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| Selena Gomez gets raunchy in ‘shocking’ new movie Posted: 05 Sep 2012 09:06 AM PDT VENICE, Sept 5 — If Selena Gomez wants to ditch her wholesome image as a Disney child and girlfriend of teenaged pop star Justin Bieber, then her raunchy and raucous new film "Spring Breakers" seems as good a place as any to start. The movie, which premieres at the Venice film festival today, is directed by Harmony Korine and stars Gomez and fellow Disney graduate Vanessa Hudgens as bikini-clad revellers on a drink- and drug-fuelled orgy of beach parties and pranks. The camera zooms in on scantily clad teenagers gyrating to the music, local drug dealers snort cocaine from writhing, topless girls and mobsters cruise the streets of Florida in Lamborghinis in a hedonistic portrait of the "American Dream".  Selena Gomez at the photocall: "I did things I didn't even know I could do." — Reuters pic "Obviously I know that coming from Disney Channel gives you kind of a brand in a way," the 20-year-old told reporters in Venice after the movie was screened to the press. "People do put a label on you. I know that I have younger fans, and this is an opportunity for myself to kind of grow. It is a little shocking, I think, for the younger audiences ... but I think it was right for me. "I did things I didn't even know I could do on the movie and I do think it was because I trusted Harmony." Gomez, who rose to fame as a teenager on Disney show "Wizards of Waverly Place" and enjoyed success as a pop singer, added that she turned down the opportunity to play one of the more racy characters. "I just didn't think I was ready for it, and I do think that Faith is right for me at this time in my career and in my life. Of course eventually I'm going to kind of work my way up to that I think," she added. Mixed reviews Reaction to the movie in Venice has been mixed. Korine is described as an "enfant terrible" of American film making who is best known for writing controversial sex movie "Kids" and directing the experimental "Julien Donkey-Boy". Some critics found "Spring Breakers" implausible and pretentious, while others described it as "wild" and "compelling" and a breath of fresh air at a film festival dominated by more serious, sombre cinema. Robbie Collin of the Daily Telegraph argued that Korine did not go far enough. "Beneath its Terry Richardson-esque porn chic surface, 'Spring Breakers' is no racier than a mainstream Hollywood teen comedy, and Korine doesn't seem to know what to do with his film's incredibly timely, potentially dangerous premise," he wrote in a three-star review. In the film, the four friends join hundreds of others whose sole aim is to get drunk, stoned and naked. Korine said he was aiming to capture the spirit of young people today who were often misunderstood. "This idea that there is no soul ... with the new generation is not true, but it's just that the soul has morphed. "It's about kids that are raised on video games, and raised on YouTube clips and raised as television babies, and so the step from watching to doing is sometimes very, very small." In the story, things turn sour for Faith and her pals when police bust a party and throw them into jail. They are bailed out by local drug dealer and rapper Alien, played with exaggerated relish by the Oscar-nominated James Franco, who spots them in court wearing only bikinis and decides to take them under his wing. Faith feels increasingly uneasy as Alien tries to seduce her, and leaves her friends before they are drawn into an increasingly dangerous cycle of sex, money and violence. — Reuters |
| Cirque du Soleil 3D fantasy film to open Tokyo fest Posted: 05 Sep 2012 08:42 AM PDT  From their performance of "Alegria" in Tel Aviv, August 8, 2012, the circus-arts entertainers of Cirque du Soleil will open the Tokyo International Film Festival in 3D. — Reuters file pic "Worlds Away", written and directed by Andrew Adamson, who helmed the first two "Chronicles of Narnia" movies, follows a young couple who becomes separated and must journey through dreamlike worlds of Cirque du Soleil to find each other. The film, which makes its world premiere at the Tokyo festival screening out of competition, incorporates performances shot in 3D from actual shows by the circus-arts entertainers. Cameron, whose "Titanic" premiered at the Tokyo festival in 1997, is one of Hollywood's biggest proponents of 3D. He said last month he would open a joint venture to provide 3D filming technology in China, where audience demand for the format is booming. The 25th edition of the Tokyo festival runs October 20-28. Veteran Hollywood producer Roger Corman will head the jury to select the winner of the festival's top Sakura prize. The main competition lineup will be unveiled later this month. Last year's winner, drama-comedy "Untouchable", became the top-grossing French film of 2011 and raked in US$356 million (RM1.1 billion) at box offices worldwide, according to Box Office Mojo. — Reuters |
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