Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Movies. Show all posts

Friday, May 20, 2011

World’s First 3D Porn Film--Informatio


In Hong Kong have started shooting what they claim will be the first 3D p0rnographic film in the world.
The US 3.2 million dollars 3D ‘Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy’, set for release in May, has already generated interest in a host of Asian film markets, as well as Europe and the US, the Sunday Morning Post reported.
Loosely based on a piece of classical Chinese er0tic literature, The Carnal Prayer Mat, the movie will star Japanese adult actresses Yukiko Suo and Saori Hara, the Post said.
The film chronicles the story of a young man who, after being introduced to the er0tic world of a duke, realises his ex-wife is the love of his life and features “orgies, swinging and some very graphic s@x scenes”, the paper said.
Producer Stephen Shiu acknowledged that censors would likely block the movie’s screening in mainland China, a key market for Hong Kong filmmakers.
“(But) we are almost closing deals with some markets including Japan, Korea, Southeast Asia and some pay TV channels in Hong Kong,” the Daily Telegraph quoted Mr Shiu as telling the paper.
World’s First 3D Porn  Film Image/Snapshot
Italian director Tinto Brass has announced he would produce a 3D remake of his 1979 ertic film ‘Caligula’, while Hustler plans to release a p0rnographic spoof of 3D science fiction film ‘Avatar’, the top-grossing movie of all time, which has earned about US2.7 billion dollars worldwide since its release. (ANI)

First Hollywood 3d Movie


April 8, 1953: first big Hollywood 3D film


On this day's date in 1953, the first 3D movie made by a major Hollywood studio hit screens. I was surprised to learn that it wasn't Jaws 3D House of Wax, but rather Man In The Dark. From Wired:
Man in the Dark was a noir film starring Edmond O'Brien, a remake of the 1936 Ralph Bellamy movie, The Man Who Lived Twice. As 3-D it was underwhelming -- the climactic roller-coaster scene was described as flat -- and it apparently wasn't much of a flick, either, at least not to a New York Times critic who called it "a conspicuously low-grade melodrama."

April 8, 1953: first big Hollywood 3D film

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed (1994)

Martha Graham, The Dancer Revealed [VHS]

 NR   VHS Tape
Price:$29.99

Product Details

  • Format: Classical, Color, NTSC
  • Rated: NR (Not Rated)
  • Number of tapes: 1
  • Studio: Kultur Video
  • VHS Release Date: September 12, 1994
  • Run Time: 60 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews
  • ASIN: 6303168434
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #33,482 in Video

OVERVIEW

Brief Synopsis

Profile of dancer/choreographer Martha Graham.

Cast & Crew

Claire BloomNarration
Joel ShapiroDirector Of Photography
Rosalind P WalterFunding ("American Masters")
Jack RudinFunding ("American Masters")
American ExpressFunding ("American Masters")
National Endowment For The ArtsFunding ("American Masters")
Corporation For Public BroadcastingFunding ("American Masters")
Marilyn M Simpson Charitable TrustFunding ("American Masters")
Susan LacyExecutive Producer
Takis CandilisExecutive Producer
Elizabeth HirschhornAssociate Producer
Stacey RobbinsPublicist (Wnet)
Thirteen/WnetProduction Company
Cameras ContinentalesProduction Company
Christopher HerrmannCoordinating Producer
Faubion BowersScript Consultant

Martha Graham; Dance On Film


  • United States
  • 1959
  • 93 minutes
  • Black and White
  • 1.33:1
  • English
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  • Spine #406
SYNOPSIS: One of the great artistic forces of the twentieth century, performer, choreographer, and teacher Martha Graham influenced dance worldwide. Criterion presents a sampling of her stunning craft, all collaborations with television arts-programming pioneer Nathan Kroll. A Dancer’s World (1957), narrated by Graham herself, is a glimpse into her class work and methodology. Appalachian Spring (1958) and Night Journey (1961) are two complete Graham ballets, the first a celebration of the American pioneer spirit, scored by Aaron Copland, the second a powerfully physical rendering of the Oedipus myth. These are signature Graham works and tributes to the art of the human body.

CAST & CREDITS

CAST

CREDITS

DirectorNathan Kroll
Dances conceived/choreographed byMartha Graham
"A Dancer's World" directed and photographed byPeter Glushanok
EditingEleanor Hamerow and Miriam Arsham
Music composed and played byCameron McCosh
ProducerNathan Kroll
"Appalachian Spring" directed and photographed byPeter Glushanok
CameramanStanley Meredith
Music as originally scored byAaron Copland
SettingsIsamu Noguchi
Orchestra conducted byEugene Lester
"Night Journey" directed byAlexander Hammid
CinematographyStanley Meredith
Assistant to producerLeroy Leatherman
Music composed byWilliam Shuman

DISC FEATURES

Martha Graham: Dance on Film Criterion DVD
SRP: $39.95
SPECIAL EDITION DOUBLE-DISC SET:
  • New, restored high-definition digital transfers of three films: A Dancer’s World, Appalachian Spring, Night Journey
  • Martha Graham: The Dancer Revealed, a 1994 documentary produced for PBS’s American Masters series
  • A comparison of Appalachian Spring with an archival performance, by dance critic and historian Deborah Jowitt
  • Excerpts from a television pilot featuring composer Aaron Copland discussing his work onAppalachian Spring
  • A visual essay on working with Graham, narrated by Nathan Kroll
  • New interview with Museum of Television and Radio curator Ron Simon, discussing Kroll’s work and legacy
  • Interviews with the films’ editors, Eleanor Hamerow and Miriam Arsham
  • New interviews with six dancers from the films: Mimi Cole, Mary Hinkson, Linda Hodes, Stuart Hodes, Yuriko Kikuchi, and Ethel Winter
  • Excerpts from a 1975 filmed technique demonstration by Graham’s company, narrated by Graham
  • Footage of Graham’s company from a 1954 European tour
  • PLUS: A booklet featuring a new essay by dance critic Joan Acocella

FROM THE CURRENT

Film Essays

MARTHA GRAHAM ON FILM

By Joan AcocellaSeptember 17, 2007
In 1956 Nathan kroll, a violinist turned radio composer and producer, asked Martha Graham if he could make a movie about her and her work. Absolutely not, she said.

DVD

2 Discs
SRP: $39.95
Criterion Store price:$31.96