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Tuesday, August 1, 2017
'COMRADE DETECTIVE' PRODUCER CITES DE PALMA
SAYS AMAZON SERIES IS CELEBRATION OF '80s THRILLER DIRECTORS SUCH AS BRIAN DE PALMA
Comrade Detective is a six-episode series that premieres on Amazon this Friday (August 4th). The series is a satire that "purports to be a long-lost 1980s Romanian crime drama rescued from obscurity, digitally remastered and dubbed for an American audience," according to Cleveland.com's Mark Dawidziak. "The idea," Dawidziak continues, "is that, in the midst of that decade's Cold War rhetoric, the Romanian government created its own version of an American cop show: a style-heavy, action-packed series that 'not only entertained its citizens but also promoted communist ideals and inspired a deep nationalism.'"

Executive producer Rhys Thomas tells Multichannel News' Michael Malone that Comrade Detective celebrates of '80s thriller directors such as Brian De Palma. Meanwhile, the trailer for season two of HBO's Vice Principals hit the web today. Co-creator Danny McBride said last year that "we were channeling a lot of John Hughes and ’80s teen comedy in the first season, and I feel like in the second season we start channeling a lot of Brian De Palma.” Vice Principals season two premieres September 17th.

Posted by Geoff at 11:59 PM CDT
Updated: Wednesday, August 2, 2017 12:13 AM CDT
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Monday, July 31, 2017
VAN HOUTEN ON WORKING WITH DE PALMA
"HE'S A YOUNG GUY IN THE BODY OF A MAN WITH SO MUCH EXPERIENCE"


Yesterday, ELLE's Nojan Aminosharei posted an interview article with Carice van Houten, having recently met up with the actress at a hotel in Amsterdam, where she lives. Most of the article is about Game Of Thrones, but the article ends with two paragraphs focused on Domino:
These days, van Houten has been zig-zagging through Europe—baby in tow this time—to film Brian De Palma's Domino alongside Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. "It felt like a huge step to work again after having my baby," she says. "But I thought, there's no way I could say no to Brian De Palma"—the visionary director whose diverse filmography includes Carrie, Scarface, The Untouchables, and the first Mission: Impossible. "He's a young guy in the body of a man with so much experience," says van Houten. "He can be quite blunt, and he's not afraid to swear, which I find nice because then at least I don't have to hold back either."

Van Houten and Coster-Waldau play two cops whose investigation into their fellow officer's murder leads them down a rabbit hole populated by CIA agents, ISIS cells, and an international terror plot. Despite the thriller's thoroughly modern and reality-rooted themes, all roads still lead back to Westeros. "It's funny, even I sometimes think, 'Look at me, I'm sitting in a car, having a scene with Jaime Lannister!'" says van Houten. And yes, even they pore over Game of Thrones theories in their off time. "I was talking to Nikolaj the other day about it," she says. "We were sitting in the Green Room, and I said, 'What do you think will happen?' He said, 'I have no fucking clue!'"


Meanwhile, EMPIRE's James White spoke by telephone today with van Houten, who is now in Copenhagen. White also asked her about Domino:
You're working on Brian De Palma's Domino with Nikolaj (Coster-Waldau), and had you worked with him before?

No! That was the same thing, it was so strange to have a scene in the car, for people to see us together in regular clothes, with contemporary dialogue. Look at me, with Jaime Lannister! He's so cool!

And he has two hands, which is probably a surprise...

And I don't have red hair!

Has it been good interacting with him?

We'd met in the hallways of hotels and premieres, but not really. It's nice anyway to be around other Europeans! And him being Danish, I've always been fascinated by the Scandinavian language and now I'm in Copenhagen and f*g loving it. It's great to work with the Danes around here... Apart from Mr. De Palma!

How is it working with Brian De Palma?

It's great to work with someone at his age with his kind of spirit. I feel very lucky to be in that role.


Posted by Geoff at 11:54 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 12:17 AM CDT
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BOUZAN HADAWI RADIO INTERVIEW - 'DOMINO'
SPANISH-LANGUAGE STATION IN MADRID


Bouzan Hadawi, who has a role in Brian De Palma's Domino, was interviewed by Isabel Lobo for the COPE radio chain in Madrid. Lobo's tweet above reads, "7 months ago, Bou told me his story. He fled Syria. And from the war to Hollywood. Today he works for Brian De Palma." The 10-minute interview can be listened to here. If anyone speaks Spanish and would like to tell us what Hadawi says in the interview, please let us know in the comments!

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Saturday, July 29, 2017
SELENA GOMEZ HAS 'FETISH' FOR DE PALMA FILMS
"THE WAY HE SHOOTS WOMEN IS SO SEXY" - MELANIE GRIFFITH/'BODY DOUBLE'PICS HANG IN HER NEW HOUSE
The other day, Dazed posted a discussion between Selena Gomez and photographer Petra Collins, the latter described by Alex Kazemi as "Gomez's collaborator and BFF." It turns out they both love Brian De Palma films:
Petra Collins: Do you like Fiona Apple? I remember seeing the ‘Criminal’ video – seeing someone displaying themselves so honestly and showing to us that she was sick, it scared me. She turned the ‘heroin chic’ thing on everyone by saying, ‘This is how I am, this is real.’

