closed the curtain on the Venice Film Festival, the final comment of our personal envoy, together with the fed list of his reviews, reader of this blog at Inc. offers a comprehensive overview on the ups and downs brave film criticism noted in the city of transgenic cat.
not push.
" Quentin is a serious person and will choose the best . So replica Monte Hellman, who discovered the first Tarantino, who asked him on behalf of a possible conflict of interest at the dawn of the final verdict.
And who knows if he knew, however, that the director of "Reservoir Dogs" (produced by him) actually left the room in mid-screening of his particular, but not exceptional "Road to Nowhere."
Moreover, even the chatter and laughter during the screening of "Balada sad," the Spaniard Alex De la Iglesia seemed to attest to the sincere appreciation of the President of the jury, as well as the devotion shown to her beloved Takashi Miike and the double vision that appears to have granted to the classic and sumptuous (but for us mortals a bit 'boring) "13 Assassins" .
Well this did not prevent the award of the Golden Lion went instead to "Somewhere," a film akin to the little taste pulp but obviously with a very special appeal.
front of more sophisticated direction of his ex-girlfriend could just sad and foolish deeds of the English circus clown (Silver Lion) or the blood of those poisoned samurai in feudal Japan, nor has upset most of the time history of the black Venus
, considered a great wrong not even worthy of Volpi Cup and runners-up prizes.
Grave missed opportunity indeed to deny the award for Best Actress at the extraordinary Yahima Torres, interpreter and sincere terrible tragic story told in the film Kechiche. Perhaps not too disturbing to be ignored by those who wanted to deprive once a deserved recognition of a director so committed and militant.
partial redemption for the purest of the films in competition, one directed by Jerzy Skolimoswki great quality on which we have already written
, and consoles himself with the Grand Jury Prize and Cup Foxes in an excellent Vincent Gallo that has not accepted the award by choosing to remain camouflaged from the public.
Character sui generis, but undoubtedly one of the most consistent artists of the seventh art, although his film as a director has turned to water on all sides. It is no accident that its were "Promises" written in water ".
Frankly disappointing but the decision to award Labeda Ariane, the heroine of the movie inexplicably competition entitled "Attenbergh" that more than a reflection on the animal nature (SCA) of man makes us reflect on how much damage it can create the vision of the repeated Sir David Attenborough documentaries of the poor, inspiring the title of "perversions" (later perversions are not) of the protagonist.
not waste a word about what was "the festival of Tarantino's" right and wrong and what could be the verdict, nor are greatly interested to note that a long time Coppola's daughter with the first soloist of the Phoenix if he meant by the president of the jury, which awarded the Golden Lion.
It is so obviously that had to go. Point.
The controversy over the "unfair treatment" received by the Italian films completely ignored, well that just leave it to those who are still standing at the time of the Leopard when everything had to change because nothing changes.
We would rather be recalled that the Cinema is not for the awards, not si presta alla negoziazione né alla competizione, non è nella sua natura. E' fatto per la visione, per riempire gli occhi e annebbiare la mente.
Pare che una volta il giurato Renoir si rifiutò di assegnare premi perché " ogni film è espressione di un'individualità ", provocando le furie del direttore del festival e mettendo in difficoltà l'intera giuria.
Altri tempi, altre menti, altro ardire, altro coraggio.
Tragica coincidenza chiudere il sipario sul Lido con queste parole proprio nel giorno in cui ci lascia
Claude Chabrol .
Forse è davvero il momento di spegnere i riflettori e di riporre nei ripostigli della Serenissima i leoni di polistirolo.
Tocca custodirli bene. Potrebbero rimanerci solo quelli.
