Paris-based international film sales company Pulsar Content has formed a strategic partnership with Digital District Entertainment, a leading post-production, VFX and production facilities company, with offices in France, Belgium and India. The partnership will create “a streamlined and cost-effective production process for international film projects,” according to a statement.
Pulsar Content’s Cannes lineup includes Un Certain Regard’s “Niki” by Céline Sallette, Antoine Chevrolliers’ “Block Pass,” premiering in Critics’ Week, and Camila Beltran’s “Mi Bestia,” premiering at Acid.
Dde’s Cannes lineup includes Julien Colonna’s “Le Royaume” in Un Certain Regard and Patricia Mazuy’s “Visiting Hours” in Directors’ Fortnight.
The companies have previously worked together on several films, including “The Deep House” by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, which sold to Blumhouse for the U.S. and Universal for international territories. They also teamed up on Edouard Salier’s “Tropic” and “Mads” by David Moreau.
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Pulsar Content’s Cannes lineup includes Un Certain Regard’s “Niki” by Céline Sallette, Antoine Chevrolliers’ “Block Pass,” premiering in Critics’ Week, and Camila Beltran’s “Mi Bestia,” premiering at Acid.
Dde’s Cannes lineup includes Julien Colonna’s “Le Royaume” in Un Certain Regard and Patricia Mazuy’s “Visiting Hours” in Directors’ Fortnight.
The companies have previously worked together on several films, including “The Deep House” by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo, which sold to Blumhouse for the U.S. and Universal for international territories. They also teamed up on Edouard Salier’s “Tropic” and “Mads” by David Moreau.
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- 5/7/2024
- by Leo Barraclough and Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Director Édouard Salier tells the story of twin brothers training to become stellar explorers. But whether we should accept that space is reserved for humanity’s best remains unclear
A strain of science fiction has emerged lately, especially in Europe and more specifically France, that’s very sparing with visual effects and more dependent on tricks involving makeup and sets, sprinkled with a bit of body horror, à la David Cronenberg. French director Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom, which debuted in Cannes and played at the London film festival but has yet to open in the UK, is very much in this style, with genetically mutated people turning into animal-human hybrids – lizards, birds, all manner of mammals – and leaving the civilised world behind.
Tropic, a film directed by Édouard Salier, who has a horror feature, Cabeza Madre, under his belt, and lots of shorts and music videos – is in a similar vein.
A strain of science fiction has emerged lately, especially in Europe and more specifically France, that’s very sparing with visual effects and more dependent on tricks involving makeup and sets, sprinkled with a bit of body horror, à la David Cronenberg. French director Thomas Cailley’s The Animal Kingdom, which debuted in Cannes and played at the London film festival but has yet to open in the UK, is very much in this style, with genetically mutated people turning into animal-human hybrids – lizards, birds, all manner of mammals – and leaving the civilised world behind.
Tropic, a film directed by Édouard Salier, who has a horror feature, Cabeza Madre, under his belt, and lots of shorts and music videos – is in a similar vein.
- 2/27/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Guardian - Film News
Tropic
A hit at last year’s Fantastic Fest and now part of the Glasgow Film Festival line-up, Edouard Salier’s Tropic is the tale of twin brothers Tristan (Louis Peres) and Lazaro (Pablo Cobo), both of whom are training to serve as astronauts in a vital mission. Although, close to the characters as we are, we never find out the full background to the mission, it’s clear that something strange is going on. From time to time, green lights appear in the sky. When one of them plummets to Earth and lands in a lake where the brothers are swimming, Tristan is injured, leaving him with physical and cognitive impairments. It’s an event which transforms their relationship and throws the future into doubt.
I met up with Edouard shortly before the Glasgow Film Festival, at what seemed like an auspicious time to talk, as there was a green comet.
A hit at last year’s Fantastic Fest and now part of the Glasgow Film Festival line-up, Edouard Salier’s Tropic is the tale of twin brothers Tristan (Louis Peres) and Lazaro (Pablo Cobo), both of whom are training to serve as astronauts in a vital mission. Although, close to the characters as we are, we never find out the full background to the mission, it’s clear that something strange is going on. From time to time, green lights appear in the sky. When one of them plummets to Earth and lands in a lake where the brothers are swimming, Tristan is injured, leaving him with physical and cognitive impairments. It’s an event which transforms their relationship and throws the future into doubt.
