the square is a 2008 australian neo-noir thriller film directed by nash edgerton , written by his brother joel edgerton and matthew dabner , and starring david roberts and claire van der boom .

based upon an original idea by joel , the project was written and then shelved by the actor because he felt it was not strong enough .

it was only made after his director brother nash read the script and convinced him it could be filmed as a thriller .

the film premiered in competition at sydney film festival on 15 june 2008 and after that had a limited release in australia on 31 july 2008 , and was released in north america in 2010 by apparition .

the square ( 2008 film )

shane meadows attends first light film awards at the odeon leicester square on march 4 , 2008 in london , england .
naomie harris attends first light film awards at the odeon leicester square on march 4 , 2008 in london , england .
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kevin spacey attends first light film awards at the odeon leicester square on march 4 , 2008 in london , england .
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around the world «the square» scheduled worldwide dvd release dates : july 2009 ( estimated ) ( uk ) , september 2008 ( estimated ) ( australia ) .
this kind of crime film is not easy to make , and the edgertons have done an admirable job with the square .
she was considered for a role in nash edgerton ' s the square ( 2008 ) , but the role was written out before casting began . she did eventually work with edgerton on the short film bear ( 2011 ) .
the square was released in australian cinemas on 31 july 2008 and in us cinemas on 9 april 2010 . the film was nominated for seven afi awards in 2008 : best film , director , actor ( david robers ) , supporting actor ( joel edgerton and anthony hayes ) , original screenplay and original music . it was nominated for five film critics’ circle of australia awards , including best film , director and supporting actor ( hayes and edgerton ) , winning the best screenplay prize . it also won the trophy for best sound at the 2008 if awards ( sam petty , rob mackenzie , yulia akerholt , peter grace and michael mcmenomy ) .
the aussie drama
the square
stars claire van der boom and david roberts .
highlights from june 11 , 2008 , the day the prime minister of canada issued an apology for the indian residential schools system .
her mom made a cameo appearance in bedtime stories ( 2008 ) , by adam sandler ' s request .
things go from bad to worse to downright disastrous in the enthralling australian import the square .
if you love dark , mean , and astonishing crime films . . . then nash edgerton ' s the square is just the film for you ! the film is scripted by the always multi - talented joel edgerton ( who also stars in the film ) about a married man , who is having an affair with a married women . together , the two lovebirds find a stash of cash and get ready to run off together happily ever after . . . only for a bloody and insane amounts of chaos to ensue . i highly recommend this amazing and dark crime film . the square truly had me tensed up throught the runtime of the film . . . it is that intense ! i highly recommend this film . . . see the square ! i promise you , this is a crime film like no other . the twists and turns in this film are mesmerizing and amazing . the square is not only a damn great film , but one of my all time favorite films of all time !
shot over seven weeks ,
the square
had a $ 4 million budget .
for joel edgerton , writing the script for
the square
was an eight - year labor .
premiered in competition at the 2008 sydney film festival where it was well received , and it went on to earn mostly enthusiastic reviews on its release . however , the film achieved poor box - office earnings , sparking a media discussion about the failure of even well - written , directed and acted australian films like this to draw a significant cinema audience . the promotional artwork for the film’s
for mr . edgerton being on the set of
the square
was an education . he also was an executive producer , as was nash , who also edited the film with luke doolan , who also has a small role in the film . joel edgerton had about two weeks of shooting days on
the square
. the rest of the time he learned the tricks of the trade .
nash : he plays santa claus in “the square” and he plays one of the paramedics in “spider . ”
the square is a solidly constructed thriller with some missing pieces at the center but vivid splashes of color outside the lines .
received her first award ,
the rising star award
, at the 2015 maui film festival .
q : what you did has elements of classic film noir but not the stylized staginess .
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a comely beautician ( claire van der boom ) leads a neighbor into murder in
the square .
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minister duncan placed a copy of the prime minister ' s statement of apology and a dvd recording of the june 11 , 2008 event in the trc ' s bentwood box .
more film polls : top 150 of decade , top 160 of 2009 . . .
was originally cast in jumper ( 2008 ) but the director and producers later decided they wanted to cast a famous actress in the part and the role was given to rachel bilson .
: the square is a sanctuary of trust and caring . within it we all share equal rights and obligations .
trinity square video and reel asian are proud to invite internationally renowned artist takashi ishida to develop a new work entitled trans — for the 2008 festival . takashi ishida hails from tokyo but for the past year has been living in toronto after winning the prestigious goto commemorative culture award in 2007 .
nash : we’ve done things before in our short films where we’d have a character from the first short film we’d made make an appearance in another short film we’d made , like he was on his way to the incident that happened in the other film . we do that just for our own entertainment .
q : the idea of having a short , “spider , ” preceding the feature film is a terrific throwback and a nice touch to get us in the noir mood for the film . is this also a good way to get a film that you made out there , because other than festivals few people have seen it ?
over recent years , the film noir genre has largely served as a reference point for filmmakers , who dress up their movies with snappy dialogue and / or complex , violent stories but neglect the genre’s bleakness . in this modern era , the coen brothers are often credited as the life support system for classic noir , but the coens appear to have serious competition in the form of australian filmmaker and stuntman nash edgerton , whose feature debut , the square , is a brilliantly twisty , gritty contemporary film noir . nominated for seven australian film institute awards ( including best film , best direction and best original screenplay ) , the square is a film noir in the classic mould given a distinctly modern flavor . screenwriters joel edgerton ( nash’s brother ) and matthew dabner have constructed the film using several familiar elements : a decent man , the temptation of a young woman , and the dream of living happily ever after away from the monotony of married life .
trinity square video is pleased to announce that our 2008 artist - in - residence is sara angelucci , who will be premiering her new video installation room to remember at tsv on april 5 , 2008 as part of the images festival . room to remember continues angelucci’s exploration into the limitations of memory , acknowledging that it can be a faulty conglomeration of many experiences . in both her photography and video works , angelucci reveals a rift between idealized memory and the actual past .
this film has such a well told story . great characters , great acting . very enjoyable .
roberts is not at all bad as the lead , but i’d recommend alec baldwin for the american remake of “the square , ” with owen wilson as the arsonist .
the noir drama , released in australia in the summer of 2008 , finally arrived in the u . s . this month .
the square
expanded its u . s . release to san francisco last friday and has been playing in new york and los angeles for just over a week to very strong critical acclaim , including from
great plot , great character development , lots of great twists and its australia . very enjoyable film .
the square is a realistic thriller that moves at a slow pace and peaks from time to time . this film was a little boring and did not have a big climax like most thrillers but it did have some good dramatic scenes .
the square
is now playing in select u . s . cities and will continue its expansion throughout the u . s . over the coming weeks .
joel : we would do that . nash shot a quarter or a third of the film as video storyboards . for instance , there’s a scene early in the film with ray and carla . they’re having their affair and they’re in the car under the bridge .
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joel edgerton ( left ) , writer and star of the australian drama
the square
, which is directed by his older brother nash edgerton .
when she first auditioned for bedtime stories ( 2008 ) , she was told she wasn ' t
paris hilton
enough to play the role , but adam sandler felt she was right for the role .
in 2018 , the hamptons international film festival celebrates the 10th anniversary summerdocs series ! the second film in this summer’s anniversary series is bathtubs over broadway on saturday , july 21 , at 7 : 00pm , at guild hall of east hampton . the film will be followed by a conversation with director dava whisenant , hosted by hiff co - chair alec baldwin and [ … ]
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this review originally ran as a part of our toronto international film festival coverage on september 10 , 2016 .
but the thing on mr . edgerton ' s mind on an exceptionally warm february morning was the undercurrent that crackles in
the square
, the dimensions of which fascinated him .
joel : it’s definitely a bit of a running theme with a lot of the blue tongue product or a lot of the films that have come out of there by nash and a lot of the other guys . for anyone who’s a bit of a film geek or fanboy , there are lots of clues within the film that are there for a second time viewing that are like little grace notes , that if you watch the film the first time , you don’t need to pick them up . but if you choose to go back and see the film a second time , you’ll notice things that are significant and kind of hidden in the film .
much later , in 2008 , nasa released a crew survival report detailing the columbia crew ' s last few minutes . the astronauts probably survived the initial breakup of columbia , but lost consciousness in seconds after the cabin lost pressure . the crew died as the shuttle disintegrated .
