the divorceé is a 1919 american society drama starring ethel barrymore in her last silent film .

the film is based on a 1908 play , lady frederick by young somerset maugham , which had starred barrymore on broadway .

the play was already quite dated when this film was made , but the actress was always comfortable with this kind of soap-operish melodramatic material .

herbert blaché directed , and june mathis wrote the scenario based on maugham 's play .

the film was produced and distributed by the metro pictures company .

it is believed to be a lost film .

the last known surviving copy perished in the 1967 mgm vault fire .

the divorcee ( 1919 film )

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. subgenres of the gangster film were the prison film ( e . g . ,
one of the biggest film stars of the 1930s , norma shearer was married to producer irving thalberg and won an academy award for her role in ' the divorcee . '
irvin willat’s behind the door ( 1919 ) starring hobart bosworth , jane novak and wallace beery . available from amazon
( 1935 ) for the empire marketing board film unit and its successor , the general post office ( gpo ) film unit .
the film features beautifully modulated sympathetic performances by huston and mary astor as the welcoming divorcee in whose arms he lands after chatterton goes astray , but the thrust of the story often revolves around chatterton and her affairs with the likes of david niven and paul lukas .
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that magnified sound and drove it through speakers so that it could be heard by a large audience . in 1919 de forest developed an optical sound - on - film process patented as
proved to be controversial throughout the whole process of creating it . if the race riot in july 1919 had not occurred , who knows if micheaux would have ever made
the divorcee was released on dvd by warner home video on march 8 , 2008 ( along with a free soul , also starring norma shearer ) , as one of five pre - code films in the
tcm archives - forbidden hollywood collection , vol . 2
dvd box set . other movies with the same title were released in 1917 , 1919 , and 1969 .
micheaux began filming during the fall in 1919 around chicago . micheaux liked to pass experiences he had onto characters in his stories , so
his leading ladies learned to expect the worst .
norma shearer won the best actress oscar for mgm ' s the divorcee ( 1930 ) as a recent divorcee who finds revenge on her faithless husband by becoming a philanderer herself . cecil b . demille directed the outrageous madam satan ( 1930 ) about a wealthy socialite ( kay johnson ) who pretends to be a sultry french vamp in order to seduce her own husband away from his mistress . ( the film featured an infamous debauchery scene - a masquerade costume ball aboard a zeppelin dirigible above new york harbor . )
her first film was 1928’s sins of the fathers opposite emil jannings . the film , her only silent , was not a success , but chatterton was . she was immediately showcased in five talkies in 1929 , the fourth of which was madame x , the perennial tearjerker which would earn her the first of two back - to - back oscar nominations . she lost to mary pickford ( coquette ) , who had starred in the 1919 film version of chatterton’s daddy long legs .
isola franti , ' the nightingale ' in the nightingale ( 1914 ) lady frederick berolles in the divorcee ( 1919 ) empress alexandra ' alex ' , the czarina in rasputin and the empress ( 1933 ) mrs . warren in the spiral staircase ( 1945 ) agatha morley in the farmer ' s daughter ( 1947 ) lady sophie horfield in the paradine case ( 1947 ) grandma in moonrise ( 1948 ) miss spinney in portrait of jennie ( 1948 ) miss em in pinky ( 1949 ) abigail trent budell in that midnight kiss ( 1949 )
with five more starring roles in 1930 , chatterton was quickly becoming one of the early talkies’ most popular actresses . she received her second oscar nomination for another tearjerker , sarah and son opposite fredric march . she lost to norma shearer in the divorcee .
a . archival filmography : extant film titles : 1 . june mathis as screenwriter
on august 30 , 1919 , williams was knocked from a raft by a rock thrown by george stauber , a young white boy , who was being held on a charge of murder .
in france during the 1920s , as a result of the post - world war i decline of the pathé and gaumont film companies , a large number of small studios leased their facilities to independent companies , which were often formed to produce a single film . this method of film production lent itself readily to experimentation , encouraging the development of the
afterwards , the word was passed to other southern locales , causing the film to be barred in advance . in general ,
jennifer jones was an american actress best known for her academy award - winning performance in the film the song of bernadette .
to get by the censor board . there were major difficulties because the film featured a lynching on screen , and chicago had just witnessed a terrible riot after the african american boy drowned . even though the film got by the censor board , many people did not have the option to view
a growing source of silent era film information . this listing is from the progressive silent film list by carl bennett . copyright © 1999 - 2018 by carl bennett and the silent era company . all rights reserved .
was formed in 1935 by the merger of fox film corporation and joseph m . schenck’s twentieth century pictures after
tobis - klangfilm , which controlled the european rights to sound - on - film technology , and western electric . the dispute was finally resolved at the 1930
however , the ending of the film is unsatisfactory to some . stewart notes that the ending emphasizes the film ' s most compelling quality :
its repeated demonstration that competing discourses about african americans render black representations , including micheaux ' s , extremely inconsistent and unreliable .
and enabled welles to place the film’s characters in several different planes of depth within a single scene . these deep - focus sequence shots are complemented throughout the film by the techniques of ambient and directional sound that welles had learned from radio . most important of all , the
( erpi ) , to use western electric equipment with the movietone sound - on - film recording system . erpi’s monopoly did not please the
norma shearer won the academy award for best actress . also starring in the film are robert montgomery , conrad nagel , and florence eldridge .
. according to a modern source , alice guy blach was an assistant director on this film .
over his career , he became
race film ' s most famous and prolific director .
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. for example , in shreveport , louisiana , police had persuaded the white manager to discontinue the showing of the film . the policeman said ,
a very dangerous picture to show in the south .
you never know when one thing will lead to another . while researching frederick thomas hopkinson , a letter from his son cecil , which had been sent in 1976 , was found in which he casually mentioned that a film had been made at garbrand hall just before his father purchased it from henry willis on 18 february 1919 .
shearer appeared in a few silent movies , but her time in hollywood coincided with the transition from silent films to sound . she took the lead in mgm & apos ; s second
talkie
in 1929 . its success bolstered her career , as did her 1927 marriage to studio chief thalberg . he may have helped her obtain the lead in the divorcee , the film that earned shearer her sole academy award ( she was nominated for six oscars during her career ) .
metro pictures corporation production ; distributed by metro pictures corporation . / scenario by june mathis and katherine kavanaugh , from the play lady frederick by w . somerset maugham . production supervision by maxwell karger . assistant director , p . thad volkman [ ? ] and / or alice guy blaché ? cinematography by george k . hollister . / © 27 january 1919 by metro pictures corporation [ lp13352 ] . released 20 january 1919 . / standard 35mm spherical 1 . 33 : 1 format .
proponents of the film claimed that people could not afford to miss seeing the film if they were interested in the welfare of the race . others claimed that it was
the most spectacular screen version of the most sensational story of the race question since uncle tom ' s cabin ,
and that it was
the greatest preachment against race prejudice and the glaring injustices practiced upon our people .
silent film actress janet gaynor won the first - ever academy award for best actress in 1929 , for her role in the movie seventh heaven .
the film should have opened up more opportunities for chatterton but a combination of a less than stellar box office , the shock of those audiences who did come in seeing chatterton suddenly in middle age and the general unattractiveness of the character combined to put an end to her film career instead .
their fantasy - like appeal , both the musical and the animated film made early use of the two - colour imbibition process introduced by the technicolor corporation in 1928 , during the conversion to sound . animated films also pioneered the use of
of the film’s narrative matches the technical brilliance of its presentation , functioning on several levels at once : the historical , the psychological , and the mythic . although recognized by many critics as a work of genius ,
the public’s fascination with speech also accounted for the new popularity of historical biographies , or “biopics . ” these films were modeled on the universum film ag’s ( ufa’s ) silent
the red lantern . dir . : albert capellani , sc . : june mathis , albert capellani ( nazimova productions us 1919 ) cas . : alla nazimova , mrs . mcwade , virginia rose , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : beb , rur .
mathis , june . “harmony in picture making . ” film daily ( 6 may 1923 ) : 5 .
valentino : rediscovering an icon of silent film . dvd . ( flicker alley us 2007 ) - includes the young rajah ( 1922 )
the brat [ trailer ] . dir . herbert blaché ; sc . alla nazimova , ttl : june mathis ( nazimova productions , screen classics , inc . us 1919 ) cas : alla nazimova , charles bryant , si , b & w , 35mm . archives : gbb .
involved danger , a love story but also tackled contemporary race issues . the film was controversial and was censored because of the subject matter and an onscreen lynching .
