The Daily 2012

24 May

Carlos Reygadas: "Life is a little transformed in this film"

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 5:22 PM

Carlos Reygadas went along with the press conference game for his film Post Tenebras Lux, the day after it was screened in Competition. His actors joined him to answer questions from journalists. The importance of blurring in still photography explained by Carlos ReygadasAs regards the scenes shot outside, the sides are blurred but...
Surprise screening

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 4:00 PM

Surprise screening, Salle du Soixantième, 22:30 p.m., Thursday, May, 24 (access with badges)!
Lee Daniels: "I made this film by diving into my own past"

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 3:14 PM

The entire cast of The Paperboy, the new film by Lee Daniels presented in Competition, talked to journalists during a press conference:Lee Daniels remembers the state of mind he used to adapt Pete Dexter's novel:"There is some truth in this film. I used my own story for the character played by Macy Gray (Anita). Members of my family...
In attendance at Cannes

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 11:02 AM

The actors and directors expected to be in attendance in Cannes today are:
Norman Lloyd's history lesson

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 8:34 PM

To do justice to this anniversary year, we decided to organise not one, but three workshops. Alongside Alexandre Desplat’s music lesson and Philip Kaufman’s cinema workshop, Norman Lloyd will be giving a history lesson this Thursday. Norman Lloyd is an actor, producer and director who started out in Hollywood playing a supporting...
Miss Lovely, a Baroque fairytale in the Bollywood slums

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 1:04 PM

"Mean streets meets Boogie Nights". This is how Therry Frémaux pitched this Indian film when the selection was announced. Miss Lovely is Ashim Ahluwalia's first fictional film. Ashim Ahluwalia grew up in Bombay before going to study film at Bard College in New York. His first film, John and Jane (2005) took place in a call centre in...
The Central Park Five: racial injustice in New York

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 1:44 PM

In their documentary The Central Park Five, David Mac Mahon, Sarah Burns and Ken Burns examine the case of the Central Park rape. In the late 1980s, the story triggered strong emotions in New-Yorkers and a sensational media storm across the US. It turned out to be a tale of racial injustice. Photo du film The Central...
Did you know? The Festival application

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 11:06 AM

Find all the news for the 2012 Festival de Cannes on iPhone, iPad, Android and Android tablets. You will find detailed information and news on films, screening times, interviews, photos and videos... as well as live coverage of the Awards!This application is free and downloadable on the stores. > Download the application
Animation: "total freedom" for Patrice Leconte

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:31 AM

Patrice Leconte presents an animation film in Cannes Junior: The Suicide Shop. A feature film with undertones of black humour, adapted from the novel of the same name by Jean Teulé. "I loved Jean Teulé's book," admits Patrice Leconte. "What I found engaging is the way it is very dark and yet very joyful at the same time." The Tuvache...
A restored print of Georges Lautner's Great Spy Chase (Les Barbouzes)

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 26.05.2012 at 11:31 AM

Georges Lautner presents The Great Spy Chase, better known as Les Barbouzes, in Cannes Classics. This timeless 1964 comedy restored by Gaumont and Eclair, stars a team of actors who feature in the cast of over a dozen movies by the same director. The year before, in 1963, Georges Lautner directed the classic Tontons Flingueurs ...
Quote of the Day

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 11:06 AM

"I like the words 'motor' and 'action', but they no longer apply to film today. The term 'power' is used, but it is a false power." (Leos Carax)
Lee Daniels explores human nature

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 4:09 PM

For his third full-length movie, the director of the critically-acclaimed Precious (2008) has taken his inspiration from a psychological thriller written by journalist Pete Dexter. The Paperboy is above all a reflection on human behaviour. Before US director Lee Daniels finally brought it to the screen, the script of The Paperboy ...
Carlos Reygadas shines a spotlight on rural troubles

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 4:15 PM

Post Tenebras Lux, "After the darkness, the light." A title tailor-made for Carlos Reygadas, such is the designer's predilection for playing with light and contrasts. After Batailla en el cielo (2005) and Stellet Licht (Jury Prix 2007), the director and distributor is now back in Compeition.It is often said of Mexican Director...
Un Certain Regard Q&A: Catherine Corsini on Three Worlds

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 11:16 AM

After Replay, which featured In Competition in 2001, Catherine Corsini returns to Un Certain Regard with Three Worlds, a film that presents three characters: Al, who causes an accident and flees, Juliette, who witnesses the accident, and Véra, the wife of the victim, an undocumented Moldavian. They are all 30 years old, but their...
The Marché du Film

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 24.05.2012 at 1:26 PM

With over 4,000 films and 11,000 professionals in attendance, the Marché du Film is a key forum for the film industry. Discussions, contacts, meetings, screenings and more... Discover what the Marché du Film has to offer in the words of producers and distributors, and from Jérôme Paillard, Delegate Director...
Raoul Peck: "The cinema is more rigidly formatted today than it will be tomorrow"

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 11:54 AM

As Thierry Frémaux announced, the Jury of the 2012 Festival will “admit the chaos of the world”. That is one reason he invited Raoul Peck, the Haitian director known for his work in Rwanda and the Congo, to be a member of the Jury. A former journalist in Germany and Minister of Culture in Haiti, Peck finds inspiration for his...
Cinéma de la Plage : Spielberg in perilous waters

the 24.05.2012 at 12:00 AM - Updated on 25.05.2012 at 9:22 AM

Cannes Classics dives back into the dangerous waters of Jaws, the second film by the creator of ET (1982). Thrills are guaranteed with this restored version.Amity is one of those fictitious places that have marked the imagination of movie lovers the world over. It was in the clear waters off this non-existent American island, the...