In structural terms, the protagonist of the film is a midwife played by naomi watts. Discover the growing collection of high quality most relevant xxx movies and clips. Jan 17, 2017 the script for eastern promises 2, by the original film s writer steven knight, has been in the can for a while and according to knight is better than the script for the first movie via digital spy. Eastern promises is the eighteenth and latest feature directed by david cronenberg. David cronenbergs new film is the story of a woman in trouble. Oct 28, 2007 eastern promises is an exciting story about hypocrisy, decency and different kinds of honour, and about the dark underside of globalisation and multiculturalism. Cronenberg creates more mainstream films every now and again and with. Nikolai is a mysterious yet brutal character who keeps crossing paths with anna, who wants little more than to figure out who can take care of the baby. The mysterious and ruthless nikolai is tied to one of londons most notorious organized crime families. Anna khitrova naomi watts, a london midwife who becomes obsessed with. Beginning with lowrent horror films in the 1970s, because he could get them financed, cronenberg has moved film by film into the top rank of.
Eastern promises sequel set to film in spring indiewire. Jan 18, 2017 just in time for renewed fears of russias growing influence, production is set to begin on body cross, the followup to david cronenbergs russian gangster thriller eastern promises. Comical, absurd, and brutal are all apt adjectives to describe the film. Dan kini seolah mencoba membuktikan bahwa a history of violence bukanlah film terakhirnya, cronenberg melepas eastern promises yang juga masih dipenuhi adegan kekerasan seperti film cronenberg sebelumnya itu. Oct 26, 2007 all the more reason, then, to look forward to eastern promises, canadian auteur david cronenbergs followup to his commercially and critically successful a history of violence 2005, and set in. The film hits you over the head with its magnificently written story steven knight, of dirty pretty things, not with a message. Eastern promises, menelusuri sebuah buku harian zellze. Sep 17, 2007 eastern promises is a fine film, arguably hollywoods best offering of the fall so far. Viggo mortensen, the dashing aragorn in lord of the rings, has filmed the most talkedabout fight scene of the decade in his latest film, david cronenbergs eastern promises.
Kalau anda masih ingat filmfilm hong kong di tahun 1980an, anda pasti sudah akrab dengan filmfilm yang berlatar belakang dunia. The story revolves around anna naomi watts, a midwife at a london hospital, who discovers a diary belonging to a teenage girl who died during childbirth. The eastern promises sequel is getting ready to film in march. Theres a foreign flavor, a socially relevant backdrop, and. Eastern promises is sure to at least receive some nominations for the forthcoming oscars and that feels appropriate, not because it is a great movie, but because it is a great example of the type of movie that the academy of motion pictures arts and sciences likes to honor each winter. Eastern promises is an exciting story about hypocrisy, decency and different kinds of honour, and about the dark underside of globalisation and multiculturalism. Sebenarnya dari sisi cerita tak ada yang terlalu menonjol. But on a gut level this is mortensens movie, and he makes the.
Newcomers should ease into eastern promises with a rent, but fans of the film will find a purchase to be a foregone. This is a quality that arguably makes identity particularly wellsuited to cinematic inquiry and, indeed, identity has been thematically explored by film throughout cinematic history. Eastern promises is a 2007 crime drama by david cronenberg. Sep 26, 2007 eastern promises posted by jeff meyers on wed, sep 26, 2007 at 12. Eastern promises 2 is reportedly on the way after spending years in development limbo. Set in london within the ritualized underworld of the russian mafiathe dread vory v zakonedavid cronenbergs eastern promises couldnt be further, in terms of ambience, from the americana of a history of violence. Two contemporary films that handle identity in intriguing ways are david cronenbergs eastern promises 2007 and david finchers gone girl 2014. Cronenberg\s films are known to be rather violent, and this film is no exception. An eccentric filmmaker who became known for trippy realitybending horror and scifi works like the fly and videodrome, cronenberg has spent much of his sporadic 40year career on unusual material that keeps him off cinemas mainstream radar. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mar 27, 2010 one of the films of the last decade that holds up extremely well upon repeat viewings is david cronenbergs violent crime film, eastern promises, starring viggo mortensen and naomi watts. Eastern promises is a bristling film that shows the inside of the russian mafia. Naomi watts, viggo mortensen, vincent cassel, armin muellerstahl.
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David cronenberg says eastern promises 2 is dead cinemablend. Eastern promises is a 2007 gangster film directed by david cronenberg, from a screenplay written by steven knight. Peoples choice award for best film at the 2007 toronto international film festival. Please subscribe, like and share this video as it really helps. Eastern promises is a fascinating case of a film made under the intense gaze of a supreme auteur and written by the separate but equally potent hand of a writer. Kudos from chicago suntimes roger ebert, the new york times a. While it doesnt have much in the way of supplemental content, it does feature a reference quality transfer and a faithful, technically proficient dts hd master audio track. The film, directed by david cronenberg from a script by steve knight, revisits. It tells a story of a russianbritish midwife, anna watts, who delivers the baby of a drugaddicted 14year old russian.
