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Las Películas De Marzo

Acabada la época de los premios con los Oscars como colofón, comenzaban a llegar tímidamente a la cartelera londinense las películas de la nueva temporada. Las primeras producciones estrenadas este año compartían un común denominador: la mayoría pertenecen a la pedrea de la temporada pasada –aquellas que se concibieron originalmente para optar a premios y galardones, pero cuyos resultados no propiciaron el gasto que la costosísima campaña promocional para premio conlleva-; otras pocas se habían quedado en el tintero de la distribución. Nuevos blockbusters en 3D y alguna que otra sorpresa documental completaban la oferta cinematográfica durante el mes de marzo.

Nuestra película favorita del mes pertenecía a esta última categoría. “Exit Through The Gift Shop” (‘Salida por la tienda de regalos’), el documental que en teoría se le dedica a la obra del conocido artista callejero Británico Banksy, pero que el mismo artista convierte muy inteligentemente en una crítica mordaz al modo en que se mueve y promociona el arte en nuestros días. Para ello cuenta la historia de un obseso de la grabación en video que comienza a filmar a varios conocidos exponentes del street art, lo que le conduce a conocer a Banksy , quedando tan impresionado que se auto-transforma en uno de ellos con el apodo de ‘Mr. Brainstorm’.

El modo en que prepara su exposición de arte “a granel’ en Los Angeles y el gran éxito en el que se convierte gracias al hype con que la prensa lo lanza resulta tan ridículo como fascinante – La misma Madonna le contrató para diseñar la portada de su último disco recopilatorio. Al final del documental, seguimos sin saber mucho sobre Banksy, quien conserva su misterio y su celosamente protegida identidad, pero tenemos un verdadero filón de cínicos motivos para la reflexión sobre el arte actual.

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The Month In Movies: March

Like every other year The Award season ended with the Oscars, and the films for the new season shyly began to arrive. The first productions hitting our screens are sharing a common characteristic: they belong to the group of those films conceived to earn awards and honours, but their result wasn’t promising enough as to finance the costly promotional campaign needed for that purpose; some others had been shelved for a while, waiting for low season to surface. A few new blockbusters in 3D and the odd documentary surprise were also part of the menu on offer to cinemagoers during March.

Our movie of the month belongs to the last category. ‘Exit Through The Gift Shop’, the documentary in theory dedicated to the work of the popular British street artist Banksy, turned into an intelligent criticism to the ways art is sold and promoted in our time. It tells the history of a video recording obsessive character who starts filming several street artists, leading to contact Banksy for the project. The cameraman becomes so impressed that sets himself to become one of them, adopting the nickname ‘Mr. Brainstorm’.

What follows is a detailed account of the preparations for his first macro-exhibition; showing little regard for the works exhibited and much more for matching the media-fuelled, high expectations surrounded him. The exhibition establishes Mr. Brainstorm as an overnight success with even Madonna calling him to design the cover of her latest compilation. By the end of the documentary we are none the wiser about Banksy, who manages to keep the mystery of his jealously preserved identity intact; but we have formed a rather cynical opinion about contemporary art worth arguing for.

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2009 The Year In Movies: 1-Next Year’s Oscars


ACADEMY AWARDS MONTAGE: A LOOK AT THE YEAR AHEAD.

This year’s surprisingly good Academy awards ceremony ended up with a look at the future, thanks to a montage previewing some of the biggest movies to be launched over 2009. The clip included a mix of well hyped blockbusters and successful franchises next to some hints at potential nominees for the coveted awards in 2010. Among them: Michael Mann’s “Public Enemies”; Mira Nair’s “Amelia” and Lone Scherfig “An Education”.

With another look at that montage we begin a series of posts, looking at the most interesting movies (on paper) that the next twelve months will bring; divided by genres and starting by a deeper look at those movies that look likely to make an appearance in the next Awards season.

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