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P V R M O V I E S F I R S TVOL. 42 YOUR WINDOW INTO THE WORLD OF C INEMA JUNE 2019
Other BlOckBuster MOvies Playing this MOnth: Bharat, kaBir singh, sectiOn 375, tOy stOry-4
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GREETINGS
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ear Movie Lovers,
Here’s the June issue of Movies First, your exclusive
window to the world of cinema.
This month, we wait with bated breath as one of the
X-Men’s most beloved characters, Jean Grey, evolves
into the iconic Dark Phoenix. Salman Khan holds family
values aloft on his powerful shoulders in the sweeping
saga of Bharat. Cricket meets romance in the film
adaptation of Anuja Chauhan’s bestselling novel, The
Zoya Factor.
Also, discover the filmmaking genius of Danny Boyle, and
meet Arjan Bajwa, who plays a pivotal role in Kabir Singh.
Don’t forget to take a shot at our movie quiz, too.
We really hope you enjoy the issue. Wish you a fabulous
month of movie watching
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RELEASING THIS MONTHA SnEAK-PEEK inTO THE BiG RELEASE OF THE MOnTH!
Bharat is based on the South Korean melodrama Ode to My Father (2014), which traces the history of South Korea parallel to a man’s life, spanning from the 1950s to the 2010s. This is Salman Khan’s most ambitious and expensive production.
The PlotDuring the Partition of india in 1947, Bharat’s father stays back in Pakistan and makes his eight-year-old son promise to lead the household and keep the family together, no matter what. Bharat’s life over a period of 60 years, from 18 to 70 years of age, traces india’s post-independence history as well as his determination to keep his word to his father.
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BharatA JOURNEy Of A MAN AND A NATION TOGETHER!
HARATiS A BEAuTiFuL LOVE STORy
WiTH A DiFFEREnT nARRATiVE AnD A uniquE JOuRnEy. iT DEPiCTS
SALMAn’S CHARACTER WHiCH HAS MAny LAyERS. iF yOu WAnT TO WiTnESS A REAL RELATiOnSHiP THEn THiS iS THE
FiLM—iT HAS ALL THE COLOuRS OF LOVE. SALMAn KHAn AnD
KATRinA KAiF’S CHARACTERS GROW OLD TOGETHER in THE FiLM LiKE TRuE SOuLMATES OR FRiEnDS
– Atul Agnihotri, Co-producer
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BHARATRELEASE 05 JUNEGenre: DramaLanguage(s): HindiDirector: Ali Abbas ZafarStar Cast: Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif, TabuStudio: Salman Khan Films
Bharat joins The Great Russian Circus in 1964 and earns a reputation for being a playboy. The discovery of oil in the Gulf region in the mid-1970s leads to a subsequent indian migration to the territory. Here, Bharat begins a romantic relationship with his chief engineer Kumud Raina. He volunteers for the indian navy and later holds the family business together during the period leading to economic liberalisation in the 1990s, all the while keeping his promise to his father.
Behind the ScenesDirector Ali Abbas Zafar has stated that making Bharat was like making seven different films. He spent one-and-a-half years along with his production designer and stylists to study the different eras before kickstarting the shoot. He based his depiction of the Partition on Richard Attenborough’s Gandhi.
The Partition sequences were shot in the freezing cold over 10 days in Punjab. They recreated a station near Lahore, replete with a real steam engine, which was brought to the location. It happens to be one of only five functioning steam engines in the country. The art department worked on it for four days to make it match those from the northern Frontier Railways of 1947.
TriviaThis is the third collaboration of Salman Khan and Ali Abbas Zafar after Sultan (2016) and Tiger Zinda Hai (2017), both of which were blockbusters.
Salman Khan sports prosthetics for the first time in his career. He will be seen in four to five different looks in the film through 60 years. The crucial part will focus on his late 20s, in which he looks lean and youthful.
The technology used in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button has been harnessed to transform Salman’s looks.
The film has been shot in diverse locations including Abu Dhabi, Spain, Malta, Punjab and Delhi. The climax has been shot in Filmcity, Delhi and will reportedly see a 10-crore set being destroyed.
