Not quite as patently absurd as Kurt Metzger led me to believe.

If anyone ever wondered what real film w* are like then this is the perfect evidence. What a bunch of sycophants, there are too many vomit inducing moments to mention but honestly, with people like this on show it's no wonder Holyweird has such a bad reputation. If you didn't absolutely, utterly loath Tobacks and Baldwin before you most certainly will after the first few minutes. Ryan Gosling and Neve Campbell excepted, everyone else on screen should be shipped to Siberia. Ugh.

I'm not impressed by all these bigshots patting themselves on the back about how intelligent, artistic, or rich they are. Shows the cynical business aspect of moviemaking and how most movies are rendered into predictable garbage because of business decisions.

This is a really interesting and entertaining movie about the business of film. Director James Toback and Alec Baldwin go to Cannes to pitch a movie they want to make. It is an enlightening look at how movies get financed for those who don't know, I saw this world and recognize it. It's all about stars and numbers, the script isn't important. They land some great interviews including Ryan Gosling, Jessica Chastain, Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola. This is a must for film buffs!

Interesante documental sobre el problema de recoger fondos para hacer una película. Tiene buenas entrevistas con Polansky, Coppola, Scorsesse, etc y da una buena visión del Festival de Cannes pero se queda corta y resulta muy superficial. Es divertida por las acotaciones de Toback pero el lastre de Baldwin no lo deja despegar.

Alec Baldwin and James Toback hit Cannes and give us a back-stage look at how films actually get financed. Toback is a bit sleazy in this, but Baldwin's interviews with directors and actors really shine.

A rare glimpse behind the curtain of the seemingly confidential world of the big money men driving the international film market. The balance of propaganda and art most famously studied in Battleship Potemkin is still and well alive. Alec Baldwin and other filmmakers shine with character while also the weight of their money and fame channelling reveal some fundamentals of human behavior.

an insightful, deeper analysis into the financing of Hollywood 95% of the business involves getting a movie invested in and only 5% of them actually get it Alec Baldwin and James Toback make a documentary trying to get a film of their own off the ground during the Cannes Film Festival so many celebrities are interviewed from Neve Campbell to Jessica Chastain to James Caan to Ryan Gosling as well as famous filmmakers lilke Diablo Cody, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorcese each of them give their personal insight and how they really feel about the industry with certain roles they take certain smaller movies that are loved hardly make any money, where big, budgeted films that aren't considered good make a lot more money where does a lot of it actually go? writers, actors, producers only get paid if the films they make succeed Baldwin describes Hollywood as a complicated lover; you can be seduced and abandoned by it the chance to work in a piece of art with a script that captures your attention is enticing then again you feel like you're only doing it for the money and you just leave it at that cinephiles, film buffs and aspiring filmmakers can learn a lot from this detailed, rich and funny dissection of the industry

Fascinating yet somewhat depressing fly on the wall view into the process of financing a film in the present blockbuster era.

A very interesting and entertaining documentary about the Cannes film festival. The film becomes much more than that as it really shines a light on the entire modern film industry and how movies get their financial backing and ultimately the kinds of movies that get made. Baldwin and Toback do a great job and speak with some of the greats of the past 40 years. A must watch for movie buffs.

Interesting to see how extremely talented individuals have so much trouble finding the resources to make a movie with substance, something usually missing in Hollywood. Still, having the stature they possess, finding $5MM+ in funds to make a movie did not take them too long. Much more difficult would be for "nobodies" to find the investors that can hear their pitch in the first place and getting lucky in receiving the same amount.

Outstanding documentary on producing films. Loved Alec Baldwin.

An insight into many things but primarily interesting to hear from some of the biggest names in film making being fairly candid about why and how they make films.

An insiders guide on how films really get made set at Cannes Film Festival featuring some of the movie greats. Ultimately much less than in should be with this cavalcade of stars, and with Alec Baldwin leading.

The movie never adds up its parts well enough to feel like a complete film. It's mostly a hodgepodge of various clips from random filmmakers; the ones you feel Baldwin and Toback had the clout to get at Cannes. Truthfully, I feel a light show like Entourage shows behind the scenes movie dealing better than this movie. In truth, they barely talk about the movie they want to make or show them trying to raise the money. It's more of like "We like movies, and, hey look at the other movie people insiders we know that also like to generally talk about movies and moviemaking - here they are." While I enjoyed these aspects (I could listen to Marty Scorsese talk about movies for hours), if feels like filler for the movie they are supposedly trying to tell. Again, none of the scenes about the attempts of raising money in "Hollywood" today are very in depth or informative.

Similar to "Jodorowsky's Dune" here is another interesting look into the business side of making films.

Sinceramente, no creo que consiga lo que se propone, no veo nada de revelador, nada que no sea de sobra conocido, y ni siquiera me parecio demasiado entretenido.

