Youth Without Youth (film)

Infobox Film
name = Youth Without Youth


caption = Theatrical release poster
director = Francis Ford Coppola
producer = Francis Ford Coppola
writer = Novella:
Mircea Eliade
Screenplay:
Francis Ford Coppola
starring = Tim Roth
Bruno Ganz
Alexandra Maria Lara
André Hennicke
music = Osvaldo Golijov
cinematography = Mihai Malaimare Jr.
editing = Walter Murch
distributor = Sony Pictures Classics
American Zoetrope
released = December 14, 2007
runtime = 121 min.
country = flagicon|USA
language = English
budget =
followed_by = "Tetro" (2009)
website = http://www.ywyfilm.com/
imdb_id = 0481797

"Youth Without Youth" is a 2007 film by Francis Ford Coppola, based on the novella of the same name by Romanian author Mircea Eliade.

It is Francis Ford Coppola's first directed film since 1997's "The Rainmaker". It was distributed through Sony Pictures Classics in the United States and Pathé in the UK and France.

Walter Murch told the "San Francisco Chronicle" in May 2007: "Even though it's not something he wrote, it's based on a book Francis loves very much. I think people will be very surprised when they see it."citequote|date=October 2007

The film was shot with a Sony HDC-F900 in High Definition and edited on Final Cut Pro 5.Fact|date=October 2007

The movie has been screened in front of friends and fellow directors after the 79th Academy Awards Ceremony (in which he was a presenter). Fact|date=October 2007

Coppola has gone on record as saying that the movie is very personal, and not a standard Hollywood film.citequote|date=November 2007 Originally the movie was to be distributed by United Artists.Fact|date=October 2007 Sony Pictures Classics distributed the film when it opened in limited release in the United States on December 14, 2007.

It was also announced that a trailer for the film will be on the Collector's Edition DVD of "Bram Stoker's Dracula", another film by Coppola, which was released in early October 2007.

The September issue of was construed as a special tribute to "Youth Without Youth". The first half, edited by Tim Roth, contains photographs by Roth and short stories that address themes relevant to the story. The second half consists of interviews with the cast and crew, inserts penned by Coppola about the film making process, and the complete text of Eliade's novella.

Cast

*Tim Roth - Dominic Matei
*Alexandra Maria Lara - Veronica
*Bruno Ganz - Professor Stanciulescu
*André Hennicke - Josef Rudolf
*Marcel Iureş - Professor Giuseppe Tucci
*Adrian Pintea - Pandit
*Matt Damon - Ted Jones, a reporter of Life Magazine (cameo)

Critical reception

The film initially received mixed reviews from critics, however following its wider release in Europe many critics have warmed up to it; some even citing it as a masterpiece. Comparisions have been made with Fellini and David Lynch, specifically Mulholland Drive and more recently, Inland Empire. The film was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.

References

External links

* [http://www.zoetrope.com/ Official American Zoetrope site]
* [http://www.sonyclassics.com/youthwithoutyouth/ Official Sony Pictures site]
*imdb title|id=0481797|title=Youth Without Youth
*rotten-tomatoes|id=youth_without_youth|title=Youth Without Youth
*metacritic film|id=youthwithoutyouth|title=Youth Without Youth
*mojo title|id=youthwithoutyouth|title=Youth Without Youth
*amg movie|id=1:336078|title=Youth Without Youth
* [http://www.ssrc.org/blogs/immanent_frame/category/youth-without-youth/ Scholars of religion discuss "Youth Without Youth"]