New York, I Love You

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#15
August 25, 2008, 06:36:40 PM
Quote from: Gamblour. on August 25, 2008, 11:02:48 AM
Paris Je T'aime is actually pretty good, and has Alexander Payne's best work ever.

Cool, nice to see others agree on this. I actually think that segment might have been my favorite piece of cinema from that year.

And as to this New York one, what a waste of time. Actually, anytime someone uses the phrase "hip, young ____" it is usually another way of saying 'complete bullshit'.
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

©brad

#16
August 25, 2008, 11:07:54 PM
why the fuck is everyone in that trailer white.

and ratner?

ughh. 

matt35mm

#17
August 25, 2008, 11:31:53 PM
Quote from: ©onzo on August 25, 2008, 11:07:54 PM
why the fuck is everyone in that trailer white.

You know why.

Gamblour.

#18
August 26, 2008, 07:30:57 AM
Quote from: matt35mm on August 25, 2008, 11:31:53 PM
Quote from: ©onzo on August 25, 2008, 11:07:54 PM
why the fuck is everyone in that trailer white.

You know why.

But I remember watching the Sex and the City movie, and there were only white people there too. Yeah, Jennifer Hudson was in it, but she was really from New Orleans or something. If I Love New York has Jennifer Hudson, I think that would be accurate.
WWPTAD?

pete

#19
August 26, 2008, 01:21:44 PM
that's not entirely true, I also saw at least two hot asian chicks boning white dudes!

and the songs in the trailer are so on the nose!
"Tragedy is a close-up; comedy, a long shot."
- Buster Keaton

matt35mm

#20
August 26, 2008, 03:14:41 PM
I imagine a conversation like:

THE PRODUCER OF SCREAM (to the exec producer of Crash): Hey, don't you know some black or asian or Iranian actors or whatever?  What about Don Cheadle?
BRETT RATNER (interjecting): I know Chris Tucker.  He loves me.
THE EXEC PRODUCER OF CRASH: Yeah, but this isn't a movie ABOUT race.
BRETT RATNER: Ah, right.  So, Shia?
ALL: Ooh, yeah, Shia.  Very nice.

w/o horse

#21
August 26, 2008, 03:38:13 PM
Faith Akin, Mira Nair, and Joshua Marston.  I'm seeing the movie, obviously.

If movies by arthouse directors were marketed in a way that correlated with the films' sensibilities there'd be a soft spoken publicist who traveled to engage me in meaningful, detailed conversation over my dinner table, while Odetta played quietly in the background from my iHome.

It's the fucking movie business.  A marketing department edited this trailer after three previous attempts and a handful of suggestions from the producers.
Raven haired Linda and her school mate Linnea are studying after school, when their desires take over and they kiss and strip off their clothes. They take turns fingering and licking one another's trimmed pussies on the desks, then fuck each other to intense orgasms with colorful vibrators.

MacGuffin

#22
May 18, 2009, 01:12:56 AM
Rio next stop for Benbihy's Love
Brazilian city follows Paris, New York
Source: Variety

Following Paris and New York, Rio will be the next city in French producer Emmanuel Benbihy's Cities of Love franchise.

Like "Paris, je t'aime" and "New York, I Love You," "Rio, Eu Te Amo" (Rio, I Love You) will comprise shorts by established helmers, each set in a different neighborhood of the city.

Benbihy has been developing the Cities of Love series since 2000. His development company, Ever So Close Inc., has designed and structured the Cities of Love franchise in order to sell Cities one-picture licenses, with Rio being the first.

The next episode produced by Benbihy will be "Shanghai, I Love You." Production on the pic is expected to begin in the fall to be completed in time for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.

Primum Entertainment Group has acquired the "Rio" license, and will lead the co-production with its Brazilian partners Oz Producoes, Limite Producoes and Bossa Nova Films.

