SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex" attends the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: SCREEN SEX
TAPE_NUMBER: EN9952 IN_TIME: 10:37:20 LENGTH: 06:28 SOURCES: APTN/WARNER BROS/TRIMARK PICTURES/SONY PICTURES/MGM DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video clips without clearance from Film Company No access Internet FEED: SCRIPT: xfa English/Nat Story: Screen Sex Location: Various Date: Recent '99 Whether it be the humble screen kiss, Rock Hudson and Doris Day's twin beds or Celia Johnson's oh so brief but no less sexually charged 'Brief Encounter', sex has been a staple of cinema virtually since the medium's birth. In whatever form it comes romantic love, obsession, flirting or teasing seduction followed by the prospect of consummation has comprised one of the cinema's most enduring scenarios. Whilst Hollywood has traditionally opted for the safe option of fantasy over fact, French director CATHERINE BREILLAT sensationally takes cinematic sex to a new dimension, provoking the UK censors and sensationally blurring the line between porn and art as graphic scenes of supposed real sex dominate the film. Marie is a schoolteacher whose boyfriend Paul refuses, after three months of passion, to have sex with her. She embarks on a series of sexual encounters; with Paolo, a hunky widower (in real life the Italian porn star ROCCO SIFFREDI) ,with the headmaster of her school who introduces her to bondage and then with a man she picks up on the street who rapes her. We see sex in closeup; a condom being placed on an erect penis and several closeups of genitalia. Its a far cry from the softfocus, idealised Hollywood sex. Its real and as such is brutal, animalistic and disturbing.The UK censors have passed it , because they say, it is 'philosophical' but not pornographic. It is about sexual relationships not an aid to sexual gratification as denotes porn. Directed by a woman, the film is ultimately an examination of the nature of female sexuality. The film has reawakened the whole 'porn/art' controversy. It's a debate which came to prominence with the release of the much anticipated 'Eyes Wide Shut' directed by Kubrick. Film execs and critics alike were nearly apoplectic over rumours that Kidman and Cruise engaged in 'real sex' such was Kubrick's desire for cinema verite. However, the final cut proved somewhat limp. And rumours of Hollywood stars engaging in near pornlike activities proved to be just that mere rumours. Europe does not however share the same bashfulness. Films like 'Mifune' and the Italian film 'Guardami' directed by DAVIDE FERRARDO about a porn star's fight against cancer do not share the Hollywood code of conduct. For Italian porn king Rocco Siffredi, who makes his mainstream cinematic debut in 'Romance', the ongoing controversy between art and porn is immaterial when acting a scene. During the 'act' , it comes down to one thing. 'In our business, I don't want to mention if your dick is bigger than the other, you do better. But somehow it's true' he says. For Hollywood stars, acting a sex scene can prove the most difficult experience when making a film. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise vehemently denied thay had to take lessons from a 'sex coach' to make their love scenes more realistic. For RENE RUSSO, who had to roll around on more than one occasion with PIERCE BROSNAN in the thoroughly Hollywood remake of 'The Thomas Crown Affair', the main challenge of her love scenes lay in not compromising her looks . 'I'm so critical of my body' she says. No such luxury for their European counterparts where more basic concerns dominate. The main question hovering over 'Romance' remains did Paulo and Marie (ROCCO and actress CAROLINE DUCEY) really go all the way. Ducey accepted the part of Marie knowing that 'going all the way' was written into her contract , although also knowing that director Catherine could not force her to do so. Siffredi has repeated in interviews that he did go all the way. 