Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. To keep up with our latest features, sign up for the Weekly Edit newsletter and follow us @mubinotebook.NEWSThe Delinquents.The start of the Academy Awards ceremony was delayed by hundreds of protestors obstructing the red carpet to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.Asghar Farhadi has been cleared of plagiarism charges by an Iranian court after allegations were leveled by a former student, who accused him of stealing the idea for A Hero (2021) from her documentary on the same subject, produced in his 2014 filmmaking workshop.Meanwhile, Alexander Payne has been accused of plagiarizing The Holdovers (2023) “line-by-line” from a screenplay by Simon Stephenson he appears to have read on spec.Thailand is planning to reform its national film industry as part of a “soft power” program, which may include increased production funding, more rebates for foreign productions, and a reduction of state censorship domestically.
- 3/13/2024
- MUBI
Paramount+ Picks Up ‘Twisted Metal’ In Canada
Sony action-comedy Twisted Metal, which is based on the classic PlayStation series, has been picked up in Canada by Paramount+. More markets are to come, according to the streamer, which will launch the Anthony Mackie-starrer on August 10. Executive produced by Will Arnett, Twisted Metal follows a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown named Sweet Tooth who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck. The series comes from Sony Pictures Television and is based on an original story by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland), with Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) penning. “Twisted Metal is unlike anything in the market today,...
Sony action-comedy Twisted Metal, which is based on the classic PlayStation series, has been picked up in Canada by Paramount+. More markets are to come, according to the streamer, which will launch the Anthony Mackie-starrer on August 10. Executive produced by Will Arnett, Twisted Metal follows a motor-mouthed outsider offered a chance at a better life, but only if he can successfully deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. With the help of a badass axe-wielding car thief, he’ll face savage marauders driving vehicles of destruction and other dangers of the open road, including a deranged clown named Sweet Tooth who drives an all too familiar ice cream truck. The series comes from Sony Pictures Television and is based on an original story by Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick (Zombieland), with Michael Jonathan Smith (Cobra Kai) penning. “Twisted Metal is unlike anything in the market today,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Max Goldbart, Zac Ntim and Melanie Goodfellow
- Deadline Film + TV
Jerry Schatzberg is among the great American filmmakers who changed the landscape in the 1970s, but his name is one that has taken some time to get the recognition it deserves. While he may not have landed with the same initial impact as a Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese, the years have been kind to films like The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow, invigorating a passion that ranks them as some of the decade’s very best.
A renowned photographer with work in magazines such as Vogue and Esquire, Schatzberg is also responsible for the iconic cover of Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. This was all done before he made his feature debut with 1970’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child, starring then-fiancée Faye Dunaway. That would begin a career working with some of the best actors the world has ever seen, from Al Pacino and Gene Hackman...
A renowned photographer with work in magazines such as Vogue and Esquire, Schatzberg is also responsible for the iconic cover of Bob Dylan’s Blonde on Blonde. This was all done before he made his feature debut with 1970’s Puzzle of a Downfall Child, starring then-fiancée Faye Dunaway. That would begin a career working with some of the best actors the world has ever seen, from Al Pacino and Gene Hackman...
- 10/8/2021
- by Mitchell Beaupre
- The Film Stage
Hi readers. I know I got lost in the weeds a bit in November. It's that damn International Feature Oscar race. It really brings out my Ocd qualities with those Oscar history overviews so I skimped on other stuff. Anyway, here are some of key posts of November in case you missed any. There's one day left but it's the holiday weekend so we're doing the wrap up early ;)
Highlights from the Month That Was
• Ethan Hawke at 50 -an appreciation. The definitive Gen X actor?
• Home for the Holidays -deserves to be a better remembered!
• "Gay Best Friend" -a delightful new series kicked off with My Best Friend's Wedding and Under the Tuscan Sun
• Netflix has too many Oscar contenders - considering the possibilities
• Nicole Kidman in The Undoing -giving us eyeball acting!
• Joan Crawford -Criterion's curated collection
• Cher in 1987 -how she ruled the world that year
• Gene Tierney -...
Highlights from the Month That Was
• Ethan Hawke at 50 -an appreciation. The definitive Gen X actor?
• Home for the Holidays -deserves to be a better remembered!
• "Gay Best Friend" -a delightful new series kicked off with My Best Friend's Wedding and Under the Tuscan Sun
• Netflix has too many Oscar contenders - considering the possibilities
• Nicole Kidman in The Undoing -giving us eyeball acting!
• Joan Crawford -Criterion's curated collection
• Cher in 1987 -how she ruled the world that year
• Gene Tierney -...
- 11/29/2020
- by NATHANIEL R
- FilmExperience
We’re on the road again with a pair of eccentric new-age hobos, the kind that just can’t hack it in polite society. Gene Hackman and Al Pacino’s conflicting acting styles get a workout in Jerry Schatzberg’s tale of drifters cursed with iffy goals; Vilmos Zsigmond’s Panavision cinematography helped it earn a big prize at Cannes.
Scarecrow
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1973 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date October 31, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch, Eileen Brennan, Penny Allen, Richard Hackman, Al Cingolani, Rutanya Alda.
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Evan Lottman, Craig McKay
Production Design: Albert Brenner
Original Music: Fred Myrow
Written by Garry Michael White
Produced by Robert M. Sherman
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Movie-wise, everything was up in the air in the early 1970s. The view from Westwood in West Los Angeles, then the place to go see a film,...
Scarecrow
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1973 / Color / 2:40 widescreen / 112 min. / Street Date October 31, 2017 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Gene Hackman, Al Pacino, Dorothy Tristan, Ann Wedgeworth, Richard Lynch, Eileen Brennan, Penny Allen, Richard Hackman, Al Cingolani, Rutanya Alda.
Cinematography: Vilmos Zsigmond
Film Editor: Evan Lottman, Craig McKay
Production Design: Albert Brenner
Original Music: Fred Myrow
Written by Garry Michael White
Produced by Robert M. Sherman
Directed by Jerry Schatzberg
Movie-wise, everything was up in the air in the early 1970s. The view from Westwood in West Los Angeles, then the place to go see a film,...
- 11/25/2017
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
It has been over a decade since Jerry Schatzberg directed his last feature film (that would be 2000's "The Day The Ponies Came Back" starring Guillaume Canet) and even longer since he actually helmed a feature of note. And yet, one could argue that it speaks to the power of a trio of his early films that his name still sparks interest in cinephiles. His debut feature "Puzzle Of A Downfall Child" got restored and reassessed at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, while the director's followup, the Al Pacino starring grimy drama "The Panic In Needle Park" is a still potent look at drug addiction. But it's "Scarecrow," re-teaming Schatzberg and Pacino, with Gene Hackman co-starring, that remains a cult favorite and underappreciated gem. And Schatzberg wants another bite at the apple. To recap, the 1973 movie is the kind of character movie they don't make anymore, complex Cannes Film Festival winning...
- 7/1/2013
- by Kevin Jagernauth
- The Playlist
Chello Zone Bringing ‘Hardcore Pawn’ To Several Territories International TV provider Chello Zone has acquired all nine series of the Us reality TV show Hardcore Pawn for its CBS Reality network in Poland and one of its Emea feeds. CBS Reality will air the shows in primetime across Poland, Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, the Middle East and Africa. The first will premiere in Poland in June. The reality documentary series, which centers on a Detroit pawn shop, is produced by Zodiak USA for Tru TV and distributed internationally by Zodiak Rights. Karlovy Vary To Celebrate Jerry Schatzberg The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival said today that Palme d’Or-winning director Jerry Schatzberg will attend the 48th edition of the festival to screen three of his earliest films. The influential American director will introduce his recently restored debut Puzzle Of A Downfall Child (1970), The Panic In Needle Park (1970) and Palme winner Scarecrow...
- 5/24/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
The films of Jerry Schatzberg, particularly the key works he directed in the 1970s, have been undervalued in the eyes of many critics who, in their survey of American cinema have elevated other directors to iconic status. (He is not alone – Michael Ritchie is another director richly deserving of re-evaluation.) So this brief retrospective, which includes a masterclass with the filmmaker, is a very welcome addition to the third edition of the American Film Festival.
