Cannes 2008

Sanjuro · **Posted:** Sun May 25, 2008 9:52 pm

Berlueur wrote:

If you're itching for the prizes and aren't able to find the info:

- Caméra d'or: Hunger
- Best screenwriting: Le silence de Lorna
- Best actress: Sandra Corveloni for her role in Linha de Passe
- Best actor: Benicio del Toro for his role in Che
- Jury prize: Il divo
- Best direction: Three monkeys
- Grand prize: Gomorra
- Special prizes to Catherine Deneuve and Clint Eastwood for their career's work
- Palme d'or: Entre les murs

Il divo? So what happened to Tokyo Sonata? I heard last night Kurosawa won the Jury Prize, then saw this list when I logged on this morning.

Dammed complicated this Cannes thing. Are there two jury prizes or something?

Edit: So...Un Certain Regard is a separate competition, is that it?

portnoy · **Joined:** Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:03 am

Barmy wrote:

I wonder how much of this tedious garbage people will still be flocking to see in 20, 30 years or more. I bet none. Cannes-winner "Blowup" completely filled MoMA's large theater yesterday despite being available on DVD. Very little of the Cannes slate seemed "for the ages" to begin with, but the slate of "winners" in particular is sad, grim and pathetic. No we Cannes't.

Which of these movies, exactly, have you seen?

Grimfarrow · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 12:29 am

ENTRE LES MURS is a great film. I was very happy to see the film, and see the director deservedly get the award (unanimous decision!).

GOMORRA I'm really not so hot on. It's a rather patchy work that has multiple strands that don't weave together well. It's OK for what it is - a modern gangster film (albeit with 2 really stupid kids). But not sure it warrants a Gran Prix.

I have no idea what people's problems are with SERBIS. I think it's a strong film. I talked with Dennis Lim and Scott Foundas and they agreed.

yoshimori · **Joined:** Wed Nov 03, 2004 2:03 am **Location:** LA CA

Sanjuro, Kurosawa won the Un certain regard (the official sidebar) jury prize. Tokyo Sonata was not in the official Competition.

Entre les murs is a reasonable top choice. Quite well done ... but not the least "artistic" in the sense of individual-expression-auteur-type art. I'd recommend seeing it.

The awards for the Italian films are jokes. Other prizes seem scattershot. No surprise.

colinr0380 · **Posted:** Mon May 26, 2008 9:53 am

Glenn Kenny's comments on the awards.

Antoine Doinel · **Posted:** Thu Jul 31, 2008 8:59 am

The Hollywood Reporter does a good round up on the status of some of the higher profile pics that are still looking for American distribution deals.

Steven Soderbergh is sticking to his longer cut of Che, though he has knocked off about five to seven minutes from each half. He is looking to release part one in January and part two in February, with a limited run in December of the film as a whole piece. One distributor was ready to ink a deal for a three hour cut but was turned down, but unfortunately, no other distributors are yet in place.

James Gray's Two Lovers has been picked up by Magnolia and will open in early 2009, while Sony Pictures Classics will release Synecdoche, New York in the fall.

mfunk9786 · **Joined:** Fri May 16, 2008 4:43 pm

Good to hear that Synecdoche, New York got a distribution deal. Sony Pictures Classics is one of the better distributors for a film like this, too, they tend to do very well with rolling a film out slowly and eventually releasing it in some more mainstream (Regal, AMC) theaters as well as city arthouse ones. Which is exactly what this movie needs.

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