Finally, the largest photo painting that Gerhard Richter produced before turning to abstract art was Ema, Nude on a Staircase (#134 in his official catalogue raisoné). It may be the best German film I’ve ever seen. He will keep this advice close to his heart for the rest of his life. It was a tech-heavy production that yielded awe-inspiring footage of a small aircraft leading a gaggle of Canada geese over striking landscapes. Distributor Modern Films plans an event-driven release plan similar to what it did with “Manifesto,” starring Cate Blanchett, and with HBO and Rai’s Italian-language miniseries “My Brilliant Friend.”, Thorsten Ritter of Beta Cinema says it is “thrilled to be working with Eve Gabereau and Modern Films, who are savvy and smart and will find extraordinary ways to connect with audiences for this masterly film.”. Modern Films has snagged U.K. and Ireland rights to “Never Look Away,” the German-language Oscar entry from “The Lives of Others” helmer Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. “My wife and I were in Rome and we got a call from a friend of hers, an agent who had found out about it,” Deschanel recalls. Leonard Maltin who taught the film at his master class at USC Film School writes: "I urge you to see Never Look Away. Never Look Away is the title." Eventually, Kurt meets Elisabeth's father, who has left his Nazi past behind and now follows the socialist ideology of East Germany. Having been brought up a Quaker, Deschanel says he wasn’t fully attuned to the Stations of the Cross story told in “The Passion of the Christ.” But again, owing to his attraction to the mythological, he was taken by the archetypal story of a character taking on the sins of humanity. [15] Boyd van Hoeij wrote in The Hollywood Reporter that "the work's considerations of the intimate connection among being, art and life finally feel quite superficial. As a small child during the Nazi era, protagonist Kurt Barnert (inspired by Gerhard Richter) visits the traveling exhibition "Entartete Kunst" ("Degenerate Art") in Dresden with his beautiful and eccentric young aunt Elisabeth (Saskia Rosendahl). Kurt gets his first art show where his art impresses the critics even though they completely misunderstand and misinterpret it. But in reality, he has done everything to link my name to his movie, and the press was helping him to the best of its ability. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. The lighting is gorgeous, the German locations add to the rich imagery, and with a focus on the development of painter Kurt Barnert (the character based on Richter), played by Tom Schilling, the photography is accented all the more. "Maybe the film is for everybody except him". Richter's aunt Marianne Schönfelder had been murdered by the Nazis because she developed schizophrenia. Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role (Beste darstellerische Leistung - Männliche Nebenrolle) Oliver Masucci. Here he can study and practice art more freely than in socialist Eastern Germany. Oscar 2019 Nominations: From Roma to Never Look Away; movies competing at Best Foreign Language Film, The much-awaited nominations for 91st Academy Awards are finally out. 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German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime. “We used a lot of different techniques.” That was a special nomination, too, because he was able to bring his daughters, Emily and Zooey, to the Oscars that year. [3] This was only the second time that a German-language film by a German director was nominated for an Oscar in multiple categories, the other film being Wolfgang Petersen's Das Boot 36 years prior. German artist Kurt Barnert has escaped East Germany and now lives in West Germany, but is tormented by his childhood under the Nazis and the GDR-regime. “Never Look Away” wasn’t Deschanel’s first experience with shooting a foreign-language production. With Tom Schilling, Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Saskia Rosendahl. Oddly enough, his most recent previous Oscar nomination came for Mel Gibson’s 2004 opus … We use cookies to improve your experience on our site and show you Personalized advertisement. “I loved those big canvases and the scope of that,” Deschanel says. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. “A lot of it’s luck.”. He and Gibson were largely inspired by Caravaggio paintings in developing the look for the film. After all, isn't the primary purpose of filmmaking the telling of illuminating human stories that stir our soul and provide the viewer with insights into unfamiliar worlds and conundrums to ponder! After they shot a handful of tests, that facility closed as well. 'Work Without Author') is a 2018 German coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. The whole world is watching it to know if their favourite has been nominated or not! It is a rich and rewarding experience, and the three hours fly by." Get the latest updates, photos and videos for the 91st Academy Awards. ', Shabana Azmi shares a photo of husband Javed Akhtar holding prestigious Richard Dawkins Award: What an honour. “The loss of film is like the loss of a friend to me.”