I met up with Edouard shortly before the Glasgow Film Festival, at what seemed like an auspicious time to talk, as there was a green comet.
- 3/3/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Pulsar Content and XYZ Films have teamed up to handle sales on “Bloat,” a horror movie starring Ben McKenzie (“Gotham”) and Bojana Novakovic (“Devil”).
The movie is set up as an international co-production between Timur Bekmambetov’s banner Bazelevs, whose credits include “Wanted,” “Unfriended,” “Searching” and “Resurrected,” France’s Pulsar Content (“The Deep House”) and Japanese production company flag Co., Ltd.
Written and directed by up-and-coming Tokyo-based horror filmmaker Pablo Absento (“Shi”), “Bloat” tells the story of a mother (Novakovic) and two sons who are vacationing in Japan. The father of the family (McKenzie), who is a military officer, is away stationed in Turkey. During their stay outside Tokyo, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.
Filming began in New York earlier this year and wrapped up in Tokyo in October. The post-production is set...
The movie is set up as an international co-production between Timur Bekmambetov’s banner Bazelevs, whose credits include “Wanted,” “Unfriended,” “Searching” and “Resurrected,” France’s Pulsar Content (“The Deep House”) and Japanese production company flag Co., Ltd.
Written and directed by up-and-coming Tokyo-based horror filmmaker Pablo Absento (“Shi”), “Bloat” tells the story of a mother (Novakovic) and two sons who are vacationing in Japan. The father of the family (McKenzie), who is a military officer, is away stationed in Turkey. During their stay outside Tokyo, their younger son almost drowns in a lake. Soon after the accident, the parents realize that something is wrong with their boy.
Filming began in New York earlier this year and wrapped up in Tokyo in October. The post-production is set...
- 10/28/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Jalmari Helander’s WWII action thriller “Sisu” has made good on its upbeat reception at Toronto Midnight Madness – Variety called it “outrageously entertaining” – winning the top award at this year’s Sitges – International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia which is showing, like genre itself, clear signs of expansion.
The over 70,000 tickets sold at 2022’s Sitges were 10 up on 2019, and an all-time record. Sitges guests stood at 610, also the biggest figure ever, announced Mònica García Massagué, director of the Sitges Foundation.
One of the other big winners at Sitges was “The House of the Devil’s” Ti West, with “Pearl,” a prequel to porn shoot slasher “X” which plays like a cross between “Psycho” and “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,” Variety announced in its review.
In further awards, Michele Garza’s body horror thriller “Huesera,” a probing motherhood drama and arresting mix of Lgtbq passion and genre innovation, added to...
The over 70,000 tickets sold at 2022’s Sitges were 10 up on 2019, and an all-time record. Sitges guests stood at 610, also the biggest figure ever, announced Mònica García Massagué, director of the Sitges Foundation.
One of the other big winners at Sitges was “The House of the Devil’s” Ti West, with “Pearl,” a prequel to porn shoot slasher “X” which plays like a cross between “Psycho” and “What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?,” Variety announced in its review.
In further awards, Michele Garza’s body horror thriller “Huesera,” a probing motherhood drama and arresting mix of Lgtbq passion and genre innovation, added to...
- 10/16/2022
- by Pablo Sandoval
- Variety Film + TV
Holding one’s breath underwater is a little more complicated than it might seem. It requires mental skills, not just physical ones – unless one can keep absolutely calm and regulate one’s bodily processes, it’s impossible to do it for a significant length of time. Tristan (Loius Peres) can do six minutes – still way short of what pearl divers achieve, but impressive for a young Frenchman, and, importantly, one of the best times in the astronaut training group. His brother Lazaro (Pablo Cobo) struggles to do four. Tristan works hard to encourage him, to get him into shape. There are only three places open to France on the pending European mission, and he is determined that they will go together.
There are little hints scattered throughout Edouard Salier’s film to the effect that something is seriously amiss. The year is 2041, but there is talk of this mission being the last.
There are little hints scattered throughout Edouard Salier’s film to the effect that something is seriously amiss. The year is 2041, but there is talk of this mission being the last.
- 10/6/2022
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Pulsar Content and XYZ Films have dropped the teaser for “Tropic,” Edouard Salier sci-fi drama which world premiered at Fantastic Fest and will next play in competition at Sitges on Oct. 9.
