A bigger splash 2015 expectedly involves a pool that remains central to the plot throughout the filmand we couldnt be more grateful. Harry is a former acquaintance of the rolling stones and the movie refers to brian jones in an early. Which is not to suggest that the movie shortcircuits rational thought or inquiry. The title of a bigger splash, though inspired by a 1967 david hockney. Parents need to know that a bigger splash is a very mature drama based on an old french film. It tells the story of a female rock star resting on an island after a throat operation with her boyfriend when her former lover, and former manager, suddenly arrives in a secret effort to win her back. The movie starts with rockstar marianne tilda swinton on vacation with her longtime boyfriend paul, the two blissfully swimming naked and having sex in the pool. Their love triangle is further complicated by the presence of the producers gorgeous daughter dakota johnson, who might be there to help him break up the couple. A bigger splash is a gloriously refreshing erotic comedy. The narratives eventual transition into darkness is a. A bigger splash is much more than a beautiful people lying around a pool in italy film as images from its trailer and promotional materials might suggest. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry ralph fiennes unexpectedly arrives with his daughter penelope dakota johnson and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an a bomb blast of nostalgia from which. A bigger splash 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.
Eventually, hockney begins a new painting, using a swimming pool as a canvas, in which he draws a picture of a man floating in. The title was named after hockneys popart painting a bigger splash. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry ralph fiennes unexpectedly arrives with his daughter penelope dakota johnson and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an abomb blast of. Marianne is recovering from vocal surgery and cant speak, and paul is a recovering. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with. A bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. A bigger splash nude scenes naked pics and videos at mr. A true oddity that cannot escape its dated origins, a bigger splash is a fictional film in which all the actors play themselves. The only thing that kept me even vaguely interested was tilda swintons characters clothes. The buzz around this film promised so much but like the worst kind of lover, it overcommits and underdelivers. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul. Jun 21, 2019 but a bigger splash doesnt have much water or sun, except in paintings or staged dream sequences. From the start, the whole movie was not believable, weird, meandering and it just dragged.
A bigger splash is a sensuous delight of a film, but it has a darker heart that brands itself in the viewers mind. Within a quartet, desire has the opportunity to flow in multiple directions, and in a bigger splash the sexual tension isnt only unresolved between marianne and harry. Synopsis in a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry ralph fiennes unexpectedly arrives with his daughter penelope dakota johnson and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an abomb blast of nostalgia from which there can be no rescue. An artist, he suddenly finds himself unable to create anything, and is awash in depression and loneliness. In the final act, the tensions and resentments which were hitherto concealed by carnality bubble over. A bigger splash, which approaches the pursuit of pleasure from a more jaundiced angle, doesnt have that earlier films neoviscontian sweep or its delirious formal ecstasy. The vacation of a famous rock star and her boyfriend in italy is disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter. It has a stellar cast and a fabulous location but no discernible plot and boils down to a load of over privileged people showing off. Schoenaerts pecs, johnsons torso, fiennes smile and even swintons feet are all monuments to be worshipped as much as the cool, blue mediterranean sea or the imposing volcanic boulders that surround it. It has extremely strong sexual content, with both male and female fullfrontal nudity, plus graphic sex scenes, oral sex, and hints at unorthodox sex. A bigger splash follows an unlikely foursome rockstar marianne lane tilda swinton, her boyfriend, paul matthias schoenaerts, mariannes ex, harry ralph fiennes, and harrys daughter. It was painted in california between april and june 1967, when hockney was. Absorbing, visually arresting, and powerfully acted by an immensely talented cast, a bigger splash offers sumptuously soapy delights for fans of psychological adult drama.
A bigger splash is fiercely unrelaxing, and impossible to ignore. I dont get the point of it despite the great cast, there is literally no storyline, other than an otherwise happy woman allows a random ex into her house with a daughter and we have to watch the results of her poor boundaries for two hours. An artist, he suddenly finds himself unable to create anything. This is a film about behavior, not plot and how people are ruled by emotion, and not logic. Although the plot is basically the same, the genders of two of the characters have been. In a bigger splash, the lives of a high profile couple, a famous rock star tilda swinton and a filmmaker matthias schoenaerts, vacationing and recovering on the idyllic sundrenched and remote italian island of pantelleria, are disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend ralph fiennes and his daughter dakota johnson creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and, ultimately, danger for everyone involved. Everything you need to know about a bigger splash movie 2016. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. In a bigger splash, rock star marianne lane tilda swinton is taking time off with her boyfriend, photographer paul matthias schoenaerts, on a beautiful island near italy ater having vocal surgery. The lives of a high profile couple, a famous rock star and a filmmaker tilda swinton and matthias schoenaerts, vacationing and recovering on the idyllic sund. From luca guadagnino, director of the academy awardnominated i am love, and. David hockney is a gay painter unable to work when he breaks up with a boyfriend, leading his friends and his art dealer to worry about him. After the pouty schlesinger leaves hockney, the painter, whose platinum blonde hair and oversize blackrimmed spectacles made him an iconic pop art figure even as his painting split the difference between warhol the pop feel, matisse the color and francis bacon the anxiety, more. A bigger splash is less piercing than i am love, as its much more of a vibe, a mediterranean vacation house vibe, but still good.
