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Post by stephen on Apr 11, 2024 11:40:39 GMT
A couple of people are saying that they've heard that The Apprentice may show up here. And there you go. Imagine if Stan wins at Berlin and Cannes in the same year. It would be wild if that happened for sure, but man, I feel like he would have to be utterly undeniable for that to happen for the sheer optics of it.
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Post by Mattsby on Apr 11, 2024 16:31:38 GMT
Qualley pulling a Huppert with two films in Comp! I'm easy to please when I see names like Coppola, Cronenberg, Schrader, Audiard. also I hope Cage and Sammo bump into each other at the Midnights - where the vampires hang out! MIDNIGHT SCREENINGSTWILIGHT OF THE WARRIOR WALLED IN – Soi CHEANG THE SURFER – Lorcan FINNEGAN Btw, Cheang's Accident (2009) on Netflix...lotta fun, a little De Palma-esque.
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Post by Tommen_Saperstein on Apr 11, 2024 18:53:11 GMT
Megalopolis is a blockbuster get because EVERYONE and their dog is on the edge of their seats for the feedback. As for the rest, more Sean Baker (who just keeps getting better and better), Cronenberg Sr, Arnold + Keoghan, Lanthimos -- yes please! But otherwise not *super* exciting at a glance. Would've loved seeing Emmanuelle and Hard Truths in the mix (Venice??) but can't wait to see what emerges from this group. What the hell is The Substance? (is it anything like The Stuff? ) predix: Palme d'Or - Motel DestinoGrand Prix - BirdJury Prize - AnoraBest Director - Jacques Audiard, Emilia PerezBest Actor - Ben Whishaw, Limonov: The Ballad of EddieBest Actress - Tao Zhao, Caught by the TidesBest Screenplay - Kinds of Kindness
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 12, 2024 19:24:38 GMT
It's been quite a few years since the official selection appears to be there just to show you what's on trend (and their new protegees don't have exactly what it takes - Abbasi, Serebrennikov...) and lacks more and more whatever could represent any sort of rupturous factor. I think the selections from 10 - 15 years ago had a more careful balace and care for countries outside central europe and north america. Lots of big heavy weights, let's hope this time around they remind us why they are sacred cows (the way Wenders and Kaurismaki did last year after many suspicious attempts)...
Predictions based on my excitement/curiosity:
Palm: Anora
Grand Prix: Megalopolis
Director: Andrea Arnold
Screenplay: Caught by the Ties
Jury Prize: Kind of Kindness
Actor: Ben Whishaw Actress: Chiara Mastroianni / Trine Dyrholm
They should consider to add supporting categories, so many performances have gone unnoticed !!
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 12, 2024 20:50:33 GMT
It's been quite a few years since the official selection appears to be there just to show you what's on trend (and their new protegees don't have exactly what it takes - Abbasi, Serebrennikov...) and lacks more and more whatever could represent any sort of rupturous factor. I think the selections from 10 - 15 years ago had a more careful balace and care for countries outside central europe and north america. Lots of big heavy weights, let's hope this time around they remind us why they are sacred cows (the way Wenders and Kaurismaki did last year after many suspicious attempts)... As a lover of Asian cinema, there is a lot of great work from over there from filmmakers that are being overlooked by the film festival crowds. S.S. Rajamouli (India), Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand), Junta Yamaguchi (Japan), Kim Bora (South Korea), Thiagarajan Kumararaja (India) Masaaki Yuasa, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Naoko Yamada (all anime directors from Japan)... none of them have ever played in competition at one of the Big Three. I'm not sure if any of them have played at all in the Big Three. South America - especially Argentina - has some great stuff too. Mariano Llinas, Cristian Ponce, Andreas Fontana (Swiss nationality, but worked in Argentina's film industry), Cristobal Leon/Joaquin Cocina - all of them are outsiders to the festival circuit that I find exciting. Although I haven't seen it, Laura Citarella's newest movie was also Cahiers du Cinema's #1 of last year, so maybe they have enough clout to get her in somewhere? I think the previous Asian favorites (To, Kawase, Kitano) have fallen out of favor and the organizers haven't filled in with any names outside of Europe or West Asia. There's that Chinese guy making the documentaries, I guess?
