This article contains major spoilers for "The Killer."How often do you think about your job? In terms of your daily duties, upcoming deadlines on your calendar, and other day-to-day issues, probably a fair amount. Yet how often do you consider your job — not just as a checklist but as a vocation — as something you're putting out into the world, as something that defines who you are as a person?
As the imaginary demon of toxic masculinity, Tyler Durden, famously says in David Fincher's "Fight Club," "You are not your job." Of course, Tyler is not to be trusted, and "Fight Club," like a majority of Fincher's filmography, is a pitch-black satire. What if you are your job, and what if your contribution to the world is both minimal and actively negative? What if your job, and all jobs, were this destructively banal, and everyone from sanitation staff...
As the imaginary demon of toxic masculinity, Tyler Durden, famously says in David Fincher's "Fight Club," "You are not your job." Of course, Tyler is not to be trusted, and "Fight Club," like a majority of Fincher's filmography, is a pitch-black satire. What if you are your job, and what if your contribution to the world is both minimal and actively negative? What if your job, and all jobs, were this destructively banal, and everyone from sanitation staff...
- 11/10/2023
- by Bill Bria
- Slash Film
Recently, ABC dropped the new,official synopsis/description for their upcoming "Castle" episode 11 of season 8. The episode is entitled, "Dead Red," and it turns out that we're going to see some very dangerous and interesting stuff go down as Castle and Beckett's latest outing has them getting into some major danger with the Russian community, and more! In the new, 11th episode press release: Beckett And Castle Are Forced To Play A Dangerous Game Of Russian Politics. Press release number 2: When the son of a Russian diplomat turns up murdered, Beckett and Castle will find themselves in a dangerous game of international crime and punishment, with Castle having to entertain a jovial Russian security officer that winds up more involved than anyone planned. Guest stars feature: Ann Cusack as Rita, Nikita Bogolyubov as Grigory Mishkin and Endre Hules as Pavel Oborin. The episode was written by Jim Adler, and...
- 2/14/2016
- by Eric
- OnTheFlix
Recently, CBS released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "NCIS: New Orleans" episode 19 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "The Insider," and it turns out that we're going to see some very dramatic and intense stuff go down as Wade,Sebastian and Danny become victims of a vicious hostage takeover that revolves a round a petty officer, and more! In the new, 19th episode press release: Wade, Sebastian And Danny Are Taken Hostage In The Morgue After An Armed Man Demands The Remains Of A Petty Officer. Press release number 2: While conducting an autopsy on a Petty Officer who is believed to have died from natural causes, an armed man will enter the morgue and holds Wade, Sebastian and Danny hostage. Guest stars feature: Russell Richardson (Marcus Martel) Daryl "Chill" Mitchell (Investigative Computer Specialist Patton Plame) Christopher Meyer (Danny Malloy) Philip Anthony-Rodriguez (Navy Captain Michael Dawson) Endre Hules (Dr.
- 3/24/2015
- by Andre Braddox
- OnTheFlix
Kolkata, Nov 14: Hollywood doesn't treat low budget movies as works of art because it is more interested in generating business, says Hungarian filmmaker Endre Hules adding that the small and meaningful cinemas have a longer shelf life.
'Hollywood looks at low budget movies with a completely different approach in comparison to India and Europe. In India and Europe, low budget films are films and they are films that's we enjoy, that talk about us directly, about our daily life and struggles,' Hules told Ians.
Also a known name in Hollywood, Hules has acted with superstars such as Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and Brad.
'Hollywood looks at low budget movies with a completely different approach in comparison to India and Europe. In India and Europe, low budget films are films and they are films that's we enjoy, that talk about us directly, about our daily life and struggles,' Hules told Ians.
Also a known name in Hollywood, Hules has acted with superstars such as Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and Brad.
