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	Welcome to the Vancouver Courier Online Edition - Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Maelström is only Denis Villeneuve’s second feature film, after 1998’s 32 August on Earth, but we already know that he trusts in the power of the camera to alter our perception of the world and restore its hidden dimensions to sight.
		Villeneuve’s first foray into filmmaking was a series of 20 short videos produced in the early ’90s for Radio-Canada’s TV show La course Europe-Asie, a program that is still on the air.
		Villeneuve spent six months on the road and he attributes a lot of the energy of his current work to the experience: "I had to film images at a demented rhythm, and that becomes intuitive, like spontaneous painting.
	www.vancourier.com /issues01/02301/ent6.htm (682 words)

	TAKE ONE: Denis Villeneuve's Maelstrom: much ado about a fish
		At this year's Toronto International Film Festival, Villeneuve discovered the fish was the hook that caught the attention of most interviewers, which is mildly ironic because his friends had warned him against using this imagery during the early writing stages.
		Villeneuve wrote the screenplay consciously using the mechanism of a comedy (presumably not a sitcom formula).
		As much as there is a denial of self-assessment, there is some degree of creative introspection present because Villeneuve is aware of the contradictory forces tugging at him as he considers new ideas.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_30_9/ai_30527083 (1454 words)

	The Popcorn Gallery: Maelström (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Villeneuve employs a number of techniques which really set "Maelström" apart from anything you've likely seen before, most famously his decision to narrate the film from the point of view of a dying fish.
		Villeneuve's protagonist is Bibiane Champagne (Marie-Josée Croze), daughter of a famed businessman.
		Villeneuve employs this core idea in a variety of different ways, from the obvious -- Bibi's unwanted pregnancy and her collision with the fisherman -- to the more subtle, by using it in the sense of the unusual coincidences which dog Bibiane's days.
	www.physics.mun.ca /~sps/movies/Maelstrom.html (994 words)

	Untitled (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Denis Villeneuve's debut feature, Un 32 aout sur Terre (August 32nd), playing in the Official Competition, is not the director's first foray into Cannes.
		Villeneuve directed one of the six stories in Cosmos, an omnibus film wherein six young Quebec directors got together, with each helming different segments, all taking place in Montreal and connected by a loquacious cab driver.
		Villeneuve is another director to have achieved local fame for music videos, but his ouevre is much larger than just that.
	www.filmfestivals.com /cannes98/regarus23.htm (327 words)

	CTV.ca \| Denis Villeneuve's Maelstrom takes risks at Sundance
		PARK CITY, Utah - Montreal director Denis Villeneuve says he understands and is flattered by the acclaim received at home for his film Maelstrom, but doubts American critics are ready.
		Villeneuve made his first big splash at the Sundance Film Festival on Friday when patrons emerged from a sold-out show with thumbs up.
		Although Maelstrom fits that description, Villeneuve says he cannot afford the time, or worry, thinking it will be the big surprise of 2001.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025815269930_21224469 (577 words)

	Culture of Canada - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		In fact, this eclipsing may sometimes be creditable for the rather bizarre and quite innovative directions of the works of such auteurs as Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter, 1997) and David Cronenberg.
		Also, the distinct French-Canadian society permits the work of directors such as Denys Arcand and Denis Villeneuve.
		However because of the closeness of the giant American TV and film industries, distinctively Canadian productions such as the TIFF List of Canada's Top Ten Films of All Time are relatively thin on the ground, compared with the situations in Britain or Australia.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Culture_of_Canada (1102 words)

	Eye - My life as a scrod - 10.12.00
		But even viewers who are not Scandinavian fishmongers will be fascinated by Villeneuve's starkly beautiful and highly imaginative second film, which recently won Best Canadian Film honours at the Montreal World Film Festival and was one of the most lauded films at the Toronto fest.
		After Villeneuve presented the first draft of the script to Roger Frappier (famed producer of August 32nd and innumerable Québécois films), he says he was sure Frappier would tell him, "You've amused yourself, now make something seriously." But the producer was immediately enthusiastic, and Maelström rapidly came to be.
		Villeneuve collaborated with composer Pierre Desrochers on the wondrously bombastic main theme.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_10.12.00/film/maelstrom.html (867 words)

