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| Smileygirl |
Date: Thursday, 07-Sep-17, 7:57 PM | Message # 481 |
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Great new interview about Breath and BDOML but I decided it should be here because it´s mostly about Breath 
http://www.i-m-magazine.com/breath-....7589613 |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Thursday, 07-Sep-17, 8:23 PM | Message # 482 |
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Nice interview, thanks Smileygirl! |
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| Deedee |
Date: Thursday, 07-Sep-17, 9:13 PM | Message # 483 |
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Great interview thanks Smileygirl. |
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| bee |
Date: Friday, 08-Sep-17, 8:13 AM | Message # 484 |
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Good interview, thank you Smileygirl. |
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| Peithon |
Date: Friday, 08-Sep-17, 9:16 AM | Message # 485 |
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http://deadline.com/2017....2163310
Mention of 'Strong directorial debut for the'fine Australian surfing drama 'Breath.' |
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| Wand6122360 |
Date: Friday, 08-Sep-17, 12:15 PM | Message # 486 |
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Great to hear, Peithon. The same site lists "Breath" as a hot acquisition title.
http://deadline.com/2017....WebPage |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Friday, 08-Sep-17, 2:17 PM | Message # 487 |
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Quote Wand6122360 (  ) The same site lists "Breath" as a hot acquisition title.
I like to think that finding Breath on this "hot acquisition titles" list is a good omen for the career of Simon's movie. Let cross our fingers! 
Found this too:
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And what are we to make of the fact that there are movies titled Breath and Breathe at TIFF 2017? Both are dramas, but that’s about all they have in common apart from sound-alike names.
Breath is an Australian movie by actor/director Simon Baker wherein, and I’m quoting the program book again, “the immense force of the open sea is matched by the tidal bore of adolescent emotion.”
Breathe is the directorial debut of British actor Andy Serkis, a man of many human and non-human disguises. Based on a true story, it stars Andrew Garfield as Robin Cavendish, a polio-stricken activist and innovator fighting for the rights of the disabled. Claire Foy co-stars as his wife, Diana.
One of these films has Oscar ambitions. No need to hold your breath while you decide which. And I’m expecting there will be a few gasps and maybe a scream or two from TIFF-goers who attend a screening of Breath expecting to see Breathe, or vice versa.
Whole article here: https://www.thestar.com/enterta....ll.html |
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| tigglewink01 |
Date: Friday, 08-Sep-17, 7:00 PM | Message # 488 |
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Well I have my fingers crossed but thanks to you all for finding these tit bits to read. |
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| Smileygirl |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 0:16 AM | Message # 489 |
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Filmed at the Elephant Rocks
Message edited by Smileygirl - Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 0:16 AM |
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| tigglewink01 |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 10:04 AM | Message # 490 |
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Thanks Smileygirl. I have saved it to my Simon Baker file. How ae you doing well I hope when is your next in counter with our Simon and where I hope you will keep in contact. |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 3:20 PM | Message # 491 |
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Toronto Hidden Gem: Surfing Drama 'Breath' Takes a Risk With First-Time Actors
6:00 AM PDT 9/9/2017 by Scott Roxborough
For his directorial debut, 'Mentalist' star Simon Baker tapped teen surfers (who had never been in front of a camera) for a look at beach life in 1970s Australia.
Looking back, says Simon Baker, the whole idea was absurd.
“What was I thinking?” jokes Baker, recalling the decision to make his directorial debut with Breath, which premieres in Toronto. The film, which Embankment is selling worldwide, is an adaptation of the 2008 novel by Tim Winton, a coming-of-age tale about teen surfers in 1970s Australia. The movie stars two non-actors in the lead roles, and Baker shot the whole thing in six weeks, mainly on location on Australia’s west coast.
“Here I am, never having directed a film before, dealing with kids who’ve never been on a film set before, and we’ve got the ocean — which can’t be controlled and is such a key factor in the story — and we’ve got almost no time to do it,” he recalls. “I thought, ‘I’m probably going to fail miserably, but I’m going to have a great time trying.’ ”
But Baker did have one advantage: He knew the world described in Breath inside out. Because he lived it. Like Pikelet, the film’s narrator and main character, Baker grew-up amid the “crass machoism” of 1970s Australia with the twin loves of surfing and the arts.
“I’ve been surfing since I was 10,” he recalls. “When I read Tim’s novel I found myself weeping out of empathy for friends I grew up with. I was living in America at the time, and his words evoked the things I missed most (about home), the everyday sights and smells of the growing up in Australia at that time, for those of us who discovered the ocean and surfing played a big part in the formation of our identity.”
For the leads, teen surfers Pikelet and Loonie, Baker cast Samson Coulter and Ben Spence. While neither had ever acted before, both knew their way around a board.
“I needed kids who can handle themselves in the ocean,” says Baker. “It’s a lot easier to act than it is to surf.”
That approach pays off in the stunning sequences that form the core of the film, as Baker’s character Sando, a former pro surfer who becomes the boys’ mentor, challenges the two teen daredevils to new levels of danger on the water. Baker said he “barely used” the film’s stunt doubles and virtually all of the surfing footage in the final cut is of the actors themselves. In “an incredible bit of luck,” the Australian weather also played along, delivering just the waves needed for Breath’s big scenes.
Baker says it’s now up to the audience in Toronto to decide if he nailed it with his directorial debut. But he knows at least he was true to the advice Martin Scorsese gave him on first films: “Do something you know better than anyone else — so you don’t doubt the authenticity of it.”
Breath premieres at TIFF on Sept. 10.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news....1036894 |
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| DS_Pallas |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 3:30 PM | Message # 492 |
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Quote DS_Pallas ( ) “Here I am, never having directed a film before, dealing with kids who’ve never been on a film set before, and we’ve got the ocean — which can’t be controlled and is such a key factor in the story — and we’ve got almost no time to do it,” he recalls. “I thought, ‘I’m probably going to fail miserably, but I’m going to have a great time trying.’ ”
Told like this, yes, sounds insane! |
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| bee |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 3:52 PM | Message # 493 |
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Great article, thanks DSP. Well Simon has always said he likes a challenge! After this I should think he could tackle anything! |
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| tigglewink01 |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 4:04 PM | Message # 494 |
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thanks DPS this is the first article that Simon had really given his point of view and thoughts about the film its mostly been short extracts. Thanks for the the read I enjoyed it please keep me up to date. Thanks again. |
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| Deedee |
Date: Saturday, 09-Sep-17, 6:31 PM | Message # 495 |
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Like everything he does Simon has put his heart and soul into this film. He so deserves it to be a resounding success and we will soon find out how it's been received. I am nervous and excited for him and goodness only knows how he must be feeling!! I love that quote he uses from Martin Scorsese never a truer word. |
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