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Cannes Directors’ Fortnight will honor the late Alain Resnais with the Carrosse d’Or (Golden Carriage) award, ScreenDaily reports.
At The Dissolve, David Ehrlich looks at the curious case of the Japanese remake of Sideways:
A few years ago, one the most exciting places to buy movies in New York City was the JAS Mart on St. Mark’s. A subterranean Japanese market beneath the far end of the East Village’s most embarrassing street, the store had a mediocre DVD selection and prices that were hardly any better. But it’s hard to compete with a place where you could buy the complete works of Hayao Miyazaki alongside a jug of Pocari Sweat and a shrink-wrapped squid.
Watch an homage to black and white cinema, produced by Spark:
The legendary D.A. Pennebaker is crowdfunding a new documentary on chimpanzee rights, Film School Rejects reports.
Robert Abele interviews James Gray at DGA Quarterly:
Although his characters may be tortured inside, Gray prefers a “funny, amused” set for fostering creativity. His first few takes of a given shot are often to script, but when he senses the actors have absorbed the material, he’ll ask for improvisation. “I’ll tell one actor to ask for a prop or something to break the momentum, or have an actor say something the other actor doesn’t expect,” says Gray. “The key to acting—from what little I know about that wonderful craft—is listening, and interacting with the other person in order to achieve magic. One way to do that is almost to provoke.” He’s also keenly aware that beautiful accidents can happen at any time, so he insists on shooting rehearsals. “The crew might have a heart attack, but always roll camera.”
Over two decades later, Park Chan-wook feature debut The Moon Is… the Sun’s Dream will premiere on IPTV, digital cable, online and mobile channels today in South Korea, THR reports. See the brief opening below:
At Film School Rejects, Monika Bartyzel explores seven true stories and the autobiographical films they inspired:
All creations are, in some way, autobiographical. As the merging of imagination and experience, at least a little bit of the creator’s self is infused in their creation. At times, it’s little more than a thematic hint, like Ethan Hawke’s discussion of his failing marriage in Before Sunset, as the actor himself went through a public break-up. It can also be the combination of memory and fantasy, like Guy Maddin’s eccentric documentary about his hometown and childhood memories, My Winnipeg. And other times, cinema becomes the therapist investigating familial turmoil, like Sarah Polley’s excellent Stories We Tell.