NEWS FROM NOWHERE
A Film By Paul Morrissey
VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2010
News From Nowhere follows the encounters of an enigmatic stranger
with the residents of an Atlantic seaport town
and is intentionally meant to return to the style not just of the
director's earlier work but to the type of films made in Europe in the
1960s and 70s, a style of filmmaking that has practically gone away.
In this film, the main character’s nature and appearance set him apart
from the natives who attempt to connect with him and he has no intention
of explaining or dramatizing himself, retaining only his surface identity.
Whatever reason he has, he keeps to himself.
Original personalities, as in the Hollywood Studios star system, are an
unwanted element in today’s films which are now dominated mostly by video
game style non-stop action performed by highly emotional,
psychological character actors.
This director always preferred the Hollywood Studio
version of reality to the N.Y. Acting Class version and he continues to
do it this way.
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