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Friday, November 2, 2012

King of Devil's Island

(2010) Written by Dennis Magnusson / Directed by Marius Holst / Cinematography John Andreas Andersen / Editing by Michal Leszczylowski / Produced by Karin Julsrud

based on true events that occurred at Bastøy Prison in Norway in 1915...

Why did you choose to make a film based on a true story? To me a story that has some root in reality is fascinating. This story was interesting, because it was not yet exposed. It is an interesting historical event, since these themes play along and are still relevant today; when evil things are done, who is the bad guy? Is the evil character the one that beats up the kids? Or the responsibility lies higher up with the governor, who allows this to happen? Bastøy is the micro cosmos of what is still happening nowadays. You could take the scandals of the catholic church or Guantánamo Bay and the same kind of themes are still there.
- Marius Holst (interviewed by Zowi Vermeire)

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Midnight Cowboy

(1969)
Directed by John Schlesinger / Screenplay by Waldo Salt / Based on the novel "Midnight Cowboy" by James Leo Herlihy / Editing by Hugh A. Robertson / Starring Dustin Hoffman & Jon Voight / Produced by Jerome Hellman / Music by John Barry / Cinematography by Adam Holender / Distributed by United Artists

"If most of my films have anything in common it's an interest in human relationships, particularly the more extraordinary and difficult kinds. I find the struggle of characters against the odds terribly interesting. I don't think I could possibly do a film about some sort of brave hero, some Errol Flynn winning the Battle of the Bulge . . . I'd rather do films about smaller people, outcasts." - John Schlesinger