Robin williams kicks off the afi life achievement award for al pacino duration. Al pacino pacino at the 2004 venice film festival born alfredo james pacino 19400425 april 25, 1940 age 79 new york city, new york, u. You can watch wilde salome online on videoondemand services netflix, hbo now, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. The biblical story of salome, a girl who agrees to perform the dance of the seven. Sebastian cordero, arturo yepez set floresta as touche films targets. Al pacino is an icon of stage and screen, and it is an honor to welcome him to the bfi to present salome and wilde salome. Sep 18, 2014 with salome, al pacino returns to london stage after 30year wait. At the festival, pacino was presented with the glory to the filmmaker. Wilde salome is an enlightening journey into the world of wilde, acting, preparation, directing and the art of being al pacino. Jul 29, 2014 if your tuesday needs a few more severed heads than usual, youre in luck.
Wilde salome 2011 al pacino documentary movie trailer youtube. But at that years venice festival, the film elite got a glimpse of work she had done long before. At times, he seems to be a caricature of himself the bellowing al pacino of the devils advocate. Pacino at his best but the star of the movie is jessica chastain, she is truly a. If youre fond of al pacino then youll get a lot out of this glimpse into a particularly busy time in his professional life. Al pacinos journey with wildes salome the new york. Trailer, poster, and images for al pacinos wilde salome. As the titular frank serpico, a whistleblowing new york city police officer who exposed corruption in the police force and grew.
Jessica chastains film debut in salome is so impressive to watch. I just saw the opening of wilde salome in san francisco, with al pacino there to give an introduction to the film. The story plunges the viewer into the dark underbelly of the third reichs hatefilled propaganda machine, sallys eventual capture. I felt sorry for the three main actors because i dont think that with a script like this they were given a fighting chance to shape a specific character. Wilde salome has much in common with pacino s looking for richard. Salome is a 20 american drama film edited from the 2011 film wilde salome, written and directed by al pacino, and starring pacino and. An exploration of oscar wildes play salome, the film premiered at the 68th venice international film festival.
Al pacinos voiceover in the trailer puts it nicely. Follow pacino as he explores the complexities of oscar wildes acclaimed play salome, wilde himself and the birth of a rising star, jessica chastain. One of the brightest showcases of pacinos intimidating talents came from sidney lumets powerful, disquieting serpico. Al pacinos salome, wilde salome to screen backtoback. Jessica chastain and al pacino break the fourth wall in complex trailer for salome wild salome. Banned from public performance in the uk for 40 years, oscar wildes wildly controversial 1891 oneact play salome has been a longstanding obsession for al pacino.
What a goofy idea to expect al pacino to act and sound as a scott. Early on in the documentary chronicling both a film and a theater production of the oscar. Wilde, himself making the play and making a movie about all of the above. An american woman named mildred gillars broadcast nazi propaganda during world war ii.
Wilde salome is a filmed of mixed pleasures, but there is no denying that al pacino is a watchable character. With rita hayworth, stewart granger, charles laughton, judith anderson. Christopher nolan and jessica chastain interview al pacino. Al pacino lusts after jessica chastain in oscar wildes. I really also wanted a full out experience of salom. Al pacino, jessica chastain, kevin anderson, estelle parsons, roxanne. One of wildes lesserproduced plays, salome dramatizes the biblical story of king herod and his stepdaughter.
At a birthday feast for king herod, his stepdaughter, princess salome, discovers the imprisoned john the baptist and is immediately infatuated with him. Al pacino on his career, working with scorsese, and that. Al pacino and jessica chastain star in the biblical story of salome, a girl who. Sep 26, 2014 with salome, al pacino returns to london stage after 30year wait. Al pacino s wilde salome an oddity dominated by titanic jessica chastain turn. Salome 1953 rita hayworth, stewart granger, charles laughton. One can either marvel at his intensity or be irritated by it. Premiere double feature followed by an hourlong conversation with al pacino. See the full list of wilde salome cast and crew including actors, directors, producers and more. Actor plans to stage the oscar wilde play that has already had runs in new york and. Despite frequent declarations of his fixation with salome, pacino as both helmer and star fails to make clear the source of this obsession. Imogen millaisscotts work in salome s last dance wilde love poetry duration.
