IFC Buying Spree Continues with ‘Gomorra’
Add Gomorra to busy IFC’s growing list of Cannes acquisitions. Matteo Gorrone’s violent, deglamorized weaving of five tales that tell the story of rampant organized crime in Naples received some positive reviews and won the Grand Prix, the runner-up award to the Palme d’Or.
There’s no telling how the exclusive deal IFC has with video satan Lackluster is going to shake out, but it would be a shame if all these great Cannes titles receive a perfunctory LA/NY release before gathering dust on the shelves of your local Lackluster store. Why should the Wal-Mart of video stores make an effort to steer its customers toward niche product when they’ve got 74 copies of Alvin and the Chipmunks to move?
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Yeah, who knows?
This title actually seems to have a lot of potential (not “Alvin,” the other one). It would be interesting to see a take on organized crime from that particular perspective.
Yes this one got some pretty good reviews. One thought the book was more powerful, but otherwise the response was solid (not “Alvin” the other one).
All the cool kids seem to be spelling it the Americanized way with an ‘h’ on the end.
Damn cool kids.
I posted the title - spelling it all kinds of ways, because I am ignorant. Or something.
I think you’ve spelled it correctly, and I think I’m really excited about it. Not enough Italian mob movies these days.
D, you’re amazing - and tremendously witty. But you knew that, I’m sure.
Craig, I took the Cannes results off your website. But I DID give you credit for that. I only started spelling Gomorra with an “h” when I saw everyone else doing it.
And you’re just as cool as the coolest kids, honey. Maybe even COOLER…
Nicky, you are one of the LEAST ignorant people I have ever known. SO THERE…
Here here, Danny.
I’m all for Italian mob movies, as long as they’re made on the level of THE GODFATHER TRILOGY and GOODFELLAS.
AL PACINO, RAY LIOTTA and ANDY GARCIA were not only brilliant in those films, they were relentlessly sexy as well.
More, please…
Well, thanks Miranda.
I too am excited to see this film, from what I have heard/read/glanced at longingly, it is similar to many Italian mob films, but oh so different.
I’m sticking with no H until it actually gets a US release date and the one-sheet has the H.
Or maybe I’ll just remain stubborn and keep on spelling it without the H like the French and (I’m assuming) the Italians.