lombardi , ltd . dir . : jack conway , sc . : june mathis ( screen classic , inc . us 1919 ) cas . : bert lytell , alice lake , vera lewis , si , b & w , 35mm . archive : usr .
as the film begins , a title announces , “at the opening of our drama , we find our characters in the north , where the prejudices and hatreds of the south do not exist - though this does not prevent the occasional lynching of a negro . ”
micheaux was never shy around big issues , and his subject matter choices were given high marks by film critics .
following the closure of the studio at garbrand hall in 1918 , arthur weigall continued to write and his film script , her heritage , was produced in 1919 by ward productions ; it was directed by bannister merwin and starred phyllis monkman . after this , lord northcliffe offered arthur a job as a film critic for the daily mail newspaper . while working for the daily mail he famously covered , as a correspondent , the opening of the tomb of tutankhamun in 1922 . arthur was reported as saying of lord carnarvon ' if he goes down in that spirit , i give him six weeks to live ' . when lord carnarvon died the following year on 5 april 1923 , arthur ' s comment was remembered and further fuelled the tales about the curse of the pharaohs . sadly , arthur ' s marriage to hortense ended in divorce and following arthur ' s second marriage in 1928 to canadian divorcee frances muriel lillie , formerly burnet , arthur returned to show business as a talented writer of lyrics . arthur was aged 53 when he died on 2 january 1934 in the london hospital .
because micheaux was never afraid to address big issues , he caused controversy at the time , but has now been praised by film critics .
porter met wealthy divorcee , linda lee thomas , in paris in 1918 and quickly became attracted . they had mutual friends , common interests , and a shared social position . she responded to his talent , charm , and irreverence ; he to her looks , sophistication , and maturity ( she was almost eight years older ) . they married in 1919 . given linda’s worldliness , she must have been aware of porter’s homosexuality but was willing to accept him on those terms . linda’s first husband had been abusive , and porter presented no threat to her on that count .
chatterton received her second oscar nomination in a row for this , but unlike the previous year when she was thought to be the favorite , only to lose to academy founder mary pickford for her inept performance in coquette , she wasn’t given much of a chance to win this time . the race had been strictly between mgm’s greta garbo in anna christie and norma shearer in that studio’s the divorcee . shearer won .
were eager to do the same abroad . their objective coincided with the desire of the major american film studios to extend their control of the international motion - picture industry . accordingly , the studios began to export sound films in late 1928 , and
even though the film ended happily ,
the story was rooted in the sins of the south , with a climax that rebuked d . w . griffith ' s miscegenation hysteria . . . and dealt with the evils of slavery , the failures of reconstruction , and the nightmare of lynchings .
mathis’s relationship with valentino was closely connected with her participation in actress alla nazimova ’s “8080 club , ” a social circle that included both valentino and rambova and that functioned as a center of lesbian life in hollywood during the early 1920s ( lambert 1997 , 218 ) . nazimova , who had achieved great fame on the stage as a tragedienne , collaborated with mathis on several films , including eye for eye ( 1918 ) , out of the fog ( 1919 ) , the red lantern ( 1919 ) , the brat ( 1919 ) , and camille ( 1921 ) . in these endeavors , mathis was undoubtedly the minor voice whose contribution supported the artistic vision of her strong - willed collaborator . material documenting the nature and extent of the mathis - nazimova collaborations is contained in the nazimova archive in columbus , georgia , but the archive is currently unavailable to scholars . the versatile mathis also played handmaiden to two other major women stars whose talents lay in the realm of comedy . for colleen moore , the tireless screenwriter penned sally ( 1925 ) , the desert flower ( 1925 ) , we moderns ( 1925 ) , and irene ( 1926 ) ; and for corinne griffith , she wrote classified ( 1925 ) .
although chatterton was under contract to paramount , she would have her biggest hit on loan - out to mgm for the fourth of seven to date versions of the venerable old tearjerker . director barrymore is credited with inventing the first tracking crane for use in talkies for this film – the silent film cranes were too noisy and couldn’t be used .
prison camp , portrays a civilization on the brink of collapse because of national and class antagonisms ; in its assertion of the primacy of human relationships and the utter futility of war ( the “grand illusion” ) , the film stands as one of the greatest antiwar statements ever made . in
porter wrote “night and day” for fred astaire , who starred in gay divorce ( 1932 ) and in the 1934 film ( retitled the gay divorcee ) . porter didn’t at first recognize it as a potential hit , but it became one of ascap’s top ten money makers of all times ( mcbrien , 146 ) . he commented in 1930 , “nobody can predict which tune will catch on with the public and which will not . . . . all a composer can do is write the melodies as he feels them and then hope for the best” ( mcbrien , 127 ) .
, 1930 ) , frequently hailed as the first artistic triumph of the sound film , was a lively musical comedy that mixed asynchronous sound with a bare minimum of dialogue . clair used the same technique in
actress judy holliday was know for playing dumb but good - natured characters . she won an academy award for best actress in the film born yesterday .
the process that captured moving images on celluloid film was discover by british inventor william friese greene in 1889 . he made the first black and white silent film in hyde park and patented the process the following year . it took another four years before british inventors robert w . paul and birt acres produced a 35 mm camera to project the moving images onto a screen and later screen the first british film , ' incident at clovelly cottage ' . it was not until 1908 that british inventor george albert smith devised ' kinemacolor ' , the first colour film system . films with sound , fondly called
talkies
, were not invented until 1928 . american inventors however were advancing at a similar pace to british inventors all the time .
, which functioned as a distributor for independent american features and for alexander korda’s london film productions . in terms of total assets , the five major studios were about four times as big as the three minor ones , with mgm , paramount , warner brothers , and twentieth century–fox all about the same size and rko approximately 25 percent smaller than its peers . at the very bottom of the film industry
( 1929 ) . vidor shot the action on location without sound , using a freely moving camera . later , in the studio , he added to the film a separately recorded sound track containing both naturalistic and impressionistic effects . in the following year
mary pickford was a legendary silent film actress and was known as
america’s sweetheart .
she was a founder of united artists and helped establish the academy .
) , and by the early 1930s the movie musical had developed in formal sophistication to become perhaps the major american genre of the decade . among the
was not a film for everyone as it was disturbing . a black schoolteacher wrote ,
the picture is a quivering tongue of fire . . . the burn of which will be felt in the far distant years .
and dealt with more serious themes of industrial alienation , although it still used the musical - comedy form . the film’s intelligence , visual stylization , and brilliant use of asynchronous sound made it a classic of the transitional period .
as race film ' s most famous director , micheaux considered himself as
' an instructive voice and an empowering interpreter of black life for the community . '
the girl did not find out that leon and edith were not her real parents until she was in her early teens . she also discovered that they had fought over and squandered all the money she had earned during her years of stardom . after her last film , the comedy short miss gingersnap ( 1919 ) , she was not only out of the limelight , but also deprived of the luxuries to which she had become accustomed .
there was a trust fund ,
she explained ,
but i never seemed to have received anything from it . my foster parents lived a gilded life .
during july 1919 in chicago , race riots broke out when an african american boy , eugene williams , was swimming at a beach that was exclusively for whites ; as a result of the boy ' s accidental drowning , citywide violence began . within three days , thirty - eight african americans were dead and there were 537 injuries . during the riot , micheaux was writing a script called ,
the lie
which became the basis of
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towards the end of july 1918 andré was also close to bankruptcy and the studio at garbrand hall , having not released a single film , was forced to close . fortunately the landlord henry willis agreed to take back the hall and release arthur from the tenancy agreement . all the furniture from the hall was sold and the money raised was presumably used to pay off some of their debts . andré promised to pay arthur £1 , 000 compensation but this he said , would have to be paid over a period of time . at the time of a . c . films closure other british film studios were flourishing and by 1920 over 300 british film productions had been made by them collectively .
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an entirely new arena for tap dancers opened up with the introduction of “talking” motion pictures . although the technology for sound on film had been around for several years , it was not until the jazz singer ( 1927 ) that the public accepted this new medium . …
toning . tinting coloured all the light areas of a picture and was achieved by immersing a black - and - white print in dye or by using coloured film base for printing . the toning process involved chemically treating film emulsion to colour the dark areas of the print . each process produced monochrome images , the colour of which was usually chosen to correspond to the mood or setting of the scene . occasionally , the two processes were combined to produce elaborate two - colour effects . by the early 1920s , nearly all american features included at least one coloured sequence ; but after 1927 , when it was discovered that tinting or toning film stock interfered with the transmission of optical sound , both practices were temporarily abandoned , leaving the market open to new systems of colour photography .