joel edgerton , writer and star of the australian drama
the square
, which expanded its release last friday in select u . s . cities .
nash : it hasn’t got a title at the moment . it’s still taking shape . i kind of know where the film is but i’m not really ready to [ say much more ] . it’s a mix of genres . it’s different from “the square . ” i can’t help myself if i base all my films in that kind of reality in some way , but it will be bigger than “the square” is , i think .
a prequel to the “purge” series , and the first set in the inner city , is a crude exploitation film that still manages to pack a timely punch .
this little film really surprised me . not only does it keep you guessing , but it gives surprises as well .
a perverse delight , the rare film that makes you feel good about feeling bad ( or at least watching others do so ) .
we sat down this week with nash and joel at a round table interview for the square . the brothers talked to us about why they used their 2007 short , the spider , to introduce their new feature film , how they work together creatively , and why they chose to avoid the stylized staginess of classic film noir . they also discussed their upcoming projects including joel’s lead role in universal’s prequel to the horror classic , the thing , which is currently in production .
at the core of [
the square
] you ' ve got an adulterous affair and a guy who ' s the title character - - the square - - the law abiding kind of straighty - one - eighty guy . . . who makes some bad decisions that just lead him further and further into a deeper hole . the film to me is inspired by a lot of kind of noir films that i grew up watching and particularly . . . hitchcock mysteries .
fuck ! talk about shut not going right . nash edgerton ' s the square is a nice bit of modern noir that gets a wee bit nasty .
q : when you talk about the john carpenter film being the original , which was done in 1957 , some of us have forgotten how it went .
joel : that’s that guy tony lynch who’s kind of nash’s lucky charm . he appears in every film that nash makes .
united kingdom «the square» in the uk released in movie theaters on march 18 , 2009 . the movie estimated to release on dvd and blu - ray some time in june or july 2009 .
the search for debris took weeks , as it was shed over a zone of some 2 , 000 square miles ( 5 , 180 square kilometers ) in east texas alone . nasa eventually recovered 84 , 000 pieces , representing nearly 40 percent of columbia . among them were the crew remains , which were identified with dna .
diary of a times square thief documents a journey of discovery : the search for the writer of a mysterious diary that the filmmaker found on ebay . this manuscript describes the adventures of . . . see full summary »
the square
isn ' t perfect ; its plot hinges a bit too much on a dying cellphone battery , and its final showdown feels unsatisfying compared with the rich developments that led us there . but the debut feature of nash and joel edgerton , australian actors - turned - filmmakers , calls to mind another great darkly comic debut , the coen brothers '
blood simple .
like that movie ,
the square
uses the trappings of film noir to explore a moral universe in which connivers and crooks are their own worst enemies . and like
blood simple ,
the square
suggests an exciting future for a pair of brothers with a dark view of pitiless fate .
an art exhibit featuring 26 works of art from the department ' s art collection by 12 aboriginal artists from alberta . the exhibit is a partnership between the university of alberta museums enterprise square galleries and aandc .
edinburgh international film festival celebrated its 72nd edition with the annual castle reception hosted by the scottish government and fiona hyslop , cabinet secretary for culture , tourism and external affairs .
the second feature from writer - director barry jenkins ( medicine for melancholy , iffboston 2008 ) follows its young protagonist from childhood to adulthood as he navigates both the dangers of drugs and violence in his depressed florida neighbourhood , and his complex love for his best friend .
preceding
the square
is nash edgerton ' s sharp short
spider ,
a nine - minute exploration of character as fate that is guaranteed to make you scream twice . ( it ' s on youtube if you enjoy screaming in the comfort of your own home . ) it ' s even better than
the square ,
which is saying something .
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…
or the first time in its 36 year history , the 2018 wildscreen panda awards , widely regarded as the most prestigious accolade in the wildlife film and tv genre , will recognise the craft of wildlife photography , with the introduction of the wildscreen photo story panda award .
joel : you’re absolutely right . i think it’s great to be able to go and watch a short film before you watch a feature .
the film is being shown with “spider , ” a nine - minute black comedy short also directed by nash edgerton , who is definitely a talent to watch .
q : how does the stunt experience serve you as storytellers ? often in a film the stunt is sort of the punch line . it doesn’t necessarily drive the story forward as much as get you to a point .
92 . “observation of magnetic flux pinning in a thin nb film with a square lattice of nickel dots” , a . terentiev , d . b . watkins , l . e . de long , d . j . morgan and j . b . ketterson , physica c 324 , 1 ( 1999 ) .
the square gets plenty of early elements in place to promise something more special than it ultimately becomes . . . even a strong first impression can ' t survive such a flailing resolution .
as part of the 2008 festival , imaginenative will feature an exciting new exhibition of contemporary aboriginal visual and media art entitled how : engagements with the “hollywood indian . ” the exhibition , curated by ryan rice ( mohawk ) , will be presented at two galleries – trinity square video gallery and a space gallery in the 401 richmond building at richmond and spadina . this exhibition will explore the legacy of the one - dimensional depictions of native north americans developed in film , art , and literature have become accepted as authentic in the nation’s consciousness , affecting historic truth and contributing to stereotypical notions of indigenous peoples . in the exhibition , the artists either confront the simplistic misconceptions imposed upon an indigenous collective consciousness , or expose the alluring influence and desire hollywood has had on indigenous lives and imagination .
122 . “observation of strong spin valve effect in bulk ca 3 ( ru 1 - x cr x ) 2 o 7 ” , g . cao , v . durairaj , s . chikara , l . e . de long and p . schlottmann , phys . rev . lett . 100 , 016604 , 159902 ( erratum ) , ( 2008 ) . ( this paper was selected for january 21 , 2008 issue of virtual journal of nanoscale science & technology ( american institute of physics and the american physical society ) )
the square is australian film noir ( in this case , neo - noir ) , the fatalistic crime genre made famous by hollywood filmmakers of the 1940s and ‘50s . director nash edgerton wisely avoids pastiche , eschewing the standard 1940s visual genre trappings ( dark shadows , venetian blinds ) . instead , nash edgerton and writers joel edgerton and matthew dabner , firmly ground the story in contemporary australian suburbia and treat the character’s problems with deadly seriousness .
diary of a times square thief documents a journey of discovery : the search for the writer of a mysterious diary that the filmmaker found on ebay . this manuscript describes the adventures of a young man who , in the late eighties , left the midwest of the united states to go to new york to realize his big dream : to find a publisher for his work and become a writer . he fails , and the diary gives a frank and confronting account of the author ' s subsequent downfall . this is where the diary ends ; its last pages have been cut out with a knife . diary of a times square thief consists of small , intimate portraits of some of the colorful characters described in the diary , who could have known its writer . through these encounters clarity gradually emerges about the fate of the talented but failed author , and about the value of chasing dreams . in addition , the film paints a vivid picture of the world - famous times square area when it was still a dramatically brutal urban jungle .
96 . “periodic magnetization instablilities in a superconducting nb film with a square lattice of ni dots” , a . terentiev , l . e . de long , d . j . morgan , j . b . ketterson and l . d . cooley , phys . rev . b rapid commun . 61 , r9249 ( 2000 ) .
the direction is not flawless , with the camera constantly going out of focus , but this essential film remains an inspiring testament to the power of protests and the voice of the people , especially in times when rebellions ought to come up everywhere against abusive regimes .
that ' s not to mention greg ' s creepy friend with the crush on carla , or the amorous dogs who keep betraying the lovers , or the neighborhood girl who might have overheard them plotting , or the foreman who wonders why ray is in such a hurry to cover the central square of his construction site with concrete . ( and don ' t worry :
the square
follows chekhov ' s famous dictum that a shark mentioned in the first act must eat someone in the third , although whom it eats will still surprise you . )
on the heels of multiple successful festival runs for their short films , australian stuntman - turned - director nash edgerton and his brother joel ( who co - wrote and stars in the film ) finally ventured into feature filmmaking with the square , a stylish and twist - filled film noir about an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson , blackmail and murder . escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage , raymond ( david roberts ) becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled carla ( claire van der boom ) but ray’s moral limits are tested when carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband’s latest crime .
