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Aleksandr Sokurov's 'Faust' Wins Golden Lion At Venice Film Festival
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- September 10, 2011 6:20 AM
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- 9 Comments
Michael Fassbender Takes Best Actor, Chinese Surprise Film 'People Mountain People Sea' Wins DirectorWe might have abandoned the Lido a few days ago, but somehow festival organizers felt able to go on with the final awards ceremony without us this evening. With a jury led by Darren Aronofsky that also included David Byrne, Todd Haynes, Mario Martone, André Téchiné, Ejia-Liisa Ahtila and Alba Rorwacher, it was anyone's game, although for much of the week, talk had pegged Steve McQueen's "Shame" and Yorgos Lanthimos' "Alps" as potential front-runners for the big prize, the Golden Lion. However, the winner turned out to be something of a surprise, albeit one that buzz was tipped off to in the run-up to the awards.
Venice '11 Review: Sono Sion's 'Himizu' Is Close To Unwatchable, And Yet Vitally Important
- By Oliver Lyttelton
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- September 6, 2011 7:50 AM
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- 7 Comments
If you're after a quick response to recent events, particularly in the case of a cataclysmic disaster, cinema is not your medium. It takes years to write and develop even a bad script, let alone the financing, casting, shooting and pre-production of a film. And that's even without taking into account a reticence to address what has the potential to be traumatic material; there's a reason that it took half-a-decade for the events of 9/11 to reach the screen, and even then many believed that it was too soon for what some dismiss as mere entertainment to address such epoch-changing events.
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Nice job coming off like a film blog jock in this article. "If you care about this nerdy
Just for clarity's sake, he was the writer of Easter Promises. Not the helmer.
I agree with most of the objective review here. One massive bug-bear for me was the presence of 4 or
I like the pick for Quicksilver for the Avengers more than the pick for X-men. I want to know more
That was my issue too. I don't mind this plot twist, but there's no time for reflection in
Should've listened to Nolan the first time.
IMO, the reason why "The Place Beyond the Pines" is not considered a successful movie is
Jesse from Toy Story is a great female character. She has an interesting backstory and is not
Thank you Playlist staff for the objective thorough review of Man of Steel. This is not the worst