Jonathan Taplin on Wim Wenders: “If you think about Wings Of Desire, I think it’s one of the most profound spiritual films that ever has been made.”
In my conversation with Wim Wenders on Until The End Of The World (Bis Ans Ende Der Welt), his masterwork from 1991, he told me how it was his "dream come true" that Jeanne Moreau "accepted to travel all the way to Australia with us and spend months and months in the Outback." Wim spoke about the relationship between Max von Sydow and William Hurt, the influence Sam Shepard had, the contributions from Peter Carey and Michael Almereyda on the script, the scenes of Tom Farrell, and that ultimately the film is Solveig Dommartin's and his story.
Until the End of the World producer Jonathan Taplin on Wim Wenders’ script: “He wrote it before Paris, Texas …” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second instalment with Jonathan Taplin,...
In my conversation with Wim Wenders on Until The End Of The World (Bis Ans Ende Der Welt), his masterwork from 1991, he told me how it was his "dream come true" that Jeanne Moreau "accepted to travel all the way to Australia with us and spend months and months in the Outback." Wim spoke about the relationship between Max von Sydow and William Hurt, the influence Sam Shepard had, the contributions from Peter Carey and Michael Almereyda on the script, the scenes of Tom Farrell, and that ultimately the film is Solveig Dommartin's and his story.
Until the End of the World producer Jonathan Taplin on Wim Wenders’ script: “He wrote it before Paris, Texas …” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second instalment with Jonathan Taplin,...
- 8/4/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The story of Ned Kelly and his gang is the focus of director Justin Kurzel’s new film, but the Australian bushranger isn’t new to the cinema. The Story of the Kelly Gang, released in 1906, is considered the first feature-length film, clocking in at 60 minutes. Mick Jagger later played Kelly in 1970, as did Heath Ledger in 2003.
Despite the character’s recurrence in cinema akin to the likes of A Star Is Born, tastemakers and Kelly experts believe there is yet to be a definitive Ned Kelly picture. Kurzel’s depiction of the outlaw, featuring George MacKay as a hairless, androgenous Kelly, has been divisive for its factual inaccuracies. Yet the director keeps the allure of Ned Kelly alive by refusing to capture his image in a “Holy Grail of a great Ned Kelly film,” as he tells us. Rather, he believes he’s captured Kelly’s essence.
Kurzel spoke...
Despite the character’s recurrence in cinema akin to the likes of A Star Is Born, tastemakers and Kelly experts believe there is yet to be a definitive Ned Kelly picture. Kurzel’s depiction of the outlaw, featuring George MacKay as a hairless, androgenous Kelly, has been divisive for its factual inaccuracies. Yet the director keeps the allure of Ned Kelly alive by refusing to capture his image in a “Holy Grail of a great Ned Kelly film,” as he tells us. Rather, he believes he’s captured Kelly’s essence.
Kurzel spoke...
- 4/29/2020
- by Joshua Encinias
- The Film Stage
Essie Davis is no stranger to playing immensely powerful and intense characters. Best known for her profound work in the 2014 horror film “The Babadook,” she’s made a career out of taking on difficult and demanding roles. Even with an eclectic career of films, TV, and theater, her latest project, “True History of the Kelly Gang” directed by her husband Justin Kurzel, gives the actress yet another opportunity to display her inner ferocity.
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Kurzel, coming off of a rather disappointing video game adaptation, “Assassins Creed,” returns with another adaptation, but this time of the 2000 novel of the same name by Peter Carey.
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Kurzel, coming off of a rather disappointing video game adaptation, “Assassins Creed,” returns with another adaptation, but this time of the 2000 novel of the same name by Peter Carey.
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- 4/28/2020
- by Ally Johnson
- The Playlist
Based on Peter Carey’s novel, True History of the Kelly Gang centers on the life of Ned Kelly (George MacKay), the outlaw who has become an iconic figure in Australia. As Kelly and his gang fight oppression from authorities, they deal with their challenges. Ned lost his father Red (Ben Corbett) at an early age [...]
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- 4/28/2020
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
As individual states and the film industry at large begin to think about when the right time to reopen theaters might be, digital and streaming services deliver the strongest weekly slate of new releases since the shutdown.
Many saw it as a sign of the times when HBO acquired critically acclaimed Hugh Jackman drama ”Bad Education” at the Toronto Film Festival last year, never imagining that it would be a blessing for the film that it was bypassing theaters to debut on the premium network. Meanwhile, on Netflix, two new tentpoles — including one from the team behind “Avengers: Infinity War” — give subscribers some studio-caliber entertainment to watch at home.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
Bad Education (Cory Finley) Critic’S Pick
Distributor: HBO
Where to Find It: Premieres Sat., April 25 on HBO...
Many saw it as a sign of the times when HBO acquired critically acclaimed Hugh Jackman drama ”Bad Education” at the Toronto Film Festival last year, never imagining that it would be a blessing for the film that it was bypassing theaters to debut on the premium network. Meanwhile, on Netflix, two new tentpoles — including one from the team behind “Avengers: Infinity War” — give subscribers some studio-caliber entertainment to watch at home.
Here are all the new releases, with excerpts from reviews and links to where you can watch them.
Independent films, directly on demand:
Bad Education (Cory Finley) Critic’S Pick
Distributor: HBO
Where to Find It: Premieres Sat., April 25 on HBO...
- 4/24/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
by Chris Feil
For director Justin Kurzel, folklore goes hand in hand with with gorgeous brutality. After emerging with the true crime saga The Snowtown Murders and then the Fassbender double of Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed, Kurzel has established himself through a fascination with grisly legend, rending violence with stoic sheen and brooding male personas. His latest, True History of the Kelly Gang, is no different but somewhat more accomplished.
The film follows the rise of the infamous Ned Kelly, a tale you might have seen in the many, many cinematic retellings. Here George MacKay plays the historical figure with crumbling psychosis. Instead of a detailed account of the actions of his band of outlaws, this version (adapted from Peter Carey’s novel by Snowtown’s screenwriter Shaun Grant) charts Kelly’s exploits from adolescence to execution, delivering more of a character study of Kelly as a psychological victim of British imperialism.
For director Justin Kurzel, folklore goes hand in hand with with gorgeous brutality. After emerging with the true crime saga The Snowtown Murders and then the Fassbender double of Macbeth and Assassin’s Creed, Kurzel has established himself through a fascination with grisly legend, rending violence with stoic sheen and brooding male personas. His latest, True History of the Kelly Gang, is no different but somewhat more accomplished.
The film follows the rise of the infamous Ned Kelly, a tale you might have seen in the many, many cinematic retellings. Here George MacKay plays the historical figure with crumbling psychosis. Instead of a detailed account of the actions of his band of outlaws, this version (adapted from Peter Carey’s novel by Snowtown’s screenwriter Shaun Grant) charts Kelly’s exploits from adolescence to execution, delivering more of a character study of Kelly as a psychological victim of British imperialism.
