Ido Mizrahy’s controversial documentary Gored, on bullfighting legend Antonio Barrera, sparked many a great post-screening Q&A at film festivals throughout the world. Gored is available on Amazon (Blu-ray and DVD), Amazon Instant, iTunes and Vudu now!) I first became aware of “Gored,”Ido Mizrahy’s complicated portrait of Antonio Barrera, a.k.a. “the most gored bullfighter in history,” at last year’s Tribeca Film Festival. Premiering in the […]...
- 3/24/2016
- by Lauren Wissot
- Hammer to Nail
In very few jobs across the world is it respectable to be aggressively bad at what you do. Factory workers don’t get raises if they routinely build faulty items. Doctors don’t get awards for surgically removing the wrong body part. However, if you’re Antonio Barrera, not only are you genuinely bad at what you’re paid to do, but there is a distinct honor and respect behind that very fact.
See, Barrera isn’t just a bullfighter. No, no, no. Barrera is the most gored bullfighter in modern history, particularly due to his style which ostensibly consists of him throwing himself in front of a bull in a perverse game of “chicken.” Gored 23 times resulting in 17 surgeries and as much mental scar tissue as he has physically, Barrera is the subject of a new documentary from director Ido Mizrahy, entitled Gored, a film that at its best,...
See, Barrera isn’t just a bullfighter. No, no, no. Barrera is the most gored bullfighter in modern history, particularly due to his style which ostensibly consists of him throwing himself in front of a bull in a perverse game of “chicken.” Gored 23 times resulting in 17 surgeries and as much mental scar tissue as he has physically, Barrera is the subject of a new documentary from director Ido Mizrahy, entitled Gored, a film that at its best,...
- 3/7/2016
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
Plus: Stx Entertainment dates three films for 2016FilmRise has picked up all Us rights from Fwrv to Spanish documentary Gored, about bullfighter Antonio Barrera who has been impaled 23 times in the bullring and faces one final fight before retirement. Ido Mizrahy directed and the film premiere at Tribeca.On the 43rd anniversary of the Apollo 17 Moon landing by Commander Eugene “Gene” Cernan, Gravitas Ventures has acquired Us rights from Submarine to Mark Stewart Productions’ documentary The Last Man On The Moon and will release theatrically on digital platforms on February 26, 2016. The film premiered at SXSW.Stx Entertainment has dated three films for 2016: Unt. Lucas & Moore Comedy starring Mila Kunis, Christina Applegate and Kristen Bell will open on August 19; Untitled Kelly Fremon Craig/James L Brooks/Hailee Steinfeld aka Besties on September 30; and The Bye Bye Man starring Carrie-Anne Moss, Faye Dunaway, Douglas on October 14.
- 12/11/2015
- by jeremykay67@gmail.com (Jeremy Kay)
- ScreenDaily
Read More: Meet the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival Filmmakers Can the most gored bullfighter in modern history survive his final performance? The answer may drive the plot of Ido Mizrahy's Tribeca Film Festival debut film, but it's ultimately the pursuit of fame and the idolization of death that makes up the core of the drama's emotional ambitions. After living in New York City for 15 years and showing films at NYC-based festivals such as New Directors/New Films and Doc NYC, Mizrahy finally comes to Tribeca this year with "Gored."What's your film about in 140 characters or less? Antonio Barrera is the most gored bullfighter in modern history. Will he survive his final performance? Now what's it Really about? "Gored" is about the pursuit of immortality and fame, to the point of idolizing death. Antonio was first put in front of the bulls when he was seven-years-old by his father -...
- 4/15/2015
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Meet Antonio Barrera, who has the strange distinction of being the most-gored bullfighter in modern history. He's been gored 23 times and undergone 17 surgeries. The documentary Gored looks at his final performance: Barrera has decided to retire after this final bullfight in León, Mexico, with his wife and daughter watching in the audience. Here's an exclusive look at the dramatic opening scene from Gored, where Barrera starts off the fight kneeling on the ground in front of the gate, which director Ido Mizrahy says is one of the most dangerous moves in bullfighting. Talk about a dramatic entrance. The film begins its run at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 16.
- 4/14/2015
- by E. Alex Jung
- Vulture
You might think Antonio Barrera has a death wish. From "Patrolman P" director Ido Mizrahy, "Gored" is a portrait of Barrera, who has been impaled 23 times as a bullfighter. He is preparing to face the bulls once again in this documentary headed for the Tribeca Film Festival. Rejected throughout his career and banished to the fringes of this brutal spectacle, Barrera is an underdog known to perform with reckless abandon, eager to confront death in his tragic quest for success. Now surrounded by a wife and children who need him, Barrera is caught off guard by a new desire to live for them. This documentary on the controversial bloodsport from Motherlode Films and Roopstigo will screen at the fest with "Colin Kaepernick," a short about a future NFL quarterback's life-turning decision. Below, watch a Toh! exclusive clip from "Gored."...
- 4/13/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
Exclusive: Antonio Barrera is known to perform with reckless abandon, and it has cost him. Known as the most-gored bullfighter in history, his bovine adversaries’ horns have found him on 23 occasions — and his wife has witnessed 18 of them. “I always knew I wanted to be a bullfighter,” Barrera says in Gored, a new documentary by Ido Mizrahy that premieres April 16 at the Tribeca Film Festival. “But ever since I have a family, I’m much more afraid. I worry about…...
- 4/10/2015
- Deadline
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