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EDITOR´S

Cláudia Maeiro born, in

Amarante, July 3, 1991.

Now, studying

Communication Sciences

at UTAD, and in the future,

she intends towork in

advertising.

Soraia Marcelo born, in

Vinhais, Bragança, April 27,

1991.

Now, studying

Communication Sciences

at UTAD.

The objective of this magazine is to inform our readers and cinema fans about the past, present and future of this art.

We intend to remove the blindfold which covers the eyes of all secrets of the big screen.

To show young people the old art and the old people the new cinema.

Best wishes,

The editors.

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The 68th Venice Film Festival is preparing a luxurious ticket, with a series of highly anticipated world

premieres. The oldest festival in the world will take place between August 31 and September 10.

On the list of confirmations and possibilities, accounted for by "Variety" is the new film by Roman Polanski,

'Carnage', and David Cronenberg’s, "A Dangerous Method", both in competition.

Philippe Garrel will also be present in Venice with "Un Eté Brulant ' as well as expected "Faust" by Aleksandr

Sokurov.

The United States will be present in great force on the Lido, starting with Todd Solonz’s 'Dark Horse', in which

Mia Farrow, Christopher Walken and Selma Blair are the biggest names in the cast. But Hollywood is also where the

biggest questions arise from because of the excess of films. That is, there are filmmakers who have more than one

finished film (or almost finished when there are three months to the festival), but conflicts of interest among studios can

oblige to opt for just one. Steven Soderbergh, for example, has two films in the pipeline for Venice: "Haywire",

Lionsgate, and "Contagion", Warner Bros.. Steven Spielberg is also in a similar situation with 'War Horse' (Dreamworks

and Disney) and "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn" (Paramount and Sony). The third Hollywood

star in this situation is George Clooney with "The Descendants" (directed by Alexander Payne), Fox, and "Ides of March

'(directed by Clooney himself), Sony.

The list of movies that are still subject to the assessment of the organization or trying to be ready in time is too

long: 'The Moth Diaries”

Mary Harron, 'WE', Madonna's (which ultimately failed Cannes); 'Tinker, Taylor, Soldier, Spy ", the screen

adaptation of John Le Carré by Tomas Alfredson, "The Lady", by Luc Besson, "The Grandmasters' of Wong Kar Wai,

'On the Road', Walter Salles, or "La Chispa de la Vida ' of Álex de la Iglesia.

By: Soraia Marcelo

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The director Karim Ainouz presented "The

Silver Abyss', inspired by the song "Eye to

Eye ', by Chico Buarque, the Directors'

Fortnight, parallel show at the Cannes

Festival.

Violet, played by a sexy Alessandra

Negrini, is a dentist in Rio de Janeiro and a

married mother of a 15 year old boy. The

couple seems tolive well in the new

apartment he just bought and passion

seems be lit, since 'The Silver Abyss "starts with a torrid love scene.

However, shortly after an “earthquake” affecting the lives of Violet, when her husband,

played by Otto Jr, sends her from Porto Alegre a message saying: 'My love, I no longer

love you. I feel I'm suffocated by your side and going away to Patagonia."

The film, directed by Karim Ainouz ("Madame Sata") tells the following 24 hours

in the live of Violet, her pilgrimage, her despair, her desire to leave immediately to

Porto Alegre in search of her husband. The screenwriter Beatriz Bracher said the film

"does not intend to explain psychological reasons of separation. It begins with a scene

of strong love so that the absence of man is felt right away, "she explained.

Karim Ainouz already talked about the song by Chico Buarque, who inspired him to

come up with the story. "One night when I was on a stretch of Copacabana where

the sea waves hit very strongly and have taken many people, I noticed the danger,

the abyss, "he explained.”The separation for her is like an earthquake and the song

is the start of the process. Perhaps in some time, maybe 10 years from now, it will be

better. The character of which is "Eye to eye ' is also an abandoned

woman, "he analyzes. "Chico Buarque is one

of the greatest composers of Brazil. Many

of his

songs have to do with Rio de Janeiro, where

there is this a strong contrast

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between nature and civilization. He wanted Rio to be like a character, a mirror of the

character of Violet, "he affirmed. "I come from the Northeast of Brazil, where there is a

very strong matriarchal structure, since many men abandoned their wives. I wanted to

talk about their husbands being gone. This strikes me as a very important theme for

Brazilian women, "he added.

