30-574: Andrew Dominik (born 7 October 1967) is an Australian film director and screenwriter. He has directed the crime film Chopper (2000), the Western drama film The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007), the neo-noir crime film Killing Them Softly (2012), and the biographical psychological drama Blonde (2022). He has also directed the documentary film One More Time with Feeling (2016) and two episodes of
60-504: A cult following . In 1978 Victoria , Mark "Chopper" Read is an inmate at Pentridge Prison . Keithy George, another inmate, points to a line in the yard and tells Mark not to cross the line as it marks the Painters and Dockers territory. The next day, Mark rushes across the line and stabs Keithy multiple times. The Painters and Dockers put out a $ 10,000 contract on Mark. Mark conscripts Bluey Barnes and Jimmy Loughnan to help him lead
90-560: A change of prisons for security. The board declines, so Mark has his ears cut off so that he can relocate to a mental health wing where he serves the remainder of his sentence. When Mark is released from prison, he reunites with his old girlfriend Tanya. While out at a club, Mark flies into a jealous rage and fires several shots with a handgun. Back at Tanya’s house, Mark finds her on the phone with Neville Bartos ( Vince Colosimo ). He physically abuses both Tanya and her mother. Mark goes to Neville’s house and learns that Neville supplies most of
120-600: A dozen edited versions of the film at one time fighting to be the final cut, the longest version being over four hours. The disputes during post-production lasted for over a year before a final version was settled upon. Over an hour of scenes were deleted for the theatrical version, but Dominik remarked he was still very proud of the theatrical version of the film. The film garnered two Academy Award nominations: Best Cinematography ( Deakins ) and Best Supporting Actor (Affleck). Dominik reteamed with Brad Pitt in their second collaboration (after The Assassination of Jesse James ) in
150-542: A gross of A$ 1.8 million in its opening week. It went on to gross A$ 5,912,119 in Australia It grossed US$ 0.2 million in the United States and Canada and US$ 0.3 million in other territories for a worldwide total of A$ 6.8 million. 73rd Venice International Film Festival The 73rd annual Venice International Film Festival was held from 31 August to 10 September 2016. English filmmaker Sam Mendes
180-487: A parked car and tells Jimmy. Mandy turns crown witness against Mark for the murder of Sammy the Turk. It’s revealed that Sammy took Mark out to the car park for Jimmy to cash in on the contract against Mark, but unknowingly took him to the wrong car park. Mark beats the murder charge but is convicted of malicious wounding of Neville Bartos, and is sentenced to 5 years. Read himself suggested that Bana play him, after seeing
210-468: A siege on the Painters and Dockers. Wanting out of the suicide mission, Jimmy shanks Mark. Jimmy slashes his own arm so that he can claim self-defense. Mark recovers and is returned to a separate cell from Bluey and Jimmy. It is revealed that Mark is serving a 16 ½ year sentence for the attempted abduction of a judge in order to give Jimmy Loughnan freedom. Mark meets with the prison board to negotiate
240-651: A thriller/dark comedy based on George V. Higgins ' Boston-set crime novel Cogan's Trade . The film was renamed Killing Them Softly . Shooting began in January 2011 and wrapped in May 2011. The film competed for the Palme d'Or at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival . and was released through the Weinstein Company . In 2016, Dominik completed One More Time with Feeling , a documentary about his friend Nick Cave and
270-680: Is also meant to work in conjunction with the Venice Film Market which started in 2012. Such projects as Final Cut in Venice, meant to help finance original films from African countries, and the Venice Gap-Financing Market will come under its scope. The following people formed the 2016 juries: The following films were selected for the main competition: The following films were selected to be screened out of competition The following films were selected for
300-456: Is extraordinary." David Stratton , in the same review, remarked "There's no doubting the intelligence of Andrew Dominik's direction" and declared Bana's performance as "astonishing." Read later praised Bana's performance on the 20 to 1 episode Great Aussie Films , where Chopper came 17th. Chopper grossed A$ 300,000 in previews before becoming the number one film in Australia with
