Interviews with the cast and crew including many shots of fellini atwork are scattered throughout the quasidocumentary, but the strange essence of secrecy surrounding the. Rockwells intriguingly strange performance or performances is left suspended, without the context that would give sams plight its full emotional and philosophical impact. Voice of the moon, the bluraydvd mvd entertainment. In the shadow of the moon, the latest from stake land and we are what we are director jim mickle, unfortunately proves to be the clumsy rule rather than its clever exception. Towards the moon with fellini, a rarely seen hourlong documentary on the films. The voice of the moon is extraordinary in many ways. In italian, the film was originally dubbed in 1996 with the tv anime cast from mediaset. Jul 16, 2009 moon is set in a futureworld that has solved its energy crisis by mining fuel from the moon.
You can write, the voice of the moon 1990 is a good movie, but it can be is a bad movie. Duncan grays rating of the film the voice of the moon duncan gray not the best way for a great director to go out, but an appropriately felliniesque one. In 1991, batman returns became the first film released in dolby digital 5. Yeah some of the writing is a little sloppy, especially around the big reveal what i remembered coming way later into the movie, but overall it still holds up. Maybe one of the few films ive seen deal with mental illness on a realistic scale, despite the largeness of the production and the maestros usual excess. Fellini the lunatic and his last film voice of the moon popmatters. While i may have cooled on this a bit over the last decade i still say its great. I actually read cast in moonlight in the anthology harvest moon. His grandson, michael riley, directed the documentary black tracker in 1997, which became the inspiration for one night the moon. It was written and directed by garth jennings, codirected by christophe lourdelet and stars the ensemble voices of matthew mcconaughey, reese witherspoon, seth macfarlane, scarlett johansson, john c. Moon is a 2009 science fiction film directed by duncan jones and written by nathan parker from a story by jones. The film follows sam bell sam rockwell, a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a threeyear solitary stint mining helium3 on the far side of the moon. The last of celebrated director federico fellinis films, this dreamlike story.
The odd couple, ivo salvini benigni, a fake inspector of wells, and gonnella villaggio, a former prefect, wander through the emiliaromagna countryside of fellinis childhood and discover a dystopia of television. The tale of a group of astronomers fired inside a projectile from a huge artillery canon to the lunar surface inspired generations of. Interviews with the cast and crew including many shots of fellini atwork are scattered throughout the quasidocumentary. I saw this in theaters back in 2009 and absolutely loved it telling all my friends it was one of the best of the year. In the shadow of the moon poster and images featuring. The visually dazzling film, whose production design may be its most impressive aspect, pays homage to a host of science fiction precursors, including 2001. Fellinis seldomseen it was never released in america final film is a sprawling fantasia that follows a wandering misfit benigni who hears voices whispering from wells as he roams the italian countryside of the directors youth.
Ivo salvini roberto benigni, life is beautiful is recently released from a mental hospital and in love with aldina nadia ottaviani. Moon is both a gripping scidrama and a film driven by real, complex ideas, and its a remarkable achievement from a firsttime director. Fellinis extravagant final film is a charming reminder of a lost giant and a lost style of moviemaking. Top 10 most emotional blind auditions in the voice that. The sole extra made available for the voice of the moon is a peculiar, almost narrativebased piece called towards the moon with fellini 59. Cast in moonlight is a wonderful novella by michelle sagara, telling of events that occurred before cast in shadow, the first novel in her elantra series. Loosely based on several hundred interviews with children about their dreams, west of the moon is the story of one mans lost love and his strange path to redemption, aided along the way by a gambling robot, a wayward monkey, and a healthy dose of determination. Always remember dont trust the opinion of the voice of the moon 1990 on the internet because the authors paid to write a comment.
For the japanese dub of the film, wonder woman is voiced by kotono mitsuishi, best known as the voice of sailor moon. It turns out the sailor moon voice cast family is a lot bigger than just the gang who records over in burbank. In english, the film was first dubbed in 2000 by pioneer and cloverway, and recorded at optimum productions in toronto with the original dic voice cast reprising their roles, along with the other two films. The voice of the moon bluray roberto benigni dvdbeaver. A space odyssey, but carries an emotional charge all its own. Moon is set in a futureworld that has solved its energy crisis by mining fuel from the moon. The voice of the moon concerns itself with ivo salvini roberto benigni, life is beautiful, recently released from a mental hospital and in love. The voice of the moon is a 1990 italian dramatic comedy film directed by federico fellini and starring roberto benigni. Director duncan jones on lowbudget moon studio daily. Jun 17, 2009 moon was one of the best science fiction movie which came out in 2009. Typically actors for anime dubs record their lines individually and not as an ensemble. The source of sams illness is never explained in the movie, but it could be radiation sickness xkcd has produced a very useful infographic on radiation doses this source estimates the radiation dose from simply living on the moon at about 300 msvyear. The amusing and entertaining adventures of a recently released mental patient and his band of misfits, discover conspiracies to concur while looking for love. I think this one is as good as any of his other films.
One night the moon is based on the true story of aboriginal tracker riley in dubbo in the 1930s, who was awarded the kings medal for his services to the police force. This was his first film based on a novel ermanno cavazzonis il poema dei lunatici and. With sam rockwell, kevin spacey, dominique mcelligott, rosie shaw. The tale of a group of astronomers fired inside a projectile from a huge artillery canon to the lunar surface inspired generations of filmmakers as well as the ves, which took as its logo. Guardian of the moon 2015 movie behind the voice actors. Fellinis people, the ones who hear the voice of the moon always associated with madness are treated with surprising respect and dignity. In the shadow of the moon poster and images featuring michael. His extensive journals provide much of the background narrative of the film. Like wonder woman, sailor moon is a princess heroine of divine heritage and based on grecoroman mythology. Like you, i thought rockwells performance was one of the great acting displays of the year, and its a real shame this often underrated actor didnt receive more recognition for it. Provided to youtube by universal music group voice of the moon anoushka shankar rise.
