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    “Karl”

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    By Robert Goldrich

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    There’s method to the madness of this seemingly oddball spot to promote the recently concluded Malibu Film Festival–to the point where event organizers plan on using the piece on their Web site to promote next year’s fest.

    We see a man walk into the ocean. As he goes from turf to surf, we hear two distinct, cinematically familiar sounds–his groaning like the character Karl in Slingblade, and a shark theme reminiscent of Jaws. As he wades deeper into the sea, we wonder why and exactly what we’re witnessing.

    Snapping this all into context is the theme, “Bringing Great Films Together,” accompanied by disclosing the identity of  the sponsor: the Malibu Film Festival.

    “Karl” was directed and conceived by Stev Elam of Angel Films, Venice, Calif. He explained, “One movie [Jaws] represents working within the studio system and Slingblade [a major independent film] represents working outside the studio system. Both I think are essential to maintaining a healthy and diverse balance in the film community.” This mix of mainstream studio and independent fare can be found at the Malibu Film Festival.

    In addition to the alluded to Web site exposure, plans call for the :30 to run regionally on TV stations in 2006. A :45 trailer version also played in theaters during this year’s festival.

    Veronica Beach executive produced for Angel, with Grayce Elam serving as producer. The DP was Justin Chefe.

    Editors were Chris Whiffen of HQ Editorial, Venice, and Kelly McClean from King Cuts, Venice. Online editor was Aaron Neitz of King Cuts. Colorist was Dave Hussey of Company 3, Santa Monica. Audio post mixer was Dona Richardson of Audiobanks, Santa Monica.

    Music composer/arranger was James Weber of Hest & Kramer, Minneapolis. Bob Hest was exec producer for Hest & Kramer.

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    Daniel Craig Embraced Openness For Role In Director Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer”

    Tuesday, November 26, 2024

    Daniel Craig is sitting in the restaurant of the Carlyle Hotel talking about how easy it can be to close yourself off to new experiences.

    "We get older and maybe out of fear, we want to control the way we are in our lives. And I think it's sort of the enemy of art," Craig says. "You have to push against it. Whether you have success or not is irrelevant, but you have to try to push against it."

    Craig, relaxed and unshaven, has the look of someone who has freed himself of a too snug tuxedo. Part of the abiding tension of his tenure as James Bond was this evident wrestling with the constraints that came along with it. Any such strains, though, would seem now to be completely out the window.

    Since exiting that role, Craig, 56, has seemed eager to push himself in new directions. He performed "Macbeth" on Broadway. His drawling detective Benoit Blanc ("Halle Berry!") stole the show in "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery." And now, Craig gives arguably his most transformative performance as the William S. Burroughs avatar Lee in Luca Guadagnino's tender tale of love and longing in postwar Mexico City, "Queer."

    Since the movie's Venice Film Festival premiere, it's been one of the fall's most talked about performances — for its explicit sex scenes, for its vulnerability and for its extremely un-007-ness.

    "The role, they say, must have been a challenge or 'You're so brave to do this,'" Craig said in a recent interview alongside Guadagnino. "I kind of go, 'Eh, not really.' It's why I get up in the morning."

    In "Queer," which A24 releases Wednesday in theaters, Craig again plays a well-traveled, sharply dressed, cocktail-drinking man. But the similarities with his most famous role stop there. Lee is an American expat living in 1950s... Read More

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