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MOVIE Of THE MONTH
THE Plot:in 1992, nearly a decade after the events of X-Men: Apocalypse, the X-Men are national heroes going on increasingly risky missions. When a solar flare hits them during a rescue mission in space, Jean Grey loses control of her abilities and unleashes the Phoenix.
X-Men: Dark Phoenix
Release Date: June 05, 2019Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-fiLanguage: EnglishDirector: Simon KinbergCast: James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer LawrenceStudio: 20th Century Fox, Bad Hat Harry Productions, The Donners’ Company, Marvel Entertainment, TSG EntertainmentPic Courtesy: 20th Century Fox
HiS iS A MOViE THAT iS unLiKE
OTHER X-MEn MOViES. iT’S A MOViE WHERE SHOCKinG, inTEnSE, DRAMATiC THinGS HAPPEn. PEOPLE DOn’T JuST
FALL OFF BuiLDinGS AnD DuST THEMSELVES OFF AnD WALK AWAy. THERE’S A REALiTy AnD A COnSEquEnCE TO
THiS MOViE.– Simon Kinberg,
Director
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Like other comic book movies Superman iii (1983), Spider-Man 3 (2004) and X-Men: The Last Stand (2006), the film is about a superhero succumbing to his or her dark side and turning evil. This is the 2nd X-Men movie in which Jean Grey succumbs to her dark side and transforms into Dark Phoenix.
The StakesPhoenix will feature some of the series’ biggest set pieces to date, including the X-Men’s first trip to outer space. it’s also the most sinister, and somber chapter in the saga and includes a massive twist halfway through that will irrevocably change the course of the franchise. “This is probably the most emotional X-Men we’ve done and the most pathos-driven,” McAvoy says. “There’s a lot of sacrifice and a lot of suffering.”
The movie becomes a fight for Jean’s soul as Phoenix threatens to overtake her mind and divide the X-Men, particularly Jean and her mentor, Charles. “it’s about the butterfly effect of this thing happening,” says Turner, who studied schizophrenia and multiple personality disorders to prepare. “What happens when the person you love the most falls into darkness?”
The CastJennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender, James McAvoy, Tye Sheridan, Alexandra Shipp, nicholas Hoult and Evan Peters reprise their roles from previous X-Men movies. Jessica Chastain joins the series as a mysterious shape-shifter.
The ShootThere’s a lot more handheld camerawork and a lot more close-ups and a lot more of a feeling of intimacy, and with that comes a certain level of intensity because you feel the characters’ emotions and anger more than you would in big wide shots.
“One of the things i wanted to do with it is to get the movie outside and make it feel like you’re on location and put it in real world environments as much as its also in otherworldly environments. But i wanted it to feel like it could take place in your neighbourhood,” says Kinberg. “That particular neighborhood we built from the ground up. The entire street was a build on the studio up in Montreal, and it was a massive build. All those houses and the bridge you see in the distance, all of that was built really not for the sake of secrecy, but obviously it helped with that. But more because there’s a lot of action that takes place there. Houses get blown up, and you couldn’t obviously do that in a real environment.”
The DirectorSimon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is a British-born American screenwriter, film film and television
DOn’T THinK THiS MOViE iS A COMEDy By Any MEAnS, nOR DO i
THinK iT’S A MuSiCAL By Any MEAnS; THAT’S WHAT i’M REALLy EXCiTED ABOuT in THiS FiLM, THAT THERE’S A
GOOD BALAnCE OF EVERyTHinG AnD Guy RiTCHiE DOES An inCREDiBLE JOB AT THAT.
– Mena Massoud, Lead Actor
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TRiviA
Hans Zimmer decided to retire from composing superhero movies after having worked on scores for Batman, Superman, Wonder Woman, and Spider-Man, but Simon Kinberg convinced him to work on this film.
This will be the first X-Men film to not feature or reference either Logan/Wolverine or the actor that portrays him, Hugh Jackman. This is because Jackman retired from the role, which he portrayed since X-Men (2000).
This is the fourth movie that James McAvoy had to shave his head for, the first three being X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), Split (2017), and Glass (2019).
it’s rumored that Dark Phoenix will be the final installment of the X-Men film franchise and that the X-Men film franchise will be rebooted.
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producer. He is best known for his work on the X-Men film franchise, and has also written many films such as Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Sherlock Holmes. He has served as a producer in others including Cinderella and The Martian, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture. Kinberg makes his directorial debut with Dark Phoenix, from his own screenplay.
