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Cannes '09 Lineup Announced, And It's Loaded With Potential! Tarantino! Von Trier! Haneke! Noe! Ming-Liang!
Beaks here...
Looking over the lineup for the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, I have but one word: brutal.
Though the shindig promises to get off to a fairly sunny, if somewhat bittersweet, start with Pete Docter's UP, it looks like festival-goers are in for some serious cinematic punishment thereafter. There's a new horror film from Lars von Trier (ANTICHRIST), a vampire flick from Park Chan-wook (THIRST), a period drama about "ritual punishment" at a rural German school from Smilin' Michael Haneke (THE WHITE RIBBON), a "psychodrama" from IN MY SKIN's Marina de Van (NE TE RETOURNE PAS), and a movie about near-death experiences from Gaspar Noe (ENTER THE VOID).
Someone want to give me an over-under on walkouts for Noe's follow-up to IRREVERSIBLE? According to Noe, here's what his audience is in for:
The visions described in the script are inspired partly by the accounts of people who have had near-death experiences, who describe a tunnel of light, seeing their lives flashing past them and "astral" visions, and partly by similar hallucinatory experiences obtained by consuming DMT, the molecule which the brain sometimes secretes at the moment of death and which, in small doses, enables us to dream at night. The film should sometimes scare the audience, make it cry and, as much as possible, hypnotise it.
Yikes. And just in case you think this talk of "astral visions" means Noe's gone all soft on us, consider this disclaimer which was attached to a poster at the Berlin Film Festival: "Viewers are advised that this film contains scenes of heavy drug use, graphic sex and extreme violence." As someone who's probably going to list IRREVERSIBLE as one of the ten best films of the decade... I'm fucking terrified by this thing.
So where's the relief from this onslaught of (presumed) unpleasantness? There's Ang Lee's TAKING WOODSTOCK, Tsai Ming-liang's FACE (a "comedy" about a filmmaker exploring the Salome myth), and LES HERBES FOLLES, a new movie from eight-five-year-old master Alain Resnais. Here's the full list of entries. See anything that inflames your loins?
Opening
UP U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Closing
COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY, France, Jan Kounen
In Competition
BRIGHT STAR, Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
SPRING FEVER, China-France, Lou Ye
ANTICHRIST, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
ENTER THE VOID, France, Gaspar Noe
FACE, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
LES HERBES FOLLES, France-Italy, Alain Resnais
IN THE BEGINNING France, Xavier Giannoli
A PROPHET, France, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON, Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
VENGEANCE, Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
VINCERE, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
KINATAY, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
THIRST, South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
BROKEN EMBRACES, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO, Spain, Isabel Coixet
FISH TANK, U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
LOOKING FOR ERIC, U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, U.S., Quentin Tarantino
TAKING WOODSTOCK, U.S., Ang Lee
Out of Competition
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
THE ARMY OF CRIME, France, Robert Guediguian
AGORA, Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
Midnight Screenings
A TOWN CALLED PANIC, Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
NE TE RETOURNE PAS, France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
DRAG ME TO HELL, U.S., Sam Raimi
Special Screenings
PETITION, China, Zhao Liang
L'EPINE DANS LE COEUR, France, Michel Gondry
MIN YE, France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
JAFFA, Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
MANILA, Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER, U.S., Anne Aghion
Un Certain Regard
SAMSON & DELILAH, Australia, Warwick Thornton
ADRIFT, Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
THE WIND JOURNEYS, Colombia, Ciro Guerra
