A Prophet is what can be called a “prison movie”. In his genre, it’s one of the best I’ve ever watched. It was released in 2009 and has been nominated for Best Foreign Movie both for Oscars and Golden Globes. Unfortunately, it competed with The Secret in Their Eyes (El secreto de sus ojos) which won the Oscar. The Globe has been received by a German movie, The White Ribbon. It won a BAFTA instead, for the best foreign movie category, many Césars (Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, … [Read more...]
Cannes 2014 – The Awards
Jane Campion, the Jury President, said she was afraid she'll need to go to the toilet during Winter Sleep screening, being a film so long, three hours sixteen minutes, but watching it, she said that she'll stay two hours more. Along with the other members, she has been impressed by the poetry, the political complex situation and the female characters. I haven't watched the movie, but I can't wait. It'll be launched in August. [source] I know, I've started this post with the middle, or … [Read more...]
Cannes 2014 – Short Presentation
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival just started on May 14 'th, and will end on May 25 'th. This year's Feature Films jury's president is Jane Campion, the New Zealand director, screenwriter and producer who was nominated for Best Directing and Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards held in 1994, and won the Best Screenplay for The Piano, the sensitive drama with Holly Hunter, Harvey Keitel, Sam Neill and Anna Paquin (who won an Oscar herself for Best Supporting Actress being only eleven years … [Read more...]
The Winners at Cannes 2013
The following quotes are from Times. On my news stream the first impression came from Indian Daily News or something, due to Vidya Balan's presence in the jury. Spielberg made just that point at a press conference after the ceremony. He called Adèle ”a great love story that made all of us feel privileged to be a fly on the wall, to see this story of deep love and deep heartbreak evolve from the beginning.” The director didn’t put any constraints on the narrative. He let the scenes play in … [Read more...]
Cannes Film Festival 2013
Today, The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann's adaptation based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, will open the sixty sixth film festival of Cannes. In an interview, Leonardo DiCaprio, who stars in the movie, said: "Every time I go to Cannes, it feels like I'm entering the helicopter scene in La Dolce Vita. It's an insane experience. The entire town is turned into a red carpet. Every hotel is a premiere. But at the same time, it is the mecca for the world to celebrate film-making and bold … [Read more...]
History – Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette is a film directed and written by Sofia Coppola Nominated to Palme D’Or but winning only the Cinema Prize of the French National Education System at Cannes in the same year, this marvelous and sensitive film is a joy of the eye. The best she ever directed. The music choice is also extremely inspired, with the costumes by Milena Canonero who won herself an Academy Award for them. Kirsten Dunst (the Interview With the Vampire revelation, movie based on Ann Rice's … [Read more...]