'I saw through the camera what the audience sees 'says Catherine. 'and I was 90 percent sure that he did'. But Caroline insisted he did not. Whatever the truth, the 22 year old actress remains disturbed by her experience making the film. But for director Catherine 'Acting is like prostitution, no matter what they are acting but it is prostitution for the sake of art'. For further information on release dates for Eyes Wide Shut contact WARNER BROS on +44 (0) 171 437 5600. For further information on release dates for Romance contact Phil Symes on +44 (0) 171 439 3535 For further information on release dates for Mifune contact SONY PICTURES on +44 (0) 171 533 1000 For further information on release dates for The Thomas Crown Affair contact MGM DISTRIBUTION on +44 (0) 181 222 7900. SHOTLIST: MONTAGE OF SCREEN KISSES; CLIP TRAILER "ROMANCE"; SOT CATHERINE BREILLAT, DIRECTOR, "ROMANCE"; PULL BACK BILLBOARD FOR "EYES WIDE SHUT"; ZOOM POSTER; CLIP "EYES WIDE SHUT"; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI, PORN EXPERT, TIME OUT CRITIC (ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE IN TERMS OF SCREEN SEX); FILM CLIP "MIFUNE"; FILM CLIP "GUARDAMI"; SOT DAVIDE FERRARDO, DIRECTOR "GUARDAMI"; FILE FEMALE PORN STAR AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL POSING FOR PRESS; MS PORN STARS POSING FOR PRESS; CU ROCCO, PORN ACTOR; SOT ROCCO; VS PORN ACTRESSES POSING FOR PRESS; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI; CLIP "EYES WIDE SHUT"; SOT NICOLE KIDMAN; CLIP "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"; SOT RENE RUSSO; FILE SARAH JESSICA PARKER; SOT SARAH JESSICA PARKER; CLIP "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI (ON WHETHER BIG STARS WILL EVER PERFORM SEX ACTS ON SCREEN); CLIP "ROMANCE"?
"Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: Rocco Siffredi attends the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Ming Yeung/Getty Images)
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ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT3-SCREEN SEX
TAPE_NUMBER: EN9940 IN_TIME: 11:30:26 LENGTH: 06:28 SOURCES: APTN/WARNER BROS/TRIMARK PICTURES/SONY PICTURES/MGM DISTRIBUTION RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video clips without clearance, No access Internet FEED: SCRIPT: xfa Is it Porn - or is it Art? French film test moral boundaries Story: Screen Sex Location: Various Date: Recent Whether it be the humble screen kiss, Rock Hudson and Doris Day's twin beds or Celia Johnson's oh so brief but no less sexually charged 'Brief Encounter', sex has been a staple of cinema virtually since the medium's birth. In whatever form it comes - romantic love, obsession, flirting or teasing - seduction followed by the prospect of consummation has comprised one of the cinema's most enduring scenarios. Whilst Hollywood has traditionally opted for the safe option of fantasy over fact, French director CATHERINE BREILLAT sensationally takes cinematic sex to a new dimension, provoking the UK censors and sensationally blurring the line between porn and art as graphic scenes of supposed real sex dominate the film. Marie is a schoolteacher whose boyfriend Paul refuses, after three months of passion, to have sex with her. She embarks on a series of sexual encounters; with Paolo, a hunky widower (in real life the Italian porn star ROCCO SIFFREDI) ,with the headmaster of her school who introduces her to bondage and then with a man she picks up on the street who rapes her. We see sex in close-up; a condom being placed on an erect penis and several close-ups of genitalia. Its a far cry from the soft-focus, idealised Hollywood sex. Its real and as such is brutal, animalistic and disturbing.The UK censors have passed it , because they say, it is 'philosophical' but not pornographic. It is about sexual relationships - not an aid to sexual gratification as denotes porn. Directed by a woman, the film is