The pic on the poster comes from the little seen PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD, which screens @ Cannes in a restored print from Universal Pictures, thereafter to be released theatrically by Carlotta in France, thence presumably to BR/DVD, while Universal can be assumed to have some plans for it stateside...
Jerry Schatzberg is a filmmaker from New York who won the Palme d’Or in 1973 for Scarecrow. He began his career as a photographer and his work is quickly noticed, in particular a series of Bob Dylan photos from the 60s which ultimately are used on the cover of the legendary album Blonde on Blonde. In the early 70s Schatzberg turns to filmmaking and his first film, Puzzle of a Downfall Child (1970), reveals an exceptional sense of framing and lighting for a first-timer. Panic In Needle Park (1971) with newcomer Al Pacino and Scarecrow follow and are both award-winners in Cannes.
Puzzle of a Downfall Child, in which Faye Dunaway has the starring role, has been restored by Universal Pictures. Rarely seen on the big screen the film will be distributed in France by Carlotta in the fall and the restored print will be screened in Cannes in the presence of the director and his actress.
Jonathan Rosenbaum's take on PUZZLE...
Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote:Very much a film of its period (1970), when Alain Resnais' subjective and lyrical editing patterns were at the height of their influence, this is the first feature of former fashion photographer Jerry Schatzberg. It deals with the memories and imaginings of a fashion model (Faye Dunaway) who's attempting to recover from a nervous breakdown in a beach cottage, and shares the fragmented, mosaic form as well as some of the melancholia of the 1968 Petulia—though not much of its saving humor. I didn't warm to this film, but given the quality of some of Schatzberg's subsequent work, especially Scarecrow and Reunion, and the claims made for this picture by Michel Ciment, Schatzberg's biggest champion, it may deserve a second look. The script is by Five Easy Pieces's Adrien Joyce, writing under the pseudonym Carol Eastman; the secondary cast includes Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse, and Roy Scheider. By Jonathan Rosenbaum
Nothing wrote:Nb. If Malick actually lets Tree of Life screen in Competition it will win, making 28-1 very tempting odds... Are these odds actually based on something, is it possible to take a flutter?
Good point, though I'd be surprised if he lets them screen it in competition. The only thing I could possibly see making him do this is if he simply, out of the kindness of his heart, wanted to toss the distributors a bone. Lets face it Terry hates the film establishment so that'll never happen.
That Moretti trailer looks terrible by the way. The Van Sant looks bad too. I mean Paranoid Park doesn't sound very good on paper either so I very well could be wrong.
They will be introducing the Cannes equivalent to the Lifetime Achievement Oscar this year and the first recipient of the honorary Palm will be Bernardo Bertolucci.
Woody ALLEN - MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Out of Competition) 1h40
Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR - LA PIEL QUE HABITO 2h00
Bertrand BONELLO - L'APOLLONIDE: SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE 2h02
Alain CAVALIER - PATER 1h45
Joseph CEDAR - HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote) 1h45
Nuri Bilge CEYLAN - BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU'DA (Once upon a time in Anatolia) 2h30
Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE - LE GAMIN AU VÉLO 1h27
Aki KAURISMÄKI LE HAVRE 1h43
Naomi KAWASE - HANEZU NO TSUKI 1h31
Julia LEIGH - SLEEPING BEAUTY - 1st film - 1h44
MAÏWENN - POLISSE 2h14
Terrence MALICK THE TREE OF LIFE 2h18
Radu MIHAILEANU - LA SOURCE DES FEMMES 2h15
Takashi MIIKE - ICHIMEI (Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï) 2h06
Nanni MORETTI - HABEMUS PAPAM 1h42
Lynne RAMSAY - WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN 1h50
Markus SCHLEINZER - MICHAEL - 1st film - 1h34
Paolo SORRENTINO - THIS MUST BE THE PLACE 1h58
Lars VON TRIER - MELANCHOLIA 2h10
Nicolas WINDING - REFN DRIVE 1h35
Un Certain Regard
Gus VAN SANT - RESTLESS - Opening Film - 1h31
Bakur BAKURADZE - THE HUNTER 1h50
Andreas DRESEN - HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE 1h35
Bruno DUMONT - HORS SATAN 1h50
Sean DURKIN - MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE - 1st film - 1h41
Robert GUÉDIGUIAN - LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO 1h30
Oliver HERMANUS - SKOONHEID 1h38
HONG Sangsoo - THE DAY HE ARRIVES 1h19
Cristián JIMÉNEZ - BONSÁI (Bonsaï) 1h42
Eric KHOO - TATSUMI 1h34
KIM Ki-duk - ARIRANG 1h40
Nadine LABAKI - ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÚ ? 1h50
Catalin MITULESCU - LOVERBOY 1h35
NA Hong-jin - YELLOW SEA 2h20
Gerardo NARANJO - MISS BALA 1h53
Juliana ROJAS, Marco DUTRA - TRABALHAR CANSA - 1st film -1h40
Pierre SCHOELLER - L'EXERCICE DE L'ETAT 1h55
Ivan SEN - TOOMELAH 1h46
Joachim TRIER - OSLO, AUGUST 31ST 1h35
Out of Competition
Xavier DURRINGER - LA CONQUÊTE 1h45
Jodie FOSTER - THE BEAVER 1h40
Michel HAZANA - VICIUS THE ARTIST 1h40
Rob MARSHALL- PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: ON STRANGER TIDES 2h20
Midnight Screenings
CHAN Peter Ho-Sun - WU XIA 2h00
Everardo GOUT - DIAS DE GRACIA - 1st film - 2h13
Special Screnings
Frederikke ASPÖCK - LABRADOR - 1st film - 1h30
Rithy PANH- LE MAÎTRE DES FORGES DE L'ENFER 1h45
Michael RADFORD - MICHEL PETRUCCIANI 1h30
Christian ROUAUD - TOUS AU LARZAC 2h00
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Cannes Classic opens with the restored (by Universal) Jerry Schatzberg's PUZZLE OF A DOWNFALL CHILD (1970), and includes the freshly restored (by Warner Bros) Stanley Kubrick's CLOCKWORK ORANGE... Rest of the Cannes Classics lineup to be announced on 22nd April...
