Mark Cousins on cinema's obsession with childhood, Jeff Nichols on the rise of Us indie films, and another one bites the dust on troubled western Jane Got a Gun
Through a child's eyes
Another late British entry to the Cannes jamboree is Mark Cousins's personal documentary, A Story of Children and Film. It appeared as a quiet announcement in the increasingly influential and cherishable Cannes Classics sidebar, alongside great names and important restorations such as Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, Hitchcock's Vertigo (Kim Novak will be guest of honour), Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon and the new 3D version of Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. Cousins's film taps into the glory of film history, comprising clips of 53 films from 25 countries woven around footage of his own niece and nephew at play. Cousins tells me: "When we think of Cannes we think of Catherine Deneuve and Brad Pitt. Yet the starting point of my little...
Through a child's eyes
Another late British entry to the Cannes jamboree is Mark Cousins's personal documentary, A Story of Children and Film. It appeared as a quiet announcement in the increasingly influential and cherishable Cannes Classics sidebar, alongside great names and important restorations such as Mankiewicz's Cleopatra, Hitchcock's Vertigo (Kim Novak will be guest of honour), Ozu's An Autumn Afternoon and the new 3D version of Bertolucci's The Last Emperor. Cousins's film taps into the glory of film history, comprising clips of 53 films from 25 countries woven around footage of his own niece and nephew at play. Cousins tells me: "When we think of Cannes we think of Catherine Deneuve and Brad Pitt. Yet the starting point of my little...
- 5/4/2013
- by Jason Solomons
- The Guardian - Film News
Marking its launch as a theatrical distributor, Los Angeles-based indie producer and DVD distributor Dream Entertainment has acquired the worldwide rights to Dorota Kedzierzawska's Polish language film I Am. The film, which boasts cinematography by Arthur Reinhart (Children of Dune) and a score by Michael Nyman (The Piano) debuted at the New York and Toronto film festivals. The story of an orphaned boy searching for his identity won best score, editing, and cinematography at the 2005 Polish Film Festival, where director Kedzierzawska had previously won best director in 1999 for her debut film, Nic. Dream Entertainment has acquired another Toronto title, IFC Films' Sorry, Haters, starring Robin Wright Penn, and has also licensed the international rights for Ellie Parker, starring Naomi Watts.
- 11/22/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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