Although Schatzberg has not made a film for some years, his work continues with his photography. In these images one can still see what made his film work so compelling; like other great directors of the 1970s, Schatzberg's attention to faces and how they contrast with the world around them creates an intimacy between the image and spectator. One can see it in Morgan Freeman's face in the most recent film screening 1987's Street Smart (Schatzberg was one of the first directors to really utilise the actor's versatility and power). It is also present in Faye Dunaway's pained expressions in Schatzberg's devastating feature debut Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970). Stripped of the glamour that most audiences came to expect from the star of Bonnie and Clyde (1968), Dunaway presents a compelling and convincing portrait of a model suffering from some kind of mental breakdown, detailing the minutiae of her illness, through which reality and the imaginary blur.
The remaining two films in the programme have come to define Schatzberg's film work. Panic in Needle Park (1971) is a searing portrait of drug addiction that introduced the world to Al Pacino. Scarecrow (1973), in stark contrast, is a road movie about two drifters. the film was made between Pacino's star-making appearances as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, and also stars Gene Hackman, fresh from his Oscar-winning performance in The French Connection (1972).
Panic in Needle Park, whose title is taken from a square in uptown New York that was popular amongst drug addicts, is one of the most intense films made about drug addiction. It continues a trend that began with Otto Preminger's 1956 drama The Man with the Golden Arm, in its explicit detailing of the destructive impact of heroin addiction. In terms of its representation of New York life, it falls somewhere between John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969) and the more corrosive Taxi Driver (1976) in recording the city's descent from purgatory to some kind of hell – on film, at least. Al Pacino, who plays Bobby, acts with a freshness that stands in stark contrast to his later, more mannered performances. In his first major role, he is surprisingly comfortable in front of the camera. Schatzberg allows him the space to explore Bobby's constantly changing personality, whilst never losing the intimacy he creates between the characters and audience.
Scarecrow is more lyrical, particularly in the interplay between character and landscape. Ostensibly a road movie, the film moves from jocular interplay between Pacino and Hackman's characters, before turning darker, as one of the men's mental instability consumes them. The film picked up the top prize, the Palme d'Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, worthy recognition of the film's power and Schatzberg's place as the cinematic laureate of the downtrodden.
Ian Haydn Smith
Aff English Daily Editor...
Although Schatzberg has not made a film for some years, his work continues with his photography. In these images one can still see what made his film work so compelling; like other great directors of the 1970s, Schatzberg's attention to faces and how they contrast with the world around them creates an intimacy between the image and spectator. One can see it in Morgan Freeman's face in the most recent film screening 1987's Street Smart (Schatzberg was one of the first directors to really utilise the actor's versatility and power). It is also present in Faye Dunaway's pained expressions in Schatzberg's devastating feature debut Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970). Stripped of the glamour that most audiences came to expect from the star of Bonnie and Clyde (1968), Dunaway presents a compelling and convincing portrait of a model suffering from some kind of mental breakdown, detailing the minutiae of her illness, through which reality and the imaginary blur.
The remaining two films in the programme have come to define Schatzberg's film work. Panic in Needle Park (1971) is a searing portrait of drug addiction that introduced the world to Al Pacino. Scarecrow (1973), in stark contrast, is a road movie about two drifters. the film was made between Pacino's star-making appearances as Michael Corleone in Francis Ford Coppola's Godfather films, and also stars Gene Hackman, fresh from his Oscar-winning performance in The French Connection (1972).
Panic in Needle Park, whose title is taken from a square in uptown New York that was popular amongst drug addicts, is one of the most intense films made about drug addiction. It continues a trend that began with Otto Preminger's 1956 drama The Man with the Golden Arm, in its explicit detailing of the destructive impact of heroin addiction. In terms of its representation of New York life, it falls somewhere between John Schlesinger's Midnight Cowboy (1969) and the more corrosive Taxi Driver (1976) in recording the city's descent from purgatory to some kind of hell – on film, at least. Al Pacino, who plays Bobby, acts with a freshness that stands in stark contrast to his later, more mannered performances. In his first major role, he is surprisingly comfortable in front of the camera. Schatzberg allows him the space to explore Bobby's constantly changing personality, whilst never losing the intimacy he creates between the characters and audience.
Scarecrow is more lyrical, particularly in the interplay between character and landscape. Ostensibly a road movie, the film moves from jocular interplay between Pacino and Hackman's characters, before turning darker, as one of the men's mental instability consumes them. The film picked up the top prize, the Palme d'Or at the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, worthy recognition of the film's power and Schatzberg's place as the cinematic laureate of the downtrodden.
Ian Haydn Smith
Aff English Daily Editor...
- 11/19/2012
- by Ian Haydn Smith
- Sydney's Buzz
Considering the coverage U.S. cinema receives globally, it might seem odd that there should be a festival that focuses solely on films from the U.S. And yet, a cursory glance over the program for the third edition of the American Film Festival shows just how limited in scope the majority of mainstream American releases actually are. If one wants to find out more about America – the world that exists beyond the blockbusters – it is necessary to dig a little deeper. It is only then that you uncover a rich seam of innovative, challenging and engaging films.
The American Film Festival in Poland this November promotes American indies abroad. Considering there’s money to be made abroad which is not always readily accessible here, indie filmmakers here in the U.S. should take notice of what's going on in Poland.
Indies have to get into the international scene and the European distribs are often ignorant of what indies exist here in the U.S.
The 2 best films in post-production from last year’s American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland are now complete and were here in Competition at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Again, Not Waving but Drowning took a prize, this time for cinematography. A new network seems to be creating itself which I hope continues to include arthouse distributor and producer Sophie Dulac’s Champs Elysees Film Festival in Paris and the Mobile New Horizons Ff in Wroclaw, Poland’s largest film festival owned by the largest arthouse film distributor (Gutek) in Poland, a rich territory which thus far is relatively untouched even by the European recession.
The films that open and close the third edition offer some indication of what audiences can look forward to over the course of five days. Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the director’s seventh feature, is arguably his most stylised work: a film whose look has been designed to the minutiae, as it charts the love affair between two teens in late-1960s coastal America. As for Ben Affleck’s impressive third feature Argo, which closes the festival, it couldn’t be more different. A high-octane drama, based on a true story that unfolded following the Iranian occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979, it cements Affleck’s reputation as a skilled filmmaker. It is also one of the most intelligent and enjoyable Hollywood thrillers in years.
Other major Us films featured in the festival include John Hillcoat’s (The Road, The Proposition) Lawless and The Master, the latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, Boogie Nights). Hillcoat’s film, loosely based on the true story of bootleggers at the height of prohibition in rural Virginia, stars Shia Labeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce. With a script by Nick Cave, Lawless plays to Hillcoat’s strengths as one of contemporary cinema’s most muscular directors and features an impressive turn by Labeouf, suggesting there is more to him than the idiotic lead in Michael Bay’s woeful Transformers franchise.
Anderson’s film is a companion piece – of sorts – to his 2007 drama There Will Be Blood. Like that film, it pits two men against each other: one a primal, barely formed creature whose inability to conform to societal norms finds him adrift in the world; the other the head of a belief system that purports to offer the secrets to humanity’s past and its betterment for the future. A complex, troubling and brilliant film, it is further evidence of Anderson’s position as one of America’s leading filmmakers.
Away from the mainstream, there are numerous delights on offer. Highlights include: Safety Not Guaranteed, a low-budget, comic addition to the time-travel sub-genre; Jeff, Who Lives at Home, the latest film from the Duplass brothers (The Puffy Chair), starring Jason Segel; Bernie, Richard Linklater’s second collaboration with Jack Black, albeit worlds away from School of Rock; the hugely controversial Compliance, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and has seen audiences walking out of screenings wherever it has shown; and Now Forager, a nuanced character study of two mushroom pickers in up state New York, which featured in the Gotham in Progress event at last year’s festival.
Alongside new releases are four retrospectives. Audiences have the chance to see all of Wes Anderson’s films, including his brilliant sophomore feature Rushmore – one of the best films of the 1990s. The Universal horror films of the 1930s (arguably the golden age of Hollywood horror) are represented by three of the most iconic features from that period: Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931), starring Bela Lugosi; Karl Freund’s The Mummy (1932); and arguably the best of the three, James Whale’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1931).
The festival is also showcasing is a selection of Nicholas Ray’s films from the 1950s. Ray, one of the visionaries of Hollywood during that decade, took a scalpel to American life, producing a body of work that eviscerated the Norman Rockwell-inspired image of suburbia, with it’s trimmed lawns and white picket fences. Rebel Without a Cause (1955), with James Dean’s searing performance as a teenage rebelling against societal norms, may be the best known of the four films screening, but there is much pleasure to be had from Joan Crawford in one of her finest performances, opposite Sterling Hayden in Johnny Guitar (1954). Humphrey Bogart is scintillating as a hard-bitten Hollywood screenwriter in one of Tinseltown’s bleakest chronicles, In a Lonely Place (1950). However, the real gem in this brief overview is the director’s 1956 masterpiece Bigger Than Life. James Mason is at his best playing a schoolteacher whose addiction to a prescribed drug transforms his personality. It is a harrowing drama that exposes the rot at the core of Eisenhower-era America.