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this adaptation of sinclair lewis’ novel was by far the best film chatterton made and features what is arguably her best performance as the social climbing wife of a mild - mannered retiree , played by walter huston .
in 1942 , shearer made her cardboard lover . it was her final film . after retiring from the movies , she married a ski instructor she had met while on vacation .
chatterton’s most successful vehicle at her home studio is another soap opera about another mother trying to get back the son taken from her , although this one has a happier ending . fredric march , who had been chatterton’s co - star in the previous year’s the dummy appears late in the film as the lawyer who helps her get the kid back .
the main character , sylvia landry ( evelyn preer ) , an african american schoolteacher , receives a letter from conrad ( james d . ruffin ) , her fiancé . however , alma prichard ( flo clements ) , a divorcee is secretly in love with conrad and wants to give marriage another try . alma ' s stepbrother , larry prichard ( jack chenault ) , tries to pursue sylvia until she informs him of her engagement .
in cecil hopkinson ' s 1976 letter , he mentioned that the stables had been previously converted into dressing rooms and that the names of the film stars were written on the doors . the coach house and stables were situated at the end of the carriage drive that came from the high street , under the dog gate , past the lodge and ran parallel to spring street . the lodge also had another three bedrooms , a kitchen , sitting room , scullery and lavatory should any more accommodation be needed . the lodge and dog gate are the only two structures that escaped demolition in 1962 .
, who directed a series of stylish thrillers for british international pictures and gaumont british before he moved to hollywood in 1939 . his first sound film ,
susan sarandon is an academy award - winning american film actress known for roles in films like bull durham , thelma and louise and dead man walking .
of the filmmaking process , it altered the economic structure of the industry even more , precipitating some of the largest mergers in motion - picture history . throughout the 1920s ,
dictated that sound and image be recorded simultaneously , so that everything heard on the sound track would be seen on the screen and vice versa . a vocal minority of film artists nevertheless viewed this practice of synchronous , “naturalistic”
process . like the practical editing problem , the theoretical debate over the appropriate use of sound was eventually resolved by the practice of postsynchronization .
actress norma shearer was born in montreal , quebec , canada , on august 11 , 1902 ( some sources state that she was born in 1900 ; others state 1904 ) . shearer married mgm & apos ; s studio chief , irving thalberg , in 1927 . the marriage , combined with her hard work , helped her become a star in the 1930s . she received six academy award nominations , winning for her role in the divorcee . shearer died in woodland hills , california , on june 12 , 1983 .
the wholesale conversion to sound of all three sectors of the american film industry took place in less than 15 months between late 1927 and 1929 , and the profits of the major companies increased during that period by as much as 600 percent . although the transition was fast , orderly , and profitable , it was also enormously expensive . the industrial system as it had evolved for the previous three decades needed to be completely overhauled ; studios and theatres had to be totally reequipped and creative personnel retrained or fired . in order to fund the conversion , the film companies were forced to borrow in excess of $ 350 million , which placed them under the indirect control of the two major new york - based financial groups , the morgan group and the rockefeller group .
tragically - realistic films were a big part of the silent film era - the silents naturally lent themselves to melodrama . the only means by which an actor or actress could communicate meaning and feelings was through facial expressions and gestures . one of the earliest melodramas was director frank powell ' s silent film ( based upon a stage play ) titled a fool there was ( 1915 ) , with theda bara ( in her star - making film debut ) cast as an evil , dark , wicked and mysterious vampire who seductively lures a weak - willed family man away and controls his heart with her sexy wiles .
arthur was also a prolific author and when andré agreed to buy his screenplay the spirit of adventure for £100 plus royalties , andré engaged bannister merwin , an american director , to produce the film . the film was to have starred actress phyllis monkman and was scheduled to begin shooting in early september 1917 . however , following zeppelin raids over piccadilly in october 1917 , they decided for safety to move the whole company to ewell . however , despite increasing the production budget when they got to garbrand hall , the filming of the spirit of adventure came to nothing .
aged 20 , osborne married frank dempsey , but on her divorce four years later , and with a daughter to bring up , she got a job as a shop assistant . happily , she was rescued by king , who got her work at rko studios as an extra , in bit parts and as ginger rogers ' s stand - in for the gay divorcee ( 1934 ) , swing time ( 1936 ) and shall we dance ( 1937 ) .
, in which image and sound are printed on separate pieces of film so that they can be manipulated independently . postsynchronization enabled filmmakers to edit images freely again . because the overwhelming emphasis of the period from 1928 to 1931 had been on obtaining high - quality sound in production , however , the idea that the
. fox , like the warners , had seen sound as a way of cornering the market among smaller exhibitors . therefore , in the summer of 1926 , he acquired the rights to the
for the express purpose of producing sound films using the photophone system ( which ultimately became the industry standard ) .
it was in the area of production , however , that the greatest problems arose . the statement that “the movies ceased to move when they began to talk” accurately described the films made during the earliest years of the transition , largely because of technical limitations . early
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the four horsemen of the apocalypse ( 1921 ) , written by june mathis .
and thalberg saw the result , did he relent and give her the role .
to the american production companies at joinville and to the german tobis - klangfilm , which had been purchasing large studios in the paris suburb of epinay since 1929 . in the face of this threat , the french industry attempted to regroup itself around what was left of the pathé and gaumont empires , forming two consortia—pathé - natan and gaumont - franco - film - aubert—for the production and distribution of sound films . although neither group was financially successful , they seem to have created an unprecedented demand for french - language films about french subjects , reinvigorating the country’s cinema . between 1928 and 1938 , french film production doubled from 66 to 122 features , and , in terms of box - office receipts , the french audience was considered to be second only to the american one .
knew the film was radical since it was the
biggest protest against race prejudice , lynching , and ' concubinage ' that was ever written or filmed and that there are more thrills and gripping , holding moments that was ever seen in any individual production .
despite warner brothers’ obvious success with sound films , film industry leaders were not eager to lease sound equipment from a direct competitor . they banded together , and warner brothers was forced to give up its rights to the vitaphone system in exchange for a share in any new royalties earned . the major film companies then wasted no time . by may 1928 virtually every studio in hollywood , major and minor , was licensed by western electric’s newly created marketing subsidiary ,
german - american film conference in paris , where tobis , erpi , and rca agreed to pool their patents and divide the world market among themselves . the language problem also delayed the conversion to sound on the continent . because dubbing was all but impossible in the earliest years of the transition , films had to be shot in several different languages ( sometimes featuring a different cast for each version ) at the time of production in order to receive wide international distribution . paramount therefore built a huge studio in the paris suburb of
the administrative skills and collaborative spirit mathis brought to such undertakings did not always enable her to triumph over the fractious , ego - driven climate that prevailed in the hollywood industry , and she has been scapegoated by posterity for the derailment of a few of the era’s major productions . french film scholar george sadoul singled her out as the “butcher” who edited greed ( 1925 ) , though evidence shows that she championed both the project and its willful director erich von stroheim from the outset ( slater 133 ) . and though mathis was held responsible by irving thalberg when the ill - fated megaproduction ben - hur fell to pieces under her supervision while on location in italy in 1924 , the problems that arose appear to have been caused not by mathis but by labor slowdowns and the imperious behavior of the film’s original director charles brabin ( brownlow 1968 , 385–414 ; keel 32–33 , 101 ) .
she was born helen alice myres in denver , colorado , the daughter of roy and mary myres , who gave her up for fostering to leon and edith osborn . they renamed her marie and added the
e
to her surname . the osborns formed their own production company , diandro , and released a string of baby marie pictures from 1917 to 1919 , all of them directed by william bertram , with titles such as daddy ' s girl , cupid by proxy and the old maid ' s baby . they also made a deal with a new york toy manufacturer for baby marie osborne dolls .
