Cannes 63-juriul complet si afisul

Juriul Competitiei mari:
Tim BURTON, President
Kate BECKINSALE ‐ Actress / United Kingdom
Giovanna MEZZOGIORNO ‐ Actress / Italy
Alberto BARBERA ‐ Director National Museum of Cinema / Italy
Emmanuel CARRERE ‐ Writer ‐ Scripwriter ‐ Director / France
Benicio DEL TORO ‐ Actor / Puerto Rico
Victor ERICE ‐ Director / Spain
Shekhar KAPUR ‐ Director ‐ Actor ‐ Producer / India

CINEFONDATION & Juriul de scurt metraje
Atom EGOYAN, President ‐ Director / Canada
Emmanuelle DEVOS ‐ Actress / France
Dinara DROUKAROVA ‐ Actress / Russia
Carlos DIEGUES ‐ Director / Brazil
Marc RECHA ‐ Director / Spain

UN CERTAIN REGARD
Claire DENIS, President ‐ Director / France


a creation by Annick Durban from a photograph of Juliette Binoche by Brigitte Lacombe.

Selectie Cannes 63-first draft

dupa Indiewire, (via HITFIX) cam astea sunt filmele, plus inca vreo 12 titluri:
si, cu stupoare anunta Aurora in selectia paralela, Un certain Regard si nu in competitia mare, si la fel, Marti dupa Craciun al lui Radu Muntean (bravo, Radu!). Deci romanii sa se bata intre ei si sa nu fie jurizati de Tim Burton...pina acum competitia oficiala pare cel putin neinspirata si cam neinteresanta...cu o revenire Takeshi Kitano insa...

Competition:

"Autoreiji" ("Outrage")
Japanese director Takeshi Kitano makes a surprise return to the festival for the first time since 1999.

"Another Year"
Mike Leigh reunites with Imelda Staunton and Jim Broadbent for this new drama.

"Blutiful"
Alejandro Gonzales Inarritu's first entirely Spanish-language feature since "Amores Pores" stars Oscar-winner Javier Bardem.

"The Certified Copy"
Abbas Kiarostami's latest stars Juliette Binoche in a romantic drama where a middle aged English writer meets a young French woman on a book tour Italy.

“Des Hommes des Dieux" ("Of Gods and Men")
Xavier Beauvois' drama about Cistercian monks who fight for their beliefs when confronted by fundamentalists.

"Fair Game"
Doug Liman's drama tells the true story of CIA agent Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) who was outed by the Bush White House after her husband (Sean Penn) criticized the administration for the Iraq invasion.

“Hors-la-loi" (Outside the Law")
French filmmaker Rachid Bouchareb's drama about Algeria's political pains to become an independent state after World War II.

“Housemaid"
Im Sangsoo's thriller examines the negative consequences of a man's affair with his family's housemaid.

“Un Homme Qui Crie"
Not much is known, so far, about African Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's latest film.

“Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives"
Thailand's Apichatpong Weerasethakul makes his third trip to the festival.

"Poetry"
Acclaimed Korean filmmaker Lee Chang Dong returns to Cannes after debuting "Secret Sunshine" at the festival in 2007.

"Tournee"
Best known for starring in "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," Mathieu Amalric is also an acclaimed filmmaker and makes his debut at Cannes as a director.

“You, My Joy"
Little is known about this film from Russian filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa who makes is making his Cannes debut.

“La Nostra Vita"
An Italian comedy from director Daniele Luchetti.

“Utomlyonnye Solntsem 2" ("Burnt by the Sun 2")
Nikita Mikhalkov returns with the sequel to his 1994 Palm d'Or and Best Foreign Language Film.

“La Princesse de Monptpensier"
The latest from Bertrand Tavernier, a French cinematic icon who has never won the festival's top prize despite having three of his previous films at the fest.


Un certain regard:

“Blue Valentine"
Derek Cianfrance's acclaimed Sundance Film Festival drama featuring stunning performances by Ryan Gosling and Michelle Williams.

“O Estranho Caso de Angelica,” (Anjelica)
Manouel de Oliveira

“Les Amours Imaginaires” (Heartbeats)
Xavier Dolan

“Los Labios"
Ivan Fund and Santiago Loza

“Simon Werner a Disparu"
Fabrice Gobert

“Socialisme"
From French national treasure Jean-Luc Godard, this new drama is the filmmaker's first in HD Video and is seemingly set on a cruise ship cruising the Mediterranean Sea.