In his loneliness, Violet meets a young father and his daughter, abandoned by the wife

and mother. "That comes from inside you and gives you the realization that other people

live the same situation as she does, "said the director.

Alessandra Negrini said that "the

separation occurs after a phone call,

where she could only listen to the

voice of Chico Buarque

singing something like 'go back and

look into my eyes, you see that I

have rejuvenated ».

"The important thing for me was to

enter that state of mind of abandoned

women, where there is no plot;

everything is through

emotions, feelings, "said the actress.

In one scene from the movie, we see

Violet dancing alone in a disco to the

sound to the song "Maniac" from the

soundtrack of 'Flashdance'. "This song makes recalls some memories and is a very

important song for our generation. When Violet hears it, she goes into a trance, as if it

connects her to a period of 15 years ago, the last time I went to a nightclub ' Ainouz

said.

By. Soraia Marcelo

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Super-productions as successful as the

"Pirates of Caribbean” trilogy are full of

curious facts. They arouse interest in the casual

viewer, and especially in the most devoted

fans, the backstage production of a saga that

has two of the most expensive films of

all times is a fascinating look at the casting

decisions for last minute improvisations forced

by weather conditions, historical influences on argument or even embarrassing and

hilarious episodes.

1 The co-creator and writer Stuart Beattie conceived the role of Jack

Sparrow with Hugh Jackman in mind, and even the first name was a

reference to character actor, but Disney decided that Jackman

did not have enough star appeal, opting then for Johnny

Depp. Robert De Niro, however, had previously refused the invitation to

embody Captain Sparrow, believing that the film would not be

profitable. He could not be

more wrong.

2 Heath Ledger came to be

seriously considered for

the role of Will

Turner, but Gore Verbinski

actually chose Orlando

Bloom, in large

part because of his recent

participation in the trilogy

"Lord of the Rings." The

director felt that Bloom

could be more profitable in

promoting the film.

3 Clothing and soot from coal was used to hide Johnny Depp’s numerous tattoos. The

tattoo on his arm with the inscription "Jack Sparrow", seen in the film, was only

temporary, but the actor later decided to tattoo a real replica in honor of his son Jack.

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4 The monopolistic East India Company in this plot is

a reference to the true historical facts and the British Company

Indies. The mark of a "P" on the pirates, however, was actually

made on the forehead and not the arm, as is recreated in the movie.

5 Keira Knightley and Johnny Depp

used colored contact lenses

in the last scene of "The Curse of the

Black Pearl." However, the

actress’ eye color is much clearer

than Depp’s, causing the

lenses had to be darkened. Such was

the dizziness that these

lenses caused that the actress

eventually got rid of them

immediately after the shooting.

6 Many members of the production team were sick during the

filming of "The Curse of the Black Pearl," due to turbulence at sea.

Actress Keira Knightley had even taken pills for motion sickness,

but the result was not very productive for the recordings, since she

ended up falling asleep due to side effects.

Jack Sparrow’s seven gold teeth were Johnny Depp’s idea.

The actor asked his dentist before the start of production of the first movie, so he could

use them as a bargaining tool if the executives at Disney did not agree with the idea.

8 During the recording of "Dead Man's Chest" in the Bahamas, all the

production crew and cast had to be evacuated to Los Angeles

because of the imminent threat of Hurricane Wilma.

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9 "Dead Man's Chest" was banned in China for its references to

the practice of cannibalism, which constituted a crucial part of the plot.

10 Unlike the first film, the pirate ship 'Black Pearl' and

'Flying Dutchman'

turned out to be

actually constructed

during the pre-

production of the two

sequels.

11 "At World's End"

was the first film in

the saga to portray

that

which is perhaps the

most typical and iconic pirate stereotype: the black visor.

12 The pirate lord Mistress Ching, present in "At World's End" was

very likely inspired by the true Chinese pirate Cheng I Sao,

which controlled the seas of southern China with his vast fleet of pirates

at the beginning of the XIX century.