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MUST WATCH BOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
KABIR SINGH
Movie Plot: The film revolves around a hot-headed
surgeon who becomes an alcoholic and drug addict after
a failed relationship.
Did You Know: The film is a remake of the director’s own
superhit Telugu film Arjun Reddy (2017).
JUNE21
Genre: Drama
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Sandeep Vanga
Cast: Shahid Kapoor, Kiara Advani, Suresh Oberoi
Studio: Cine 1 Studios, T-Series
Pic Courtesy: T-Series
ONE DAy: JUSTICE DELIVERED
Movie Plot: A Crime Branch Special Officer investigates the Serial disappearance of high profile individuals in a state capital.
Did You Know: Esha Gupta who is known for her roles in suspense and comedy films, will be seen as a cop in this film. Anupam Kher essays the role of a retired lawyer.
JUNE14
Genre: Drama, Crime
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Ashok nanda
Cast: Anupam Kher, Kumud Mishra, Esha Gupta
Studio: D neev Films, A Cinema Friday international
Pic Courtesy: D neev Films
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SECTION 375
Movie Plot: The film is about how a law made to protect women can also be misused.
Did You Know: The film is Set in Mumbai, the film focuses on the misuse of Section 375 of indian Penal Code (iPC) which pertains to anti rape laws. it will reportedly see Akshaye playing a suave SoBo lawyer. The film also features Richa Chadha as a public prosecutor.
JUNE28
Genre: Drama
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Ajay Bahl
Cast: Rahul Bhat, Richa Chadha, Meera Chopra
Studio & Pic Courtesy: Panorama Studios
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ARTICLE 15
Movie Plot: Set against the backdrop of Badaun gangrape and murder case (2014), Anubhav Sinha’s Article 15 is a thrilling investigative drama based on true events..
Did You Know: he film is based on Article 15 of the indian Constitution, which prohibits discrimination on grounds of religion, race, caste, sex or place of birth. The film has been selected as the opening film for the 10th edition of the London Indian Film Festival to be premiered on 20 June.
JUNE28
Genre: Drama
Language(s): Hindi
Director: Anubhav Sinha
Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, isha Talwar, Sayani Gupta
Studio: Benaras Media Works
Pic Courtesy: Benaras Media Works
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MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL – THE UNIVERSE IS ExPANDING
Movie Plot: TThe Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum of the universe. in this new adventure, they tackle their biggest, most global threat to date: a mole in the Men in Black organization.
Did You Know: This is the sequel to the superhit film 22 Jump Street, portraying the quest of two undercover officers at a college.
JUNE14
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-fi
Language(s): English
Director: F. Gary Gray
Cast: Chris Hemsworth, Tessa Thompson, Rebecca Ferguson
Studio: Columbia Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Parkes + Macdonald, image nation, Tencent Pictures
Pic Courtesy: Columbia Pictures
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THE SECRET LIfE Of PETS 2
Plot Summary : Max the mutt is coping with major life changes. His owner has a new husband and a toddler, which causes tremendous anxiety.
Movie Plot: The Secret Life of Pets 2 will follow summer 2016’s blockbuster, continuing the story of Max and his pet friends, following their secret lives after their owners leave them for work or school each day.
Did You Know: A sequel that’s better than the original. it’s wittier, less frenetic and introduces fresh characters.
JUNE14
Genre: Animation, Family
Language(s): English
Director: Chris Renaud
Cast: Patton Oswalt, Eric Stonestreet, Kevin Hart
Studio: universal Pictures, illumination
Pic Courtesy: universal Pictures
MUST WATCH HOLLYWOOD BLOCKBUSTERS
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ANNABELLE COMES HOME
Movie Plot: Paranormal investigators Ed and Lorraine Warren keep a possessed doll locked up in an artifacts room of their house. When the doll awakens the room’s evil spirits, it soon becomes a night of terror for the couple’s young daughter and her friends.
Did You Know: The film is a sequel to Annabelle(2014) and Annabelle: Creation (2017), and the seventh installment in the Conjuring universe franchise.
