DVD/VOD Release Date : 1st Q, 2013 Festivals:
2012 Kalovy Vary
2012 Palic European Film Festival
2012 Neuchatel International Film Festival
2012 Fantastic Fest
Synopsis
A bold, visionary work of science fiction cinema that recalls the genre in its cerebral 1960s and 70s golden age, just as it simultaneously forges new territory with its unique fusion of emotional melodrama and hallucinatory widescreen spectacle, VANISHING WAVES is one of the most accomplished and distinctive European films in recent memory. The second solo feature from Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyte, following her acclaimed 2008 debut THE COLLECTRESS, the 2012 production VANISHING WAVES confirms Buozyte as a major young talent whose frequently breathtaking visual and technical gifts are thankfully also matched by her interest in complex characterizations, adventurous narratives, and challenging themes. Her new film is a science fiction romance that is equally occupied by the erotic as well as the fantastic. Lukas (Marius Jampolskis) is assisting a scientific research team by functioning as a patient in a series of heavily monitored (and medicated) sensory deprivation experiments wherein he is attempting to make some form of contact with the subject, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite), a young woman who has been locked in a comatose state for some time. Doctors initially hope for just a vague reaffirmation of consciousness, but the experiment takes an unexpected twist when Lukas and Aurora actually develop a strong psychic link in their mutually altered forms of consciousness…and their link quickly evolves into a romantic, sexually charged relationship. As Lukas hides this data from his researchers, he and Aurora meet secretly and passionately in a series of surreal dreamscapes created by their collective minds, but their union is tragically doomed to collapse around them. Exploring the tantalizing possibilities of forming a true, all-encompassing bond with one’s lover, VANISHING WAVES is hypnotic, erotic, wholly engrossing, and wildly thought-provoking cinema that transcends any perceived limitations of the science fiction genre, becoming one of the year’s most provocative films in the process.
Vanishing Waves Trailers (NSFW)
Credits
Director: Kristina Buožytė
Running time: 124 minutes
Country: Lithuania, France, Belgium
Language: Lithuanian with English subtitles
Screenwriters: Kristina Buožytė and Bruno Samper
Cast: Marius Jampolskis, Jurga Jutaitė, Rudolfas Jansonas, Vytautas Kaniušonis, Brice Fournier, Philip Lenkowski, Martina Jablonskytė, Macej Marczewsky, Frédéric Anscombre, Frédéric Andrau, Darius Meškauskas
Producer: Tremora – Acajou Films – Les films de cinema
Cinematography: Feliksas Abrukauskas
Editor: Suzanne Fenn
Music: Peter von Poehl
review : VANISHING WAVES is the Erotic Sci-Fi Drama of 2012!
Vanishing Waves is an exquisite sci-fi head trip in the vein of Solaris and 2001: A Space Odyssey, one which takes pleasure in ideas and exploration rather than cheap thrills. As a bonus, it's also sexier than either of those movies.
Rather than taking viewers to the outer limits, Lithuanian writer/director Kristina Buožytė is concerned solely with the depths of the human mind, and all the confusion, joy, sex and pain competing for space within.
The refreshing thing about the film is its willingness to engage with the real complexities of the subconsciousness and all the bizarre desires it manages to conjure up. To this end, the film is incredibly erotic, often in ways we haven't seen before, and almost always with fascinating emotional subtext. And really, it's just nice to see a modern science fiction film that portrays the human mind as more than just multiple layers of gun play and James Bond-style action sequences (ahem, Christopher Nolan).
Review of VANISHING WAVES
Marius Jampolskis stars as Lukas, a neuroscientist recruited for a morally dubious medical experiment. Repeatedly placed in an induced coma, his mission is to try and enter the mind of an unknown comatose patient. But his fantastic voyage has unseen dangers, not only physical but emotional too. Although it never quite delivers on its enticingly bizarre promise, Vanishing Waves starts strongly with a gripping and mysterious first half. It is not hard to imagine a Hollywood studio remaking this high-concept plot.
Entering the subconscious depths, Lukas senses himself emerging from a mist-shrouded lake onto an idyllic shoreline. In a strikingly modernist wooden villa he meets a beautiful young woman, Aurora (Jurga Jutaite). Their mutual attraction is instant, and soon they are having artfully shot sex. Lots and lots of sex.
Stretching a thin story to two hours, Buozyte allows the dramatic momentum to dissipate. Even the abundant sex scenes, which stray into arty soft porn at times, eventually become tedious.