330-523: Is rated NC-17 for its graphic sexual content and is the first NC-17 film released through a streaming service. In 2003, Paramount Pictures approached Dominik and offered him to direct an adaptation of Alfred Bester 's 1953 novel The Demolished Man , but as time passed, the project eventually became stuck in development hell when there were disagreements about the screenplay. By 2003, Dominik had also written an adapted screenplay for The Killer Inside Me , an acclaimed noir novel by Jim Thompson , and
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#1732781063909360-764: The Netflix series Mindhunter in 2019. Born in Wellington , New Zealand, Andrew Dominik has lived in Australia since he was two years old. He graduated from Melbourne 's Swinburne Film School in 1988. In the early 1990s, Dominik began collaborating with Australian film producer Michele Bennett on music videos and commercials in Sydney. His career in films began in 2000 when he directed Chopper based on notorious Australian criminal Mark Brandon "Chopper" Read , starring Eric Bana and Simon Lyndon . Chopper received generally positive reviews, and Bana in particular
390-427: The H Division of Pentridge Prison, one of the actual prisons that Chopper frequented, was as plain and sterile as could be and all the scenes in the second part, taking place in 1986, were overly coloured to achieve a paranoid and agoraphobic atmosphere called "visual overload" by the director Andrew Dominik. This was attained by lighting, choice of film stock used, and colours chosen for set decoration. Part one of
420-695: The Horizons ( Orizzonti ) section: The following films were selected to be screened in the Venice Classics section: The following films were selected for the Biennale College - Cinema section. The following films were screened for the "Final Cut in Venice" section, a workshop to support the post-production of films from Africa: The following feature films were selected for the Il Cinema nel Giardino section: The following film
450-585: The actor in the sketch comedy series Full Frontal . Bana spent two days living with Read to help him practice for the role, and many of Read's friends, enemies, and old associates were interviewed. Several of Bana's meetings with Read can be viewed in the DVD special features. The biggest production difficulty was being allowed to use the Pentridge Prison in Coburg, Victoria , for the shooting. The prison
480-498: The charming but twisted Chopper is the highlight of this disturbing portrait of Australia's notorious author/criminal." Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3 stars out of 4, praising Bana for his performance, saying, "He has a quality no acting school can teach and few actors can match." Margaret Pomeranz for SBS gave the film four-and-a-half stars out of five, commenting that what Dominik "achieved
510-421: The cocaine to the western suburbs of Melbourne and is very wealthy. When Neville refuses to give Mark money, Mark shoots him in the abdomen. Mark goes to Jimmy Loughnan’s apartment that he shares with his pregnant fiancée, Mandy, and their young daughter. Mark reveals that he’s working for the police, stating that he has a green light to shoot criminals and that he shot Neville. Mark tells Jimmy that he heard about
540-465: The contracts out on his life and that Jimmy was meant to do them, and then holds a gun to Jimmy’s head. Eventually, Mark apologises and gives money to Jimmy. In a car park at the Bojangles, Sammy the Turk, another affiliate, states that he wants to show Mark something. Mark produces a sawed-off .410 shotgun and after a brief argument, Mark shoots him in the eye. Mandy witnesses the murder from behind
570-472: The emotional consequences of the tragic death of Cave's son. The film premiered at the 2016 Venice Film Festival . The critical aggregator website Metacritic awarded the film a score of 91, indicating "universal acclaim". Dominik joined David Fincher for season 2 of Netflix series Mindhunter , which debuted in late 2019. Dominik directed two episodes. In 2022, Dominik completed Blonde , based on Joyce Carol Oates 's fictional Marilyn Monroe memoir of
600-642: The greatest films of all time, Dominik chose: Dominik has one son. He was engaged to actress Bella Heathcote in 2017. Chopper (film) Chopper is a 2000 Australian crime drama film written and directed by Andrew Dominik , in his feature directorial debut, based on the autobiographical books by the criminal turned author Mark "Chopper" Read . The film stars Eric Bana as the title character and co-stars Vince Colosimo , Simon Lyndon , Kate Beahan and David Field . The film follows Read's life and time in prison. The film grossed A$ 6.8 million worldwide and received positive reviews. It has since garnered
