Blue jasmine
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Blue jasmine |
| Original title | Blue jasmine |
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| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2013 |
| length | 98 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 6 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Woody Allen |
| script | Woody Allen |
| production |
Letty Aronson Stephen Tenenbaum Edward Walson |
| music | Christopher Lennertz |
| camera | Javier Aguirresarobe |
| cut | Alisa Lepselter |
| occupation | |
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Blue Jasmine is an American drama film directed by Woody Allen . The pessimistic film is about the dramatic social decline of the eponymous Jasmine Francis, who is portrayed by Cate Blanchett . It loosely based on the play A Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams .
action
The meanwhile penniless former high society lady Jasmine Francis travels with the belongings that have been left to her from her former wealth from New York to San Francisco to start a new life with her sister Ginger. Already during the flight and after landing, she tells an unknown person sitting next to her about events from her life.
When her sister arrives, she implores her to look for someone better than the auto mechanic Chili, to whom Ginger is engaged and whose friends come and go in her apartment.
In flashbacks, conversations with oneself and daydreams, one gradually learns Jasmine's previous history. Apparently she led a carefree luxury life. Her handsome husband, Hal, had made a lot of money doing dodgy deals, and Jasmine lived the day. When her sister Ginger and her then-husband Augie visited her in New York at the time, both were impressed by the wealth in which Jasmine and Hal lived. Augie had just won $ 200,000 in the lottery and was about to start a construction company. Jasmine persuaded her husband to put the money into Augie. She later found out that Hal had cheated on her with other women for years. Hal was arrested for his illegal business and committed suicide in prison.
In San Francisco, Jasmine finds work as a receptionist at a dentist, but flees from practice, will be handy when the doctor. She also takes a computer course so that she can later study interior design online . A course participant invites Jasmine and her sister Ginger to a party. There, Jasmine meets the wealthy diplomat Dwight Westlake, who is currently planning to set up his luxurious home on San Francisco Bay. Jasmine offers to help him set it up. She claims that her husband, who died of a heart attack, was a surgeon and that she is an interior designer, but does not tell him that she has a stepson. Ginger is also at the party and makes the acquaintance of Al, with whom she starts an affair. This leads to an argument with Chili and the temporary separation of the two.
Dwight is excited about Jasmine and wants to marry her. Just as the two are standing in front of a jewelry store to buy an engagement ring, Jasmine's ex-brother-in-law Augie, who had lost all his money in Hals' scams, shows up and confronts her. Dwight learns Jasmine's real life circumstances, whereupon he refrains from buying the ring. There is a heated argument between Dwight and Jasmine over Jasmine's lies, whereupon she hastily leaves his car. When she visits her stepson in his musical instrument shop, it is learned that she herself gave the FBI the decisive tip over the phone when Hal tried to leave her for another woman. As a result, she was well aware of the illegality of his business. Her stepson knows about this call and is even more angry with her than he is with his father. He never wants to see her again.
Back in her sister's apartment, she meets her and Chili, who are toasting their reconciliation with champagne. Jasmine claims that all is well with Dwight and declares that she will now move in with him.
In the last scene, the former high society lady with tangled hair sits on a bench in the city and - as in the past - talks to herself.
reception
success
In 2013, the German box office counted 417,737 visitors, making the film 78th among the most visited films of the year.
