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directed by Richard Goldgewicht
USA 2012
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To paraphrase a news anchor in an archival interview excerpted in this documentary: Who is Pablo Ferro? You might not recognize the name, but you've definitely seen his work. A Cuban immigrant, Pablo Ferro developed an interest in art at an early age, his work would soon mark sea changes in the worlds of television advertising and movie trailer design and editing (starting with Stanley Kubrick's DR. STRANGELOVE); soon joining Saul Bass and Maurice Binder as one of the most influential motion picture title designers. This affectionate documentary - interstitially narrated by actor Jeff Bridges - tracks the professional life of Ferro from his first job in a movie theater (where he first gained recognition designing graphics for the outside that eclipsed the ad mats supplied for most of the movies it was showing) to his work at Marvel Comics (with commentary from Stan Lee) and in television commercials to his first trailer for Kubrick's aforementioned DR. STRANGELOVE (which led to Kubrick keeping him on to design the film's title sequence and subsequently A CLOCKWORK ORANGE). Also explored is the major influence of innovations in editing on the Steve McQueen vehicles THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR and BULLITT as well as his collaborations with director Hal Ashby (BEING THERE). Also explored is his turbulent personal life with input from his ex-wife, his son and daughter - as well as his ex-girlfriends and a number of Hollywood personalities who may not have collaborated with him professionally but were fixtures at his happening parties in his East Village "Neverneverland" of a loft/studio - including his creative slump following his shooting by a still unknown assailant, his devotion to terminally ill Ashby, and his reunion with his family (and his bittersweet current circumstances working from son's garage surrounded by his grandchildren, and more interested in drumming up work to raise funds for a personal sauna because of his ongoing health issues from the shooting). |
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Theatrical Release: 21 June 2013 (Taiwan)
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DVD Review: Breaking Glass Pictures - Region 1 - NTSC
Big thanks to Eric Cotenas for the Review!
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| Runtime | 1:30:33 | |
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| Subtitles | English (CC), none | |
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Release Information: Studio: Breaking Glass Pictures Aspect Ratio:
Edition Details: Chapters 20 |
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There's little
point in criticizing the look of Breaking Glass' dual-layer,
progressive, anamorphic disc of this documentary since it is
composed of much archival footage from a number of sources
(including an early Sony portable 1" camcorder in which static
and drop outs could be caused by its own circuitry rather than
the tape's age). Some of the talking head interviews seem to
have been grabbed on the fly, so they are not consistently
colorful or as crisp as the new animation. English
closed-captioning is included for the Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo
track (given the subject, it's odd that Breaking Glass didn't
include optional Spanish subtitles as are available on some of
their earlier releases). |
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