Where the Wild Things Are: "The Wild Things are fucking terrifying. They're not just old-style, lo-fi movie creatures, the likes you've seen in The Neverending Story or Princess Bride; these Wild Things are manifestations of Max's own psyche. Not the Max of the Maurice Sendak book, who is learning to cope with preschool maturity -- that's it's not Ok to throw things or resort to tantrums to get your way. This is a far more burdened Max. The Wild Things in Spike Jonze's Where the Wild Things Are represent Max's alienation, his insecurity, his feeling of abandonment, and his anger. They're destructive -- not in the little boy temper tantrum sort of way, but in the way that causes them to throw rocks at owls, obliterate homes, and step on each other's faces out of spite." - Dustin Rowles
2012: "Beyond that, there's not a lot else positive...
2012: "Beyond that, there's not a lot else positive...
- 3/2/2010
- by Intern Rusty
- Since this interview back in January, moments after the world premiere of Cold Souls at Sundance, it's been living out of suitcases for Sophie Barthes. Her impressive directorial debut has been spotted on the festival circuit with trips to cities on both coasts and visits in Europe and Asia before finally making its way into theaters, this coming Friday, via Samuel Goldwyn. Eric Lavallee: I read your film as both a commentary, and a critique about society and our culture's obsessiveness for altering our existence . Do you believe like Jung, that people do have souls?.... Sophie Barthes: Yes I believe people have souls, but they don't take care of them. They let them shrink like an unused muscle. For me this is the metaphor with this film and though I'm not religious, you feel that some people are “soulful.” Maybe its a poetic, utopian way of thinking about it.
- 8/3/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
Check out the first official movie poster featuring Paul Giamatti from the upcoming comedy “Cold Souls” by director Sophie Barthes (Happiness) and starring Paul Giamatti (The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, John Adams) and Emily Watson (The Water Horse, Equilibrium). Synopsis: In response to shiny, bigger, better American consumerism comes Cold Souls, a metaphysical comedy in which souls can be extracted and traded as commodities. Balancing on a tightrope between deadpan humor and pathos, and between reality and fantasy, the film presents Paul Giamatti as himself, agonizing over his interpretation of Uncle Vanya. Paralyzed with anxiety, he stumbles upon a solution via a New Yorker article about a high-tech company promising [...]...
- 6/16/2009
- by Brian Corder
- ShockYa
- [This evening, I'll be viewing the world premiere of Sophie Barthes' Cold Souls - so I figured I'd dust off an In the Pipeline interview we conducted with her early last year. Look for more coverage late tonite, or early tomorrow.] "You know how there’s good years for wine? This has been a good year for me.” – Sophie Barthes It would be nice to wake up next to Sophie Barthes. She’s beautiful, intelligent, talented and just so happens to be a morning person. To rise and shine with the Sundance lab alum is to bear witness to her early morning writing ritual. Ms. Barthes, who is currently in pre-production with her first feature film Cold Souls, wakes up and records her dreams. Sometimes these subconscious episodes are intriguing enough to become screenplays that go on to win Nantucket Iff’s Tony Cox Award and the interest of Paul Giamatti and producer wife Elizabeth. At least that was the case with Cold Souls. Barthes talks about the dream that sparked it all in the summer 2007 issue of Filmmaker Magazine in which she was named one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film.
- 1/17/2009
- IONCINEMA.com
For the second consecutive year, the Sundance Institute will partner with art house cinemas nationwide to present specialized screening programs of films that have played the Sundance Film Festival.
Under the banner of the Sundance Institute Arthouse Project, which was inaugurated last year, the film series will play theaters in 12 cities.
Each of the participating venues will design a customized Sundance screening series for its local community, drawing from films that have played the Sundance fest -- some of which are still seeking distribution -- as well as films supported by the Sundance Institute.
This year, the local programs will include a specially selected series of short films from the 2007 fest: Death to the Tinman, directed by Ray Tintori; Peace Talk, Jennifer Malmqvist; King, Caran Hartsfield; Salt Kiss, Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa; God Provides, Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzsky; Everything Will Be OK, Don Hertzfeldt; and Happiness, Sophie Barthes.
The participating theaters and film programs are Belcourt Theatre in Nashville; Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., Enzian Theater in Orlando, International Film Series in Boulder, Colo., Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Pickford Cinema in Bellingham, Wash., Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif., Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo., and Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine.
Under the banner of the Sundance Institute Arthouse Project, which was inaugurated last year, the film series will play theaters in 12 cities.
Each of the participating venues will design a customized Sundance screening series for its local community, drawing from films that have played the Sundance fest -- some of which are still seeking distribution -- as well as films supported by the Sundance Institute.
This year, the local programs will include a specially selected series of short films from the 2007 fest: Death to the Tinman, directed by Ray Tintori; Peace Talk, Jennifer Malmqvist; King, Caran Hartsfield; Salt Kiss, Fellipe Gamarano Barbosa; God Provides, Brian Cassidy and Melanie Shatzsky; Everything Will Be OK, Don Hertzfeldt; and Happiness, Sophie Barthes.
The participating theaters and film programs are Belcourt Theatre in Nashville; Broadway Center Cinemas in Salt Lake City, Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Mass., Enzian Theater in Orlando, International Film Series in Boulder, Colo., Jacob Burns Film Center in Pleasantville, N.Y., Michigan Theater in Ann Arbor, Mich., Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City, Pickford Cinema in Bellingham, Wash., Rafael Film Center in San Rafael, Calif., Ragtag Cinema in Columbia, Mo., and Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville, Maine.
- 8/23/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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