Friday, April 20, 2007

Cannes!

I was checking out the films that will be shown in Cannes this year, and I was quite surprised that I have already seen two of these films, "Zodiac" and "Death Proof," I'm shocked, that has never happend before. Normally I don't get to see any of these films usless they become huge successes. I am looking forward to someday seeing the following films:

"My Blueberry Nights," Hong Kong-France-China, Wong Kar Wai (the opener)
"The Age of Darkness," Canada, Denys Arcand (the closing film)
"Breath," South Korea, Kim Ki-duk
"No Country For Old Men," U.S., The Coen Brothers
"Paranoid Park," France-U.S., Gus Van Sant
"We Own the Night," U.S., James Gray
"Persepolis," France-U.S., Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud

and the rest of the competition:

"4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days," Romania, Cristian Mungiu
"Alexandra," Russia, Alexander Sokurov
"Auf der anderen Seite des Lebens," Germany-Turkey, Fatih Akin
"The Banishment," Russia-Belgium, Andrey Zvyagintsev
"Les Chansons d'amour," France, Christophe Honore
"The Diving Bell and the Butterfly," France, Julian Schnabel
"Import/Export," Austria, Ulrich Seidl
"The Man From London," Germany-France-U.K.-Hungary, Bela Tarr
"Mogari No Mor," Japan, Naomi Kawase
"Promise Me This," France-Serbia, Emir Kusturica
"Secret Sunshine," South Korea, Lee Chang-dong
"Silent Light," Mexico-France-Netherlands, Carlos Reygadas
"Tehilim," France, Raphael Nadjari
"Une Vieille Maitresse," France, Catherine Breillat

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