Slate wrote about that recently as well. There were Indian soldiers on the beach, but something on the level of a couple of hundred out of hundreds of thousands. So around 0,1%. Out of a 100 min film, 0,1% would be about 6 seconds.

In no way is Shrek the worst inclusion ever. Shrek 2 played there as well, three years later. The early 2000s was a kinda weird period for Cannes.

I'm not such a big fan of Zhang Yimou, but Ju Dou does have a certain bite to it. But I wouldn't call it great or anything. There's probably a fairly big drop in my estimation between the top four and the rest.

Thanks! Yeah, I get why AA didn't have that many words for this year, they're fairly obscure. The late 80's/early 90's is a weird period in cinema history, where looking back, most geeks would probably say the most interesting things happened in Iran, Hong Kong, Taiwan. And Cannes really didn't catch up until later.

I've been working my way through the 1990 competition for a blogproject, and while it's a pretty bad year, there are some forgotten gems in there. In descending order of how much I like them:

Looking at most of the Cannes lineups of the late eighties - and most film festival lineups, period - it does look a little bloodless. The late eighties, early nineties were one of the most important times in artffilm history, with the rise of independent cinema - which Cannes caught well with Palms for Soderbergh,…

As it's been pointed out upthread, it's a bit sad to see this film discussed through the lens of discussing 'radical islam', when it's not what motivated the FLN. Also, it does elide the fact that the French colonial regime was both cruel and racist underneath it's cultured veneer - best shown with Colonel Mathieu,…

It's been mentioned a few times, but as a Scandinavian it's a really, really annoying mistake, so I'll chime in as well. It's Danish, not Norwegian. Kim Bodnia is Danish as well.

Last night was in no way unexpected, or a surprise, or anything.

I think the title is a pun. It's more like 'No Home' Movie, ie. it's a film about feeling homeless. Which is why there's so many shots from abroad, from hotel rooms, out of car window (which curiously the reviews I've read rarely talk about, though it's an awfully large part of the film).

I'd be happy with anyone of these winning, and also Glauber Rocha's Black God White Devil. In any other year, each of these three would be a worthy winner. Good year, 64.

I'm probably most excited about new docs from Tsai Ming-liang, Frederick Wiseman and Sergei Loznitsa screening out of competition. But for kinda selfish reasons, most Venice films will only get to Denmark at the Danish festivals, and the documentary fest is in october. So in a few months, I'll hopefully get to see a…

Two stories:

Yeah, it was awful. But then, Roskilde-week: Heatwave. Amazing weather, amazing festival, lots of pretty Scandinavian people. Good times was had by all.

Land and Freedom might be my favorite of the Loach that I've seen (haven't seen Kes, yet). That whole sequence in the middle from fighting to arguing about landreform is probably the best half hour he ever did.

It's pretty common with American websites. However, 1995 might be one of the few years where it's kinda right. Dead Man, especially, is a masterpiece. The Hou, Oliveira, Angeloupoulos aren't amongst their best, I think.

I'm not a huge Jarmusch fan, but Dead Man is extraordinary. One of the best American films of the decade imo.

Shit, I checket it, and you're right. The prosecutor is straight up lying on this…

Well, there you have it, then ;)

I don't.