. his technical mastery came to influence the american cinema when he immigrated to the united states to escape the nazis in 1940 .
compiling credits for june mathis is a bit complicated . while sources from the 1920s claim that she produced over 150 scripts , only two - thirds of that number can be documented . extant films are also hard to verify . the film somewhere in america has many elements from the rose of the alley , which were re - edited and used for flashback sequences . the print exists as two incomplete double reels at george eastman house . material for three weeks is thought to exist at gosfilmofond , though it can’t be confirmed . three badly decomposed reels of young rajah were recently found in europe and a recreation was attempted using part of the footage and stills , however , so little of the footage was usable , the film is still considered lost . while spanish dancer is listed as extant , the preservation material comes from a kodascope home movie , which is a 5 reel cutdown from its original 9 reels . dates of release are also inconsistent . a trip to paradise is listed as 1921 in nearly all sources , yet is listed as 1925 on fiaf . greed is listed in various sources as 1923 , 1924 and 1925 . this may stem from the fact the film started production in 1923 . the hooded falcon is sometimes listed on mathis and valentino filmographies , however , the film was never completed . finally , fiaf lists june mathis as a writer on the iced bullet , but this can’t be confirmed in any other source . the following extant prints are incomplete : the call of her people , somewhere in america / the rose of the alley , threads of fate , the trail to yesterday , the red lantern . three wise fools , classified
according to stewart ,
within our gates represents micheaux’s most ambitious attempt to fashion a discourse on the meaning of black american identity . the film features a large cast of black character types , demonstrating that the black population is made up of individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds and with very different goals and lifestyles . ”
in the same year that his son was born , andré opened a theatrical agency in paris where he supplied variety and music hall artists , especially to the alhambra theatre in leicester square , london . the alhambra was where robert w . paul had presented his first theatrical film programme on 25 march 1896 . by 1912 andré moved to london to become the joint manager of the alhambra and eventually became its managing director until 1915 . the alhambra was demolished in 1936 to make way for the odeon leicester square .
. although the quality of the system was excellent , there were drawbacks . the bulk of the camera made location shooting difficult . furthermore , technicolor’s virtual monopoly gave it indirect control of the production companies , which were required to rent—at high rates—equipment , crew , consultants , and laboratory services from technicolor every time they used the system . in the midst of the
cinematograph films act passed by parliament in 1927 . the act required that a certain minimum proportion of the films exhibited in british theatres be of domestic origin . although most of the films made to fulfill this condition were low - budget , low - standard productions known as “quota quickies , ” the british cinema produced many important film artists ( most of whom were soon lured to hollywood ) . one of the first major british talents to emerge after the introduction of sound was
the four horsemen of the apocalypse . dvd . ( delta entertainment corp . us 2006 )
( 1929 ) , the first entry in his “silly symphony” series . unburdened by the awkward
photographic colour entered the cinema at approximately the same time as sound , although , as with sound , various colour effects had been used in films since the invention of the medium .
the mechanistic nature of the system to produce work of unique personal vision . these directors include
in the summer of 1929 . thalberg ' s original choice for the role of jerry was
chatterton triumphs over the creakiness of the plot as the woman thrown out in the street by her husband , her son brought up to believe his mother dead , only to inadvertently defend her in the film’s climactic courtroom scenes . lewis stone as her cruel husband and raymond hackett as her compassionate grown son are also quite good , but it’s chatterton’s towering oscar nominated performance that makes this one of only two of the versions worth watching – the 1937 version with gladys george is also quite good thanks to its star performance .
the director learned the movie craft , acquiring a variety of filmmaking skills including directing and writing , during the silent movie era . the result of those skills was the 1934 hit screwball - road movie “it happened one night . ”
rudolph valentino : the great lover . dvd . ( delta entertainment us 2006 ) - includes the four horsemen of the apocalypse ( 1921 )
pathécolor system , for example , a stencil was cut for each colour desired ( up to six ) and aligned with the print ; colour was then applied through the stencil frame by frame at high speeds . with the advent of the feature and the conversion of the industry to
pact between fox - case and vitaphone under which each licensed the other to use its sound systems , equipment , and personnel . the sound - on - film system eventually prevailed over sound - on - disc because it enabled image and sound to be recorded simultaneously in the same ( photographic ) medium , ensuring their precise and automatic synchronization .
to unless they were absolutely essential to the plot and severely punished by the film’s end . the code demanded that the sanctity of marriage be upheld at all times , although sexual relations were not to be suggested between spouses . it forbade the use of profanity , vulgarity , and racial epithets ; prostitution , miscegenation , sexual deviance , or drug addiction ; nudity , sexually suggestive dancing or costumes , and “lustful kissing” ; and excessive drinking ,
in addition to writing , mathis was also a production executive ; as such her influence was widely felt throughout the industry . the titles she held at goldwyn pictures , metro pictures , and famous players - lasky film corporation included “artistic supervisor” and “editorial director . ” such positions ceased to exist in the years that followed ; but as far as one can tell , they involved overseeing the development of motion picture scripts , supervising activities on the set , and presiding over the editing process , duties studio producers commonly assumed during the 1930s .
in a swing away from the excesses of the “new morality” of the jazz age , the production code was monumentally repressive , forbidding the depiction on - screen of almost everything germane to the experience of normal human adults . it prohibited showing “scenes of passion , ” and adultery , illicit
joinville in 1930 to mass - produce multilingual films . the other major american studios quickly followed suit , making the region a factory for the round - the - clock production of movies in as many as 15 separate languages . by the end of 1931 , however , the technique of
furthermore , although cooperation between the film companies through such agencies as the mppda , the academy of motion picture arts and sciences , and the society of motion picture engineers ensured a smooth transition in corporate terms , inside the newly wired theatres and studio soundstages there was confusion and disruption . the three competing systems—vitaphone , movietone , and photophone—were all initially incompatible , and their technologies were under such constant modification that equipment was sometimes obsolete before it was uncrated . whatever system producers chose , exhibitors during the early transitional period were forced to maintain both sound - on - disc and sound - on - film reproduction equipment . even as late as 1931 , studios were still releasing films in both formats to accommodate theatres owned by sound - on - disc interests .
children’s film at goethe - institut los angeles : “die schneekoenigin ( the snow queen ) ” ( 1966 , in german ) , 10 a . m . dec . 7 . tickets $ 5 . 5750 wilshire blvd . 323 - 525 - 3399 . urltoken
in addition to the orchestral score ; its phenomenal success virtually ensured the industry’s conversion to sound .
pasadena central library : a 19th century british minister tries to modernize his small village in 2013 film “the christmas candle , ” 1 - 3 p . m . dec . 10 . free . 285 e . walnut st . 626 - 744 - 4066 . urltoken
( 1926 ) . in 1928 technicolor introduced an improved process in which two gelatin positives were used as relief matrices to “print” colour onto a single strip of film . this printing process , known as imbibition , or
sensing that warner brothers’ gamble on sound might pay off , mgm , first national , paramount , and others had asked the mppda to investigate competing sound systems in early 1927 . there were several sound - on - film systems that were technologically superior to vitaphone , but the rights to most of them were owned by
. the film employs a complicated flashback structure in which kane’s friends and associates give their accounts of the man after his death , paradoxically revealing not greatness or might but pathetic insecurity and emptiness . in creating this portrait of a powerful american who could bend international politics to his will but never fathom human love , welles stretched the technology of image and sound recording beyond its contemporary limits . using a newly available eastman film stock with increased sensitivity to light , plastic - coated wide - angle lenses opened to smaller - than - normal apertures , and high - intensity arc lamps , cinematographer
chatterton’s greatest role was as fran dodsworth in the 1936 samuel goldwyn production of dodsworth , but playing a middle aged woman did not bode well for a continuing career as one of hollywood’s highest paid stars and the film’s lukewarm reception at the box office caused goldwyn to withdraw his consideration for her to star in the following year’s stella dallas , a role which would bring an oscar nomination to barbara stanwyck who replaced her .
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, 1939 ) . darkly poetic , these films were characterized by a brooding pessimism that reflected the french public’s despair over the failure of the popular front movement of 1935–37 and the seeming inevitability of war .
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film at the skirball cultural center : classic films : the war in europe : “cloak and dagger” ( 1946 ) , 1 : 30 p . m . dec . 9 . free with museum admission $ 10 ; $ 7 seniors . 2701 n . sepulveda blvd . , los angeles . 310 - 440 - 4500 . urltoken
university of la verne : american values in sports films screens director clint eastwood’s “invictus , ” a film about rugby and social change , starring morgan freeman as nelson mandela . the 2009 movie plays at 10 : 40 a . m . dec . 5 in room 212 , arts and communication building , near “d” street and arrow highway ; incontext film series on sustainability screens “what would jesus buy , ” a 2007 documentary about a cross - country crusade against the commercialization of christmas , 7 p . m . dec . 5 , in the la fetra auditorium , 1950 third street , la verne . both are free and open to the public . urltoken
in india , sound created a major industrial boom by reviving a popular 19th - century theatrical form : the folk - music drama based on centuries - old religious myths . despite the fact that films had to be produced in as many as 10 regional languages , the popularity of these “all - talking , all - singing , all - dancing” mythologicals or historicals played an enormous role in winning acceptance for sound throughout the subcontinent and in encouraging the growth of the indian film industry . an average of 230 features were released per year throughout the 1930s , almost all for domestic consumption .


