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Berlinale Interview: Molly Stensgaard, Editor for Lars von Trier - Dancer in a Dark Editing Suite
Published on 2012-02-13 13:41:11
Outspoken Danish director Lars von Trier could do with the editing finesse of Molly Marlene Stensgaard during his run-ins with the press, not just his films. The gracious and soft-spoken Stensgaard has edited Trier’s most highly regarded works, including Dancer in the Dark, Dogville and Melancholia. After appearing on a panel at this year’s Berlinale Talent Campus discussing the collaborative process between editors, directors and screenwriters, Stensgaard took time aside [...]
The Woman in the Septic Tank (Berlinale Review) - Poor d'Or
Published on 2012-02-13 13:27:37
In a Filipino slum, a desperate mother fights back tears as she chaperones her daughter to the doorstep of an elderly Caucasian man, ready to make a transaction that she’ll forever regret. This sequence, preceded by a child publicly defecating in the street, is the very definition of poverty porn, almost to the point where you expect to see UNICEF listed in the production credits. Redeemably, however, the above sequence invites [...]
Iron Sky (Berlinale Review) - Don't Mention the (Star) War
Published on 2012-02-13 13:14:14
Pink Floyd called it: there’s something on the dark side of the moon, and it’s not Michael Bay’s Transformers. No, we’re talking Moon Nazis; Astral Aryans who have spent the last few decades developing a final solution they hope to be, well, much more final than their last one. That’s the zany conceit fuelling Timo Vuorensola’s sci-fi sendup Iron Sky; a Finnish, German and Australian co-production that strips Star Wars of [...]