ultimately an examination of the nature of female sexuality. The film has re-awakened the whole 'porn/art' controversy. It's a debate which came to prominence with the release of the much anticipated 'Eyes Wide Shut' directed by Kubrick. Film execs and critics alike were nearly apoplectic over rumours that Kidman and Cruise engaged in 'real sex' such was Kubrick's desire for cinema verite. However, the final cut proved somewhat limp. And rumours of Hollywood stars engaging in near porn-like activities proved to be just that - mere rumours. Europe does not however share the same bashfulness. Films like 'Mifune' and the Italian film 'Guardami' directed by DAVIDE FERRARDO about a porn star's fight against cancer do not share the Hollywood code of conduct. For Italian porn king Rocco Siffredi, who makes his mainstream cinematic debut in 'Romance', the ongoing controversy between art and porn is immaterial when acting a scene. During the 'act' , it comes down to one thing. 'In our business, I don't want to mention if your dick is bigger than the other, you do better. But somehow it's true' he says. For Hollywood stars, acting a sex scene can prove the most difficult experience when making a film. Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise vehemently denied thay had to take lessons from a 'sex coach' to make their love scenes more realistic. For RENE RUSSO, who had to roll around on more than one occasion with PIERCE BROSNAN in the thoroughly Hollywood remake of 'The Thomas Crown Affair', the main challenge of her love scenes lay in not compromising her looks . 'I'm so critical of my body' she says. No such luxury for their European counterparts where more basic concerns dominate. The main question hovering over 'Romance' remains - did Paulo and Marie (ROCCO and actress CAROLINE DUCEY) really go all the way. Ducey accepted the part of Marie knowing that 'going all the way' was written into her contract , although also knowing that director Catherine could not force her to do so. Siffredi has repeated in interviews that he did go all the way. 'I saw through the camera what the audience sees 'says Catherine. 'and I was 90 percent sure that he did'. But Caroline insisted he did not. Whatever the truth, the 22 year old actress remains disturbed by her experience making the film. But for director Catherine 'Acting is like prostitution, no matter what they are acting - but it is prostitution for the sake of art'. (Clients please note: film clips must be used within the promotional window for your broadcast territory. For further information on release dates for Eyes Wide Shut contact WARNER BROS on +44 (0) 171 437 5600. For further information on release dates for Romance contact Phil Symes on +44 (0) 171 439 3535 For further information on release dates for Mifune contact SONY PICTURES on +44 (0) 171 533 1000 For further information on release dates for The Thomas Crown Affair contact MGM DISTRIBUTION on +44 (0) 181 222 7900. SHOTLIST: MONTAGE OF SCREEN KISSES; CLIP TRAILER "ROMANCE"; SOT CATHERINE BREILLAT, DIRECTOR, "ROMANCE"; PULL BACK BILLBOARD FOR "EYES WIDE SHUT"; ZOOM POSTER; CLIP "EYES WIDE SHUT"; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI, PORN EXPERT, TIME OUT CRITIC (ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMERICA AND EUROPE IN TERMS OF SCREEN SEX); FILM CLIP "MIFUNE"; FILM CLIP "GUARDAMI"; SOT DAVIDE FERRARDO, DIRECTOR "GUARDAMI"; FILE FEMALE PORN STAR AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL POSING FOR PRESS; MS PORN STARS POSING FOR PRESS; CU ROCCO, PORN ACTOR; SOT ROCCO; VS PORN ACTRESSES POSING FOR PRESS; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI; CLIP "EYES WIDE SHUT"; SOT NICOLE KIDMAN; CLIP "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"; SOT RENE RUSSO; FILE SARAH JESSICA PARKER; SOT SARAH JESSICA PARKER; CLIP "THE THOMAS CROWN AFFAIR"; SOT MAXIM YAKOBOWSKI (ON WHETHER BIG STARS WILL EVER PERFORM SEX ACTS ON SCREEN); CLIP "ROMANCE"?