Selena Gomez: I love Fiona, and that video. My mom introduced me to her. I’ve been listening to her since my childhood. She was doing something very raw for her time. She is an icon, what she does creatively is on another level.

Petra Collins: What is your current obsession or ‘fetish’?

Selena Gomez: Right now, I have a fetish for Brian De Palma films. The way he shoots women is so sexy. I’m printing out pictures to hang up in my new house right now. Melanie Griffith in Body Double. So sexy.

Petra Collins: Oh my God. Brian De Palma. I love him. I’m with you on that one, that’s my fetish right now too.


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Friday, July 28, 2017
'DIONYSUS IN 17' AT BREAD & WATER IN NEW YORK
IMMERSIVE, INTIMATE STAGING INFORMED BY EXPERIMENTAL 'DIONYSUS IN '69', CHANNELS TRUMP


Bread & Water Theatre in Rochester, New York, is producing a modern take on The Performance Group's Dionysus In '69, called Dionysus In '17, continuing through August 6th. The theatre's website description reads: "In 1969 [actually, it was 1968], the Performance Group took to the stage and performed their seminal production based on Euripides' classic play The Bacchae. Called Dionysus in 69 this production captured a moment in time and made a classic play relevant to a world in turmoil. In 2017, Bread & Water Theatre will be producing a unique adaptation of The Bacchae as a mirror to our turbulent times."

Rochester City Newspaper's Daniel J. Kushner reviewed last Friday's performance:

Perhaps the less you know going into a performance of Bread and Water Theatre's "Dionysus in '17," the better. Written and staged by the company's artistic director, J.R. Teeter, it should at least be said that the performance art-driven play is a modern update of "The Bacchae," by the Greek tragedian Euripides, filtered through The Performance Group's important, experimental production "Dionysus in '69." Director Brian De Palma also filmed that production for a 1970 movie.

Beyond that, however, prior knowledge of Euripides's plot details or the erotically charged 1969 version may prove to be a distraction from the immersive world to which Teeter and company beckon you.

In Bread and Water Theatre's intimate black box space, the likelihood of interacting with the cast is high. A bacchant, or worshipper of Dionysus, may warn you of the god's impending arrival before inviting you to honor him by joining the ritualistic dance. Or you may be seduced into worship by Dionysus himself.

But just who is this particular Dionysus? From the outset, the line between abstracted, classical Greek myth and real-life, flesh-and-blood Andreas Gabriel Woerner -- the actor playing the chaos-causing Dionysus -- was intentionally unclear. According to Woerner, he discovered he was the god incarnate when an obese man told him so while traveling on the airplane that brought him to America.

While telling this fascinatingly dubious origin story, the Woerner settled into the role of Dionysus with smoldering intensity and vain swagger. Woerner stalked around the theater with the dangerous charisma of a cult leader. Promising freedom, his Dionysus was fittingly fickle, demanding, and hot-headed.

Fully committed, the spirited ensemble cast responded with free-flowing sensuality and latent violence, as evidenced by the tragic end of Pentheus (played by Xavier Hucks), who acted in defiance of Dionysus. As Agave, Pentheus's mother, Nicole Iaquinto gave one of the more impressive performances in the play, communicating with earnest passion the unbridled agony and desperation that are at the heart of Euripides's original tragedy.

In a somewhat disjointed turn toward the end of the play, Teeter ripped the action from safe, distant confines and transplanted them into our frightening contemporary American political landscape. Woerner suddenly began to appropriate the language of our current president, becoming increasingly unhinged as he accused audience members of worshipping him insufficiently -- a lack of loyalty, if you will -- encouraged his followers to punch people in the face, spat out venomous charges of "loser" and "crooked Agave," and talked of pussy-grabbing.

This channeling of Donald Trump was much more overt than William Finley's original evocation of Richard Nixon in 1969. But in 2017, the parallels between Trump and Dionysus are decidedly more striking -- both figures inspire a kind of blind, crazed fealty in his supporters, while promising a paradigm shift that, in some cases, enable bizarre and unstable behavior. An odd comparison, for sure, but it worked.

"Dionysus in '17" follows the swiftly paced structural framework, fundamental plot devices, and avant-garde affectations of "Dionysus in '69," but with updated language (read: plenty of f-bombs) and comparatively tamer sexual elements. This is absolutely not a play meant for children, but it may be an excellent way to start a conversation with your mature-minded teenagers about the intersections of art, politics, and sex. Teeter and his band of actors have created a highly engaging, no-frills production that succeeds in saying something the 1969 version could not.