demolition is a 2015 american drama film directed by jean-marc vallée and written by bryan sipe .

the film stars jake gyllenhaal , naomi watts , chris cooper , and judah lewis .

the film opened the 2015 toronto international film festival and was theatrically released on april 8 , 2016 , by fox searchlight pictures .

demolition ( 2015 film )

jake gyllenhaal in
demolition ,
selected as the opening - night film for the 2015 toronto international film festival .
quebec director jean - marc vallee ' s film demolition , starring jake gyllenhaal will open tiff 2015 . an outer space thriller starring matt damon and a gangster film topped by johnny depp are among the other buzz worthy films heading to the toronto international film festival this september .
jake gyllenhaal attends an official academy screening of southpaw on july 21 , 2015 in new york city . gyllenhaal stars in the jean - marc vallée ' s demolition which will open the 2015 toronto international film festival . ( robin marchant / getty / academy of motion picture arts and sciences )
opening september 26 2015 through 28 february 2016 at the vitra design museum , weil am rhein .
reviewed at toronto film festival ( opener ) , sept . 10 , 2015 . mpaa rating : r . running time : 101 min .
vancouver was host to an extraordinary amount of filming activity in 2015 : 353 productions filmed in vancouver for a total of 1 , 518 film days in 2015—up from 235 productions in 2014 . this earned vancouver $ 710 , 000 in revenue for film and street - use permits alone .
still from the film
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. a experimental film on the deconstruction of los angeles 6th street viaduct demolition featured on the creators project .
christopher schobert guest - edited spree’s april 2015 film issue . he is a film critic for the buffalo news and frequent contributor to a number of online outlets . he blogs at urltoken .
we continue to establish our city as a premier destination for film and tv production with 2015 proving to be a record setting year . film activity increased by over 40 % in comparison to 2014 .
a full list of film premieres announced on thursday is available on the toronto film festival website .
gyllenhaal stars in demolition , vallée ' s first movie since the oscar - nominated wild . the film will open the festival .
starring jake gyllenhaal , naomi watts , chris cooper , judah lewis and heather lind . directed by jean - marc vallée . opening night gala film at tiff 2015 . 100 minutes . stc
look out for jake gyllenhaal filming ‘demolition’ in new york city this . . .
jake gyllenhaal stars in demolition as a man who has just lost his wife .
10 june 2015 our film fortress of solitude will be screened at the barbican on 25 june as part of the architecture foundation’s architecture on film series . the screening will be followed by a conversation between simone niquille , joseph grima and bruce sterling .
r for language , some sexual references , drug use and disturbing behavior . ( rating bulletin 2376 , 6 / 3 / 2015 )
our film 99 dom - ino will be the opening film at arquiteturas film festival in lisbon on 30 september 2015 . the screening will be preceded by a presentation by nick dunn , professor of urban design at lancaster university , entitled lost futures : framing critical utopias between film and architecture . after the film , sofia mourato , founder and director of the festival , will be in conversation with martina muzi of space caviar .
los angeles — jean - marc vallée’s “demolition , ” from the oscar powerhouse fox searchlight pictures , edged toward the award season spotlight as the opening - night film at the toronto international film festival .
arquiteturas film festival , lisbon 19 . 30 lost futures , presentation by nick dunn / 21 . 30 99 dom - ino / q & a with martina muzi ( space caviar ) 30 september 2015 forum lisboa
architecture on film : the machine stops + fortress of solitude ( u * ) 6 . 30pm / + screentalk with joseph grima , simone niquille ( space caviar ) and bruce sterling 23 june 2015 cinema 1
will be part of “making africa : a continent of contemporary design” , an exhibition at vitra design museum from 14 march to 13 september 2015 . curated by
oscar winner chris cooper and two - time oscar nominee naomi watts will also star in demolition .
still from nike skate park documentary in williamsburg , brooklyn
last ride
before the demolition .
the donnie darko actor also plays real - life mountaineer scott fischer in everest - due out september 2015 - with josh brolin , jason clarke , and john hawkes .
domestic ticket sales for 2015 currently sit at $ 8 . 5 billion , up 0 . 7 % from where 2013 was at this point in its record run .
looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing demolition near you .
and jake gyllenhaal looked dreamy as ever in his tartan blazer while filming demolition at jfk airport on wednesday .
demolition is what this movie does to a movie fan ' s hopes for two hours of quality entertainment .
fox searchlight has opted to keep jake gyllenhaal - naomi watts drama “ demolition ” out of this year’s awards season , dating the film for an april 8 , 2016 , release .
it continues to be a substantial contributor to our economy . payroll data based on city postal codes show that over $ 143 million was paid in wages to vancouver residents in 2015 .
jake - born jacob - sported a bit of stubble for the 2015 drama , which is being helmed by director jean - marc vallée ( wild , dallas buyer ' s club ) .
the film is listed as being a north american premiere , which suggests it will have its world premiere at the venice film festival at the beginning of september .
if you ' ve seen the film , please rate it at this poll .
caa is representing u . s . rights to the film . mr . mudd was the original producer on demolition , with caa helping to bring aboard black label media and sidney kimmel to finance .
we are also collaborating with the film industry to support location sustainability as well as building vancouver ' s brand as a
film city
; this initiative will highlight the fact that vancouver is the third largest film production centre in north america .
thank god for jake gyllenhaal . absent his performance , demolition would have been a more unbearable slog than it is .
i also like how demolition doesn’t explain anything clearly , but everything that happens needs an interpretation of davis’ emotional state .
“postmodern” is often defined as breaking down what came before . demolition literally hammers into that wild head and heart space .
another masterpiece by gyllenhaal . . . he always exceeds my expectations with every new film
earlier today , jake gyllenhaal was spotted filming his next movie , demolition , at 250 greenwich st in new york city .
demolition ( fsl ) , 854 theaters / $ 363k fri / 3 - day cume : $ 1 . 1m / wk 1
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the way this film gets into gyllenhaal ' s character and in his head is spectacular .
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office punditry when the time comes actually to review the film . so yeah , sony ,
“while the box office is notoriously difficult to predict , we believe a common - sense base case forecast should assume a flat to modestly down ’16 box following a record slate in 2015 , ” the report’s authors write .
jake gyllenhaal is in talks to star in “the dallas buyers club” helmer jean - marc vallee ’s next pic , “ demolition . ”
‘the unlikely script is hampered with failed attempts at magical realism and leaden metaphors’ . . . jake gyllenhaal in demolition . photograph : pr
johnny depp film black mass , jason bateman ' s second directorial effort the family fang , western forsaken - starring donald and kiefer sutherland - and afghan war film hyena road will also premiere .
no , it’s not . ‘demolition’ wraps november 5th . but jake will have some time off from shooting to promote his upcoming movie ‘nightcrawler’ .
demolition is the latest work helmed by acclaimed dallas buyers club director jean - marc vallee and also stars academy award winning actor chris cooper .
. and now demolition . jake gyllenhaal certainly springs for a single - word title promising danger , melodrama , and dirt under his fingernails .
“everything has become a metaphor , ” a character observes and demolition illustrates to excess , as davis becomes a one - man wrecking crew .
love is a many splintered thing in demolition , as jake gyllenhaal’s emotional wreck of a romeo swings a sledgehammer rather than a bouquet of roses .
two - time oscar nominee naomi watts is in negotiations to star opposite jake gyllenhaal in “demolition , ” which is slated to be the next film from “dallas buyers club” director jean - marc vallee , an individual familiar with the project has told thewrap .
and naomi watts will surely be left feeling a little flattened by demolition , a frustratingly aimless soul - search that veers uncomfortably between quirk and melancholy .
was the only film in the $ 10 , 000 club with an opening of $ 13 , 244 over the weekend in one theater . from wednesday through sunday , the film pulled in $ 18 , 468 .
we ' re going to make a lot of noise tonight ,
vallee said as he took the stage before the film ' s world premiere at the opening night of the toronto international film festival on thursday .
it ' s probably the most rock ' n ' roll film i ' ve made .
is a rare 007 film that charts no new ground but instead just swipes from its own storied legacy .
fox searchlight has decided to open
demolition ,
starring jake gyllenhaal , in april , well outside the cutthroat and crowded fall . ( amf photography )
the toronto international film festival is a longtime launchpad for awards campaigns , but its choices for opening - night films are sometimes above the fray , like thursday night’s “demolition , ’’ starring jake gyllenhaal as a man who is unable to grieve after his wife’s sudden death .
demolition is a movie starring jake gyllenhaal , naomi watts , and chris cooper . a successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash . with the help of a customer service rep and her young son , he starts to rebuild , beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew .
fox searchlight is closing in on a deal to buy u . s . rights to demolition , reuniting the specialty division with wild director jean - marc vallee .
