Thursday, March 17, 2016
JULIE DELPY interview in VR VIDEO... and LOLO review
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
Julie Delpy's LOLO, screened at the RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS, at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, is a delightful, humorous, romantic(*), romantic comedy.
(* Note: not every "romantic comedy" is particularly romantic these days. This one is.)
(* Note: not every "romantic comedy" is particularly romantic these days. This one is.)
Julie Delpy as Violette and Dany Boon as Jean-Rene
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
Violette is looking for love and romance and more. Her son is Lolo. (Without giving anything away, note that Lolo is the title character.)
Vincent Lacoste as Lolo
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
Julie wrote and directed the film, and plays Violette. Lolo is played by a terrific young actor, Vincent Lacoste. Violette's somewhat naive, geeky lover is played by Dany Blom, a noted French actor, director and producer. Violette's best friend is played by Karin Viard (who also appears in 21 Nights With Pattie at this year's RENDEZ-VOUS).
The story is mischievious(**) , and we discover at the end that it is making a more profound statement than we had realized.
(** A somewhat off-topic note on American usage: I use "mischievious" intentionally - rather than "mischievous" - to mean a deliberately humorous use of mischievous behavior. Lolo is mischievous. Julie's story uses mischievous behavour mischieviously.)
Julie Delpy as Violette
LOLO
Photo by David Koskas
I talked with Julie about LOLO, about her film studies, about music in film, her work with Godard as a young actress, and many other topics.
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
ON VIDEO
ON VIDEO
PLUS 3D AND 360 VIRTUAL REALITY
FOR CARDBOARD AND GEAR VR
Here, first, is a 360 video showing the start of the conversation.
(On a COMPUTER, grab the video and move it to look around at the scene; on a SMARTPHONE or CARDBOARD or GEAR VR, turn your head to look around; if you don't see everything at first, watch it again!)
360 VIDEO - STARTING THE CONVERSATION
LOOK AROUND!
360 VIDEO - STARTING THE CONVERSATION
LOOK AROUND!
TO WATCH IN 360 - panoramic video
On a computer screen grab the screen with your mouse and drag to rotate the view.
CARDBOARD
Click on the three dots in the upper right with your smartphone.
Select the cardboard icon.
Turn your head to view the whole scene.
Replay the video to continue to look around.
USING GEAR VR
Click on the square in the lower right, then on 360 in the lower left.
Note: This is low-res, so it will be grainy in Gear VR.
Turn your head to view the whole scene.
Replay the video to continue to look around.
Below is an edited video of our conversation,
to watch in (either) standard 2D or in 3D.
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
2D VERSION
CONVERSATION WITH JULIE DELPY
3D VERSION
TO WATCH IN 3D
On a computer screen this will default to "analglyph" - use red/cyan glasses -
but it is intended to be watched in Google CARDBOARD or GEAR VR:
CARDBOARD
Click on the three dots in the upper right.
USING GEAR VR
Click on the square in the lower right, then on 3D in the lower left.
LOLO - CAST AND CREW
CREW
Director - Julie Delpy
Writer - Julie Delpy, Eugenie Grandval
Producer - Michael Gentile
Cinematographer - Thierry Arbogast AFC
Music - Matthieu Sibony
CAST
Julie Delpy - Violette
Dany Boon - Jean-René Graves
Vincent Lacoste - Eloi ... aka Lolo
Karin Viard - Ariane
LOLO ON IMDB
JULIE DELPY ON IMDB
JULIE DELPY ON WIKIPEDIA
FOR A FULL RECAP OF THE 2016 RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS:
http://qporit.blogspot.com/2016/03/preview-21st-rendez-vous-with-french.html
JULIE DELPY VIDEOS ON AMAZON
JULIE DELPY - MUSIC MUSIC FROM LOLO
JULIE DELPY ON AMAZON - ALL!
SOME JULIE DELPY FILMS
Labels: Dany Boon, director, interview, Julie Delpy, LOLO, Rendez-Vous With French Films, romantic comedy, The Film Society of Lincoln Center, Vincent Lacoste, Virtual Reality, VR Video
Friday, March 11, 2016
Review and interview: BANG GANG - A Modern Love Story
BANG GANG
A MODERN LOVE STORY
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS 2016
FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
BANG GANG is is the name that a group of high school kids in a coastal resort town in France give themselves to mark their drug and sex parties.
Eva Husson, a French director making her first feature, tells this story dispassionately, neither casting aspersions on the students, nor celebrating them, but rather treating it as "a modern love story."
The film is well shot, nice looking, clearly told, and the acting by all the principals (see cast below) is terrific. You are sure to see much more of these actors in future films.
I talked with director Eva Husson about the film. Here is a part of our conversation.
The video can be watched as a "standard, normal" 2D video (left) or watched in 3D (right) using either Google Cardboard or Gear VR. (Other TV or VR systems capable of watching 3D YouTube videos may also be used.)
Lorenzo Lefebvre and Marilyn Lima
CAST
Alex - Finnegan Oldfield
George - Marilyn Lima
Laetitia - Daisy Broom
Gabriel - Lorenzo Lefebvre
Nikita - Fred Hotier
CREW
Director - Eva Husson
Screenwriter- Eva Husson
Cinematographer - Mattias Troelstrup
RENDEZ-VOUS WITH FRENCH FILMS 2016
Complete Program
Labels: A Modern Love Story, Bang Gang, Eva Husson, film society of lincoln center, Lorenzo Lefebvre, Marilym Lima, QPORIT, Quick Previews Of Random Interesting Things, Rendez-Vous With French Films