- 4/24/2020
- by Chris Feil
- FilmExperience
For director Justin Kurzel, the title of the book he was adapting, “True History of the Kelly Gang,” meant less than the story — and the many that have come before it.
The life of Australian outlaw and bushranger Ned Kelly (1854-1880) has inspired filmmakers since the earliest days of the medium, when in 1906 Charles Tait delivered what many believe to be the world’s first feature-length film, “The Story of the Kelly Gang.” Dozens of versions have followed, with wildly divergent interpretations of Kelly’s exploits, characterizing him as everything from a folk hero to a ruthless cop killer, played by everyone from Heath Ledger to Mick Jagger. For IFC’s “True History of the Kelly Gang,” based on Peter Carey’s 2000 novel, Kurzel (2011 thriller “Snowtown”) prized mood over historical accuracy to deliver a visceral, punk-infused addition to Kelly’s growing cinematic legacy. It stars George MacKay (“1917”) in the title role,...
The life of Australian outlaw and bushranger Ned Kelly (1854-1880) has inspired filmmakers since the earliest days of the medium, when in 1906 Charles Tait delivered what many believe to be the world’s first feature-length film, “The Story of the Kelly Gang.” Dozens of versions have followed, with wildly divergent interpretations of Kelly’s exploits, characterizing him as everything from a folk hero to a ruthless cop killer, played by everyone from Heath Ledger to Mick Jagger. For IFC’s “True History of the Kelly Gang,” based on Peter Carey’s 2000 novel, Kurzel (2011 thriller “Snowtown”) prized mood over historical accuracy to deliver a visceral, punk-infused addition to Kelly’s growing cinematic legacy. It stars George MacKay (“1917”) in the title role,...
- 4/24/2020
- by Todd Gilchrist
- Variety Film + TV
The story of the notorious outlaw Ned Kelly is dropping on digital and on-demand today with the Justin Kurzel-directed True History of the Kelly Gang starring George MacKay, Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult.
The grimy western crime drama, which was adapted by Kurzel from the novel of the same name by Peter Carey, features MacKay as the titular Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly and has a foundation of a love story between a mother and a son. The film was acquired by IFC Films ahead of its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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The grimy western crime drama, which was adapted by Kurzel from the novel of the same name by Peter Carey, features MacKay as the titular Aussie outlaw Ned Kelly and has a foundation of a love story between a mother and a son. The film was acquired by IFC Films ahead of its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2019.
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- 4/24/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
There's been plenty of Ned Kelly movies about the Australian outlaw, but the latest, True History Of The Kelly Gang, based on Peter Carey's book, is more of an origins story in the same vein as Joker (2019). And no surprise, a domineering mother is at the root of this story.
Star George MacKay who plays the famous outlaw is proving he's an up-and-coming actor to watch for with his stand out performance as Ned Kelly as well as his riveting role in Sam Mendes' 1917. Nicholas Hoult also makes quite the impression as morally corrupt while Russell Crowe and Charlie Hunnam have small but impactful roles. Director Justin Kurzel gives this Ned Kelly biopic a punk rock attitude with an apocalyptic tone.
Star George MacKay who plays the famous outlaw is proving he's an up-and-coming actor to watch for with his stand out performance as Ned Kelly as well as his riveting role in Sam Mendes' 1917. Nicholas Hoult also makes quite the impression as morally corrupt while Russell Crowe and Charlie Hunnam have small but impactful roles. Director Justin Kurzel gives this Ned Kelly biopic a punk rock attitude with an apocalyptic tone.
- 4/23/2020
- by info@cinemovie.tv (Super User)
- CineMovie
The Ned Kelly you see in director Justin Kurzel’s “True History of the Kelly Gang” is not the one you know. Instead, he’s a punk-rock poet with an Oedipal complex, a fumbling romantic, even a sensitive soul, and, finally, a revenge-thirsty murderer. Kurzel reimagines every stage in Ned’s development as a kind of cracked bildungsroman, charting his rise and profound fall like the birth of a psychopath. While Kurzel, working from Shaun Grant’s screenplay from Peter Carey’s book of the same name, reveres and even has tenderness for Ned, he feels deepest for the people of Australia run down by colonialism and still recovering in its wake.
To make “True History of the Kelly Gang,” which unfortunately won’t hit theaters right now but does arrive from IFC on April 24 at home, Kurzel returned to his native Australia after years of making movies in the U.
To make “True History of the Kelly Gang,” which unfortunately won’t hit theaters right now but does arrive from IFC on April 24 at home, Kurzel returned to his native Australia after years of making movies in the U.
- 4/23/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Do you ever wonder how actors feel when they see their significant other in a sex scene on screen? “True History of the Kelly Gang” director Justin Kurzel not only had to watch — he had to direct his wife Essie Davis in a scene with Charlie Hunnam.
“I have the privilege of being married to the director,” Davis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Charlie’s first day on set, and my second day on set, [Kurzel was like], ‘Okay, Essie, can you kneel down and Charlie can you stand there?’ I was like, ‘Hi, Charlie!'”
Kurzel added: “That was more confronting than I thought, actually, directing a scene of my wife giving fellatio to Charlie. Especially because we had just met as well, and we were still getting to know each other… and I’m sitting there and watching it on the split, I thought, wow,...
“I have the privilege of being married to the director,” Davis told TheWrap’s Beatrice Verhoeven at the Toronto International Film Festival. “Charlie’s first day on set, and my second day on set, [Kurzel was like], ‘Okay, Essie, can you kneel down and Charlie can you stand there?’ I was like, ‘Hi, Charlie!'”
Kurzel added: “That was more confronting than I thought, actually, directing a scene of my wife giving fellatio to Charlie. Especially because we had just met as well, and we were still getting to know each other… and I’m sitting there and watching it on the split, I thought, wow,...
- 4/23/2020
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
“Nothing You Are About to See Is True.”
Those are the words that teasingly introduce True History of the Kelly Gang, the dazzling and defiantly rogue western from director Justin Kurzel that plays with facts to get at a deeper truth about Ned Kelly. This we know is true about 19th-century outlaw: The Irish-Catholic bank robber and cop killer who wore a metal helmet and a suit of armor in his final shootout with the law became known as Australia’s Robin Hood as he and his gang fought against...
Those are the words that teasingly introduce True History of the Kelly Gang, the dazzling and defiantly rogue western from director Justin Kurzel that plays with facts to get at a deeper truth about Ned Kelly. This we know is true about 19th-century outlaw: The Irish-Catholic bank robber and cop killer who wore a metal helmet and a suit of armor in his final shootout with the law became known as Australia’s Robin Hood as he and his gang fought against...