Penned by Salier and Mauricio Carrasco, the film follows Lázaro and Tristán, two twin brothers and best friends who are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.
“Tropic” stars Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres, Marta Nieto, and Marvin Dubart. It was produced by Ninon Chapuis and Jean-Michel Rey, Rezo Productions. The movie will be released in France by Rezo Films.
Salier comes from a graphic background and is passionate about science fiction,...
Penned by Salier and Mauricio Carrasco, the film follows Lázaro and Tristán, two twin brothers and best friends who are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.
“Tropic” stars Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres, Marta Nieto, and Marvin Dubart. It was produced by Ninon Chapuis and Jean-Michel Rey, Rezo Productions. The movie will be released in France by Rezo Films.
Salier comes from a graphic background and is passionate about science fiction,...
- 10/6/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Pulsar Content and XYZ Films have partnered to handle sales on the Fantastic Fest and Sitges sci-fi drama Tropic, directed by Edouard Salier who also co-wrote with Mauricio Carrasco.
The film follows Lázaro and Tristán (19), twin brothers and best friends, who are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.
The French-language feature stars Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres, Marta Nieto, and Marvin Dubart, and was produced by Rezo Productions, Ninon Chapuis, and Jean-Michel Rey. Above is a first-look clip.
The pic will world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 23 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar and will screen at Sitges...
The film follows Lázaro and Tristán (19), twin brothers and best friends, who are training together for the Astronaut Academy entrance tests. One day, Tristán is contaminated with some mysterious residue which makes him monstrous physically and weakened mentally. This disaster forces Lázaro to let go of how he remembers his brother and learn to love him as he is now, in a world where there is no room for monsters.
The French-language feature stars Pablo Cobo, Louis Peres, Marta Nieto, and Marvin Dubart, and was produced by Rezo Productions, Ninon Chapuis, and Jean-Michel Rey. Above is a first-look clip.
The pic will world premiere at Fantastic Fest on September 23 at the Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar and will screen at Sitges...
- 9/20/2022
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
It marks director Edouard Salier’s debut feature after a number of award-winning shorts.
Paris-based company Pulsar Content has boarded sales on French director Edouard Salier’s near-future sci-fi drama Things Behind The Stars ahead of the EFM.
Set in France in 2041, it revolves around two twin brothers who are training to be astronauts.
Their relationship takes on another dimension when one of them is contaminated with a mysterious residue that disfigures him, weakens his mind and makes him fluorescent at night.
Louis Peres, seen recently as the protagonist Etienne Lantier in France Televisions’ high-end serialised adaptation of Emile Zola’s Germinal,...
Paris-based company Pulsar Content has boarded sales on French director Edouard Salier’s near-future sci-fi drama Things Behind The Stars ahead of the EFM.
Set in France in 2041, it revolves around two twin brothers who are training to be astronauts.
Their relationship takes on another dimension when one of them is contaminated with a mysterious residue that disfigures him, weakens his mind and makes him fluorescent at night.
Louis Peres, seen recently as the protagonist Etienne Lantier in France Televisions’ high-end serialised adaptation of Emile Zola’s Germinal,...
- 2/7/2022
- by Melanie Goodfellow
- ScreenDaily
The 22nd session of the film direction residency will lend support to first feature films put forward by Nathalie Saugeon, Jean-Baptiste Durand, Emmanuel Laskar, Pierre Mazingarbe and Edouard Salier. Selected by a jury presided over, this year, by Jean-Bernard Marlin, five young filmmakers have been chosen to participate in the 22nd session of the film direction residency intitled Emergence, a unique initiative in Europe which will provide the selected few with an opportunity to film two sequences of their first feature films, as well as offering them a mentor in the form of an established director, support in all things artistic, not to mention professional help with production. Nathalie Saugeon has been selected with her project Fils de. The story, which she wrote with Anne-Claire Jaulin, is centred on Rudy (14 years old) who has never met his father. Against all odds, he seeks to be accepted by his biological...
Paris-based sales outfit Charades has boarded Pierre Pinaud’s sophomore feature “The Rose Maker,” a comedy with French star Catherine Frot (“The Midwife”), along with “Africa Mia,” a documentary about the birth of Afro-Cuban music, as well as the U.K. drama “Lynn + Lucy.”
