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New Trailer for 4K Re-Release of Doc ‘Burden of Dreams’ on Herzog

"I'm running out of fantasy. I don't know what else can happen now. Argot Pictures has revealed a brand new re-release trailer for the documentary classic Burden of Dreams, one of the great behind-the-scenes looks at making an epic. Les Blank's doc is about filming Werner Herzog's masterpiece Fitzcarraldo, an extraordinary undertaking filming on location in Peru, essentially mirroring a lot of what's happening in the film's plot. This fascinating doc film follows a young, mustachioed Werner as he deals with difficult actors, bad weather, and getting a boat moved over a mountain, all in an effort to make his film. The 4K restoration will open in select US theaters this summer for a rerun right alongside Fitzcarraldo. "Since Les Blank died in 2013 we have remastered & released 7 of his films. The restoration of Burden of Dreams is of the highest quality to date and what may set it apart is the audio restoration, as Nick Bergh worked from the original ¼" audio tapes and created a 5.1 mix," said restoration exec producer Harrod Blank, doc filmmaker and ...
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Annecy Review: ‘Diplodocus’ is a Peculiar Meta Story About Creativity

Yet another animation creation unlike anything ever seen before. The Polish animated film Diplodocus is finally finished & ready to wow everyone. It just premiered at the 2024 Annecy Film Festival in the out-of-competition Annecy Presents section. Director Wojtek Wawszczyk has been working on this project for years, and was able to finish it with financing help from the Polish Film Institute. At first glance, Diplodocus seems like another generic animated film about a super cute little green dinosaur known as Diplo, or Dip, short for "Diplodocus" (of course). I've already seen some critics comparing it to Pixar's The Good Dinosaur (2015), though only because the characters look the same. It also reminds me of the 1988 classic The Land Before Time, also about talking dinosaurs. But in reality, it's nothing like either of these films. Diplodocus is exceptionally ambitious. It's a half live-action, half-animated tale of a precocious, adventurous dinosaur and his strange friends hopping through different universes trying to get their creator to not erase them and turn them into cute, easy-to-sell characters. It is a massively charming, ...
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‘Bikeriders’ Nails Gang Subculture, Fuzzy Moral Compass

There’s something about a motorcycle that transcends time. The not-so-subtle hum of the engine. The wind in your hair. The way women turn as a bike roars past. “The Bikeriders,” inspired by a photo book of a late ’60s motorcycle club, cops to all of the above. Toxic masculinity, you say? Of course, it is. …

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