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Two Awards for MANIAC
Maniac has picked up two awards.
1) The "Audience Award Best Feature Film" at the Stanley Film Festival.
http://www.stanleyfilmfest.com/film/maniac/
2) "Best Film" at FANT19, Bilbao, Spain.
http://www.20minutos.es/noticia/1810658/0/From the jury report of FANT19: "por introducir al público de forma original en la mente del asesino y por su ( Read more... ) -
Elijah Wood tipped to become a director
Interesting article with Maniac director's quotes about Elijah's possibilities as director.
http://www.contactmusic.com/news/elijah-wood-tipped-to-become-a-director_3549958 -
Article about Maniac
Some quotes:
- Few actors have a glance like Elijah Wood. And it’s a real success, for part of makers of this Franco-American co-production, to elect him as protagonist. Alexandre Aja, fanatical director of horror film, and one of his friends director, Franck Khalfoun, who had acted in two of his films, they deal with this remake of 1980 film with ( Read more... ) -
Elijah’s view on the character of Frank Zito in “Maniac”
The film “Maniac” was shown at FrightFest in London and now an online magazine about the festival has come out with a picture of Elijah, in his role as Frank Zito, on the front page. The magazine contains an interview with Elijah where he talks about his interpretation of the character of Frank. Apparently, the interview was held when he was at ( Read more... ) -
"He's a filmmaker, not just an actor"
Franck Khalfoun, the director of "Maniac" made some very interesting remarks about Elijah in this interview (link) :
Khalfoun: (talking about the POV approach) ".... And Elijah Wood was fabulous because he was there all the time and he really became the camera. He'd guide us in a lot of the movement and I wanted Elijah's character and Elijah's ( Read more... ) -
Maniac review
...que lo que vemos es lo que ve nuestro amigo Frank, interpretado magistralmente por el Sr. Elijah Wood. Seguro que estaréis pensando que si está rodada con cámara subjetiva, la actuación de éste es secundaria. Muy al contrario, las escasas apariciones, a través de espejos y reflejos de este magnífico actor, son escalofriantes. Su sola mirada ( Read more... )