Interviews
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Interview: Kim Rossi, star of ‘Angels of Evil’
Wearing a tank top and looking very down-to-earth, Kim Rossi Stuart explains that he’s more than a little tired. Indeed, he’s had a long day of interviews for his controversial film Angels of Evil (2010), and all of them in English – I am actually his first Italian interviewer. As it happens, the interviews have…
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Interview: John de Borman, BSC president
Last Thursday evening, CineVue was honoured to be invited along to the latest event held by the esteemed British Society of Cinematographers (BSC) – an ‘In Conversation’ with the multi-award winning lenser Roger Deakins ASC BSC. This memorable evening formed part of the BSC’s new initiative, the BSC Club and was the first in their…
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Interview: Lee Jeong-beom, ‘The Man from Nowhere’
The head of CUEAFS Spencer Murphy interviews Korean director Lee Jeong-beom at the 2011 Udine Far East Fim Festival. Jeong-beom’s latest film The Man from Nowhere (2010) left no empty seats at the Italian premiere screening.Spencer Murphy: Your film The Man from Nowhere received a very warm response both here at Udine and at the…
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Interview: Gareth Edwards, director of ‘Monsters’
Recently, CineVue sat down with Monsters (2010) director Gareth Edwards to discuss his explosion onto the UK film scene and the challenges he faced in bringing his superb debut feature to life. He takes us through the process, discussing production, politics and even Doctor Who – though he’s not a fan. Shortly after winning the…
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Interview: Mark Henderson, ‘My Kidnapper’
In My Kidnapper (2010), three members of a group of eight backpackers who spent 102 days in captivity after being kidnapped in Columbia in 2003 return to the country to confront the men and women who detained them, in an attempt to finally put the most distressing experience of their lives behind them. The film plays out…
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Interview: Andrei Konchalovsky at Barbican
Andrei Konchalovsky’s most recent film, The Nutcracker in 3D (2010), was a box office flop in the States. However, in the past Konchalovsky has also known great success, including the award winning House of Fools (2002) which took the Grand Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. As a filmmaker, Konchalovsky has certainly had a…
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Interview: Ferzan Ozpetek, ‘Loose Cannons’
From his opening shots of a bride striding through the Italian countryside before turning a gun on herself, Italo-Turkish director Ferzan Ozpetek plays with our expectations. Drama, melodrama, domestic tragedy, family comedy: Loose Cannons (2010) has it all.Set in Lecce, in the south of Italy, the Cantone clan gather for a family dinner to welcome youngest…
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Interview: Jasper Sharp, Zipangu Fest founder
This past week, CUEAFS was privileged to have journalist and East Asian film& enthusiast Jasper Sharp in house to offer a rare screening of Tetsuaki Matsue’s Annyong Kimchee (1999), complimented by his lecture on independent film making in Japan. CUEAFS’ Nadia Baird took a moment to chat with Jasper before his lecture about the ethos and…
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Interview: Meir Zarchi, ‘I Spit on Your Grave’
In a recent interview with Meir Zarchi, the horror director spoke openly throughout about the film that sealed his place in cult film history, whilst also explaining how his passion for cinema is still going strong, thirty two years on from making his cult classic I Spit on Your Grave (1978), or Day of the…
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Interview: Teddy Chan, ‘Bodyguards and Assassins’
CUEAFS founder Spencer Murphy met with legendary Hong Kong action director Teddy Chan at this year’s Terracotta Film Festival to talk about the state of Hong Kong cinema, young blood entering the industry and Mr. Chan’s latest award winning effort Bodyguards and Assassins (2009). Spencer Murphy: On behalf of Coventry’s East Asian Film Society, thank you for your time. We…