JUNE28
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Language(s): English
Director: Gary Dauberman
Cast: Madison iseman, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
Studio: new Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions, The Safran Company
Pic Courtesy: new Line Cinema
TOy STORy 4
Movie Plot: When a new toy called “Forky” joins Woody and the gang, a road trip alongside old and new friends reveals how big the world can be for a toy.
Did You Know: Both Tom Hanks and Tim Allen have said that they couldn’t get through the last few scenes because of how emotional they were.
JUNE21
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Language(s): English
Director: Gary Dauberman
Cast: Madison iseman, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson
Studio: new Line Cinema, Atomic Monster Productions, The Safran Company
Pic Courtesy: new Line Cinema
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Chris Hemsworth21 LittLe-Known facts about….
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Chris was born on 11 August, 1983 in Melbourne, Australia.
His mother Leonie was an English teacher, later she retired and joined her husband in his work at the Australian Childhood Foundation. His father Craig Hemsworth is a social services counsellor.
Both of Hemsworth’s brothers, Liam and Luke, are also actors. Chris is the middle brother.
As a child, Chris had a hard time pronouncing his own name. Attempts to say “Christopher” came out sounding like “Kiptader,” so he was nicknamed “Kip.”
While he has lived in LA like most Hollywood actors, Hemsworth finds the city “suffocating.” His preferred place of residence is Byron Bay, Australia.
Chris Hemsworth’s first big break was when he was cast in the Australian soap opera Home and Away. He appeared on a total of 171 episodes, before leaving the series in 2006.
Hemsworth’s first big Hollywood role was as Captain Kirk’s father in the 2009 Star Trek reboot. He had unsuccessfully auditioned for the lead first.
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GUESS THE MOVIE
• This evergreen classic was nominated for 10 Oscars at the 35th Academy Awards in 1963; it won seven in total, including Best Picture and Best Director.
• A Dramatic-action-adventure, the film is themed around the British and Arab tussle with Turkey during World War i.
• The town of Aqaba was re-created for this film in a dried river bed in southern Spain, consisting of over three hundred buildings.
• Although three hours and thirty-six minutes long, this movie has no women in speaking roles.
• This movie was largely based on an autobiography “Seven Pillars of Wisdom”
He starred in the horror film The Cabin in the Woods, which was shot shortly after the release of Star Trek but went unreleased until 2012.
Chris and his brother Liam competed for the part of Thor. ultimately, the part went to Chris.
Hemsworth had to gain 20 pounds of muscle for his role as Thor in the Marvel Cinematic universe, which was necessary because of the character’s famous strength and resilience.
Hemsworth’s style icon is not a celebrity designer but his current assistant, who’s actually an old friend from high school.
As a child, Hemsworth would wake up at 4 am to go surfing. He says he spent most of his time in the ocean as a child.
Hemsworth was born on a Thursday, the day of the week named after Thor.
He studied American dialect at Screenwise Film & TV School for Actors in Sydney, Australia.
According to him, if he was not an actor he would have become a writer or a director.
Another career he considered was in football, but a shoulder injury prevented that option.
Chris has tried several casual jobs: as a construction man, as a waiter, as a barman and also in a surf-wear shop.
After he became a star, Chris paid off his parents’s large debt without telling them. He then called his father, and asked him to check his bank account.
Hemsworth loves his native country so much he’s a global ambassador for Tourism Australia.
Hemsworth’s mega-mansion, located at Broken Head near Byron Bay on the new South Wales coast costs a whopping $9 million.
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He is of Dutch, irish, English, Scottish, and German ancestry. His uncle, by marriage, was Rod Ansell, the bushman who inspired the film Crocodile Dundee.
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GUEST INTERVIEWarJan
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Nicholas Caradoc Hoult
ARJAN BAJWA GUEST INTERVIEW
The Hindi remake of the 2017 Telugu cult blockbuster Arjun Reddy, Kabir Singh is among the year’s most awaited movies. Arjan Bajwa, who plays a key role in the film, speaks about his character in it.
Give us three great reasons to watch Kabir Singhit’s an intense love story, and we haven’t had that on screen for a very long time. Secondly, although the lead character is shown to be violent, unreasonable and rebellious, the final message of the film is positive. It is a good reminder to today’s youth that there is no romance or reward in harming yourself. Stop the downhill slide and take control of yourself. The third reason is the powerful characterisation—you’ll relate to the key characters in the film.
