Directed by Francois Girard, The Songs of Names is based on the book of the same name by Norman Lebrecht. Jeffrey Caine wrote the screenplay. Caine is an old school screenwriter who wrote one of the James Bond movies Goldeneye, and he received an Oscar nomination for his adaption of The Constant Gardner.
The movie stars Tim Roth and Clive Owen in an emotional detective story spread over two continents and a half-century. Beneath the film’s stunning and pulsing musical revelations, burn the horror of war and the lost souls extinguished from history.
Also starring in the movie is Jonah Hauer-King and Catherine McCormack.
I am curious about the story and might read the book before seeing the movie.
Directed by Ang Lee, who is one of the most innovative directors, Gemini Man follows Henry Brogan, played by Will Smith. He becomes targeted and pursued by a mysterious operative, who is younger than Brogan. The pursuer seems to predict every move Brogan makes to avoid confrontation.
The movie billed as an innovative action-thriller also stars Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Clive Owen, and Benedict Wong.
The screenplay is written by David Benioff, Billy Ray, and Darren Lemke. Lee is an Oscar-winning director and appears to be taking on a box office winner compared to his earlier movies of late. He is backed by top producers Jerry Bruckheimer, David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger.
Though the trailer offers spoilers, the main point of the story is a younger version of Brogan is pursuing him, and he needs to discover the reason and who is behind it.
The featurette highlights what filmmakers can do with CGI (Computer Generated Imagery Animation ) and beyond. Viewers see the finished product on the screen, and it looks like nothing to it. Oh no, the technology is phenomenal.
The second trailer tells us that there is more to the movie than we thought. Though, the story is not complicated and appears to be about these two men trying to exceed each other for the man who made them both. Lee captured a brilliant shot in the chase scene with the water reflection of the younger version of Brogan.
The next four movie clips are scenes from the movie trailers. There is a lot of action and philosophical dialogue.
When the movie first arrived, the teaser trailer didn’t say much about the movie, but as it says in the trailer: if you know the gothic novel, you know what the movie is about.
The imagery looks imaginative and breathtaking. The movie stars Dane DeHaan, Cara Delevingne, Clive Owen, Rihanna, Ethan Hawke, John Goodman, Herbie Hancock, and Kris Wu.
This is a fantastic featurette. You gotta watch it.
I find the original master recording by The Beatles fitting for the movie trailer. The without instrument or accompaniment version adds beauty to the visual effects, though it doesn’t explain the movie’s story very well.