	Sundance Film Festival
		Montreal filmmaker Denis Villeneuve burst on the scene during Radio Canada's 1990/91 Europe-Asia Race, during which he directed 20 short videos and won first prize.
		In 1996, Villeneuve wrote and directed a segment of the anthology film Cosmos, which won that year's Prix International des Cinemas d'Art et d'Essai at Cannes.
		Strong stuff, definitely--but though Villeneuve wraps his contemporary fairy-tale in a blanket of seductive, watery imagery, he never allows it to file off the rough edges of Croze's angry pain.
	www.filmfestivals.com /servlet/JSCRun?obj=FicheFilmSundance&CfgPath=ffs/filmweb&id=1085 (457 words)

	Schedule this: August 32nd on Earth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		A first major film for writer-director Denis Villeneuve, it charmed the critics and fascinated audiences when it opened in the Rest of Canada.
		Villeneuve is a card-carrying nineties Québécois director, which means he was raised on and apprenticed to rock videos, and dabbled in speedy ad shoots.
		Eschewing the puzzle-games of an Egoyan or a Tarantino, Denis Villeneuve prefers the stripped-down elegance of a plotless movie, the kind where the characters seem to be inventing their own lives, not merely adjusting to the script’s clever pyrotechnics.
	www.mun.ca /muse/archive/Volume49/Issue19/ent/august32.html (605 words)

	Globeinvestor.com: Statement Relating to Diagem January 27 Press Release 2005
		Denis Villeneuve, the two geologists mandated by EAG to carry out the due diligence, were first apprised of the existence of the resource.
		Denis Villeneuve completed an exhaustive review and reinterpretation of all the data obtained by Mr.
		Villeneuve during their visit indicate that the diamondiferous gravels are part of elevated terrasses which continuously border both banks of the river which occupies the central part of the property.
	www.globeinvestor.com /servlet/WireFeedRedirect?cf=GlobeInvestor/config&vg=BigAdVariableGenerator&date=20050217&archive=ccnm&slug=0217103n (937 words)

	BBC News \| ENTERTAINMENT \| Maelström triumphs at Canadian Oscars
		The film, directed by Denis Villeneuve, walked away with five awards, including Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction.
		In a panic, she leaves him on the street but the accident throws her life into chaos which she tries to end by driving her car into a river.
		Villeneuve, whose past credits include Un 32 août sur terre (August 32nd on Earth), told journalists he was thrilled at his movie's success.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/entertainment/1143956.stm (443 words)

	Film Review -- Un 32 Aout Sur Terre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Villeneuve's camera brings the very internalized material to vibrant life with electrifying jump cuts, beautiful widescreen framing, and stunning cinematography.
		It lands him in a coma and snaps Simone back to reality, but it leaves the audience hanging from it's abruptness and ultimate lack of resolution.
		It's as if Villeneuve couldn't decide between a happy and an unhappy ending and decided to try both.
	www.interlog.com /~lamedog/film/logs/1998/32aout.html (435 words)

	channel4.com/film - Maelström
		Canadian writer/director Denis Villeneuve clearly has a thing about women in crisis: he likes to place his heroines in a quasi-existential dilemma, which they then quirkily resolve.
		In Villeneuve's debut feature, August 32nd On Earth, a twentysomething survives a car crash, after which she abandons her former life and decides to conceive a child in the desert.
		But then, having alienated the audience, Villeneuve rescues his story in the second half with the introduction of a good old fashioned romance.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=105642 (239 words)