. “And here I am, 50 years later.”. ALSO READ: Oscars 2019 Full Nominations List: Black Panther, Roma, A Star Is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody score big​. “When you don’t speak a language, you end up really looking carefully at people,” he says. Fearing prosecution after the Russian officer who protected him is transferred to Moscow, Seeband flees East Germany for West Germany. '”Caleb Deschanel. The circuit was much different then, of course, than it is now. “Working across arts is a key part of what we do and how we work – and we look forward to showing this film in a range of cinemas and non-traditional spaces with top-end screening facilities, embracing its scale, scope and duration that do not rush the story – to great viewing-experience reward,” said Gabereau, managing director of Modern Films. “Never Look Away” wasn’t Deschanel’s first experience with shooting a foreign-language production. She also tells Kurt to "never look away" because "everything that is true holds beauty in it". This film has it all. “Never Look Away” wasn’t Deschanel’s first experience with shooting a foreign-language production. He starts using his figurative painting skills to copy black-and-white photographs onto the canvas, adding a mysterious sfumato blur. This painting was originally released under the title Mother and Child because it was Richter's habit to obfuscate the connections his paintings had to his personal life. Incidentally, Deschanel and von Donnersmarck had hoped to shoot the project on film. It was nominated for a Golden Lion at the 75th Venice International Film Festival and for a Golden Globe by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. Her mother then comes home and walks in as she is hitting herself on the head with a glass plate and begins bleeding, smiling, and saying she is "playing a concert for Hitler." Interview: Never Look Away' puts director Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck back in the Oscar race. The nominations have been announced for the categories namely best picture, lead actor, lead actress, animated feature film, cinematography, directing, documentary feature, documentary short subject, foreign language film, makeup and hairstyling, visual effects, adapted screenplay, original screenplay, original song, and production design. Kurt does not know what kind of art he wants to make, but he knows that socialist realism is not it. Kurt shares adjoining studio space with fellow student and confidant Günther Preusser (in a depiction of artist Günther Uecker), who was starting to experiment with hammering nails into boards to produce large artworks. Seeband does not approve of his daughter's relationship with Kurt, whom he sees as genetically inferior. Yahoo is part of Verizon Media. He realizes that when you are true to your artistic instinct, you can reach a truth your intellect could never hope to attain. Pinkvilla has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We’re judging people’s faces and reading what they’re telegraphing.”. To preserve her reputation after sleeping with her, he escapes through her bedroom window and is caught by her mother, who does not disclose their activity to Ellie's father. Never Look Away (German: Werk ohne Autor, lit. © Copyright 2020 Variety Media, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Beta Cinema was the sales agent. “They said don’t bother, we just went out of business,” Deschanel says. His new one is, I think, even better. Four years later, Deschanel met Gibson on “The Patriot,” a Revolutionary War drama directed by Roland Emmerich. He said that it would probably be hurtful if it was too close to the facts and perhaps even more hurtful if it was not close enough. It was nominated for two Academy Awards at the 91st Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematographycategories. Donnersmarck stated that he understood this reaction, as few people would want to relive some version of the most traumatic chapters of their life on screen. “We were in Southern Italy, and every weekend I walked to tens of churches and would go inside, and after a while, I realized every church had the storyboard for this movie in it,” he says. Never Look Away. We and our partners will store and/or access information on your device through the use of cookies and similar technologies, to display personalised ads and content, for ad and content measurement, audience insights and product development. Forget stirring souls now it’s all about money, Copyright © 2020 PINKVILLA Terms of Use | Contact Us | Advertise | About Us. What Kurt does not know is that Ellie's father is Professor Seeband. The labs in Berlin and Munich had already shuttered, however, and the closest facility was in Vienna. The film has already won several accolades namely Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Foreign Language Film at the 76th Golden Globe Awards, and four Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Director and Best Picture at the 24th Critics' Choice Awards. It is unclear if she has suffered a breakdown of sorts or is mentally ill in general.