26-years old Lithuanian actress Jurga Jutaite @ Jurgos Jutaitės is fully nude (tastefully shot of course) and it's a sight for sore eyes. Magnificently shaped body with unbelievable curves in the right places prominent when she is writhing around on the floor, running naked, under a man or among orgy of naked bodies. Ms.Jutaite claims this is her first nude and love scenes on-cam. It was hardest decision she had to make as a professional artist. She initially asked the director if it's possible to film the torrid sex scenes clothed but accepted the female helmer explanation it will look ridiculous. Promised to shoot it as tastefully as possible.
Jurga made her debut back in 2006 with the movie You Am I (2006). The sparsity of her film resume is related to her personal life. She got involved with a much older man. A very wealthy dude. Married him soon after but separated recently. Daughter of a well-known blues guitarist - her parents divorced when she was just seven. Jurga chose to live by her own by the time she was 17 and worked as a waitress for few years before being discovered by a casting rep who was looking for a girl with almond-shaped eyes for a movie which subsequently becomes her first venture into celluloid world. She played Dominyka - free-spirited teen with habit of running around in flimsy dress. Jurga possess an almost hippie-like approach to life but it shouldn't be surprising considering she did major in philosophy and traveled often to India and China.
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Reviews of “The Toronto International Film Festival’s” Best of the Best
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2012 had more than 350 films to review this year. Recent festivals have witnessed such brilliant films at “American Beauty,” “The Wrestler,” “Mr. Nobody,” “Antichrist,” “127 Hours,” “Black Swan,” “The King’s Speech,” and “Slum Dog Millionaire” to name a few. This year the festival has continued its brilliant legacy as one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. Many of the films reviewed here are in a class by themselves. As the TIFF wraps up this Sunday, many of the films that participated at the festival will be coming to a theater near you. Thus, I have managed to put together a number of reviews that I call the best of the best to get you started on your fall movie journey as many of these feature films are headed your way.
“Hyde Park on Hudson.” Bill Murray probably topped no one’s list when it came to casting the part of President Franklin Roosevelt. Fortunately, director Roger Michell took a chance. Murray does not do an impersonation of the late president but rather channels the spirit of Roosevelt in this story of his relationship with his distant cousin, Margaret “Daisy” Suckley, played by Laura Linney. This is a fabulously entertaining trip back to 1939, when England’s queen and king (Olivia Colman and Samuel West) were coming for a visit. Due in Cleveland Dec. 7.
Oscar Heat: High. A best-picture nod is likely, as is a nomination for Murray for best actor. Linney could contend for either best actress or best supporting actress (depending on how distributor Focus Features positions her). The rest of the cast is also first-rate, with Elizabeth Marvel as Missy LeHand and Olivia Williams as Eleanor.
“The Master.” Director Paul Thomas Anderson has given us the excellent “There Will Be Blood” and “Boogie Nights,” among others. His films feature strong writing and terrific performances. Here we go again. Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman are mesmerizing in this post-World War II story of a drifter who becomes an assistant to the charismatic leader of a new spiritual movement called “The Cause.” Their one-on-one scenes, battles of power and control, are a master class in movie acting. I want to see this again just for those moments. Opens in Cleveland Friday.
OH: High for the acting. I don’t see it getting a best-picture nod, though Anderson could land in the original-screenplay mix. Look for Phoenix and Hoffman to be nominated.
“Seven Psychopaths.” This would be the result if Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers had a love child. Martin McDonagh (“In Bruges”) delivers an absurd, ridiculous and funny bloodbath of crazy killers and professional thugs, not to mention a Shih Tzu. He magically paired two of my favorite actors — Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken — and let them loose in a tale of a screenwriter (Colin Farrell) trying to ignite fresh ideas. Woody Harrelson and Tom Waits also shine. In Cleveland Oct. 12.
OH: Zero.
“End of Watch.” Intense and riveting, David Ayer’s cop drama does not let go of you. The gimmick is that much of it was shot with very-seat-of-the-pants video cameras, lending it a cinema verite realism while also heightening its shaky nature. Jake Gyllenhaal and Michael Pena, both outstanding, are the featured Los Angeles Police Department duo running into all manner of sleaze. A scene of them running and crawling through a burning house is one of the best action sequences I’ve seen in a long time. In Cleveland Friday.
OH: Gyllenhaal and Pena deserve some love.