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working with you on all stages of the project , from the initial ideas right through to the finished film .
exclusive : chris cooper has just been set to star alongside jake gyllenhaal and naomi watts in demolition , the next film by dallas buyers club helmer jean - marc vallee , whose new film wild with reese witherspoon debuted at toronto . deadline revealed back in june that gyllenhaal would star in and vallee would helm demolition , based on the black list script by bryan sipe about a young investment banker struggling to understand his emotional unraveling after the tragic death of his wife , when , suddenly a woman he meets in a chance encounter changes his life forever .
and we ' re off ! the toronto international film festival began in earnest on thursday , and entertainment editors erin whitney and matthew jacobs have already taken in several movies . the crowded premiere of opening - night gala selection
demolition
was our first canadian screening , capping off a handful of titles we caught before even touching down at tiff . we ' ll be bringing you lengthier takes on the festival ' s happenings in the days to come , but here are quick reactions to the first few films that comprised our 2015 toronto experience .
looking forward , our film branch staff will be working closely with the film industry to look for ways to recognize and support the local neighbourhoods , businesses , and residents that enable successful film production . in the last two years , the industry has contributed over $ 200 , 000 in cash and donations to local vancouver charities and social organizations .
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quebec director ' s jean - marc vallée ' s collaboration with jake gyllenhaal , an outer space thriller starring matt damon and a gangster film topped by johnny depp are among the films heading to the toronto international film festival this september .
it ' s not cliché or forcibly heartfelt , it ' s a simple film , but complex at the same time .
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demolition is all about feeling : something , anything , even if you have to bust through walls to find it . heart’s “crazy on you” makes for a fitting soundtrack addition .
fox searchlight has last fall’s toronto international film festival opener , demolition , about a husband who truly unwinds following his wife’s death . the drama starring jake gyllenhaal is looking to pull in $ 2m - $ 3m at 854 locations . critics are also divided on the title with a 53 % rotten score .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
vallee directed “dallas buyers club” and “wild . ” fox searchlight bought the u . s . rights to “ demolition ” while it was still in production in new york last october .
the director , who brings his third film in three years to tiff , on going back to basics and avoiding fake beards .
some russians have been watching pirated versions of the film online in order to see it in its original . the film’s producers say they will not take action against anyone who watches it illegally , but suggested viewers should make a charitable donation after doing so .
we see firsthand the enormous positive impact of film and tv productions on our city every day , ” said mayor gregor robertson . “as one of vancouver’s high - growth industries , film is a big contributor to our nation - leading economic growth . vancouver is home to world - leading talent in the film industry and the city is committed to supporting all levels and aspects of production . ”
demolition , scripted by bryan sipe , can only appeal to those so besotted with jake gyllenhaal they hardly mind what he does , possibly a substantial constituency , admittedly . he plays a bored investment banker , davis , who , in the film’s opening scene , survives a car crash that kills his wife but leaves him physically unscathed .
stuffed with so many strenuous editing ideas you suspect the influence of something illegal , demolition is mainly casting about for a point , when it doesn’t feel like a wrecking ball aimed squarely at itself .
i * know * that art gets worse than demolition , but as i sat on my flight today and tried to make sense of what i just watched , i couldn ' t imagine how .
yeh their relationship was a highlight of the film for me . i also liked the way they incorporated flashbacks and visions of his wife .
fortress of solitude : the militarization of the home will be part of the exhibition art eco at museum cultuur strombeek gent , opening 27 . 02 . 2015 . the exhibition will be on show until 26 . 03 . 2015 . the exhibition will presents a reflection on architecture and how architects relate to ecology , but also a broader reflection on alternative social organisation , and borders , and includes works by bernd & hilla becher , luk berghe , michiel de cleene , luc deleu , jimmie durham , space caviar , yona friedman , tadashi kawamata , lucien kroll , sol lewitt , oma , dennis oppenheim , rotor , lois weinberger , lawrence weiner , fischli & weiss .
working from a screenplay by bryan sipe , vallée ( wild , dallas buyers club ) intentionally leaves character motivations vague so as to emphasise the strangeness of davis’s actions and , later , karen’s inexplicit fascination with him . just as demolition isn’t exactly a love story — the main characters never even kiss — the film eschews easy categorisation , content to follow davis along as he sets aside his wall street lifestyle and instead becomes obsessed with taking things apart like grandfather clocks and bathroom stalls , eventually working his way up to volunteering for house demolition crews .
oscar - winning actors eddie redmayne and julianne moore will launch their effort to become double oscar winners at this year ' s toronto film festival .
moore also has a second film premiering at the festival - maggie ' s plan - a romantic comedy also starring greta gerwig and ethan hawke .
we are very pleased to announce that our film 99 dom - ino will be screened at the schermo dell’arte film festival in florence on november 14 at le murate . the screening will be followed by a discussion with joseph grima , martina muzi and giacomo pirazzoli at 3 : 45 pm .
is recognized as a romantic film , what i truly appreciate is the surprising focus on the father - son relationship that develops between davis and karen’s son chris rather than the apparent chemistry between davis and karen . thus , another iconic film genre , the coming of age story , is introduced .
theater owners and studios should brace for a box office slide next year , warns morgan stanley . in a note , the investment firm predicts that ticket sales in 2015 will hit record levels , eclipsing the previous high established in 2013 by 2 % . thanks the success of blockbusters like “jurassic world” and “furious 7 , ” revenue will likely [ … ]
but while “wild” built up its emotional currency to a satisfying — and relatively small — conclusion , “demolition” spends its goodwill early on , eventually giving itself over to cheap - feeling twists and a problematic final act .
tom hardy film legend , in which he plays the notorious kray twins , will also receive its international premiere following its uk premiere on 9 september .
“as one of vancouver’s high - growth industries , film is a big contributor to our nation - leading economic growth ,
said mayor gregor robertson .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
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fomo will be presented at “what is luxury ? ” , an exhibition by the v & a and the crafts council . the project is part of the section “a future for luxury” , in which “speculations address the fundamental relationship between luxury and value . ” the exhibition will be open to the public at the v & a from 25 april to 27 september 2015 .
after a series of punishing lead roles where he embodied the personae of a masochistic boxer ( southpaw ) , a travis bickle - style newshound ( nightcrawler ) and a pair of tormented dopplegangers ( enemy ) , jake gyllenhaal changes gears for demolition – a film that once again puts his character through the wringer , though in ways that are offbeat , exuberant and occasionally quite hilarious .
i went to a press screening for this film a couple of weeks ago and somebody in the audience mentioned that before it played at the toronto international film festival everybody loved it , but once it had its first public screening it was like every critic all of a sudden changed their mind and started hating it .
“the ideas at the heart of it are relevant everywhere , ” zvyagintsev told the guardian . “but of course it’s a film about russia . it’s a very russian film … we live in a feudal system when everything is in the hands of one person , and everyone else is in a vertical of subordination . ”
also up is demolition the black comedy / love story from dallas buyers club and wild filmmaker jean - marc vallee and starring jake gyllenhaal . this r - rated film is debuting from fox searchlight in a moderate run this weekend in about 800 theater ( or more ) and may end up pulling up $ 2 . 5m to $ 3m + . previews will start at 7 pm .
director jean - marc vallee is literally in familiar territory with his “ demolition , ” as the french - canadian filmmaker again returns to the toronto international film festival , home to last year’s reese witherspoon - starring “wild , ” to debut his latest cinematic excursion into the unique emotional excess that so often defines stories about grief . starring jake gyllenhaal as the shell - shocked davis mitchell , “demolition” employs many of the same techniques that made “wild” so striking ( and so special ) , particularly vallee’s own snappy and smart editing , along with an ability to extract impressive and not at all showy performances from his actors .
gyllenhaal is currently training for the boxing pic “southpaw , ” which goes into production next month and is still weighing his options on this film but if he decides to do the film , it would mark another strong dramatic turn for the actor who has been very decisive on his choices over the last couple of years .
this film also had a lot of five o ' clock shadow gyllenhaal in suits and raybans . as a lady , i was quite pleased . solid b .
i ' m thrilled and excited to be back in business with fox searchlight ,
vallee told the hollywood reporter .
they have been wonderful , creative partners on wild . i look forward to collaborating again on demolition .
a successful investment banker struggles after losing his wife in a tragic car crash . with the help of a customer service rep and her young son , he starts to rebuild , beginning with the demolition of the life he once knew .
sources say that fox will also distribute the film in the uk , australia , france and germany . sierra / affinity will be selling the balance of the territories .