Since it chronicled the hunt for financing a film and featured interviews with such great filmmakers as Roman Polanski, Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, Seduced and Abandoned sounded like a documentary worth seeing. And it certainly was. Seduced and Abandoned is a good documentary for anyone interested in the true process of filmmaking as it stays focused on the difficulties of achieving funding very consistently. Although admittedly, it does this to a fault because Seduced and Abandoned is so focused on its material that it rarely transcends this. There is only so much that you can do in a documentary exploring the difficult process of gathering funding for a large scale film project, and Seduced and Abandoned really tests the limits of that by going into the material from a lot of angles to the point that it is essentially very repetitive. Although Seduced and Abandoned is only 98 minutes long, in the second half of the film the material begins to feel dull and it seems to go around in circles which leaves it feeling a lot longer than it actually was. Seduced and Abandoned didn't feel like a 98 minute film, it felt like it went for at least two hours, and the second half of the film especially was where it sort of lost its edge. I guess I could summarise it all by saying that Seduced and Abandoned captures the nature of searching for film project funding, for better or for worse, and your opinion of the film will essentially be defined by how interested you are in the concept. But although it isn't the most entertaining documentary, Seduced and Abandoned is still a great film. Directed by James Toback, Seduced and Abandoned chronicles the writer director on the hunt for funding for his latest project with the intended lead star of the film, Academy Award nominee Alec Baldwin. It goes into exploration of the Cannes Film Festival which reveals some of the culture behind it, and it explores the minds of a lot of filmmakers. Seduced and Abandoned entertained be largely because of the figures that it interviewed. It took on Francis Ford Coppola, the multiple Academy Award winning filmmaker who is a large influence to me as three of his films are some of the greatest films that I have ever seen in my life, yet he talks about how The Godfather was a fluke. We get some understanding about Francis Ford Coppola as he reflects on his life and his career, and it is very interesting to see because he is such an interesting and ambitious filmmaker. But not only that, Seduced and Abandoned explores the opinions of controversial filmmakers such as Bernardo Bertolucci as he discusses making one of his most controversial films, Last Tango in Paris, as well as the Academy Award winning and statutory rapist film director Roman Polanski as he talks about one of his finest films to date, The Pianist. Both these filmmakers are very interesting, with Roman Polanski discussing how he wanted to create a WWII themed film which would not interfere with his memories of living through the war and Bernardo Bertolucci as he discusses how his intentions to make films have become damaged by his health issues which have left him confined to a wheelchair. My favourite aspect of Seduced and Abandoned was how it interviewed so many provocative filmmakers, as well as the fact that it involved the participation of so many talented actors such as Ryan Gosling, Neve Campbell and Jessica Chastain among others. As an examination of the many people who have contributed to making cinema precisely what it is today, Seduced and Abandoned is a memorable documentary. But back on topic, the main focus of Seduced and Abandoned is the fact that it reveals the harsh reality of filmmaking by repeatedly making it clear that 95% of filmmaking is attempting to gather the money for the film. Although one thing that I feel Seduced and Abandoned should have clarified is why the industry changed so much in the 1980's and how producers became a lot more interfering with production of films. One key thing that Seduced and Abandoned could have done is interviewed filmmaker Michael Cimino whose notorious flop Heaven's Gate led to a move away from director-driven film production in the American film industry and a shift toward greater studio control of films. They could have at least mentioned it, but still, Seduced and Abandoned reveals the harsh reality of a post-Heaven's Gate world where filmmaking is a massive challenge. It isn't an optimistic film by far, it is entirely harsh in depicting the real world and precisely how challenging it is to create a film in this world. As filmmaking is my dream, Seduced and Abandoned intimidated me and reminded me exactly why independent filmmaking is an important influence in the industry. And one really interesting aspect of the film reveals how many people become immortal through films by pointing out that by starring in a film or creating one, you are making a part of history which will live on long after you pass away. Though the film is hardly optimistic in its approach to creating films, it points out precisely why it is so important to people which made me really appreciate what I was doing and reminded me why I should follow my dreams. So Seduced and Abandoned is both inspiring and intimidating to up and coming filmmakers which is definitely worth watching. So although it isn't the most consistently interesting documentary and reaches a very long and repetitive point in the second half of the film, Seduced and Abandoned is a though provoking and harshly realistic look at the world of filmmaking which reveals just how hard it is to create a dream because of how when it is overtaken by reality, the two clash. And the innovative look it takes into the minds of filmmakers is just terrific since it has a lot of interesting people interviewed.

I really enjoyed this film. It was fascinating to see the inner workings of Hollywood finance. This movie should be played at every film school in the world. If you are interested in breaking into the film business, becoming a producer, or doing anything of note in the entertainment industry, I recommend watching this. Excellent concept, solid execution. Alec Balwdin isn't as funny as he thinks he is.

The friendship of Alec Baldwin and James Toback was beautiful to witness. The quotes, interviews, music, and poetry brought it all together and moved it along nicely. If I had the money I'd give it to them for their film... in exchange for... a small role in it. xo