Please subscribe to Solzy at the Movies on Substack.Įnter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.“Automata are mechanical objects endowed with life by ingenious means.” Ten years later, Hugo is still a magical film even if it’s the type of movie that studios don’t take much of a risk on during this new era of filmmaking.ĬAST: Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen, Asa Butterfield, Chloë Grace Moretz, Ray Winstone, Emily Mortimer, with Jude Law Paramount released Hugo in theaters on November 23, 2011. It was the major gimmick of the day and it took away screens from other films. It isn’t an understatement to say that everyone was pushing for 3D releases as a result of Avatar‘s success. I can’t necessarily blame him for feeling the way he does. There was a lot of competition during Thanksgiving weekend and the weeks to come. But once the schedule started getting out of whack, things just spiraled and spiraled and that’s when the avalanche began.” Do I still think it’s a masterpiece that will be talked about in 20 years? Yes. I went through three line producers because no one knew exactly what was going on. “Budget wise, there just wasn’t enough prep time and no one really realized how complicated doing a 3-D film was going to be. Producer Graham King reflected on the box office woes in early February 2012. A decade later, there are still films being made in 3D but nowhere near as many as there were ten years ago. The 3D conversion adds onto the production budget so the film the $185 box office gross is considered a failure despite the $150-170 million budget. Back in 2011, every studio was into releasing their films in 3D. Even though the film did well with critics and awards, it didn’t do so well at the box office. Hugo would ultimately win five of them for cinematography, art direction, sound mixing, sound editing, and visual effects. The eleven Oscar nominations were the most for any films nominated that year. In other words, this is a film that families can watch. It’s a film about magic and adventure rather than his typical crime dramas. If you took one look at Scorsese’s filmography, this one would stand out like a needle in a haystack. When Hugo was first released ten years ago, it marked one of the few times in which Martin Scorsese’s daughter could watch one of his films. In this instance, the film doesn’t really mention the family of Méliès aside from his wife. You probably already know how it is with these films–something is almost always wrong. In terms of history, they mostly get it right. There’s a good bet that you know what happens next because you could not make this film without giving it a happy ending. One thing leads to another but Station Inspector Gustave Dasté chases him. After learning what happened to Méliès, Hugo realizes the mystery behind the automaton. They find the author, René Tabard (Michael Stuhlbarg), and he brings a copy of a film to the Méliès home. When Isabelle and Hugo find a book at the Film Academy Library, it changes everything. The truth is bigger than this because he is a pioneering filmmaker. On the outside looking in, one might think of Georges Méliès as a shopkeeper. The role becomes bigger after Hugo forges a friendship with Georges’s goddaughter, Isabelle (Chloë Grace Moretz). Pioneering filmmaker Georges Méliès (Ben Kingsley) also plays a role in the story. But anyway, the broken automaton isn’t the only mystery at hand. Claude ends up missing so Hugo manages to maintain the clocks. This forces the teenager to move in with Uncle Claude, who maintains the clocks at the Gare Montparnasse railway station. His father had found a broken automaton and the two work to repair it until Hugo’s dad dies in a fire. The gist of the film is that 14-year-old Hugo Cabret (Asa Butterfield) is living in Paris with his father in 1931. Hugo is based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick, a cousin of David O. The magical celebration of cinema that is the Oscar-winning Hugo marked a substantial departure for filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
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