Here's the requisite 4 whole women in competition article. 4! That's 4 more than 0! Also Miike's new film is apparently in 3D, which isn't surprising when I think about it but should be fun.
The inclusion of Miike's Harakiri remake surprises me as well and I wonder if the critical and BO success of his remake of 13 Assassins had any part in this (by the way, the original's director Eiichi Kudo is woefully underrepresented in both Japan and the West; so much so that you either have to be fluent in French to get anything out of Wild Side's set of three of his best films, or resort to English-subbed bootlegs - that said, the copy I have of The Great Killing has a very strong image). I was hoping the Kore-eda would make it into the line-up but it's not even in the Un Certain Regard section - ah well, hopefully an English-friendly Blu will be out in Japan or HK before year's end.
The line-up itself is mouth-watering: Tree of Life apart, I'm especially curious about the Kawake, Moretti, Kaurismaki, Dardennes and Ramsay, and keeping my fingers crossed that Almodovar found his mojo again after Volver (which I didn't care for) and the really awful Broken Embraces.
Hoping Kawase gets back her mojo back too -- I thought her last film (the one set in Thailand) was "not very good" (despite a few nice moments here and there).
It does look like quite a respectable line up in all categories this year. Hopefully the films themselves will live up to that promise!
Peacock wrote:And the fact The Beaver is playing is hilarious.
The more I hear about that film, the more I think it could never compete against that Red Dwarf episode.
I was also wondering why the name Maïwenn rang a bell until I realised that she acted in a couple of Luc Besson films (to whom she was married), for example she was the blue tentacled Diva in Fifth Element. She was also the rather unwilling object of affection in Haute Tension. This is apparently the third feature she has directed after Pardonnez-moi and The Actress' Ball (from those clips it looks as if she really likes to have her characters constantly videotaping each other!)
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Dumont man, definitely deserves O.C. One of the strongest most original directors working today. Only major disappointment for me is no Reygadas. Miike deserves competition just to throw him a bone. He's a serious director who makes a lot of bad movies and this has caused him to never get the respect he deserves. Congrats to Miike.
All in all between the fact that De Niro comes from the same old-new hollywood as Malick and the fact that Tree of Life is certain to be great I think that the Palme d'Or is a wrap.
Whenever they actually let Dumont into Competition he wins the Grand Prix, but this makes it 2/6 now... Karmic retribution for giving the Camera d'Or to Hunger?
Mind you, he's not the only one this year. They're going out on a limb by not including any of the expected French names. Could be interesting.
And perhaps more interesting than speculating on whether Tree of Life will win: speculating on whether Malick will attend the obligatory press conference!
Finch wrote: I was hoping the Kore-eda would make it into the line-up but it's not even in the Un Certain Regard section - ah well, hopefully an English-friendly Blu will be out in Japan or HK before year's end.
There are still 3 unannounced competition slots and they've yet to announce titles for the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week sidebars, as well as the closing night film. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Kore-eda slotted in somewhere. There are still plenty of titles yet to be announced.
Martina GUSMAN (actress and producer, Argentina)
Nansun SHI (producer, China)
Uma THURMAN (actress, script writer, producer, USA)
Linn ULLMANN (critic and writer, Norway)
Olivier ASSAYAS (director, France)
Jude LAW (actor, UK)
Mahamat Saleh HAROUN (director, Tchad)
Johnnie TO (director, producer, China/Hong-Kong)
Wow, I actually know and respect most of those people. I wonder who is going to be heading that jury? Hopefully it is To. Also laughter at Thurman counting as a screenwriter.
knives wrote:Wow, I actually know and respect most of those people. I wonder who is going to be heading that jury? Hopefully it is To. Also laughter at Thurman counting as a screenwriter.
Robert DeNiro is heading the jury. He was announced in January. The rest of the jury was announced today.
Grand Prix to Ceylan and done!