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 13, 2024 18:20:08 GMT
Martin Stett I'm not very good at names these days but after a quick check and much to my surprise I realised I've seen the work of all but one of the Latin American directors you listed (and liked) that gives me more confidence to dive into the Asian directors you mentioned. And if you're looking forward Trenque Lauquen I'd suggest you to also watch The Delinquents which actually premiered at Cannes last year and many people thouht deserved to be in the official competition.
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Post by stabcaesar on Apr 13, 2024 18:22:15 GMT
It's been quite a few years since the official selection appears to be there just to show you what's on trend (and their new protegees don't have exactly what it takes - Abbasi, Serebrennikov...) and lacks more and more whatever could represent any sort of rupturous factor. I think the selections from 10 - 15 years ago had a more careful balace and care for countries outside central europe and north america. Lots of big heavy weights, let's hope this time around they remind us why they are sacred cows (the way Wenders and Kaurismaki did last year after many suspicious attempts)... As a lover of Asian cinema, there is a lot of great work from over there from filmmakers that are being overlooked by the film festival crowds. S.S. Rajamouli (India), Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Thailand), Junta Yamaguchi (Japan), Kim Bora (South Korea), Thiagarajan Kumararaja (India) Masaaki Yuasa, Hiroyuki Imaishi, Naoko Yamada (all anime directors from Japan)... none of them have ever played in competition at one of the Big Three. I'm not sure if any of them have played at all in the Big Three. South America - especially Argentina - has some great stuff too. Mariano Llinas, Cristian Ponce, Andreas Fontana (Swiss nationality, but worked in Argentina's film industry), Cristobal Leon/Joaquin Cocina - all of them are outsiders to the festival circuit that I find exciting. Although I haven't seen it, Laura Citarella's newest movie was also Cahiers du Cinema's #1 of last year, so maybe they have enough clout to get her in somewhere? I think the previous Asian favorites (To, Kawase, Kitano) have fallen out of favor and the organizers haven't filled in with any names outside of Europe or West Asia. There's that Chinese guy making the documentaries, I guess? Not really a surprise. Europe is far more racist than the Anglophone.
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 13, 2024 20:03:48 GMT
Martin Stett I'm not very good at names these days but after a quick check and much to my surprise I realised I've seen the work of all but one of the Latin American directors you listed (and liked) that gives me more confidence to dive into the Asian directors you mentioned. And if you're looking forward Trenque Lauquen I'd suggest you to also watch The Delinquents which actually premiered at Cannes last year and many people thouht deserved to be in the official competition. Delinquents is on my list - I still have tons of 2023 stuff to get through, but I was super intrigued by the concept. Out of curiosity, which Latin American director haven't you seen? Llinas in particular is one of my favorite filmmakers ever, based off of three films (I can't find his others). Many of the directors I mentioned are people that have only one movie to their name (or at least only one that I've seen), but they excite me from my limited exposure. The silly time travel antics of Yamaguchi's Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes, the slow burn spy drama of Fontana's Azor, the Snatch-esque narratives of Thiagarajan's Aaranya Kaandam & Super Deluxe, the historical horrors of Ponce & Leon/Cocina (both History of the Occult & The Wolf House anchor their supernatural tales in the monstrous pasts of Argentina & Chile) - there are a lot of people that I think deserve the exposure of something like Cannes or Venice. And these are just people who have made cool stuff in the past six years!
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Post by avnermoriarti on Apr 16, 2024 16:21:00 GMT
Martin Stett yep, it's Llinas's work which remains a blind spot for me, I know La Flor has a following cult and many people describe it as on of the great unsung movies of the past decade. I'm all for movies lasting 4 hours but 4 hours and one minute then I'm on the fence and trigged by it (plus his movies as you said are not easy to find) but I'm sure eventually I'd watch one of hi films.