	Variety: NEW NORTHERN STARS: DENIS VILLENEUVE.(independent filmmaker)(Brief Article)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		MONTREAL The Denis Villeneuve success story is a fishy tale with a happy ending.
		The 33-year-old Montreal filmmaker delivered the most talked-about Canuck pic of the past year and "Maelstrom" is quite the unlikely arthouse hit.
		Villeneuve's sophomore feature is a French-language drama about a 25-year-old woman (played by Marie-Josee Croze) whose life is thrown for an emotional loop after she accidentally kills an elderly fish delivery man. This quirky morality fable is told through the eyes of a decrepit ancient fish.
	highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?docid=1G1:73828133&refid=ink_tptd_mag (205 words)

	village voice > film > The Mothman Prophecies; Maelström by Mark Holcomb
		Calculated fatalism and gratuitous sacrifice also dominate Denis Villeneuve's Maelström, a self-conscious urban character study from 2000.
		Bibiane, the scion of a powerful Montreal family, plods through her prescribed, pampered existence with little enthusiasm until an abortion, a disastrous business deal, and a traffic accident shake her out of her malaise.
		Video director Villeneuve shows a flair for chilly visuals and an admirable dedication to his heroine (played by the valiant Marie-Josée Croze), but what Maelström lacks is variation.
	www.villagevoice.com /issues/0204/holcomb.php (452 words)

	CTV.ca \| Director Denis Villeneuve talks to Canada AM
		Director Denis Villeneuve talks to Canada AM Director Denis Villeneuve's latest film Maelstrom won five awards at last week's Genie Awards, including best picture and best director.
		Villeneuve sat down to talk with Canada AM's Dan Matheson and told him that the awards are nice but they're not very important.
		Villeneuve says he was very lucky with the casting of Marie-Jos(C)e Croze, who had to carry the film.
	www.ctv.ca /servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1025815898036_21225098 (360 words)

	Maelstrom - A Serbian Cinemaniac
		It is also a work of a comedic genius and a film you absolutely have to see, no matter what.
		Dennis Villeneuve is a visionary and innovative filmmaker and right now I`m just unhappy that I might never get to see his earlier films.
		Maybe from the disclaimer at the beginning which sets you in the immediate mood of the film.
	serbiancinemaniac.tripod.com /Reviews/Movies/2002-1/maelstrom.htm (559 words)

	TAKE ONE: Andre Turpin & Things that Come From the Deep - filmmaker's motion picture Un Crabe
		Of the entire new generation of filmmakers, the highest-profile are close personal friends and collaborators Dems Villeneuve and Andre Turpin.
		Turpin and Villeneuve both revel in rapidly edited zigzagging nose-diving visuals with a cool-minimalist colour palette Fond of aggressive realism yoked to a certain whimsical comic surrealism they sometimes make the same casting choices.
		Zigrail (1995), Turpin's debut feature, echoes Villeneuve's Cosmos segment, which is a study of caffeinated, hyper-adrenalized male energy veering out of control.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0JSF/is_35_10/ai_81414105 (1229 words)

	maelstrom
		French Canadian writer-director Denis Villeneuve's Maelstrom is a bleak and whimsical morality fable narrated by a blood-smeared fish on the chopping block.
		Villeneuve seemed more interested in capturing the concepts of death and love and the natural flow of life (arising from and returning to the ocean), then in having a free-flowing romantic drama.
		Though beautifully acted and stylishly filmed and musically scored (Tom Waits hip songs are mixed in with Grieg's romantic symphonies), Maelstrom seems antiseptic and distantly intellectual rather than a tender overcoming of grief tale.
	www.sover.net /~ozus/maelstrom.htm (688 words)

	Reeling: November 2, 2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Maelstroem, the second feature from Montreal-based director Denis Villeneuve, has been chosen by the Canadian pre-selection committee as Canada's official entry in the Best-foreign-language film Oscar race.
		This marks the second time around for Villeneuve; his first feature, August 32nd on Earth, also made Canada's short list, though it didn't make the Academy's final cut to the nomination stage.
		Only two official Canadian entries have ended up with nominations, '87's The Decline of the American Empire and '90's Jesus of Montreal, both of which were directed by Denys Arcand and neither of which won.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2000/110200/reel.html (467 words)

	Maelström (2002): Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Like many of his (young) generation, Villeneuve is front and centre with the visual and musical language.
		He doesn't always hit the mark, but he is already trying for a symbolic allusiveness that is entirely beyond the reach of many filmmakers.
		Visually striking and viscerally repellent, director Denis Villeneuve's Quebecois oddity offers a nightmarish vision of one woman's unraveling, the likes of which haven't been seen since Roman Polanski pushed Catherine Deneuve off the deep end in "Repulsion" (1965).
	www.metacritic.com /video/titles/maelstrom (588 words)

