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Cannes 2009 Day 9: Odds and ends in Cote’s ‘Carcasses’
Location, location, location. It's a main character in many films, and in Denis Côté's Carcasses it, and the junkyard's owner Jean-Paul Colmor are alluring characters that that forge a unique twosome.
Cannes 2009 Day 8: Haneke Passes Down ‘The White Ribbon’ to Future Generations
It's not the kids, but the adults who are lacking in moral fiber in Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon, a picture that is a departure for a director who would normally be a little bit more savage with his characters.
Cannes 2009 Day 8: Suffering for Love in ‘La Famille Wolberg’
I haven't seen many Camera d'or contenders (first films in all sections go up for this unique award at Cannes) but this euro drama (ordinary people, authentic situations) from Axelle Ropert is an exception to the normal rule: The Wolberg Family is smart and the pacing is just right: slowly dispensing backstory that gives weight to the deep wounds each individual carries (all age groups included).
Cannes 2009 Day 8: Tree Stumped by Ratanaruang’s Nymph
While Ratanaruang's minimalist essay on being emotionally and sexually frustrated touches upon the theme with few visual strokes, this love triangle between two humans and a tree is so deeply rooted in a non-discourse that whatever intrigue that this film elicits is purely incidentally and accidently.
Cannes 2009 Day 8: Tarantino is an Unlucky Basterd
If only Tarantino managed to coat the rest of the film with the same tension, wit and flair as found in his introductory sequence (a Spaghetti Western inspired bit with the Krauts, French diary farmer and void of subtitles), then there likely wouldn't be an inventory of low points.