Anyways, there's always late additions to the competition so I'm curious to see what those titles would do for the whole selection (most times those last-minute titles end up taking a prize or becoming the most talked about).
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Post by stephen on Apr 17, 2024 14:33:43 GMT
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 18, 2024 4:04:06 GMT
The greatest Palme d'Or winner ever
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Post by JangoB on Apr 22, 2024 16:37:05 GMT
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Post by DanQuixote on Apr 22, 2024 19:33:28 GMT
Now we have our full lineup, here’s what I’m predicting for the awards:
Palme d’Or - THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG by Mohammad Rasoulof Grand Prix - BIRD by Andrea Arnold Prix du Jury - ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT by Payal Kapadia Best Director - Miguel Gomes for GRAND TOUR Best Actor - The Teen Lead for THREE MILES TO THE END OF THE WORLD Best Actress - Trine Dyrholm for THE GIRL AND THE NEEDLE Best Screenplay - Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou for KINDS OF KINDNESS
I feel like the Hazanavicius, Riedinger and Aïnouz will factor somewhere too.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 29, 2024 14:16:37 GMT
The jury:- Ebru Ceylan - Lily Gladstone - Eva Green - Nadine Labaki - J.A. Bayona - Pierfrancisco Favino - Hirokazu Kore-eda - Omar Sy
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Post by stephen on Apr 29, 2024 14:18:20 GMT
The jury:- Ebru Ceylan - Lily Gladstone - Eva Green - Nadine Labaki - J.A. Bayona - Pierfrancisco Favino - Hirokazu Kore-eda - Omar Sy This is a pretty solid jury. I thought Omar Sy's done it before but maybe I'm wrong. At first blush I don't see any potential Xavier Dolans in this mix.
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Post by JangoB on Apr 29, 2024 14:23:35 GMT
The jury:- Ebru Ceylan - Lily Gladstone - Eva Green - Nadine Labaki - J.A. Bayona - Pierfrancisco Favino - Hirokazu Kore-eda - Omar Sy This is a pretty solid jury. I thought Omar Sy's done it before but maybe I'm wrong. At first blush I don't see any potential Xavier Dolans in this mix. My only quibble with the jury is that Gerwig should be begging to be part of Kore-eda's jury, not presiding over him
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Post by mhynson27 on Apr 29, 2024 14:25:59 GMT
Let's be real, they should all be bowing down to Queen Gladstone.
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Post by stephen on Apr 29, 2024 14:30:54 GMT
This is a pretty solid jury. I thought Omar Sy's done it before but maybe I'm wrong. At first blush I don't see any potential Xavier Dolans in this mix. My only quibble with the jury is that Gerwig should be begging to be part of Kore-eda's jury, not presiding over him Kore-eda is a Cannes vet and it is surprising to see him not heading a jury of his own, but maybe he's happy to just be part of the festivities without the pressure of being the president. Plus Gerwig has the heat on her as it is.
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Post by Martin Stett on Apr 29, 2024 15:12:30 GMT
My baseless predictions, since all of the comp has been announced:
Palme d’Or - Parthenope (Paolo Sorrentino) Grand Prix - Oh Canada (Paul Schrader) Prix du Jury - Grand Tour (Miguel Gomes) Best Director - The Shrouds (David Cronenberg) Best Actor - Limonov: The Ballad (Ben Whishaw) Best Actress - Wild Diamond (Malou Khebizi) Best Screenplay - The Girl with the Needle (Magnus von Horn, Line Langebek) Un Certain Regard - Armand (Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel)
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Post by stephen on May 2, 2024 23:28:19 GMT
Meryl Streep is getting an honorary Palme (one of a billion they're handing out at this festival apparently).
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