The final retrospective celebrates the films of Jerry Schatzberg. An acclaimed photographer, he has also directed a body of work that looks at life mostly lived on the margins of American society. Included is the director’s debut Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1971), featuring a startling performance by Faye Dunaway, and Street Smart (1987), about the impact of a journalist’s false claims, starring an Oscar-nominated performance by Morgan Freeman. However, the gems in this brief overview are Panic in Needle Park (1971) and Scarecrow (1973). Both feature a young Al Pacino, but the real star of the films is Schatzberg, who will be present during the festival to talk about his career. His freewheeling camera gave actors the chance to explore their characters in a way less fearless directors would balk at. However, he never loses the sense of place within which the action unfolds. Pacino and Gene Hackman’s journey through America’s hinterland in Scarecrow finds Schatzberg at his best, producing one of the great road movies of the era and reminding us how vital and engaging American cinema can be.
Ten Films to See at the Festival
Rushmore (1998)
Wes Anderson’s second feature is still his best – a variation on the high school comedy drama, featuring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams and Anderson regular Bill Murray.
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson’s perplexing and brilliant drama, loosely based on the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Argo
Ben Affleck directs what might be this year’s most entertaining Hollywood film.
Scarecrow (1973)
Jerry Schatzberg’s Palme d’Or-winning road movie, starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
James Mason delivers a career-defining performance in Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece.
Now Forager
One of the most original indies of recent years, a nuanced comedy drama set in the world of mushroom picking.
Compliance
Arguably this year’s most controversial film at the festival, which walks a fine line between exploration and exploitation.
Lawless
An old-fashioned gangster film set in America’s heartland and featuring a stellar cast.
4:44 Last Day on Earth
American cinema’s enfant terrible Abel Ferrara’s latest film is one of his most highly regarded in recent years.
West of Memphis
A powerful account of a serial killer in America’s Deep South, whose crimes were ignored by the media.
The American Film Festival in Poland this November promotes American indies abroad. Considering there’s money to be made abroad which is not always readily accessible here, indie filmmakers here in the U.S. should take notice of what's going on in Poland.
Indies have to get into the international scene and the European distribs are often ignorant of what indies exist here in the U.S.
The 2 best films in post-production from last year’s American Film Festival in Wroclaw, Poland are now complete and were here in Competition at the Napa Valley Film Festival. Again, Not Waving but Drowning took a prize, this time for cinematography. A new network seems to be creating itself which I hope continues to include arthouse distributor and producer Sophie Dulac’s Champs Elysees Film Festival in Paris and the Mobile New Horizons Ff in Wroclaw, Poland’s largest film festival owned by the largest arthouse film distributor (Gutek) in Poland, a rich territory which thus far is relatively untouched even by the European recession.
The films that open and close the third edition offer some indication of what audiences can look forward to over the course of five days. Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, the director’s seventh feature, is arguably his most stylised work: a film whose look has been designed to the minutiae, as it charts the love affair between two teens in late-1960s coastal America. As for Ben Affleck’s impressive third feature Argo, which closes the festival, it couldn’t be more different. A high-octane drama, based on a true story that unfolded following the Iranian occupation of the American Embassy in Tehran in 1979, it cements Affleck’s reputation as a skilled filmmaker. It is also one of the most intelligent and enjoyable Hollywood thrillers in years.
Other major Us films featured in the festival include John Hillcoat’s (The Road, The Proposition) Lawless and The Master, the latest film by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, Boogie Nights). Hillcoat’s film, loosely based on the true story of bootleggers at the height of prohibition in rural Virginia, stars Shia Labeouf, Tom Hardy, Gary Oldman, Jessica Chastain, Mia Wasikowska and Guy Pearce. With a script by Nick Cave, Lawless plays to Hillcoat’s strengths as one of contemporary cinema’s most muscular directors and features an impressive turn by Labeouf, suggesting there is more to him than the idiotic lead in Michael Bay’s woeful Transformers franchise.
Anderson’s film is a companion piece – of sorts – to his 2007 drama There Will Be Blood. Like that film, it pits two men against each other: one a primal, barely formed creature whose inability to conform to societal norms finds him adrift in the world; the other the head of a belief system that purports to offer the secrets to humanity’s past and its betterment for the future. A complex, troubling and brilliant film, it is further evidence of Anderson’s position as one of America’s leading filmmakers.
Away from the mainstream, there are numerous delights on offer. Highlights include: Safety Not Guaranteed, a low-budget, comic addition to the time-travel sub-genre; Jeff, Who Lives at Home, the latest film from the Duplass brothers (The Puffy Chair), starring Jason Segel; Bernie, Richard Linklater’s second collaboration with Jack Black, albeit worlds away from School of Rock; the hugely controversial Compliance, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January and has seen audiences walking out of screenings wherever it has shown; and Now Forager, a nuanced character study of two mushroom pickers in up state New York, which featured in the Gotham in Progress event at last year’s festival.
Alongside new releases are four retrospectives. Audiences have the chance to see all of Wes Anderson’s films, including his brilliant sophomore feature Rushmore – one of the best films of the 1990s. The Universal horror films of the 1930s (arguably the golden age of Hollywood horror) are represented by three of the most iconic features from that period: Todd Browning’s Dracula (1931), starring Bela Lugosi; Karl Freund’s The Mummy (1932); and arguably the best of the three, James Whale’s adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1931).
The festival is also showcasing is a selection of Nicholas Ray’s films from the 1950s. Ray, one of the visionaries of Hollywood during that decade, took a scalpel to American life, producing a body of work that eviscerated the Norman Rockwell-inspired image of suburbia, with it’s trimmed lawns and white picket fences. Rebel Without a Cause (1955), with James Dean’s searing performance as a teenage rebelling against societal norms, may be the best known of the four films screening, but there is much pleasure to be had from Joan Crawford in one of her finest performances, opposite Sterling Hayden in Johnny Guitar (1954). Humphrey Bogart is scintillating as a hard-bitten Hollywood screenwriter in one of Tinseltown’s bleakest chronicles, In a Lonely Place (1950). However, the real gem in this brief overview is the director’s 1956 masterpiece Bigger Than Life. James Mason is at his best playing a schoolteacher whose addiction to a prescribed drug transforms his personality. It is a harrowing drama that exposes the rot at the core of Eisenhower-era America.
The final retrospective celebrates the films of Jerry Schatzberg. An acclaimed photographer, he has also directed a body of work that looks at life mostly lived on the margins of American society. Included is the director’s debut Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1971), featuring a startling performance by Faye Dunaway, and Street Smart (1987), about the impact of a journalist’s false claims, starring an Oscar-nominated performance by Morgan Freeman. However, the gems in this brief overview are Panic in Needle Park (1971) and Scarecrow (1973). Both feature a young Al Pacino, but the real star of the films is Schatzberg, who will be present during the festival to talk about his career. His freewheeling camera gave actors the chance to explore their characters in a way less fearless directors would balk at. However, he never loses the sense of place within which the action unfolds. Pacino and Gene Hackman’s journey through America’s hinterland in Scarecrow finds Schatzberg at his best, producing one of the great road movies of the era and reminding us how vital and engaging American cinema can be.
Ten Films to See at the Festival
Rushmore (1998)
Wes Anderson’s second feature is still his best – a variation on the high school comedy drama, featuring Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams and Anderson regular Bill Murray.
The Master
Paul Thomas Anderson’s perplexing and brilliant drama, loosely based on the life of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard.
Argo
Ben Affleck directs what might be this year’s most entertaining Hollywood film.
Scarecrow (1973)
Jerry Schatzberg’s Palme d’Or-winning road movie, starring Al Pacino and Gene Hackman.
Bigger Than Life (1956)
James Mason delivers a career-defining performance in Nicholas Ray’s masterpiece.
Now Forager
One of the most original indies of recent years, a nuanced comedy drama set in the world of mushroom picking.
Compliance
Arguably this year’s most controversial film at the festival, which walks a fine line between exploration and exploitation.
Lawless
An old-fashioned gangster film set in America’s heartland and featuring a stellar cast.
4:44 Last Day on Earth
American cinema’s enfant terrible Abel Ferrara’s latest film is one of his most highly regarded in recent years.