630-545: The peculiar relationship between Jesse James and his eventual assassin Robert Ford . Pitt was a big fan of Dominik's first feature Chopper , and had hoped to collaborate with the filmmaker in the future, especially when Pitt had the chance to work with Chopper star Eric Bana in Troy . Pitt contacted the director, and with a big star interested to lead his new film, Dominik was therefore able to get Warner Bros. to finance
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#1732781063909660-403: The production ran from 3 May until 26 May with part two continuing from 28 June until 21 July 2000. The month-long break enabled Bana to put on the extra weight necessary to play the older Read. Chopper was received with positive reviews. Review-based rating site Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a 76% "fresh" rating from 80 critics, with its critical consensus stating "Eric Bana's performance as
690-454: The production. Principal shooting in Canada was completed in 2005, though The Assassination' s 2006 release was delayed to a fall 2007 release, largely due to studio interference with the film's editing process. Dominik and Pitt were pulling for a less quick-paced and more contemplative cut of the film while the studio wanted "less contemplation and more action". There were reportedly more than
720-486: The same name , which was scheduled to start shooting in January 2011 but the project was put on hold when he announced Killing Them Softly . In 2014 Jessica Chastain was in talks to play Monroe. In late 2019, Cuban actress Ana de Armas was cast in the lead role. Blonde had its world premiere at the 79th Venice Film Festival on 8 September 2022, and was released in the United States on 16 September 2022, before its streaming release on 28 September 2022, by Netflix . It
750-484: Was at one point considered to direct it, but dropped out. Michael Winterbottom eventually directed the 2010 film . In 2007, Cormac McCarthy 's Cities of the Plain was in development with James Franco starring. In a 2008 interview, Dominik stated that he has interest in adapting Jim Thompson 's Pop. 1280 . In 2010, Dominik was writing a script for an American remake of the 2006 French thriller Tell No One . It
780-401: Was being closed down and while the negotiations were underway, the funding for production was delayed. This put off the start of the shoot. Some extras were hired from former inmates and tattoo parlours. To show the sterility of the prison and to contrast it with the world that Chopper encounters after leaving prison 16 years later, the production was split into two. The first part, filmed at
810-615: Was presented as a Special Screening of the Official Selection: The following films were selected for the International Critics' Week section: The following films were selected for the 13th edition of the Venice Days ( Giornate degli Autori ) section: The following official awards were presented at the 73rd edition: The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of
840-651: Was the Jury President of the main competition. The opening night film was Damien Chazelle 's musical La La Land , and Antoine Fuqua 's western The Magnificent Seven was the closing film. The Golden Lion was awarded to Lav Diaz 's film The Woman Who Left . A new project named Venice Production Bridge was introduced in this edition of the festival. The new project is intended to attract industry professionals and focus on original projects for films, internet, series, virtual reality, and works in progress, in order to help their development and production. It
870-514: Was unclear if he intended to direct the film. In 2014, it was announced that Dominik would write a 3D remake of Shaolin Temple with Justin Lin set to direct. In 2017, Netflix picked up War Party , a Navy SEAL adventure film written by Dominik and Harrison Query with Tom Hardy attached to star and Ridley Scott set to produce under Dominik's direction. In the 2012 Sight & Sound poll of
900-421: Was widely praised for his intense portrayal of Chopper. The Australian Film Institute awarded the film with Best Director (Dominik), Best Actor (Bana), and Best Supporting Actor (Lyndon). His next film was The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford , starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck , based on the novel of the same name which he came across in a second-hand bookstore. The film explores
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