Cannes 2012

[Duncan Hopper]

That was almost correct.

Official full Jury list:

Nanni Moretti (president)
Hiam Abbas.
Andrea Arnold.
Emmanuelle Devos.
Diane Kruger.
Jean Paul Gaultier.
Ewan McGregor.
Alexander Payne.
Raoul Peck.

[andyli]

The Cannes Classics 2012 programme includes 13 feature films, two shorts, a mini-concert and four documentaries. All these films will be world premieres.

•The Film Foundation (USA), chaired by Martin Scorsese, will present a restored and reconstructed print of ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA by Sergio Leone (1984, 245'), with 25 minutes of additional scenes, based on the first cut by Sergio Leone in 1984. This restoration was requested by Martin Scorsese.
The screening will be attended by Robert De Niro, Elizabeth McGovern, Jennifer Connelly, producer Arnon Milchan (which also has a small role in the film) and, of course, the Leone family.
Restoration by the Cinematheque of Bologna at the Immagine Ritrovata Laboratory, in association with Andrea Leone Films, The Film Foundation and Regency Enterprises. The restoration was funded by The Film Foundation and Gucci.

•Pathé presents TESS (1979, 171') by Roman Polanski, in a restoration which he himself supervised and was "very impressed" by the laboratory work. Roman Polanski and Nastassja Kinski will be in attendance.
A Pathé restoration, image restored by Eclair Group and Le Diapason for the audio restoration.

•To celebrate its centenary, the Hollywood studio Universal will present a restored print of this emblematic film in the studio's recent history: JAWS by Steven Spielberg (1975, 124').
The restoration was carried out by Universal Studios Digital Services and the post-production team of Amblin Entertainment.

•The BFI National Archive (London) has carried out a three-year programme to restore all nine of Alfred Hitchcock's surviving silent films. THE RING (1927, 109') will be screened as a world premiere and a cine-concert with the musician Stephen Horne.
The restoration was undertaken by the BFI National Archive, and funded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, The Film Foundation, Deluxe 142 and the Mohamed S. Farsi Foundation.

•To mark the 50th anniversary of the production and release of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA by David Lean (1962, 222'), Sony-Columbia have made a new restoration of the film in 4K.
Restored by Sony Pictures Entertainment in 4K at Sony Pictures’ Colorworks.

•Keisuke Kinoshita is a Japanese filmmaker born in 1912 and deceased in 1998. Having spent much of his career at the Shochiku studios, he will be celebrated by the current management of Shochiku with the projection of THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958, 98').
The digital version has been restored and funded by Shochiku Co., Ltd. and Shochiku Media Worx Inc.; digital restoration by Imagica Corp. and Imagica West Corp. The film will be distributed in France by MK2.

•Cannes celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Dance Cinematheque (Paris). They will present three jewels from its collection: A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM (1994, 60') by Jean Bach and two "jazz shorties": AN ALL COLORED VAUDEVILLE SHOW (4') and JAMMIN THE BLUES (11').
These will be screened from new prints 35mm printed by Daems Laboratory.

•In 2011, Cannes Classics welcomed the ambitious Rossellini Project, the result of a collaboration between Instituto Luce Cinecittà, Cineteca di Bologna, CSC-Cineteca Nazionale and the Co-Production Office (head of international sales). After presenting The Machine that Kills Bad People (1948, 70’) in 2012 we will present, as a restored print, VIAGGIO IN ITALIA / JOURNEY TO ITALY (1954, 97') by Roberto Rossellini.
Print restored by Cineteca di Bologna with L'Immagine Ritrovata in collaboration with Istituto Luce Cinecittà, CSC-Cineteca Nazionale and The Co-Production Office.

•As is the tradition, the Festival de Cannes will host the World Cinema Foundation, created in Cannes in 2007 by Martin Scorsese and many filmmakers, in order to restore world treasures. In this year’s programme there is an Indian film and an Indonesian film, as rare and little-known as they are beautiful and necessary.
AFTER THE CURFEW by Usmar Ismail, Indonesia (1954, 101')
Restoration carried out by the National Museum of Singapore and the World Cinema Foundation. In association with the Konfiden Foundation and Kineforum Jakarta Arts Council. The film was restored from the original print kept at the Indonesian Cinematheque. Special thanks to the family of Usmar Ismail.
KALPANA of Uday Shankar, India (1948, 155').
Restored by the World Cinema Foundation from a copy of the original negative preserved by the National Film Archive of India. With thanks to Shivendra Singh and family of Uday Shankar. The print was restored by the Cinematheque of Bologna and the Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

•On the occasion of his presence in Cannes, the festival has asked Andrei Konchalovsky to present RUNAWAY TRAIN (1985, 111').
A new print has been struck courtesy of Metro Goldwyn Mayer/Park Circus.