“Anna Karenina.” Any major literary adaptation carries the weight of high expectations and the knowledge that the filmmakers had to trim oceans of pages from the novel. Director Joe Wright (“Atonement”) and the great Tom Stoppard do Tolstoy proud, and present their “Anna” as a stagy affair, with moving sets, interchangeable background actors and scenes performed from the catwalks. It is a stunning production, something akin to a grand dance, with Keira Knightley as the woman who looks past her tiresome husband (Jude Law) to the dashing Count Vronsky (Aaron Taylor-Johnson).In Cleveland Nov. 9.
OH: High. Expect a best-picture nod, along with nominations for costumes, production design and cinematography. Knightley should also land in the best-actress mix (she was nominated previously for Wright’s other big book adaptation, “Pride and Prejudice”).
“The Sessions.” This touching drama is based on the real-life story of Mark O’Brien, a poet who spent much of his life in an iron lung. Determined to taste every aspect of the human experience, O’Brien (John Hawkes) connects with a sexual surrogate named Cheryl (Helen Hunt). Their raw, exposed encounters are intensely intimate.
OH: High for Hunt and Hawkes. Both are splendid. Hunt, who won previously for “As Good as It Gets,” will garner bonus points for repeatedly removing her clothing. Hawkes, so menacing as the uncle in “Winter’s Bone” and the cult leader in “Martha Marcy May Marlene,” had the added challenge of acting from his back, or rolled over on his side.
“Thanks for Sharing.” ScreenwriterStuart Blumberg, from Shaker Heights and University School, stepped into the director’s chair for this winning comedy-drama (more drama) about sex addiction. Mark Ruffalo is a man doing his best to battle his demons, while also trying to start a relationship with a woman he just met (Gwyneth Paltrow). The strong cast includes Tim Robbins and, in a nifty acting turn, Alecia Moore, aka Pink.
OH: Not yet. Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions just acquired the film in Toronto this week and will probably not release it until 2013. Blumberg was previously Oscar-nominated for his screenplay, written with Lisa Cholodenko, for “The Kids Are All Right.”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
It’s a special film, this one, the sort we wait for all year, the kind that reaffirms our belief in talented people working together toward an artistic goal. With great pacing, a great sense of the moment and some of the most entertaining one-liners you’ll find this side of a Coen brothers’ film, there’s much to like about “Silver Linings Playbook.”
“Argo”
“Argo” is big Hollywood film making at its very best, full of bravado, yet smooth, and with a few subtle winks at the larger issues of the day… “Argo” is also Ben Affleck’s third turn as a feature film director, and we see him in complete control of his game here. Though there are slight length issues and definite veracity concerns, “Argo” features impressive narrative tension throughout. Though there is little to no character exposition, you’re immediately drawn into the story, if only because the stakes are life and death.
“The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
Part “Garden State,” part “Wonderboys,” and with a smidgeon of “American Beauty” thrown in for good measure, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is a must-see for fans of the coming-of-age drama. At its worse, it leans toward a maudlin overly-dramatic high school mentality, but that’s around 100 seconds of a 102 minute film, nothing too serious. At it’s best, it is indeed very, very good, an artful film in the truest sense of the word, holding a mirror up to your memories, even if they never existed there at all.
“On the Road”
This film ain’t for everyone. My “consumer reports” side is urging me to say, again, nothing really happens in the movie. Even the “adventures” aren’t all that shocking. At one point they get a ticket. In Mexico Sal get’s the sh*ts. To a generation raised on “The Hangover Part 2,” this may be one big snore. I think, however, that this is the only way to make this movie. To spice it up with false conflict would be an affront and to overplay the jazz angle and to go for a dreamlike experimental aesthetic would lead to nothing but rolled eyes. No, this is a plainspoken and restrained filmmaker’s vision, a respectful, tuned-in approach to “On the Road,” and the right way to represent what we see when we, like Sal Paradise, think of Dean Moriarty.
“Spring Breakers”
It would be easy to dismiss “Spring Breakers.” Lord, I’d like to. Anything that exploits women this ruthlessly begs to be dismissed. (And, sorry, Disney Girls Selena Gomez, Ashley Benson and Vanessa Hudgens, you may think this is your ticket to an adult career, but this isn’t “Ruby in Paradise” and none of you are Ashley Judd.) Unfortunately, there are moments, somewhere in the cannabis haze of day-glo bikini buttocks and cocaine-topped nipples where an abstract expressionism starts to seep off the screen. The swirl of horny jocks, skanky girls and inadvisable behavior mixed with booze, bongs, bling and ridiculous signifiers like wiggers and bronys all starts to become… beautiful.
