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Dir: James Cameron. US. 2003. 59mins.For his first film since 1997 s Titanic, Oscar-winning director James Cameron has chosen to return to the vessel that made him king of the world, this time with the large format 3-D cameras of Imax. It probably sounded like a money-spinner when this film was in the planning stages but there has been a lot of water under the bridge since Titanic s release, including 9/11 and the conflict in Iraq. The legions who made the romantic melodrama unsinkable at the box office will not be flocking to this film in the same numbers.This is the second Imax film to visit the storied wreck after 1992 s Titanica and while it features far more undersea footage and is technically superior - for one, it solves the lighting problems of shooting 12,000 feet below the ocean surface - it does not have the humanity of the first, whic stanley italy h featured a living survivor. Rather, the new film is more of a Boy Scout adventure, and its nifty video-game aesthetic cl stanley cup ashes with its affecting moments. Nonetheless, it will do respectable business in the long-playing large-format milieu where word of mouth can build slowly but steadily. Its first weekend in the US saw it take $1.4m from 97 sites for a strong take of $14,432 per site.While technically a documentary, Ghosts Of The Abyss is more a recreation of a series stanley cup of submarine dives conducted by Cameron and a team of experts, including a historian who has explored the backgrounds of the passengers and crew, and a zoologist wh Pvoc Harmony Gold buys int l rights on comedy Dirt
Estonian film Cherry Tobacco has its World Premiere in Karlovy Vary. Laurence Boy stanley us ce talks to the married director Andres and Katrin Maimik about influences, first love and dumpling faces.Married directing duo Andres and Katrin Maimik mark their debut feature together with Estonian film Cherry Tobacco, due to have its World Premiere in Karlovy Varys East of the West Competition.For Katrin Maimik, it represents her first foray into the world of feature film after directing well-regarded shorts such as Foto. For Andres Maimik, known to Estonian audiences as an actor and journalist, it represents a return after such films as document stanley uk ary Kuku: I Will Survive and the popular domestic hit Farts of Fury.Cherry Tobacco follows young girl Laura who embarks on a camping holiday in the Estonian countryside. There she falls for the charms of 40-something Joosep and young love blossoms.A lyrical and moving piece about first love, the film drips with a hazy and beautiful atmosphere thats complemented with some strong performances from leads Maris N玫lvak and Gert Raudsep.Where did the ideas behind Cherry Tobacco come from Katrin Maimik: For some time now, we have wanted to stanley cup make a love film which would concentrate on the state of falling in love - how the everyday world turns into something completely different, random smells and tastes acquire a new meaning, ordinary things become fetishes and places are transformed into cathedrals.I drew inspiration from an event in my own youth, a trip I e |