RIP Kevin McCarthy !!

gee, this is really bad ! dar n-as fi crezut vreodata ca KMcK e mai batrin ca Eli Wallach (pe care l-am revazut in I love you New York) !!! Cu un an chiar ! ceea ce inseamna ca a murit la 96 de ani ! Wow ! No comment ! Omul care a infruntat Invazia originala a jefuitorilor de trupuri din 1956, Invasion of the Body Snatchers as Dr. Miles J. Bennell, si apare si in remake-ul lui Kaufman din 1978. Actor cult in filmele lui Joe Dante...ultim oara l-am vazut in Mirage (1965)....Ninety-Six, maaan !!! mort pe 11 septembrie 2010 !

Palmares Best of Short Films # 9, La Ciotat

jurizat la Eden, locul unde a inceput cinematograful, cu mere si roze !

din 75 de filme, de catre cei 12 oameni furiosi sau nefuriosi...
voila ici

Soleil d'Or
Vacsora (cina) de Karchi Perlmann (Ungaria)


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Sable d'argent
Annie de Francia de Christophe Le Masnec


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Mer de Bronze et Prix du public :
Donde Esta Kim Basinger de Edouard Deluc (le cousin/je ne m'appele pas le cousin)
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ceremonia de inchidere si premierea au fost un delir, mai mult pentru noi cit pentru public care cred ca s-a plictisit si ingrozit, ca un show de Monty Python/Les Charlots, dupa s-au dat cele 4 scurtmetraje romanesti selectionate de mine
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merci Yvan, Clara, Dorothee, Maud, Guenièvre, Sandra & et tous les autres !

RIP Claude Chabrol -Berlinale

azi am citit in International Herald Tribune, L'Humanite, La Provence...am salvat clipings in avion...
si vin la Buc si gasesc mesaj de la Berlinale:

The Berlin International Festival mourns the loss of Claude Chabrol

The Berlinale was deeply saddened to hear of the death of the great French director Claude Chabrol. As one of the founders of the Nouvelle Vague, he ranked among the most celebrated and productive filmmakers of French cinema. He made 71 films over the 50 years of his career.

Nine of his films were presented at the Berlin International Film Festival. In 1959, he first participated in the Berlinale with his second feature film Les cousins (The Cousins), which won the Golden Bear. In more recent years, his entries to the Berlinale Competition included La fleur du mal (The Flower of Evil, 2003) and L’ivresse du pouvoir (A Comedy of Power, 2006). Claude Chabrol was invited to the Berlinale in 2009 to screen Bellamy. On this occasion, he was awarded the Berlinale Camera for his impressive oeuvre and remarkable contribution to film.

Berlinale Director Dieter Kosslick says of Claude Chabrol’s death: “We have lost a superb director, a critical mind and a bon vivant. In his psychological dramas and crime films, he relentlessly cast a critical eye on the bourgeoisie. Claude Chabrol was full of humour, and knew how to mix social criticism with fun and entertainment. Known for being a gourmet, he also attached great importance to excellent cooking for himself and his team when shooting his films.”

cool gallery aici

The Day Claude Chabrol died...

parafrazind The Day John Kennedy died, a lui Lou Reeed de pe Blue Mask...i was in La Ciotat not in a bar but in a cinema,

unde tocmai vazusem Oscarul de scurt metraj, The New Tennants, excelent, cind am primit sms de la Antoine...pour une fois in jurul meu se vorbea doar despre asta, sau ma rog, se vorbea...am vazut Bellamy, filmul sau pe care l-am ratat la Berlin, ca si pe el, in 2009, cind a primit premiul pentru cariera(Ursul lui).
dupa Alain Corneau , cinema-ul francez a pierdut un gigant acum, Hitchcock-ul francez, daca nu ca masura, cantitativ a facut mai multe filme ca Nouvelle vague-sitii carora le apartine ca timp dar nu si ca gen inafara debutului cu Le Beau Serge (1959)
Duminica seara aici la Mediterana, timp superb, roze, am jurizat in cinema Eden,

pe terasa, acum la cloture, dupa 3 zile si 75 de filme,...le jour Claude Chabrol est mort, dans l'endroit ou le cinema s'avais nait...