Hey folks, Harry here... Man, this is a film to look forward to. Soderbergh, Wong Kar-Wai and Antonioni... the mouth gapes in anticipation! We don't see enough projects like this anymore I feel. It is sad really. But hey.. here's one and it looks to be something very very exciting. Here ya go...
Hi folks.
Steven Soderbergh will direct one of the three episodes of Eros. This is a project that originally was divided between italian celebrated director Michelangelo Antonioni, Wong Kar-Wai and Pedro Almodovar. But yesterday, Enrica Fico, Antonioni's wife, announced during a celebration for the ninety years of his husband, that unfortunately the project won't be ready this year, even because Pedro Almodovar had some difficulties and will be replaced by Steven Soderbergh, while Wong Kar-Wai will start working on february, 2003, so the full project will be presented at the end of the next year .
"Unfortunately", has told the producer Domenico Procacci, "Pedro Almodovar was very busy working with his next personal movie and was forced, unwillingly, to resign. Soderbergh was contacted since the beginning of the project and today he agreed to join this adventure".
The episode directed by Antonioni, called "Il filo pericoloso delle cose" ("The Dangerous Thread of the Things"), is already finished and it last around 30 minutes. The story, penned by Tonino Guerra, follows the story of a couple crisis (a very typical theme for Antonioni). The husband has a three days relationship with a youg girl, who later on meets his wife. It was announced as a very explicit short, as some pictures appeared in the italian newspapers can prove.
It's easy to believe that also the two other episodes will be very explicit. Maybe, we'll see really a "Full Frontal" by the part of Steven Soderbergh, this time...
Best
Robert Bernocchi
Euro AICN editor
