"It is a great honor for all those who have worked on The Great Gatsby to open the Cannes Film Festival. We are thrilled to return to a country, place and festival that has always been so close to our hearts, not only because my first film Strictly Ballroom was screened there 21 years ago, but also because F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote some of the most poignant and beautiful passages of his extraordinary novel just a short distance away at a villa outside St. Raphael."
Baz Luhrmann
-now we all know its bullshit, politics...mai ales cind filmul lui Baz Luhrmann are premiera US cu cinci zile inainte (10 mai), dar festivalul are nevoie de ceva cascaval de la Hollywood, si iata, ce prilej bun...Marele Gatsby, noua versiune, pop si 3D, cu LeoDiCaprio, este al optulea film american consecutiv care deschide festivalul de la Cannes HORS COMPETITION(dupa "The Da Vinci Code" (2006), "My Blueberry Nights" (2007), "Blindness" (2008), "Up" (2009), "
Robin Hood" (2010), "
Midnight in Paris" (2011) si "
Moonrise Kingdom" (2012). ! Cu 12 ani on urma, un alt film de Baz Luhrmann, Moulin Rouge, a deschis festivalul, acum e rindul lui Gatsby. Dupa trailerele zgomotoase si kitsch, si aminarea filmului de anul trecut si faptul ca e 3D, vibe-ul meu personal este ca e o mega-duda. dar sa vedem...sunt sigur ca e o miscare buna...mai leas cind DicCaprio a fost ultima oara pe Croazeta in 2007 cu A 11-a ora (documentar ecologist)...
Steven Spielberg
este presedintele juriului celei de a 66-a editii. De la noi, Corneliu Porumboiu are sanse sa fie in sectiunile competitive.
