President Quentin

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MacGuffin

Tarantino to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury

PARIS (Reuters) - Quentin Tarantino, director of the films "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," is to head the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers said.

Tarantino won the coveted Palme d'Or award for best film at Cannes with his 1994 offering "Pulp Fiction," a box office hit that established his reputation, and also secured a screenplay Oscar.

"For a film director and a film lover, there is no greater dream than to be a member of the Cannes jury," Tarantino said in a statement in French released by the organizers at the weekend.

"To be (jury) president is a fantastic honor and at the same time a huge responsibility. For me, it's the crowning moment of an existence entirely devoted to cinema," he said.

The world's most famous film festival runs from May 12 to May 23 on the Cote d'Azur in southern France.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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rustinglass

Great news!
So volume 2 will be out of competition, right?
who decides this anyway?
"In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernise, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Since they don't have experience of the west, they even believe that western shit is pie."
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ElPandaRoyal

Quote from: rustinglassGreat news!
So volume 2 will be out of competition, right?
who decides this anyway?

No, it will be competing and Quentin will award himself with the Palme d'Or, the director, screenplay and actor awards (this last one for his amazing voice over work as Pai-Mei, or whatever his name is...)
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Quote from: MacGuffinTarantino to Head Cannes Film Festival Jury

PARIS (Reuters) - Quentin Tarantino, director of the films "Reservoir Dogs" and "Pulp Fiction," is to head the jury of the 2004 Cannes Film Festival in May, organizers said.

Tarantino won the coveted Palme d'Or award for best film at Cannes with his 1994 offering "Pulp Fiction," a box office hit that established his reputation, and also secured a screenplay Oscar.

"For a film director and a film lover, there is no greater dream than to be a member of the Cannes jury," Tarantino said in a statement in French released by the organizers at the weekend.

"To be (jury) president is a fantastic honor and at the same time a huge responsibility. For me, it's the crowning moment of an existence entirely devoted to cinema," he said.

The world's most famous film festival runs from May 12 to May 23 on the Cote d'Azur in southern France.

So if Wong Kar-Wai can finally finish 2046 in time, we can be pretty sure the Grand Jury prize will go to him, yes?!

(which is most definitely a good thing)
Those who say that the totalitarian state of the Soviet Union was not "real" Marxism also cannot admit that one simple feature of Marxism makes totalitarianism necessary:  the rejection of civil society. Since civil society is the sphere of private activity, its abolition and replacement by political society means that nothing private remains. That is already the essence of totalitarianism; and the moralistic practice of the trendy Left, which regards everything as political and sometimes reveals its hostility to free speech, does nothing to contradict this implication.

When those who hated capital and consumption (and Jews) in the 20th century murdered some hundred million people, and the poster children for the struggle against international capitalism and America are now fanatical Islamic terrorists, this puts recent enthusiasts in an awkward position. Most of them are too dense and shameless to appreciate it, and far too many are taken in by the moralistic and paternalistic rhetoric of the Left.

MacGuffin

'Kill Bill 2' European rollout may rule out Cannes date

PARIS -- Following this weekend's announcement that Quentin Tarantino will preside over this year's Festival de Cannes jury, festival organizers Monday were playing down any suggestion that his presence is an indicator that "Kill Bill-Vol. 2" could open the festival May 12.

According to industry sources, festival organizers had been very keen to open with Tarantino's latest offering, 12 years after his cult classic "Reservoir Dogs" visited the festival in an Out of Competition slot.

"Miramax is keen to schedule an early release of the film all over Europe in the second week of May, and that would rule out the film opening Cannes," an industry source said. The film's United States release is scheduled for April 16. TFM, the French distributor, was not available for comment.

Tarantino's return to Cannes as jury president 10 years after his film "Pulp Fiction" won the Palme d'Or has been billed by the French press as a "badly needed shot in the arm" after a lackluster event last year.

Heading the Cannes jury, Tarantino will follow in the footsteps of such filmmakers as Francis Ford Coppola, Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese and Roman Polanski.

"For a filmmaker and film lover, there's no greater honor than to be on the jury of the Cannes film festival," Tarantino said in a statement. "To be president is both a magnificent honor and a magnificent responsibility and also the crowning achievement of a lifetime spent in cinematic obsession -- a magnificent obsession."

Tarantino succeeds last year's jury president, Patrice Chereau ("Intimacy"), and will head a yet-to-be-announced nine-member jury of French and international filmmakers, actors, writers and directors.
"Don't think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it's good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art." - Andy Warhol


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SmellyBoobFungus

we need to get Gold Trumpet on the jury, but, then again, no one would probably win.
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rustinglass

Kusturica won't get anything for sure, after what he said about kill bill. The tables have turned.
"In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernise, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Since they don't have experience of the west, they even believe that western shit is pie."
-Emir Kusturica

brockly

Quote from: rustinglassKusturica won't get anything for sure, after what he said about kill bill. The tables have turned.

what did he say? im curious.

rustinglass

"In Serbia a lot of people hate me because they want to westernise, not understanding that the western world is bipolar, with very good things and very bad things. Since they don't have experience of the west, they even believe that western shit is pie."
-Emir Kusturica

private witt

why doesn't chris cunningham direct a feature film?
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MacGuffin

Quote from: private wittwhy doesn't chris cunningham direct a feature film?

Why don't you use the Search feature?
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