Filmotechnic USA, a provider of high performance camera car systems to the entertainment industry, follows up a record 2019 with three new car platforms and additional regional facilities coming online for 2020.
Thom Tanton, head of Filmotechnic USA sales, said, “We’ve doubled down, adding three new vehicles to the fleet, coupled to the latest and only authentic Russian Arm tech. We’re also opening up additional rental facilities around the U.S. Today’s filmmakers need to go everywhere for their projects. Filmotechnic will be there for them.”
The three new camera car platforms added to the largest fleet in the market are a completely new fabricated Porsche Cayenne Turbo, Toyota Tundra TRD PRO and supercharged Toyota 4 Runner TRD.
All the new camera cars were put through their paces last week at Willow Springs International Raceway in Rosamond, Calif. In addition to Filmotechnic USA camera cars and flight heads, drones from aerial cinematography company XM2, a helicopter from Pursuit Aviation and Teradek wireless video systems were all integrated for two days of non-stop testing in real world, high speed scenarios.
The Tundra TRD comes with a 381 HP V8 AWD before Filmotechnic modifies it with oversized tires. For additional horsepower, a TRD Supercharger was already added to the 4-Runner. New Rental Facilities
The last two years has seen Filmotechnic expand to all areas of the U.S. Originally located in L.A. and Detroit, Filmo has opened facilities in filmmaking hotbeds across the country. This year is no different, with camera car system rentals now coming online in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Currently, Filmotechnic also has offices in Dallas, Atlanta, Orlando and Honolulu.
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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