“Cloud Atlas”
Each of the tales has an interesting moral nugget, but diced up and obscured as it is, the film makes it all seem much more heavy and secretive and important than it actually is. I strongly believe I would like this movie a lot more if it had the same script and same performances and just eased up on the editing. Maybe in five years I’ll be retracting this review, but it’s just how I feel. And if “Cloud Atlas” has a point (and it does… somewhere) it’s that standing up in the face of popular opinion will, eventually, reap some reward.
“Looper”
When the movie does eventually slow down it may shift a bit, but it never stops making sense. All the sci-fi works. The paradoxes of time travel are shown rather than, to paraphrase Willis’ character, mapped out with straws on a table. I scribbled a number of questions during the film and, upon reflection, 98% of them were all answered in the text. The few niggling issues feel resolved in a thematic sense. This is, in short, a smart movie.
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Model Crush: Kate Upton
By Kelsey Harkness | Food and Wellness Editor, September 12, 2012
In honor of New York Fashion Week, we're taking a look at some of our all-time favorite models. Today, it's Kate Upton's turn.
This fresh-faced 20-year-old is most famously known for gracing the cover of the 2012 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition, though she's beginning to make a splash on the big screen as well. Upton nabbed her first acting role in the film "Tower Heist" and followed with a part in "The Three Stooges."
Whatever the voluptuous beauty is doing, whether it's enjoying the occasional cheeseburger or an impromtu dance routine, we can't help but look — and we know you can't either. So go ahead.
'Late Show' With David Letterman
All Star Celebrity Softball game
65th Cannes film festival
2011 Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue unveiling party, New York
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, 54th Daytona 500
Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition launch party 
Cantor Fitzgerald Charity Day event
White House Correspondents' Association Dinner 
Google and the Hollywood Reporter Party* one of my favorite models. Christ...the shape of her bod is phenomenal. I envy the guy who will eventually gets to cuddle with her every single night in the bed. The softness alone will make you cum. Not only she is super-gorgeous, Kate also have a fine self-deprecating humor. One of the few Republican chicks with common sense and modernistic world-view. It's quite heartening in our losing battle with the religious nutbags in the party.
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Schedule screenings of movies at Fantastic Fest
(Fantastic Fest is the largest genre film festival in the U.S., specializing in horror, fantasy, sci-fi, action and just plain fantastic movies from all around the world.)
Don't know about you guys but I'll keep a close eye on Kim Ji-Woon Doomsday Book, Here Comes The Devil , American Mary, The Collection (just to rule out potential nudity by first-timer Johanna Braddy) and Vanishing Waves.
To be fair there are some fan-fucking-tastic movies being shown.
Hopefully a nudity scout will be in Austin. You guys can also do your part by contacting (via e-mail or twitter) the attendees. Choose well and make sure to avoid the ladies.
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Video: Frank Ocean : “Pyramids” [NSFW]
Nabil, who recently has directed videos for Antony and the Johnsons, Santigold, and Kanye West, is also set to direct the forthcoming video for “Thinkin ‘Bout You”.
Ocean’s Top Star earning debut, Channel Orange, is out now via Def Jam.
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ALT-J : Fitzpleasure
Alt-J (sometimes seen as ∆) hits us with an intense new video for “Fitzpleasure”. Full of choir boys, naked women wrapped in cloth, and a man with a savage back tattoo, the clip showcases some odd yet captivating visuals. Guaranteed to capture your attention for at least 4 minutes.
I put a NSFW tag on this one just incase your boss is a stifler for semi-nude females.
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Emma Roberts Slams Kate Middleton For Topless Photos
Emma believes that Kate’s nude photo scandal is her own fault! Read on for all the details.
Emma Roberts blasted The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton on Twitter after her topless photos were published!
“I LOVE Kate Middleton…but when you’re A PRINCESS you shouldn’t be topless anywhere except the shower or the bedroom,” Emma said on Twitter.
* Emma is such a flake when it comes to saying something and doing the opposite. One minute she all for Fifty Shades Of Grey and the next she dropping out of Spring Breakers. The official released for her exit was because “there were creative differences that couldn’t be resolved.”. Partly true. She refused to go fully nude despite pasties covering all the girly parts and assurances by Harmony it will be tasteful and won't really show anything. She didn't trust him and instead wanted Selena's role which he balked knowing Gomez will bail if words like 'nude' and 'sex scene' is associated with her character.