•Every year the CNC French Film Archives (Paris) exhibit a restoration, fruit of their year’s labor. For this edition, they chose CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 (1961, 90’) by Agnès Varda, who will be there in person to present the film.
Digital print, restored by Ciné Tamaris, CNC French Film Archives.

•An Homage to Georges Lautner: in the presence of his numerous friends, the director of the Crooks in Clover, Let’s Not Get Angry, Sink or Wwim, will be honored by the Cannes Film Festival. The film chosen for this evening of celebration is THE GREAT SPY CHASE (1964, 118').
Film restored by Gaumont and the Eclair Group.


Documentaries on the filmmaking, which represent a different kind of cinema and which Cannes Classics regularly showcases, will honor four directors:

Woody Allen
WOODY ALLEN: A DOCUMENTARY by Robert Weide (113'), produced for the American Masters series (PBS) by B Plus Productions, Whyaduck Productions, Rat Entertainment Mike's Movies and Insurgent Media, distributed in France by Memento Films Distribution and world sales by Hanway Films.

Jerry Lewis
METHOD TO THE MADNESS OF JERRY LEWIS by Gregg Barson (115'), produced for American television channel Starz Media by Mansfield Avenue Productions.

John Boorman
ME AND ME DAD (66’) by his daughter Katrine Boorman who also produced the film through her production company, Colourframe Ltd.

Claude Miller
A film by Emmanuel Barnault, CLAUDE M LE CINEMA (52') produced by Jean Fabrice Barnault of Movie Da Productions for the Ciné + television channel and sold by Catherine Chevassu-C&CO.
The tribute to Claude Miller will continue into the Festival’s Closing Ceremony with the presentation of his latest film in the Official Selection, THERESA DESQUEYROUX.

[Forrest Taft]

A Boorman doc! Nice surprise.

[Minkin]

•Keisuke Kinoshita is a Japanese filmmaker born in 1912 and deceased in 1998. Having spent much of his career at the Shochiku studios, he will be celebrated by the current management of Shochiku with the projection of THE BALLAD OF NARAYAMA (1958, 98').

Wait, what? celebrate Kinoshita with an Imamura film?

[Fierias]

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[swo17]

The Imamura version was made in the '80s.

[Minkin]

Now's an appropriate time to use a

So, uhh, how bout them future Criterions?

[ShellOilJunior]

What I wouldn't give to see that Lawrence restoration

[puxzkkx]

Rollout for the Directors' Fortnight titles:

Thursday May 17th:
“The We and the I”

Friday May 18th:
“Alyah”
“No”

Saturday May 19th:
“La Sirga”
“Le repenti”
“Night Across the Street”

Sunday May 20th:
“A Respectable Family”
“Clandestine Childhood”
“Granny’s Funeral”

Monday May 21st:
“3”
“Hold Back”
“Room 237”

Tuesday May 22nd:
“Opération Libertad”
“Fogo”
“Gangs of Wasseypur”

Wednesday May 23rd:
“Ernest and Célestine”
“The Dream and the Silence”
“Sightseers”

Thursday May 24th:
“Dangerous Liaisons”
“The King of Pigs”

Friday May 25th:
“Camille Rewinds”

[ianungstad]

I don't know if these have already been posted elsewhere on the internet but there's a bunch of clips that have been added to the official Cannes website:

You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet (Alain Resnais):
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Killing Them Softly (Andrew Dominik)
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The Paperboy (Lee Daniels)
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Beyond the Hills (Cristian Mungiu)

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The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg)

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The new issue of the french magazine Premiere has posted some ratings that includes some Cannes titles they've seen in Advance including Rust and Bone, Moonrise Kingdom, On the Road and Cosmopolis.

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[FerdinandGriffon]

I couldn't be more excited about the new Resnais. That trailer is, in its modest way, perfect.

[puxzkkx]

The schedule, synopses and information are now online at the website.

Rollout for Competition films from the Official Selection, UCR and Critics Week:

Wednesday 16th May:
(COMP) “Moonrise Kingdom”

Thursday 17th May:
(COMP) “Rust and Bone”
(COMP) “After the Battle”
(UCR) “Mystery”
(UCR) “Student”

Friday 18th May:
(COMP) “Reality”
(COMP) “Paradise: Love”
(UCR) “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
(UCR) “Laurence Anyways”
(CW) “Au galop”
(CW) “Los salvajes”

Saturday 19th May:
(COMP) “Lawless”
(COMP) “Beyond the Hills”
(UCR) “God’s Horses”
(UCR) “Antiviral”
(CW) “God’s Neighbours”

Sunday 20th May:
(COMP) “Love”
(COMP) “The Hunt”
(UCR) “The Pirogue)
(UCR) “Confession of a Child of the Century”
(CW) “Hors les murs”

Monday 21st May:
(COMP) “You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!”
(COMP) “Like Someone in Love”
(COMP) “In Another Country”
(UCR) “Children of Sarajevo”
(UCR) “White Elephant”
(UCR) “Después de Lucia”
(CW) “Peddlers”

