Cannes Film Festival 2005

[arsaib4]

Well, apparently Hou came in and told the kids to move out of the way:

"Hou Hsiao Hsien had taken our breath away. I have written earlier about the folly of coming to Cannes expecting masterpieces, but no sooner had I weaned myself of this habit than a masterpiece was staring me in the face. "

[arsaib4]

"Seijun Suzuki's Princess Raccoon is mad, nuts, lysergic, wonderful, kitsch, genius, smutty, sexy, funny, funny, funny, Zhang Ziyi, Joe Odagiri, Kabuki,"Snow White," "The Wizard of Oz," "Romeo and Juliet," Noh, hip-hop, rock, Broadway, Disney, fuzzy-wuzzys, yakuza, swordsman, by the sea, by the sea, by the beautiful sea, the cherry blossoms are in bloom again. In other words: I had a blast."

Blogging uncovered 7 minutes of footage. Available here (Real Media Format).

[arsaib4]

I believe IFC (Independent Film Channel) will broadcast the ceremony live at 1:00 pm ET. It will be repeated later on tonight.

[arsaib4]

Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne have won the Palme'dOr for L'Enfant

(They also won the top award in 1999 for ROSETTA)

Grand Prix: "Broken Flowers" by Jim Jarmusch

Best Actress Award: Hanna Laslo in "Free Zone"

Best Actor Award: Tommy Lee Jones in "The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada"

Best Director Award: "Hidden" by Michael Haneke

Best Screenplay Award to Guillermo Arriaga for "The Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada" by Tommy Lee Jones

Prix du Jury: "Shanghai Dreams " by Wang Xiaoshuai

Caméra d'Or Winner: "The Forsaken Land" and "Me And You And Everyone We Know"

[Johann]

All Hail The Dardennes.

Jarmusch won too- excellent. Can't wait for his film to arrive here.

Thanks Arsaib4- you beat me to the winners.
rock paper scissors...

[arsaib4]

True. Also, congrats to Tommy Lee Jones and his screenwriter Guillermo Arriaga (Amores Perros/21 Grams) for their prizes. And to Michael Haneke (Code Innocu/The Piano Teacher/Time of the Wolf) and Wang Xiaoshuai, of course.

[hengcs]

Originally posted by arsaib4
Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne have won the Palme'dOr for L'Enfant
(They also won the top award in 1999 for ROSETTA)
...

yahoooooooooooooooooooooooo

I like their La Promesse

;)

[hengcs]

Originally posted by arsaib4
Well, apparently Hou came in and told the kids to move out of the way:
"Hou Hsiao Hsien had taken our breath away. I have written earlier about the folly of coming to Cannes expecting masterpieces, but no sooner had I weaned myself of this habit than a masterpiece was staring me in the face. "

I actually like works by Chang Chen ...
But somehow, he never get to win any awards ...
hee hee

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/...d_film=4283744

[pmw]

Originally posted by hengcs



yahoooooooooooooooooooooooo

I like their La Promesse

;)

The Son is one of my all time favorites. Great for those two. They are stand-up dudes. Had the chance to hang with them a few years back during the NYFF and they were completely gracious and kind.

No awards for Monsieur Cronenberg? Oh well...

[arsaib4]

That's great to hear, P. It'd be an honor to meet them someday. I love both La Promesse and The Son, but I must say that Rosetta remains the most important for me. If it was their "Mouchette," then many are now saying that L'Enfant is their "Pickpocket." One can't get a better compliment than that.

Let's hope that Monsieur Cronenberg's stuff is good enough for the Oscars. A History of Violence will be released by New Line on Sep 30th.

[arsaib4]

Along with sharing the Caméra D'Or award, Miranda July's Me and You and Everyone We Know also won the top prize in the Critics' Week sidebar. July was discussed by Chris Chang in a recent issue of Film Comment, and the film is reviewed in the latest one.

More Awards:

Prix Un Certain Regard (Top Award]

Moartea Domnului Lazarescu, dir: Cristi Puiu (Romania)

Un Certain Regard - Prix de l'intimité

Le Filmeur, dir : Alain Cavalier (France)

Un Certain Regard - Prix de l'espoir

Delwende, dir : S. Pierre Yameogo (Germany)

[arsaib4]

Newly formed Picturehouse films (combination of NewMarket and HBO/Fineline) will distribute the Norwegian film Factotum. Directed by Brett Hamer (Kitchen Stories), the film stars Matt Dillion, Lili Taylor, and Marisa Tomei. The film played in the Directors' Fortnight sidebar. (More info/trailer was posted earlier in this thread.)

[arsaib4]

Artificial-Eye's acquisitions at Cannes 2005:

Hidden (Haneke)
The Child (Dardennes)
Three Times (Hou)
Lemming (Moll)
Shanghai Dreams (Xiaoshuai)
Le Temps Qui Reste (Ozon)
The Sun (Sokurov)

This is quite important because at least a couple of these films are not going to find a U.S. distributor. AE (U.K.) always does a wonderful job with its DVDs.

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Scott Foundas (LA Weekly/Variety) is back from Cannes (he served on the Camera d'Or jury)...here are some of his thoughts.

[arsaib4]

God Bless Sony Pictures. After acquiring Hidden last week, they've now bought the U.S. rights for the Palme d'Or winner from Celluloid Dreams. Yup, L'Enfant, is on its way here. No release date set yet.

[arsaib4]

Well, it turns out that Woody Allen films are still quite valuable. Dreamworks have picked up the North American rights for his latest, Match Point, for $4 million which is a big sum when it comes to indies. The London based film stars Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, and Emily Mortimer.