a middle - aged man is lured to his doom by a femme fatale in “the square , ” a star less but highly effective aussie noir that marks the auspicious feature debut of stuntman and music - video director nash edgerton .
note – the title of the film is taken from ‘of walking in ice’ , herzog’s poetic account of walking from munich to paris in the early winter of 1974 . it refers to the delirium and disorientation that comes at the end of an extreme physical / emotional experience .
this is one of the best australia film ' s i ' ve ever seen . i am very surprised that some director here in the us has stole the idea , like is done with so many japanese films . the title the square is misleading . it should be called the tangled web , or the rousted triangle , cause that what you have . claire van der boom plays an excellent part as a young beautiful everyday women in an affair with a older man , wanting to get away from her abusive husband , who ha come up with a large sum of money hidden in his attic , which she finds , and now has the money to run away with her lover , so starts the web / square of involvement of people that all become linked together one way or another . this movie will keep you on the edge . the ending will blow you away , very realistic . this is a must see today film . 4 1 / 2 stars .
edinburgh international film festival is celebrating a hugely successful 72nd edition , which saw packed public screenings and special events , an array of high profile talent in attendance and widespread support across the city .
several people within nasa pushed to get pictures of the breached wing in orbit . the department of defense was reportedly prepared to use its orbital spy cameras to get a closer look . however , nasa officials in charge declined the offer , according to the columbia accident investigation board ( caib ) and
comm check ,
a 2008 book by space journalists michael cabbage and william harwood , about the disaster .
joel : it’ll be heaps better . ( laughs ) what matthijs has done i think is great , because he’s a massive fan of the original and he loves “alien” and “the thing . ” they’re his two favorite horror movies . he’s not trying to reinvent the film . he’s certainly not trying to eclipse the film . he’s certainly not trying to remake the film . but , what he’s trying to do is tell the story “pre” that film . whoever’s familiar with the film knows that very early on in the original the two norwegian guys seem to have become crazy . one is blown up in a helicopter and the other one gets shot by the americans and , in order to find out why they went crazy , kurt russell goes in a helicopter to see and question the norwegian base and when he gets there it’s been decimated and they find the carcass of this “thing . ” and this story tells what happened to the norwegian base . what universal and matthijs are trying to do is make a partner piece to “the thing” while also reinventing the aspect of — modern filmmaking has come a long way — so i guess they’re paying respect to the original while bringing a new time and different [ approach ] without throwing away what they did in the past .
in 2015 she was named patron of the kid ' s film festival of adelaide , the city in which she was raised . the event is primarily aimed at filmmakers 18 years and under , with submissions of films under ten minutes accepted .
follows a gripping , increasingly intense coil of a plot , resulting in an exhilarating , grimly hilarious , and surprisingly moving film . it ' s one of the most satisfying thrillers in recent memory .
terry notary portrays the ape - man
oleg
in the film . the russian artist oleg kulik was invited to the international group exhibition
interpol
at färgfabriken , stockholm , sweden . at the opening , the vernissage , kulik performed like a dog . he glittered , jumped up , rolled and even bit the vip crowd in their legs . kulik said he acted as a representative of the browbeaten russian people , who now attacked and bit back . the crowd became so scared and enraged that they called for the police . in
the square
there is a similar , charged and offensive scene , but here the performance artist acts like an ape .
nash : there was an australian film called “wolf creek” and there was something about the score of that . i felt like all the music was made from things that were within the film . it’s like the composer made music out of props in the film . it felt like that to me . the music definitely felt totally connected to the movie and i was like , “i gotta find that guy . i want that guy to do the score . ” i told him what i loved about the score in “wolf creek . ” i said “i felt like there was hardly any score to it , but what you did do was great . ” and then he told me that over three quarters of the film had score in it . then i went back and watched it , and every time you get engaged in the film , you don’t even notice the score . i said , “i want that feeling . ” and then frank ( francois tetaz ) , who did the composition , said when he read the script as he was watching the cut as he was putting it together , it felt like it was all about this guy who’s drowning and all the music became based around that . he recorded a far away one . he wanted to feel like the music was underwater a bit and it would slowly get deeper and deeper into the film . again , in “the square , ” the score is there from the beginning but it’s very low and it sort of builds and i really love what he did . he created this theme through it and worked against conventions . when the katje is happening , i don’t want to feel like katje music so he did the exact opposite and made it really slow which made it feel more personal and emotional . that was a really smart thing to do .
a stylish , twist - filled film noir , the square centers on an adulterous couple whose scheming leads to arson , blackmail and murder . the square is the first feature from australian stuntman - turned - director nash edgerton and his brother joel who co - wrote and stars in the film . escaping the monotony of a loveless marriage , raymond yale becomes entangled in an affair with the beautiful and troubled carla . ray’s moral limits are tested when carla presents him with the proceeds of her controlling husband’s latest crime . this is their chance : take the money and run . if only it were that simple . the seed is planted and ray , fearing he will lose his love , engineers the plan . hiring the professional arsonist billy becomes a fatal error , and the plan goes horribly wrong . alarm bells sound and suspicions are raised but , miraculously , the dust looks to settle . after all nobody knows . then the first blackmail note arrives . the couple’s nerves are tested as both carla’s husband and the mystery author threaten to throw open their secret . with the blackmailer’s deadline approaching , they are going to find out just how far they are willing to go for love .
funds for path to freedom films ltd . and tribal alliance productions to host a private film screening and panel discussion on
older than america
, a film that delves into the lasting impact of indian residential schools across the united states and canada . this private screening and panel discussion with leading experts provided city of edmonton officials and front - line service providers the opportunity to increase their knowledge and gain a better understanding of the intergenerational effects of residential schools
before heading to france to film a prequel edition of
the thing
with mary elizabeth winstead , mr . edgerton was in san francisco in february to talk about the roots of
the square
, a riveting thriller starring david roberts as ray , a married man diverted by a tantalizing but risky proposition courtesy of his mistress - girlfriend carla ( clare van der boom ) . layers of suspense and tightly - coiled drama escalate for the pair , with the grimy , tense atmosphere becoming increasingly suffocating .
predictable around every corner , driven entirely by plot , the square is watchable as a trip down the rabbit hole of disastrous scheming stemmed from greed and adultery . i ' ve just seen this story too many times to intrigue me from a new angle .
eight aboriginal artists have been selected for the exhibition including walter scott , rosalie favell , sarah sense , nadya kwandibens , tommy deer , torry mendoza , terrance houle , and greg staats . the first stage of exhibition will be launched in the trinity square video gallery space for nuit blanche and the a space gallery will open the second part of the exhibition during the imaginenative festival .
during the 2016 festival , we dedicated one day to celebrating wildlife and conservation photography . this year , we are further embedding stills into the dna of the world ' s biggest celebration of wildlife film , tv and online content by programming even more photography !
she was set to appear in
skum rocks !
a rock musical starring kevin bacon and matthew broderick , but the film was shelved . it would have marked her first time starring in a musical .
set over one summer , the film follows precocious six - year - old moonee as she courts mischief and adventure with her ragtag playmates and bonds with her rebellious but caring mother , all while living in the shadows of walt disney world .
joel : i think one of the great things that nash has done with the finished film is that the answers are all there but he doesn’t spell them out too much . so , i think that you can watch the film and feel like you’re in the grip of the story , but also be engaged in trying to plot and find out what might happen next without being able to really accurately answer that . i enjoyed the fact that i hadn’t seen the film for a little while and recently saw it again and really enjoyed the experience . i was able to stand back and see how artfully nash has managed to tread that balance between guiding you on a story that feels familiar and yet not make it familiar enough that you can predict what happens next . that’s a really tricky thing .
as film noir fans might expect , the arson and robbery don ' t quite work out , and soon events are spinning wildly out of carla and ray ' s control . the lovers must juggle a body , a blackmailer , two suspicious spouses and the police .
as he has recently , villeneuve understands the importance of surrounding himself with talented people . in this case , two of the film’s undeniable mvps are cinematographer bradford young , the genius who shot “ selma ” and “ a most violent year ” and composer jóhann jóhannsson . the latter’s compositions here are essential to every emotional beat of the film , defining the air of tension in the first half of the film and the moving undercurrents of the final act . young’s approach is beautifully tactile , using the natural world to make this unnatural story genuine . we may not be able to fully relate to louise’s narrative , but we can appreciate the image of a child running through a field . young’s imagery is fluid , unlike the choppy blockbuster cinematography that we’re used to seeing in sci - fi . most importantly , it feels like everything here is of one vision—cinematography , direction , acting , score , etc . —instead of the factory - produced blockbusters we’ve seen of late .