Reviews
“A woman let her husband, a financial scoundrel, ruin her life halfway, and she takes care of the rest herself. For 98 minutes, Jasmine falls, her social position drops dramatically, and the feeling of humiliation is her stubborn companion. But that's by no means just sad, it produces some absurd punchlines in the tried and tested Woody Allen manner, perhaps a little grimmer than usual. "
“Unfortunately you can feel the progressive loss of the world that has plagued Allen's work for a long time, again in every scene. San Francisco, for example: Here are strict straight people who turn every dollar twice, have their hearts in the right place and only know the Internet from hearsay. Their aggressive vitality looks as real as substitute cheese. Especially where it wants to show 'real life', the film almost suffocates on its own artificiality. Sad realization: Woody Allen is now a tourist in America too. He might even be in New York if he should decide to shoot another kind of sequel to the 'city neurotic'. "
“'Blue Jasmine' is a great high capitalism horror film that focuses entirely on Cate Blanchett. To a woman in free fall, who one moment can be radiantly beautiful, aloof and proud and the next moment she turns into a trembling heap of misery. "
“Allen's old fan base has shrunk noticeably in recent years. There were reasons for that. New York seemed tale, the European films had something stressful, with 'Blue Jasmine' the now 77-year-old seems for the first time in a long time at the height of his ability. It's a simple, clearly structured story that gets by without the fantastically grotesque antics that Allen found original or funny from time to time, but which were rather detrimental to his films. The change of location to the American west coast apparently worked like a fresh cell cure. "
“After touring nostalgically through Europe's metropolises in his last four films, Woody Allen is now again dealing with the problems of his American homeland. With 'Blue Jasmine' the old master reflects the financial crisis in a very personal melodrama. "
“Woody Allen wrote a great blues with 'Blue Jasmine' for the infallible Cate Blanchett. In his late work, Allen cast off all the fetters and shows himself to be one of the last grand masters of American film. "
“Blue Jasmine is not a comedy. As Allen told his leading lady during the set, it is 'a serious film'. He owes that he is entertaining to the wonderful ensemble, especially Cate Blanchett, who really pulls out all the stops of her acting skills. Although you don't like the character, you watch spellbound as she looks in disgust at her sister's apartment, as she pours herself the umpteenth 'Stolni' or unscrews the pill box with trembling hands to throw in a 'Xanax'. "
“Woody Allen manages the extremely difficult balance between despair and comedy with virtuosity. Especially at the beginning he refuses to sacrifice his characters to a dramaturgy that revolves around the numerous puzzles of the past. Rather, he gives his leading actress Cate Blanchett space to play out the pleasure and the hangover, the self-deception and the euphoria in scenes that are designed as contrasting tableaus. "
Awards
- 2013: New York Film Critics Circle Award for Cate Blanchett ( Best Actress )
- 2014: Golden Globe for Cate Blanchett ( Best Actress - Drama )
- 2014: Nomination for a Golden Globe for Sally Hawkins ( Best Supporting Actress )
- 2014: Critics' Choice Movie Award for Cate Blanchett ( Best Actress )
- 2014: Oscar for Cate Blanchett ( Best Actress )
- 2014: Oscar nomination for Woody Allen ( Best Original Screenplay )
- 2014: Oscar nomination for Sally Hawkins ( Best Supporting Actress )
- 2014: BAFTA Award for Cate Blanchett ( Best Actress )
- 2014: Nomination for the BAFTA Award for Woody Allen ( Best Original Screenplay )
- 2014: Nomination for the BAFTA Award for Sally Hawkins ( Best Supporting Actress )
- 2014: Empire Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the AACTA International Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the Alliance of Women Film Journalists Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the Dallas – Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the Detroit Film Critics Society for Best Ensemble
- 2014: Georgia Film Critics Association Award nomination for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the International Cinephile Society Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the London Film Critics Circle Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the London Film Critics Circle Award for Sally Hawkins for Best British Actress of the Year
- 2014: Nomination for the National Society of Film Critics Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress (Second Place)
- 2014: Nomination for the Online Film Critics Society Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Nomination for the San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress
- 2014: Satellite Award nomination for Sally Hawkins for Best Supporting Actress in Feature Film
Web links
- Blue Jasmine in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- official website
- Expert opinion from the German Film and Media Assessment - “particularly valuable” rating
- Blue Jasmine in the German dubbing file
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Blue Jasmine . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2013 (PDF; test number: 141 316 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Blue Jasmine . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ KINOaktuell: What you wanted: Münster's cinema year 2013, C. Lou Lloyd, Filminfo No. 4, 23. – 29. January 2014, p. 24 ff.
- ↑ Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine - A Nimbus of Coolness . In: Die Zeit , No. 45/2013
- ↑ Insane self-deception . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , November 6, 2013
- ↑ Woody Allen's “Blue Jasmine”: Queen Cate in Free Fall . Mirror online
- ↑ A little fresh cell treatment for Woody Allen: Cate Blanchett is "Blue Jasmine"
- ↑ After bankruptcy: Woody Allen's melancholy comedy “Blue Jasmine”
- ↑ Woody Allen “Blue Jasmine”: A good man is hard to find
- ↑ Blue Jasmine . In: epd Film Das Kino-Magazin
- ↑ Blue Jasmine short review In: Filmdienst