- 4/23/2020
- by Peter Travers
- Rollingstone.com
Sometimes, old can be new again. It isn’t always what story being told, but how it’s being told. In the case of True History of the Kelly Gang, filmmaker Justin Kurzel is taking a unique and almost punk rock approach to the classic Ned Kelly legend. It’s a brash and undeniably different way of telling this story. For some, it will be strange and an immediate turn off. For others, it will be the first time that the Kelly tale has truly come alive. Hitting Digital and VOD on Friday, it at least has the distinction of being unlike anything else hitting screens. The film is a look at the legend of the Australian outlaw. Taking place in the English ruled badlands of colonial Australia, where the Irish endure must endure their violent subjugation, Ned Kelly (Orlando Schwerdt as a child and George MacKay as an adult) will come to oppose them.
- 4/22/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Plot: The life of Ned Kelly is explored in this stylish and violent, yet not entirely factual, adaptation of the novel by Peter Carey. Review: Ned Kelly is a legendary historical figure. The bushranger from Australia has certainly left an impression on the world, and his story has been told a few times before. And now, in the new film True History Of The Kelly Gang - based on the novel by Peter…...
- 4/21/2020
- by JimmyO
- JoBlo.com
Australia 1867. The audience is told that nothing they’re about to see is true as a bushranger named Ned Kelly narrates his story. But his account of his story isn’t necessarily the truthful one. Most are familiar with reading a celebrity’s autobiography for the first time and realizing how the subject’s own words often contradict other texts. Events in their lives are glossed over and changed to fit the image they want the world to see of themselves. Their life almost becoming Arthurian, a legend so mixed with fact and fiction that you begin to question if they were even real. Stories can easily be rewritten, and True History of the Kelly Gang plays with this mythicism with dramatic flair.
Based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant present a gothic western set in the colonial Australian badlands...
Based on Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant present a gothic western set in the colonial Australian badlands...
- 4/20/2020
- by Sara Clements
- DailyDead
The Ned Don’t Die: Kurzel Returns to Form with Exploration of Infamous Outlaw
It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious (and revered) outlaw was hanged by the neck until dead. Since then, two noted film productions have attempted to convey his tragic narrative, the most famous being the troubled production of Tony Richardson’s Ned Kelly in 1970 starring Mick Jagger (the two notable Englishmen make this seem sacrilegious despite the stunt casting) and again in 2003 with Gregor Jordan’s take starring Heath Ledger. But neither quite effectively lionizes him as Justin Kurzel does in True History of the Kelly Gang, adapted from Booker-prize winning Peter Carey novel, which effectively provides a historical context on Kelly, the son of a dysfunctional family of Irish colonials, systematically debased by the might of the tyrannical English colonials.…...
It’s been nearly 140 years since the execution of Ned Kelly, Australia’s most notorious (and revered) outlaw was hanged by the neck until dead. Since then, two noted film productions have attempted to convey his tragic narrative, the most famous being the troubled production of Tony Richardson’s Ned Kelly in 1970 starring Mick Jagger (the two notable Englishmen make this seem sacrilegious despite the stunt casting) and again in 2003 with Gregor Jordan’s take starring Heath Ledger. But neither quite effectively lionizes him as Justin Kurzel does in True History of the Kelly Gang, adapted from Booker-prize winning Peter Carey novel, which effectively provides a historical context on Kelly, the son of a dysfunctional family of Irish colonials, systematically debased by the might of the tyrannical English colonials.…...
- 4/20/2020
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Inheritance
When Lauren’s powerful, wealthy father passes away, she’s left with anything but a typical inheritance. Instead of a secure future, Lauren (portrayed by Lilly Collins) is now the keeper of her dad’s deep-running secrets – starting with a man held captive in an underground tunnel. Her father’s passing doesn’t make Lauren’s search for truth any easier. The teaser ends with a recording of her father saying, “The truth must stay buried.” But if Lauren has things her way, it won’t. (May 15)
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When Lauren’s powerful, wealthy father passes away, she’s left with anything but a typical inheritance. Instead of a secure future, Lauren (portrayed by Lilly Collins) is now the keeper of her dad’s deep-running secrets – starting with a man held captive in an underground tunnel. Her father’s passing doesn’t make Lauren’s search for truth any easier. The teaser ends with a recording of her father saying, “The truth must stay buried.” But if Lauren has things her way, it won’t. (May 15)
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- 3/21/2020
- by Natalli Amato
- Rollingstone.com
After the lukewarm reception of his big-screen adaptation of Assassin’s Creed, Justin Kurzel has returned to his indie roots for his next feature. An official selection at Tiff, IFC Films has now unveiled the pulsating U.S. trailer for True History of the Kelly Gang, starring George Mackay (1917), Essie Davis (The Babadook), Nicholas Hoult (Mad Max: Fury Road), Russell Crowe, and Charlie Hunnam. Currently, the film is set to be released in theaters on April 24, followed by an on demand and digital release on May 8, but we imagine things could shift depending on the current theater closures.
Based on a novel by Peter Carey, the film conveys the story of Ned Kelly (Mackay), the infamous Aussie outlaw, from his childhood to his adulthood all the while embellished with falsehoods and evoking a punk rock aesthetic that is fitting for the notorious figure of history.
In our review by C.J.
Based on a novel by Peter Carey, the film conveys the story of Ned Kelly (Mackay), the infamous Aussie outlaw, from his childhood to his adulthood all the while embellished with falsehoods and evoking a punk rock aesthetic that is fitting for the notorious figure of history.
In our review by C.J.
- 3/16/2020
- by Margaret Rasberry
- The Film Stage
Hot off the awards-season buzz for “1917,” George MacKay makes his next big-screen appearance in “True History of the Kelly Gang” from “Macbeth” director Justin Kurzel. Here, MacKay stars as 19th Century Australian criminal Ned Kelly, who was executed in 1880 with the famous last words “Such is life.” Watch the new U.S. trailer below. IFC Films opens “True History of the Kelly Gang” in theaters and on VOD April 24.
Set against the unforgiving landscape of 19th Century Australia, the movie follows the legendary outlaw Ned Kelly, who’s raised under the iron rule of the colonial English. Food is scarce and survival is filled with daily struggle as colonizers degrade their victims with ceaseless brutality. Similarly, fellow Aussie filmmaker Jennifer Kent explored this world in last year’s rape-revenge tale “The Nightingale,” and “True History of the Kelly Gang” features Essie Davis, who starred in Kent’s debut “The Babadook,...
Set against the unforgiving landscape of 19th Century Australia, the movie follows the legendary outlaw Ned Kelly, who’s raised under the iron rule of the colonial English. Food is scarce and survival is filled with daily struggle as colonizers degrade their victims with ceaseless brutality. Similarly, fellow Aussie filmmaker Jennifer Kent explored this world in last year’s rape-revenge tale “The Nightingale,” and “True History of the Kelly Gang” features Essie Davis, who starred in Kent’s debut “The Babadook,...