West of Memphis
A powerful account of a serial killer in America’s Deep South, whose crimes were ignored by the media.
- 11/13/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Us in Progress in Wrocław Poland is the only international event I know of which awards American independent films in post-production with cash awards worth Us$ 40,000 and distribution support. This two-day works-in-progress event is targeted to European buyers and as such gives American independent filmmakers the chance to expand their horizons when looking for financing and international distribution.
The event takes place during the third American Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland on November 14-16. It shows a selection of U.S. independent films seeking completion funding to a group of European buyers, programmers and post-production companies in a series of closed screenings.
Titles selected for this year’s edition are: I Used To Be Darker by Matt Porterfield (prod. Steve Holmgren & Ryan Zacharias), Milkshake by David Andalman (prod. Vinay Singh), Bluebird by Lance Edmands (prod. Kyle Martin) which was in both the Sundance Creative Producing Lab and the Directing Lab, A Song Still Inside by Gregory Collins (prod. Patricia Beaury & Rodrigo Lopresti) and two Ifp Labs titles: Cantuckee by Kimberly Levin (prod. Kurt Pitzer), Hide Your Smiling Faces by Daniel Carbone (prod. Matthew Petock).
Around 25 key European buyers will attend the event, among them Wild Bunch (France), Artificial Eye (U.K.), The Works (U.K.), Reel Suspects (France), Sophie Dulac Distribution (France), Imagine Film (Belgium), Gutek Film and Polsat . Programmers from Berlin, Cannes and Locarno Film Festivals will also be present.
The projects will have a chance to find a world sales agent and distributor as well as secure post-production partners at the event. A jury made of professionals will award one of the works in progress with a package of post-production services from partner companies including Di service worth $10,000.00 at Platige Image, a leading Polish post-production and special effects company, up to 150 hours of sound editing or soundtrack at Warsaw-based Soundflower Studio worth $10,000.00, post-production services by the Krakow-based Alvernia Studios worth up to $10.000. Another award will contribute to the promotion and distribution of a film provided by DCinex (Dcp worth $5,000), Vsi Paris (subtitling), Europa Distribution and Cicae, the Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas. One producer will also receive free registration at Producers Network, an exclusive network of Meet-and-Greet, during Cannes Marche du Film.
Us in Progress Wrocław (formerly Gotham in Progress) was started in 2011 in Wrocław, Poland by the New Horizons Association and Black Rabbit Film. In 2012, the event expanded to Paris, where it was part of Sophie Dulac’s Champs-Elysées Film Festival. 2011 Wrocław edition’s success stories include Jason Cortlund & Julia Halperin’s Now, Forager: a Film About Love and Fungi which went on to Rotterdam Film Festival, New Directors/New Films and is now in U.S. distribution via Argot Pictures. Roger Ebert says, "***½ The images of wild mushrooms by Cortlund himself and the shots of food prep by cinematographer Jonathan Nastasi, approach art. Now, Forager is an uncompromising film about two people who don't deserve each other...." The title was sold for distribution to 8 other countries by New Europe Film Sales.
Amy Seimetz' Sun Don’t Shine won the Jury Award at SXSW and played in Edinburgh Iff. Patricia Benoit's Stones in the Sun played Tribeca and won Best New Narrative Director and Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival. Us in Progress Us$ 60,000 prize winner, Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning has Sarasota Ff and was picked up for world sales by Premium Films. The winning film of the Paris edition, Champs Elysees Film Festival, was A Teacher by Hannah Fidell.
Us in Progress runs concurrently with the American Film Festival which will be honoring Wes Anderson whose Moonrise Kingdom will have its Polish premiere and Jerry Schatzberg, the legendary director and accomplished photographer who will receive the annual Indie Star award, given by the festival to helmers of American independent cinema (first one given to Todd Solondz in 2011). The festival will screen his most important films including Puzzle of a Downfall Child, The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow.
The event takes place during the third American Film Festival in Wrocław, Poland on November 14-16. It shows a selection of U.S. independent films seeking completion funding to a group of European buyers, programmers and post-production companies in a series of closed screenings.
Titles selected for this year’s edition are: I Used To Be Darker by Matt Porterfield (prod. Steve Holmgren & Ryan Zacharias), Milkshake by David Andalman (prod. Vinay Singh), Bluebird by Lance Edmands (prod. Kyle Martin) which was in both the Sundance Creative Producing Lab and the Directing Lab, A Song Still Inside by Gregory Collins (prod. Patricia Beaury & Rodrigo Lopresti) and two Ifp Labs titles: Cantuckee by Kimberly Levin (prod. Kurt Pitzer), Hide Your Smiling Faces by Daniel Carbone (prod. Matthew Petock).
Around 25 key European buyers will attend the event, among them Wild Bunch (France), Artificial Eye (U.K.), The Works (U.K.), Reel Suspects (France), Sophie Dulac Distribution (France), Imagine Film (Belgium), Gutek Film and Polsat . Programmers from Berlin, Cannes and Locarno Film Festivals will also be present.
The projects will have a chance to find a world sales agent and distributor as well as secure post-production partners at the event. A jury made of professionals will award one of the works in progress with a package of post-production services from partner companies including Di service worth $10,000.00 at Platige Image, a leading Polish post-production and special effects company, up to 150 hours of sound editing or soundtrack at Warsaw-based Soundflower Studio worth $10,000.00, post-production services by the Krakow-based Alvernia Studios worth up to $10.000. Another award will contribute to the promotion and distribution of a film provided by DCinex (Dcp worth $5,000), Vsi Paris (subtitling), Europa Distribution and Cicae, the Confederation of Arthouse Cinemas. One producer will also receive free registration at Producers Network, an exclusive network of Meet-and-Greet, during Cannes Marche du Film.
Us in Progress Wrocław (formerly Gotham in Progress) was started in 2011 in Wrocław, Poland by the New Horizons Association and Black Rabbit Film. In 2012, the event expanded to Paris, where it was part of Sophie Dulac’s Champs-Elysées Film Festival. 2011 Wrocław edition’s success stories include Jason Cortlund & Julia Halperin’s Now, Forager: a Film About Love and Fungi which went on to Rotterdam Film Festival, New Directors/New Films and is now in U.S. distribution via Argot Pictures. Roger Ebert says, "***½ The images of wild mushrooms by Cortlund himself and the shots of food prep by cinematographer Jonathan Nastasi, approach art. Now, Forager is an uncompromising film about two people who don't deserve each other...." The title was sold for distribution to 8 other countries by New Europe Film Sales.
Amy Seimetz' Sun Don’t Shine won the Jury Award at SXSW and played in Edinburgh Iff. Patricia Benoit's Stones in the Sun played Tribeca and won Best New Narrative Director and Trinidad & Tobago Film Festival. Us in Progress Us$ 60,000 prize winner, Devyn Waitt’s Not Waving But Drowning has Sarasota Ff and was picked up for world sales by Premium Films. The winning film of the Paris edition, Champs Elysees Film Festival, was A Teacher by Hannah Fidell.
Us in Progress runs concurrently with the American Film Festival which will be honoring Wes Anderson whose Moonrise Kingdom will have its Polish premiere and Jerry Schatzberg, the legendary director and accomplished photographer who will receive the annual Indie Star award, given by the festival to helmers of American independent cinema (first one given to Todd Solondz in 2011). The festival will screen his most important films including Puzzle of a Downfall Child, The Panic in Needle Park and Scarecrow.
- 10/19/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Col Needham, our founder and CEO, held a class on the inception and future of IMDb, to a packed room of students and cinephiles. Col explained the origins of the site chronicling right up to the present day, our exciting entry into the app and smart phone world, and what IMDb thinks about for the future.
Lumière has made a very strategic decision to have notable individuals introduce the films, sometimes it’s the filmmaker themself, as Jerry Schatzberg (Scarecrow, Panic in Needle Park) presented his rediscovered work, Puzzle of a Downfall Child on Tuesday night.
Benicio Del Toro has been extremely involved and supportive of the festival. He introduced one of the most lauded films screened so far, The Naked Island, a Japanese film from director Kineto Shindo.
Bertrand Tavernier discussed silent films with historian/preservationist Kevin Brownlow at the Lumiere Institute, reeling off funny and insightful anecdotes...
Lumière has made a very strategic decision to have notable individuals introduce the films, sometimes it’s the filmmaker themself, as Jerry Schatzberg (Scarecrow, Panic in Needle Park) presented his rediscovered work, Puzzle of a Downfall Child on Tuesday night.
