralyzed londoner who hires her as his caretaker . theater director thea sharrock makes her feature directorial debut with this mgm / new line cinema co - production . ~ jason buchanan , rovi
very relatable in its cinema worker scenes . i watched this movie too late last night , so i was a little tired the last half hour of my shift at my own cinema worker job , and i might have let my emotions show a little too much when a customer talked to me like i wasn ' t a person . very relatable indeed .
moyes perfectly described the look with this comment :
there’s a very fine line between quirky english girl trying stuff out and crazy lady , and i think what’s interesting is i feel jill managed to keep it on the right line . i think what i like about louisa’s wardrobe is she’s not trying to draw attention to herself ; it’s just about her expression of her individual personality .
“ all eyez on me , ” the messy , hugely flawed , but fascinating biographical drama that has now been made about him , channels those contradictions , even if it doesn’t always know what to do with them . comprehensive but sketchy , richly atmospheric but often under - dramatized , it is not , in the end , a very good movie ( there are a few scenes , like tupac’s initial meeting with ted field of interscope records , that are embarrassingly bad ) . yet it’s highly worth seeing , because in its volatility and hunger , and the hidden desperation of its violence , it captures something about the space in which tupac shakur lived : a place that wanted to be all about pride and power , but was really about flying over the abyss .
romanian helmer radu jude picked the best director prize for scarred hearts , while bertrand bonello ' s nocturama won a jury special mention for best cinematography . the film , shot just before the terror attacks in paris last november , depicts a group of adolescents who plant a series of bombs in the french capital .
andrew s . gilbert has appeared in over twenty australian feature films . he has received afi nominations for his work as best supporting actor in mullet and paperback hero , along with nominations for kiss or kill and paperback hero from the film critics circle australia awards . he won the 1997 afi award for best actor in a supporting role for kiss or kill and in 2001 the film critics circle australia award for best supporting actor in mullet . andrew has appeared in some of australia’s most recognised television series , including series 3 and 4 of ‘round the twist as tony twist and bed of roses ( series 1 , 2 and 3 ) . andrew has worked on stage all over australia specialising in the development and production of new australian plays . he has appeared in world premier theatre productions at the sydney and melbourne festivals and devised , directed and performed for the melbourne and sydney fringe festivals . for the past three years he has worked as a lecturer in australian film , at a graduate and postgraduate level , for boston university’s sydney program .
both funny and a little bit tragic this is a good blend of comedy and drama looking at sibling rivalry and the desire for fame . there are more than enough laughs along the way to entertain . generally the film is well made and i look forward to seeing what else the husband and wife team of erdstein and foulcher comes up with .
and it was re - created with a mixture of secondhand clothes and budget high street shops .
[ jill ] met with me long before filming even started ,
said moyes .
she wanted to get inside my head about louisa’s wardrobe .
she got a lot of louisa ' s clothing from thrift shops and charity shops , but mainly from chain stores such as matalan , primark , and tk maxx .
the pair are self - distributing the film , which is showing on a small number of palace screens throughout the country ( foulcher spent seven years working for the company ) , but it is much better than that might suggest . the early reviews have been positive , too , even if many of them have been couched in terms of low expectations exceeded .
but she enjoyed making the film so much she has already started work on adapting some of her other books in the meantime :
i mean , obviously i would always love to do another . in fact , i’ve actually gone on to adapt two more [ of my ] books since i wrote this one because i loved the process so much .
and while she can ' t prove it was down to their being women , moyes did comment on how lovely the set was , potentially as a result .
i’ve got nothing to judge that by because this is my first film production , but what i will say is that i felt the experience on set was very positive . well , i know the crew who i spoke to – you know , lots of grizzled old hands who have been on every film you can imagine – said that it was a particularly happy set . so i don’t know if that’s because we were women or just because it’s thea . i don’t know , because i think those sorts of things come from the head down .
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and what ' s more , it wasn ' t a deliberate move to make a stand against the unbalanced numbers : they were chosen because they were the right ones for the job .
[ it was a ] total accident ,
moyes told us .
three kickass women producers , thea , and me… i mean i feel like we’re kind of making up some invisible tally , you know , we’re upping the numbers in our own small way .
belinda misevski completed a bachelor of theatre arts in acting from the university of southern queensland in 2009 . she is the co - founder and artistic director of exhibit a : theatre and in 2016 produced the short film bridge which had its world premiere at palm springs shorts fest 2016 . her screen credits include several shorts including two devils , a bit rich , and nbc universal’s childhood’s end .
she says she was so bad in her first year at vca that she was almost kicked out , but erdstein says she swept the prizes in final year .
she won for directing , she won best screenplay , best film , best student overall ,
he says proudly .
she talks it down now but she was , and is , an incredibly talented writer and director .
sam claflin ( the hunger games ) plays will traynor , a quadriplegic man who requires 24 - hour assistance following a road accident . the film begins by showing him before the accident and his subsequent situation , which brings carer louisa into his life , played by emilia clarke ( game of thrones ) . what unravels is a heart - wrenching love story where the pair change each other ' s lives inconceivably .
what an unexpected gem ! this film is hilarious ! it falls in that very rare
laughter hangover
category . . . films that make you laugh so much that you wake up the next morning with an aching gut . terrific cast ! tremendous performances ! the cinematography and blocking are also fantastic . a variety of unique visual techniques are ingeniously employed , serving to underscore dramatic tensions and to heighten comedic effect . brilliant !
as a master of martial arts and an action star , bruce lee was reaching the zenith of his career when he died at 32 in july 1973 . he was in hong kong at the time of his death , which was blamed on a brain edema caused by an allergic reaction to painkillers . his sudden and shocking passing came just a month before the premiere of his classic 1973 film ,
enter the dragon .