DEMAIN DES L'AUBE, France, Denis Dercourt
IRENE, France, Alain Cavalier
AIR DOLL, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
INDEPENDENCE, Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
LE PERE DE MES ENFANTS, France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
DOGTOOTH, Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE PERSIAN CATS, Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
EYES WIDE OPEN, Israel, Haim Tabakman
MOTHER, South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
THE SILENT ARMY, Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
TO DIE LIKE A MAN, Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
POLICE, ADJECTIVE, Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE, Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
TALE IN THE DARKNESS Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
TZAR, Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
NYMPH Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
PRECIOUS, U.S., Lee Daniels
UP U.S., Pete Docter, Bob Peterson
Closing
COCO CHANEL & IGOR STRAVINSKY, France, Jan Kounen
In Competition
BRIGHT STAR, Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion
SPRING FEVER, China-France, Lou Ye
ANTICHRIST, Denmark-Sweden-France-Italy, Lars von Trier
ENTER THE VOID, France, Gaspar Noe
FACE, France-Taiwan-Netherlands-Belgium, Tsai Ming-liang
LES HERBES FOLLES, France-Italy, Alain Resnais
IN THE BEGINNING France, Xavier Giannoli
A PROPHET, France, Jacques Audiard
THE WHITE RIBBON, Germany-Austria-France, Michael Haneke
VENGEANCE, Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
THE TIME THAT REMAINS, Israel-France-Belgium-Italy, Elia Suleiman
VINCERE, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
KINATAY, Philippines, Brillante Mendoza
THIRST, South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
BROKEN EMBRACES, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
MAP OF THE SOUNDS OF TOKYO, Spain, Isabel Coixet
FISH TANK, U.K.-Netherlands, Andrea Arnold
LOOKING FOR ERIC, U.K.-France-Belgium-Italy, Ken Loach
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, U.S., Quentin Tarantino
TAKING WOODSTOCK, U.S., Ang Lee
Out of Competition
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
THE ARMY OF CRIME, France, Robert Guediguian
AGORA, Spain, Alejandro Amenabar
Midnight Screenings
A TOWN CALLED PANIC, Belgium, Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar
NE TE RETOURNE PAS, France-Belgium-Luxembourg-Italy, Marina de Van
DRAG ME TO HELL, U.S., Sam Raimi
Special Screenings
PETITION, China, Zhao Liang
L'EPINE DANS LE COEUR, France, Michel Gondry
MIN YE, France-Mali, Souleyumane Cisse
JAFFA, Israel-France-Germany, Keren Yedaya
MANILA, Philippines, Adolfo Alix Jr., Raya Martin
MY NEIGHBOR, MY KILLER, U.S., Anne Aghion
Un Certain Regard
SAMSON & DELILAH, Australia, Warwick Thornton
ADRIFT, Brazil, Heitor Dhalia
THE WIND JOURNEYS, Colombia, Ciro Guerra
DEMAIN DES L'AUBE, France, Denis Dercourt
IRENE, France, Alain Cavalier
AIR DOLL, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
INDEPENDENCE, Philippines-France-Germany, Raya Martin
LE PERE DE MES ENFANTS, France-Germany, Mia Hansen-Love
DOGTOOTH, Greece, Yorgos Lanthimos
NOBODY KNOWS ABOUT THE PERSIAN CATS, Iran, Bahman Ghobadi
EYES WIDE OPEN, Israel, Haim Tabakman
MOTHER, South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
THE SILENT ARMY, Netherlands, Jean van de Velde
TO DIE LIKE A MAN, Portugal, Joao Pedro Rodrigues
POLICE, ADJECTIVE, Romania, Corneliu Porumboiu
TALES FROM THE GOLDEN AGE, Romania, Hanno Hofer, Razvan Marculescu, Cristian Mungiu, Constantin Popescu, Ioana Uricaru
TALE IN THE DARKNESS Russia, Nikolay Khomeriki
TZAR, Russia-France, Pavel Lounguine
NYMPH Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
PRECIOUS, U.S., Lee Daniels
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I thought maybe she had retired.
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Apr 23, 2009 2:00:21 PM CDT
I wonder how strict they are about cell phones, texting...
by soylentmean
and such. I mean it's in France, what are they gonna threaten the super rich/elite audience with, cheese? A ton of interesting sounding movies that people with more money than me get to see first. That's my shocker for the day.