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trinity square video is pleased to present the toronto debut of installation artist jarod charzewski . all of charzewski’s works are large - scale installations that play with natural phenomena and optical perceptions . creating a hypnotic sensation of vast space and the sublime , charzewski describes his installations as occasions for the viewer to “become hyper - aware of the space between themselves and the infinite . ”
united states distributed by apparition «the square» in the united states theaters released on april 9 , 2010 and has grossed over $ 406k worldwide ; dvd and blu - ray release date was set for august 24 , 2010 . available for rent from netflix and redbox from august 24 , 2010 .
having said that , this is ambitious , accomplished filmmaking that deserves an audience . it’s a film that forces viewers to reconsider that which makes us truly human , and the impact of grief on that timeline of existence . at its best , and largely through adams’ performance , the film proposes that we’ve all had those days in which communication breaks down and fear over the unknown sets in . and it is the best of us who persevere , get up from being knocked down and repair that which is broken .
christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum , a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good causes . his next show is
the square
, an installation which invites passersby to altruism , reminding them of their role as responsible fellow human beings . but sometimes , it is difficult to live up to your own ideals : christian ' s foolish response to the theft of his phone drags him into shameful situations . meanwhile , the museum ' s pr agency has created an unexpected campaign for
the square
. the response is overblown and sends christian , as well as the museum , into an existential crisis .
the president of the united states is in salamanca , spain , about to address the city in a public square . we see a plain - clothes cop , his girlfriend with another man , a mother and child , an american tourist with a video camera , and a secret service agent newly returned from medical leave . shots ring out and the president falls ; a few minutes later , we hear a distant explosion , then a bomb goes off in the square . those minutes are retold , several times , emphasizing different characters ' actions . gradually , we discover who ' s behind the plot . is the secret service one step ahead , or have the president ' s adversaries thought of everything ?
the film benefits greatly from taut narrative construction . the script is unrelenting in the way that it keeps piling the pressure onto ray , and the plot ( which includes a surprise late twist ) is sufficiently complex and inventive to engage the viewer without becoming confusing . nash edgerton’s casting of two relative unknowns as ray and carla was a risk , but both actors deliver compelling performances .
on june 11 , 2008 , on behalf of the government of canada and all canadians , prime minister stephen harper stood in the house of commons to acknowledge the inter - generational damage caused by this policy to former students of indian residential schools , their families and communities ; to offer an apology ; and to ask for forgiveness from the aboriginal peoples of this country for failing them so profoundly . the apology underlined canadians ' resolve to learn from these tragic events to ensure they will never be repeated .
additionally , the square is a potent , twist - laden tension generator , with the filmmakers gleefully upping the ante for ray at every turn in ways that seem almost insurmountable . brad shield , the talented cinematographer , was able to turn the string of murders into breathtaking , nail - biting set - pieces . with shield’s skilful photography and nash’s competent direction , the film is blessed with a gloriously gritty look , conveying a sense of dread that ensures a viewer will never believe any of the characters will survive unscathed . in fact , in a seemingly random subplot involving two dogs , there’s an interesting sense of dark humor that underlines the noir - esque theme of love working out for none of the characters .
the delight of this film , directed by nash edgerton and written with his brother joel edgerton and matthew dabner , is that it never pushes too hard or moves too fast . it lovingly , almost sadistically , lays out the situation and deliberately demonstrates all the things that can go wrong . and i mean all the things .
she was cast as
talia al ghul
in george miller ' s
justice league : mortal
film in 2007 , but it was canceled . she campaigned for the same role in the dark knight rises ( 2012 ) and has expressed a wish to play the part opposite ben affleck in the dc extended universe .
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despite all of that , “arrival” sags a bit in the middle , a point when it may lose some viewers for good . the “first contact” act is undeniably confident and the final thematically purposeful scenes of the film are stunningly ambitious , but the pace of “arrival” softens a bit too much in the middle and one notices the sterility of the piece overall . without spoiling anything , maintaining the shock value of the twists of the final act forces some narrative decisions in the mid - section that keep us observers to the action of the film when we’re ready to be participants . villeneuve is a talented director , but this movie lacks a degree of heat that would have helped it hit the emotional and philosophical beats of the final scenes . as is , we often feel like we’re behind the barrier that louise uses when communicating with the alien creatures she dubs abbott and costello . like she wants to do , we so want to take off the equipment and get behind that screen .
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nash : i worked on that film , “hesher , ” that was at sundance that spencer susser was asked to director . i was the stunt coordinator on that and i was one of the editors . that’s coming out . i’m writing another film with joel and i’m going to make another short which is kind of a sequel to “spider . ” i thought no one ever makes sequels to shorts ( laughs ) , so yes , i’m doing that . and i’ve been directing some music videos .
nash : we have an interesting dynamic in that sure i will direct him , then i’ve also turned up on film sets and been his stunt double and dressed up like him and then been hit by a car .
i didn ' t know what i was doing . it took two years for me to write the first draft ,
confessed the australian actor / writer , who has a plum role as billy , a guy up to no good in
the square
, which was directed by stuntman actor nash edgerton , joel ' s brother .
the curators asked artists to take on the age - old theme of human - versus - nature , the conflicting desire to both commune with nature and control it . project grizzly addresses one man’s obsession with invincibility , documenting a dream at the heart of the human experience . the exhibition includes troy’s original suit , viewing stations to watch the film , and artwork in the form of a foosball table , a sleeping bag , hairy blobs , and so much more .
this is an australian with i assume a small budget . the first act is ok ( if not boring ) , but i was already thinking
just because a small budget foreign film isn ' t complete crap doesn ' t make it an awesome movie .
by the end i was laughing at the twists…
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the advocacy and public information program was launched in 2007 - 2008 to ensure all efforts were made to reach former indian residential school students to inform them of benefits available to them under the settlement agreement . a special effort was made to communicate to former students located in remote and isolated communities , those in mental health institutions , and those who are homeless or incarcerated . as well , apip projects promoted healing and reconciliation by helping canadians to understand the settlement agreement and the impact that the legacy of indian residential schools has had on aboriginal communities .
livni has always been an unlikely leader of israel’s peace camp . her parents met while serving in the irgun , the pre - israel right - wing paramilitary group , and she herself had entered politics through likud . but while representing israel in the 2008 negotiations , she earned the other side’s respect . “she has very good intentions , ” said former palestinian prime minister ahmed qurei , who was her counterpart at the time . “when we were negotiating , she would always ask me questions : ‘why is this thing important to you , and the other not ? ’ she really tries to understand the palestinian position . ’”
a large amount of the film’s success can be attributed to the exceptional performance of david roberts as ray . he’s a little - known actor in his home country of australia , and thus there’s little star power in the square , but this is a classic case of choosing the correct actor for the part rather than choosing a big - name star for the sake of box office returns . alongside roberts , the gorgeous claire van der boom is never short of convincing , and is guaranteed to hold any male viewer’s attention . co - writer joel edgerton ( already a recognized actor , having starred in smokin’ aces , two of the star wars prequels , ned kelly and king arthur ) also delivers a frightening , jittery performance as the unstable billy . the remainder of the cast , meanwhile , are all superb in their respective roles ( the chaser ‘s julian morrow even has a small part ) .
the edgertons pile on the plot twists a bit thick , but the director steadily ratchets up the tension until a climactic shootout .
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from greedy optimism to ignominious death—the trajectory of film noir rarely changes , only the particulars that dot that downward path . so it is with the square , director nash edgerton’s tale of sought - after escape and freedom stymied by unforeseen quirks of circumstance . in a cheery australian suburb , married ray ( david roberts ) runs a construction business currently working on a resort , his run - of - the - mill existence complicated by the affair he’s carrying on under highway overpasses and in hotel rooms with his married neighbor - across - the - pond , carla ( claire van der boom ) . when carla spies her criminal spouse greg ( anthony hayes ) hiding a bag full of cash , the opportunity to steal the money and finally abscond with ray seems too good to pass up .