What’s your role in the filmi play Shahid Kapoor’s elder brother. My character, Karan, is sorted and balanced, with a square head above his shoulders. He’s there for his brother through thick and
thin, trying to reason with him and control his aggression.
Unlike in the original film, my character has more of a say in his sibling’s life. That’s because we have been portrayed as a typical Punjabi family, to whom some amount of assertiveness comes naturally.
What attracted you to this characterThough i had refused the role initially, the director, Sandeep Reddy, was convinced i would do justice to it. I have done some 10 Telugu films and he had seen my work in them. He felt i would be the perfect foil to Shahid’s untamed character and that we were well matched in terms of physicality as well. Though i watched Arjun Reddy, i felt i could give my own spin to the role, which i have done.
How was your experience working with Shahid and Kiara?i’ve known them for many years, but working on this intense, angsty film gave us all a chance to forge a strong bond.
ACToR, KABiR SinGH
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Nicholas Caradoc HoultR i s i n G s t a R
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Nicholas Caradoc Hoult RISING STAR
Born to Glenis and Roger Hoult, Nick is the third of four children. His mother is a piano teacher and father a pilot. His great-aunt Dame Anna Neagle was one of the most popular actresses of the 1930s.
nick was just three when a director spotted him watching his brother in a play, and remarked on the child’s ability to concentrate.
Soon, the talented little Hoult kickstarted his career with dramas such as Casualty and The Bill. When he was in the sixth grade, he landed an important role in E4’s ground breaking youth drama, Skins. He has never looked back.
nick attended the reputed Sylvia young Theatre School in London. He practised ballet along with his sisters and was involved in productions of Swan Lake and The nutcracker with the national ballet.
His filmography so far includes Intimate Relations (1996) and a breakthrough role as Marcus Brewer
alongside Hugh Grant in About a Boy (2002), for which he won several nominations and awards. in 2005, he starred in his first American film The Weather Man as nicolas Cage’s son.
At age 17, he received recognition for starring as Tony Stonem in the BAFTA-awarded British teen drama series Skins (2007) for two seasons until 2008. Later he played the role of Kenny Potter in the Oscar-nominated film A Single Man (2009) after being discovered by director Tom Ford. He was also chosen as one of the models for Tom Ford’s eyewear campaign.
in late 2010, nicholas Hoult was cast as Beast in X-Men: First Class (2011), and reprised his role in the X-Men franchise in later films X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014) and X-Men: Apocalypse (2016). He then starred as R in the zombie horror-romance Warm Bodies (2013) alongside Teresa Palmer. in 2015 he starred in Mad Max: Fury Road. He’ll now be seen in X-Men: Dark Phoenix, set to hit the theatres this month.
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Awardsnick has been nominated for awards such as British Academy Award, and Critics Choice Award. in 2010, Hoult was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award, voted on by the British public. Other nominations include a Walkers Home Grown Talent Award.
Holt was included in Forbes magazine’s 2012 list of ‘30 under 30’.
Praise for Hoult“nick takes his job very, very seriously. i guess that comes from being a child actor, where you have to be disciplined from such an early age.”- Tom Ford, designer & screenwriter.
“While nick still looks quite young and naïve, there’s a wolfishness to him. These qualities make him very interesting to directors. The variety of roles he’s doing will be good for him in the long-run – he’ll keep shape-shifting, and keep making choices that are a bit different and riskier.” - Owen Harris, director
UP CLOSEHis favourite sport is basketball.
He was once a choir boy and can play the trombone.
QUICK FACTS
BiRTH nAME: nicholas Caradoc Hoult
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OCCuPATiOn: Actor
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BiRTH DATE: 7 December, 1989
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PLACE OF BiRTH: Wokingham, uK
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yEARS ACTiVE: 1996–present
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nATiOnALiTy: British
His middle name “Caradoc” means “the beloved one” in Welsh.
He is greatly inspired by Muhammad Ali and sleeps under a poster of the champ.
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DECODinG DAnny BOyLE
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Born and brought up in a small town in England, Danny Boyle worked his way into directing via theater, making his name at the celebrated Royal Court. After learning his craft on a series of TV shows for the BBC in the late ’80s and early ’90s, Boyle broke into films with Shallow Grave (1994) and Trainspotting (1996), two cult hits that established him as a talent to watch.