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Thursday, July 27, 2017
'DOMINO' LOCATION SCOUTING IN COPENHAGEN
INSTAGRAM PICS FROM 2ND UNIT



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Wednesday, July 26, 2017
PODCAST - 'AMERICAN FRIGHT' DE PALMA EPISODE
DISCUSSES SISTERS / PHANTOM / CARRIE / OBSESSION / THE FURY

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Tuesday, July 25, 2017
ALCAINE TO RECEIVE LOCARNO VISION AWARD
AUG 10 TRIBUTE INCLUDES SCREENING OF 'PASSION', FILMS BY ALMODOVAR, MASTER CLASS AUG 11
José Luis Alcaine will be honored at the 70th Locarno Festival next month, where he will be presented the Vision Award TicinoModa in Piazza Grande. The prize is "dedicated to those who have used their talents to trace new perspectives in the world of film," according to the Locarno website. The tribute will include a screening of Alcaine's first collaboration with Brian De Palma, Passion. Here is the rest of the Locarno news item:
José Luis Alcaine, noted for his strong colors and photography that highlights shade and form while remaining always believable, even at extremely high contrast, has worked with some of the most important and influential auteurs in Spanish and international filmmaking. Among many: Pedro Almodóvar, Victor Erice, Montxo Armendáriz, Basilio Martìn Patino e Fernando Fernan Gomez. Further fundamental collaborations in his career were those with Vicente Aranda, with whom he made a dozen films, including Amantes (1991), and, again in Spain, with Fernando Trueba (El sueño del mono loco, 1989 and Belle Epoque, 1992), with Carlos Saura (¡Ay, Carmela!, 1990 and Sevillanas, 1992) and Bigas Luna (Jamón Jamón, 1992, Huevos de oro, 1993 and La teta y la luna, 1994). Outside Spain, apart from his various forays in the U.S., Alcaine worked several times with Italian filmmakers, directing photography for Alberto Lattuada (Così come sei, 1978), Fabio Carpi (Barbablù, Barbablù, 1987) and Giovanni Veronesi (Il mio West, 1998). He is currently engaged on set for Domino, the new thriller from Brian De Palma, with whom he previously made Passion (2012), and on a new project by Asghar Farhadi, with Javier Bardem and Penélope Cruz.

José Luis Alcaine will receive the Vision Award TicinoModa in Piazza Grande on Thursday 10 August. He will also be holding a Master Class on Friday 11 August at the PalaVideo at 3.30 pm. The Festival tribute will include a screenings of the films La piel que habito (Pedro Almodovar, 2011), Passion (Brian De Palma, 2012), Mujeres al borde de un ataque de nervios (Pedro Almodóvar,1988) and Belle Epoque, (1992).


Posted by Geoff at 7:48 AM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, July 25, 2017 6:32 PM CDT
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VAN HOUTEN IN AMSTERDAM WORKING ON 'DOMINO'
PRESS CALLS AFTER HER RETURN APPEARANCE ON 'GAME OF THRONES' SUNDAY NIGHT


Carice van Houten's return to HBO's Game Of Thrones Sunday night as Melisandre caused enough of a stir that she was doing interviews by phone from Amsterdam on Monday, where, according to the Los Angeles Times' Sarah Rodman, she is at work on Brian De Palma's Domino. Below is an excerpt from that article, followed by one from the Hollywood Reporter, both posted yesterday afternoon:

Sarah Rodman, Los Angeles Times

We recently chatted with Van Houten to find out what she sees in the flames for the rest of this season. Reached by phone from Amsterdam, where she’s at work on the upcoming Brian De Palma thriller “Domino,” Van Houten was stoked to be co-starring with none other than Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, with whom she has yet to share a scene on “Game of Thrones.”

“Even I am like, ‘Look at me, I am here filming a scene with Jaime Lannister,’ ” she said. “It’s so cool!”

Paths are finally crossing this season, and you were able to interact with a number of actors for the first time in Sunday’s episode. Was that exciting?

It’s very exciting. Because I’m always on my own with Stannis and Davos [Liam Cunningham]. That was my little gang, and it was fun because it was like being around Laurel and Hardy a little bit sometimes — two funny, completely different, opposite actors, and I had such a great time with them. But this was like a completely different show! And I was starstruck myself. Again I felt like, “Look at me, and I am here with the dragon girl and Peter Dinklage and Missandei!” Wow! I was quite impressed with everyone, and I just had a baby six weeks before, so I was in a state.


Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter
You're shooting a Brian De Palma movie, Domino, with a Game of Thrones co-star right now: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. What can you say about that experience?

It's really great. It's very scattered so far. We'll have a week here and two weeks there. There's a lot of time in between. It's very great. It's funny to meet two completely different characters, where we've never met on the show. It's funny for people to see us, extras and the like. We're shooting in Spain, where the fan base is so huge. It's been very sweet and funny. People will look at me sometimes like I can scare them a little bit. These big, grown-up men who look at me: "You're not really going to do anything, right? You don't really have fire powers?" They're sort of joking, but I can sense that feeling I had when I first met [Jack Gleeson, who plays] Joffrey. I was very scared of him! He was really scary! (Laughs.) It's funny, the effect this show has on people.


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Monday, July 24, 2017
SMARTLIGHTS ON GLASS ELEVATOR SHAFT
PATRICK HAEGEMAN INSTAGRAM PIC FROM ANTWERP 'DOMINO' SET

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