Benicio Del Toro has been extremely involved and supportive of the festival. He introduced one of the most lauded films screened so far, The Naked Island, a Japanese film from director Kineto Shindo.
Bertrand Tavernier discussed silent films with historian/preservationist Kevin Brownlow at the Lumiere Institute, reeling off funny and insightful anecdotes...
- 10/5/2011
- by keithsim
- IMDb Blog - All the Latest
Updated through 5/28.
The titles below will take you to the roundups, that is, the coverage of the coverage of each film screening in the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Click the names after the titles for our own reviews, whether they be quick takes or longer considerations. And finally, pointers to assessments of this year's edition, made both before and after the awards are announced, will collect at the bottom of this page.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In.
Bertrand Bonello's House of Tolerance. Daniel Kasman.
Alain Cavalier's Pater.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike. Daniel Kasman.
Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist.
Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre. Daniel Kasman.
Naomi Kawase's Hanezu.
Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty.
Maïwenn's Poliss. Daniel Kasman.
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
The titles below will take you to the roundups, that is, the coverage of the coverage of each film screening in the 2011 edition of the Cannes Film Festival. Click the names after the titles for our own reviews, whether they be quick takes or longer considerations. And finally, pointers to assessments of this year's edition, made both before and after the awards are announced, will collect at the bottom of this page.
Competition
Pedro Almodóvar's The Skin I Live In.
Bertrand Bonello's House of Tolerance. Daniel Kasman.
Alain Cavalier's Pater.
Joseph Cedar's Footnote.
Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Once Upon a Time in Anatolia.
Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne's The Kid with a Bike. Daniel Kasman.
Michel Hazanavicius's The Artist.
Aki Kaurismäki's Le Havre. Daniel Kasman.
Naomi Kawase's Hanezu.
Julia Leigh's Sleeping Beauty.
Maïwenn's Poliss. Daniel Kasman.
Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life.
- 5/28/2011
- MUBI
Tier ?
The Tree of Life (Terence Malick)
Tier 1
The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo)
No Man’s Land (Victor Trivas )
This Is Not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahasebi & Jafar Panahi)
Tier 2
L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (Bertrand Bonello)
Le gamin au vélo (Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Le Havre (Aki Kaurismaki)
Miss Bala (Gerardo Nananjo)
Oslo, August 31 (Joachim Trier)
Play (Ruben Östlund)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (Jerry Schatzberg)
Le rideau cramoisi [The Crimson Curtain] (Alexandre Astruc)
Tier 3
Chatrak (Vimukthi Jayasundra)
Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn)
The Hunter (Bakur Bakuradze)
Impardonnables (André Téchiné)
Ninja Kids!!! (Takashi Miike)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
Wu Xia (Peter Chan)
Tier 4
L’assassino (Elio Petri)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D (Takashi Miike)
Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
Tier ...
(the rest)...
The Tree of Life (Terence Malick)
Tier 1
The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo)
No Man’s Land (Victor Trivas )
This Is Not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahasebi & Jafar Panahi)
Tier 2
L'apollonide (Souvenirs de la maison close) (Bertrand Bonello)
Le gamin au vélo (Jean Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
Le Havre (Aki Kaurismaki)
Miss Bala (Gerardo Nananjo)
Oslo, August 31 (Joachim Trier)
Play (Ruben Östlund)
Puzzle of a Downfall Child (Jerry Schatzberg)
Le rideau cramoisi [The Crimson Curtain] (Alexandre Astruc)
Tier 3
Chatrak (Vimukthi Jayasundra)
Drive (Nicholas Winding Refn)
The Hunter (Bakur Bakuradze)
Impardonnables (André Téchiné)
Ninja Kids!!! (Takashi Miike)
Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
Wu Xia (Peter Chan)
Tier 4
L’assassino (Elio Petri)
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai 3D (Takashi Miike)
Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
Tier ...
(the rest)...
- 5/25/2011
- MUBI
Alice de Lencquesaing, a touching young presence in year after year of French festival films (see: Summer Hours, Father of My Children), drops in on Maïwenn (Le Besco)'s Polisse and verily walks off with the film. In a movie unendingly challenged by its collage-like collection of incidents professional as well as private within a crew of the Paris Child Protection Unit—a style that disconnects each policeman's emotions from the practical continuity of a story and yields unearned emotional crests, outbursts and lulls throughout—de Lencquesaing unexpectedly shows up as another catalog card of child abuse for the film to collect, display and dispose of. But in a single scene in a hospital room playing a raped girl delivering a child in stillbirth, the actress miraculously crafts an entirely whole and extraordinarily expressive person solely from a few shots of her sitting her hospital bed loving and mourning her baby.
- 5/14/2011
- MUBI
Two out of the three Cannes films that Simon Abrams reviews here may never be screened for stateside art-house audiences. But one is a must-see for everyone, he writes: The restored print of Puzzle of a Downfall Child, Panic in Needle Park director Jerry Schatzberg’s 1970 debut feature, is a must-see. Cannes director Thierry Fremaux introduced the screening of Puzzle, whose star, Cannes festival poster girl Faye Dunaway, attended tonight’s screening along with Schatzberg. The film is a knockout psychodrama about the inner life of a reclusive fashion model (Dunaway) and her doomed romances with men ranging from a wealthy and obnoxious playboy (Roy Scheider) to a modest photographer (Barry Primus). If the Criterion Collection or another equally important cultural institution (perhaps the Film Society ...
- 5/14/2011
- Thompson on Hollywood
Fay Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg attend 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival Puzzle of a Downfall Child photocall. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Fay Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg attend 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival Puzzle of a Downfall Child photocall. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Fay Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg attend 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival Puzzle of a Downfall Child photocall. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Fay Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg attend 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival Puzzle of a Downfall Child photocall. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos. Fay Dunaway and Jerry Schatzberg attend 64th Annual Cannes Film Festival Puzzle of a Downfall Child photocall. Photo copyright Pixplanete / PR Photos.
- 5/13/2011
- by Michelle Wray
- Monsters and Critics
The 64th annual Cannes Film Festival kicks off in Cannes, France Wednesday, May 11 and will run until the closing awards ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Opening the festivities are actor Robert De Niro, who is the President of the jury for the international competition. Accompanying him are on the jury (and in the above photo) are actors Uma Thurman and Jude Law. The complete lineup of films can be found here.
Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas were on hand for a "Puss in Boots" photocall. The festival is debuting a sneak peek of the animated "Shrek" spinoff movie, which hits theaters Nov. 4, 2011. Banderas reprises his role as the title character and Hayek plays Kitty, his love interest.
Also arriving at the festival are stars and director of "Midnight in Paris," the newest Woody Allen film that is not in a Cannes competition, but is premiering at the 2011 festival. Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson (pictured below,...
Salma Hayek and Antonio Banderas were on hand for a "Puss in Boots" photocall. The festival is debuting a sneak peek of the animated "Shrek" spinoff movie, which hits theaters Nov. 4, 2011. Banderas reprises his role as the title character and Hayek plays Kitty, his love interest.
Also arriving at the festival are stars and director of "Midnight in Paris," the newest Woody Allen film that is not in a Cannes competition, but is premiering at the 2011 festival. Rachel McAdams and Owen Wilson (pictured below,...
- 5/11/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Mathieu Ravier, who writes about movies and movie posters from down under at his blog A Life in Film, recently alerted me, via Twitter, to a wonderful collection, on the website of the French newspaper L’Express, of every festival poster of the last 64 years of the Cannes Film Festival. You can see the full collection here, but I wanted to pick out a few of my favorites.
First of all, I have to say that the poster for this year’s festival may be my favorite of them all. The festival has used beautiful black and white photographs of actresses before (Monica Vitti in 2009, Marlene Dietrich in 1992) but those posters have often been let down by their uninspired typography and layout. But this year’s poster, which uses a Jerry Schatzberg photograph of Faye Dunaway at her most gorgeous (a restored print of their wonderful 1970 film Puzzle of a Downfall Child...
First of all, I have to say that the poster for this year’s festival may be my favorite of them all. The festival has used beautiful black and white photographs of actresses before (Monica Vitti in 2009, Marlene Dietrich in 1992) but those posters have often been let down by their uninspired typography and layout. But this year’s poster, which uses a Jerry Schatzberg photograph of Faye Dunaway at her most gorgeous (a restored print of their wonderful 1970 film Puzzle of a Downfall Child...
