Film HITLIST THE BEST FILM RELEASES & EVENTS
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Frankenweenie This black and white animation from Tim Burton (re-made from his 1984 short film) is a triumph: inventive and filled with delightful visual details. See review, page 66. General release from Wed 17 Oct.
Looper Rian Johnson’s time-travelling movie about a hitman who’s faced with killing an older version of himself. A taut, intricate thriller starring Bruce Willis and Joseph Gordon-Levitt. See feature page 24 and review page 64. General release from Fri 28 Sep. Take One Action Film Festival An inspirational festival of film screenings, discussions and workshops. See column page 67. Various venues, Glasgow and Edinburgh, Fri 21 Sep–Sat 6 Oct.
Holy Motors Fantastical story from the mind of French filmmaker Leos Carax. Includes unsuspecting cameos from Eva Mendes and Kylie Minogue. See featue, page 63 and review, page 67. Selected release from Fri 28 Sep. Barbara Slow-burning drama set in 1980 in East Germany about a doctor looking to escape to the West to meet her lover, recalling 2007’s The Lives of Others. See review page 64. Selected release from Fri 28 Sep.
Cryptic Nights presents onedotzero Digital artists onedotzero curate four days of audio visual treats embracing animation, comedy, sci-fi and psychedelia. CCA, Glasgow, Thu 4–Sat 6 Oct.
Husbands John Cassavetes’ divisive story from 1970 gets a cinema re-release, starring Ben Gazzara, Peter Falk and Cassavetes himself. See review page 67. Selected release from Fri 12 Oct.
Keyhole Guy Maddin’s latest film is a sorrowful tale of a haunted house, displaying the director’s trademark black and white cinematography. See review at list.co.uk. DCA, Dundee, from Fri 21 Sep.
Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel Portrait of the influential fashion editor whose life spanned the 20th century. See profile right and review page 64. Selected release from Fri 28 Sep.
A Live Road Movie in Super 8 and Sound Commissioned for this year’s Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival by film collective Screen Bandita. The Maltings, Berwick- Upon-Tweed, Sun 23 Sep.
62 THE LIST 20 Sep–18 Oct 2012
Profile LISA IMMORDINO VREELAND
Background Despite never meeting her grandmother-in-law, the fashion icon Diana Vreeland, Lisa Immordino Vreeland has ded- icated the past few years to docu- menting the story of this influential editor. Having previously worked in the fashion industry as a con- sultant, Lisa Vreeland turned her hand to filmmaking for her debut documentary Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel. It premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2011. On the genesis of the film ‘It started as a book, then I realised I just wanted to do a little bit more than that and also to be able to have the chance to tell her story in a contemporary way for a younger audience. Once you see the movie, she’s so fantastic you have to have her on screen! I realised when I was doing the work for the book that the imagery was so rich and it’s so nice to be able to see it on screen.’
On capturing the real Diana Vreeland ‘I always felt that she had been slightly misunderstood. I think when people think of Diana Vreeland they always think of this very extroverted woman, who wore a certain type of make-up – a lot of rouge on her cheeks. . . But I felt there was a whole other level underneath her that needed to be seen.’ On researching the film ‘The process was fantastic. I was living in Paris at the time and I was very lucky because I was in the Vogue offices going through all of their archives. You can’t get much bet- ter than that.
On the similarities between Vreeland and current Vogue editor Anna Wintour: ‘I don’t want to make any comparisons because there are none at all to be made. The fact is that Diana Vreeland is the original one and there’s a reason that she con- tinues to resonate in fashion because she’s the real thing.’ ■ Diana Vreeland: The Eye has to Travel is on selected release from Fri 21 Sep. See review, page 64.