Red Obsession

{{Infobox film

| name = Red Obsession

| image = Red-Obsession-poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = David Roach
Warwick Ross

| producer = Warwick Ross

| writer = David Roach
Warwick Ross

| narrator = Russell Crowe

| music = Burkhard Dallwitz
Amanda Brown

| cinematography = Steve Arnold
Lee Pulbrook

| editing = Paul Murphy

| studio = Lion Rock Films

| released = {{film date|2013}}

| runtime = 75 minutes

| country = Australia

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Red Obsession is a 2013 Australian documentary film which collects interviews with winemakers and wine lovers across the world. The film is narrated by Russell Crowe. Red Obsession was co-directed and co-written by David Roach and Warwick Ross.{{cite news|last=Herrington|first=Nicole|title=China's Assault on Bordeaux|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/09/06/movies/red-obsession-looks-at-the-new-chinese-oenophiles.html?_r=0|newspaper=The New York Times|date=5 September 2013}}

Production

Principal photography began in April 2011.{{cite news|newspaper=Decanter |url=http://www.decanter.com/news/wine-news/530079/red-obsession-documentary-to-explore-bordeaux-china-relationship |title=Red Obsession' documentary to explore Bordeaux-China relationship |last=Lechmere |first=Adam |date=19 June 2012 }} The film was co-directed and co-written by David Roach and Warwick Ross. Ross was in charge of production for Lion Rock Films, while the soundtrack was composed by Burkhard Dallwitz and Amanda Brown. Paul Murphy signed on as editor.{{cite news|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/red-obsession-tribeca-review-444645 |title=Red Obsession: Tribeca Review |last=DeFore |first=John |date=23 April 2013 |newspaper=The Hollywood Reporter }}

This documentary film was edited on Adobe Premiere Pro.

Release

=Critical response=

As of 7 September 2013, based on 16 reviews collected by review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film had received a 100% approval rating from critics, with an average score of 7.4/10.{{cite web|url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/red_obsession_2013/ |title=Red Obsession |publisher=Rotten Tomatoes |accessdate=7 September 2013 }} Nicole Herrington of The New York Times wrote that the film "may already be [out]dated, since China's wine fever has cooled recently" although adding that "the movie raises legitimate concerns about the cultural and economic implications of status-minded overconsumption". Jordan Hoffman of the New York Daily News described the film as "probing, fascinating".{{cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv-movies/99-occupy-wall-street-collaborative-film-movie-review-article-1.1447315 |newspaper=New York Daily News |title='99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film,' movie review |date=5 September 2013 }} Urban CineFile's Louise Keller stated that Red Obsession "does justice to the many facets of the wine it describes".{{cite web|url=http://www.urbancinefile.com.au/home/view.asp?a=19815&s=Reviews |title=Red Obsession |first=Louise |last=Keller |publisher=Urban CineFile |accessdate=7 September 2013 }} Matthew Toomey of The Film Pie labelled it as "one of the year's best documentaries".{{cite news|url=http://www.thefilmpie.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2906:review-red-obsession&catid=36:reviews |publisher=The Film Pie |accessdate=7 September 2013 |title=Review: Red Obsession |last=Toomey |first=Matthew}} Ed Gibbs of The Sunday Age found the documentary to be "remarkably enlightening".{{cite news|newspaper=The Age |url=http://www.theage.com.au/entertainment/movies/red-obsession-20130809-2rn22.html |title=Red Obsession |date=11 August 2013 |last=Gibbs |first=Ed }} Keith Uhlich of Time Out New York offered that "[t]he reliance on talking-head testimonials leaves a weak aftertaste, but it's a palate-pleasing provocation nonetheless".{{cite news|url=http://www.timeout.com/us/film/red-obsession-movie-review |title=Red Obsession: movie review |date=3 September 2013 |newspaper=Time Out }} Doris Toumarkine of Film Journal International lauded the film's "superb" cinematography.{{cite news|url=http://www.filmjournal.com/filmjournal/content_display/reviews/specialty-releases/e3i110f9cbd9d3e952e07cd82118a409f56 |title=Film Review: Red Obsession |date=6 September 2013 |newspaper=Film Journal International |last=Toumarkine |first=Doris }} Kenji Fujishima of Slant Magazine awarded the film three out of four stars, commenting that it "may well inspire one to a higher appreciation of wine while also bringing about a greater awareness of the market forces that turn even the highest art into commodities".{{cite news|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/red-obsession |newspaper=Slant Magazine |last=Fujishima |first=Kenji |date=2 September 2013 |title=Red Obsession }} Ronnie Scheib of Variety opined that "[t]he film's rather simplistic cultural juxtapositions, pitting artistic appreciators against status-seeking philistines, work best when narrowly focused on the subject of wine."{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/reviews/red-obsession-review-1200595449/ |title=Film Review: "Red Obsession" |newspaper=Variety |date=5 September 2013 |last=Scheib |first=Ronnie }}

=Awards and nominations=

class="wikitable"
Award ! Category ! Subject ! Result
rowspan=9\|AACTA Award (3rd) \|Best Feature Length Documentary \|rowspan=2\|Warwick Ross \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Best Direction in a Documentary \|{{won}}
David Roach \|{{won}}
rowspan=2\|Best Cinematography in a Documentary \|Steve Arnold \|{{nom}}
Lee Pulbrook \|{{nom}}
rowspan=4\|Best Sound in a Documentary \|Burkhard Dallwitz \|{{nom}}
Amanda Brown \|{{nom}}
Liam Egan \|{{nom}}
Andrew Neil \|{{nom}}

class="wikitable"

Award

! Category

! Subject

! Result

rowspan=9|AACTA Award
(3rd)

|Best Feature Length Documentary

|rowspan=2|Warwick Ross

|{{won}}

rowspan=2|Best Direction in a Documentary

|{{won}}

David Roach