#Lespert

[detournementsmineurs]

"Des Vents Contraires" de Jalil Lespert (2011) - adapté du roman éponyme d'Olivier Adam (2009) - avec Benoît Magimel, Isabelle Carré, Antoine Duléry, Bouli Lanners, Ramzy Bedia, Marie-Ange Casta, les jeunes Hugo Fernandes et Cassiopée Mayance, et les participations d'Aurore Clément et d'Audrey Tautou, octobre 2023.

[may8chan]

Infinity Pool - Brandon Cronenberg 2023

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Infinity Pool (2023)

Director - Brandon Cronenberg, Cinematography - Karim Hussain

"This is the ashes for you to take. Consider this a souvenir."

[brokehorrorfan]

Infinity Pool just hit Blu-rayin April, but it was the R-rated cut with no special features. The 2023 sci-fi horror film is getting an uncut release on Steelbook 4K Ultra HD on August 29 via Decal Releasing.

Brandon Cronenberg (Possessor, Antiviral) writes and directs. Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, and Cleopatra Coleman star with Jalil Lespert, Amanda Brugel, and Thomas Kretschmann.

Infinity Pool is presented in 4K with HDR and DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1. Special features are listed listed below.

Special features:

Audio commentary by writer-director Brandon Cronenberg, cinematographer Karim Hussain, and producer Rob Cotterill

The Making of Inifitny Pool featurette

Camera Test/FX by Karim Hussain

Makeup & Figaritive FX reel with commentary by FX artist Dan Martin

Behind the scenes FX footage

Alexander Skarsgard and Mia Goth react to their clones

Photo gallery

Trailers and TV spots

While staying at an isolated island resort, James (Alexander Skarsgård) and Em (Cleopatra Coleman) are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi (Mia Goth), they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you're rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.

Pre-order Infinity Pool.

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Infinity Pool

directed by Brandon Cronenberg, 2023

[gameofthunder66]

'Infinity Pool' (2023) film

-watched 7/28/2024- 3 [1/4] stars- on Hulu

87% Rotten Tomatoes

Very weird movie but interesting, although some would hate it..

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Alexander Skarsgård, Jalil Lespert and Mia Goth at 'Infinity Pool' press conference at the 73rd Berlinale International Film Festival (February 22, 2023).

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Infinity Pool (2023) Brandon Cronenberg

February 18th 2023

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Infinity Pool

Summary: Struggling writer James Foster (Alexander Skarsgard) and his wife Em (Cleopatra Coleman) spend time at a seaside resort, where they meet Gabi (Mia Goth), her husband Alban (Jalil Lespert), their friends, and the dark side of the country in which they're holidaying.

Commentary on nepotism and privilege swerves at end of second act and doesn’t really recover. Still better than dad’s latest.

Rating: 3.5/5

Photo credit: LA Times

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Infinity Pool Review- A Debotcherous Journey of Excess, Drugs, and Sensuality

Brandon Cronenberg is the son of legendary horror director David Cronenberg. He has a few films under his belt as well including, Infinity Pool. This film premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival to a myriad of different opinions. Cronenberg has taken over from his father with strange the types of films he likes to make. This one isn’t for the faint of heart but it’s also not that accessible…

[rookie-critic]

Infinity Pool (2023, dir. Brandon Cronenberg) - review by Rookie-Critic

I'm not really sure where to even begin with Infinity Pool. I'll just start by saying I'm not sure that I really understood it. Firstly, Brandon Cronenberg is definitely his father's son. Body horror and just a general sense of bizarre permeates every square inch of this film, and it echoes the strange vibes of the elder Cronenberg's Videodrome and The Brood. Sometimes this works in the movie's favor, and other times it doesn't. I think that the first two acts of the film are enjoyable and keep you drawn into what is happening onscreen. You want to see where the story takes Alexander Skarskård's character James Foster. The bizarre feels more intriguing than alienating, and Mia Goth is fascinating as who I would call the film's antagonist, Gabi Bower. However, the film falls apart in the third act. Sequences become longer and more abstract as James descends into a state that I would call madness, and everything just feels like a fever dream. The themes get muddied and the message is hard to grasp. The only positive from the first two acts that carries over is Goth, whose performance turns just as bizarre as the film itself, but in a very entertaining and functional way. Goth has really busted out of the gate over the past year and really found her niche, from X to Pearl to this, and she always looks like she is relishing every second that she gets to do this in a way that feels like she is inviting the audience to come along and enjoy it with her. She is quickly becoming a name that I associate with quality film making or, in the case of this film, a quality performance, at the very least. I think this is partially by design, but for me, Goth was the only reason I was still invested by the end of the film.

I think that Brandon Cronenberg's biggest problem, at least in Infinity Pool (I admit I haven't watched any of his other projects), is that he goes too abstract. A thing that I admire about his dad's film making is that, no matter how strange, or how grotesque and out there the events of the film get, David Cronenberg's films always have a very clear statement and very clear themes. There's no guesswork, really. Room for interpretation on the specifics and what each piece of the movie is saying, sure, but the overall through-line is clear and the moral of the story is always right there, available and accessible. They're still wildly disorienting and weird movies, but you know what you're watching. With Infinity Pool, I was never quite sure what exactly I was looking at or what I was supposed to be getting out of the experience of watching it. I have a couple of ideas, but they're loose at best. Also, I don't mean to just keep comparing father to son, but when their styles or so intensely similar to each other it is almost impossible not to. I'm not sure I can recommend Infinity Pool unless you're just in the mood for something that's very strange and not very rewarding of an experience. If I did give a reason to watch it, it would be because of Mia Goth's excellent performance and a pretty solid first two acts, but not much else. Maybe it's just a story and a message that is so alien to me that I'm never going to understand it, and this film could really resonate with someone else. I'm not going to give up on Brandon Cronenberg, I've heard good things about his film Possessor, but Infinity Pool wasn't a fantastic first introduction.

Score: 5/10

Currently only in theaters.

[detournementsmineurs]

"Un Baiser Papillon" de Karine Silla Perez (2011) avec Valeria Golino, Vincent Perez, Elsa Zylberstein, Cécile de France, Jalil Lespert, Nicolas Giraud, Edit Scob, Catherine Hiegel et les jeunes Roxane Depardieu, Iman Perez et Jolhan Martin, mai 2024.

[may8chan]

A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick 1971 Infinity Pool - Brandon Cronenberg 2023

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"Yves Saint Laurent" (2014) dir. Jalil Lespert

[brokehorrorfan]

Infinity Pool’s original motion picture soundtrack is available on vinyl via Death Waltz in association with Milan Records. Shipping in July, the score is composed by Tim Hecker (The North Water).

The 2xLP album is pressed on 140-gram vinyl with two editions: Mondo exclusive picture discs with artwork by Greg Ruth ($45; limited to 500) and clear red color vinyl ($40; limited to 2,500). They're housed in a red plastic gatefold sleeve within a spot varnish jacket.

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