God of Love ( English of God ) is an American independent short film by director, screenwriter and co-producer Luc Maseni , which tells about Ray - a lounge singer and a professional darts player who gained the ability to give people love with darts [1] . Critics accepted the work well, noting the ease of narration, the non-trivial plot and the absurdity of certain points [2] [3] [4] .
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| Genre | comedy fantasy |
| Producer | Luke Maseni |
| Author script | Luke Maseni |
| In the main cast | Luke Maseni Marian brock Christopher Hersh |
| Operator | Bobby webster |
| Composer | Sasha Gordon |
| Duration | 18 minutes |
| A country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Year | 2010 |
| IMDb | ID 1631323 |
Initially, Maseni intended to get the right to premiere the tape at the Sundance Film Festival , but was refused [5] . Then he turned to the student department of the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , where the premiere took place on June 12, 2010 [6] . Subsequently, the director did not plan to go on rental, but only decided to show the picture at several film forums, among which were: Woodstock and Tucson film festivals that brought Maseni several awards [1] [7] . On December 1, 2010, nominees for the Academy Award were announced in the category “ Best Short Film ”, among which was “God of Love” [8] ; On March 7, 2011, the film received this award [9] [10] . December 23, 2011, according to the decision of the producers, the film was released in wide distribution in the USA. On physical media, it came out as an addition to the Danny Boyle Blu-ray Edition 127 hours [11] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Siobhan Watters. God of Love: Interview with Luke Matheny . FLIXIST (February 17, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ AO Scott. An Oscar Film Festival, All in One Screening . The New York Times (February 10, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Benjamin Sutton. Oscarbation, Live Action Shorts: The (British) Kids Are All Right . The L Magazine (February 4, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Tim Grierson. Brief Encounters in Oscar-Nominated Shorts 2011 The Village Voice (February 9, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Scott D. Pierce. Oscar nomination comes as consolation prize for filmmaker (inaccessible link) . The Salt Lake Tribune (Jan 26, 2012). Date of treatment January 7, 2013. Archived October 2, 2013.
- ↑ Luke Matheny of New York University won the Narrative Gold Medal . Student Academy Awards (May 22, 2010). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ 2010 WFF Awards info . SWoodstock Film Festival . Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Short films and animated films nominated for an Oscar Were named . Correspondent (December 1, 2010). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Marina Ochakovskaya. King's move . Russian newspaper (March 1, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ Soraya Roberts. Colin Firth Oscar acceptance speech beats winners Randy Newman and Luke Matheny . Daily News (February 28, 2011). Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
- ↑ 127 Hours (Blu-ray ) . Amazon.com Date of treatment January 7, 2013.
Links
- God of Love on the Internet Movie Database
- God of love on allmovie