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Scorsese in Cannes
Martin Scorsese, one of the few truly great auteurs without a film at Cannes this year, made an appearance anyway Friday, to promote the newly restored version of the 1948 classic “The Red Shoes.”
It has been restored by the UCLA Film & Television Archive, in cooperation with the British Film Institute, ITV Global Entertainment and Janus Films. And it’s showing tonight at a special screening, before it comes out in a special-edition Blu-ray at the end of June.
Scorsese, who’s a film restoration buff, took time out from his filming of :”Shutter Island” to come to Cannes and promote “The Red Shoes.”
After finishing “Shutter Island,” Scorsese plans to start work on a documentary about British cinema history, yet another of his passions. He’s a big fan of Jose[h Losey, Basil Dearden, Guy Hamilton and John Gilling.
Cannes always has a host of restored movies in its Cannes Classic sidebar, which gets little attention but is a gem of the fest.
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