Tuesday 22nd May:
(COMP) “Killing Them Softly”
(COMP) “The Angels’ Share”
(UCR) “Le grand soir”
(UCR) “À perdre la raison”
(CW) “Aquí y allá”

Wednesday 23rd May:
(COMP) “On the Road”
(COMP) “Holy Motors”
(UCR) “La Playa DC”
(UCR) “7 Days in Havana”
(CW) “Sofia’s Last Ambulance”

Thursday 24th May:
(COMP) “The Paperboy”
(COMP) “Post Tenebras Lux”
(UCR) “Miss Lovely”
(UCR) “Trois mondes”

Friday 25th May:
(COMP) “Cosmopolis”
(COMP) “In the Fog”
(UCR) “Gimme the Loot”
(UCR) “11/25 The Day Mishima Chose His Own Fate”
(UCR) “Renoir”

Saturday 26th May:
(COMP) “Mud”
(COMP) “The Taste of Money”

[rohmerin]

Salut from Côte d'azur. I was in Canned on Thursday, Nice is nicer (where I am), Monaco is a Disneyland for rich and Cannes was a very disappointment. Great views from the way, very posh town. To watch the poster was cool. I'd like to get one, I mean, take it from bus stops at Nice but :-" better not.

It's a pity that I cannot stay for the festival, but I'm coming back home (Spainsthan) tonight.

[rohmerin]

Cahiers du Cinema has got a big nice eco bag with this number. They have adored Cronenberg's film.
Positif is greater but not cadeaux, present, they've got a dossier about Resnais' film. I bought both at the station.

[Jeff]

As reviews and in-depth discussion of specific films pop up over the next few days, I thought it would be good to put those discussions in their inevitable dedicated threads. I've created some for a few films, and will add more as necessary. Here are some of the dedicated threads we have:

Cosmopolis (Cronenberg)
Killing Them Softly (Dominik)
Lawless (Hillcoat)
Like Someone in Love (Kiarostami)
Love (Haneke)
Moonrise Kingdom (W. Anderson)
On the Road (Salles)
Post Tenebras Lux (Reygadas)
Rust and Bone (Audiard)

[ianungstad]

I've seen it mentioned on numerous websites that You Haven't Seen Anything Yet! was going to be the final final film from Alain Resnais and how that might play into his Palm D'or chances, etc.

Then I read today on Variety that they are taking presales on his next film Aimer, boire et chanter in the marketplace. Besides being sloppy journalism from many film blogs, I'm a little miffed that people assumed that this will be his last film because he's old and might die soon. If I were Resnais; I would probably feel a little insulted.

[knives]

He's been directing since the '30s. I'm sure he's more than used to the insults of that nature by now.

[RyanGallagher]

I've seen it mentioned on numerous websites that You Haven't Seen Anything Yet! was going to be the final final film from Alain Resnais and how that might play into his Palm D'or chances, etc.

Then I read today on Variety that they are taking presales on his next film Aimer, boire et chanter in the marketplace. Besides being sloppy journalism from many film blogs, I'm a little miffed that people assumed that this will be his last film because he's old and might die soon. If I were Resnais; I would probably feel a little insulted.

Variety has also written that the film was "reportedly" his last:

"Still, it would be a major surprise if Alain Resnais' "You Haven't Seen Anything Yet," reportedly the 89-year-old auteur's final film, were absent from the official selection, though its placement in or out of competition remains uncertain."

[puxzkkx]

Moonrise Kingdom getting an all-around positive response from both twits and the trades. Seems like a reception about on par with Darjeeling Ltd, maybe better.

After the Battle is getting panned, its inclusion being accused of tokenism. I honestly can't find a single positive response for this.

[ianungstad]

Wow, those reviews for After the Battle are pretty brutal! The film is getting eviscerated. Nice to see all the postive reviews for Moonrise Kingdom, really looking forward to seeing it.

[mfunk9786]

Moonrise Kingdom getting an all-around positive response from both twits and the trades. Seems like a reception about on par with Darjeeling Ltd, maybe better.

The Darjeeling Limited got mixed reviews at best.

[ianungstad]

Reviews for Michel Gondry's The We and the I are not good. Not surprised. You could tell it was going to be awful from the trailer. Rust and Bone seems to generally be getting good reviews.

[Jeff]

Mike D'Angelo's day one rundown for the A.V. club has brief snippets on Moonrise Kingdom (B+) and After the Battle (C).

[med]

Another year of Mike D'Angelo being underwhelmed by almost everything he sees!

[Finch]

Reviews for Michel Gondry's The We and the I are not good. Not surprised.

Guess that kills any lingering hopes that he'll ever do anything as good as Eternal Sunshine again unless he finds another writer that complements him so well as Kaufman did.