- 5/6/2011
- MUBI
With each day that passes, Cannes is becoming closer and closer, and now, for those looking forward to seeing a few, let’s say, more classic features, your sidebar has just been announced.
Cannes has announced their Classics Sidebar lineup, and what a lineup it is. A few Criterion directors have found their way onto the list, including Roberto Rossellini (The Machine To Kill Bad People), Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Despair). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
The most interesting additions are both Georges Melies’ classic 1902 silent film, A Trip To The Moon, as well as Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. The festival’s jury head, Robert De Niro, will also be focused on in this sidebar, as his film A Bronx Tale will also be showing during the festival.
Personally, the film that I’m most excited to see would have...
Cannes has announced their Classics Sidebar lineup, and what a lineup it is. A few Criterion directors have found their way onto the list, including Roberto Rossellini (The Machine To Kill Bad People), Bernardo Bertolucci (The Conformist), and Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Despair). And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
The most interesting additions are both Georges Melies’ classic 1902 silent film, A Trip To The Moon, as well as Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. The festival’s jury head, Robert De Niro, will also be focused on in this sidebar, as his film A Bronx Tale will also be showing during the festival.
Personally, the film that I’m most excited to see would have...
- 4/29/2011
- by Joshua Brunsting
- CriterionCast
The Cinema de la Plage where screenings of classic films are held at 9:30 each night; click for a larger look
Photo: Brad Brevet I already mentioned how Warner Home Video would be releasing a *new* Stanley Kubrick Blu-ray collection, this time including high definition versions of Lolita and Barry Lyndon with previously released HD versions of Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut and a new 40th Anniversary Edition of A Clockwork Orange. That set hits Blu-ray on May 31, but Kubrick's now-40-year-old A Clockwork Orange will be hitting the Cannes Croisette a little bit earlier than that.
Another, late night look at the Cinema de la Plage; click for a larger look
Photo: Brad Brevet It had been previously announced, but yesterday the Cannes Film Festival made it official that A Clockwork Orange would be part of the...
Photo: Brad Brevet I already mentioned how Warner Home Video would be releasing a *new* Stanley Kubrick Blu-ray collection, this time including high definition versions of Lolita and Barry Lyndon with previously released HD versions of Spartacus, Dr. Strangelove, 2001: A Space Odyssey, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut and a new 40th Anniversary Edition of A Clockwork Orange. That set hits Blu-ray on May 31, but Kubrick's now-40-year-old A Clockwork Orange will be hitting the Cannes Croisette a little bit earlier than that.
Another, late night look at the Cinema de la Plage; click for a larger look
Photo: Brad Brevet It had been previously announced, but yesterday the Cannes Film Festival made it official that A Clockwork Orange would be part of the...
- 4/27/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
The Cannes Film Festival's unveiled its Classics program today: "Fourteen films, five documentaries, surprises, a Masterclass (Malcolm McDowell), new or restored prints: The program is based on proposals from national archives, cinematheques, studios, producers and distributors. Rare classics to discover or re-discover, they will be presented in 35mm or high definition digital prints."
The Films
The first round of descriptions comes straight from the Festival.
A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16'). "The color version of Georges Méliès most famous film, A Trip to the Moon (1902) is visible again 109 years after its release: having been long considered lost, this version was found in 1993 in Barcelona. In 2010, a full restoration is initiated by Lobster Films, Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Heritage Cinema. The digital tools of today allows them to re-assemble the fragments of 13 375 images from the film and restore them one by one.
The Films
The first round of descriptions comes straight from the Festival.
A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16'). "The color version of Georges Méliès most famous film, A Trip to the Moon (1902) is visible again 109 years after its release: having been long considered lost, this version was found in 1993 in Barcelona. In 2010, a full restoration is initiated by Lobster Films, Gan Foundation for Cinema and Technicolor Foundation for Heritage Cinema. The digital tools of today allows them to re-assemble the fragments of 13 375 images from the film and restore them one by one.
- 4/26/2011
- MUBI
The 64th festival de Cannes announced the selection for Cannes Classics on Tuesday. The selection will present fourteen films which includes the colour version of Georges Méliès famous A Trip to the Moon. The programme also comprises five documentaries and a Masterclass by actor Malcolm McDowell.
Established in 2004, the selection showcases heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of the great works of the past.
Mrinal Sen s Khandahar and Ritwik Ghatak’s Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas) were presented in this section in the 2010 edition of the festival.
Cannes Classics: The Films
1. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16′)
2. Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1971, 137′)
3. The Machine to Kill Bad People (La Macchina Ammazzacattivi) by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1952, 80′)
4. A Bronx Tale by Robert De Niro (USA, 1993, 121′).
5. The Conformist (Il Conformista) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy,...
Established in 2004, the selection showcases heritage cinema, re-discovered films, restored prints and theatrical, television or DVD releases of the great works of the past.
Mrinal Sen s Khandahar and Ritwik Ghatak’s Titash Ekti Nadir Naam (A River Called Titas) were presented in this section in the 2010 edition of the festival.
Cannes Classics: The Films
1. A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16′)
2. Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1971, 137′)
3. The Machine to Kill Bad People (La Macchina Ammazzacattivi) by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1952, 80′)
4. A Bronx Tale by Robert De Niro (USA, 1993, 121′).
5. The Conformist (Il Conformista) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy,...
- 4/26/2011
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
Cannes Classics is a recent addition to the festival, and will enjoy its 8th instalment this year. Part of the line-up of this section of the fest is screened at Ceinema de la Plage, that’s right, on the beach. You’ve got to admit that it’s pretty cool – an open-aired screening of a classic film on the French Riviera, away from the exclusivity of the Palais, and able to be enjoyed by Panini-eating passers-by on the Croisette. There should be more of this at the festival, it’s good for the soul.
This year’s line-up of films includes work by Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci, Euzhan Palcy (currently being honored by MoMA in New York) and Jerry Schatzberg, whose photograph of Faye Dunaway is embedded into this year’s festival poster above.
Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will present a screening of “A Bronx Tale” to celebrate ten...
This year’s line-up of films includes work by Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci, Euzhan Palcy (currently being honored by MoMA in New York) and Jerry Schatzberg, whose photograph of Faye Dunaway is embedded into this year’s festival poster above.
Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will present a screening of “A Bronx Tale” to celebrate ten...
- 4/26/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Cannes Classics is a recent addition to the festival, and will enjoy its 8th instalment this year. Part of the line-up of this section of the fest is screened at Ceinema de la Plage, that’s right, on the beach. You’ve got to admit that it’s pretty cool – an open-aired screening of a classic film on the French Riviera, away from the exclusivity of the Palais, and able to be enjoyed by Panini-eating passers-by on the Croisette. There should be more of this at the festival, it’s good for the soul.
This year’s line-up of films includes work by Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci, Euzhan Palcy (currently being honored by MoMA in New York) and Jerry Schatzberg, whose photograph of Faye Dunaway is embedded into this year’s festival poster above.
Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will present a screening of “A Bronx Tale” to celebrate ten...
This year’s line-up of films includes work by Stanley Kubrick, Bernardo Bertolucci, Euzhan Palcy (currently being honored by MoMA in New York) and Jerry Schatzberg, whose photograph of Faye Dunaway is embedded into this year’s festival poster above.
Robert DeNiro and Jane Rosenthal will present a screening of “A Bronx Tale” to celebrate ten...
- 4/26/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
While we anxiously await tomorrow morning's announcement of the official lineup for the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, running May 11 through 22, here's a quick roundup of what we know so far.
We might as well begin with today's announcement that Gus Van Sant's Restless will open Un Certain Regard. Given that Van Sant won the Palme d'Or in 2003 for Elephant, it's a respectable choice; frankly, though, the trailer doesn't hold out much promise. Back in October, Lane Brown commented at Vulture that what we have here is a film in which "a ghost-seeing teenage boy (Henry Hopper) falls for a girl (Mia Wasikowska) with a terminal disease. If he'll still be able to date her after she expires, though, then what's the big deal? Pressure's on to make this one dramatic, Van Sant." Emir Kusturica will be presiding over the Un Certain Regard jury, so the pressure's...
We might as well begin with today's announcement that Gus Van Sant's Restless will open Un Certain Regard. Given that Van Sant won the Palme d'Or in 2003 for Elephant, it's a respectable choice; frankly, though, the trailer doesn't hold out much promise. Back in October, Lane Brown commented at Vulture that what we have here is a film in which "a ghost-seeing teenage boy (Henry Hopper) falls for a girl (Mia Wasikowska) with a terminal disease. If he'll still be able to date her after she expires, though, then what's the big deal? Pressure's on to make this one dramatic, Van Sant." Emir Kusturica will be presiding over the Un Certain Regard jury, so the pressure's...
