CANNES 2010

http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/cannes-film-festival-films-in-competition/#more-32295

my psychage levels are kinda low

where is assayas's "carlos"?

i look forward to seeing these films on dvd in 2012

bump

no malick then

UN CERTAIN REGARD

"Adrienn Pal," Hungary-Netherlands-France-Austria, Agnes Kocsis
"Aurora," Romania, Cristi Puiu
"Blue Valentine," U.S., Derek Cianfrance
"Chatroom," U.K., Hideo Nakata
"Chongqing Blues," China, Wang Xiaoshuai
"The City Below," Germany-France, Christoph Hochhausler
"Film Socialisme," Switzerland-France, Jean-Luc Godard
"Ha Ha Ha," South Korea, Hong Sang-soo
"Les Amours imaginaires," Canada, Xavier Dolan
"Life Above All," France, Oliver Schmitz
"Los labios," Argentina, Ivan Fund, Santiago Loza
"Octubre," Peru, Daniel Vega
"Qu'est-il arrive a Simon Werner?," France, Fabrice Gobert
"Rebecca H.," France, Lodge Kerrigan
"R U There," Taiwan, David Verbeek
"The Strange Case of Angelica," Portugal, Manoel de Oliveira
"Tuesday, After Christmas," Romania, Radu Muntean
"Udaan," India, Vikramaditya Motwane

OUT OF COMPETITION

"Robin Hood," U.S.-U.K., Ridley Scott
"Tamara Drewe," U.K., Stephen Frears
"Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps," U.S., Oliver Stone
"You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger," U.K.-Spain, Woody Allen

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS

"Kaboom," U.S.-France, Gregg Araki
"L'autre monde," France, Gilles Marchand

SPECIAL SCREENINGS

"Abel," Mexico, Diego Luna
"Chantrapas," France, Otar Iosseliani
"Draquila -- L'Italia che trema," Italy, Sabina Guzzanti
"Inside Job," U.S., Charles Ferguson
"Nostalgia de la luz," France, Patricio Guzman
"Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow," Netherlands, Sophie Fiennes

excited about the new joe.

chatroom stars someone named tuppence middleton : /

yeah, where are all the Americans ones everyone thought will be on the list ?
(Coppola one, for example)

― Zeno, Thursday, April 15, 2010 5:51 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

well indeed.

excited about the new joe.

― jed_, Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:42 (36 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^^^

there is this dumb part of me that's all, HOW WILL HE BE AFTER THE RELATIVE BARNSTORMING SUCCESS OF SYNDROMES. but i guess exactly the same.

no Malick makes me sad but is hardly surprising

who will win Cannes 2010?

this thread or the other?

well, this thread is also about the un certain regard section so

http://www.voicefilm.com/2010/05/midway_through_cannes_expectations_busted.php

damn i knew they got up early but seeing a film at 8.30 in the am?

really?

at Toronto they atart up at 9am (and go on to midnight screenings).

heard some really good word about Certified Copy and Outrage, among others. Can't wait to see them in 2011.

damn @ McCarthy's review of the new Assayas

at Toronto they atart up at 9am (and go on to midnight screenings).

― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, May 18, 2010 4:25 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark

this year they stopped doing night-time press screenings which sucked

http://blogs.indiewire.com/toddmccarthy/archives/carlos1/

damn @ McCarthy's review of the new Assayas

― lol dope (Tape Store), Wednesday, May 19, 2010 3:39 PM (39 seconds ago) Bookmark

link?

ha xp

well that looks rad.

Dude's (Mccarthy's) hate of the new Godard - and of those who still dig Godard - is kind of OTT.

xp. i will definitely watch that. Subject matter is right up my street.

brilliant. assayas is p much my favourite director who isn't david fincher.

"heard some really good word about Certified Copy and Outrage, among others"

?!

the consensus i gathered is that Kitano's Outrage is the worst film in the competition,
Kiarostami - plays like an arty version of Before Sunset,
Mike Leigh's Another Year and Assayas' Carlos are the best films so far, and overall -
Cannes 2010 is dissapointing, and more interesting films in general are from un certain regard.
o well.

director's fortnight and un certain regard have been seen as the superior strands for years surely?

but yeah it is seen as a bit of a letdown

has joe's film even played yet?

kitano's movie not-being-good was predictable. his last good movie was... kikujiro? his last great movie... sonatine?

brother / hana bi

wau @ mccarthy's review of carlos. not a big assayas fan, or a big fan of five-hour films, but this looks interesting.

xpost

no

Kiarostami, Weersethakul and Dolan were the ones I most wanted to see before reviews started coming in. Reviews haven't dimmed my interest.

some friends over there are jizzing all over the "joe" movie. im pretty stoked.

bit of a rave:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/cannes-film-festival/7750613/Cannes-Film-Festival-2010-Uncle-Boonmee-Who-Can-Recall-His-Past-Lives-review.html

http://letrasdecine.blogspot.com/2010/05/cannes-2010-lung-boonmee-raluek-chat.html

the oliveira film was written in the 1940s, revised in the 1970s, and finally made this year. i read the script of one of the earlier iterations, which was published as a book, a few years ago. it's interesting. have you seen photos of this guy at cannes? he looks astonishingly good for... 101.

did you see that "origins of columbus" movie he made a couple of years ago? hate to say it but it was pretty terrible.

he's so prolific, some of em are bound to miss.

ya, i'm not gonna rag on him too hard for that. but it was a stinker.

hope Apichatpong Weerasethakul will win.