- 3/14/2020
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Based on the novel by Peter Carey, The True History Of The Kelly Gang tells the tale of legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly as he leads a band of rebel warriors to wreak havoc on their English oppressors. IFC Films have released a new trailer for the Justin Kurzel (Assassin's Creed) directed film which looks wonderfully gritty, but not without a sense of fun. The True History Of The Kelly Gang stars Russell Crowe (Boy Erased), Charlie Hunnam (The Gentlemen), Nicholas Hoult (The Banker),…...
- 3/13/2020
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
While he played a noble soldier in “1917,” George MacKay’s latest film “The True History of the Kelly Gang” casts him as a ruthless, murderous outlaw and gang leader with a taste for blood and revenge.
MacKay stars with Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult in this western-esque thriller from director Justin Kurzel that’s set during a violent period in Australian history.
“Many would call me the coldest blooded murderer ever, but others knowing the truth would call me a hero,” MacKay says with menace in the first trailer for the film.
Also Read: 'True History of the Kelly Gang' Filmmaker on Directing His Wife Essie Davis in a Sex Scene With Charlie Hunnam (Video)
“The True History of the Kelly Gang” follows MacKay as Ned Kelly, who as a boy in 19th-century Australia is sold into the care of a notorious “bushranger” played by Crowe. He...
MacKay stars with Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult in this western-esque thriller from director Justin Kurzel that’s set during a violent period in Australian history.
“Many would call me the coldest blooded murderer ever, but others knowing the truth would call me a hero,” MacKay says with menace in the first trailer for the film.
Also Read: 'True History of the Kelly Gang' Filmmaker on Directing His Wife Essie Davis in a Sex Scene With Charlie Hunnam (Video)
“The True History of the Kelly Gang” follows MacKay as Ned Kelly, who as a boy in 19th-century Australia is sold into the care of a notorious “bushranger” played by Crowe. He...
- 3/13/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
To mark the release of True History of the Kelly Gang, out now, we’ve been given a copy of the book along with an official film poster signed by George MacKay, Essie Davis, Earl Cave, Louis Hewison, and Justin Kurzel to give away to 1 winner.
Inspired by Peter Carey’s Man Booker prize winning novel, Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang shatters the mythology of the notorious icon to reveal the essence behind the life of Ned Kelly and force a country to stare back into the ashes of its brutal past.
Spanning the younger years of Ned’s life to the time leading up to his death, the film explores the blurred boundaries between what is bad and what is good, and the motivations for the demise of its hero. Youth and tragedy collide in the Kelly Gang, and at the beating heart of this...
Inspired by Peter Carey’s Man Booker prize winning novel, Justin Kurzel’s True History Of The Kelly Gang shatters the mythology of the notorious icon to reveal the essence behind the life of Ned Kelly and force a country to stare back into the ashes of its brutal past.
Spanning the younger years of Ned’s life to the time leading up to his death, the film explores the blurred boundaries between what is bad and what is good, and the motivations for the demise of its hero. Youth and tragedy collide in the Kelly Gang, and at the beating heart of this...
- 3/2/2020
- by Competitions
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
(L-r) Earl Cave, Essie Davis, Justin Kurzel and George MacKay at the UK premiere.
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang opened in the UK last Friday, drawing mostly enthusiastic reviews but lukewarm interest from moviegoers.
Picturehouse launched the subversive bushranger movie adapted by Shaun Grant from the Peter Carey novel on 93 screens, generating £155,000 and £170,000 including previews in three days.
Kurzel and stars Essie Davis, George MacKay and Earl Cave attended the charity premiere at Picturehouse Central last Tuesday, which raised £4,000 for the Country Fire Authority of Victoria to help fight the bushfires in the region.
Porchlight Film’s Liz Watts, Daybreak Pictures’ Hal Vogel, Kurzel and Paul Ranford produced the film which had an abbreviated theatrical release here before the Stan Original premiere, grossing $116,000,
Evidently few moviegoers took much notice of the critics such as The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey, who observed: “Director Justin Kurzel, after an...
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang opened in the UK last Friday, drawing mostly enthusiastic reviews but lukewarm interest from moviegoers.
Picturehouse launched the subversive bushranger movie adapted by Shaun Grant from the Peter Carey novel on 93 screens, generating £155,000 and £170,000 including previews in three days.
Kurzel and stars Essie Davis, George MacKay and Earl Cave attended the charity premiere at Picturehouse Central last Tuesday, which raised £4,000 for the Country Fire Authority of Victoria to help fight the bushfires in the region.
Porchlight Film’s Liz Watts, Daybreak Pictures’ Hal Vogel, Kurzel and Paul Ranford produced the film which had an abbreviated theatrical release here before the Stan Original premiere, grossing $116,000,
Evidently few moviegoers took much notice of the critics such as The Independent’s Clarisse Loughrey, who observed: “Director Justin Kurzel, after an...
- 3/1/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
‘True History Of The Kelly Gang’, ‘Downhill’ among other new openers.
Universal’s Blumhouse Productions horror The Invisible Man faces off against Curzon Artificial Eye’s Cannes title Portrait Of A Lady On Fire this weekend at the UK box office.
Directed by Saw writer Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man stars Elisabeth Moss as a lady who believes her ex’s recent suicide was a hoax, and that she is being hunted by a being no-one else can see.
It marks an incredible 99th film production for Blumhouse, the company established by former Miramax executive Jason Blum in 2000.
43 of the...
Universal’s Blumhouse Productions horror The Invisible Man faces off against Curzon Artificial Eye’s Cannes title Portrait Of A Lady On Fire this weekend at the UK box office.
Directed by Saw writer Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man stars Elisabeth Moss as a lady who believes her ex’s recent suicide was a hoax, and that she is being hunted by a being no-one else can see.
It marks an incredible 99th film production for Blumhouse, the company established by former Miramax executive Jason Blum in 2000.
43 of the...
- 2/28/2020
- by 1101321¦Ben Dalton¦26¦
- ScreenDaily
To celebrate the release of the acclaimed new drama/thriller True History of the Kelly Gang, we sat down with stars George Mackay (1917) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) and director Justin Kurzel (Macbeth) to chat all things about the legendary outlaw Ned Kelly.
Based on the novel by Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang reimagines the history and legacy of Ned Kelly somewhat and tells of his history from a young man in Victoria, Australia up to him and his gang’s final shootout at Glenrowan. Telling a different side to history, which is a huge part of Australian culture, Mackay and Davis talk about being part of this moment in time but also bringing a new “vision” to it, whilst Kurzel talks about wanting to tell a more grounded, realistic version of events that encompasses all aspects of the legend.
The film also stars Nicholas Hoult...
Based on the novel by Peter Carey, The True History of the Kelly Gang reimagines the history and legacy of Ned Kelly somewhat and tells of his history from a young man in Victoria, Australia up to him and his gang’s final shootout at Glenrowan. Telling a different side to history, which is a huge part of Australian culture, Mackay and Davis talk about being part of this moment in time but also bringing a new “vision” to it, whilst Kurzel talks about wanting to tell a more grounded, realistic version of events that encompasses all aspects of the legend.
