Our good friends at Premiere Scene have sent us this wonderful interview with highly acclaimed Russian Writer, Producer and Director Andrey Konchalovsky. His body of work includes the internationally acclaimed ‘Romance for Lovers’ (1974), ‘Maria’s Lovers’ (1984), ‘Runaway Train’ (1985), ‘Duet for One’ (1986), ‘Homer and Eddie’ (1989) starring Whoopi Goldberg, the 80s action-packed Sylvester Stallone/Kurt Russell movie ‘Tango and Cash’ (1989) and his Russian-French co-production of ‘House of Fools’ (2002), which went onto win an Honour at the Venice Film Festival.
Konchalovsky reminisces about his experiences of making films in 1960′s Russia, working with 3D technology and the significance of film festivals for the promotion of movies. Fans of Russian cinema and Konchalovsky’s works will have the opportunity to hear him introduce ‘Gloss’ and also attend a special Q&A after the screening of ‘House of Fools’at the Barbican Centre this week.
Details of which can be found at the Barbican Centre’s site here.
Konchalovsky reminisces about his experiences of making films in 1960′s Russia, working with 3D technology and the significance of film festivals for the promotion of movies. Fans of Russian cinema and Konchalovsky’s works will have the opportunity to hear him introduce ‘Gloss’ and also attend a special Q&A after the screening of ‘House of Fools’at the Barbican Centre this week.
Details of which can be found at the Barbican Centre’s site here.
- 1/19/2011
- by Andy Petrou
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
This January, Barbican Film’s regular director retrospective series presents the films of one of Russia’s best known and revered Russian film makers, Andrei Konchalovsky.
Konchalovsky was student to the celebrated Mosfilm veteran Mikhail Romm at Vkig (Moscow State Film School) and his filmmaking career has seen him receive both censorship and major awards such as Venice Grand Special Jury Prize for his 2002 work, House of Fools (2002).
This is going to be a fantastic event with an introduction by Konchalovsky to his self-penned satire Gloss (2007) on the 20th and a ScreenTalk discussing his expose of the Chechen conflict House of Fools (for which he was attacked in Russia by critics for being “warmongering,”) on the 22nd.
The films being screened cover Konchalovsky’s early and more recent works including his first full length debut film First Teacher (1961) on the 29th and what is regarded as one of the greatest Russian language films,...
Konchalovsky was student to the celebrated Mosfilm veteran Mikhail Romm at Vkig (Moscow State Film School) and his filmmaking career has seen him receive both censorship and major awards such as Venice Grand Special Jury Prize for his 2002 work, House of Fools (2002).
This is going to be a fantastic event with an introduction by Konchalovsky to his self-penned satire Gloss (2007) on the 20th and a ScreenTalk discussing his expose of the Chechen conflict House of Fools (for which he was attacked in Russia by critics for being “warmongering,”) on the 22nd.
The films being screened cover Konchalovsky’s early and more recent works including his first full length debut film First Teacher (1961) on the 29th and what is regarded as one of the greatest Russian language films,...
- 1/12/2011
- by Cine-Vue
- CineVue
Protections sought for Russian films
MOSCOW -- Top Russian directors renewed calls Friday for measures to protect domestic movies against competition from Hollywood films and distributors. During two meetings in Russia's upper house of parliament, veteran director Andrei Konchalovsky said that American money was forcing Russian films off cinema screens. Konchalovsky -- who spent much of his career in Hollywood and whose anti-war film "Dom Durakov" (House of Fools), featuring a cameo appearance by singer Bryan Adams, was Russia's Oscar pick last year -- said American investment in Russia's booming new exhibition sector meant that Hollywood films dominated boxoffice schedules. Russian film would only have a chance to compete against the flood of Hollywood movies when a state screening and distribution system was in place, he told Federation Council committees on culture and education.
- 11/21/2003
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The contest for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar got a little tougher this year, as the Academy released a list of the official international contenders on Tuesday . a record-breaking 54, three more than last year's tally. In fact, this year's list was a wee bit late, as the Academy debated the eligibility of three films: the U.K.'s Hindi-language The Warrior; Hong Kong's The Touch (starring Michelle Yeoh); and Afghanistan's Fire Dancer. Of the three, only Fire Dancer made the cut, as Yeoh's Touch contained more English than Mandarin, and The Warrior was nixed since Hindi is not a language indigenous to the British Isles, nor was it about the Hindi community in the U.K. (it was replaced with the Welsh Eldra). Also, Palestine's award-winning romance Divine Intervention was ruled ineligible, as the Academy does not recognize Palestine as a nation. Other finalists include Italy's Pinocchio, Mexico's The Crime of Father Amaro, France's 8 Women, Finland's The Man Without a Past, Russia's House of Fools and Sweden's Lilja 4-Ever. The final five will be announced on Feb. 11, along with all the other nominations.
- 12/4/2002
- IMDbPro News
Russians uncork 'Dom' for Oscars
MOSCOW -- Los Angeles-based Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's Dom Durakov (House of Fools), winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Venice festival, has been chosen as Russia's official submission for the Academy Awards. The film, which was picked up in September by Paramount Classics for U.S. distribution, narrowly beat Kukuschka (The Cuckoo) as the country's entry for the foreign language Oscar, members of Russia's academy of cinematography, arts and science said late Thursday in Moscow. Konchalovsky's film, based on a true story about inmates of a lunatic asylum caught up in the Chechen war after their doctors and nurses abandon them, was chosen after the selectors had "carefully studied American tastes and priorities" for Oscar nominees, said director Vladimir Menshov, head of the selection committee.
- 10/19/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Venice Golden Lion to Mullan's 'Magdalene Sisters'
VENICE, Italy -- Scottish actor-director Peter Mullan's The Magdalene Sisters, a hard-hitting depiction of brutality within Ireland's Catholic Magdalene convent schools, won the 59th Venice International Film Festival's Golden Lion, the event's top prize, on Sunday. Venice's best director award went to Russian director Andrei Konchalovski's Dom Durakov (House of Fools), a drama set in a psychiatric institute during the 1966 Chechen war. Korean director Lee Chang-dong's Oasis, a touching tale of a difficult love affair between two handicapped people, won the Grand Jury Prize as well as the Marcello Mastroianni Award for best young performer, which went to actress Moon So-ri. Mullan's depiction in Magdalene of jail-like conditions coupled with psychological violence that thousands of Irish women allegedly suffered in the recently abolished institutions has ruffled feathers within the Italian Catholic Church. Catholic daily L'Osservatore Romano has charged that the film misrepresents reality.
- 9/9/2002
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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