- 11/14/2011
- by Diksha Singh
- RealBollywood.com
Hollywood doesn.t treat low budget movies as works of art because it is more interested in generating business, says Hungarian filmmaker Endre Hules adding that the small and meaningful cinemas have a longer shelf life..Hollywood looks at low budget movies with a completely different approach in comparison to India and Europe. In India and Europe, low budget films are films and they are films that.s we enjoy, that talk about us directly, about our daily life and struggles,. Hules told Ians.Also a known name in Hollywood, Hules has acted with superstars such as Tom Hanks, Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt in Hollywood movies like .Angels & Demons., .Seven., .Apollo 13′ and .The Craft...Hollywood looks at low budget films as sort of a trying ground . they feel that if it.s a good story, buy the story and change it accordingly. I feel they don.t treat meaningful...
- 11/14/2011
- Filmicafe
Toronto -- Oscar-winning cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond is lensing the Canadian-Hungarian-Slovenian musical drama "The Maiden Danced" from Los Angeles-based actor/director Endre Hules ("Apollo 13") in Ottawa.
Hungary-born Zsigmond is shooting the English and Hungarian language picture about two brothers meeting up after 20 years apart in post-Communist Hungary.
Talk about soft money. Besides Canadian tax credits and subsidies, the picture from Hungary's CinemaFilm, Canada's Quiet Revolution Pictures and Slovenia's Casablanca Productions has tapped MediaPlus, the Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary, Hungarian tax allowances, the Slovenian Film Fund as well as Eurimages.
The film stars Stephen McHattie, Deborah Unger and Gil Bellows, Zsolt Laszlo and Beata Melkvi, and just completed shooting legs in Hungary and Slovenia, including Budapest exteriors and dance scenes.
Hungary-born Zsigmond is shooting the English and Hungarian language picture about two brothers meeting up after 20 years apart in post-Communist Hungary.
Talk about soft money. Besides Canadian tax credits and subsidies, the picture from Hungary's CinemaFilm, Canada's Quiet Revolution Pictures and Slovenia's Casablanca Productions has tapped MediaPlus, the Motion Picture Foundation of Hungary, Hungarian tax allowances, the Slovenian Film Fund as well as Eurimages.
The film stars Stephen McHattie, Deborah Unger and Gil Bellows, Zsolt Laszlo and Beata Melkvi, and just completed shooting legs in Hungary and Slovenia, including Budapest exteriors and dance scenes.
- 5/27/2010
- by By Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Torn From the Flag
AFI Fest
Before he died in July, Hungarian-born cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Shampoo) helped to shoot Torn From the Flag, a stirring documentary about the turmoil in his homeland that climaxed in the revolution of 1956. Director-producer Klaudia Kovacs (no relation to the cinematographer) has compiled an astute reminiscence of that turbulent era, perhaps the most comprehensive chronicle of the Hungarian uprising yet caught on film. The film, which has a special presentation at AFI Fest, deserves an audience receptive to historical documentaries.
Laszlo Kovacs and fellow Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond actually shot some of the black-and-white footage of the revolution while they were students in Budapest; they managed to smuggle the footage out of the country at the time. Klaudia Kovacs and co-director Endre Hules sought out a wealth of other firsthand material, including newsreels and telling still photographs. The film begins at the end of World War II, when Hungary came under Russian domination, then carefully documents the events leading up to the 1956 uprising and the brutal Soviet response. An epilogue chronicles the fall of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.
The heart of the film lies in interviews with international historians and pundits (including Henry Kissinger) as well as many of the surviving witnesses. Kovacs did a remarkable job tracking down dozens of participants, including former students, freedom fighters, Russian soldiers and even members of the Hungarian secret police, the AVO. Although there are a lot of talking heads in the film, their stories are so vivid and their perspectives so varied that the film never bogs down. The editing by Stephanie Hubbard smoothly intercuts these personal testimonials with footage shot in 1956.