I'm actually kinda interested in the reaction Inglourious Basterds gets (still annoyed by that purposeful misspelling). -
If you're talking memorable impact then you're spot on, if you're talking about a movie to cherish and watch numerous times, well than I disagree.
Just thinking about that movie makes my jaw drop. -
Any review for Inglorious Basterds that doesn't already say it pales in comparison to an unseen Expendables will immediately be branded a "plant" by at least twenty-five talkbackers. Just you wait 'till it screens, you'll see.
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ain't gonna win.
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There's gonna be one lucky coke dealer in France. Start bundling now, Frenchmen!
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I want to see!
Lineup looks great... wish I could go... -
We've got some info on Enter the Void here in The Zone: http://zone.aintitcool.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=71675 (delete the spaces).
Yeah I know, The Zone sucks. It's deader than Da Vinci etc. etc.
Out of that lineup, I'm most looking forward to Ang Lee's "don't take the brown acid" flick and a new Alan Resnais film. I just saw one he did with Dirk Bogarde the other day, I think it was called Providence, and it cracked open my little mind. Crazy stuff. -
pimping the zone so hard.
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Anybody else see the trailer and just feel like this thing is going to complete garbage?
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If he's up against Almodover, Tarantino is gonna get his ass handed to him. That is all.
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That's 'Almodovar.' Damned arthritis.
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I wish I could go : (
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Is why are we pimping The Zone on the talkbacks? It's like trying to sell soap at a Hell's Angels convention.
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Apr 23, 2009 3:03:55 PM CDT
I'd Like To See A Film About Eli Roth's Head Getting Bashed In
by the_first_rule_of_fight_club
They should really make a film about some nazis who round up roth, tarantino, and certain aicn staffers and proceed to bash their brains out of their ears with baseball bats. They should call it "glourious basterds". I'd pay money to see that.
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Antichrist (though the trailer was awful) and the new Resnais. I guess I am intrigued by Enter The Void. I have this sinking pit in part of my stomach that tells me Inglorious Bastars is going to be awful.
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Best prequel ever. And dammit it IS a prequel.
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oy vey!
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Irreversible isn't even as bad as I Stand Alone. I Stand Alone is also the better film. I should say however that I am not really a Noe fan. His films are viscerally interesting yet hollow emotionally.
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As long as he's still directing, I'm interested, even his lesser works are wonderful.
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Even the last 2 Matrix abortions.
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Wait.......
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I Stand Alone is a kooky masterpiece of nuttiness.
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I'll check that out. And I don't think The Zone sucks at all.
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Palm d'Or: Broken Embraces
Best Actor: the male cast of Inglorious Basterds
Best Actress: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist
Best Director: Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock
Best Screenplay: The White Ribbon, by Michael Haneke.
Of course, replace a couple of names there by two unknowns and totally random picks. -
....naw I'll go watch Kojak instead...
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I wanted my name to be 'Jewbacca' (after my flying callsign), bu tit was already taken.
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"But It Was Already Taken." Man, I need some serious Motrin.
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whats the status on that?
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I always loved how the film BRAINSTORM chronicled the visions seen when dying . It left it up to the viewer to decide if what we were seeing was the last visions of a dying brain or... something else.
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including a new Ken Loach and Pedrom Almaovar.
Fingers crossed that the 'Basterds is good too (don't care if it wins anything - just want it to be good) -
I've sat through (and enjoyed) Irreversible 5 times. I see nothing wrong with that. I'm really looking forward to this movie. Imma get a 8 ball, a prostitute and 2 tickets. Fun Fun!!
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And nothing more.
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How do you figure?
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I got punched hard in the chest by my friend, as I recommended Irreversible, not describing it too much and vaguely putting it in the effed-up cinema grouping. Well, his girl had similar tastes, Eraserhead, Argento and whatnot... They apparently watched it together, and then broke up over the following few weeks. I apologized but still got the wind knocked out of me.