In an isolated villa on the small italian island of pantelleria, world famous rock singer marianne lane is on holiday with her. A bigger splash is a sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock and roll, under the mediterranean sun. Like guadagninos last film, the 2009 drama i am love, a bigger splash is. When david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck. May 06, 2016 a bigger splash is a sensuous delight of a film, but it has a darker heart that brands itself in the viewers mind.
Everything you need to know about a bigger splash movie. A bigger splash is a sensuous delight of a film, but it has a darker heart. In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating. A bigger splash is a dazzling, sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock n roll under the mediterranean sun.
In a bigger splash, rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts when iconoclast record producer and. Directed by luca guadagnino, and loosely based on the 1969 french film the swimming pool, a bigger splash is a stylish drama that has much to commend it. A bigger splash has neither a clear center nor a clear moral, and its all the better for it. A bigger splash 1974 synopsis favorite movie button overview. A bigger splash 2015 film a bigger splash is a 2015 psychological drama film directed by luca guadagnino and written by alain page and david kajganich. With tilda swinton, matthias schoenaerts, ralph fiennes, dakota johnson. Rock legend marianne lane tilda swinton is recuperating on the volcanic island of pantelleria with her partner paul matthias schoenaerts, when iconoclast record producer and old flame harry ralph fiennes unexpectedly arrives with his daughter penelope dakota johnson and interrupts their holiday, bringing with him an abomb blast. Jan 05, 2016 a bigger splash is a dazzling, sensuous portrait of desire, jealousy and rock n roll under the mediterranean sun. The originals tight nexus of riviera highlife, epicurean appetites and fatal attractions is transposed to the far less sophisticated milieu of pantelleria. A bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period.
Jan 27, 2018 a bigger splash 1974 director jack hazan and writer david mingay had access to david hockney and his circle from 1971 to 1973, a critical period following his breakup of his relationship with. The film is beautifully shot, making spectacular use of the rugged landscapes of the italian island. You emerge from it restive and itchy, as though a movie screen could give you sunburn, and the story defies resolution. For marianne tilda swinton and paul matthias schoenaerts. In a bigger splash, the lives of a high profile couple, a famous rock star tilda swinton and a filmmaker matthias schoenaerts, vacationing and recovering on the idyllic sundrenched and remote italian island of pantelleria, are disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend ralph fiennes and his daughter dakota johnson creating a whirlwind of jealousy, passion and, ultimately. Movies like a bigger splash if you like a bigger splash you are looking for emotional, melancholic and tense movies about with vacation, rock star, rock concert, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship and infidelity themes of drama and thriller genre shot in italy or france. T he new luca guadagnino film, a bigger splash, takes place on a sunblanketed mediterranean isle somewhere between sicily and tunisia. May 04, 2016 a bigger splash has neither a clear center nor a clear moral, and its all the better for it. The film involves a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. Memories of teenage holidays on a farflung italian outpost between sicily and tunisia prompted director luca guadagnino to set his latest film, a bigger splash, on the volcanic island.
A bigger splash is a large pop art painting by british artist david hockney. A bigger splash official trailer starring tilda swinton. But a bigger splash doesnt have much water or sun, except in paintings or staged dream sequences. Directed by luca guadagnino luca guadagnino, a bigger splash is a remake of the 1969 film luca guadagnino. Whats the story in a bigger splash, the lives of a high profile couple, a famous rock star and a filmmaker matthias schoenaerts and tilda swinton, vacationing and recovering on the idyllic sundrenched and remote italian island of pantelleria are disrupted by the unexpected visit of an old friend and his daughter ralph fiennes and dakota johnson creating a. May, 2016 their love triangle is further complicated by the presence of the producers gorgeous daughter dakota johnson, who might be there to help him break up the couple. But guadagnino is much more interested in giving his cast room to perform than in honing a plot. A bigger splash might be intended as a cautionary tale about the perils of being white, beautiful and privilegedbut itll probably register more. Splash is a 1984 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by ron howard, written by lowell ganz and babaloo mandel, and starring tom hanks, daryl hannah, john candy and eugene levy. From luca guadagnino, director of the academy awardnominated i. Plot summary when david hockneys beautiful lover, peter schlesinger, breaks up with him, it leaves david a complete emotional wreck.
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