He made his first splash in Hollywood with The Beach(2000). Then came Slumdog Millionaire, for which he won an Academy award, followed by a movie about a solitary hiker trapped in a canyon in Southeast utah, 127 Hours (2010).
There are few filmmakers who can claim to have forayed into such a wide range of genres as Danny Boyle. The director infuses pop culture into his work, creating distinctive, visually striking films which stick with you long after viewing.
Next time you watch a Danny Boyle film, notice these signature elements:
• His films are all quick paced and fast edited. This helps to make to create an exciting and adventurous feel, even when the theme is depressing or pessimistic.
• Boyle gives you an unexpected perspective through tilted shots, close ups, and the use of handi-cam. He likes to position the camera looking up or down at his characters, rarely at eye level. Sometimes, he puts cameras in impossible places, like in the toilet in Trainspotting or inside a snowtube in 127 Hours.
• Most of his films open mid-action, with scenes edited into a montage. This technique conveys the passage of time or covers a lot of ground in narration quickly. The opening of Trainspotting is a great example of all these type of shots together.
• To create the effect of suffocation, Boyle goes intensely close to the subject. For example, hard drugs in Trainspotting to demonstrate how an
addiction can take over one’s life. And the use of blazing light to create fear in Sunshine (2007). in his films, the camera becomes like the characters themselves, only able to focus on one thing.
• A fan of electronic music, Boyle generally avoids traditional film scores and instead infuses his work with pop songs and electronica-infused compositions. The Trainspotting soundtrack becoming one of the best-selling of all time.
Boyle In HIS own wordSI really like to do something different each time. I find that very stimulating. if i have some hesitancy about how in hell am i going to do something, that makes me vulnerable and i think more interesting in my approach to it.
i clear the crew when the actors arrive, so they have total control of the set. Sometimes i might bring the cameraman in or the script supervisor or somebody like that if necessary. But basically it’s theirs.
The best things tend to happen on shooting day. The energy of the day itself, knowing this is your one chance at it, makes everybody different anyway.
you should be working at your absolute maximum, all the time. Whether you’re credited with stuff in the end doesn’t really matter. Focus on pushing yourself as much as you can.
Decoding Danny Boyle MASTERS@WORK
fUN fACTFor his psychological thriller Trance
(2013) Boyle made all the actors
undergo hypnosis as part of their
preparation for the film.
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quiz Answer: Lawrence of ArabiaThey said
“Be afraid of nothing.”
“37 seconds, well used, is a lifetime.”
“i Believe in one day at a time; you’ve got today, that’s what you’ ve got.”
“only the one who walks his own way can’t Be overtaken.”
“you are not an extra in someBody else’s film. you are the star in your own life.”
— Joan Crawford
— Dustin Hoffman
— Al Pacino
— Marlon Brando
— Faye Dunaway
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Out This MAY
BHARAT (HINDI) DRAMA 05 JUN
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x-MEN : DARK PHOENIx (ENGLISH) ACTION, ADVENTURE, SCI-fI (IMAx / 4Dx / 3D) 07 JUN
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THE SECRET LIfE Of PETS 2 (ENGLISH) ANIMATION, fAMILy (IMAx / 4Dx) 14 JUN
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ONE DAy JUSTICE DELIVERED (HINDI) DRAMA/CRIME 14 JUN
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MEN IN BLACK INTERNATIONAL - THE UNIVERSE IS ExPANDING (ENGLISH) ACTION, COMEDy, SCI-fI (IMAx / 4Dx) 14 JUN
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TOy STORy - 4 (ENGLISH) ACTION, ADVENTURE, COMEDy (3D / IMAx / 4Dx) 21 JUN
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KABIR SINGH (HINDI) DRAMA 21 JUN
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ANNABELLE COMES HOME (ENGLISH) HORROR, MySTERy, THRILLER (IMAx, 4Dx) 28 JUN
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ARTICLE 15 (HINDI) DRAMA 28 JUN
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SECTION 375 HNDI DRAMA 28 JUN
MOVIE NAME (LANGUAGE) GENRE fORMAT ICONS RELEASE DATE
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