“Unter Dir Die Stadt” (The City Below)
Christoph Hochhausler

“Rebecca H. (Return to the Dogs),”
Lodge Kerrigan

“Pal Adreinn”
directed by Agnes Kocsis

“Udaan"
Vikramaditya Motwane

“Marti Dupa Craciun” (Tuesday, After Christmas)
Radu Muntean

“Chatroom"
Hideo Nakata

“Aurora"
Cristi Puiu

“Ha Ha Ha"
Hong Sangsoo

“Life Above All"
Oliver Schmitz

“Octubre"
Daniel Vega

“R U There"
David Verbeek

“Rizhao Chongqing” (Chongqing Blues)
Xiaoshuai Wang

Midnight Screenings:

“Kaboom"
Gregg Araki's latest sounds awfully familiar to his 1997 misfire "Nowhere" -- another Sci-Fi flick centered on the "sexual awakening" of a group of college students. Thomas Dekker, Kelly Lynch and Haley Bennett are along for the ride.

“L’Autre Monde” ("Blackhole)
Gilles Marchand


Out of competition:

"Robin Hood"
Ridley Scott (opening film)

"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger"
Woody Allen

"Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
Oliver Stone

Paris-When it Sizzles (1964)

"Gabrielle: What's the story ?
Richard Benson: It's an action/suspense, uh, romantic melodrama with lots of comedy, of course. And, uh, deep down underneath, a substrata of social comment."

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"A marshmallow-weight hokum"
Variety (also quoted a line from the film as an apt description of the film itself: "contrived, utterly preposterous and totally unmotivated")
&
"a multimillion dollar improvisation that does everything but what the title promises" / Time

as avea o intrebare pentru Tarantino, daca replica lui Michael Fassbender "yes sir, Paris-When it Sizzles" din Inglorios Basterds, se leaga de filmul lui Richard Quine din 1964, care a fost o placere sa-l vad, finally ! Nu pot sa-l trec la recuperari, pentru ca nu am auzit de el acum 20 de ani ci mult mai curind. Si desi titlul te-ar duce la un muzical, nu e ! E o comedie post-moderna (mai mult screwball decit romantica) despre un scenarist alcoolic de la Hollywod, Richard Benson (William Holden) care are deadline la un scenariu pe care nu l-a scris si pe care il concoteaza acum cu ajutorul unei secretare (Audrey Hepburn). Scris de George Axelrod (Breakfast at Tiffany, Candidatul manciurian si autorul pieselor The Seven Year Itch si Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?), bazat pe filmul lui Julien Duvivier din 1952 La Fete de Henriette, a fost re-ecranizat ca Alex si Emma in 2003.

Holden jucase cu Hepburn 10 ani inainte in Sabrina (se zice ca au avut un affair), se indragostise groaznic de ea si acum era disperat. Hepburn intre timp se maritase cu Mel Ferrer, care are un cameo multiplu in film. Iar Holden devenise intre timp mai alcoolic ca personajul sau din film (cred ca ce bea pe ecran e foarte pe bune).

I remember the day I arrived at Orly Airport for Paris When It Sizzles. I could hear my footsteps echoing against the walls of the transit corridor, just like a condemned man walking the last mile. I realized that I had to face Audrey and I had to deal with my drinking. And I didn’t think I could handle either situation

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(William Holden in autobiografia sa Golden Boy)

ceea ce s-ar putea numi a troubled production e fost pe atunci tinut secret de publicistii filmului. Se pare ca a fost chiar Paris-When it Sizzles ! Sau Fizzles ! cum citeam intr-o cronica. Eleanor Quin are o cronica plina de amanunte picante pe TCM al carui citat final e,

"Miraculously, Holden’s shenanigans were largely kept out of the press but the film ended up crashing anyway. Critics uniformly panned it and audiences didn’t fall for the once-powerful Holden/Hepburn combination this time. Over the years, however, the film has earned a reputation as a guilty pleasure for those who enjoy in-joke movie spoofs and an absurdist storyline played out against the glorious backdrop of the City of Light."