The film s ideas are interesting, but dont feel entirely worked out, and mr. One entirely believable and slightly improbable adventure follows. The films ideas are interesting, but dont feel entirely worked out, and mr. That is well above what is normally considered a safe limit of 50msvyear, and would elevate the risk of cancer and the like, but it would. Robbie daymond, stephanie sheh, amanda celine miller, sandy fox, lauren landa, chris niosi, cherami leigh, and kate higgins. Reaching for the moon follows american poet elizabeth bishop miranda otto as she travels to brazil in 1951 and falls in love with feisty architect lota. Jan 25, 2017 it turns out the sailor moon voice cast family is a lot bigger than just the gang who records over in burbank. The voice of the moon is a 1990 italian dramatic comedy film directed by federico fellini and. In the shadow of the moon comes from netflix, which has stepped in to fund the kind of midbudget genre films that major studios have all but stopped making. Anoushka shankar live france 2014 extract piece1 this is voice of the moon from anoushkas albumrise jazz festival under the apple trees of coutances manche, basse normandie france.
A brief history of sound in cinema popular mechanics. According to the onehour makingof included as a bonus, it was entirely improvised from a brief scenario, and fellini told the players each day. The source of this information is the imdb trivia page for the wonder woman film. Nov 28, 2017 sailor moon is known for its complex and well rounded characters, so of course it only makes sense that the english voice actors are just as interesting as their animated counterparts. How to watch real footage of the nasa moon landing film how to watch the apollo 11 movie in the uk on streaming and in cinemas plus whether its on netflix, amazon prime and hulu share on facebook.
Hope such sort of movies are made to feed the hungry mind which takes us to a different. The sailor moon voice cast on the challenges of their. Sing is a 2016 american computeranimated musical comedy film produced by illumination entertainment and released by universal pictures. Jun 06, 2017 for the japanese dub of the film, wonder woman is voiced by kotono mitsuishi, best known as the voice of sailor moon.
Mountains of the moon follows in the tradition of epics like lawrence of arabia, telling the story of larger than life characters in hostile environments. With roberto benigni, paolo villaggio, nadia ottaviani, marisa tomasi. This new restoration from the original negative seeks to right that wrong and provide the film with a second chance. Poet finds her voice and love in reaching for the moon. With in the shadow of the moon streaming on netflix september 27 th, and world premiering at this years fantastic fest in austin, i recently spoke with director jim mickle about his genre. It was later more faithfully redubbed in 2003 with a new cast by shin vision, an anime dvd company, who had plans on also redubbing the first anime season. Its evident that the entire cast has a tremendous passion for performance, so it was fascinating to learn the different paths that led each to the current. Aug 22, 2019 check out the first in the shadow of the moon poster and some exclusive images featuring michael c. The next aspect of moons cinematic diagram is the voice. An astronaut miner extracting the precious moon gas that promises to reverse the earths energy crisis nears the end of his threeyear contract, and makes an ominous discovery in this. Moon is a smallscale film, but, thanks in no small part to rockwell, its mix of thematic grandeur and human drama makes it a worthy successor to those 1970s science fiction films that inspired it.
Astronaut sam bell has a quintessentially personal encounter toward the end of his threeyear stint on the moon, where he, working alongside his computer, gerty, sends back to earth parcels of a resource that has helped diminish our planets power problems. No, kotono mitsuishi, the voice of sailor moon, is not the. Voice of the moon, the mvd entertainment group b2b. As it turns out, the viz cast and the cast of dics sailor moon english dub from.
If the voice of the moon plays too predictably with notions of the felliniesque compared to something like amarcord, the lack of enthusiasm is similar to the overlooked beauty of sorrentinos youth in contrast to the unexpectedness of the great beauty, the films magnificence lies in the wavering pleas and attitudes behind the veneer of. Nov 07, 2017 if the voice of the moon plays too predictably with notions of the felliniesque compared to something like amarcord, the lack of enthusiasm is similar to the overlooked beauty of sorrentinos youth in contrast to the unexpectedness of the great beauty, the films magnificence lies in the wavering pleas and attitudes behind the veneer of. Persson and helanders last film before watching the moon at night was waltz with milosz, about the polish poet, prose writer and nobel prize laureate for literature, czeslaw milosz. Fly me to the moon 2008 movie behind the voice actors.
A blockbuster of its time, george meliess 1902 film a trip to the moon is considered the first visual effects film, setting the template for the technical manipulation of images to create onscreen magic. Sam rockwell plays sam bell, a guy with an eerie, lighthousekeeper job. Moon is a smallscale film, but, thanks in no small part to rockwell, its mix of thematic grandeur and human drama makes it a worthy successor to those 1970s science fiction films that. Moon was one of the best science fiction movie which came out in 2009. This is the 1st time i am reading something by this author. May 21, 2015 provided to youtube by universal music group voice of the moon anoushka shankar rise. First and foremost, it has to be said that the american voice cast for sailor moon is one of the most animated group of people to put in a room together. Fellinis last film is a sprawling fantasia of phantasmagorical imagery. This film can only be admired by those who truly calls themselves as movie aficionado.
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