Content creation studio BODEGA, with bases of operation in N.Y., L.A. and San Francisco, has added Juergen Bollmeyer to its directorial roster for exclusive representation in the U.S.
Bollmeyer’s credits span such brands as Audi, Blue Cross, BMW, Byton, Chevy, Coca-Cola, Infiniti, Lexus, Mercedes-Benz, Rolls Royce, T-Mobile and Toyota. His work has earned him accolades from the London International Advertising Awards, Gold Awards at the U.S. International Film Festival, the Grand Award at the New York Festivals for Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, a Clio, and a Cannes Silver Lion for Stryker.
An L.A.-based writer/director/DP, Bollmeyer was previously repped by The Devil You Know. His experience includes commercials, alternative, viral and social projects. Bollmeyer’s endeavors encompass multiple genres for a broad range of clients in the automotive, lifestyle and healthcare industries.
“Juergen’s distinct visual language and his focus on story and emotion made him the perfect addition to BODEGA’s portfolio and approach”, notes Taylor Ferguson, executive producer in BODEGA’s L.A. office. “His appetite and expertise to explore new technologies is an incredible asset in our rapidly changing entertainment landscape.”
Bollmeyer added, “BODEGA and its sister companies are perfectly set up for the challenges and needs of today’s market. They offer expertise and services across all disciplines bringing creative solutions to life.”
Those alluded to sister shops in the BODEGA family are Northern Lights (editorial), SuperExploder (sound) and Mr Wonderful (design/branding).
Review: Writer-Director Coralie Fargeat’s “The Substance”
In its first two hours, "The Substance" is a well-made, entertaining movie. Writer-director Coralie Fargeat treats audiences to a heavy dose of biting social commentary on ageism and sexism in Hollywood, with a spoonful of sugar- and sparkle-doused body horror.
But the film's deliciously unhinged, blood-soaked and inevitably polarizing third act is what makes it unforgettable.
What begins as a dread-inducing but still relatively palatable sci-fi flick spirals deeper into absurdism and violence, eventually erupting — quite literally — into a full-blown monster movie. Let the viewer decide who the monster is.
Fargeat — who won best screenplay at this year's Cannes Film Festival — has been vocal about her reverence for "The Fly" director David Cronenberg, and fans of the godfather of body horror will see his unmistakable influence. But "The Substance" is also wholly unique and benefits from Fargeat's perspective, which, according to the French filmmaker, has involved extensive grappling with her own relationship to her body and society's scrutiny.
"The Substance" tells the story of Elisabeth Sparkle, a famed aerobics instructor with a televised show, played by a powerfully vulnerable Demi Moore. Sparkle is fired on her 50th birthday by a ruthless executive — a perfectly cast Dennis Quaid, who nails sleazy and gross.
Feeling rejected by a town that once loved her and despairing over her bygone star power, Sparkle learns from a handsome young nurse about a black-market drug that promises to create a "younger, more beautiful, more perfect" version of its user. Though she initially tosses the phone number in the trash, she soon fishes it out in a desperate panic and places an order.
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