Eastern promises was directed by david cronenberg and starred viggo mortensen and naomi watts. But i still find myself hoping for something that will cut a little closer to the bone. Sep 14, 2007 the story told in eastern promises is a grim and violent one, set in londons expatriate russian underworld. Semyon looks like a nice old soul, but underneath he is a monster who will stop at nothing and his son, kirill. Eastern promises 2007 trailers and clips moviefone. Released in 2007, the original earned an oscar nomination for star viggo mortensen and remains a highwater mark for screenwriter steven knight, who has since gone into the tom hardy business as the. Such is the plot of david cronenberg\s latest film, eastern promises. Identity in eastern promises 2007 and gone girl 2014. The casting notice, which appeared on the site under the listing body cross aka eastern promises 2, offers a synopsis spoilers for a decadeold film follow the sequel picks up where the 2007 film left offwith the incompetent underboss kirill thinking that he and his henchman driver nikolai really have inherited the throne from his crimelord father, without. Kalau anda masih ingat film film hong kong di tahun 1980an, anda pasti sudah akrab dengan film film yang berlatar belakang dunia.
According to consequence of sound, a casting notice has recently materialized for body cross, the longintheworks sequel to david cronenbergs londonset russian mobster movie eastern promises. Everything you need to know about eastern promises movie. Despite the star presence of viggo mortensen, david cronenbergs violent film about the russian mafia in london is a disappointment, writes. Eastern promises is a 2007 crime drama by david cronenberg the story revolves around anna naomi watts, a midwife at a london hospital, who discovers a diary belonging to a teenage girl who died during childbirth. The actors and the characters merge and form a reality above and apart from the story, and the result is a film that takes us beyond crime and london and the russian mafia and into the mystifying. One things for certain about eastern promises it wont have the 2012 olympic committee knocking on the doors of writer steve knight dirty pretty things or director david cronenberg. Eastern promises is no ordinary crime thriller, just as cronenberg is no ordinary director. Be careful, though, the only things that go in the main namespace are tropes and should be created through the ykttw system. I have to admit i didnt absolutely love it the first time i watched it but upon watching it again on dvd i thought, wow. Ironmonger row baths, london ec1 taking possession of the diary of a young girl who died in childbirth, midwife anna khitrova naomi watts finds herself involved with a very nasty branch of the russian mafia, vory v zakone. Sep 11, 2007 nicola benedetti\s solo violin immediately presents howard shore\s main theme to eastern promises, the latest film he has scored for longtime collaborator, director david cronenberg. There is no nuclear family to be found anywhere in the film. It is not often that audiences today are treated to a film that has as many things going for it as eastern promises does.
Her efforts to translate the diary and thus find a family for the girls baby end up embroiling her with a powerful figure in the russian mafia and the human trafficking and. David cronenberg was originally going to shoot the eastern promises sequel towards the end of 2012. Oct 25, 2007 eastern promises has a firstrate cast, and the script by the talented british screenwriter steve knight who explored similar ideas about a london migrant underworld in his previous script. With naomi watts, viggo mortensen, armin muellerstahl, josef altin. Starring viggo mortensen and naomi watts this is an exciting story about hypocrisy, decency and different kinds of honour, and. Featuring top notch talent such as viggo mortensen and naomi watts, director david cronenberg hot off his last awardwinning and mortensenstarring masterpiece a history of violence and an unsettling plot about a woman who has accidentally become entwined with the russian mafia, expectations for. Beginning with lowrent horror films in the 1970s, because he could get them financed, cronenberg has moved film by film into the top rank of directors, and here he wisely reunites with mortensen, star of their a history of violence 2005. Eastern promises, menelusuri sebuah buku harian zellzes blog. Eastern promises on dvd december 23, 2007 starring viggo mortensen, naomi watts, vincent cassel, armin muellerstahl. Eastern promises is the first film for david cronenberg that was shot entirely outside his native canada and it is the second film of cronenberg and viggo mortensen after the history of violence 2005. Scott, chicago readers johnathan rosenbaum, varietys todd mccarthy,villages voice j. The film was shown at the london film festival on october 17, 2007 and was released in the united kingdom on october 26, 2007.
She also discovers a card from the transsiberian, a restaurant owned by semyon, a thiefinlaw of the russian mafia. Browse through our impressive selection of porn videos in hd quality on any device you own. Considering how good the original movie was, its quite a statement for knight to say his followup script is actually superior. As of january 2018 eastern promises is available on uk netflix. David cronenbergs eastern promises opens with a throatslashing and a young woman collapsing in blood in a drugstore, and connects these events with a descent into an underground of russians who have immigrated to london and brought their crime family with them. This is eastern promises sauna fight by ed chen on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. Watch eastern promises trailers and video, including teasers, extended looks, exclusive clips, footage, sneak peeks, interviews, and more on moviefone. Viggo mortenson, plays nikolai, a driver and henchman for semyon, played by armin muellerstahl, the owner of a transsiberian restaurant in london. Eastern promises is rated r under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Cronenberg melepas eastern promises yang juga masih dipenuhi adegan kekerasan seperti film cronenberg sebelumnya itu. Ending spoiler for eastern promises 2007, plus mistakes, quotes, trivia and more.
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