Who will win the Palme at Cannes? [2012 edition]

+ Carax

is it really any more of a mess than many other years?

I dunno. When was the last really great year at Cannes supposedly?

I also admit I find it pretty hard to get very excited about any of these movies knowing many won't even get here for another year maybe.

most won't get here, period, except maybe at our festival.

i always want to see the ones that get the most violent negative reactions

like that shakey-cam snuff film about corrupt cops (or whatever) that ebert was apoplectic about a couple years ago

unfortunately this approach has, in past years, led me to watch lats von trier and bruno dumont movies

Counterpoint on the Cronenberg:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-review-david-cronenbergs-cosmopolis-robert-pattinson-don-delillo-paul-giamatti-samantha-morton-juliette-binoche-20120525

'course I'm hoping extra hard that'll be good since I'm seeing it Monday morning.

http://www.vulture.com/2012/05/kanye-west-cruel-summer-cannes-2012.html

As I exited the arena to an outdoor party with Champagne and sushi that then led to an after-party in a crazy French nightclub where Cudi, Big Sean, and Pusha T performed, I unexpectedly found myself standing next to Jay-Z. What was his review? "Amazing!" Had he ever seen a movie like this before? "Have you?" he asked me back, and laughed and laughed while rubbing my back. (My review of that: amazing!) Had Kanye talked to him about this? "Yeah, about the idea, but to see it come to fruition is great, because the execution of idea is everything." So what did he think the film meant? He got deep: "It's about the things that separate us — race and class in society and things like that. But the only thing that really binds us is true love." He continued to rub my back. I got nervous. I tried to ask another question. "No, no, hold onto that," said Jay-Z. "That's what I'm going to leave you on." He laughed some more and walked away, and as he did, I think I finally got what he meant about true love.

aren't everyone in love with the new vinterberg?

Cosmopolis the book was kinda dull/inert, IIRC, so a film adaptation is already a tall order. Agreed that Cronenberg is maybe not the best dude for it.

"Cosmopolis the book was kinda dull/inert, IIRC, so a film adaptation is already a tall order"

on the contrary. a dull book usually equals great adaptation (Hitchcock for example).
while a masterpiece is usually better left out of the screen.

(Campion's Poertrait Of a Lady, for example)

re: Vinterberg - I've read some middling takes and at least one F.

did anyone but me see his last one, Submarino?

anyway, as usual - the interesting movies are on the Certain Regard.
Haneke and Co. are predictable at this point.we need fresh blood.

re: Un Certain Regard, I've seen the Dolan (it's out already in QC). Some good stuff, but an hour (!) too long.

hadnt heard a peep abt this thing or just overlooked it, robert duvall & lars ulrich in bit roles, cowritten by jerry stahl, walter murch editor, phil kaufman directs, will be on hbo 5/28

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/hemingway-gellhorn-tv-review-hbo-cannes-329332

yeah heres the trailer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bzD-of6zYs

clive owen going 'you inspire the hell outta me' and zestily biting a celery stick... i just dunno man. i hope its good

god i wish they'd stop making biopics

this is like a heroin addict politely asking middle eastern farmers to stop growing poppies tho

I generally don't read reviews til after I've seen something. I go by general reputation and the absence of Peter Travers in the ad quotes.

dam that trailer looks v suspect

seems really weird to me that this thing is also happening i guess unrelatedly

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-2012-anthony-hopkins-andy-garcia-anthony-hemingway-fuentes-324704

Andy Garcia’s passion project

biopics probably have the worst shit-to-shinola ratio of any film genre ever.

In fact, as an uninhibited teenager who takes up with Garrett Hedlund's Neal Cassady stand-in, both [Kristen Stewart] and Hedlund go nude in their very first scenes in On the Road, and Stewart later takes part in a ménage à trois, initiates road head, and jerks off both Hedlund and Sam Riley while all three are naked in a moving car. She's so horny and curious that when another couple excuses themselves to have sex, a nosy Stewart follows them into the doorway and asks, "Can I watch you guys screw?"

...

Her On the Road co-star Hedlund is a case in point: Neutered of his natural charisma in all-ages blockbusters like Tron Legacy, Hedlund finally gets to make a strong impression here, wielding that window-shaking deep voice like a sensual weapon and inviting men and women alike to ogle him and eventually join him in bed. (There is even a scene where a sweaty Hedlund athletically power-fucks Steve Buscemi, which is not something anyone expected to see today, and yet it occurred!)

http://i.imgur.com/lwr6f.gif

http://imgur.com/0HpE6.jpg

Palme d’Or:
"Amour"

Grand Prix:
"Reality"

Prix de la Mise en Scene (best director):
Carlos Reygadas, "Post Tenebras Lux"

Prix du Scenario (best screenplay):
"Beyond The Hills"

Camera d’Or (best first feature):
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"

Prix du Jury (jury prize):
"The Angel's Share"

Prix d’interpretation feminine (best actress):
Cosmina Stratan and Christina Flutor, "Beyond The Hills"

Prix d’interpretation masculine (best actor):
Mads Mikkelsen, "The Hunt"

called it tbqfh

stop hoggin them palmes, haneke

I generally don't read reviews til after I've seen something. I go by general reputation and the absence of Peter Travers in the ad quotes.

Your intense allergy to 'rides' handily explained in one fell swoop.

I generally don't read reviews til after I've seen something.

and with films you don't intend to see...? oh yeah, occupy film threads (TM)

carax can't catch a break poor dood

worst. cannes. ever.

I've seen two Haneke films (Caché and White Ribbon) and I didn't like either. I don't think I'll even bother with his new one.

There’s almost an “aww” factor to Georges’ attentiveness following Anne’s first stroke, which ill-prepares you for the truly grueling compendium of slow deterioration to come. By the time she’s reduced to an immobile husk capable only of slurring the word “hurts” over and over again,

yeah, i don't think so

biopics probably have the worst shit-to-shinola ratio of any film genre ever.

next to horror obv

and "rides"

ie fuck somebody or two itt

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/may/29/venice-film-festival-slims-down-sober

The new director of the Venice film festival has promised a "more sober, less glitzy" event for the 69th edition later this year.

Artistic director Alberto Barbera, who was appointed in December, has revealed plans to cut the number of films showing on the Lido. There will be fewer than 50 films in total at this year's festival, with only 18 showing in competition, he told Italian reporters.

The Death of Cinema pt. 94

rlly looking fwd to Reygadas after all those pans

word

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQJrVEgOPRk

Two interesting tidbits:

Carax said about the leading role which had been written specifically for Lavant: "If Denis had said no, I would have offered the part to Lon Chaney or to Chaplin. Or to Peter Lorre or Michel Simon."

The soundtrack includes Minogue performing the original song "Who Were We?" written by Carax and Neil Hannon, as well as previously existing music by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sparks, Manset, R. L. Burnside, and the track "Sinking of Bingou-Maru" from Godzilla.