Werner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’ Receives Standing Ovation at Venice
Werner Herzog’s latest film, “Bucking Fastard,” premiered at the Venice Film Festival to a lengthy standing ovation, drawing attention for its unconventional narrative and dual lead performances by Rooney and Kate Mara. The eccentric comedy, which follows two synchronized sisters, was also dedicated to the late filmmaker David Lynch.
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Bucking Fastard review – Herzog’s starry twins soap provokes a syncing feeling
Venice film festival: Rooney and Kate Mara play the real-life Chaplin sisters who spoke in unsettling unison in this silly, pointless drama Werner Herzog is such a unique film-maker that even a dud from him has some interest, but sadly a dud is what this is. It is a fiction feature based on a true story which – despite a few laughs – systematically wastes the audience’s time, as well as the talents of its formidable female leads, real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara. You can almost feel thi...
By Peter Bradshaw
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Werner Herzog's new film “Bucking Fastard” features sisters Rooney and Kate Mara playing siblings who speak in unison
By Lindsey Bahr
Read full article →Rooney and Kate Mara as Horny Sisters Lusting for Orlando Bloom Get 6.5-Minute Venice Standing Ovation for ‘Bucking Fastard’
Werner Herzog’s “Bucking Fastard,” starring real-life sisters Rooney and Kate Mara as a pair of siblings who do absolutely everything together, earned a solid 6.5-minute ovation at Venice on Thursday night. The surreal drama follows Jean and Joan Holbrooke, sisters who speak in unison, dress the same and even fall in love with the same […]
By Elskes
Read full article →Werner Herzog Teary as ‘Bucking Fastard’ Starring Rooney and Kate Mara as Sisters in Sync Lifts Off
The film, described by Kate Mara as "quite beautiful and very unusual," focuses on two sisters who not only speak in unison but love the same man and share the same dreams.
By Chris Gardner
Read full article →Warner Herzog’s ‘Bucking Fastard’ Earns 7-1/2 Minute Venice Ovation As Kate & Rooney Mara Laugh & Hug
Werner Herzog enjoyed a warm welcome at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday as his Golden Lion Contender Bucking Fastard starring Kate and Rooney Mara world premiered in the Palazzo del Cinema’s Sala Grande. The Maras play Jean and Joan Holbrooke, two eccentric sisters who are so close that they speak in unison, love the […]
By Melanie Goodfellow
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Bucking Fastard review: Werner Herzog casts Kate and Rooney Mara as synchronized sisters based on unusual real-life twins.
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