Watch: Tarsem Singh Chats About ‘The Fall’ Whereas Studying Evaluations
by Alex Billington
September 29, 2024
Supply: Letterboxd
“I spent all my cash to make the film…” A few of you might have heard of this movie earlier than, a few of you perhaps not. However now it is screening once more with a wonderful 4K re-release because of Mubi – this interview may persuade you to observe. Tarsem’s movie The Fall is taken into account a masterpiece by some critics, a flop by others, although it’s being given an opportunity to shine once more 18 years later with this restoration. The Fall 4K “Restored Minimize” initially premiered on the 2024 Locarno Movie Competition a couple of months in the past, and simply debuted streaming on Mubi. In the course of the premiere, Letterboxd caught up with filmmaker Tarsem Singh and requested him to learn among the latest Letterboxd evaluations raving concerning the movie. The result’s this additional fascinating 8-minute video the place Tarsem goes on and on telling wonderful tales concerning the movie and the method and the way laborious it was to make & distribute. One among my favourite tales is how David Fincher & Spike Jonze agreed to place their names on it totally free to assist the movie. The Fall stars Lee Tempo in one in every of his first roles, with Catinca Untaru and Justine Waddell. It is a vivid, entrancing, unforgettably distinctive cinematic expertise. So glad it exists.
You possibly can rewatch the latest official trailer for Tarsem’s The Fall 4K re-release proper right here, for extra footage.
Tarsem’s epic cult traditional, lastly restored in 4K highlighting the breathtaking, gorgeous cinematography. In silent-era Hollywood, stuntman Roy Walker (Lee Tempo) is dropped at a hospital after an on-set accident leaves him paralyzed. There, he befriends a younger woman referred to as Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) and tells her of a fantastical story of epic heroes making an attempt to take revenge on an evil ruler – while secretly planning his personal suicide. The Fall is directed by acclaimed Indian filmmaker Tarsem (aka Tarsem Singh), who directed this as his second function movie following The Cell (2000) and earlier than making Immortals (2011). The screenplay is written by Dan Gilroy and Nico Soultanakis & Tarsem Singh. Based mostly on the unique 1981 movie titled Yo Ho Ho written by Valery Petrov. Produced by Tarsem. This movie initially opened in theaters in Could 2008, after first premiering on the 2006 Toronto Movie Competition and touring to different festivals all through 2007. Mubi has debuted Tarsem’s The Fall in 4K for streaming on September twenty seventh, 2024. You too can nonetheless seize it on BR.
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