Everything Is Connected: Cloud Atlas
Three directors, six narratives, multiple stars and a 500-year timespan: how David Mitchell’s ‘unfilmable’ novel became the soaring epic Cloud Atlas. Tom Hanks was in the midst of one of life’s most daunting challenges – getting through Herman Melville’s great American novel Moby Dick – when he met with Lana and Andy Wachowski at his [...]
Danger Men: The Place Beyond The Pines
Following their success with Blue Valentine, Ryan Gosling and director Derek Cianfrance reunite for the fathers-and-sons drama The Place Beyond The Pines. We shouldn’t be surprised that writer-director Derek Cianfrance and Ryan Gosling would want to reunite. Blue Valentine was one of the most enthusiastically reviewed films of 2011, the touching portrait of a tattered marriage. Set in upstate New York, their second collaboration The Place [...]
In Dreams – Oz: The Great And Powerful
When creating the gorgeous and surreal dreamscapes of Oz: The Great And Powerful, Sam Raimi relied on Oscar-winning production designer Robert Stromberg. If you set out to tell the imaginary tale of how a circus magician from Kansas (James Franco) ended up becoming the exalted Wizard of Oz, then acclaimed director Sam Raimi (Spider-Man 1, [...]
5 Minutes With: Ben Whishaw
From Skyfall to Cloud Atlas, Ben Whishaw is on an almighty streak… You play the young composer Robert Frobisher in your main storyline. Did you have to study music? Ben Whishaw: Tom [Tykwer] phoned me three months before we were going to shoot and said, “You need to have piano lessons.” So he sent me the score and [...]
The Fighters: Marion Cotillard Interview
Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenaerts reflect on their roles in Rust And Bone, a powerful tale of flesh, blood and love… Director Jacques Audiard always knew that he would make Rust And Bone with Marion Cotillard, or no one. “In her personality and in her expression, she’s this perfect mix of masculine and feminine,” explains [...]
5 MINUTES WITH: FERNANDO MEIRELLES
The acclaimed director of City Of God and The Constant Gardener discusses his experiences shooting the globe-spanning narrative for 360, a modern-day updating of Arthur Schnitzler’s La Ronde by screenwriter Peter Morgan (The Queen, The Damned United). Hopping between Bratislava, Vienna, Paris, London, Denver and Rio de Janeiro, the film features intersecting characters coping with [...]
5 MINUTES WITH: RACHEL WEISZ
Film3Sixty talks to Rachel Weisz about her upcoming projects including 360, a multi-stranded tapestry that tracks a dozen characters across the globe and teams the actress with Jude Law as a couple with marital woes. It’s her second time working with Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, who directed Weisz to her Oscar-winning performance in The Constant [...]