The film also stars Nicholas Hoult...
- 2/25/2020
- by Scott Davis
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Though usually depicted as a quasi-Robin Hood folktale, Justin Kurzel’s take on Ned Kelly’s story centres on a title character bound by morbid destiny. Similarly to Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning book – on which this film is based – the whole story is framed through the extended letter the eponymous Kelly is writing in the film’s closing movements.
Written from this point in time, it’s unsurprising that Kelly sees his life as pre-determined; or at the very least, that every event edged him towards the police shoot-out which has lived on in public consciousness. By book-ending the film with the same shot of a singular rider surging through the outback, Kurzel underlines the butterfly effect which Kelly himself feels a product of.
Unlike the more sympathetic, Heath Ledger-led Ned Kelly (2003), True History of the Kelly Gang is violent, visceral and completely lacking in gloss. This...
Written from this point in time, it’s unsurprising that Kelly sees his life as pre-determined; or at the very least, that every event edged him towards the police shoot-out which has lived on in public consciousness. By book-ending the film with the same shot of a singular rider surging through the outback, Kurzel underlines the butterfly effect which Kelly himself feels a product of.
Unlike the more sympathetic, Heath Ledger-led Ned Kelly (2003), True History of the Kelly Gang is violent, visceral and completely lacking in gloss. This...
- 2/25/2020
- by Luke Walpole
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Justin Kurzel and Essie Davis at the Sydney premiere. (Photo credit: Stan)
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang launched on 16 screens last Thursday, playing on limited sessions before the Australia Day premiere on Stan.
While the takings were a modest $32,000 and $93,000 including screenings at the Open Air Cinema Sydney (but not Mona in Hobart), Stan will reap the benefit of the publicity and mostly positive reviews.
Kurzel, screenwriter Shaun Grant (who adapted Peter Carey’s Man Booker Prize winning novel), producer Liz Watts and stars Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt and Sean Keenan attended the Sydney premiere.
George MacKay plays the title role with Schwerdt as the young Kelly, Russell Crowe as his accomplice Harry Power, Nicholas Hoult as Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick, Charlie Hunnam as Sergeant O’Neil and Essie Davis as Ned’s mother Ellen.
Transmission Films originally planned a full-blown theatrical release but scaled that back...
Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang launched on 16 screens last Thursday, playing on limited sessions before the Australia Day premiere on Stan.
While the takings were a modest $32,000 and $93,000 including screenings at the Open Air Cinema Sydney (but not Mona in Hobart), Stan will reap the benefit of the publicity and mostly positive reviews.
Kurzel, screenwriter Shaun Grant (who adapted Peter Carey’s Man Booker Prize winning novel), producer Liz Watts and stars Essie Davis, Orlando Schwerdt and Sean Keenan attended the Sydney premiere.
George MacKay plays the title role with Schwerdt as the young Kelly, Russell Crowe as his accomplice Harry Power, Nicholas Hoult as Constable Alexander Fitzpatrick, Charlie Hunnam as Sergeant O’Neil and Essie Davis as Ned’s mother Ellen.
Transmission Films originally planned a full-blown theatrical release but scaled that back...
- 1/13/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
An amazing Blu-ray year is capped by a genuine favorite, rescued by its filmmaker and set aside for almost twenty years. Wim Wenders was forced to make a shortened version of what he hoped would be his greatest success, following Wings of Desire: but he cleverly saved his 4.5-hour uncut version, making its Blu-ray debut on December 10. Longform video is currently the rage, so perhaps the time has finally come for the uncut Bis ans Ende der Welt. The music soundtrack is nothing less than fantastic, not to be missed.
Until the End of the World
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1007
1991 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 158, 181, 287 min. / Bis ans Ende der Welt / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 10, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Rüdiger Vogler, Jeanne Moreau, Max von Sydow, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Allen Garfield, David Gulpilil, Ernie Dingo, Lois Chiles, Adelle Lutz, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell,...
Until the End of the World
Blu-ray
The Criterion Collection 1007
1991 / Color / 1:66 widescreen / 158, 181, 287 min. / Bis ans Ende der Welt / available through The Criterion Collection / Street Date December 10, 2019 / 39.95
Starring: Solveig Dommartin, William Hurt, Sam Neill, Rüdiger Vogler, Jeanne Moreau, Max von Sydow, Chishu Ryu, Kuniko Miyake, Allen Garfield, David Gulpilil, Ernie Dingo, Lois Chiles, Adelle Lutz, Chick Ortega, Eddy Mitchell,...
- 11/30/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Based on the fictional Peter Carey novel of the same name, True History of the Kelly Gang is a far-flung reimagining and mythologising of the legacy of the armoured clad outlaw. Although the film is less affecting as a result of this, it touches on the unnerving, creepy and visceral elements Director Justin Kurzel (Snowtown) is known for. The melodrama is overwrought and the film falters when it takes itself too seriously, but this is also a dark and sparse film, divided into three equally stark parts; the boyhood, adulthood and finally rebirth of the criminal known as Ned Kelly. The trauma and neglect from his coward father and downtrodden mother mould his troubled identity. The Kelly's live in abject poverty and hate the corrupt...
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- 9/25/2019
- Screen Anarchy
True History of the Kelly Gang opens with a title card stating that nothing in the film is actually true, a convenient choice for director Justin Kurzel as it lays out his film’s main point from the very start. The film is an adaptation from Peter Carey’s novel of the same name, and the title is meant to be a little ironic. Carey wrote his novel from the perspective of Australian folk hero Ned Kelly writing his autobiography, but the story was full of embellishments and untruths. Kurzel and writer Shaun Grant stick to this idea, throwing in anachronistic choices throughout the late-1800s setting to evoke a punk rock mood, which aligns nicely with Kelly’s own rebellious nature.
Kurzel isn’t so radically minded when it comes to structure, as the film plays out in a linear chronology of events. Split into three parts, it falls...
Kurzel isn’t so radically minded when it comes to structure, as the film plays out in a linear chronology of events. Split into three parts, it falls...
- 9/14/2019
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Justin Kurzel delivers a fierce counterpoint to the Ned Kelly legend with this starkly violent story of a damaged criminal
Justin Kurzel detonates a punk power-chord of defiance and anarchy with this brutally violent and unflinchingly stark tale that unfolds in a scorched, alien-looking landscape. The film is adapted by Shaun Grant from Peter Carey’s Booker prize-winning novel, and it is a further variation on the legend of Ned Kelly, the 19th-century Australian outlaw and bush-ranger at war with the English colonial oppressor. Kurzel’s rock’n’roll Kelly has a bit more in common with the spirit of Mick Jagger’s portrayal in Tony Richardson’s 1970 film treatment than with Heath Ledger’s the 2003 version.
Kurzel’s movie draws on the traditional view of Kelly as the Jesse James or Che Guevara of Australia, but subverts the legend by presenting a vivid context of dysfunction and abuse in...
