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Most moviegoers still have never heard of Bill Condon. But his sharp wit and almost predatory sense for provocative themes are making Condon the next great American auteur. Kinsey, which Condon wrote and directed, will launch his name from the murky depths of IMDB.com forums to the lips of audiences everywhere...
...simple rule of thumb," says John Lasseter, Pixar's creative director and the auteur of its first hits, Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Toy Story II. "The more geometric a figure is, the easier it is to do with computer animation. The more organic something is, the harder it is. Everything about a human is organic. The audience looks in the mirror every day, so if you don't get it right, it's obvious to them." The solution: comically distort the subjects' features, make 'em cartoony. As Bird says, "You want them to be caricatured and believable...
...insane inventiveness of the stunts?done without special effects, wirework or apparent concern for Jaa's life and limb?has turned into box-office gold in Thailand, Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore, South Korea and even France, where the film found a fan and international distributor in action auteur Luc Besson. Besson recut the film and secured a U.S. distribution deal with Magnolia Pictures. Expectations are high that Ong Bak and Jaa will break big in North America when the movie is released in February...
...those who think that French people aren’t fans of freedom, this new film from notorious French auteur Catherine Breillat (Fat Girl, Romance) proves the French are at least big fans of sexual freedom. Brillat adapted from her own novel, Pornocratie, which begins with a random gay man stopping a random woman from slashing her wrists in a club bathroom. In return, she offers to pay him to watch her in her most private moments: she hopes he can began to understand her by watching “from the angle from which she should never be viewed...
Wong Kar-wai is Hong Kong's finest film auteur, the director of eight movies including the long-awaited 2046. He met with Time Asia's Bryan Walsh at the Moon Garden Tea House near his production company's offices in Hong Kong...