Pinaud will be directing “The Rose Maker” with the popular French helmer Philippe Le Guay, whose credits include the critically acclaimed romantic comedy “The Women on the 6th Floor.”
Penned by Pinaud and Fadette Drouard, the film is a social comedy starring Frot as Eve, a childless woman who has isolated herself from others and is a famous rose maker on the verge on bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to rescue her business, she hires Serge, Nadège and Fred, three lame ducks enrolled in a back-to-work program who do not have any horticulture skills, and unexpectedly finds out that nurturing others is even more rewarding than creating flowers.
Pinaud will be directing “The Rose Maker” with the popular French helmer Philippe Le Guay, whose credits include the critically acclaimed romantic comedy “The Women on the 6th Floor.”
Penned by Pinaud and Fadette Drouard, the film is a social comedy starring Frot as Eve, a childless woman who has isolated herself from others and is a famous rose maker on the verge on bankruptcy. In a desperate attempt to rescue her business, she hires Serge, Nadège and Fred, three lame ducks enrolled in a back-to-work program who do not have any horticulture skills, and unexpectedly finds out that nurturing others is even more rewarding than creating flowers.
- 5/7/2019
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
The finalists for the first Raw Science Film Festival were screened at Caltech, which received a nod for its contribution to film during the recent Academy Awards, and the awards presented to winners in the Zanuck Theater at Fox Studios on December 8, 2014. The festival honors talented filmmakers, both student and professional, and gives them the opportunity to receive recognition in front of a worldwide audience of leaders in entertainment, science, and technology.
In addition to this, the jury is comprised of longstanding members of the Academy. Andy Hendrickson (Cto, Disney Animation Studios) accepted an award for "Big Hero 6," which recently became the winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
The 2014 Raw Science Film Festival was created by the Raw Science Foundation in association with Raw Science TV. The festival was made possible by the premiere sponsor and partner Science and Entertainment Exchange , which connects entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers to create a synergy between accurate science and engaging storylines in both film and TV programming. $20,000 in cash prizes were awarded to winning filmmakers.
The festival was curated by Mitchell Block, the Executive Director of Programming for Raw Science TV, and produced by Yokeena Jamar.
The Jury included Academy Award winning & nominated filmmakers Luke Matheny (Best Short Film, “God of Love”), Randal Kleiser (“Grease” and “Honey I Blew up the Kid”), Martha Coolidge (“Real Genius” and “The Twilight Zone” TV Series), and John Singleton (“Boyz n the Hood” and “Tupac”), Liz Keim ( The Exploratorium), and Iram Parveen Bilal (“Josh”).
Presenters included Martha Coolidge and Martin Gunderson ("Real Genius"), S&Ee’s Kevin Grazier ("Gravity," "Battlestar Galactica"), Rick Loverd (Science and Entertainment Exchange), and filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal.
Attendees included Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely (Un Ambassador of Goodwill to Africa, New Future Foundation, Inc.) and First Robotics Team 980 for a screening of the film "Spare Parts" starring George Lopez.
“Filmmakers inspire and balance our advancing society" said Keri Kukral, Founder/CEO of Raw Science. "We want to honor them."
The awards were specially designed and created by 3D Systems.
Watch a video of the award creation process here: Raw Science Awards
Film Festival Winners:
"Number 32," directed by Linnea Langkammer
"The Heart Thief," directed by Ella Rubeli
"Consider the Ant," directed by Emily Fraser
"Ballet Meets Robotics," directed by Ashley Rodholm
"Beyond the Spheres," directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari
"Nzara '76," directed by Jon Noble
"The Nostalgist," directed by Giacomo Cimini
"Habana," directed by Edouard Salier
"Channeling," directed by Andrew Thomas.
Special Awards:
Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle :
Kip Thorne ("Interstellar")
Technical Innovation in Media :
Andy Hendrickson and Walt Disney Animation Studios Team ("Big Hero 6")
Best Documentary :
Brian Knappenberger ("The Internet's Own Boy")
Best University Prank :
Dwight Berg a.k.a. “Calvin Techer” (Caltech & The Hollywood Sign, 1987)
The USA Science & Engineering Festival Youth Award :
Tim Eddy ("A-z of Zombies")
The series DIYsect by Benjamin Welmond and Mary Tsang was noted as one-to-watch. The Looking Planet by Eric Law Anderson was an audience favorite.