Justin Kurzel detonates a punk power-chord of defiance and anarchy with this brutally violent and unflinchingly stark tale that unfolds in a scorched, alien-looking landscape. The film is adapted by Shaun Grant from Peter Carey’s Booker prize-winning novel, and it is a further variation on the legend of Ned Kelly, the 19th-century Australian outlaw and bush-ranger at war with the English colonial oppressor. Kurzel’s rock’n’roll Kelly has a bit more in common with the spirit of Mick Jagger’s portrayal in Tony Richardson’s 1970 film treatment than with Heath Ledger’s the 2003 version.
Kurzel’s movie draws on the traditional view of Kelly as the Jesse James or Che Guevara of Australia, but subverts the legend by presenting a vivid context of dysfunction and abuse in...
- 9/13/2019
- by Peter Bradshaw in Toronto
- The Guardian - Film News
‘True History of the Kelly Gang’ (Photo credit: Memento Films International/Ben King).
IFC Films’ acquisition of North American rights to Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang before the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival now seems savvy in light of the rave reviews.
Meanwhile Unjoo Moon’s debut narrative feature I Am Woman was lauded by some critics for Tilda Cobham-Hervey’s breakout performance as Helen Reddy after it opened the festival’s special presentations section.
IFC Films distributed Kurzel’s debut Snowtown, also penned by Shaun Grant, and currently is handling Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale, which is playing on 79 screens in its sixth weekend in the Us and has grossed $US383,000.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with the assured IFC Films in North America and very excited to see the film go out in the world now,” says Porclight’s Liz Watts,...
IFC Films’ acquisition of North American rights to Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang before the world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival now seems savvy in light of the rave reviews.
Meanwhile Unjoo Moon’s debut narrative feature I Am Woman was lauded by some critics for Tilda Cobham-Hervey’s breakout performance as Helen Reddy after it opened the festival’s special presentations section.
IFC Films distributed Kurzel’s debut Snowtown, also penned by Shaun Grant, and currently is handling Jennifer Kent’s The Nightingale, which is playing on 79 screens in its sixth weekend in the Us and has grossed $US383,000.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with the assured IFC Films in North America and very excited to see the film go out in the world now,” says Porclight’s Liz Watts,...
- 9/8/2019
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
Joe Begos has cited Gaspar Noé as a celluloid role model. But he may have outdone the Gallic sensationalist with his third feature, which actually does the piling-druggy-excess-upon-excess thing better than Noé’s own psychotropic nightmares “Enter the Void” and “Climax.” An adventuresome step up from Begos’ somewhat more conventional prior horror outings, “Bliss” is as much a movie about addiction and mental illness as it is about vampirism — in fact, it’s held out as a possibility here that the film’s belligerently self-destructive L.A. artist heroine may simply be hallucinating her periodic bloodbaths.
Whether classified as straight-up genre piece or substance-abuse drama in disguise, this is a dive into psychedelic hedonism that succeeds in constantly topping itself, rather than succumbing to shock-value fatigue like the aforementioned Noé joints. It is certainly not for everyone, but those eager for a walk on the wild side will find those expectations fully sated.
Whether classified as straight-up genre piece or substance-abuse drama in disguise, this is a dive into psychedelic hedonism that succeeds in constantly topping itself, rather than succumbing to shock-value fatigue like the aforementioned Noé joints. It is certainly not for everyone, but those eager for a walk on the wild side will find those expectations fully sated.
- 8/7/2019
- by Dennis Harvey
- Variety Film + TV
Charlie Hunnam (“Sons of Anarchy”) has joined the cast of Justin Kurzel’s “True History of The Kelly Gang” with George MacKay (“Captain Fantastic”), Russell Crowe (“Gladiator”), Nicholas Hoult (“Mad Max: Fury Road”) and Essie Davis (“The Babadook”).
Kurzel directs the film from a screenplay by Shaun Grant (“Berlin Syndrome”), based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title, about notorious bushranger Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose. The film will be wrapping principal photography on Sept.8
The cast of “True History of The Kelly Gang” includes Thomasin McKenzie (“Leave No Trace”), Sean Keenan (“Strangerland”), Harry Greenwood (“The Nightingale”) and Earl Cave (“Born to Kill”).
The film is being produced by Liz Watts from Porchlight Films, Hal Vogel from Daybreak Pictures, Justin Kurzel and Paul Ranford. Financiers include La Cinéfacture and Memento, with principal production...
Kurzel directs the film from a screenplay by Shaun Grant (“Berlin Syndrome”), based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same title, about notorious bushranger Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose. The film will be wrapping principal photography on Sept.8
The cast of “True History of The Kelly Gang” includes Thomasin McKenzie (“Leave No Trace”), Sean Keenan (“Strangerland”), Harry Greenwood (“The Nightingale”) and Earl Cave (“Born to Kill”).
The film is being produced by Liz Watts from Porchlight Films, Hal Vogel from Daybreak Pictures, Justin Kurzel and Paul Ranford. Financiers include La Cinéfacture and Memento, with principal production...
- 9/6/2018
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult are set to star in True History of the Kelly Gang from director Justin Kurzel (Assassin's Creed, Macbeth).
Captain Fantastic actor George MacKay and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the Gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry Greenwood, Thomasin McKenzie and...
Captain Fantastic actor George MacKay and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the Gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry Greenwood, Thomasin McKenzie and...
- 11/6/2017
- by Mia Galuppo
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult are set to star in True History of the Kelly Gang from director Justin Kurzel (Assassin's Creed, Macbeth).
George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry ...
George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry ...
- 11/6/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Russell Crowe and Nicholas Hoult are set to star in True History of the Kelly Gang from director Justin Kurzel (Assassin's Creed, Macbeth).
George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry ...
George MacKay (Captain Fantastic) and Essie Davis (The Babadook) will also star in the gothic Western, which is based on Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel of the same name. The story chronicles Ned Kelly (MacKay), one of the world’s greatest outlaws, and the colonial badlands from which he rose.
Vikings star Travis Fimmel and Stranger Things newcomer Dacre Montgomery are also set for the feature from screenwriter Shaun Grant. Rounding out the cast is Sean Keenan, Harry ...
- 11/6/2017
- The Hollywood Reporter - Film + TV
Until The End Of The World director Wim Wenders with Paul Auster and Sam Shepard at Balthazar in 2005: "Actually, he [Sam] is the guy I offered the film first." Photo: Tom Farrell
In the second instalment of my conversation with Wim Wenders on the 25th anniversary of his masterwork from 1991, he discussed the influence that Sam Shepard had on Until The End Of The World (Bis Ans Ende Der Welt) and how it was his "dream come true" that Jeanne Moreau "accepted to travel all the way to Australia with us and spend months and months in the Outback."
Wim spoke about the relationship between Max von Sydow and William Hurt, the contributions from Peter Carey and Michael Almereyda on the script, the scenes of Tom Farrell (Paris, Texas, and Lightning Over Water), and that in the end the film is Solveig Dommartin's and his story.
