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.
Cannes 2008
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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.
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.
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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.