Jakob Montrasio

Jakob Montrasio

Jakob Montrasio is a screenwriter, photographer, and digital storyteller with a passion for vivid imagery and strong narratives. Drawing from years of international experience in film, design, and web development, he crafts stories that connect emotion, culture, and technology.

555 posts

Cinema

Kaliber 45 – Ein schmutziges Drama zwischen Gewalt und Rache

Ein schockierendes Porträt toxischer Beziehungen In Kaliber 45 (Originaltitel: .45) wagt sich Milla Jovovich in die düsteren Abgründe einer destruktiven Beziehung und beweist, dass sie weit mehr als nur die Actionheldin aus Resident Evil oder das fünfte Element ist. Regisseur und Drehbuchautor Gary Lennon, hier…

Cinema

Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep – Tiefseeterror in seichter Gewässerqualität

Kraken: Tentacles of the Deep versucht, sich irgendwo zwischen Indiana Jones, Batman und dem Monster-Horror der 80er zu positionieren, stürzt dabei aber in die tiefsten Abgründe des Trash-Kinos. Was als Mischung aus Action, Abenteuer und Horror beworben wird, entpuppt sich als peinlicher Versuch, Spannung, Mythologie…

Technology

Birthday 2.0?

Sweet Jesus, I got more birthday emails from some internet-bots than actual calls from friends and family. But nobody mailed me a cake!

China

Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF): Day 1.

In the picture above you see that I eventually got a press card for the SIFF, the 10th Shanghai International Film Festival. But what a hussle! When I went to the Festival de Cannes two years ago, they asked me for a bunch of stuff…

Life

Back in Shanghai, at last!

That have been two damn long weeks since my last post. In the meantime I married (well, officially, with a party and stuff), traveled with 20 friends and family members to Xi'An to celebrate my wedding, after we had spend some days in Shanghai that…

China

Saturday: Moving to Pudong.

Yes, my life is in little boxes at the moment. We're moving to our new apartment on saturday, and we managed to finish packing two days in advance. Thank god I have that german will to be best prepared. For a time I even wanted…

Technology

Twitter blocked in China?

Uhoh. This is exactly what Safari looks like when you try to open Wikipedia or, in the past, blogger.com. Now this shows up when I try to open Twitter. I just wrote something on Twitter, then BAM! gone. Hope they're not blocking everybody's new web…

Cinema

Remembering The Lost Boys.

On mornings like today, I wish there'd be no internet. Then I'd have no RSS feed reader, I wouldn't have a subscription to JoBlo.com's Arrow In The Head, and I wouldn't have seen a new post called 'Lost Boys 2 begins to hire'. They are…

Technology

Willkommen zum neuen Blog!

Es ist vorbei. Und es fängt an. Die Blog-WG wird geschlossen. Jakob Montrasio's Net startet durch. Hausmeister Jérôme hat uns alte WG-Mieter informiert, dass im Juni Schluss ist. Kann ich verstehen, ein Blick auf den RSS Feed der WG zeigt mir, dass in letzter Zeit…

Technology

Welcome to the new blog.

It's over. And it begins. The Blog-WG gets shut down. Jakob Montrasio's Net goes full power. Janitor and landlord Jérôme told us old members, that we have until June to move out. I can easily understand that, looking at the Blog-WG's RSS feed indicated that…