Jeanne Moreau (Edith...
In the second instalment of my conversation with Wim Wenders on the 25th anniversary of his masterwork from 1991, he discussed the influence that Sam Shepard had on Until The End Of The World (Bis Ans Ende Der Welt) and how it was his "dream come true" that Jeanne Moreau "accepted to travel all the way to Australia with us and spend months and months in the Outback."
Wim spoke about the relationship between Max von Sydow and William Hurt, the contributions from Peter Carey and Michael Almereyda on the script, the scenes of Tom Farrell (Paris, Texas, and Lightning Over Water), and that in the end the film is Solveig Dommartin's and his story.
Jeanne Moreau (Edith...
- 8/4/2017
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Shaun Grant.
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
Screenwriter Shaun Grant has been working non-stop since the release of Snowtown, his first film, in 2011.
Grant divides his time between La and Melbourne these days after wrapping up work on projects as diverse as Deadline Gallipoli, Jasper Jones and Berlin Syndrome at home in Australia.
Now working out of an office in West Hollywood, the scribe is working on several projects, including a long-gestating adaptation of Peter Carey.s True History of the Kelly Gang for producer Liz Watts and Snowtown director Justin Kurzel.
.It.s a beautifully written book,. says Grant. .He.s an iconic character in our country, so of course when Liz approached me I had some trepidation. But the things that scare me are usually the ones I.m drawn to. And Justin and I have been looking to work together since Snowtown..
Like Animal Kingdom before it, Snowtown put a rocket under...
- 4/10/2017
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
For me, your performance in Snowtown was the most exciting breakout male performance since Michael Fassbender in Hunger. Why aren.t you getting as many lead roles as Fassbender?
(Laughs) Thanks mate. The first few years after [Snowtown] I kind of feared the work because of the expectation that I put on myself, and I had led myself to believe that everyone was thinking that. I didn.t want to mess with that performance. It was seen as something — maybe a significant contribution to film in recent years, or whatever. And I was so afraid that I wouldn.t get close to that ever again. So I didn.t work a lot the first couple of years. Prior to Snowtown, I.d usually been cast as the likable loser. So in the beginning it was hard for people to place me or know what to do with me, and [that] probably went...
(Laughs) Thanks mate. The first few years after [Snowtown] I kind of feared the work because of the expectation that I put on myself, and I had led myself to believe that everyone was thinking that. I didn.t want to mess with that performance. It was seen as something — maybe a significant contribution to film in recent years, or whatever. And I was so afraid that I wouldn.t get close to that ever again. So I didn.t work a lot the first couple of years. Prior to Snowtown, I.d usually been cast as the likable loser. So in the beginning it was hard for people to place me or know what to do with me, and [that] probably went...
- 12/18/2016
- by Harry Windsor
- IF.com.au
Rob Leane Dec 27, 2016
Assassin’s Creed’s Justin Kurzel talks PG-13 violence, filming the leap of faith and, um, Step Brothers...
Australian director Justin Kurzel made a big splash on the indie circuit with his based-on-a-true-story murder spree drama Snowtown back in 2011. Michael Fassbender was impressed when he saw it, and ended up working with Kurzel on his 2015 Macbeth movie.
The Fass must’ve been impressed again when they filmed it, as he soon recruited Kurzel to direct Assassin’s Creed, the videogame flick that Fassbender had been producing for years and was set to star in (playing dual roles as modern day death row inmate Cal and his Spanish assassin ancestor Aguilar).
Kurzel and Fassbender also reteamed with their Lady Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, for the game adaptation (she plays an employee of megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the company that sends Cal back into his ancestor's shoes), resulting in an action...
Assassin’s Creed’s Justin Kurzel talks PG-13 violence, filming the leap of faith and, um, Step Brothers...
Australian director Justin Kurzel made a big splash on the indie circuit with his based-on-a-true-story murder spree drama Snowtown back in 2011. Michael Fassbender was impressed when he saw it, and ended up working with Kurzel on his 2015 Macbeth movie.
The Fass must’ve been impressed again when they filmed it, as he soon recruited Kurzel to direct Assassin’s Creed, the videogame flick that Fassbender had been producing for years and was set to star in (playing dual roles as modern day death row inmate Cal and his Spanish assassin ancestor Aguilar).
Kurzel and Fassbender also reteamed with their Lady Macbeth, Marion Cotillard, for the game adaptation (she plays an employee of megacorporation Abstergo Industries, the company that sends Cal back into his ancestor's shoes), resulting in an action...
- 12/10/2016
- Den of Geek
2016 marks the 25th anniversary of Wim Wenders' masterwork Until the End of the World. Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
Sam Shepard's influence before he worked with Volker Schlöndorff on Max Frisch's Homo Faber (Voyager), Peter Carey and the script, Yasujiro Ozu actors Chishû Ryû and Kuniko Miyake, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Chen Kaige, Robby Müller and Vermeer, Yohji Yamamoto, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Lord Byron and much more are inspected here.
Until The End Of The World stars Solveig Dommartin, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Jeanne Moreau, Rüdiger Vogler and Sam Neill and an extraordinary soundtrack featuring Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, U2, Julee Cruise, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Crime and the City Solution, Neneh Cherry, R.E.M., Patti Smith, Daniel Lanois, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Jane Siberry, k.d. lang with uncredited performances by David Byrne with Talking Heads, Tom Waits...
Sam Shepard's influence before he worked with Volker Schlöndorff on Max Frisch's Homo Faber (Voyager), Peter Carey and the script, Yasujiro Ozu actors Chishû Ryû and Kuniko Miyake, Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo and The Man Who Knew Too Much, Chen Kaige, Robby Müller and Vermeer, Yohji Yamamoto, Notebook on Cities and Clothes, Lord Byron and much more are inspected here.
Until The End Of The World stars Solveig Dommartin, Max von Sydow, William Hurt, Jeanne Moreau, Rüdiger Vogler and Sam Neill and an extraordinary soundtrack featuring Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, U2, Julee Cruise, Peter Gabriel, Lou Reed, Crime and the City Solution, Neneh Cherry, R.E.M., Patti Smith, Daniel Lanois, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Jane Siberry, k.d. lang with uncredited performances by David Byrne with Talking Heads, Tom Waits...
- 1/2/2016
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Pray for the Wounded Planet: Wenders’ Belabored Road Trip to the Apocalypse
The troubled production and following critical ambivalence towards Wim Wenders’ 1991 film Until the End of the World launched it into a sort of oblivion. Nearly twenty five years after its ill-fated reception, initially released as a three hour film which the director bitterly deigned the Reader’s Digest version of his epic, the near four hour and forty minute director’s cut premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival to coincide with the premiere of his first narrative feature in seven years, Every Thing Will Be Fine. Now, this complete version is finally seeing a Us theatrical release courtesy of a fifteen city national touring retrospective of Wenders’ films kicking off in New York at the IFC Center. In retrospect, time has been much kinder to the mishandled title than anticipated. Restored as Wenders’ complete vision, it’s...
