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Strand Catches Veiko Ounpuu’s ‘Sugisball’
Regularly looting from Cannes, Berlin and one more from Venice, Strand Releasing has picked up Estonian director Veiko Ounpuu’s Sugisball - a deadpan like picture that reminds of certain aesthetic and tonal choices from certain Scandi filmmakers.
Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Audrey Tautou complete the Trilogy
Jean-Pierre Jeunet recently directed Audrey Tautou in Chanel, not the film (not to be confused with Anne Fontaine's Coco avant Chanel) but in a long form commercial.
Inside Jane Campion’s Creative Process for Bright Star
I find there is very little need for official film websites – for the most part they lack imagination and serve no purpose. I took great pleasure in recently discovering Jane Campion's official production site for her latest film (which I'll be covering at Cannes) Bright Star.
Cannes 2009’s Top 5 Items For Sale: Agora
The big budget assures that the out of competition Agora won't be bought by an independent but rather, a major studio looking for a strategic tentpole pic sometime after Spain releases the picture in September.
Cannes 2009’s Top 5 Items For Sale: The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
One gets the sense that The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus should have probably been picked up sometime during post production. Heath Ledger posthumously wins Oscar, this accounts as his last perf and Gilliam saves the project by asking Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law to join ( a true smorgasbord for female viewers).
