Cannes Film Festival Update #2
Here are comments about a few more films that are in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.
Red Road
This film is Andrea Arnold's feature debut. Ms. Arnold has previously won an Oscar in the short film category. The film focuses on a woman who is a CCTV operator (played by Kate Dickie). She keeps a watch over people on the streets of Glasgow. One day she spots someone that she knows and decides to confront him about something that happened in the past. Nathalie Press (My Summer of Love) and Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen) also star in the film. I have read very good things about this film and it sounds like Ms. Dickie might be a frontrunner in the Best Actress category. It is too early to say for sure, but I think that this film just might win a prize.
Climate
This is the new film by Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylon. A few years ago his film Distant won the Grand Prixe and the Best Actor award at Cannes. I had the opportunity to see that film and I found it to be an excellent study of isolation and loneliness. Climate appears to focus on the same theme. It is a tale of a doomed love affair as told through the eyes of the middle aged male partner. This is a story line that is of great interest to me. I have read some good reviews and some bad reviews. So, I am not able to predict whether or not the film will walk away with any prizes. Only time will tell.
Charlie Says
Nicole Garcia directed this ensemble piece (I recognized Jean-Pierre Bacri in one of the photos). It focuses on several men who are unhappy with their lives and view themselves as failures. The film is told through the eyes of 11 year old Charlie who is the son of one of the men. I read one good review and some disappointing comments. Although I find the theme of the film interesting I don't think that it will win any prizes.
Southland Tales
This is Richard Kelly's follow up to his cult hit Donnie Darko. The story takes place in Los Angeles in 2008. It stars The Rock and Sarah Michelle Geller among others. The film is described as a piece of science fiction but, from what I've read, the story seems quite muddled. A few critics liked the film but most have not. From all of the films I read about at the Festival this is the one I am least interested in. In fact, it sounds like a disaster. But, I did not like Donnie Darko so I wasn't expecting much from this. In any event, I am almost certain that this film will not win anything at the Festival.
Red Road
This film is Andrea Arnold's feature debut. Ms. Arnold has previously won an Oscar in the short film category. The film focuses on a woman who is a CCTV operator (played by Kate Dickie). She keeps a watch over people on the streets of Glasgow. One day she spots someone that she knows and decides to confront him about something that happened in the past. Nathalie Press (My Summer of Love) and Martin Compston (Sweet Sixteen) also star in the film. I have read very good things about this film and it sounds like Ms. Dickie might be a frontrunner in the Best Actress category. It is too early to say for sure, but I think that this film just might win a prize.
Climate
This is the new film by Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylon. A few years ago his film Distant won the Grand Prixe and the Best Actor award at Cannes. I had the opportunity to see that film and I found it to be an excellent study of isolation and loneliness. Climate appears to focus on the same theme. It is a tale of a doomed love affair as told through the eyes of the middle aged male partner. This is a story line that is of great interest to me. I have read some good reviews and some bad reviews. So, I am not able to predict whether or not the film will walk away with any prizes. Only time will tell.
Charlie Says
Nicole Garcia directed this ensemble piece (I recognized Jean-Pierre Bacri in one of the photos). It focuses on several men who are unhappy with their lives and view themselves as failures. The film is told through the eyes of 11 year old Charlie who is the son of one of the men. I read one good review and some disappointing comments. Although I find the theme of the film interesting I don't think that it will win any prizes.
Southland Tales
This is Richard Kelly's follow up to his cult hit Donnie Darko. The story takes place in Los Angeles in 2008. It stars The Rock and Sarah Michelle Geller among others. The film is described as a piece of science fiction but, from what I've read, the story seems quite muddled. A few critics liked the film but most have not. From all of the films I read about at the Festival this is the one I am least interested in. In fact, it sounds like a disaster. But, I did not like Donnie Darko so I wasn't expecting much from this. In any event, I am almost certain that this film will not win anything at the Festival.
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