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gyllenhaal has changed his appearance dramatically in such recent films as nightcrawler and southpaw . did you sit down with him at the beginning to discuss his look in this film ?
i’m hoping to do a film about janis joplin with amy adams . it’s not done yet . there are some legal issues , but that’s the project that’s in my heart . i’d like to do a rock ’n’ roll film with lots of music . i like to use music to frame stories . so i hope it’s going to work .
. i was pleasantly surprised to find that i shared the same realization with film critic roger ebert who described the overplayed genre as “yuppie - finding - his - soul” .
obviously , “demolition” is a movie about how we deal with grief and , yes , davis will eventually find himself on a better path . thanks to gyllenhaal”s incredible efforts , though , it”s a more emotional and relatable journey than you might expect .
directors of the festival , which runs sept . 10 - 20 , announced on tuesday the inclusion of “demolition” as a world premiere , one of 49 galas and special presentations on a slate that will eventually include several hundred films and television shows .
yeah , that’s why this year , i’m so happy i’m not shooting this fall . otherwise , i would explode . i got out of my comfort zone doing this . normally , i direct every three years or so . i was supposed to shoot demolition after dallas , and then wild appeared between the two , and so i did it and then demolition . so i’m glad i’m resting . i’m not doing another film this year . but it happened , and that was ok , too . you find a new strength and find some adrenaline going from one project to another and just do it . being active , being creative on the spot is what’s challenging .
also , watts felt really underused in this film . she is a big time actress . oscar nominated , but her character didn ' t do a whole lot for me .
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so this is a film about dealing with shock and grief by acting out , in a way that never really makes any sense or builds into a narrative worth following . it’s not just kooky , it’s exasperating . given the brilliance gyllenhaal has demonstrated in films like end of watch and night crawler , demolition demolishes expectations . no oscar certs yet then , this festival season . but toronto often starts with a dip before hitting the heights .
i also just finished watching it and agree with what you ' re saying . i must say that i really enjoyed watching davis ' progression through the film and liked it overall .
you don’t have to be a four - decade attendee to see that the toronto international film festival has evolved dramatically . it’s changed since last year , for example , in ways both interesting and odd . the 2014 festival was , memorably , the installment that saw tiff brass allow only films making their world or north american premieres to screen during the first four days . this was a calculated response to the increased prominence of the earlier fall festivals in venice and telluride , both of which have stolen some of toronto’s oscar - tastemaker thunder in recent years . for attendees and media , this meant that tiff’s opening weekend did not feature some of the year’s biggest films . however , the approach was softened for 2015 , likely a response to the bad press and film critic grumbling the move received .
for barry grant , who set up his video camera on the perfect hilltop in the hope of filming the demolition of glasgow ' s red road flats — then ended up completely missing the key moment — the problem came in the form of a single wasp .
demolition
is the story about an offbeat expression of guilt through destruction . when the young wife of a successful money manager dies in a car crash , her husband ( jake gyllenhaal ) deals with his lack of grief by joining a demolition crew tearing down a house . pressured by his wealthy father - in - law ( chris cooper ) and suffocated by his minimalist lifestyle , he forms a friendship with a vending machine customer service rep ( naomi watts ) and her troubled fifteen year old son ( judah lewis ) . through their mutual honesty with each other , he finds the deep love he felt for his wife and commemorates her death in a warm and compassionate manner .
demolition
is another great movie starring jake gyllenhaal . a well deserved nine out of ten .
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despite gyllenhaal ' s praiseworthy performance , this is an unremarkable film that will hardly be remembered in the future as one of vallée ' s finest works . full review on filmotrope . com
the film is directed by jean - marc vallee from a screenplay by bryan sipe . producers are lianne halfon , russ smith , molly smith , trent luckinbill , sidney kimmel and vallee .
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it’s gyllenhaal’s charm that keeps “demolition” ticking along as well as it does for as long as it does , as he whole - heartedly embraces davis’ “thing” of being honest all the time ( even davis has the good sense to sneer at the claim that truth - telling is his calling card ) , mostly by way of amusingly off - kilter voiceovers and plain - faced statements that , while always true , are also keenly observational and almost painfully on the mark . in “demolition , ” the whole adage is true , it’s funny because it’s true .
shot documentary - style , this film follows the daily grind of two young police officers in la who are partners and friends , and what happens when they meet criminal forces greater than themselves .
leviathan may have been the first russian film to win a golden globe since war and peace in 1969 , it may have been nominated for an oscar and received five - star reviews in many western publications , but back in the motherland all this counts for little . the director , andrei zvyagintsev , is being given the cold shoulder due to his film’s uncompromising take on contemporary russian society .
, but it is a foreign - language film , so that limits its chances . the rest of the films are not earning strong enough reviews to suggest they will do well in limited release .
in short : i love it . it ' s smart . it ' s trying something fresh . it feels very real . the performances are fantastic . it ' s interesting . it is a must see . many think this is just average but i think they should pay more attention to detail . which . . . if you watched the film is pretty much what the film is about .
“go through hell and look cool doing it . ” that’s the vibe i got from the poster for
demolition ,
which uses a neatly quartered ( with one segment slightly askew ) portrait of its male lead , jake gyllenhaal , sporting expensive shades and wearing expensive headphones . is that an overly simplistic reading of the actual film ? yes . but it’s also true that the movie , costarring naomi watts and directed by jean - marc vallée , doesn’t exactly shy away from those semiotics .
the film is constantly trying to take a path less travelled ; unfortunately it ' s not the right path . in the process of being different , the movie becomes incoherent and eventually ends up being commonplace .
so much of this film plays out like a terrence malick film . old malick . like a
days of heaven
prime malick . more narrative - driven malick . yet also very new - malick as well . the use of voiceover over the choppy , sporadic imagery . like a broken fairy tale or dream . a bunch of pieces falling downwards , hoping they can stay intact once they hit rock bottom .
one of my favourite of jake ' s films . . . he ' s mesmorising in this , and greatly portrays the emotions of his character , creating an upbeat sense to the sombre sense of the film
this is an intelligent film that expertly explores the human emotions and personal growth , and it funny at the same time . high praise to vallée for the directing and for gyllenhaal and watts for the acting .
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stx entertainment’s first - person shooter hardcore henry is looking at $ 2 . 4m for today , coming in closer to the lower end of its projections with $ 7m . fox searchlight’s demolition isn’t set to wow with a $ 1m - $ 1 . 5m opening for the weekend . more later .
vallee has previously described “demolition” as “a powerful and touching story , written with a strong and sincere desire to try to understand the human psyche , what makes us so unique , so special , what makes us love . this is a script of a rare quality , of a beautiful humanity . ”
in a sense , it’s a familiar story . and as a character study , “demolition” is flat . davis’ moves exist in service of the script’s blunt metaphors , which don’t offer a ton of payoff . but vallée keeps things moving by channeling a more grown - up “silver linings playbook . ” the movie also makes for a nice companion piece with gyllenhaal’s “nightcrawler” performance - - he was more manic there , but both roles are all id in reluctant search for a super - ego . if “demolition” didn’t batter you with what it all means , it could be a great movie . - - mj
that said , all of davis ' changes of course do not sit well with his former father - in - law phil ( chris cooper ) . davis ' behavior reads , understandably , as insensitivity to the grieving man , and one of the film ' s subtle pleasures is that you never know if you ' re supposed to root for davis or be appalled by him . modern culture and oprah tell us to be our best selves , but what if our best self also happens to act like a real jerk ? in an interview , vallee explained he saw the film as a human road - map of sorts .
davis made choices because it was easy , and what happens when you have a loss and you ask why you ' ve been making that choice ? then you have to do deconstruction and demolition to break that down ,
vallee said of the film , which will be released commercially in april .
