The director of Pinocchio has chosen the biopic of Baz Luhrmann. For Wes Anderson, it’s Noah Baumach’s White Noise.
The American magazine Variety asked some filmmakers who marked 2022 as film of the year.
To this question, Guillermo del Toro reply : Elvisthe biopic directed by Baz Luhrmann.
“There is only one Baz Luhrmann. thereit’s a fact,” he explains, applauding the director’s uniqueness. “I was lucky enough to be in Cannes when Baz showed his breathtaking shows Elvis, and was proud to be part of the 12-minute standing ovation given to him by the audience. It was like a concert. He was experiential, peppered with perfectly observed details and mannerisms and hidden clues. Austin Butler and Baz were able to present the world of Elvis, his transformative talent, his joy, his soul, his sadness. The actor and director worked in tandem to re-embrace and re-energize power and dangerElvis possessed”.
Continuing his analysis, Guillermo del Toro seen inside Elvis “incredible control in a work of Baroque cinema. Control over audiovisual storytelling tools: staging, lens, camera movement, control of cut beats and use of sound design and music with virtuosic precision. Hold the pedal fully when necessary and release the accelerator when necessary. Baz’s work with his actors has long been legendary. His work with Austin created the definitive portrait of Elvis Presley and launched a superstardom!”
To pour Wes Anderson (The French Dispatch)the film of the year is none other than White noisethe Netflix drama from Noah Baumach : “Noah writes straight from his own life and finds the funniest, saddest, most memorable and most moving things to transform, reinvent and bring into movie scenes. But not this time: his inspiration is a book! Somehow, even if it’s Don DeLillo, it’s still him. And it might just be the most literary giant semi-sci-fi blockbuster ever made.”Anderson cheered. “This film is dazzling, mysterious, poetic and incredibly funny…“