endless love is a 2014 american romantic drama film directed by shana feste and co-written by feste with joshua safran .

a second adaptation of scott spencer 's novel , the film stars alex pettyfer , gabriella wilde , bruce greenwood , joely richardson , and robert patrick .

the film was released on february 14 , 2014 by universal pictures in the us and uk , and on february 13 , 2014 in australia .

endless love ( 2014 film )

chicago tribune film critic michael phillips reviews
endless love .
( posted on february 13 , 2014 )
there are numerous differences between the “endless love” novel and the original film and this remake . a major difference between 2014 “endless love” and both the 1981 version and the novel is the 2014 version doesn’t portray david as an obsessive sociopath like the novel or the original movie .
for more information and details on the soundtrack and film , visit the endless love website .
original release date : february 11 , 2014 below you can view the complete endless love soundtrack list , album tracklist : 1 . pumpin blood – nonono
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endless love is a 1981 american romantic drama film based on scott spencer ' s 1979 novel of the same name .
endless love
grossed $ 4 , 163 , 623 during its opening weekend .
the studio’s plan is to open the movie in the winter of 2014 . on valentine’s day .
happy valentine ' s day , everyone ! don ' t spend it watching endless love .
in 2014 , spencer described the film as a
botched
job and wrote that franco zeffirelli
egregiously and ridiculously misunderstood
the novel .
universal has started production in georgia on a remake of the 1981 film endless love which starred brooke shields and martin hewitt . this time around , alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde are set to star in the movie which will open on valentine’s day 2014 .
principal photography began in may of 2013 and wrapped two months later . the film was released on february 14 , 2014 by universal pictures in the us .
joely richardson has joined the cast of universal’s “ endless love ” starring alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde .
have a look below to see the official soundtrack list and the songs playing in the trailers for the 2014 romance movie , endless love , including scene descriptions , additional music , end credits songs and trailer music .
of course not , i don ' t love anyone the way i love you .
david rights “love u” on the window and jade tells him “i love you too” .
looking for movie tickets ? enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing endless love near you .
warner bros . records released the endless love soundtrack from the original motion picture today in time for valentine’s day . endless love , a romantic drama between two young adults , will hit theaters on feb . 14 .
it’s unclear how closely the new pic will follow the 1979 scott spencer book or the 1981 brooke shields movie . studio has dated the film for feb . 14 , 2014 .
like fast food , endless love feels engineered to satisfy in the moment without providing any sort of nutritional value .
meanwhile , universal pictures ' teen romance
endless love
and warner bros . ' fantasy
winter ' s tale
will compete for young female film fans .
endless love
isn ' t so much a remake of the 1981 franco zeffirelli film as it is an extended ad for the idyllic abercrombie & fitch lifestyle .
this weekend’s valentine release endless love is ostensibly a remake of the 1981 franco zeffirelli film of the same name . after watching both movies this weekend , i can assure you that endless love is in no way , shape or form a remake of the 1981 film of the same name . at all . even a little bit .
the book
endless love
was a bestseller by two - time national book award finalist scott spencer in 1979 .
endless love may well resonate with young women who dream of falling in love with a sexy bad boy , the rest of us will view it as forgettable romantic escapism .
this article was amended on 5 november 2014 . the original referred to raymond chandler’s book trouble be my brother . this has been corrected to
upcoming movie endless love is released on the 14th , and tells the story of a privileged teenager called jade , who falls in love with the charismatic 17 - year - old david .
why does hollywood continue to starve audiences longing for a good romantic tearjerker ? endless love didn ' t have to be this godawful .
worldwide , the film grossed $ 32 , 492 , 674 and domestically , the film grossed $ 31 , 184 , 024 .
gabriella wilde and alex pettyfer in the ' super - bland ' endless love . photograph : allstar / universal / sportsphoto ltd . / allstar
all our endless love written by inara george , greg kurstin performed by the bird and the bee feat . matt berninger produced by greg kurstin
gabriella wilde and alex pettyfer star in a new film all about teen love . sounds like one for us . . .
but audiences aren ' t the only ones who don ' t love the latest remake , original author scott spencer blasted the film to the hollywood reporter after watching just the below film trailer .
[ … ] up ^ “‘endless love’ , starring alex pettyfer , filming in georgia” . onlocationvacations . com . retrieved may 30 , [ … ]
listen to original score , theme music from the motion picture , film score list , the playlist of all of the songs played in the movie , who sings them , including end credits . endless love soundtrack details :
i really agree . i like the book , but love the film . in fact , it may be my favorite movie ever . so much about it to love . great article , cath .
tomorrow , friday , may 24 , endless love will spend all day filming scenes on redwine road in fayetteville , ga . they will also film scenes on tuesday , may 28 , on redwine between harris and harp rd .
film historian leonard maltin seemed to agree , calling the film a
textbook example of how to do everything wrong in a literary adaptation .
endless love is based on scott spencer ' s 1979 novel of the same name . the film is directed by franco zeffirelli and written by judith rascoe . the film stars brooke shields and martin hewitt in the two leading roles . it is also the film debut of hewitt , tom cruise , jami gertz , jeff marcus and ian ziering . the film was shot in 1980 on location in chicago , new york city , and long island .
endless love is a 1981 american romantic drama film based on scott spencer ' s 1979 novel of the same name . the film is directed by franco zeffirelli , and stars brooke shields and martin hewitt . the screenplay was written by judith rascoe . the original music score was composed by jonathan tunick .
endless love
was panned by numerous critics for poorly handling the source material as well as glorifying what audiences saw as an unhealthy , damaging relationship .
what is the song used in endless love when the movie first starts from 0 . 03 to 0 . 45 please help me out ? ? ? ?
endless love
was filmed in chicago , new york city and long island , new york . it was originally given a
x
rating , but the film was re - edited to earn a
r
ratiing .
as silly romantic fluff goes , “endless love” seems harmless , and they both seem like sweet kids . if you’re a fan of the novel , don’t even bother , because it will drive you berserk in a totally different way that franco zeffirelli’s awful 1981 film did , but if you’re just looking for a painless valentine’s day date , it is certainly better than “winter’s tale . ” “endless love” opens tomorrow .
the mpaa awarded the initial cut of endless love an x rating . director franco zeffirelli subsequently made several cuts in the love scenes between brooke shields and martin hewitt to achieve a lower rating . the film was re - submitted to the mpaa five times before they awarded it an r rating . [ 1 ]
in 2014 , scott spencer ( the author of the novel on which the film was based ) wrote ,
i was frankly surprised that something so tepid and conventional could have been fashioned from my slightly unhinged novel about the glorious destructive violence of erotic obsession
.
“the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart . ” below you can listen to some of the songs from the endless love soundtrack :
“as if this film weren’t trippy enough , ” one of the colourists quipped .
this remake of the brooke shields’ 1981 film is getting better reviews than the original . however , why would producers want to remake the original ? roger ebert would probably turn over in his grave if he knew “endless love” was remade after all the blundering mistakes that earned a 2 out of 5 stars on his scale . “endless love” became a movie after successful book , yet even the second adaptation couldn’t get it right .
