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You can jump directly to these sections: Heart of Light , Mimic , Running Free Le Pacte des Loups / Brotherhood of the Wolf..... There’s a real panache to “Wolf’s” camerawork, a thrilling abandon in the action scenes and sheer daffy, go-for-broke recklessness throughout the movie: the torchlit castle scenes, the damp horror of the woods and misty hillsides where the wolves roam and the utterly anachronistic but funny blend of sword fights and Hong Kong-style kick-fights. In contrast to many horror movies, “Wolf” has an expensively plush, shadowy, sensuous look. It’s been designed by Guy Claude Francis and photographed by Denmark’s Dan Laustsen (“Nighwatch”), and the scary animatronic beasts are from Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The movie’s swift, compulsive pace was set by Hong Kong co-editor David Wu (“Peking Opera Blues,” the “Better Tomorrow” films and John Woo’s “Killer”). Zap2itSusie, former webmaster of "The Official Web Site of Mark Dacascos", was a a private showing on May 29th, 2001, with Mark Dacascos, his friends and family, and these were her comments : ..... Okay, so the movie begins -- no trailers!!!! Lordy me, how I do love private screenings! The SCENERY!!!!!! Oh, oh, oh! Just beautiful! And then, we really got into it -- no titles at the beginning (VERY European, and very appreciated) -- and the cinematography was STUPENDOUS!!!! Holy smokes! I could not BELIEVE the shots he managed! We've never seen such techniques -- they were extremely unique, and Jarrett [ actor Jarrett Lennon, Susie's son] and I were smacking each other to draw attention to the fact that we were both overwhelmed with the beautiful work the DP (director of photography) did for this film .... ...........Every move Mark made served a purpose. What I loved most was that Christophe Gans (the director) captured Mark's character's essence with great shots the DP caught -- and stayed with. For instance, instead of speaking wasted words, there would be these LOOKS "Mani" would make and which said mountains of things. His eyes, his head movements, his body movements -- he was so fluid, and so "verbal." Lovely. ........... ......Afterwards [over the phone. later that same night], Mark, Jarrett and I started going through the movie, nearly scene by scene, talking about it. We talked mostly about the DP's extraordinary work -- seriously, this is worth the price of the ticket! Of course, there was Mark himself, and he was just wonderful -- and we're so very, very happy for him. Heart of LightHeart of Light is a very beautiful and uplifting film. I have never seen ice appear as beautiful as it does in the spectacular scenes of Greenland's wilderness, filmed in temperatures as low as minus 70°C.Margaret Allum, Australia. The Greenlandic ice-landscapes in "Heart of Light" can make anyone lose their breath. Photographer Dan Lausten's ice-pictures are magnificent. Liv Jørgensen, Norske Dagbladet, 14. august 1998 MimicIt's not far-fetched to compare DL's golden overwhelming picture composition with Darius Khondji's in Seven. And the overwhelming esthetics is not the only thing these two movies have in common.Vang, uncut.dk Which brings up question No. 2: Why give this picture three stars? Because it's extraordinary to look at, that's why. Thanks to Dan Laustsen, director of photography, there's not one false move with the camera, not a moment when you aren't inside a visual drama that is as arresting, sophisticated and nuanced as the rest of the film -- writing, directing and acting is commonplace and cliché-ridden. Check it out? Well, maybe. This questionable film might add up to more than the dumb of its parts. Jerry Herron, metrotimes.com Del Toro, with the aid of production designer Carol Spier (a frequent David Cronenberg collaborator) and cinematographer Dan Laustsen, creates a series of haunting tableaux: the children's hospital ward with its rows of tent beds eerily lit from within; a press conference in a churchlike corridor bathed in the yellow glow of enlightenment; the regal arches and forgotten dignity of an abandoned subway station; the oddly whimsical shoe mobile outside the dingy apartment of cobbler Manny and his autistic grandson Chuy. Serena Donadoni (four stars of five) With moody, evocative cinematography by Dan Laustsen and appropriately eerie set designs by Carol Spier, seethes with furtive activity that slips past the edges of the frame, forever shifting and moving away from the clear focus of the camera. Imagesjournal.com The real "star" of MIMIC is, however, the unusually high calibre of the direction and the other disciplines that have resulted in this exciting and visually stunning motion picture. pwunder.com Nattevagten / NightwatchThe movie is a remake of "Nattevagten," a Dutch film by Ole Bornedal, who also directed this English-language version. Dimension Films bought the original film, a hit in Europe, and kept it off the market here while producing the retread, no doubt to forestall the kinds of unfavorable comparisons that came up when the Dutch director George Sluizer remade his brilliant "The Vanishing" (1988) into a sloppy, spineless 1993 American film.Roger Ebert Probably just a simple mistake, Roger, but Dutch is from Holland and Nightwatch is a Danish film from Denmark .... Running FreeA beautiful score by Academy Award winner Nicola Piovani (Life Is Beautiful) and great principal cinematography by Dan Laustsen, as well as excellent second-unit work by Allen Smith and "wildlife unit" cinematographer Roger Vernon, make this film a delight for the eyes and ears. Running Free's sense of wonder, its sentiments about wild creatures and its celebration of place combine to lift your heart in that old-fashioned way good children's movies always do.Maria Garcia, filmjournal.com ..... The Leopard Son manages to be imaginative, engaging, and visually stunning. Of those three qualities, only the latter applies to Running Free, which boasts some beautiful cinematography by Dan Laustsen. James Berardinelli, movie-reviews.colossus.net |