Richard Quine e sever !!
Titlul filmului din film e THE GIRL WHO STOLE THE EIFFEL TOWER. Si filmul acesta se scrie si se intimpla in timpul acestui weekend nebun de Bastille Day (14 iulie). Sunt glume de fratii Marx, de Hellzapoppin, de Billy Wilder sau de Woody Allen, unele atit de cinico-sarcastice asupra Hollywoodului si a meseriei de scenarist, ducindu-te in urma, pe vremea lui Sunset Boulevard, unde Holden era Joe Gillis, aspiring/struggling screenwriter. Am citit undeva ca Orson Welles ar fi vrut sa regizeze filmul dar nu l-au lasat. Not sure it's true, dar anyway, Audrey Hepburn, asa Funny Face cum era, avea toane de mega-vedeta si l-a dat afara pe DOP-ul Claude Renoir, legenda franceza, astfel les french au facut greva. Pina la urma a fost inlocuit de Charles Lang, iar Hepburn si-a pus parfumierul creditat pe ecran (Givenchy, o premiera in istoria...cinematografului). Marlene Dietrich a primit pentru un cameo de 3 secunde o blana si o limuzina (cele care apar in cadru). Frank Sinatra cinta..circa 30 de secunde. Tony Curtis are un cameo necreditat care se extinde pina la rolul # 3 din film. Noel Coward a primit pentru 3 zile de filmare 10.0000 de dolari. El este fabulos in rolul productorului cinic Alexander Meyerheim, care o arde la Hotel-Du-Cap la Cannes, "in the trenches", cu starlete linga piscina, asteptind scenariul lui Benson. Replici pline de auto-citate (self consciousness/stream of consciousness), referitor la filmele franceze minimaliste nouvelle vague si un regizor, "Richard Roussen" (imi aduce aminte de filmele romanesti minimaliste) sau glumitze legate de filmele lui Audrey H. sau faptul ca, dupa Benson, "My Fair Lady, e de fapt aceiasi poveste ca Frankenstein",:-) fac parte dintr-un curs de screenwriting 101m (si lichid). Parcul de pe generic apare si in Charade, la fel ca si mini-teatrul de marionate, pentru ca filmarile la Sarada au inceput 3 zile dupa ce s-a terminat"sfiriala".

mai multe info si linkuri pe wikipedia.
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I've got an idea. I've got an idea! First good one I've had in four months. No, that's not true. A few weeks ago I had an idea to give up drinking, but it didn't photograph."

(Richard Benson)
William Holden a fost internat in mijlocul productiei la dezalcolizare si a proptit un Ferrari intr-un zid, astfel scurtindu-si rolul din secventa centrala de film horror. Un aer de The Party se degaje, poate de aceea Blake Edwards l-a luat pe William Holden in SOB, (1981), satira sa inflamanta asupra Hollywoodului, si regretabil, ultimul rol al lui Bill Holden, disparut prematur la 62 de ani din pricini mai mult sau mai putin alcoolice. Paris...mi-a facut pofta de un alt film cu el, si am luat proaspat primitul western al lui John Sturges din 1953, cu el, Eleanor Parker si John Forsythe, just RIP, Escape at Fort Bravo.. Cu sudisti, nordisti si indieni mescaleros, si Holden brav si galant si sexy si shirtless.
Best time and most fun I had in a long time at the movies !

un extras copios din film de pe situl TCM !
dvd extras (Paramount, The Audrey Hepburn Collection): un trailer simpatic si hyperkinetic
10 din 10, 5 din 5 !!!

Cotatii (Whatever Works)

problema cu scrisul de recenzii la film e ca daca scrii imediat esti mult mai impresionist (si impresionat) si mai generos, in retrospect mereu a trebuit sa tai o stelutza din cotatia initiala. La filmele vechi e mai usor, pentru ca poti evalua calitatea lor prin trecerea timpului, cu gradul de invechire si cel de . La cele noi trebuie sa-ti dai seama de potentialul lor de re-vedere. So...trebuind sa dau niste cotatii pentru Obs. Cult. am fost mai zgircit si m-am si razgindit re; Avatar, Shutter Island (one down, one up). Filme vazute care au pierdut din efect (Invictus, Green Zone, The Road), sau de ex. Whatever Works. Vazut ieri si amuzat (as putea spune copios) dar dupa cum am mai zis, filmele lui Woody Allen sunt asa de volatile incit ai senzatia ca ai mincat o briosa, un pateu, vrei dupa ai ceva mai mult, meat & potatoes, dau cum am avut eu, un double bill William Holden (something classy and strong). Dupa Larry David si problemele lui, azi n-am fost in stare sa dau unui film care mi-a placut nu mai departe de ieri mai mult de trei stele, pentru ca jumatatile nu exista aici si desi cotatia mea ar fi de sapte, Whatever Works care e un Woody Allen bun si tonic (si acum am aflat si de ce, scenariul fiind scris hat, in anii 70 pentru Zero Mostel), si o reintoarcere la New York. Mi s-a parut ceva in aerul filmului de Woody de anii '70 dar m-am gindit ca e de la aerul primavaratic newyorkez, vazut in aerul primavaratic bucurestean. Anyway, Whatever Works, cu idiosincrazii si momente de piesa de teatru de Neil Simon,
7 din 10, 3 1/2 din 5.
L-am pus la coloana de recomandari.