Harmony later offered the Brit part to Demi Lovato and Modern Family's Sarah Hyland. Demi was not ready while the ABC honchos told Harmony to fuck off and made Sarah toed the line; fearing they're given too much leeway to the cast in doing movies way out of base with show loyal viewers.
[Sarah and her on-screen mom appeared on rather racy Conception. Eric Stonestreet fearing he will be forever identified with gay Cameron Tucker is in very mannish The Loft while sweet Ariel Winter can be seen in bloody (and unrated) Excision. Even Sofía Vergara is getting on the R-rated action with Machete Kills (2013)]
It was Selena who came to Harmony rescue (with shooting deadline approaching) by suggesting Ashley Benson. Apparently Pretty Little Liars star was also ready to be Pretty Little Skanky.
Deviated a little bit from the core subject. Really wanted Emma to be more like her dad. Open for anything and everything if the right money is on the table. Julia must have a strong influence on Emma. Much stronger than I expected.
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I did not have boob job
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| NO SURGERY: Miss Lynn Tan said she has never had plastic surgery and is a natural size 34C. |
And barely six days since she earned the coveted crown, Miss Lynn Tan, 24, has learnt an important lesson many past beauty queens have found out: That you are going to be scrutinised and inevitably criticised; that criticisms will never escape you, no matter how you may have transformed.
She revealed how she was chubby and looked like a boy as a child. (See report on next page.) What one can change, though, is how one reacts towards these criticisms, however malicious and insulting they may be - by "being gracious" and addressing them.
The netizens have been working overtime. Some took pictures off her Facebook account and posted it elsewhere online.
A picture of Miss Tan in her new car - a gift from her British boyfriend - was re-posted on online forums after her win, with netizens calling her "materialistic".
On the HardwareZone forum alone, Miss Tan has also been accused of having had a "boob job", a nose job and even being a former man.
Miss Tan, 24, now an associate with accounting firm Deloitte, told The New Paper: "People who want to criticise shouldn't hide behind anonymous personas.
"I have no idea what their motivations are, but I'm guessing most of it would be done out of jealousy.
"I'm not affected by it as I'm the one who has won, not them. "Such behaviour speaks volumes about those who do the criticising."
The beauty queen counts herself lucky that she has a supportive family who cheered her on at the local finals.
Said Miss Tan: "You can't please everyone and you will always have detractors, no matter what you do in life."
"I just focus on the many who are so happy for me that I've won. Singaporeans should be more supportive of their own."
Here are some of the top barbs against the beauty queen and her answers.
On 'fake breasts': "They have always been this size (34C). I have never had any implants. If I did, they would be a lot bigger. I was lucky that I got them from my mother."
On 'fake nose': "I've never had plastic surgery. My mother has a very sharp nose and she looks Korean."
On 'looking like a transvestite': "After having read the forums, that seems to be the general criticism for anyone who doesn't have an Oriental look. "Thus, if you don't look typically Chinese (and have a mixed-blood look with strong bone structure), they'll call you a man."
On 'being materialistic' (after posting a picture of herself in her Nissan GT-R) "I was thrilled as anybody would be to be given the opportunity to drive a nice, fast car (a gift from my boyfriend)."
On 'looking like a Barbie doll': "That's actually a compliment. I was lucky, beauty is in the eye of the beholder."
On 'wearing thick make-up': "Of course I had on heavy make-up at the finals; it was stage make-up. I don't wear that on a daily basis."
On being called 'a Sarong Party Girl (SPG) for having a Caucasian boyfriend': "You can't choose who you want to fall in love with or when or how. Love just happens."
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The Naked Truth About Chinese Car Shows
Caution, the following pictures could be considered as offensive and NSFW in Sharia jurisdictions and parts of America, but have become quite common in officially still communist China.
According to Tycho at Carnewschina, who uncovers these things for TTAC (and who has higher res pictures), “organizers of the show called it ‘art’, as in body paint, but authorities weren’t that stupid and the show received a stern warning.”
It has become customary (see Chengdu and Beijing) that the stern warning are handed out towards the end of the show, guaranteeing maximum, well, exposure for the show, a kept face for the authorities, and, well, coverage as far as TTAC in the U.S. of A.
How did the Chairman put it? Let a thousand flowers bloom. He did not specify the location of the blooming.
Either that, or the organizers took the “flower street” concept far too literal.
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