“we’ve been coming to tiff for all forty years , ” says the husband of a truly lovely couple at the 2015 toronto international film festival . “it’s changed , for sure . remember ? the uptown , the cumberland …” i nod and smile , not admitting that those venues were long gone by 2007 , when i started attending the annual september extravaganza . the wife talks of having vouchers the first few years , with no movie titles on the tickets , and lining up for hours to gain entry . while there is clear nostalgia for the days when the likes of henry winkler were considered the festival’s top celebrity guests , they are not critical of the eleven - day , nearly 300 - feature tiff of today .
naomi watts have been set to star opposite jake gyllenhaal in demolition , the romantic drama to be directed by dallas buyers club helmer jean - marc vallee . black label media and sidney kimmel entertainment will finance and produce , and mr . mudd will produce after developing the project and bringing it to black label .
one interesting thing sipe said was that when he was 18 - 21 years old he worked for a demolition / construction team . he hated it , he said , and the best part of his day was standing in the shower at night watching all the dirt and soot from the day wash off him and turn the bottom of the shower black . he recalls feeling such a sense of apathy at this point in his life . thought that was really interesting as lot of that feeling / imagery made its way into the film .
modern film is well versed in the man - upended story . over the years on screen , a life - changing event has caused many to find redemption , and plenty of others to come unglued . but it ' s rare - - even odds - defying - - to encounter someone who seems to be doing both at once . that ' s the character conceit of
demolition ,
a new film that sees jake gyllenhaal in some of the same dark comic waters he swam last year as an off - kilter man in
nightcrawler ,
and also has director jean - marc vallee (
dallas buyers club ,
wild
) once again exploring the power and limits of personal transformation , though this time more wittily and outrageously .
it came to me 3 1 / 2 years ago from [ production company ] mr . mudd , and then we got black label media as a partner . when they saw my film cafe de flore at tiff [ in 2011 ] , there was some sort of link between cafe de flore and demolition , and so they sent me the script and i said ,
wow , it is so rare to read a script with that kind of quality . when you turn the pages , you don’t know at all where it’s going , but you’re involved . you’re emotional .
so i said ,
whoa , i want to direct this .
it looks like it’s a meditation , a reflection on grief , but the film celebrates life , love .
his director , jean - marc vallée , has been an award - season fixture of late with wild and dallas buyers club , both of which sprung off the festival blocks with a great deal of acclaim for the acting . demolition flinched at the starter pistol last year , and all but sits down failing to budge .
in a note , the investment firm predicts that ticket sales in 2015 will hit record levels , eclipsing the previous high established in 2013 by 2 % . thanks the success of blockbusters like “ jurassic world ” and “ furious 7 , ” revenue will likely outstrip last year’s figures by 8 % . many analysts believe that with pictures like “star wars : the force awakens” and “the hunger games : mockingjay – part 2” still awaiting release this winter , this is the first year that the domestic box office will top $ 11 billion .
while the “demolition’’ script strains to achieve the zaniness of david o . russell’s “silver linings playbook , ’’ it comes a lot closer to mike binder’s 9 / 11 dramedies “the upside of anger’’ and “reign over me , ’’ which failed to deliver sought - after oscar nods for its respective stars , kevin costner and adam sandler .
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there is much to savor here , especially the unforced performance of judah lewis - - one more recruit to the terrific roster of younger actors who are streaming into the movies . yet the film lacks the courage of its affliction .
while zvyagintsev has a history of making films with almost biblical plots and a deep vein of personal spirituality , his treatment of the organised orthodox church is vicious , and the film has been given a very icy reception by its supporters .
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a husband grieves for his dead wife in unconventional — and unconvincing — ways in demolition , a self - consciously quirky comedy - drama that badly overestimates how captivating its damaged , searching characters are . jake gyllenhaal creates some empathy as a man in spiritual free fall , but director jean - marc vallée never grounds his protagonist’s peculiar mourning process in any sort of believable human behaviour , and so consequently the film grows more and more irksome , mistaking clanging emotional crescendos for some sort of grand truth about the need to go crazy every once in a while in order to stay sane .
while the plot sounds like a mawkish melodrama , aping the plots of films such as things we lost in the fire , demolition sets out to defy expectation at the outset . gyllenhaal’s lead is unable to grieve for his wife , struggling to emote and mourn her loss , even questioning his love for her entirely . it’s an angle which could have led to some interestingly dark territory but as edgy as bryan sipe’s script clearly wants to be , this is a boringly safe film , focused on pushing our confused character into the family unit he so clearly needs to be a part of .
cooper comes away with the most credit , perhaps because it’s hard not to empathise with his increasingly thunderous air of grievance : he wants davis to get his whole act together , just as we want the film to shape up and mean something .
the film had a nice balance of comedy and drama . i teared up a bit near the end , but my baby rode her first carousel literally a week ago , so it affected me . i also teared up when davis finally cried .
the film is obsessed almost exclusively with its retconned revelations and little else since . and yet since we are needlessly kept in the dark waiting patiently for revelations that end up having little impact , the end result is a shockingly dull 007 adventure .
in order to make sense of his life , a white - collar widower decides he has to tear it all down in “demolition , ” dismantling appliances , smashing furniture and even going so far as to bulldoze his own house in search of a catharsis that never comes . it all could have gone horribly awry , were it not for [ … ]
“demolition” stars jake gyllenhaal , naomi watts and chris cooper in a story about the disintegrating emotional life of an investment banker . fox searchlight released the winner of this year’s best picture oscar , “birdman , ” as well as “wild , ” which was directed by mr . vallée and received oscar nominations for two of its stars , reese witherspoon and laura dern .
the unlikely script is hampered with failed attempts at magical realism and leaden metaphors . gyllenhaal’s character becomes obsessed with deconstructing objects and demolishing buildings , leading to the film’s title . but , you guessed it , all this means something deeper about his life …
canadian director jean - marc vallée had seemed on a roll with his last two films , dallas buyers club and wild . last night , at the gala premiere opening this year’s 40th toronto international film festival , that roll ran off a cliff edge .
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having just had the most successful box office weekend of my career as well as that of 20th century fox , i would like to say ' thank you ' to the city who made this all happen - vancouver . when originally looking for a city to shoot this film , vancouver had the most attractive elements including an active and supportive film - friendly city staff , amazing locations , and well - experienced local crew .
jake gyllenhaal is in talks to star in “the dallas buyers club” helmer jean - marc vallee’s next pic , “demolition . ” the drama is a co - production between black label media and mr . mudd with john malkovich and lianne halfon producing for their mr . mudd banner and thad and trent luckinbill and molly smith producing for black label media . [ … ]
“demolition’’ isn’t scheduled to open in the us until april , which seems like a tacit admission by fox searchlight that this screwball comedy - drama is in some ways even more out - there and potentially alienating to audiences ( but probably not to some critics ) than “nightcrawler , ’’ the gyllenhaal vehicle whose oscar push netted a sole nomination for director dan gilroy’s screenplay .
jake and naomi responded to demolition just the way i did , so that was an easy choice . we didn’t want to do a romance . it’s not about romance , yet there’s a slight romance in the film . these two have some sort of attraction for each other , but there’s nothing sexual . i loved the difference of age between the two , and it shows , and that’s why we went there with naomi and jake . there’s a 10 - year difference . she meets him , and they’re curious about each other , but they know it’s probably an impossible relationship , but that’s the fun part also .
those adventures , ill - advised and seemingly engineered just to be strange , ultimately lead straight into a third act that relies on obvious twists and undercooked personality twitches to drive home the same point that has been repeated throughout the film’s runtime : you have to rip things down to start over again . when gyllenhaal ( who again turns in another wonderful and nuanced performance , continuing the pattern he set with other tiff picks like “nightcrawler” and “enemy” ) rips things down to the studs , there’s glory in the action , freshness and revitalization , but once vallee tasks him with building everything back up , “demolition” collapses under its own ambitious weight .
i went into watching this movie with no expectations , without even seeing the trailer and trust me that ' s the best way of seeing this film . demolition shocks you in the beginning and then you can follow a numb recovery mixed with dark humour , where someone has to deal with losing a person closest to them . while trying to move forward the davis also has to look back into his life and relationship to make sense of it all . the acting is superb especially on the part of jake gyllenhaal and it engulfs you in a sea of varying emotions where sometimes you ' re laughing and then you might be crying .
the r - rated low - budget film featured a very ethnically diverse cast and the turnout reflected that with two thirds of the crowd being non - white . other demos showed it to play 54 % male and 51 % under 25 . reviews were mixed , but not too important to the box office performance on this one . the b - cinemascore grade was pretty good for a fright film . the four - part purge series has now grossed over $ 362m worldwide but cost less than $ 40m combined to produce .