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...best director," Frears proclaimed, "is Julian Schnabel." But the New York painter-auteur was not the best winner. How did he embarrass himself and the Americans watching? Let us count the ways: 1) lumbered across the wide stage to shake the hands of all 10 Jury members; 2) mispronounced the name of his lead actor (Mathieu Amalric) and the biggest international star in the cast (Max Von Sydow); 3) invoked the pseudo-French song "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (from the Hollywood musical Gigi) to acknowledge the film's five lovely supporting actresses, none of them little girls; 4) insulted...
...There's always a surprise film that wins a prize," French critic Michel Ciment said last night, "and a film that surprises by not winning." The unexpected winner, of the Grand Prix du Jury (second place), was Naomi Kawase's The Mourning Forest, yet another parable of grieving and reconciliation. An old widower, institutionalized with dementia, is cared for by a woman who herself has lost her young son. (There were important deaths in every one of the winning films.) Determined to set the spirit of his dead wife free, the man sets out on a long quest through...
...With the competition entries ending today, that gives festivalgoers a chance to predict the winners in the following categories: Palme d'Or (the top film), Grand Jury Prize (second place), Jury Prize (third place), Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director (a consolation prize that is usually different from the Palme d'Or winner) and maybe a few more. This being a festival whose number is divisible by five, there'll be a "60th Festival" award for yet another film. In other words, there are up to 10 prizes given out for the 21 films selected for the competition. Theoretically...
...response, though, was rapturous. Will the Jury be as enthusiastic? As we said, there are pointers to be taken from past Cannes awards. But do note that the film's screenwriter, Ronald Harwood, also wrote another true-life story of egregious suffering and improbable triumph: the Palme d'Or winner The Pianist...
...world politics, wrote mythic, brooding tales for kids--most famously the 1960s five-book series The Chronicles of Prydain. Of the evil sorcerers his protagonist fights to recover a stolen magical sword--enemies that bear a resemblance to actual oppressive political regimes--the two-time National Book Award winner said, "At heart, the issues raised in a work of fantasy are those we face in real life...