“anyone unfamiliar with the story of scott spencer’s novel is bound to be mystified by franco zeffirelli’s latest film , which reduces endless love to a whimperingly latter - day romeo and juliet with a little pyromania thrown in . ” —janet maslin , in the new york times
filming is expected to continue in and around atlanta through july 3 . if you spot endless love filming in georgia , let us know about it at olv @ onlocationvacations . com !
when beautiful jade ( gabriella wilde ) meets charismatic david ( alex pettyfer ) , her sheltered world of privilege is turned upside down as the pair ' s instant desire sparks a reckless summer love affair . while jade leaves behind her inhibitions and innocence as she falls for david , he works to prove himself worthy of her love . but when david ' s mysterious past and jade ' s overprotective father threaten to tear them apart , their romance will be put to the ultimate test . ( original title - endless love ( 2014 ) )
this is supposed to be a film about the throes of teenage first love—a love you would go to jail for , set a house on fire for , a love that requires a restraining order—but it ' s awfully tasteful and emotionally detached in its blissed - out depiction of beautiful young people cavorting in the sunlight .
endless love
has a chock full of cliches , melodrama , and cheese , but this was quite the surprise for a february romance film . the cast is convincing in their roles and the drama works more effectively than it should . it isn ' t the most assured film from a directorial standpoint , but it gets the job done for what it is .
feste re - wrote the script , which was originally penned by josh safran . universal’s vp of production kristin lowe and creative exec chloe yellin will oversee “ endless love ” for the studio .
endless love
conveys precious little of that crazy , mixed - up feeling , even with powder keg robert patrick ( as david ' s dad ) in the cast . by the time restraining orders are threatened you ' re wondering if someone pre - issued a restraining order against the film itself .
both times scott spencer’s novel “endless love” has been adapted to the bigscreen , there have been fundamental changes made to the source material to such a degree that it’s apparent the filmmakers are uneasy with the book .
in 2014 , scott spencer , the author of the novel on which the film was based , wrote ,
i was frankly surprised that something so tepid and conventional could have been fashioned from my slightly unhinged novel about the glorious destructive violence of erotic obsession
. [ 4 ] spencer described the film as a
botched
job and wrote that franco zeffirelli
egregiously and ridiculously misunderstood
the novel . [ 5 ]
my brother david lives in olde town conyers and stopped by today on the set of “endless love” with his friend lamont . he chatted with some camera operators . he said they were very nice , and friendly .
in both spencer’s novel and the earlier film of “endless love , ’’ david sets a fire that leads to an increasingly awful series of tragedies . it’s not really spoiling anything to report that in this low - stakes version , the fire is an accident that triggers a happy ending . like i said , lame .
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late night . starts raining . david sneak into jade’s house . they make love for the
what happens in
endless love
? the boy / man , david , teaches the girl / woman , jade , to live . he proves his worth by fighting for their endless love against all predictable obstacles . bruce greenwood is obstacle no . 1 , jade ' s controlling doctor father . with jade ' s summer internship looming , the kids / adults make sweet love by firelight , and then in a montage set to an overhelpful country - folk ballad , they squirt each other with water guns . also there ' s a house fire , which figured rather differently into the action of the novel and the first film .
alongside the reboots of
robocop
and
about last night ,
this week ' s bizarre
i love the ' 80s
multiplex tribute continues with the remake of
endless love ,
a movie just begging to go up in the flames of camp . if only somebody had brought a match .
. the film was released the next day . despite the poor critical reception , the film was a box office success . it made $ 4 , 163 , 623 on its opening weekend and went on to gross $ 31 , 184 , 024 in total , becoming the twenty - second highest earning film domestically in 1981 .
the film , which is more about endlessness than love , comes from the scott spencer novel about the obsessive arsonist and the rich girl he loves , endlessly . franco zeffirelli filmed a wildly unfaithful version in 1981 , to mass derision and pretty good box office . the new film leaves out most of the story ' s uncomfortable bits and maintains a bland , glum prettiness in place of feverish desire and sociopathology . no strain or fuss here , no hint of voyeuristic craziness or stalker behavior . call it
endless love , within reasonable limits .
as it is , the film is just crappy , sappy , pg - 13 valentine ' s day drivel .
endless love , the 1979 best - seller by two - time national book award finalist scott spencer that was adapted for a 1983 brooke shields movie , opens feb . 14 in its second movie adaptation , starring gabriella wilde and alex pettyfer .
endless love
- - which stars alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde as the two lovebirds and bruce greenwood as a highly overprotective father - - could bring in $ 13 million to $ 15 million , after costing $ 20 million to make .
this footnote was added on 5 november 2014 . subsequent to publication , nolan disputed the quote attributed to him by snyder . according to nolan , he had told snyder , “we shouldn’t be chasing other movies , but stay true to the tone of man of steel . ”
this version of “endless love” seems tailor - made for the all - too - clich ? © sparks crowd . the target audience is young girls who either never had a boyfriend before or are in the “single and miserable” stage . don’t waste your money or time . re - watch the some classic love stories if you want to shed some tears .
tammy smith casting is handling local extras for the film . you can see recent casting calls on her facebook page .
christopher nolan , right , on the set of interstellar with the film’s star matthew mcconaughey . photograph : melinda sue gordon
additional film music – songs that are not included in the official soundtrack list , but are playing in the movie .
shana feste’s endlessly lame “endless love’’ remake turns the obsessive sexual heat way down from the infamous 1981 brooke shields vehicle — while also tossing out the tragedies of scott spencer’s acclaimed source novel ( but keeping diana ross and lionel richie’s original theme song ) .
‘tis the month for endless chick - flick marathons , excessive chocolate eating and harboring resentments against men not being any male character from nicholas sparks’ novels .
the 2014 version scored 13 percent on rotten tomatoes — even worse than the brooke shields original ( 25 percent ) , but better than winter ' s tale , the new adaptation of spencer ' s fellow guggenheim fellow mark helprin ' s 1983 literary hit , which scored 12 percent .
love makes me unreasonable that way . now , years later , i’ve read the book again and have had a chance to reconsider my first reaction . it’s time for a sober reassessment of which is better – book or film ?
my neice just got home from olde town conyers ga and told me that filming for the moving endless love was happening . my neice was trying to get ice cream at beasley’s drug store but had to wait . the lady at the drug store said , the film crew loves milkshakes . they didn’t know if they saw any of the actors . lol going to go check it out
director shana feste ( country strong ) , captures a romantic drama about jade , a privileged girl who falls in love with a rebellious but charismatic boy whose instant connection sparks a love affair made only more difficult by parents trying to keep them apart . the film stars alex pettyfer ( magic mike ) and gabriella wilde ( the three musketeers )
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 .
my brother forwarded a pic of my grandmother’s house in decatur , with film crews all on the front of the property . i was told that this was filming of endless love . my grandmother was the first owner of that home , and we spent every summer there until we were 17 . the house is on nelson ferry rd . i have lots of very old pictures of the house .
if you’re familiar with brad jones and his reviews and other videos ( midnight screenings , 80 ' s dan , and cinema snob ) , you should know in his midnight screenings review of this film , he considered this film to be the worst adaptation he’s ever seen . i’m telling you this because i happen to share the same feelings . now , a bad adaptation doesn’t automatically mean it’s a bad film . the first percy jackson film is a terrible adaptation but a fun fantasy adventure film on its own . the shining isn’t a very faithful adaptation but it’s one of the scariest horror films ever made . this , however , …
don ' t find another love written by julie frost performed by tegan and sara courtesy of warner bros . records
unlike franco zeffirelli’s notoriously over - the - top 1981 filmization of scott spencer’s novel , shana feste’s “endless love” seems less a misguided adaptation than a deliberate , flat - out rewrite . feste and co - scripter joshua safran turn a dark tale of self - destructive romantic obsession into an innocuous fairy tale about the shining power of puppy love , set in an insulated universe [ … ]
scott spencer is the author of ten novels , including endless love , waking the dead , a ship made of paper , and man in the woods . his nonfiction has appeared in rolling stone , the new yorker , o , harper’s , and the new york times .
starring colin farrell , jennifer connelly and russell crowe ,
winter ' s tale
is expected to generate slightly less than
endless love .
farrell plays a burglar with supernatural abilities who tries to save a young woman played by jessica brown findlay , best known as the late
understandable . spencer’s novel is not a sweet and simple love story by any means . it is a look back at the temporary madness that comes from that first wild love that people often encounter , and what happens when it’s not temporary and it’s not as harmless as people make it out to be . spencer’s novel is dark , and it both opens with and builds to a fire that is truly catastrophic and tragic . shana feste’s film “endless love” shares character names and some plot points with the book , but it is telling an entirely different kind of story , one that almost feels like a complete refutation of the points made by the novel .
the lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man , as he reflects back on a past love .
song as david sneaks back into the house after all the lights go off . they make love by the fire .
the film was released in july 1981 and received negative reviews , with critics comparing it unfavorably to the novel . spencer disliked it , believing the filmmakers to have missed the point of the book . the film was a moderate box - office success , and its theme song , performed by diana ross and lionel richie and also called
endless love
, became a # 1 hit on the billboard hot 100 . it spent nine weeks at # 1 and received academy award and golden globe nominations for
best original song ,
along with five grammy nominations .
it perfectly describes jade ' s loss of innocence and how she opens up to this world of passion and young love .
the romantic notion that there exists one very special person . . . one you ' ll want to be with for the rest of your life , is at the heart and soul of scott spencer ' s novel endless love , which now arrives in its second , superior incarnation on the big screen .
