Anyone who loves classic hand drawn animation surely is familiar with the Japanese giant, Studio Ghibli, and the fat and fluffy Totoro creature that accompanies the title. Hell, at the very least, most Americans have been introduced to Totoro from his cameo appearance in the latest iteration of Toy Story.
As we begin to prep our 2012 Cannes predictions list (scheduled for next week), we've come across some stills for Xavier Dolan's Laurence Anyways. His third film, will likely be a strong contender for a showing at a festival where he got to showcase his first pair of films (J'ai tue ma mere, Les Amours imaginaires).
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"Nourizadeh's debut is an over the top film full of 'HOLY SHIT' moments that don't elevate the material, but makes for an entertaining ride nonetheless. Despite its ridiculousness, it continuously surprises while telling a story of three friends' rise in popularity over the course of a single weekend through the destruction of one boy's neighborhood."
The thrill of meeting Marjane Satrapi reminded me of being 6 years old at Disney Land when I met the living, breathing Cinderella. Except Cinderella was an actress with a blond wig and Marjane is the real woman behind her autobiographical graphic novel, turned movie, “Persepolis”. The distinctive mole on her nose and her dark sultry eyes rose off the page and appeared in front of me, smoking and speaking with a French accent.