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MUMBAI:
: This year the Cannes Festival committee decided to look
at classics in a big way and it has divided the classics under
the following major events: Birth of the World Cinema Foundation,
the John Wayne Centenary, Laurence Olivier's centenary, four
documentaries on eminent film makers and finally,
Cannes
Classics 2007 has been placed under the patronage of Andrzej
Wajda, who is coming to introduce a restored copy of KANAL,
winner of the Special Jury Award at Cannes in 1957 (50 years
ago!). Jane Fonda will also be in Cannes to pay homage to
her father, Henry Fonda, at the screening of Sydney Lumet's
TWELVE ANGRY MEN (1957) on Saturday May 26th.
Birth
of the World Cinema Foundation
An
idea of Martin Scorsese, some film-makers have decided to
put together, within the World Cinema Foundation, a non-profit
organisation whose objective is to provide financial assistance
for the preservation, restoration and broadcasting of films
from all over the world, in particular the cinema of Africa,
Latin America, Asia and Central Europe.
The
World Cinema Foundation will be launched at Cannes during
a press conference on 22 May, followed in the next few days
by the introduction of three films supported by Walter Salles
(Brazil), Cristi Puiu (Romania) and Martin Scorsese (US).
TRANSES
by Ahmed El Maanouni (Morocco, 1981) Restored by the Cineteca
di Bologna Introduced by Martin Scorsese
LIMIT
by Mario Peixoto (Brazil, 1931) Restored by the Cinemateca
Brasileira, VideoFilmes, the Mario Peixoto Institute, with
the participation of Arte France
Introduced by Walter Salles
FOREST
OF THE HANGED by Liviu Ciulei (Romania, 1964)Restored
by the National Film Archive of Romania Introduced by Cristi
Puiu
John
Wayne Centenary
Batjac Productions, John Wayne's production company, managed
today by Gretchen Wayne, proposed to the Festival de Cannes
to celebrate this centenary by showing two of John Wayne's
films, out of the hundred or so that he made from the start
of the 1920s with John Ford and Raoul Walsh up until The Shootist
by Don Siegel in 1976.
HONDO
(3D) by John Farrow (US, 1953)Film restored by Batjac
Productions
Introduction
by Gretchen Wayne.Note that the screening will be in the original
conditions, i.e., projected in 3D
RIO
BRAVO by Howard Hawks (USA, 1959) Film restored by Warner
Bros
Laurence
Olivier's Shakespearian films
Laurence
Olivier, born on 22 May 1907, died 11 June 1979, devoted a
large part of his stage career to William Shakespeare. When
he became a screen actor he also directed three films of three
famous works by the English playwright. This Shakespearian
trilogy is presented by Granada International as digital screenings
HAMLET
(Great Britain, 1948)The film will be preceded by a Humphrey
Jennings short documentary, WORDS FOR BATTLE (Great Britain,
1941), narrated by Laurence Olivier (restored by the British
Film Institute)Film restored by Granada International Presented
by Fiona Maxwell
HENRY
V (Great Britain, 1944) Film restored by Granada International
Presented by Fiona Maxwell
RICHARD
III (Great Britain, 1955) Film restored by The Criterion
Collection
Four documentaries on filmmaking dedicated to…Marlon
BRANDO. by Leslie Greif and Mimi Freedman (US, 2007)
A Greif Company / TCM
MAURICE
PIALAT, L'AMOUR EXISTE by Jean-Pierre Devillers, Anne-Marie
Faux (France, 2007) A Les Films du Worso
MAN
OF CINEMA: PIERRE RISSIENT by Todd McCarthy (USA, 2007)
Deep Focus Productions
NEVER
APOLOGIZE: A PERSONAL VISIT WITH LINDSAY ANDERSON by Mike
Kaplan (G.B., 2007) A Travis Productions / Circle Associates
Ltd.
Ten
classic restored films for screening. Among these: ISRAEL
WHY by Claude Lanzmann (France, 1973) Restoration: Why Not
Productions
BOUND
BY CHASTITY RULES by Sang-Ok Shin (South Korea, 1962)
Restoration: Korean Film Archives
MY
LAST MISTRESS by Sacha Guitry (France, 1943) Restoration:
Cinémathèque française / Studio Canal
MIKEY
AND NICKY by Elaine May (USA, 1976) New print: Carlotta
Films
ESCAPE
FROM YESTERDAY by Julien Duvivier (France, 1935)
Restoration: CNC – French Film Archives / SND
SUSPIRIA
by Dario Argento (Italy, 1977) Restoration: Luciano Tovoli
/ Wildside Films
THE
AVENTURES OF PRINCE ACHMED by Lotte Reiniger (Germany,
1926)
Restoration: Deustches Filmmuseum Frankfurt am Main
DRACULA
by Terence Fisher (England, 1958) Restoration: British
Film Institute / Swashbuckler Films
YO
YO by Pierre Etaix Restoration: Gan Foundation for Cinema
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