13 The production team chose the idyllic Niagara Falls as

location shooting for the scene of the waterfall that appears "in the confines of the

World."

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14 Keith Richards, legendary guitarist of the Rolling Stones, was

prepared to make a brief appearance as the father of Jack Sparrow in

the first sequel of the saga, but eventually had to abandon the project

due to commitments with the band. When he finally appeared to record

his scenes, he was so drunk that the director Gore Verbinski had to support him so that

he could make it to the end.

15 During the recording of

"At World's End, Johnny

Depp exercised

his vocal talents regularly in

order to prepare for the

character who he would play

in his next movie, "Sweeney

Todd -

The Demon Barber of Fleet

Street. "

By: Cláudia Maeiro

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While "Scream 4" has not had the expected success, Weinstein has promised

a sequel.

"Scream 4" already in Portuguese cinema exhibition, has not met

expectations of its producers and their fans. Although it received

positive reviews, it has only made half the profits of

"Scream 3". It has made just over 87 million dollars world wide, compared to

the giant $161 million achieved for Scream 3.

The director, Wes Craven, was not very interested in implementing the

film. However, its producer,

Harvey Weinstein said, in

Cannes that he

still expects profits from

"Scream 4", he is so

confident that he expects a

sequel in which also accounts

for direction by Craven. He

added,

still, that Craven had mentioned

plans for "Scream 5 and 6" and

that the

screenwriter, Kevin Williamson, envisioned the trilogy with this

continuity, where the number 4 would take the role of (re) kick-off.

With the same success or not, "Scream 4" has arrived and has intentions to stay!

By Cláudia Maeiro

New trilogy of "Scream"

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"The Flintstones," the famous cartoon from the 60s created by Hanna-Barbera will gain

a new version on television, and Seth

MacFarlane will be responsible for animation.

The project has already been worked on for

some time, but there are still many hours of

cartoons to see and besides that the owners

are concerned about MacFarlane’s typical

controversial humor.

Put MacFarlane ahead of such an iconic

animation is risky, but we look forward to

seeing the results of this project.

Out of curiosity, both "The Flintstones" and "Family Guy" are the only cartoons that are

named as possible winners of an Emmy for best comedy series. By: Soraia Marcelo

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Production of the film may not

have obtained the conditions

and rights for the

animals that were used in

filming. The movie sequel is

generating a lot of criticism

due to the position taken by its

director Todd Phillips to not

authorize the entrance of the

AHA (American Humane

Association) in the studio

where during the screenings of

the film. This fact inevitably

raises questions about why they have not allowed the entry of a legitimate entity which

is there only to ensure that animals used during the filming not suffer any kind of

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prejudice or abuse. The director of the film,contrary to what would be expected, did not

considered the endorsement of this association necessary, thus denying them access to

the studios.

As a result, several groups of animal rights advocates reacted negatively; leading this

revolt was the report by the director stating that he had taught the monkey used for the

film how tosmoke. This news was quickly refuted by executives at Warner Brothers,

who made sure that the smoke was added digitally and the Monkey was never actually

smoking. However, this was not enough for the animal rights advocates who argue that

only the use of exotic animals in itself is inadequate, arising great concern.

"The Hangover - Part 2" premieres on June 2 and promises to give people something to

talk about. By: Cláudia Maeiro

The scandal that recently rocked the political life of the actor did not affect

his career as an actor. Schwarzenegger

remains a force in the

film world.

With projects under development in the

world of Hollywood, the producers of

Arnold Schwarzenegger believe that the

political scandal that he was the target of

recently will not shake his career as an

actor. The actor is a force in show business

and has several projects and proposals. He will provide the voice to the protagonist of

the new animated series "The Governator," and will participate in the new drama "Cry

Macho" and a fifth "Terminator." The grandeur of his career seems topersuade his

producers of his qualities, leaving them seriously confident in the added value of his

participation. This was just one small passingscandal, as are all scandals.

The series "The Governator" already been sold to several countries. In this,

Schwarzenegger gives voice to a super hero with a double life, secretly fighting crime,

but retains his role as loving and dedicated family man Schwarzenegger is a force!

By: Soraia Marcelo

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