[ last lines ] jade butterfield : my first love was everything all at once . the kind you never fall back from . never try to . never want to . a love so big . so strong . it never dies . never fades . never losses its electricity . the kind of love you fight for . the kind of boy you fight for . see more »
i know it’s not really the done thing for authors to speak ill of the folks who are turning his or her work into a movie . we love movies , and the reflected glamor of being involved in one is difficult for most people to resist . but since i haven’t met anyone involved in the making of this new endless love i haven’t been charmed by any of them . plus this : i have read the script .
internationally , the film took in a further $ 1 , 308 , 650 bringing its total worldwide gross to $ 32 , 492 , 674 .
this sugary remake ( or re - adaptation , whatever ) is an innocuous fairy tale about the shining power of puppy love .
i saw the film when released in the hollywood version scott disliked . i have also seen the director ' s cut release of the film 25 years after the 1982 hollywood verson . the new york times has an interesting review and history of the film . near the end of the film , roy baty saves deckard in his final act , demonstrating androids capacity for empathy . in the novel , deckard grapples with the distinction and ultimately decides to quit his job as a bounty hunter , alluded to in the film ' s beginning . he realizes in the novel the distinction doesn ' t matter . to paraphrase one of deckard ' s comments in the novel : even androids have a life , no matter how paltry it is .
if that all sounds familiar , it’s because this is not , as it claims , a remake of endless love , but a remake , rip - off and complete and total bastardization of say anything as reimagined by a 14 year old in the middle of a sob - filled fight with its parents about curfew .
scott spencer advises people who might celebrate valentine ' s day by seeing the new film version of his 1979 best - seller to avoid it instead .
see i loved the book and wasn ' t so much a fan of the film . i agree with mark norris ' s comment as well .
compared the film unfavourably with the novel , describing martin hewitt as miscast and criticising the narrative , though he did praise brooke shields ' s performance .
it was not my first encounter with nolan : i met him at the very beginning of his career , in 2000 , just before the us release of memento , which had just come out of sundance . sitting in a red banquette at canter’s deli in los angeles , nolan was the picture of the hopeful young film - maker , genuinely pleased to have someone to talk to about his film . he seemed a little nervous about memento’s reception , and most relaxed when talking about the technicalities of its backwards - running time scheme . the film was shot for a mere $ 4 . 5 million , but after three screenings for studio heads in los angeles , it was turned down by almost every distributor in town , including the weinsteins – causing steven soderbergh , an early fan of the film , to comment , “when a film like chris nolan’s memento cannot get picked up , to me independent film is over . ”
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…
joely richardson has joined the cast of universal’s “endless love” starring alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde . bruce greenwood also stars with shana feste helming the pic . scott stuber and pamela abdy of bluegrass films and josh schwartz and stephanie savage from fake empire will produce . tracy falco and j . miles dale will executive produce . it’s [ … ]
however , the movie more than anything else is gentle . the music is gentle . the stakes are gentle . even when david punches hugh in the face , it’s gentle . the whole film was like an assault with a delicate weapon , like being beaten to death with a dandelion . which is strange for something trying so hard to be passionate ! and important ! teen love is the only love ! there’s a half - assed theme of fighting for love , but the fights are so gentle , if it wasn’t repeated ad nauseum in the script , you’d never know .
a privileged girl and a charismatic boy ' s instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart .
franco zeffirelli’s operatic original is a pretty bad movie , but it did have a clear agenda : to exploit shields’ notoriety as a teenage hottie , coming on the heels of “the blue lagoon . ’’ the film’s brilliant tag line : “she is 15 . he is 17 . the love every parent fears . ”
i love blade runner . i splashed out £££ on a snazzy remastered version with an additional 10 seconds of footage and a commentary which adds nothing to the film . i will probably go and see the sequel , if they ever manage to make it . i even wrote a ya novel in homage to it .
locating the remake ' s setting in georgia does nothing for the story ; the reasons likely had everything to do with that state ' s generous film production tax incentives .
as for this story , i’m kinda curious as to why it’s completely apparent to me , yet totally missed by a surprising amount of people how much of this story is in the crazy boy’s head . there’s another , much darker and more satisfying film to be made about how horrible love can be and how obsession leads to insanity , but i guess idyllic teenage love that’s so pure you could die from sugar shock is more marketable this time of year . oh well .
everyone , that is , but jade’s father hugh ( bruce greenwood ) . still mourning the loss of a son from cancer , he likens david’s courtship of jade to losing another child . the character turns the film from a love story to a tale of one man’s deepening psychosis , as he attempts to put one barrier after another between the young lovers . but , the film insists , any obstacle can be barreled over by a young - lovers - having - fun montage set to sensitive music .
if there’s any redeeming value to the film , it’s as a case study of how far an adaptation can stray from the source material while still remaining , technically , an adaptation . the film features many scenes with analogues to the novel , but they’ve been emptied out and drastically reworked , most notably a house fire that sets the novel into motion , but here shows up much later , and serves a considerably different purpose . that purpose , as with every element in the film , is to confirm the rightness of jade and david’s passion for each other , any outside objections be damned . that’s far removed from the source , but more troublingly , presented in the least challenging way possible . of course these kids belong together . they look great next to each other ! endless love never tries to look beneath that pretty surface . or maybe it doesn’t dare , knowing there’s nothing to be found .
this remake has almost nothing to do with spencer ' s novel . it ' s the kind of film you make when you ' ve run out of nicholas sparks books .
a fire at the butterfields’ — which , in both the novel and 1981 film , was set by david and provided the primal act that precipitated tragedy — here ignites by accident and sets hugh on the road to redemption . he is merely the last of the butterfields to tell david how wonderfully his love has illuminated his life .
the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart .
1 . safer for kids : like the 1981 version with brooke shields , endless love was adapted from the novel by scott spencer . the author wasn ' t involved in the project , having signed away the movie rights and remake rights in 1980 . this latest iteration makes numerous changes , including setting the story in georgia ( instead of chicago ) and throwing water on the obsessive protagonist ' s arsonist tendencies ( this hotheaded david only uses his fists ) . the new film also targets the teen demographic by toning down the action for a pg - 13 rating .
not great , not good , not putrid . worth a look if you think you can . it held my interest as of the father greenwood . do not have the film .
roger ebert gave the film two stars , saying ,
although there are a great many things wrong with the movie , this blunder on the narrative level is the worst
.
the story is of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart .
watching
endless love ,
you long for it to be riskier , edgier , or at least more reflective of actual teenage experiences and emotions . even the partying feels false , with freshly scrubbed kids talking about getting drunk and high without actually taking part in such activities or indicating their eventual effects . ( ostensibly , this creative decision was intended to secure a pg - 13 rating . )
whether he had indeed made a great film was not obvious to him , but that alone seemed to satisfy him : he had found one more thing he could reasonably claim uncertainty about .
it was directed by franco zeffirelli & starred brooke shields , martin hewitt , shirley knight , don murray , james spader , richard kiley and tom cruise ( in his film debut ) .