- 4/13/2011
- MUBI
This year, 2011, Schatzberg’s first film with Faye Dunaway will be honoured at Cannes. Schatzberg and Dunaway were both unknown in cinema when they made “The Puzzle of a Downfall Child” in 1970. The Cannes poster is based on a still photograph of Dunaway taken by Schatzberg. Both would grace Cannes as lovers in the early Seventies.
Official Poster: Cannes 2011
A film festival poster can say a lot more than the films on show. It is perhaps a reminder that an intelligent still picture can outsmart the moving image.
The Cannes 2011 poster is a very intriguing one in more ways than one, and the intrigue is a stamp of what Cannes embodies among film festivals worldwide.
The obvious disconnect is 64 for 2011. For graphic students a close look at “64” resembles the film spooling out of a can into the projector and the image magnifying outwards. That could be a testament for any festival.
Official Poster: Cannes 2011
A film festival poster can say a lot more than the films on show. It is perhaps a reminder that an intelligent still picture can outsmart the moving image.
The Cannes 2011 poster is a very intriguing one in more ways than one, and the intrigue is a stamp of what Cannes embodies among film festivals worldwide.
The obvious disconnect is 64 for 2011. For graphic students a close look at “64” resembles the film spooling out of a can into the projector and the image magnifying outwards. That could be a testament for any festival.
- 4/9/2011
- by Jugu Abraham
- DearCinema.com
Sleek, sophisticated and classy. But enough about me… I finally have some actual Cannes Film Festival news to report that people might be interested in reading! Up until now, I’ve had to live off scraps of information- including the recently announced, but long suspected inclusion of Terrence Malick’s over-due Tree of Life, but time is ticking on and we are getting into Proper Announcement Season. The big news in the past twenty four hours was the grand reveal of the Official Festival Poster, featuring an image of Faye Dunaway, shot by 1973 Palme d’Or winner Jerry Schatzberg (whose debut film Puzzle of a Downfall Child will also play at Cannes). Aside from looking a tiny bit like someone’s had a buzz-saw at the star, the poster is a beautiful thing, and I look forward to transporting its image around the Croisette on the uber-macho man-bags they always hand out at registration. And...
- 4/6/2011
- by Simon Gallagher
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Faye Dunaway, Cannes 2011 poster A photograph of Faye Dunaway taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970 has been transformed into the poster for the 64th edition of the Cannes Film Festival, which runs May 11-22. On the Cannes Film Festival site, the image is described as a "model of sophistication and timeless elegance … [and] an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain." Jerry Schatzberg, who won the 1973 Palme d’Or for Scarecrow, directed Dunaway in the 1970 drama Puzzle of a Downfall Child. Faye Dunaway has never won an acting award at Cannes, but she did win the 1976 Best Actress Oscar for Sidney Lumet's Network. Now, why would the Cannes 64 poster feature a Schatzberg-Dunaway collaboration? Well, because Puzzle of a Downfall Child has been restored by Universal Pictures and will be distributed in France in the fall. The restored print will also be [...]...
- 4/5/2011
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d.Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album Blonde on Blonde. In the early 70s Schatzberg turns to filmmaking and his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970), reveals an exceptional sense of framing and lighting for a first-timer. Panic In Needle Park (1971) with newcomer Al Pacino and Scarecrow follow and are both award-winners in Cannes.
Puzzle of a Downfall Child, in which Faye Dunaway has the starring role, has been restored by Universal Pictures.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d.Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album Blonde on Blonde. In the early 70s Schatzberg turns to filmmaking and his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970), reveals an exceptional sense of framing and lighting for a first-timer. Panic In Needle Park (1971) with newcomer Al Pacino and Scarecrow follow and are both award-winners in Cannes.
Puzzle of a Downfall Child, in which Faye Dunaway has the starring role, has been restored by Universal Pictures.
- 4/5/2011
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The 64th Cannes Film Festival official poster has been released. A stylish poster featuring Faye Dunaway photographed by Jerry Schatzberg for his flick Puzzle of a Downfall Child.
Check out the full poster after the jump.
The poster was described on the festival’s official website:
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album Blonde on Blonde. In the early 70s Schatzberg turns to filmmaking and his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child...
Check out the full poster after the jump.
The poster was described on the festival’s official website:
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album Blonde on Blonde. In the early 70s Schatzberg turns to filmmaking and his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child...
- 4/4/2011
- by Allan Ford
- Filmofilia
Faye Dunaway? From Puzzle of a Downfall Child and Chinatown? Yep! An official poster for the 64th Cannes Film Festival, which is coming up in just a month running from May 11th to 22nd in the south of France, has been unveiled. The poster features a photo of actress Faye Dunaway that was taken by filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg in 1970. In the early 70s Schatzberg directed his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child, which starred Dunaway in one of her early roles. This was produced by the H5 design agency, which is also providing the graphics for the 2011 Festival. I'm excited to be returning to the festival for my third year! "Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain." Cannes also adds via their official website: "Puzzle of a Downfall Child, in which Faye Dunaway ...
- 4/4/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
Before making his Palme d'Or winner Scarecrow, Jerry Schatzberg made his debut Puzzle of a Downfall Child with 'it' girl Faye Dunaway. The film has somewhat disappeared for all but Dunaway completists, but that will change this year, beginning with the release of the poster for the 64th edition of the Cannes International Film Festival. Schatzberg was first well known as a photographer before diving in to filmmaking (many have seen his cover of Bob Dylan's Blonde On Blonde album), and, naturally, he took an exquisite set of shots of Dunaway around the production of the film. These exquisite shots, in turn, have made for an exquisite poster. It brings back the festival's penchant for dark, mysterious images, like those seen in 2006 (In the Mood For Love still) and 2008 (David Lynch photograph), a style that easily bests last year's image of Juliette Binoche shielding her eyes from the brightness.
- 4/4/2011
- IONCINEMA.com
Best known for her work in “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network” and “Mommie Dearest,” Faye Dunaway’s stark image graces the poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes.
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
Best known for her work in “Bonnie & Clyde,” “Chinatown,” “Network” and “Mommie Dearest,” Faye Dunaway’s stark image graces the poster for the 64th Festival de Cannes.
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
Taken in 1970, the image was crafted by photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, a New Yorker who took home Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for “Scarecrow,” a rarely referenced feature starring Gene Hackman and Al Pacino that fared less than well at the box office. Schatzberg also helmed the critically lauded another Al Pacino-starrer, “The Panic in Needle Park,” for which the little-known Kitty Winn picked up Cannes’ Best Actress award.
The press office cites the poster image of Dunaway as a “Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
It might be difficult for some, especially those who’ve seen Dunaway’s recent stage turn in Edward Albee’s...
- 4/4/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
I loved last year’s Cannes poster. It featured actress Juliette Binoche spelling out ’63′ in a neon-tinged font with a paintbrush . C’est magnifique!
This year the festival/film market has unveiled a stylish poster featuring Faye Dunaway photographed by Jerry Schatzberg for his flick Puzzle of a Downfall Child.
The 64th Cannes Film Festival kicks off next month with Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris. The festival this year features new films from Lars von Trier (Melancholia), Terrence Malick, the Dardennes Brothers, Gus Van Sant plus many more! The full line up will be announced very, very soon.
The poster was described on the festival’s official website as a:
“Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
Mon dieu, what a load of bollocks. Typical nonsense. Where was this timeless elegance when films like...
This year the festival/film market has unveiled a stylish poster featuring Faye Dunaway photographed by Jerry Schatzberg for his flick Puzzle of a Downfall Child.
The 64th Cannes Film Festival kicks off next month with Woody Allen’s Midnight In Paris. The festival this year features new films from Lars von Trier (Melancholia), Terrence Malick, the Dardennes Brothers, Gus Van Sant plus many more! The full line up will be announced very, very soon.
The poster was described on the festival’s official website as a:
“Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.”
Mon dieu, what a load of bollocks. Typical nonsense. Where was this timeless elegance when films like...
- 4/4/2011
- by Martyn Conterio
- FilmShaft.com
Photo: Cannes Film Festival This morning the Cannes Film Festival debuted the poster for this year's 64th edition featuring Faye Dunaway as its muse and a far more sleek and elegant design than I've seen from the fest in recent years.
The photo in the poster was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970 and is described in the press release accompanying the image saying, "Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain."
The rest of the release read like this: Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d'Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album "Blonde on Blonde." In the early...
