Ken loach and jodie foster, as well as the sponsor’s vodka
The festival includes in work mode. A lot of impressions, social life flowed from the picture of woody Allen in reality, opened the Russian pavilion at the Cannes film market. Columnists “Tape.<url>,” standing in endless queues to view and describe their experiences. The second day of competition showed a picture of jodie foster, as well as the favorite of the selectors Ken Loach.
Igor Igritsky about the next directorial experience jodie foster
The third film of the Hollywood stars, a few days ago finally received his star on the walk of fame 53-year-old jodie foster, showed in Cannes — out of competition. It is a success, although not undisputed. “Financial monster” is the name of the TV show, which is the hero of George Clooney: about how to earn on the stock exchange. At some point on live it takes hostage of the loser, the loser thanks to the advice of glamorous leading all your money, 60 thousand dollars.
The frame: the film is a “Financial monster”
After the unexpected ties the plot develops classically — from the first to the last frame it is clear how it will end, including the small details. However, the traditional happy ending slightly, we can say, European-style, oiled. Well, let the predictable script, film a commercial, moreover, do not apply for awards. But why invite the starring Clooney and Julia Roberts, if any of the Director’s tasks is no special? Former Beauty plays editor program, which directly into the air can kill and maim leading to a lot of people, but it fails to make a scared face. At some point I thought that her character is in cahoots with the criminal and hoped for a surprise ending. There it was. Well, let’s say, the (one time) well-paid Hollywood actress did not differ dramatic gift before, but the question of the Director, then why invite her? One, Clooney is not able to carry a movie on himself, considering that his counterpart, homegrown terrorist in the performance of Jack O’connell so desperately overdo the face that his antics and jumping nothing but smirk curve, do not cause. The only scene really funny where during negotiations the pregnant girlfriend of the unfortunate “villain” conceals his string of obscenities, not redeems improbability of the situation.
Total: the script is bad, execution is useless. As experts say, the current level of the Director checked the second picture. And after more than worthy of the “Beaver” (debut, 1995’s “Home for the holidays” almost forgotten) — it seems that one of the best Actresses in Hollywood are not worth chasing uncut glory. Neither the original, nor finds her next movie does not Shine, that would remove any professional craftsman, and no big names will not correct the situation.
And complicated the fate of the British cabinetry
A favorite of the Cannes jury Ken loach has introduced its latest social project “I, Daniel Blake”, a masterly description of the tragedy of the little man. Simple and uncomplicated story about how surviving a heart attack joiner from Newcastle toils in search of work, built entirely on the wonderful British actors Dave Jones and Hayley Squires. Last its British plays (a woman of difficult destiny), which had nothing to feed her two children. First she steals food from the store, but when caught is forced to do honest work, that is on the panel. In the film, the mass of literary allusions, mostly, as it seems, from the Russian classics — from “the Overcoat” to “Crime and punishment”. But loach understated narrative, preferring a cinematic authenticity.
The frame: the film “I, Daniel Blake”
Camera with admirable thoroughness focuses on the psychological aspects of the struggle of the common people with meaningless state machine. The film is not only French, but with English subtitles, because the characters Express themselves in “human language”, understandable only to the locals, and the characters seem not to notice the cameras. The story is quite revealing: a simple worker to receive benefits, shall, as it turned out, to be able to use the Internet — and it is not in the tooth foot. Everyone should have a smartphone — and he did not have a family. To write with a pencil on paper is now impossible. But there are shops that give out free food, and hospitals, where to put such diagnoses that no one may dispose of my health and work. It seems that loach debunks the myth about British social institution, although, like any great artist, only tells the story of love. The final third of the picture makes the room together to sob as the ability to put pressure on the heel of the lacrimal gland from the British masters — corporate reception. In General, “I, Daniel Blake” makes a strong impression and full of pathos, although some plot twists require explanation. For example, it is not clear why all the same handy specialist, able to whittle an exclusive wardrobe from scrap materials, with 40 years of experience selling their crafts for real money, — suddenly almost starving. Or a young woman, albeit with two offspring-students, no work, except in a brothel, cannot find. Although maybe the author of this detail is not interesting. His task is to show the tragedy — made with glitter, and reliability matters. Anything can happen, and any state machine is really soulless. The main thing — a good movie to rent.
Denis Ruzaev about the deadlines and parties
The eternal question of the deadline in Cannes is particularly acute and is mainly decided by the all-night vigils in the morning, afternoon, evening look like so many things, what to write remains only at the expense of sleep. In this context, a new film by Frenchman Alain as giraudy, “to Stand still” (also shown at 8 in the morning) was right on target — although his interest in the subject is not delivered on time the texts of this movie posits not immediately, some time skillfully and beautifully leading the viewer around by the nose. As giraudy, a couple of years ago rocked the festival with a Frank, heartbreaking gay drama “Stranger by the lake” in which the pastoral idyll of the small homosexual community in the South of France suddenly blew up the appearance of the rapist and murderer, in essence, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. “To stand still” behaves about the same as the predatory character (though the wolves with the sheep, have a natural there too) — but just the opposite: dramatic, suspenseful plot here opens reckless, almost surreal Comedy.
The frame: the film “Stand up straight”
The main character, wandering around a rural backwater Leo, a middle-aged slacker with no visible possessions, and talents, from time to time picking up the phone to ask the source of money and promise as soon as possible to send some text (it is later revealed that this scenario). But most of the first half of the film suffers from outright nonsense: glued to the young man with expressive face, that bothers tutelary old, fan of Pink Floyd, met with brutal girl with a sheep farm and then seduces her. By the time the viewer will understand what provokes all the more crazy escapades of the hero, the inability to get to work on the script, his misadventures will acquire absolutely absurdist in nature and will be filled with tangible hypersexual drive, caricature reflection and constant playing to the deception of the audience expectations. And directing as giraudy, a sudden turn of posed, emphasized art in a sample of wit and recognizable, anyone else not like the style. In the Cannes competition probably, there will be better movies, but to outdo the “Stand still” for unpredictability, playfulness and self-irony will not be easy. If the task of the movie — surprise, as giraudy, copes with her to cheer.
After the stunning, seriously touching “Daniel Blake” had been out at a party to celebrate the opening of giant local film market Marche du Film, one of the world’s largest platforms for financing, marketing and sales of cinema all over the world. Marche du Film this time takes place with Russia as the country-leader, and party on the beach at the Majestic major was in Russian style — with the head of “Roskino” Ekaterina Mtsituridze in the status of the hostess of the evening, many of the stars of the domestic industry, from Bondarchuk to Wernicke, among the guests, and, of course, immense amounts of vodka sponsorship for a treat. At events like the Cannes festival, clearly felt especially by vanity fair — but the tension gradually subsides, you should look for in a mixed international crowd of friends (and to tread the way to the bar). There are, after all, something soothing to watch, as the powers that are in the queue for a leg of mutton, although long such meditation will not — unlike the hero as giraudy, deadlines we have to adhere to. Otherwise you’ll have to think about how not to become a hero of Ken Loach.