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why i watched this one ? brooke shields ' endless love was the first r rated movie i that i actually was able to see in theaters ( nobody asked me for an id ) without parental supervision . body heat was the second one just in case you were wondering . so since the original has that piece of worthless cogerson trivia . . . i figured i would check out the remake .
after opening on wednesday , the $ 120 - million
robocop ,
an update on the 1987 sci - fi film , is expected to gross roughly $ 25 million through the holiday .
we get the sense that this film , which stars gabriella wilde and alex pettyfer , might not have the very happiest of endings , but it definitely looks like one to watch . . .
a modern - day take on the
beauty and the beast
tale where a new york teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love .
i find david ' s idealistic view on love a little far - fetched , because i can only imagine guys his age chasing girls all day and avoiding committed relationships .
it didn’t work to completely eliminate nolan’s nerves in the weeks preceding the film’s release . would the audience be able to follow the science ? would they be able to let go of the science and follow the emotion ? had he got the balance of story and spectacle right ? “i’ve always believed that if you want to really try and make a great film , not a good film , but a great film , you have to take a lot of risks , ” he told me . “it was very clear to me that if you’re going to make a film called interstellar , it’s going to have to be something extremely ambitious . you push it in all the possible directions you can . not for its own sake , but because you know that if you’re going to try to add something to the canon , besides fiction films and all the rest , and live up to the promise of that title and the scale of that title , you really have to go there . ”
a rebellious girl is sent to a southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father . through their mutual love of music , the estranged duo learn to reconnect .
the turnaround came at the venice film festival , where someone had told nolan the crowd could be particularly fierce . the film ended rather abruptly , to a black screen , and for a few seconds , there was silence . nolan had no idea what was about to happen . “i kind of liked that , ” he recalled . “i was very frightened , but i felt proud of that emotion . ”
and if you have not seen either , i wholly recommend viewing the two in this order because the contrast is so stark you may actually go blind . watching the two in succession was like eating a dry piece of toast and following it by swallowing a live grenade . the original endless love is so bonkers it scored “next level” on the mantzoukas scale and immediately won a place in my heart alongside mariah carey’s epic , gliter .
girl talk is a weekly look at women in film — past , present , and future . while hollywood continues to struggle towards parity in the director’s chair , the film festival world is playing major catch - up . at this year’s sxsw film festival , the push towards parity is becoming more of a reality than ever before , as 33 % of all feature films at the fest are directed by women , while the shorts section boasts 59 % female directorship across its slate . it’s a stark difference to the studio side of the industry . the usc annenberg inclusion initiative’s latest study , “inclusion in the director’s chair ? gender , race & age of directors across 1 , 000 films from 2007 - 2017 , ” found that , of the 109 film directors associated with the 100 top movies of 2017 , 92 . 7 percent were male ; 7 . 3 percent were female . days later , the san diego state university ’s center for the study of women in television and film followed with the “celluloid ceiling” study ,
it should come as no surprise that the maker of memento and inception – two masterpieces of watchmaker cinema – should have wound up at the door of albert einstein , who deduced the postulates of relativity while processing patents for clocks at a bern patent office . few , though , could have anticipated the emotional resonance he gets from relativity in the film , as mcconaughey and his crew set down on a water planet where every hour spent means a seven - year chunk missed from his daughter’s life back on earth . to say that interstellar is nolan’s most emotional film isn’t exactly accurate . it actually puts the audience through an entirely new species of emotion : a fiendish compound of grief , longing , loss and awe at time’s immensity . this is how love shows up in a christopher nolan film .
two crazy kids just out of high school fall madly in love even though alex pettyfer looks like he’s 30 . still it’s a harmless romance movie that is entirely melodramatic but watchable .
the only thing i enjoy more than watching an oscar - worthy film in theaters is watching a horribly scripted rom - com with wooden actors , cliche dialogue , bad accents , nonsensical plots and diabolical dads . so you can only imagine how much i loved watching endless love this week . you know what , i take that back . you can ' t imagine that , because never in the history of horrible movies has a human being enjoyed a movie this much . i loved it so much that i ' m tempted to march right back to that theater , steal the movie from them and take it out on a swanky valentine ' s day date .
the actress and director both love the genre , but as they told indiewire , they also knew it needed to be retrofitted to tell the true story of catherine weldon and sitting bull .
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the soundtrack features music from many contemporary artists , including popular duo tegan and sara who perform an original song specifically made for the film , nonono , as well as the bird and the bee featuring matt berninger .
what none of these folks seem to get is that endless love was meant to be a knife to the reader’s heart , not the writer’s . as that old elegant italian filmmaker was giving me fair warning , it turned out the knives were being sharpened for him , and—unfortunately—for several of his principal actors . and now a second generation is blundering into their own valentine’s day massacre . as the late leonard michaels said , i would have saved them if i could .
alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde star in the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart .
it’s so wonderful isnt’t it ? i love the plumping blood by nonono . its my favorite and it will always be . did you download it on itunes or how did you get it ?
karyn kusama , who directed the 2o16 logan marshall - green cult horror thriller “ the invitation , ” has signed on to direct the upcoming fox horror film “ breed , ” and she’s bringing her team with her . “invitation” writers and producers phil hay and matt manfredi will reprise those roles for “ breed , ” which is based on a novel of the same name by chase novak — whose pen name is scott spencer ( “ endless love , ” “ waking the dead ” ) . “ breed ” follows an upscale new york couple who are struggling to conceive a child and turn to a questionable and controversial eastern european clinic . ten years later , after - effects from that procedure .
in short , director and co - writer shana feste has remade
endless love
but she ' s taken out all the crazy . not that the original was all that great to begin with ; a six - time razzie award nominee , it was screechy , melodramatic and over - acted , with an awkwardly flat lead performance from brooke shields . but at least it had passion . pettyfer and wilde look lovely together—although they ' re both in their mid - 20s playing 17 - year - olds , and it shows—and they do enjoy some real chemistry throughout their flirtatious , falling - in - love stage . but the sense that something vital is at stake is woefully lacking .
endless love was botched - misquoted , as it were - once in 1981 , when franco zeffirelli tried to make a movie out of it , and it seems as if it has been even more egregiously and ridiculously misunderstood in the movie universal pictures is releasing . ( i gave up control of the movie rights to my novel in 1980 . ) i had brief contact with the first filmmakers who tried to adapt my novel , and i had no contact whatsoever with the second wave .
“i have been shocked to realise how much more emotional this film is , ” nolan said a day later , when i met him at the officers of his production company , a tan bungalow nestled on the warner bros lot amid palm trees and azaleas , just a stone’s throw from clint eastwood’s malpaso productions . the extreme reaction has taken him aback , he said . “i have spent years of my life thinking only about this film and i mean only this film . the responses where it’s lacking – ‘it’s just a movie and it’s pretty good , i liked it’ – they are the things that kill you . this is my obsession for years , you just pour yourself into it . ”
this is nothing like the film ! i raged internally . i mean , this dick fellow writes about the future . why couldn’t he predict the movie version would be awesome and pre - write his novel to be just like it ?
the force spearheading this new version of endless love was the producer of a long - running teen soap opera . i was familiar enough with the movie business to know the difference between a development deal and an actual motion picture . the movie business is full of false starts , projects begun and abandoned , fanfares trumpeted in front of doors that never open , stars that implode , directors who fall out of favor , executives who are fired , schedules that conflict , budgets that balloon and then burst .
alex pettyfer and gabriella wilde star in the story of a privileged girl and a charismatic boy whose instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart . . . more
a number of key scenes from the film were shot on location at jackson lake in butts county . the county film liaison worked closely with the georgia power company , who manages the lake , to secure the necessary permits for filming scenes in the water . a private lake house was also secured and utilized for over two weeks to shoot the lake scenes . because of the close working relationship between the county government and georgia power , the permitting process was accomplished in a day .
5 .
my love , there ' s only you in my life…
: don ' t expect to hear the title song made insanely popular by diana ross and lionel richie ( and later covered by mariah carey and luther vandross ) . instead , twin sisters tegan and sara perform a new theme for this reboot ,
don ' t find another love .
other musical contributions include
pumpin blood
by nonono ,
right action
by franz ferdinand , and a soundtrack by composer christophe beck , who has scored such hits as the hangover trilogy , crazy , stupid , love . , pitch perfect , and the muppets .
and gabriella wilde in the roles played by martin hewitt and brooke shields in franco zeffirelli’s 1981 film . the shana feste - helmed update will have a third wheel on its opening weekend in the form of another ’80s remake , sony / screen gems’
the film was also noted to have one of the most spectacular one - man stunt displays when hugh butterfield gets hit by a car in new york city & the stuntman does a high end - over - end flip in mid - air .
the film ' s theme song , written by lionel richie and performed by richie and diana ross and also called
endless love
, became a # 1 hit on the billboard hot 100 , and was the biggest - selling single in ross ' career . billboard magazine chose it as
the best duet of all time
in 2011 , 30 years after its debut . it spent 9 weeks at # 1 and received academy award and golden globe nominations for
best original song
, along with 5 grammy nominations . the soundtrack peaked at # 9 on the billboard top 200 and was certified platinum . it also featured a second duet between ross and richie ,
dreaming of you ,
that received considerable airplay but was never released as a single .