Cannes Originals Archive for May, 2012
CANNES 65: A Wrap
The question was never “if” Michael Haneke was going to win something—the question was always “what.”
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Un Certain Regard 2012 presented 20 films directed by 26 directors hailing from 17 different countries. Four of the works were first films. Presided over by Tim ROTH (actor, director), the Jury was comprised of Leïla BEKHTI (actress), Sylvie PRAS (head of cinema – Centre Pompidou Paris, artistic director – La Rochelle Festival), Tonie MARSHALL…
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Packer travels by stretch limousine, an inconvenient method of transportation in a busy metropolis like Manhattan, but it symbolizes power and importance in a way no other vehicle can. It’s a status thing. When his day is upended by riots in a city filled with economic unrest, the rest of his adventure becomes an odyssey that is better left seen than described.
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FSLC Sneak-Peeks DP/30 With Wes Anderson And Beasts Of The Southern Wild
Read the full article »Django Unchained on the Croisette
The 10-minute “Django Unchained” trailer that screened for select press in Cannes – obviously not a final cut – opened on a typical Western backdrop, with slaves walking across a dusty cliff. But hey, I will tell you what you want to know…
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I still can’t quite catch my breath. It is the ultimate nightmare of a parent – even of a 2 year old – to think they will be victims, victimizers, or perhaps worse, silent witnesses to the abuse of others when standing up for honor is only dangerous as a social abstraction.
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Thomas Vinterberg made what is still my favorite of the Dogma 95 movies, The Celebration. The film combined 50s style kitchen sink drama with a modern tone of brutal, brutal honesty. The Hunt is not quite as shocking a film experience. In an odd way, the two films are connected at child abuse. In the…
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There are comparisons to be made between “Reality” and “Bellissima” – they both heavily involve Cinecitta Studios, for example – but it feels somewhat unfair to pigeonhole “Reality” as simply a recreation of Visconti.
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Cinema math doesn’t always work out, as putting a group of talented people together on a film set doesn’t guarantee success. However, something about Rust and Bone felt extremely promising from the very beginning.
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Yeah… you’ve seen this logline before. In fact, the awards season looks to be clogged with some of this. But you have never seen it done through Jacques Audiard’s pitiless, demanding, unrelenting eyes. The pair at the center of this journey are an impulsive muscle-head with no money with a 5-year-old he’s taken from his…
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A horse is a horse, of course, of course, and no one can talk to a horse, of course. That is, of course, unless the horse is the famous Wes Anderson. Wes Anderson’s natural state as an artist is artificial… and yet, somehow, intimate.
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Make no mistake—the true stars of this film are Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward, and should be seen because of them. These newcomers are very talented and extremely photogenic (Hayward in particular looks strikingly like a younger Emma Watson), and hopefully Moonrise Kingdom’s trajectory bestows upon these kids a brilliant acting career.
Read the full article »Countdown to Cannes: Garrone, Seidl, Vinterberg
The ninth (and last) in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
Read the full article »Countdown to Cannes: Audiard, Carax, Reygadas
The eighth in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
Read the full article »Countdown To Cannes: Nichols, Daniels, Dominik
The seventh in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
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The sixth in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
Read the full article »Countdown To Cannes: Im Sang-soo, Hong Sang-soo
The fifth in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
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The fourth in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
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The third in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
Read the full article »Countdown to Cannes: Resnais, Haneke
The second in a series of snapshots of the twenty-two filmmakers in Competition for the Palme d’Or at the sixty-fifth Festival de Cannes.
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