The troubled production and following critical ambivalence towards Wim Wenders’ 1991 film Until the End of the World launched it into a sort of oblivion. Nearly twenty five years after its ill-fated reception, initially released as a three hour film which the director bitterly deigned the Reader’s Digest version of his epic, the near four hour and forty minute director’s cut premiered at the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival to coincide with the premiere of his first narrative feature in seven years, Every Thing Will Be Fine. Now, this complete version is finally seeing a Us theatrical release courtesy of a fifteen city national touring retrospective of Wenders’ films kicking off in New York at the IFC Center. In retrospect, time has been much kinder to the mishandled title than anticipated. Restored as Wenders’ complete vision, it’s...
- 8/30/2015
- by Nicholas Bell
- IONCINEMA.com
Starring William Hurt, the five-hour director’s cut of Wim Wenders’s 1991 global road-trip movie seems even more miraculous than the leaner original
The end of the world won’t come from a nuclear blast, but from an abundance of selfies. That’s part of the message gleaned from Wim Wenders’s Until the End of the World, the 1991 film that is only now getting a Us theatrical release for its full, almost-five-hour version. Back when smartphones, Gps devices and open European borders were considered sci-fi, the two-and-a-half-hour version of this futurist’s detective story was impressive. But this movie has always had its eye on the future’s potential.
The multinational co-production was enormous in its scope, especially considering the director’s roots as an arthouse film-maker. Budgeted at more than $20m (£13m) and shot all over the world, it was conceived as the “ultimate road picture”. It was...
The end of the world won’t come from a nuclear blast, but from an abundance of selfies. That’s part of the message gleaned from Wim Wenders’s Until the End of the World, the 1991 film that is only now getting a Us theatrical release for its full, almost-five-hour version. Back when smartphones, Gps devices and open European borders were considered sci-fi, the two-and-a-half-hour version of this futurist’s detective story was impressive. But this movie has always had its eye on the future’s potential.
The multinational co-production was enormous in its scope, especially considering the director’s roots as an arthouse film-maker. Budgeted at more than $20m (£13m) and shot all over the world, it was conceived as the “ultimate road picture”. It was...
- 8/27/2015
- by Jordan Hoffman
- The Guardian - Film News
The Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street, "an autobiographical story about the director’s experience at Cannes in 1968, the year the festival was curtailed, and his subsequent experience during the Prague Spring," reports Screen's Andreas Wiseman. At Little White Lies, Paolo Sorrentino talks about The Young Pope, his HBO series starring Jude Law. Snowtown director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant are adapting Peter Carey’s award-winning novel The True History of the Kelly Gang. Melissa Leo will star opposite Bryan Cranston in All the Way b, HBO’s adaptation of the Robert Schenkkan's Tony-winning play about Lbj. And Angelina Jolie is planning to make a biopic about Catherine the Great. » - David Hudson...
- 7/7/2015
- Fandor: Keyframe
The Wolf of Royal Vineyard Street, "an autobiographical story about the director’s experience at Cannes in 1968, the year the festival was curtailed, and his subsequent experience during the Prague Spring," reports Screen's Andreas Wiseman. At Little White Lies, Paolo Sorrentino talks about The Young Pope, his HBO series starring Jude Law. Snowtown director Justin Kurzel and screenwriter Shaun Grant are adapting Peter Carey’s award-winning novel The True History of the Kelly Gang. Melissa Leo will star opposite Bryan Cranston in All the Way b, HBO’s adaptation of the Robert Schenkkan's Tony-winning play about Lbj. And Angelina Jolie is planning to make a biopic about Catherine the Great. » - David Hudson...
- 7/7/2015
- Keyframe
Fresh off a strong showing at Cannes in May for Weinstein Co's "Macbeth," writer-director Justin Kurzel shows no signs of slowing down. Kurzel and "Snowtown Murders" collaborator Shaun Grant are retracing their Australian crime roots with an upcoming adaptation of Peter Carey's novel, "True History of the Kelly Gang." The story chronicles the life and death of one of the most wanted bushrangers in Australian history, told in autobiographical splendor by Kelly himself. Read More: Murderous 'Macbeth' is Perfect Fit for Justin Kurzel Backed by Australia's Porchlight and the UK's Daybreak Pictures, likeminded duo Kurzel and Grant will return to their native Australia to bring Kelly's fourth cinematic incarnation back to life. Aussie Heath Ledger made the role famous back in 2003 when he played the beloved titular outlaw. Presumably Kurzel should have no trouble luring another star to play one of history's...
- 7/6/2015
- by Ruben Guevara
- Thompson on Hollywood
Writer/director Justin Kurzel and co-writer Shaun Grant broke through in a big way with Australian crime tale Snowtown. And for a new collaboration, they’re digging into more of the country’s criminal history for True History Of The Kelly Gang. Grant is working on an adaptation of Peter Carey’s eponymous novel, which chronicles Ned Kelly’s adventures through the man’s own eyes. Their history was a complicated one – in the eyes of the law, they were bandits and murderers, but to many ordinary Australians, they were heroes, the bushrangers who defied English authority to life their own lives.Kelly’s story has been brought to the screen several times before, including a 1906 version, Tony Richardson’s take in 1970 with Mick Jagger playing the main man and 2003’s Ned Kelly, which saw Heath Ledger taking on the role for director Gregor Jordan. It’s early days for this one,...
- 7/6/2015
- EmpireOnline
Justin Kurzel is keeping himself very busy these days. With Macbeth already finished and Assassin’s Creed coming up next, he’s added yet another project to his to-do list. He’s set to direct True History of the Kelly Gang, an adaptation of the novel by Peter Carey. More details on the Justin Kurzel True History of […]
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- 7/6/2015
- by Angie Han
- Slash Film
With his gritty, grim adaptation of the Bard’s classic Macbeth earning rapturous praise in the build-up to its anticipated fall bow, director Justin Kurzel is on the cusp of a major breakthrough. He’ll follow up that award-tipped drama with a blockbuster, reteaming with stars Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard for Assassin’s Creed, and the helmer is also plotting thriller Haven. Today, Kurzel is reported to be gearing up for yet another project – this time a Western of sorts about a legendary outlaw.
A story from If reveals that Kurzel is signing on to direct an adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning novel The True History Of The Kelly Gang, about Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. He’s teaming up with his Snowtown Murders scribe for the pic, which is just the latest in a string of movies centering on the near-mythic historical figure (Heath Ledger and...
A story from If reveals that Kurzel is signing on to direct an adaptation of Peter Carey’s Booker Prize winning novel The True History Of The Kelly Gang, about Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. He’s teaming up with his Snowtown Murders scribe for the pic, which is just the latest in a string of movies centering on the near-mythic historical figure (Heath Ledger and...
- 7/6/2015
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
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