	Villeneuve (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
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	Eye - August 32nd on Earth - 12.17.98
		Last year it was the multi-directorial opus Cosmos, produced by Roger Frappier, whose marks could also be seen on this year's 2 Seconds, by Manon Briand.
		Current case in point: another Frappier production, Denis Villeneuve's August 32nd on Earth, a delirious road trip with elements of philosophical angst that sends its protagonists reeling from a Montreal apartment to the salt flats of Utah and back.
		Whenever the film gets too farcical, Villeneuve hits us with another blast of real-time action -- while his approach recalls the fast and loose temporal stylings of unabashed 1970s relics like Nicolas Roeg (The Man Who Fell To Earth, Don't Look Now), he anchors this quasi-romantic fable in recognizable physical detail.
	www.eye.net /eye/issue/issue_12.17.98/film/august17.html (413 words)

	Metroactive Movies \| 'Maelstrom'
		The real point Villeneuve may be making is that life replenishes itself in the sea.
		This idea is better indicated in a scene where a handsome Norwegian fisherman--the film's love interest, Jean-Nicolas Verreault, who has the watery name Evian--prepares to toss his father's cremated ashes down a barroom toilet, on the theory that the sea refuses no rivers.
		Maelstrom (Unrated; 83 min.), written and directed by Denis Villeneuve, cinematography by André Turpin and starring Marie-Josée Croze, Stephanie Morgenstern and Jean-Nicolas Verreault, opens Friday at Camera 3 in San Jose.
	www.metroactive.com /papers/metro/05.16.02/maelstrom-0220.html (444 words)

	Maelström on DVD - MovieWeb
		All of the film's acting, but especially the difficult part of Bibi, is done with beauty and sensitivity.
		The film's lush photography at times hearkens back to director Villeneuve's music video work, but its stylish quality always serves the story's needs.
		This poetic tale of moral responsibility and despair is a uniquely haunting, must-see film.
	movieweb.com /dvd/dvd.php?780273073016 (346 words)

	Film Review: Maelstrom
		Writer/director Denis Villeneuve uses talking fish as the narrative voice for reasons that remain a mystery.
		Bibi's journey from empty to less empty carries a kernel of hope after the unlikely liaison with a deep sea diver (Jean-Nicolas Verreault) provides an excuse for staying alive one more day.
		Villeneuve's award-winning work with video ensures that arty camera angles are not forgotten.
	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/m/maelstrom_2000.shtml (185 words)

	Maelström (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Too often directors forget that film is meant to be a VISUAL medium, and bludgeon their audience with a 10 minute scene of actors blathering at each other.
		An intelligent treatment of the human condition, a wry sense of humour, great acting performances, and an excellent visual style make Denis Villeneuve a director to keep track of, and this film a joy to watch.
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	us.imdb.com /Title?0220627 (278 words)

	Film: August 31, 2000
		Without a doubt, the best thing I've seen thus far at the 24th annual World Film Fest is Denis Villeneuve's Maelstroem.
		Intelligent, sensuous, beautifully shot (by André Turpin) and brilliantly acted, it is Villeneuve's gem, a thoroughly rewarding follow-up to his '98 critical fave August 32nd on Earth.
		If it sounds odd, that's because it is. In fact, the entire film is narrated by a fish, a funny little quirk that makes Villeneuve's latest all the better.
	www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/2000/083100/film1.html (614 words)

	Genies grant Quebec's Wish: BeatnikPad Writing
		The Canadian film industry honoured its own last night at the 21st annual Genie awards ceremony, held in Toronto, Ontario.
		Quebec films swept nearly all of the major awards, with Quebecois director Denis Villeneuve's Maelstrm garnering five Genies.
		In addition to the Claude Jutra award, the best picture, screenplay, actress, director, and cinematography awards also went to a Quebec film, Denis Villeneuve's eerie Maelstrm.
	www.beatnikpad.com /writing/archives/000147.php (569 words)

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