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Cannes 2009: Closer Look at the Out of Comp, Midnight & Special Screenings
Traditionally, the spots in the Out of Competition, Midnight and Special Screenings are reserved to Hollywood Studios looking to promote a soon-to-be-released summer title, socially relevant documentary film or some genre film from South Korea. I'm surprised that neither Angels & Demons, nor Terminator Salvation: The Future Begins took up a spot.
Cannes 2009: What Today’s List Tells Us Is…
For the most part, it appears that the festival is combining the old auteurs (Resnais) along with the new (Andrea Arnold), and have once again come to help out & support a filmmaker such as Lou Ye, who was banned from filmmaking in China for a couple of years for coming to Cannes with the uncensored Summer Palace (2006). This year he brings Spring Fever - about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings. Here are some thoughts on some of the announcements.
Cannes 2009: Un Certain Regard Selections
So the inflatable doll magically coming to life tale was perhaps too “out there” for a main comp acceptance, but Hirokazu Kore-eda's Air Doll came on over to Un Certain Regard section along with expect works from Romanian filmmakers Cristian Mungiu (Tales From The Golden Age) and Corneliu Porumboiu (Police, Adjective), France's Denis Dercourt (Demain Des L'aube), Pen-ek Ratanaruang (Nymph) and Cannes regular (The Host, Tokyo!) Bong Joon-Ho and his latest film, Mother.
Cannes 2009: Complete List of Competition Selections
OPENING "Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson CLOSING "Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen IN COMPETITION "Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
"Spring Fever,"...
Kevin Macdonald Here For ‘Eternity’
After former new line execs Bob Shaye and Michael Lynne winning bid for Foundation, now New Regency is looking to manipulate the future by bringing helmer Kevin MacDonald on board after he completes his next project (Eagle of the Ninth) for Focus Features. The rights for The End of Eternity were floating around Hollywood a bit earlier in the decade, and it would suit a 20th Century Fox as a summer pic down the line.