Pic will be an official Brazilian co-production. Rio de Janeiro-based Limite will coordinate physical production; its involvement brought Bossa Nova and Rio's film investment agency, RioFilme, to the production team.

Benbihy will exec produce.

Meanwhile, RioFilme has committed to a development investment with Primum. The deal gives RioFilme the opportunity to distribute the film in Latin America and confirms a direct participation by the city of Rio.

Benbihy, Primum's CEO Joshua Skurla and director Oliver Kwon sealed the licensing agreement in Cannes.

"We will have up to three Brazilian directors and as many as three U.S. directors. The other directors will be of different nationalities," said Luiz Vidal, president of Limite.
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MacGuffin

#23
August 10, 2009, 12:42:34 AM



New Trailer here.
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jerome

#24
September 12, 2009, 07:48:02 AM
didn't know if i should post it here or in the scarlett johansson thread...

Humiliation for Scarlett Johansson as her 'unwatchable' directorial debut goes straight to DVD
source: dailymail.co.uk

Scarlett Johansson's directorial debut New York, I Love You has gone straight to DVD

The 24-year-old star of The Black Dahlia and Vicky Cristina Barcelona shot a segment for New York, I Love You, a series of linked love stories directed by different people, including Natalie Portman and Brett Ratner.

But her episode, shot in black and white and starring Kevin Bacon, was 'unwatchable,' sources told the New York Post.

'It was really bad, so it was cut,' said one source.

The film's producer, Emmanuel Benbihy, said her segment was slashed because: 'The story did not specifically involve an interpersonal relationship, and it was conceptualised to be filmed in black and white – both of which were extreme departures from the other films.'

He went on: 'Scarlett presented me with an extremely compelling, albeit unconventional, narrative that appeared as though it would not necessarily conform to the overall approach of the entire collective.'

He said he and Johansson agreed the segment's fate would be decided during editing, and added: 'And after months of editing I had to admit that there were editorial decisions to be made in the interest of serving the overall narrative and composition that resulted in previously filmed scenes and footage not getting used.'

Johansson's scenes will be included in the DVD of the film. New York, I Love You is based on Benhiby's 2006 film Paris Je T'Aime.

The Perineum Falcon

#25
September 12, 2009, 12:46:32 PM
This article's confusing. It starts out by saying it was "totally unwatchable," which damns it as a film in and of itself, but then goes on to say that it was cut because it was in black&white and the narrative wouldn't've tied in well with all the other stories.

So, really, it doesn't seem to say anything of its worth as a short film, just that it was sent to ISS for not following the rules like all the other children.

I'm not saying I expect, well, anything from ScarJo, but the article started off with a kind of mean spirit, which I didn't think was fair.

*shrug*
We often went to the cinema, the screen would light up and we would tremble, but also, increasingly often, Madeleine and I were disappointed. The images had dated, they jittered, and Marilyn Monroe had gotten terribly old. We were sad, this wasn't the film we had dreamed of, this wasn't the total film that we all carried around inside us, this film that we would have wanted to make, or, more secretly, no doubt, that we would have wanted to live.

Stefen

#26
September 12, 2009, 08:14:14 PM
ScarJo is the worst so of course this movie is also the worst.

She's got a nice rack, though, so she gets to do whatever she wants whether it's making movies, music, etc and we just have to put up with it.
Falling in love is the greatest joy in life. Followed closely by sneaking into a gated community late at night and firing a gun into the air.

MacGuffin

#27
March 18, 2010, 06:46:03 PM
I loved Paris Je T'aime. What I liked about it was that the city was another character for the interesting people and their stories. It was also full of love and romance. This Big Apple version captures none of that; it's almost the antithesis of anything romantic. There are a couple vignettes that work (Allen Hughes's segment being the best of the bunch), but overall it was just not involving and didn't pay tribute to the city. Where the first one made you want to stay with the characters and find out what happened to them, this one does give you gimpses of the characters afterwards, but we don't care; they are not memorable.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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