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In addition to the others mentioned, there are new works by Jonnie To (it's cool he's in the festival at all let alone competition), Park Chan-Wook, Terry Gilliam, Alejandro Amenabar, Sam Raimi, Michel Gondry, and Bong Joon-ho. This is the only time I can remember actually wanting to go to Cannes because the lineup is so strong.
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if it was in american and in english it would have been written of as garbage
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On the big screen, it's hard to stop peeking from behind my hands…That takes a hell of a lot of power to engage the audience viscerally and emotionally. His films are more effective than any horror film I can think of. I think dread is the word I'm looking for.
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to back my word, i think Loach will win.
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Noe is one sick director.
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One of the most graphically violent films I've ever witnessed, but a very good movie nonetheless. I wound up watching it two more times. I actually think the backwards narrative was put to more effective use in that film than in MEMENTO (which is also a great film). In IRREVERSIBLE, the backwards narrative made the whole tragedy in the story even more heartbreaking. And the camera work was stunning.
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How do you figure? I'm not trying to start an argument. I'm just curious.
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The people who I've seen own Irreversible also own movies like The Story of Ricky, a few Larry Clark movies, one or two Takashi Miike movies, Faces of Death, things like Romper Stomper and Made in Britain. That doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the individual films, but a large chunk of their fanbase does seem to consist of young adults so disaffected that they can only watch the most gruesome, repugnant things in order to be emotionally moved in any way.
It's hard to say whether these movies are more moral because they let the impact of the violence hit home, or if they've got a violence fetish. The fact that none of these filmmakers have strayed too far from the "sick shit!" genre implies it might be more of the latter than some of you are letting on. -
ENTER THE VOID, France, Gaspar Noe
VENGEANCE, Hong Kong-France-U.S., Johnnie To
VINCERE, Italy-France, Marco Bellocchio
THIRST, South Korea-U.S., Park Chan-wook
BROKEN EMBRACES, Spain, Pedro Almodovar
TAKING WOODSTOCK, U.S., Ang Lee
THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, Canada-France, Terry Gilliam
DRAG ME TO HELL, U.S., Sam Raimi
L'EPINE DANS LE COEUR, France, Michel Gondry
AIR DOLL, Japan, Hirokazu Kore-eda
MOTHER, South Korea, Bong Joon-ho
NYMPH Thailand, Pen-ek Ratanaruang
The movies I'm the REALLY waiting for: Mother, Vengeance, Drag me to hell (FUCK THE TORTURE PORN) and Taking Woodstock.
The fact that the latest (bad...and overlong) joke of that clown Tarantino is in competition, and that Mother isn't is another proof that Cannes officials probably love the taste of Tarantino's cum in their mouth... -
Tarantino has disappointed and awed us over the years, so I hope Inglorious Basterds is gonna rock. What I really want from Tarantino is another more introvert piece like Jackie Brown. That movie was an underrated little gem; just thinking about it brings a smile to my face.
Also, no mention of Almodovar? Show some respect, please!
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Wasn't that the Filipino guy who got laughed out of the festival with that thing he made ?The French. Haha. Guess they can't live with their ' Third World Poverty Porn ' crap. Either that, or the guy's got one hell of an enterprising promoter.Other than this, pretty bad-ass line up. Especially like how horror is getting more mileage, and how gore stuff is enjoying its time of day. Lord Christian Bale would be pleased.
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The River bothered me for weeks. I watch all of his movies, but they bother me. I like to be bothered. Even What Time Is It There? is creepy.
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Still in love with Meme the mermaid from Suzhou River.
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Apr 24, 2009 6:41:06 AM CDT
Irreversible is indeed one of the best films of the decade.
by knuckleduster
A perfect example of just how powerful and effective cinema can be. Fuck, I had to find a new reason to live after watching that film. This line-up looks like the best in years. Almodovar, Amenabar, Loach, To, Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Lee, Von Trier, Haneke... Imagine watching all of those in a week. That's some serious intake.
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That The Road would screen at Cannes. Maybe not in competition, but it seems like it would go over well with the festival crowd.
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