he deserves the breakthrough recognition.
i mean - Mike Leigh? again? and his film will be widely distributed anyway

maybe theres a chance Tim Burton won't vote for conservaty.

oliveira's films are hit and miss. needless to say his best work is behind him. but a few of the recent films have been interesting.

to amateurist: Carlos isn't a 5hr movie, it's a TV series! At least that's how its being advertised by Canal+ in France. And there was quite a scandal when the nominations were announced, as this is the first time a TV show is nominated. Or did I get everything wrong?

wasn't it produced in two versions: a 2 1/2 hour theatrical film, and a 5 hour TV series?

that's in a long european tradition. wenders, fassbinder, rivette, etc. have all done this. not sure whether the versions premiered at festivals were extended TV versions or not. but it's not terribly unusual.

there's a cut-down versh of 'carlos' that will be released theatrically, but the five-hour one will also be available online outside of france iirc

it's not in the competition n e way

xp

oh speaking of oliveira his "doomed love" was shown on TV in a long version that has become the accepted version, shows at cinematheques etc. while the shorter theatrical version has been forgotten. think this is true of several other of his (often very long) films.

ah ok thx to both of you

The Cannes Film Festival awards the Palme d'Or to Thai film Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives.

surprising

i called it

yes!

O"f Gods and Men" wins the Grand Prix.

Directed by French director Xavier Beauvois

lol @ BBC's Mike Leigh loses Cannes Film Festival fixation

Thai film pulls off Cannes shock
British director Mike Leigh loses out on the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or to a mystical drama from Thailand.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/8699394.stm

... It beat British director Mike Leigh's Another Year, which was seen as the favourite by many at the French event.

... Leigh's Another Year, starring Jim Broadbent and Lesley Manville, stood out for many critics.
But Leigh, who won the Palme d'Or for Secrets and Lies in 1996, went home empty-handed.
Tim Burton, who chaired the nine-member jury, said: "Each and every one of us has some favorites that didn't make it."
Fellow judge Kate Beckinsale joked: "We tried to invent more prizes.

Any idea of these prize winning films' UK release dates? Is there a general pattern for Cannes->public release in terms of months?

not particularly, but anything above CroMagnon level tends to be confined to November thru March

funny how that asian minimalism is now the creme de la creme of festivals (or has it been that way since city of sadness won golden bear 21 years ago?)--but will never, ever reach much of an audience.

weird to picture kate beckinsale discussing all of these arty movies. weird and... sexy. do they always have the token sexy actress on the jury?

i've lost track of hong sang-soo's movies since 2004 or so. should i try to catch up?

I thought Woman on the Beach was splendid, and Tale of Cinema close behind.

Cannes '10 critical faves via Indiewire:

http://www.indiewire.com/article/uncle_boonmee_inside_job_lead_cannes_critics_poll/

i would not call apichatpong minimalism.

Want to see this (Jody Lee Lipes is INCREDIBLE)http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_review_simple_and_gorgeous_two_gates_of_sleep/

i would not call apichatpong minimalism.

― NUDE. MAYNE. (s1ocki), Monday, 24 May 2010 08:20 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is a good call. it's still instructive shorthand for someone about to watch blissfully yours though

was wondering what this guy would say on receiving the prize; i know he's sorta conflicted about some elements of filmmaking.

I'd like to thank the jury, particularly Tim Burton, whose haircut I really like," Weerasethakul told the crowd while accepting his Palme d'Or. He added: "I'd like to send a message home: This prize is for you."

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/article/815444--tim-burton-creates-palme-puzzler

^ fuck this shit

worse than that moronic gawker piece somehow

shocking. i had to stop reading five paragraphs in because i was getting frustrated by the utter disingenuousness of it, suggesting it was a cynically political and controversial choice when even the ilx pollsters thought it would win! & probably 2/3rds of the critics thought it would before the festival had even started.

i'm fully expecting Boonmee to be my favourite film of all time btw

kitano's movie not-being-good was predictable. his last good movie was... kikujiro? his last great movie... sonatine?

― by another name (amateurist), Friday, May 21, 2010 12:36 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

Zatoichi was awesome.

i honestly thought zatoichi sucked. his last great one was hana-bi.

Uncle Boonmee does sound like it would appeal to Tim Burton's surreal tendancies.

Not shocked by that reaction though, saw one of the BBC film critics also act all puzzled by the choice - does mirror a lot of the English speaking world's reaction to the Nobel Prize for Literature.

I wonder how many of the Kitano haters have actually seen his last three films.

I certainly would have liked to but they have not come round any cinemas in London.

Zatoichi was well received and then it seems people got bored...

a terrible article, but i dig the last two paragraphs:
If Burton is so thrilled by such avant-garde experiences as Uncle Boonmee, why doesn’t he try making one himself instead of always swinging for the multiplex with movies starring Johnny Depp, his favorite A-lister, and proven stories like Alice in Wonderland?

Even better, why doesn’t he use some of his Alice loot to help promote, distribute and champion independent films like Uncle Boonmee, instead of just handing out golden goodies before jetting back to Hollywood for his next Johnny Depp power breakfast?

the last paragraph maks no sense. how is giving a movie the palme d'or NOT "championing it."

and the second-last one is almost as dumb.

i mean i agree that burton has become an incredibly lazy filmmaker, but going out of his way to make sure attention is paid to a really independent and challenging filmmaker should be fucking APPLAUDED not disparaged because... well I'm still not sure what dude's problem is.