Best University Prank:
The identity of legendary prankster “Calvin Techer” (aka Dwight Berg) was revealed by his surprise appearance at the festival. Berg described (video) the technical details behind one of the most legendary college pranks of all time – the changing of the Hollywood sign to read “Caltech” in 1987.
In addition to this, the jury is comprised of longstanding members of the Academy. Andy Hendrickson (Cto, Disney Animation Studios) accepted an award for "Big Hero 6," which recently became the winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
The 2014 Raw Science Film Festival was created by the Raw Science Foundation in association with Raw Science TV. The festival was made possible by the premiere sponsor and partner Science and Entertainment Exchange , which connects entertainment industry professionals with top scientists and engineers to create a synergy between accurate science and engaging storylines in both film and TV programming. $20,000 in cash prizes were awarded to winning filmmakers.
The festival was curated by Mitchell Block, the Executive Director of Programming for Raw Science TV, and produced by Yokeena Jamar.
The Jury included Academy Award winning & nominated filmmakers Luke Matheny (Best Short Film, “God of Love”), Randal Kleiser (“Grease” and “Honey I Blew up the Kid”), Martha Coolidge (“Real Genius” and “The Twilight Zone” TV Series), and John Singleton (“Boyz n the Hood” and “Tupac”), Liz Keim ( The Exploratorium), and Iram Parveen Bilal (“Josh”).
Presenters included Martha Coolidge and Martin Gunderson ("Real Genius"), S&Ee’s Kevin Grazier ("Gravity," "Battlestar Galactica"), Rick Loverd (Science and Entertainment Exchange), and filmmaker Iram Parveen Bilal.
Attendees included Queen Mother Dr. Delois Blakely (Un Ambassador of Goodwill to Africa, New Future Foundation, Inc.) and First Robotics Team 980 for a screening of the film "Spare Parts" starring George Lopez.
“Filmmakers inspire and balance our advancing society" said Keri Kukral, Founder/CEO of Raw Science. "We want to honor them."
The awards were specially designed and created by 3D Systems.
Watch a video of the award creation process here: Raw Science Awards
Film Festival Winners:
"Number 32," directed by Linnea Langkammer
"The Heart Thief," directed by Ella Rubeli
"Consider the Ant," directed by Emily Fraser
"Ballet Meets Robotics," directed by Ashley Rodholm
"Beyond the Spheres," directed by Meghdad Asadi Lari
"Nzara '76," directed by Jon Noble
"The Nostalgist," directed by Giacomo Cimini
"Habana," directed by Edouard Salier
"Channeling," directed by Andrew Thomas.
Special Awards:
Kip Thorne Gravity Award for Best Depiction of a Scientific Principle :
Kip Thorne ("Interstellar")
Technical Innovation in Media :
Andy Hendrickson and Walt Disney Animation Studios Team ("Big Hero 6")
Best Documentary :
Brian Knappenberger ("The Internet's Own Boy")
Best University Prank :
Dwight Berg a.k.a. “Calvin Techer” (Caltech & The Hollywood Sign, 1987)
The USA Science & Engineering Festival Youth Award :
Tim Eddy ("A-z of Zombies")
The series DIYsect by Benjamin Welmond and Mary Tsang was noted as one-to-watch. The Looking Planet by Eric Law Anderson was an audience favorite.
Best University Prank:
The identity of legendary prankster “Calvin Techer” (aka Dwight Berg) was revealed by his surprise appearance at the festival. Berg described (video) the technical details behind one of the most legendary college pranks of all time – the changing of the Hollywood sign to read “Caltech” in 1987.
- 3/4/2015
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The mighty Boston Underground Film Festival celebrates their impressive 15th edition this year on March 27-31 at the Brattle Theatre. Here’s some highlights to be on the lookout for:
Opening night film: I Declare War, a childhood parable about war and brutality, directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson.
Closing night film: Big Ass Spider!, a raucous giant arachnid vs. the military flick, directed by Mike Mendez.
Other Feature Films: Both Drew Tobia’s first feature, See You Next Tuesday; and the punk documentary A Band Called Death by Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett recently won awards at the 20th Chicago Underground Film Festival and will now kill it at Buff. Sion Sono, a Buff regular, will be screening the last of his “Trilogy of Hate,” Guilty of Romance; while Calvin Lee Reeder has the gross-out feature-length version of his gross-out short The Rambler. And Zach Clark, a Bad Lit favorite,...