Salome, validates pacino s obsessive interest in wildes stillresonant play while also giving movie and theatre. With al pacino, jessica chastain, kevin anderson, estelle parsons. Mar 29, 2018 al pacino is not who oscar wilde had in mind when he wrote salome. Al pacino on his career, working with scorsese, and that time he discovered jessica chastain. Pacino takes us on a journey as he unravels and reinterprets oscar wildes once banned and most controversial work salome, a scintillating tale of lust, greed and one womans scorn. Al pacino unravels oscar wildes once banned and most controversial work salome. Salome is a 20 american drama film edited from the 2011 film wilde salome, written and directed by al pacino, and starring pacino. His oscar nomination for the godfather 1972 marked his first of four consecutive nominations, a feat he shares with jennifer jones 19431946, thelma ritter 19501953, marlon brando 19511954 and elizabeth taylor 19571960. Wilde salome the documentary is, as al pacino describes it, a kind of collage of a film, representing the struggles and highs and lows of presenting a challenging and unique piece of writing by one of the literary geniuses of the 19th century, oscar wilde. For those who have not heard of this film, it retells the story of the biblical city of salome.
The biblical story of salome, a girl who agrees to perform the dance of the seven veils in return for john the baptists head on a silver platter. Its his movie about doing a movie of wildes play, which hes also in. Christopher nolan and jessica chastain interview al pacino about happiness and preferring theater over film. Al pacino s wild salome, a doc in the mode of his looking for richard, chronicled the. Salome presents instead the narrative and drama elements of the first film in its full form. This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 2011 movies 2011. With salome, al pacino returns to london stage after 30year wait. Wilde salome is a 2011 american documentarydrama film written, directed by, and starring al pacino. The salome film proves a chilling and watchable look at lust, power, reprisal and decadence that, along with wilde salome, validates al pacino s obsessive interest in wildes stillresonant play. With salome, al pacino returns to london stage after 30year. It was released theatrically on august 10, 20 in the united states and on september 21, 2014 in the united kingdom and ireland. Sep 15, 2017 after her banishment from rome, jewish princess salome returns to her romanruled native land of galilee where prophet john the baptist preaches against salome s parents, king herod and queen.
Enjoy a rich lineup of tv shows and movies included with your prime. After her banishment from rome, jewish princess salome returns to her romanruled native land of galilee where prophet john the baptist preaches against salome s parents, king herod and queen herodias. Then it begins to build in intensity until youre caught in the drama. Al pacino and jessica chastain star in the biblical story of salome, a girl who agrees to.
Ok, i wish pacino had sounded less like shylock but jessica chastain is very good as salome, looking like the young teenager imagined by wilde. Not only did pacino star in the movie, but he directed and wrote it. Films directed by al pacino films based on the gospels cultural depictions of john the. So from the writing, to the shooting there is little in this movie that i would recommend to the public. Ispirato al lavoro piu controverso di oscar wilde, una storia di lussuria e cupidigia wilde salome di al pacino acquista il dvd qui. Salome is a 20 american drama film edited from the 2011 film wilde salome, written and directed by al pacino, and starring pacino and jessica chastain. Al pacino is an actor gifted with a phenomenal range of versatility and vulnerability. Mar 29, 2018 al pacino in wilde salome, which he directed. Al pacino takes us on a journey as he unravels and reinterprets oscar wildes once banned and. On the heels of their recent showings as part of an extensive al pacino. After holding a reading in 2003, pacino brought the play to the stage in 2006 with a cast including thennewcomer jessica chastain in the. Pacino promised there would be a full production of the play that hes already performed. With kevin anderson, jessica chastain, ralph guzzo, roxanne hart. With al pacino, thomas kretschmann, lala kent, mitch pileggi.
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