Cannes Video Day 7: Alistair Banks Griffin’s Two Gates of Sleep

Sorry folks. There’s been a lack of Cannes-related updates due to the simple fact that I’m at four plus films per day and have been adding some interviews late in the game – so I’m technically going into Day 10, when the site is pumping out Day 7 items, which is fine because it was a particularly great day of Cannes movie watching, which initially began with the press conference for a film I’ve been keen on seeing way before it was announced as a Director’s Fortnight selected film. Bressonian in approach and Malick-like in its use of the natural surroundings, Alistair Banks Griffin’s Two Gates of Sleep is a sublime film debut that reminds me of how David Gordon Green broke out with George Washington a little more than a decade ago. This is just one portion of my coverage on the film, look for more items coming soon and look for the film to make multiple pit stops on the film festival circuit – Telluride, TIFF and NYFF are all distinct possibilities. In the clip below – Griffin, actors Brady Corbet, David Call, Karen Young with producers Andre Renzi and Josh Mond.