Cinema Verite

Cinema Verite
For other uses, see Cinema vérité (disambiguation).
Cinema Verite

Promotional poster
Directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
Produced by Gavin Polone
Zanne Devine
Screenplay by David Seltzer
Starring Diane Lane
Tim Robbins
James Gandolfini
Kathleen Quinlan
Thomas Dekker
Music by Rolfe Kent
Cinematography Affonso Beato
Production company HBO Pictures
Country United States
Language English
Release date April 23, 2011 (2011-04-23)

Cinema Verite is a 2011 HBO drama film directed by Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini. The film's main ensemble cast starred Diane Lane, Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini and Kathleen Quinlan. The film follows a fictionalized account of the production of An American Family, a 1973 PBS documentary television series that is said to be one of the earliest examples of the reality television genre. Principal photography was completed in Southern California.[1] The film premiered on April 23, 2011.[2]

Contents

Plot

The film begins in 1971 with Craig Gilbert (James Gandolfini) discussing with Pat Loud (Diane Lane) the idea of a documentary series that would concern her family's day to day lives. Pat considers the proposal and accepts, amidst her son Lance (Thomas Dekker) moving to New York City. Pat's husband Bill (Tim Robbins) travels often away on business, leaving his wife alone to care for their five children.

The crew (Patrick Fugit, Shanna Collins) moves in with the Louds and begins to document them. Relations between Pat and Bill grow frayed due to his time away and the stress of the TV show's production. Craig tells Pat of his suspicions surrounding Bill's trips away, giving fairly strong evidence that he is cheating on her. The crew fights with Gilbert about his documentary technique, as he makes them film many personal moments.

After surreptitiously duplicating the keys to Bill's office, Pat makes late night trip the office and discovers documents that confirm he is cheating on Pat with two other women, resulting in Pat's preparations filing for divorce. Angry, she tells Gilbert to have cameras there when she tells Bill, wanting "his bimbos to see it, the whole world to see it." Against her wishes, he films Pat's conversation with her brother and his wife.

Pat begins to regret her decision to let Gilbert film the break up, and tries to get one of her sons to tell him while driving Bill home instead. He, however, does not work up the courage to do this, and Pat kicks Bill out of her home on camera.

The film cuts to one year later, when An American Family is experiencing its premiere. The show airs to strong television ratings but much criticism of members of the family, in particular Pat for how she came off on camera and Lance for his homosexuality. The family then gets together to "fight back," addressing their critics by appearing on many talk shows.

Title cards at film's end offer updates for each Loud family member. Lance died of AIDS in 2001, his last wish for his parents to move back in with each other. They currently live together in Los Angeles.

Cast

Production

Principal photography was completed primarily in Los Angeles, California.[3]

Critical reception

Cinema Verite met with a positive reception from television critics. On review aggregator Metacritic the film received a "generally positive" score of 74 out of 100, based on 23 reviews.[4]

Awards and nominations

The film has garnered eight nominations for the upcoming Primetime Emmy Awards and won one technical award prior to the televised ceremony.[5]

Awards and nominations
Ceremony Award Category Recipients Outcome
Primetime Emmy Awards
Emmy
 Outstanding Costumes for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special Suttirat Anne Larlarb
Joseph T. Mastrolia		 Nominated
Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini Nominated
Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or a Movie Beth Miller
Carol Pershing
Terry Baliel		 Nominated
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie Diane Lane Nominated
Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries or a Movie (Non-Prosthetic) Mindy Hall
Julie Hewett
Kimberly Felix		 Nominated
Outstanding Miniseries or Made for Television Movie Nominated
Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing For A Miniseries Or A Movie Sarah Flack
Robert Pulcini		 Won

References

  1. ^ a b "Diane Lane, Tim Robbins and James Gandolfini Star in HBO Films' "Cinema Verite," A Dramatic Look at the Making of the Groundbreaking Documentary "An American Family" Debuting in April". The Futon Critic. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2011/01/07/diane-lane-tim-robbins-and-james-gandolfini-star-in-hbo-films-cinema-verite-a-dramatic-look-at-the-making-of-the-groundbreaking-documentary-an-american-family-debuting-in-april-53512/20110107hbo08/. Retrieved January 12, 2011. 
  2. ^ HBO Announces Premiere Date For Cinema Verite
  3. ^ Filming locations
  4. ^ "Cinema Verite - Season 1 Reviews, Ratings, Credits". Metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/tv/cinema-verite/season-1. Retrieved April 26, 2011. 
  5. ^ Emmy Awards

External links

v · Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
1990s
2000s
American Splendor (2003) · Wanderlust (2006) · The Nanny Diaries (2007)
2010s
The Extra Man (2010) · Cinema Verite (2011)

Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем решить контрольную работу

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Cinéma-vérité — Cinéma direct Le cinéma direct est un courant du cinéma documentaire qui a vu le jour en Amérique du Nord, au Québec et aux États Unis, entre 1958 et 1962. Si dans son acceptation initiale il se caractérise par un désir de capter directement le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cinéma vérité — Cinéma direct Le cinéma direct est un courant du cinéma documentaire qui a vu le jour en Amérique du Nord, au Québec et aux États Unis, entre 1958 et 1962. Si dans son acceptation initiale il se caractérise par un désir de capter directement le… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Cinéma vérité — bezeichnet zum einen eine historische Epoche des (v. a. französischen) Dokumentarfilms der 1960er Jahre, zum anderen eine metahistorische Herangehensweise an das dokumentarische Filmen, die sich bis in die heutige Zeit fortsetzt. Kennzeichen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cinema verite — Cinéma vérité bezeichnet zum einen eine historische Epoche des (v. a. französischen) Dokumentarfilms der 1960er Jahre, zum anderen eine metahistorische Herangehensweise an das dokumentarische Filmen, die sich bis in die heutige Zeit fortsetzt.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Cinéma-Vérité —   [sine ma veri te, französisch »Film Wahrheit«], Stilrichtung im Dokumentarfilm seit den 1950er Jahren. Bereits 1922 versuchte der sowjetische Regisseur D. Wertow (»Das Kino Auge«, »Der Mann mit der Kamera«) im Film die authentische Wahrheit… …   Universal-Lexikon

  • cinéma vérité — [sin΄ə mə ver′i tā΄, sin΄ə məver΄i tā′; ] Fr [ sē nā mȧ vā rē tā′] n. [Fr, lit., truth cinema] a form of documentary film in which a small, hand held camera and unobtrusive techniques are used to record scenes under the most natural conditions… …   English World dictionary

  • cinéma-vérité — ● cinéma vérité nom masculin invariable Mouvement apparu dans plusieurs pays au cours des années 1950 et qui préconisait de « porter la vie directement à l écran » par les méthodes du reportage …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Cinéma vérité — For other uses, see Cinema vérité (disambiguation). Cinéma vérité (French: [sinema veʁite], truthful cinema ; English: /ˈsɪnɨmə vɛrɨˈteɪ/) is a style of documentary filmmaking, combining naturalistic techniques with stylized cinematic… …   Wikipedia

  • Cinéma Vérité — For other uses, see Cinema vérité (disambiguation). Cinéma Vérité Studio album by Dramarama …   Wikipedia

  • cinéma vérité — /sin euh meuh ver i tay /; Fr. /see nay mah vay rddee tay / 1. a technique of documentary filmmaking in which the camera records actual persons and events without directorial control: introduced in France in the 1950s. 2. a film using this… …   Universalium

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”