Twice winners of the “Palme d’or”, the most prestigious award in the art of cinema, Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne are among the most influential authors of contemporary cinema. There is hardly a single person who is interested in film and didn’t at least hear about them. The publication of the memoirs of the Hatch Dardenne in Russian now graced the shelves of Russian bookstores.
The book of the Dardenne brothers in Russia will be accompanied by retrospectives
Despite the worldwide fame Dardanov of their films in Russia do not enjoy commercial success. The last of which was released in Russian cinemas for their film “Two days, one night” in Russia looked less than six thousand spectators, it did not help that the main role for the first time in the entire filmography Dardenne played superstar Marion Cotillard (1975). 17 Nov comes the film “Unknown” – less than 50 screens. It may also have very modest success with the audience.
The trailer of the film “Two days, one night”
For reasons not far to seek: the Russian audience repels the harsh themes durdenevsky paintings that the world recognizes as masterpieces. Exhausted by poverty, immigrants dying in the eyes of addicts running around the orphanage teenagers, selling their own children parasites – it’s all pretty bleak and, by the way, too much like the lives of many viewers and make them want to pay money for it.
03/03/1996 Yesterday was discharged from the hospital. Wear a belt that supports the back. My “vision” Rosetta is still not issued. I thought the hospital stay would help me — but no, the emptiness. Jean-Pierre in the same dead end.
The book “Behind our paintings” consists of three unequal parts. The first critic Anton Dolin briefly analyzes the work Dardanov, starting from the key themes in their films. Second, the core represents a carefully selected diary entries of Luke Dardenne from 1991 to 2014. The third interview Anton Valley with both Directors, in which diary entries are complemented with the necessary comments.
09/09/2002 Our camera does not relieve the sex. Our camera is sexy. She removes the ripple of bodies, transmits to its objects, seeking in motion something that will be able to slow down the frantic degree of its tension. It reaches some kind of trance. Moral of the TRANS. If you think morality is eternal and unceasing struggle between us and our impulses. The fight, during which a closed, burned out, excited man meets Another, moves to another state.
Movie trailer “the Boy with the Bicycle”
The diaries reveal Luke Dardenne Russian audiences the wrong side of the art Directors. Each film is the fruit of serious philosophical reflection, discussion, question and, corny as it may sound, the search needed for filming of funds. Among the records, quotes from philosophers and current writers, analyzing films, or simply admiration of the individual scenes, often in the classical masterpieces, detailed descriptions of difficulties encountered when creating a script. It becomes clear how important Dardenne is the scenario like when it is ready, the process of follow-up work on the film is almost automatic. Because of this the mirror several times revised movies Gardennew perceived quite differently.
10/04/2006 Back to the story about the Albanian woman and a sham marriage with a drug addict. Few weeks after marriage, the addict wants to quit drugs, get treatment. For women it is unexpected. It’s unexpected for him. He could not foresee that the emergence of women in his apartment will cause him to stop. A drug addict may be the son (10 years old), living in a hospital or an orphanage, and he will introduce him to the heroine. She will begin to feel affection for this man who was only going to use for money and Belgian citizenship. Watching him grapple with addiction and may be helping him, it imbued him with love. What we want to tell this story? About the birth of impossible love? About the birth family? No doubt about that, and about other. Sometimes I wonder: maybe the origin of the family — is an idea that obsessed with all of our films.
Movie trailer “Unknown”
If it were possible to speak about an advertising campaign in relation to the film “the Unknown”, it would be noted that the book “Behind our scenes,” and retrospectives in Moscow and St. Petersburg from 16 to 20 November is a major event. And even taking into account the fact that the Luc Dardenne will meet with the audience and talk about his films. In fact, of course, is very modest. Moscow cinema “Illusion” – not the hangout of most moviegoers, “Aurora” has played a more significant role in Peter’s life, so there’s “exhaust” can be a little more.
28/05/2012 as the investigation progresses, Jennifer may learn about something unexpected that will make her look at herself differently. What? If she agreed to a position on the outskirts of the clinic only for lack of a better, if her dream is doctor’s office with quite a different clientele, more rich and enjoyable it can be understood that the treatment of the poor is her calling. Perhaps it’s too much caricature. However, remember, there are grounds for internal conflict Jennifer, she becomes more vulnerable. Maybe the medical profession was her excuse to break free of his social status.
What is indeed important is the release of the book, new fruit of painstaking and long work of the publishing house “Rosebud”, which regularly produces a model form and the contents of the book about the movie. There was Herzog, Kubrick, Welles and the other the absolute value of auteur cinema. The Dardenne’s interpretation of a wonderful interpreter of Sergei Kozin, joined the Pantheon without this book the library of those who still appreciate artistic films, will now be incomplete. And as a small print run, the book will be hunting those who have not got. Maybe, and someday someone will make a movie.