Opening night film: I Declare War, a childhood parable about war and brutality, directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson.
Closing night film: Big Ass Spider!, a raucous giant arachnid vs. the military flick, directed by Mike Mendez.
Other Feature Films: Both Drew Tobia’s first feature, See You Next Tuesday; and the punk documentary A Band Called Death by Mark Christopher Covino and Jeff Howlett recently won awards at the 20th Chicago Underground Film Festival and will now kill it at Buff. Sion Sono, a Buff regular, will be screening the last of his “Trilogy of Hate,” Guilty of Romance; while Calvin Lee Reeder has the gross-out feature-length version of his gross-out short The Rambler. And Zach Clark, a Bad Lit favorite,...
- 3/27/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Almost a year after being previewed, 30 Seconds to Mars' "This Is War" music video has finally been debuted in full. Directed by Edouard Salier, the clip has actually leaked earlier this week, but the official one which is subtitled "Uncensored" didn't make its way out until Wednesday, April 6.
"If we don't end war, war will end us," so the tagline quotes H.G. Wells. It then proceeds to follow Jared Leto and his bandmates doing a field operation as they serve as the U.S. soldiers. Wearing army combat uniforms, they are equipped with M4 rifles in the battlefield.
"For the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict," Jared once told MTV. "The video made us realize that underneath the uniforms, these men and women out there in conflict are just like you and I. When we put them on,...
"If we don't end war, war will end us," so the tagline quotes H.G. Wells. It then proceeds to follow Jared Leto and his bandmates doing a field operation as they serve as the U.S. soldiers. Wearing army combat uniforms, they are equipped with M4 rifles in the battlefield.
"For the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict," Jared once told MTV. "The video made us realize that underneath the uniforms, these men and women out there in conflict are just like you and I. When we put them on,...
- 4/7/2011
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Bradford Animation Festival
The UK's largest and longest-running animation festival brings the usual cornucopia of creativity – but this being a competition, instead of swamping us with everything out there, they've mercifully sorted it into categorised shortlists, each the size of a single screening (ie: student, music, children). There are features, too: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's Chico And Rita harks back to 1950s Cuba, while Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis-voiced Metropia fast-forwards to an Orwellian 2020s Sweden. Plus a gaming-oriented offshoot and guests including the visual effects supervisor from Inception and Pixar veteran Paul Mendoza.
National Media Museum, Tue to 13 Nov
Bath Film Festival
Despite the city's refined status, there's nothing snobbish about this festival. Yes, it gives you previews of forthcoming big hitters such as Never Let Me Go and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, but it's not above rounding up decent films released earlier...
The UK's largest and longest-running animation festival brings the usual cornucopia of creativity – but this being a competition, instead of swamping us with everything out there, they've mercifully sorted it into categorised shortlists, each the size of a single screening (ie: student, music, children). There are features, too: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's Chico And Rita harks back to 1950s Cuba, while Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis-voiced Metropia fast-forwards to an Orwellian 2020s Sweden. Plus a gaming-oriented offshoot and guests including the visual effects supervisor from Inception and Pixar veteran Paul Mendoza.
National Media Museum, Tue to 13 Nov
Bath Film Festival
Despite the city's refined status, there's nothing snobbish about this festival. Yes, it gives you previews of forthcoming big hitters such as Never Let Me Go and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, but it's not above rounding up decent films released earlier...
- 11/6/2010
- by Steve Rose
- The Guardian - Film News
'It's a work in progress,' lead singer Jared Leto says of the project.
By James Montgomery
30 Seconds to Mars' Jared Leto in a preview of "This Is War"
Photo: Emi
On Monday, 30 Seconds to Mars premiered the epic video for "Closer to the Edge," a far-reaching, all-encompassing affair that was shot in 89 cities in 27 different countries on the band's Into the Wild Tour.
Featuring emotional interviews with 30Stm fans, copious amounts of thunderous live footage and an inspirational "We are family" message, "Closer" is certainly everything the band's so-called Echelon could've hoped for, and probably a little bit more. But the release of the clip also raises a rather interesting question: What ever happened to 30 Seconds to Mars' other big-idea, even-bigger-scope music video, "This Is War"?
