Ari Folman's film The Congress is a strange and dazzling wonder in which Robin Wright (played by Robin Wright) sells her likeness to a movie studio. She gives up the rights to her name, image, and voice, and in return is given some measure of security for her family. The film tells this story through…
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The Alamo Drafthouse have announced they will be taking Austin's Fantastic Fest on tour, showing movies from the festival at all Alamo Drafthouse markets over three weekends in November. Films include Big Bad Wolves, Borgman, Cheap Thrills, Confession of Murder, The Congress, Grand Piano, Journey to the West: Conquering The Demons, and Why Don't You…
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"A middle school student prone to wild daydreams devotes his waking hours to stretching and flexibility exercises with the ultimate goal of one day being able to lick his own penis." Yes, Fantastic Fest 2013 is quickly approaching and the second wave of programming has just been announced. That graphic description is of a Japanese…
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Though most of us haven't had a chance to see the film yet, hopefully you remember Ari Folman's movie The Congress. After years of development, the movie premiered at Cannes back in May, and scored a US distribution deal from Drafthouse Films. The movie features Robin Wright as an actress who sells her likeness to…
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Drafthouse Films has been on a roll out of Cannes. The relatively new distributor bought both Nothing Bad Can Happen and the very weird, appealing Borgman (trailer here) at the festival. Now Drafthouse has partnered with Films We Like to pick up North American distribution rights to Ari Folman's The Congress. The film stars Robin…
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We've been waiting for The Congress, the new film from Waltz With Bashir director Ari Folman, for what feels like a very long time. (In reality, only since 2009.) The film is loosely based upon a story by science fiction grandmaster Stanislaw Lem, but has been adapted to very specifically suit cinema. The live-action/animated hybrid…
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We've been tracking Ari Folman's film The Congress for three years. That's because Folman's last film was Waltz With Bashir, a great animated look at a soldier's unreliable perspective on war. The Congress is something quite different, however. Based on a story by noted speculative fiction author Stanislaw Lem, this one features Robin Wright, Kodi…
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Ryan Reynolds and Denzel Washington will soon shoot Safe House, in which a CIA trainee (Reynolds) has to transport a criminal (Washington) who is under fire from other enemies. Daniel Espinosa (Snabba Cash) is directing from a script by David Guggenheim. Now the film picked up four more actors: Brendan Gleeson, Robert Patrick, Sam Shepard…
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One of the more promising projects for the next couple years (don't expect this until 2012 at least) is The Congress, in which Waltz With Bashir director Ari Folman liberally adapts a story ('The Futurological Congress') by revered speculative fiction author Stanislaw Lem. The film is planned as a mix of live-action and animation, and…
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Back in January we brought you the first still from Ari Folman's upcoming The Congress, which adapts (and makes significant changes to) Stanislaw Lem's story The Futurological Congress. Now we've got the first bit of footage, and it looks wonderful. The story follows a man living in a world in which reality has been supplanted…
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Just over a year ago it was announced that Ari Folman, director of the exceptional Waltz With Bashir, would next oversee an adaptation of Stanislaw Lem's story The Futurological Congress. The short story, which is only partially being used for the film, is about Ijon Tichy, a man "who is propelled into a world where…
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