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GANGS of NEW YORK Berlinale Palast, 18.02., 21:30 GANGS of NEW YORK Cinemaxx 8, 21.02., 21:00 35Mm, Farbe Martin Scorsese 168 Min., Englisch USA/Italien 2002 GANGS OF NEW YORK Berlinale Palast, 18.02., 21:30 GANGS OF NEW YORK CinemaxX 8, 21.02., 21:00 35mm, Farbe Martin Scorsese 168 Min., Englisch USA/Italien 2002 B: Jay Cocks, Steven Zaillian, Kenneth Lonergan, Martin Scorsese, nach einer Idee von Jay Cocks/based on a story by Jay Cocks. DP: Michael Ballhaus. K-Ass: Tom Lappin. 2nd unit DP: Florian Ballhaus. PD: Dante Ferretti. Kos: Sandy Powell. T: Ivan Sharrock. S: Thelma Schoonmaker. M: Howard Shore. D: Leo- nardo DiCaprio, Daniel Day-Lewis, Cameron Diaz, Jim Broadbent, John C. Reilly, Henry Thomas, Liam Neeson, Brendan Gleeson. P: Miramax Film Corp./ Touchstone Pictures/Initial Entertainment Group/ P. E. A. Films. Pd: Alberto Grimaldi/Harvey Weinstein. Kopie: Ascot Elite, Zürich In 1846 New York, young Amsterdam watches New York 1846. Der junge Amsterdam muss mit anse- as his father “Priest” Vallon, who leads the Irish hen, wie sein Vater »Priest« Vallon, der in den Banden- gang in the Five Points slum, is murdered in cold kriegen des Armenviertels Five Points die Iren anführt, blood. Sixteen years later, he returns seeking kaltblütig ermordet wird. 16 Jahre später ist er ent- revenge on Bill “The Butcher”, who heads up schlossen, dafür an Bill »The Butcher« Rache zu neh- the “Natives” gang of the US-born. Amsterdam men. Als Amsterdams Versuch misslingt, unerkannt fails to slip incognito into the nativist gang, so he in dessen Bande von »Natives« aufgenommen zu wer- openly takes up a position as the leader of the den, stellt er sich offen an die Spitze der Iren und facht “Irish” and rekindles the battle between the two GANGS OF NEW YORK groups … GANGS OF NEW YORK is the most spectacu- die Kämpfe neu an … ist der spekta- lar and costly film in Michael Ballhaus’ career. The kulärste und aufwendigste Film in Michael Ballhaus’ shoot at Rome’s Cinecittà studios lasted more Karriere. In mehr als sieben Monaten Drehzeit in den than seven months, with the cinematographer’s römischen Cinecittà-Studios entstanden, strahlt der work giving the film the appropriate aura of a 19th Film mit seinen »altmeisterlichen« Chiaroscuro-Effek- century “old masters” painting. A key contributor ten adäquat die Atmosphäre des 19. Jahrhunderts aus. to the successful chiaroscuro effect was the use Maßgeblichen Anteil an der vollendeten Hell-Dunkel- of natural light, including candles, torches and Malerei hat die Setzung natürlichen Lichts durch Kerzen, bonfires. But Ballhaus also availed himself of the Fackeln und Feuer. Hochgradig modern hingegen sind latest in film techniques – extremely high-speed das hochempfindliche Filmmaterial wie auch der Ein- film stock, a lot of Steadicam and the “flying eye” satz der Steadicam und das »fliegende Auge« der Cable of a cable cam, an unmanned camera running on Cam, die an einem Kabel über das Set hinweggleiten wires across the set. Ballhaus has called GANGS OF NEW YORK the quintessence of his work, both konnte. Ballhaus empfand GANGS OF NEW YORK als die in- in content and form. The film brought the cine- haltliche und formale Quintessenz seiner Arbeit. Der matographer his third Oscar nomination. Film trug ihm die dritte Oscar-Nominierung ein..
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