After all, "War" was the second single released off the band's album of the same name, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs...
By James Montgomery
30 Seconds to Mars' Jared Leto in a preview of "This Is War"
Photo: Emi
On Monday, 30 Seconds to Mars premiered the epic video for "Closer to the Edge," a far-reaching, all-encompassing affair that was shot in 89 cities in 27 different countries on the band's Into the Wild Tour.
Featuring emotional interviews with 30Stm fans, copious amounts of thunderous live footage and an inspirational "We are family" message, "Closer" is certainly everything the band's so-called Echelon could've hoped for, and probably a little bit more. But the release of the clip also raises a rather interesting question: What ever happened to 30 Seconds to Mars' other big-idea, even-bigger-scope music video, "This Is War"?
After all, "War" was the second single released off the band's album of the same name, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs...
- 8/17/2010
- MTV Music News
A sneak peek has been released for 30 Seconds to Mars' "This Is War" music video. The snippet features the three members of the band, Jared Leto, Tomo Milicevic and Shannon Leto, in their army combat uniforms. With M4 rifles in their hands, the three are followed by the camera doing a field operation.
Set to be premiered in the form of a so-called short film, the music video is directed by Edouard Salier who served in the Special Forces and has been in Iraq for several times. "For the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict," Jared previously told MTV about what they want to film for the mini movie.
On why Edouard is hired to be the director, he reasoned, "He was our consultant. It was incredible to take a look into his world and his life,...
Set to be premiered in the form of a so-called short film, the music video is directed by Edouard Salier who served in the Special Forces and has been in Iraq for several times. "For the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict," Jared previously told MTV about what they want to film for the mini movie.
On why Edouard is hired to be the director, he reasoned, "He was our consultant. It was incredible to take a look into his world and his life,...
- 5/14/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
30 Seconds to Mars are the United States soldiers in the video shoot of their single "This Is War". In three pictures taken during the filming, the band are seen donning army combat uniform and body armor. They have M4 rifles in their hands and ride an armored Humvee.
In order to accurately capture the conflict in the war field, the band hire director Edouard Salier who has been in Iraq for several times. "The song is really about conflict, and the album ['This Is War'] really is about it too: the inevitability of conflict, the blessing of conflict and what we can all learn from it. We've certainly had our fair share of it," frontman Jared Leto told MTV. "So for the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict."
"The video made us realize that underneath the uniforms, these men...
In order to accurately capture the conflict in the war field, the band hire director Edouard Salier who has been in Iraq for several times. "The song is really about conflict, and the album ['This Is War'] really is about it too: the inevitability of conflict, the blessing of conflict and what we can all learn from it. We've certainly had our fair share of it," frontman Jared Leto told MTV. "So for the 'This Is War' video, we wanted to explore another side of it. So we decided to portray soldiers in conflict."
"The video made us realize that underneath the uniforms, these men...
- 4/10/2010
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
'The song is really about conflict ... we've certainly had our fair share of it,' Jared Leto tells MTV News.
By James Montgomery
30 Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto
Photo: Emi
At this point, Jared Leto is getting pretty used to conflict. He and his 30 Seconds to Mars bandmates battled their way through the making of their This Is War album, and they basically willed the first single, the epic "Kings and Queens," onto the rock radio charts.
So when it came time to shoot a video for the second single — the equally soaring title track from the album — well, they pretty much knew the direction they wanted to head.
Photos From 30 Seconds To Mars' 'This Is War' Video
"The song is really about conflict, and the album really is about it too: the inevitability of conflict, the blessing of conflict and what we can all learn from it. We've certainly...
By James Montgomery
30 Seconds To Mars' Jared Leto
Photo: Emi
At this point, Jared Leto is getting pretty used to conflict. He and his 30 Seconds to Mars bandmates battled their way through the making of their This Is War album, and they basically willed the first single, the epic "Kings and Queens," onto the rock radio charts.
So when it came time to shoot a video for the second single — the equally soaring title track from the album — well, they pretty much knew the direction they wanted to head.
Photos From 30 Seconds To Mars' 'This Is War' Video
"The song is really about conflict, and the album really is about it too: the inevitability of conflict, the blessing of conflict and what we can all learn from it. We've certainly...
- 4/9/2010
- MTV Music News
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