Alfonso Cuaron
Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón visited Mexico City on Wednesday, October 16 to tell the press about his latest film, "Gravity", which premieres in Mexican cinemas this week.
The upcoming 2014 Academy Awards will not only have Mexican director Alfonso Cuarón's "Gravity" among its favorites for Best Movie, but its spin-off, "Aningaaq", directed by his son, could compete for Best Short Film.
The directors nominations are sometimes the most difficult to figure out because the Academy tends to surprise. Last year David O. Russell (Silver Lings Playbook), Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild), and Michael Haneke (Amour) surprised when they were nominated as pundits did not have them on their radar. Instead many were shocked when Ben Affleck (Argo) and Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty) did not get nominated.
49 years old American actress Sandra Bullock spoke about her role in "Gravity" where, under the direction of Mexican Alfonso Cuarón, she plays Dr. Ryan Stone and said that she prefers the emotions of Latinos to those of Americans.
The Best Director race is one of the most crowded races in years with many auteurs and newcomers receiving buzz.
James Cameron has called "Gravity" the best space movie ever made.
The Venice Film Festival opened to on August 28 with Alfonso Cuaron's "Gravity" inaugurating the event.
Gael Garcia Bernal will star in an upcoming immigration themed film called "Desierto." The film will be directed by young, up-and-coming director Jonás Cuarón, who is the son of the well established filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.
Even though Sony and MGM recently announced that the next James Bond movie would not be seen in the next three years, speculations regarding the next director for the film have already emerged.
Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron' new movie "Gravity" starring George Clooney and Sandra Bullock has finally been given a date by Warner Bros. The film will be released October 4th, 2013.
