The Fall (2008) 4K Restoration
Director: Tarsem Singh Run Time: 119 min. Rating: R Release Year: 2006
Starring: Catinca Untaru, Jeetu Verma, Lee Pace, Leo Bill, Marcus Wesley
Country: United States, South Africa, India
Language: English, Romanian, Latin
About the film:
Winner of Best Film at the 2007 Sitges Film Festival.
In silent-era Hollywood, stuntman Roy Walker is brought to a hospital after an on-set accident leaves him paralyzed. There, he befriends a young girl called Alexandria and starts telling her a fantastical tale of epic heroes trying to take revenge on an evil ruler – whilst secretly planning his own suicide.
“[A] bold and beautiful mess of a masterpiece, as intimate and personal as it is impossibly grand.”
—Emma Keats, AV Club
About the filmmaker:
Tarsem Singh is a successful film and commercial director. Originally from India, Singh moved to the United States to study business at Harvard, and went on to film studies at the Art Center College of Design in California. Singh first found success in directing commercials and music videos—his first major breakthrough work was the music video for REM’s Losing My Religion, which won eight MTV awards, including Best Music Video and a Grammy. He caught the attention of the advertising world by garnering two Cannes Lions: one for Wieden + Kennedy’s Anne Klein campaign, and one for Bartle Bogle Hegarty’s Levi’s. His commercial work is now part of a permanent collection on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
His latest film, Dear Jassi (2023), had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival where it took home the Platform Prize for “artistic merit and strong directorial vision.” He also directed the Snow White film Mirror Mirror (2012) which was nominated for Achievement in Costume Design at the 2013 Academy Awards. The Fall (2008), Singh’s directorial debut, earned numerous awards during its festival run, including Best Film at the 2007 Sitges Film Festival and Generation 14plus – Best Feature Film at the 2007 Berlin International Film Festival.
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