The photo in the poster was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970 and is described in the press release accompanying the image saying, "Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain."
The rest of the release read like this: Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d'Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album "Blonde on Blonde." In the early...
- 4/4/2011
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
Faye Dunaway has been unveiled as the poster star for the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. The screen icon, whose movies include Bonnie and Clyde and Chinatown, is shown in a black and white image - taken in 1970 by her then boyfriend, photographer and filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg - entwined with the number 64. Dunaway and Schatzberg will attend this year's Cannes for a special gala screening of their 1970 movie Puzzle of a Downfall Child. Schatzberg later won the (more)...
- 4/4/2011
- by By Simon Reynolds
- Digital Spy
Here is the official poster for the 64th Cannes Film Festival featuring Faye Dunaway. A restored print of her 1970 classic Puzzle of a Downfall Child will be screened at the festival. The full list of film's will be announced in mid-April, but we do know that Woody Allen‘s Midnight In Paris opens the fest and that Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life will be the main event. Check out the full size poster below:
Here is a description of the poster from the site:
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in...
Here is a description of the poster from the site:
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in...
- 4/4/2011
- by Tiberius
- GeekTyrant
With the full lineup getting announced mid-April, Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the official poster for the 64th edition of the prestigious event. It features Faye Dunaway, whose 1970 classic Puzzle of a Downfall Child will be screened at the fest thanks to a restored print. Check out more info and look forward to our continued coverage of the festival, in which Woody Allen‘s Midnight In Paris will kick things off and Terrence Malick‘s The Tree of Life will be the main event.
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a...
This photo of Faye Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg in 1970.
Model of sophistication and timeless elegance, it is an embodiment of the cinematic dream that the Festival de Cannes seeks to maintain.
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a...
- 4/4/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
Deadline have revealed the 2011 poster for one of the most prestigious film festivals on planet Earth, Cannes!
This awesome new classy poster for the 64th Cannes uses legendary actress, Faye Dunaway to promote not only the event but also the movie, Puzzle of a Downfall Child which has recently been restored by Universal Studios to premiere at the Festival which takes place 11th – 22nd May.
The photo of Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg who also directed Puzzle of a Downfall Child. Both will be in attendance at the 2011 festival.
We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be going along to Cannes for a few days courtesy of Stella Artois to get a feel for the festival and we’ll soak up as much and see as much as we possibly can and report it all back to you.
Check out the poster below and keep your eyes...
This awesome new classy poster for the 64th Cannes uses legendary actress, Faye Dunaway to promote not only the event but also the movie, Puzzle of a Downfall Child which has recently been restored by Universal Studios to premiere at the Festival which takes place 11th – 22nd May.
The photo of Dunaway was taken by Jerry Schatzberg who also directed Puzzle of a Downfall Child. Both will be in attendance at the 2011 festival.
We’re very excited to announce that we’ll be going along to Cannes for a few days courtesy of Stella Artois to get a feel for the festival and we’ll soak up as much and see as much as we possibly can and report it all back to you.
Check out the poster below and keep your eyes...
- 4/4/2011
- by David Sztypuljak
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
So… as already announced, Shadow And Act will be heading to the Cannes Film Festival this year, in the lovely French Riviera. We were granted press credentials, and Wendy, aka MsWOO, who lives in London, will be attending for Shadow And Act, so you’ll get firsthand reporting from MsWOO on all the films screening at the festival – those she’s able to see anyway (after all, she’s only 1 person) – as well as all the other activities her press pass will get her into, notably, Q&As with filmmakers and other talent.
The festival runs from May 11th through the 22nd, so we’re about 1 1/2 months away; however, we’re a less than 2 weeks away from when the festival committee reveals their lineup for the year.
In the meantime, check out the just-unveiled poster for the festival, above-left (click to enlarge it). In it is a photo of Faye Dunaway,...
The festival runs from May 11th through the 22nd, so we’re about 1 1/2 months away; however, we’re a less than 2 weeks away from when the festival committee reveals their lineup for the year.
In the meantime, check out the just-unveiled poster for the festival, above-left (click to enlarge it). In it is a photo of Faye Dunaway,...
- 4/4/2011
- by Tambay
- ShadowAndAct
The incomparable Faye Dunaway graces Cannes poster art from Deadline via Twitter pal Julian Stark at moviesandotherthings. Julian says it’s a shot by Jerry Schatzberg who directed her in his first film,...
- 4/4/2011
- by Ryan Adams
- AwardsDaily.com
In a minimalist design, Faye Dunaway lauds the official Cannes Film Festival poster for this year’s 64th outing of the festival that runs May 11th-22nd.
The photo of Dunaway was taken in 1970 when she was 29 by director Jerry Schatzberg when she modelled for Esquire magazine and he convinced the Bonnie & Clyde actress to star in a movie he was developing about a troubled former model in New York who was venturing into depression (recalling her past glory, the over-worked stressful days, an affair with an advertising exec).
The movie was titled Puzzle Of A Downfall Child but wasn’t a big success and has rarely been seen in decades and is not currently available on DVD, however Universal have gone to the trouble of restoring the original print, touching it up, and distributors Carlotta have made sure it’ll play at the festival next month. The film will...
The photo of Dunaway was taken in 1970 when she was 29 by director Jerry Schatzberg when she modelled for Esquire magazine and he convinced the Bonnie & Clyde actress to star in a movie he was developing about a troubled former model in New York who was venturing into depression (recalling her past glory, the over-worked stressful days, an affair with an advertising exec).
The movie was titled Puzzle Of A Downfall Child but wasn’t a big success and has rarely been seen in decades and is not currently available on DVD, however Universal have gone to the trouble of restoring the original print, touching it up, and distributors Carlotta have made sure it’ll play at the festival next month. The film will...
- 4/4/2011
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
Restored 'Puzzle Of A Downfall Child' To Screen At Cannes Last year, it was Juliette Binoche, and this year another acclaimed actress is featured front on center on the beautiful official poster for the Cannes Film Festival. A stunning Faye Dunaway covers the poster for this year's fest with a photo taken by "Scarecrow" and "Panic In Needle Park" filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg in 1970. The director was taking photos of Dunaway for Esquire magazine when he told her about a film he was developing about the modelling world entitled "Puzzle Of A Downfall Child." Dunaway, who was just getting her…...
- 4/4/2011
- The Playlist
The image of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival? It's Faye Dunaway, in a photo taken by Palme d'Or-winning Scarecrow director and photographer Jerry Schatzberg in 1970. The relevance to this year's festival: Schatzberg's first film, the Dunaway-starrer Puzzle of a Downfall Child, has been restored by Universal Pictures, and the barely seen film will be screened at Cannes before it is distributed in France by Carlotta in the fall. Dunaway will be on hand for the festival screening as will Schatzberg, who went on to direct Panic in Needle Park with Al Pacino the following year.
- 4/4/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
By Sean O’Connell
Hollywoodnews.com: An elegant poster advertising the 64th Cannes Film Festival that tastefully masquerades the full beauty of Faye Dunaway was released by event organizers this morning. We have it below.
Filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, who won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for his film, Scarecrow, snapped this black-and-white photo of Dunaway in 1970, fest reps explain.
“‘Puzzle of a Downfall Child,’ in which Faye Dunaway has the starring role, has been restored by Universal Pictures. Rarely seen on the big screen the film will be distributed in France by Carlotta in the fall and the restored print will be screened in Cannes in the presence of the director and his actress,” a press release states.
You can download the Cannes Film Festival’s official poster here.
This year’s fest, which opens with Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight in Paris,” runs May 11-22. We will bring you...
Hollywoodnews.com: An elegant poster advertising the 64th Cannes Film Festival that tastefully masquerades the full beauty of Faye Dunaway was released by event organizers this morning. We have it below.
Filmmaker Jerry Schatzberg, who won Cannes’ Palme d’Or in 1973 for his film, Scarecrow, snapped this black-and-white photo of Dunaway in 1970, fest reps explain.
“‘Puzzle of a Downfall Child,’ in which Faye Dunaway has the starring role, has been restored by Universal Pictures. Rarely seen on the big screen the film will be distributed in France by Carlotta in the fall and the restored print will be screened in Cannes in the presence of the director and his actress,” a press release states.
You can download the Cannes Film Festival’s official poster here.
This year’s fest, which opens with Woody Allen’s latest, “Midnight in Paris,” runs May 11-22. We will bring you...
- 4/4/2011
- by Sean O'Connell
- Hollywoodnews.com
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