Monday, September 07, 2015

Venice Lido: 72nd Film Festival – Scott Cooper – Black Mass



Courtesy Warner Bros.- La Biennale di Venezia


Venice Lido: 72nd Film Festival – Scott Cooper – Black Mass. In 70s South Boston, FBI Agent John Connolly persuades Irish mobster James “Whitey” Bulger to collaborate with the FBI and eliminate a common enemy: the Italian mob. The drama tells the true story of this unholy alliance, which spiraled out of control, allowing Whitey to evade law enforcement, consolidate power, and become one of the most ruthless and powerful gangsters in Boston history.
Staring: Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton, Benedict Cumberbatch, Rory Cochrane, Jesse Plemons, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Kevin Bacon.


  Photographs ASAC courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

#Venezia72 - Red Carpet - Johnny Depp and fans


  Courtesy Warner Bros.- La Biennale di Venezia

Scott Cooper - Black Mass

 Photographs ASAC courtesy La Biennale di Venezia

#Venezia72 - Red Carpet - Amber Heard and Johnny Depp

 Courtesy Warner Bros.- La Biennale di Venezia

Scott Cooper



Director’s Statement – Scott Cooper.  “When I first decided to direct black mass, I did so with much trepidation. After all, many of my favorite films lived in the crime genre in which black mass would live. So to say that the bar was high and the challenge formidable was an understatement. But the players (two brothers: one a notorious criminal, the other a high-powered and highly feared politician, and their childhood friend: a fast-rising FBI Special Agent in Charge), the chilling true story of the mean streets of South Boston during the 1970’s and beyond, and the central question “Can you ever really leave your past behind?” was simply too much to pass up. The past of our central players (shackled by the bonds of brotherhood and loyalty) colliding in a deadly and violent fashion led not only to the largest scandal in FBI history, but led to the feared place where criminals and lawmen would become virtually indistinguishable. Truth, as it related to James “Whitey” Bulger, his brother, Billy, and their childhood friend, John Connolly, was much richer and much stranger than fiction. In the end, I realized that the challenge was not to be compared to the many wonderful crime films that have greatly influenced me, but to be compared to the many wonderful human films that have influenced and inspired me. I had no interest in dramatizing a world in which criminals happened to be humans, but had great interest in dramatizing a world in which humans happened to be criminals.”

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Contessanally –  Depp certainly acts – 8/10
 



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