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Cannes Film Festival 2007 Opening
Cannes Film Festival 2007 Opens – The Players
Well it begins, arguably the most prestigious of all the sold there souls to the devil, art-house film Festivals, Cannes 2007.
Jude Law and Norah Jones
The first screening for this 60th anniversary was the stylishly shot My Blueberry Nights. Director Wong Kar Wai (Fallen Angels, In the Mood for Love) was on hand with stars Norah Jones and Jude Law for proceedings, soaking up the limelight. (JD posted a shot of Natalie Portman who co stars in the film HERE)
There is a cornucopia of international stars conglomerated on the French Riviera right now, this second. Basking in the bulbs, plugging their reels and looking for distribution, here is a list of famous filmmakers and actors revelling in attendance at the Opening ceremonies.
Asia Argento, Claudine Auger, Juliette Binoche, Jane Birkin, Anna Maria Cecilia Bonnevie, Elodie Bouchez, Michel Boujenah, Patrick Braoudé, Kelly Brook, Vincent Cassel, Sergio Castellitto, Patrick Chesnais, Minnie Driver, Faye Dunaway, Sara Forestier, José Garcia, Louis Garrel, Hippolyte Girardot, Judith Godrèche, Liz Hurley, Vlad Ivanov, Adrien Jolivet, Norah Jones, Diane Kruger, Bernadette Lafont, Ringo Lam, Konstantin Lavronenko, Jude Law, Gong Li, Andie MacDowell, Aïssa Maïga, Sophie Marceau, Olivier Marchal, AnaMaria Marinca, Helen Mirren, Julian Moore, Carl Ng, Shu Qi, Jocelyn Quivrin, Tsui Hark, Laura Vasiliu, LinDa Yuen, Billy Zane, Zhang Zihi, Preity Zinta, Kerry Washington, Aishwarya Rai.
From watching video footage found HERE of the opening ceremony it also looks like Sarah Polley and David Lynch might be there too.
This years scheduled screenings promise a range of genre’s and different cultural backgrounds that have united in expressing profound ideas, communicating through the art of moving images to sound.
Quentin Tarantino’s petrol guzzling Grindhouse segment Death Proof is running in competition, as is David Fincher’s Zodiac.
A few of the films premiering over the following 7 days that have piqued John Doe’s interest are:
The book that inspired the film
The Coen Brothers (Miller’s Crossing, Blood Simple, Big Lebowski) No Country for Old Men starring Javier Bardem, Woody Harrelson and Kelly McDonald.
James Gary Gray’s (Little Odessa, The Yards) We Own The Night which features Joaquin Phoneix, Mark Wahlberg and Robert Duvall.
Casting call poster for Gus Van Sants latest
Johnny is ashamed to confess he hasn’t had a chance to investigate the foreign languages treasures yet, but I’m sure their will be more than one that ends up making its way into his must see list.
For a complete rundown of all the films in competition Please visit the Festival de Cannes site They have all the latest news, interviews and a daily updates on the global cinema, industry faces present.
Wow..it'll be interesting to see who the winners are this year...
I've seen No Country For Old Men, and thought it was terrific...
As for the others, we'll just have to see how they rank at the Festival before I go and buy them lol
Great review!
Take care,
Nick
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How did you get to see the latest from the Coen brothers (No Country for Old Men)? Im envious, Ive heard the book is good too.
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Sitting in a yacht, on the French Riveria in front of the cinema sipping on social lubricants, bliss. (If only))
good to see you.
Postmodern Critic
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Thanks for the intro, JD!
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It would be lovely to be there!
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Hi Postmodern,
Your welcome for the daydream.
Hi Kylie W,
I agree its a pretty good line up this year and some have gone straight on my must see list...like you the Coen brothers entice