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Hollywood woos ‘Generation ‘Working model’ Naomi Xbox’ with ‘’ Campbell releases career irst-person live-action shooter “Hardcore decade that has seen Hollywood flirt with gam- Shot mainly in , with a few days in Henry” hits theaters this weekend in a ing franchises like “Tomb Raider” and “Resident Los Angeles, the film opens with protagonist chronicling anthology Fblaze of buzz hailing the movie as a new Evil” to attract “Generation Xbox,” a term popular- Henry having lost his memory and learning he is cinematic genre for “Generation Xbox”-but ized by British screenwriter Jamie Russell. a cyborg who must protect his wife from a gang sharply dividing critics. The Russian-American of ultraviolent criminals. The audience is not production shares the aesthetic of hit “point-of- Ultraviolence galore shown Henry’s face-even in the mirror-apart view” video games like “Halo” and “Call of Duty,” In his 2012 book “Generation Xbox: How from one fleeting half-glance near the end, and but with real actors, filmed on GoPro cameras Videogames Invaded Hollywood,” Russell argues the character is not assigned to an actor in the attached to the main character. that Hollywood has been losing the prime credits. “Hardcore Henry” grew from a first-person music video made by Naishuller for his punk band “Biting Elbows” that became a viral sensa- tion, attracting over 120 million views on video- sharing sites. Filmmaker , whose credits include thriller “Unfriended,” and fantasy “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” per- suaded the novice director to turn his concept into a feature film.

‘Transformative filmmaking’ “I admired Ilya’s daring, creative spirit. There are three major factors that draw me to a proj- By Thari F AlRashed ed to go on a “man detox” after her last boyfriend ect-originality and boldness, and an interesting Russian millionaire Vladimir Doronin left her for concept,” said Bekmambetov. In front of the upermodel Naomi Campbell has finally Luo Zilin, a former contestant on Naomi’s model This file photo taken on September 11, 2015 shows actor , director Ilya GoPro for much of the running time is South released her much-anticipated anthology search reality show “The Face”. During those three Naishuller and producer Timur Bekmambetov attending the “Hardcore” photo call during African actor Sharlto Copley-who played lead Sbook on Thursday titled “Naomi, The Art of years, she has continued her lengthy modeling the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival. — AFP roles in a string of hits including “District 9,” Beauty”. The “sumo-sized” edition, which is limit- career in new fashion territories that would bene- “Elysium” and “Maleficent”-as Henry’s mentor ed to only a thousand copies, has been released fit greatly from her involvement such as Moscow “Action cinema has always thrived when it moviegoing demographic of 18 to 24-year-olds who guides him through a series of increasingly after being pushed back countless times. The and Taiwan. Naomi has also become a mentor for captured the sensation of participating in dan- who are increasingly thinking: “Why watch a deadly assignments. anthology contains two volumes that chronicle new sister supermodels Gigi and Bella Hadid gerous situations that most people would much movie, when you can live inside one?” , who was in Antoine Fuqua’s Naomi’s 30-year career with extensive illustra- whom have gone on record and stated that rather avoid in real life,” said Russian first-time “Generation Xbox knows that the once solid 2014 film “The Equalizer” and stars in his upcom- tions hand-picked by the versatile model herself. Naomi taught them how to runway walk. director Ilya Naishuller. “The goal with ‘Hardcore boundary between games and movies has ing remake of 1960 western “The Magnificent The fact that this anthology is being produced The model had a release party on Thursday Henry’ was to push it a step further, to put the become a permeable membrane. They use their Seven,” appears as Henry’s wife, while Britain’s by Taschen, a German art book publishing com- co-hosted by her and Marc Jacobs. The event audience right into the body of the protagonist, Xbox 360s and PS3s to watch Netflix movies. Tim Roth makes a brief appearance as his father. pany founded in 1980 by Benedikt Taschen, took place in New York City at Diamond to have them experience the primal, exhilarating They create their own machinima videos out of The movie has been touted as a potential makes this book a must have for any serious art Horseshoe, which located in the basement of the feeling that we usually view from a much safer the latest first-person shooters,” he says. “They’re game-changer to rival CGI, introduced in and fashion collector. Previous ‘sumo’ books have Paramount Hotel . The affair had such a serious A- distance.” more likely to have a poster of Nick Bellic from “Westworld” (1973), the “steadicam” in 1980’s been known to re-sell way above their original list crowd that even the queen of fashion Anna The first-person device isn’t new; audiences ‘Grand Theft Auto IV’ on their bedroom wall than “The Shining,” or the slow-mo “Bullet Time” of the price. For instance, Kate Moss’s anthology - ‘Kate Wintour made an appearance. have gazed out from behind the eyes of the Travis Bickle from ‘Taxi Driver’ or Tony Montana 1990s “The Matrix” trilogy. “If ‘Hardcore Henry’ Moss’ by Mario Testino is now valued at $2,000, Naomi Campbell, the Art of Beauty retails for hero or antagonist in all manner of action and from ‘Scarface.’” succeeds, then Naishuller’s technique could go up from the original $500 price tag. While Helmut $1,750 in the US and 1,250 Pounds in the UK. horror movies, from “Halloween” and “The Evil “Hardcore Henry” opened on 3,000 screens from being greeted as a gimmick to zeitgeist Newton’s collectible king-size book fetches Dead” to “Predator” and “Jaws.” in the United States over the weekend, distrib- transformative filmmaking that disrupts tradi- around the $15,000 range, a whopping 1000% What is new is a movie that uses almost no uted by STX Entertainment, which snapped up tional notions of the movie-going experience,” increase on its initial retail value. other type of camera angle, from its violent the worldwide rights at the Toronto Film Festival. said Ross Lincoln, a critic for film website ‘The Art of Beauty’ is divided in two parts and opening scenes until its blood-spattered conclu- It also debuted in Russia, mainland Europe and Deadline Hollywood.—AFP comes in an acrylic case that can be used as art sion, 96 minutes and several dozen gruesome Britain, with critics divided over what to make of and displayed on a wall. The case is designed by deaths later. It is the logical conclusion of a cinema’s latest innovation. artist Allen Jones, who is known for his uniquely daring furniture that was a big part of 1950s’ Pop Art Movement. The first volume is a large 496-page portfolio gathering Naomi’s best shots by the likes of Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Herb Ritts, Mario Testino, Ellen von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, and Peter Lindberg, to only name a few. The books also include detachable photo-quality prints that can be used as art on your wall just like Allen Jones’s cover case. The second volume is a smaller 368-page autobiography, illustrated with scrapbook-style snapshots from Naomi’s personal trove of child- hood pictures, runway looks, magazine covers, designer fittings, and art collaborations. Naomi is also celebrating the end of the three year dating break she started in 2013. She decid-