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: ENT3-CANNES
TAPE_NUMBER: EN9920 IN_TIME: 11:10:11 LENGTH: 13:11 SOURCES: APTN\ ICON PRODUCTIONS\ AMARANTA\ GARDENIA\ TORNASOL FILMS RESTRICTIONS: No access Internet FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa Date: Recent Location: Cannes Sultry Mexican star SALMA HAYEK (From Dusk 'till Dawn) was overcome by the attention she attracted on her arrival at the 52nd Cannes Film Festival this week. Hayek appears in ' NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL ' which is in competition at the festival, and despite the her relatively brief screen time, she caused a major stir among film fans and paparazzi on the croisette. The film is an adaptation of a story by Nobel prize winning author GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ and confirms its director ARTURO RIPSTEIN as one of Mexico's foremost auteurs. The plot describes the pitiful existence of the eponymous Colonel and his asthmatic wife played by MARISA PAREDES. The film has already garnered considerable critical praise on it's release in the States. Variety magazine reports " The show belongs to the versatile... Paredes who gives a nuanced performance of hurtful dignity and quiet rage. " The organisers of the festival were able to breathe a collective sigh of relief with the arrival of TIM ROBBINS (The Player, The Shawshank Redemption) and his actress wife SUSAN SARANDON (Dead Men Walking, Thelma and Louise). The festival had suffered criticism for its lack of American stars and inability to draw the major Hollywood summer releases. Sarandon and Robbins are in town to promote ' THE CRADLE WILL ROCK ", a Robbins epic about Orson Welles and radical theatre and dissent in New York. The film also stars VANESSA REDGRAVE, EMILY WATSON AND JOAN CUSSACK. MEL GIBSON gave cheer to the British Film Industry in Cannes today by announcing that his production company ICON PRODUCTIONS will be setting up a London office. The aim of the new office, which will be based in Soho the heart of London's film industry, will be to generate European-based movies.Gibson was in Cannes to support Icon Production's ' FELICIA'S JOURNEY ' which is in competition for the Film Festival's Palm D'or. ' Felicia's Journey ' is director ATOM EGOYAN'S latest release and has already been compared unfavorably with his award winning ' THE SWEET HEREAFTER '. It concerns the a fateful encounter between a naive adolescent girl and a serial killer. BOB HOSKINS (Mermaids, Hook) plays the serial killer, but most of the critical interest has been in the newcomer ELAINE CASSIDY who plays Felicia of the tile. The film's supporters have described her performance as " ...highly modulated..." and the film as an " ... intriguing psychological drama...". The heat was turned up on the beach with the now familiar press call for participants in the HOT D'OR competition. Since 1992 the adult/erotic film industry having been holding their own competition and the appearance of scantily clad erotic actors and actresses posing infront of banks of photographers are now part of the whole Cannes experience. A special award this year was made to legendary porn star ROCCO SIFFREDI who recently enjoyed rare crossover success with his appearance in the much talked about French film ' ROMANCE '. The injection of some much needed interest and intrigue at the film festival came courtesy of a rock star and his wife. The ' is she? Or isn't she? ' debate about PATSY KENSIT'S pregnancy continues. Speculation was fuelled when she arrived with husband and OASIS front man LIAM GALLAGHER, at a Cannes event with a shawl diplomatically covering her midriff. The former wild man Gallagher has been spotted ' stroking her stomach with some paternal pride '. Joining the non-film throng was ageing lothario HUGH HEFFNER who had brought a selection of Playmates from his PLAYBOY magazine down to bask in the brief glare of publicity. Last at Cannes in 1959 the surprisingly sprightly 79-year-old told reporters he'd had just come to enjoy the festival. All this perhaps confirms Mel Gibson's view that the 52nd Cannes Film Festival is indeed lacking some much needed sparkle. SHOTLIST: GV'S MEL GIBSON; SOT MEL GIBSON; GV MEL GIBSON; SOT MEL GIBSON; GV'S ARRIVALS AT 'FELICIA'S JOURNEY' FAYE DUNNAWAY, RONNALDO; CUTAWAYS PHOTOGRAPHERS; GV CAST FELICIA'S JOURNEY (Left to Right) ELAINE CASSIDY, ATOM EGOYAN, MEL GIBSON; EPK FELICIA'S JOURNEY; SOT ATOM AGOYAN; SOT MEL GIBSON; EPK FELICIA'S JOURNEY; SOT ELAINE CASSIDY; EPK FELICIA'S JOURNEY; SOT ATOM EGOYAN; GV'S CANNES; GV'S PHOTO OPP. HUGH HEFFNER WITH PLAYMATES; GV'S 'PRIVATE' (world's largest porn producer) PARTY; SOT FRANK THRING (director of Porn Films); GV'S HOT D'OIR PHOTO OPP; GV'S ROCCO SIFFREDI; SOT ROCCO SIFFREDI; GV'S PHOTGRAPHERS AND SALMA HAYEK; GV'S SALMA HAYEK; SOT SALMA HAYEK; GV'S ON STEPS OF PALAIS FOR PREMIERE OF 'NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL', ARTUTO RIPSTEIN (centre); EPK NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL; SOT ARTURO RIPSTEIN; EPK 'NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL'; SOT SALMA HAYEK; EXTERIOR 'TUBE TALES' PARTY; GV'S LIAM GALLAGHER AND PATSY KENSIT.?
SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) (L-R) Leonardo Tano, Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex", Rosa Caracciolo and Lorenzo Tano attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) (L-R) Leonardo Tano, Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex", Rosa Caracciolo and Lorenzo Tano attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: FRANCE: ROMANCE
TAPE_NUMBER: EN9917/A IN_TIME: 11:23:13 LENGTH: 03:21 SOURCES: APTN/REZO FILMS RESTRICTIONS: PERSONALITY RIGHTS MUST BE CLEARED *** NO RESALE FILM/VIDEO CLIPS MUST BE CLEARED FEED: SCRIPT: xfa PARIS, 23RD APRIL '99 ROMANCE RUBS FRENCH WOMEN UP THE RIGHT WAY The English are already describing it as over-sexed, over-hyped and an excuse for downright porn and the British censor is currently deliberating what rating to give it. But in France, "Romance" is taking the public, and women in particular, by storm. Following on in the tradition of "Betty Blue" and "The Last Tango In Paris", "Romance" is an arthouse film with highly explicit sexual content. Dismissed by some critics as"intellectual porn", it tells the story of Marie (CAROLINE DUCEY), a young woman who is so upset and humiliated by her boyfriend's refusal to sleep with her that she embarks on a variety of sexual adventures, playing out her increasingly dangerous fantasies of casual sex, domination and, eventually, rape. Much of the time she appears to be completely indifferent to what she is doing or having done to her. She also seems to be doing what she is doing out of boredom because she wants to know that somebody wants her, rather than because it is exciting. Directed by French feminist author/film maker, CATHERINE BREILLAT, the film provoked a mixed response in the French press with Le Monde delcaring that for once a woman is the hero and Liberation proclaiming it "a successful adventure into the female body." But France Soir was less complimentary, screaming "Brothers, we have to admit our mother's a whore." This was the reaction that the director was looking for. She claims it's time to stop thinking of sex as shocking and women "must no longer be made to feel ashamed of sexuality." Audience reaction has been mixed with men complaining about the "lack of real sex scenes" in the film and women describing it as brilliant and enthusing about its "true depiction of women's sexuality." The main theme of the film is about womens' dissastisfaction with men, who are portrayed as becoming increasingly impotent (-a metaphor for their spiritual impotence) in today's world. Defining the film is a problem. It stars ROCCO SIFFREDI one of Europe's most prolific porn actors - he has starred in more than 1000 films and says he's slept with 4000 women. His appearance in Romance is his first venture into 'proper' cinema but his role is not proper which has prompted the debate if a porn star has sex in a film, does that automatically make it a porn film? In France perhaps not, but in other European territories the answer seems to be a resounding yes. SHOTLIST: SHOWS: TRAILER FROM "ROMANCE" ; I/V DIRECTOR, CATHERINE BREILLAT ; FILM CLIP ; SET UP SHOTS OF FILM CRITIC, MICHEL REBICHON (CRITIC FOR "STUDIO" FILM MAGAZINE) ; SOT MICHEL REBICHON ; TRAILER "EYES WIDE SHUT" ; SOT CATHERINE BREILLAT ; VS CAROLINE DUCEY BEING PHOTOGRAPHED ; SOT CAROLINE DUCEY ; FILM CLIP.?
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SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) (L-R) Leonardo Tano, Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex", Rosa Caracciolo and Lorenzo Tano attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
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"Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Leonardo Tano, Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo and Lorenzo Tano attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Ming Yeung/Getty Images)
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"Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (L-R) Leonardo Tano, Rocco Siffredi, Rosa Caracciolo and Lorenzo Tano attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Ming Yeung/Getty Images)
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"Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: Rocco Siffredi attends the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Ming Yeung/Getty Images)
SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) (L-R) Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex" and his wife Rosa Caracciolo attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
SLOW-MO - "Seven Veils" Premiere - 74th Berlinale International Film Festival
BERLIN, GERMANY - FEBRUARY 22: (SLOW-MO) (L-R) Rocco Siffredi of the movie "Supersex" and his wife Rosa Caracciolo attend the "Seven Veils" premiere during the 74th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palast on February 22, 2024 in Berlin, Germany. (Footage by Christian Ender/Getty Images)
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