Ruben Brandt, Collector
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Hungarian | Ruben Brandt, a gyűjtő |
Directed by | |
Written by | Milorad Krstić |
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Music by | Tibor Cári |
Production company | Ruben Brandt LLC |
Distributed by | Sony Pictures Classics (United States) |
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Running time | 94 minutes[2] |
Country | Hungary |
Language | English |
Ruben Brandt, Collector (Hungarian: Ruben Brandt, a gyűjtő) is a 2018 Hungarian animated crime thriller directed by .[3][4] It is the first feature of the Slovenian-born director,[5] who previously won a Silver Bear for Best Short Film at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1995.[6] The film tells the story of a psychotherapist who enlists creative thieves to steal the paintings that are haunting his dreams.
Run-through[]
The film starts off with a quote by Frigyes Karinthy saying 'In my dream I was two cats and I was playing with each other. A snail slithers off a railway just in time to avoid death. Ruben dreams of a snail being held by a double-faced boy and wakes up to find a man holding the exact same snail. Next, a woman is dangling off a window and when he tries to save her she bites his arm.
Paintings depicted in the movie[]
The film depicts the following thirteen paintings that haunted Ruben Brandt:[7]
- Frédéric Bazille – Portrait of Renoir (1867)
- Sandro Botticelli – The Birth of Venus (c. 1486)
- Hans Holbein the Younger – Portrait of Antoine, Prince of Lorraine (c.1543)
- Frank Duveneck – Whistling Boy (1872)
- Paul Gauguin – Woman Holding A Fruit (1893)
- Vincent van Gogh – Portrait of the Postman Joseph Roulin (1888)
- Edward Hopper – Nighthawks (1942)
- René Magritte – The Treachery of Images (1929)
- Édouard Manet – Olympia (1863)
- Pablo Picasso – Woman with book (1932)
- Tiziano Vecellio – Venus of Urbino (1538)
- Diego Velázquez – Infanta Margarita Teresa in a Blue Dress (1659)
- Andy Warhol – Elvis l, ll (1964)
Awards and accolades[]
In 2018, the film received Annie Awards nominations in two categories, Best Animated Independent Feature and Editorial in an Animated Feature Production.[8] The film received awards at the following film festivals:
- Bucharest International Animation Film Festival (Anim'est) (2018): Best Feature Film[9]
- Seville European Film Festival (2018): Best Screenplay Award;[10] Art Cinema Award[11]
- Trieste Film Festival (2019): Sky Arte Award[12]
- Anima - The Brussels Animation Film Festival (2019): BeTV Award for Best Animated Feature of the Official Selection[13]
- World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb (2019): Grand Prix, Feature Film[14][15]
Reception[]
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 82% score based on 66 reviews, with an average of 7/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ruben Brandt, Collector is flawed from a storytelling standpoint, but the eye-catching animation is more than enough to make this offbeat thriller well worth watching."[16]
References[]
- ^ "Ruben Brandt, Collector - Locarno Festival". Locarno Film Festival. 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Ruben Brandt, Collector [programme note]". Haifa International Film Festival. 2018.
- ^ David D'Arcy (February 28, 2019). "Ruben Brandt, Collector is an animated art heist film bursting with references". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Hugh Hart (February 21, 2019). "Milorad Krstić's 'Ruben Brandt, Collector' is fueled by inspiration, not coffee". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Sheila O'Malley (February 15, 2019). "Ruben Brandt, Collector movie review (2019)". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Preise & Auszeichnungen 1995". Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ YepItsHoward. "RUBEN BRANDT Explained & Easter Eggs". YouTube. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
- ^ Carolyn Giardina (December 3, 2018). "Annie Awards: 'Incredibles 2,' 'Ralph' Lead Feature Nominees; 'Mary Poppins Returns' Also Nominated". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "ANIM'EST 2018 FESTIVAL AWARDS" (Press release). Anim'est IAFF Bucharest. 2018. Archived from the original on November 25, 2019.
- ^ "15th 2018 SEVILLE FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS" (Press release). Festival de Cine de Sevilla. November 17, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "RUBEN BRANDT, COLLECTOR by Milorad Krstić wins the Art Cinema Award at the 15th Seville European Film Festival" (Press release). Confédération internationale des cinémas d'art et d'essai. November 26, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "All the Winners!" (Press release). Trieste Film Festival. 2019. Retrieved November 26, 2019.
- ^ "Awards 2019" (Press release). The Brussels Animation Film Festival. 2019. Archived from the original on November 26, 2019.
- ^ "The Winners of Animafest Zagreb 2019" (Press release). AM Center for Audiovisual Culture and Multimedia. June 9, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ Ramin Zahed (June 9, 2019). "'Acid Rain,' 'Ruben Brandt' Nab Top Prizes at Animafest". Animation Magazine. Retrieved November 25, 2019.
- ^ "Ruben Brandt, Collector". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
External links[]
- Official website
- Ruben Brandt, Collector at IMDb
- Tunde Vollenbroek (2018). "Interview: Milorad Krstić On His Action-Crime Thriller 'Ruben Brandt, Collector'". Cartoon Brew.
- 2018 films
- English-language films
- Sony Pictures Classics animated films
- Films about the visual arts
- Adult animated films
- Art crime
- Hungarian animated films
- 2018 crime thriller films
- Hungarian crime thriller films
- 2018 animated films
- 2010s heist films
- Hungarian multilingual films
- Hungarian films
- Films about psychoanalysis
- Films about dreams