Although the film has an understandable anti-Communist fervor, it never seems simplistic, uncovering a good deal of surprising information. One of the reasons for the Hungarian Revolution was that Hungarians, like others within the Soviet bloc, were emboldened that year by Nikita Khrushchev's unexpected denunciation of Stalin's brutal policies. When faced with the uprising in Hungary, Khrushchev apparently hesitated and wrestled with the fateful decision to crush the rebellion. The film also indicts the U.S. and UN for consciously deciding to stay out of the fray. For one thing, the world was distracted by the Suez crisis taking place at the same time. In addition, President Eisenhower was in the last days of his re-election campaign and was honestly fearful about the prospect of nuclear war with Russia. So the rebels' fate was sealed by the West's inaction.
This is a lively piece of history, put together with a good deal of technical skill as well as unmistakable passion.
TORN FROM THE FLAG
Homage to 1956
Credits:
Directors: Endre Hules, Klaudia Kovacs
Screenwriter: Endre Hules
Story by: Klaudia Kovacs
Producer: Klaudia Kovacs
Directors of photography: Laszlo Kovacs, Zoltan Honti
Music: Chris Horvath
Editor: Stephanie Hubbard
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
Before he died in July, Hungarian-born cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Paper Moon, Shampoo) helped to shoot Torn From the Flag, a stirring documentary about the turmoil in his homeland that climaxed in the revolution of 1956. Director-producer Klaudia Kovacs (no relation to the cinematographer) has compiled an astute reminiscence of that turbulent era, perhaps the most comprehensive chronicle of the Hungarian uprising yet caught on film. The film, which has a special presentation at AFI Fest, deserves an audience receptive to historical documentaries.
Laszlo Kovacs and fellow Hungarian cinematographer Vilmos Zsigmond actually shot some of the black-and-white footage of the revolution while they were students in Budapest; they managed to smuggle the footage out of the country at the time. Klaudia Kovacs and co-director Endre Hules sought out a wealth of other firsthand material, including newsreels and telling still photographs. The film begins at the end of World War II, when Hungary came under Russian domination, then carefully documents the events leading up to the 1956 uprising and the brutal Soviet response. An epilogue chronicles the fall of Communism throughout Eastern Europe.
The heart of the film lies in interviews with international historians and pundits (including Henry Kissinger) as well as many of the surviving witnesses. Kovacs did a remarkable job tracking down dozens of participants, including former students, freedom fighters, Russian soldiers and even members of the Hungarian secret police, the AVO. Although there are a lot of talking heads in the film, their stories are so vivid and their perspectives so varied that the film never bogs down. The editing by Stephanie Hubbard smoothly intercuts these personal testimonials with footage shot in 1956.
Although the film has an understandable anti-Communist fervor, it never seems simplistic, uncovering a good deal of surprising information. One of the reasons for the Hungarian Revolution was that Hungarians, like others within the Soviet bloc, were emboldened that year by Nikita Khrushchev's unexpected denunciation of Stalin's brutal policies. When faced with the uprising in Hungary, Khrushchev apparently hesitated and wrestled with the fateful decision to crush the rebellion. The film also indicts the U.S. and UN for consciously deciding to stay out of the fray. For one thing, the world was distracted by the Suez crisis taking place at the same time. In addition, President Eisenhower was in the last days of his re-election campaign and was honestly fearful about the prospect of nuclear war with Russia. So the rebels' fate was sealed by the West's inaction.
This is a lively piece of history, put together with a good deal of technical skill as well as unmistakable passion.
TORN FROM THE FLAG
Homage to 1956
Credits:
Directors: Endre Hules, Klaudia Kovacs
Screenwriter: Endre Hules
Story by: Klaudia Kovacs
Producer: Klaudia Kovacs
Directors of photography: Laszlo Kovacs, Zoltan Honti
Music: Chris Horvath
Editor: Stephanie Hubbard
Running time -- 97 minutes
No MPAA rating...
- 11/1/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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