Finch wrote:I imagine that other than the Palme D'Or and maybe Mikkelsen's Best Actor prize, the assembled critics will find a few bones to pick with the jury's other decisions. Angel's Share seems like a really charming and affable comedy (personally pleased for Loach though) but surely there were more deserving candidates for third prize. Reygadas getting Best Director is quite baffling if the reviews are any indication. Not even Riva for Amour? Feels a bit harsh considering the plaudits she and Tritignant got.
According to the Festival rules, a Palme d'Or can't be combined with a performance prize.
The prize list must not contain more than one joint award. The Palme d'Or can never be awarded jointly. No film can receive more than one award. However, the award for the Best Screenplay and the Jury Prize can be combined with a Best Performance award, on special dispensation of the Festival's President.
Finch wrote:I imagine that other than the Palme D'Or and maybe Mikkelsen's Best Actor prize, the assembled critics will find a few bones to pick with the jury's other decisions. Angel's Share seems like a really charming and affable comedy (personally pleased for Loach though) but surely there were more deserving candidates for third prize. Reygadas getting Best Director is quite baffling if the reviews are any indication. Not even Riva for Amour? Feels a bit harsh considering the plaudits she and Tritignant got.
Yeah, I heard some pretty mixed reviews also for Post Tenebras Lux also. I was very surprised to see Beyond the Hills get a lot of attention, as I hadn't even heard about the film until today when it started receiving awards LOL.
The only prizewinner without U.S. distribution is The Hunt, though it was probably a lock even without the Mikkelsen win. I got bored and made a list:
Amour - Sony Pictures Classics
The Angels' Share - Sundance Selects
Beyond the Hills - Sundance Selects
Cosmopolis - eOne
Holy Motors - Indomina
In Another Country - Kino Lorber
Killing Them Softly - The Weinstein Company
Lawless - The Weinstein Company
Like Someone in Love - Sundance Selects
On the Road - IFC/Sundance Selects
Reality - Oscilloscope
Rust and Bone - Sony Pictures Classics
The Taste of Money - IFC Midnight
Un Certain Regard:
Beasts of the Southern Wild - Fox Searchlight
Gimme the Loot - Sundance Selects
Out of Competition:
Hemingway & Gellhorn - HBO
The Oath of Tobruk - The Weinstein Company
The Sapphires - The Weinstein Company
I probably missed something (I assume Moonrise Kingdom and Madagascar 3 go without saying) and I didn't look at the Directors' Fortnight or Critics' Week selections -- though Larrain's No was picked up by Sony.
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Jean-Louis Trintignant quoted Prévert in his speech: "Et si on essayait d'être heureux, ne serait-ce que pour donner l'exemple" (Free translation: "What if we tried to be happy, if only to set an example")
criterion10 wrote:I was very surprised to see Beyond the Hills get a lot of attention, as I hadn't even heard about the film until today when it started receiving awards LOL.
You've obviously not been following the festival much then, BEYOND THE HILLS has been much spoken of.
Duncan Hopper wrote: You've obviously not been following the festival much then, BEYOND THE HILLS has been much spoken of.
Well I've been paying attention to the festival by visiting the normal film sites that I visit, one of which features a reviewer that was at Cannes. Beyond the Hills was not one of the films that he saw, and so as a result, I had not heard of the film until today.
I think there was clearly some 'you have this', 'we'll have this' compromises within jury, Morreti had the Garrone win one, Arnold and McGregor the Loach etc...
Loach seems like the kind of director that Moretti would like, though. Certainly he's the antithesis of the "more in love with their style than with their characters" description.
As if Haneke doesn’t already get enough attention/acclaim. His profile as a highly regarded auteur is well established, and a second Palm D’or (while perhaps being well deserved – he is an admittedly excellent director), does a disservice to many other auspicious talents at the 2012 Cannes that would have benefitted more from this prestigious prize, e.g Loznitsa, Larrain (whose film wasn’t even in the Competition, which is a travesty to begin with), Hong Sang-Soo, Reygadas.
The Garrone winning Grand Prix can be undoubtably chalked up to nationalist bias on Moretti’s part, and the Loach film stealing the third prize seems like a waste, for what is obviously a trifling, minor comedy.
What I can't complain about is Reygadas getting a (consolation) nod for Best Director, and Mungui getting recognition for Best Screenplay. It's also somewhat gratifying to know that none of the overhyped American films in Competition won any prizes.
Gaultier à l'AFPTV: "Pour le #Reygadas, jusqu'au dernier moment pours et contres. On s'est bagarrés. Il y avait le Carax. A une voix près".
ETA: it's not clear from the quote whether it was a fight between the Regyadas and the Carax, or if there was a close fight for the Reygadas (which resulted in its winning) and a close fight for the Carax (which resulted in its losing)...
Duncan Hopper wrote:Only one person voted from Carax, right? And Reygadas only won his at the last minute after a big debate/argument?
Nope, that's not what the quote means. It means that the Carax was one vote short from winning a prize. What remains up in the air is whether it was one vote short from winning a prize or the same prize as the Reygadas.
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