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Musings about Day 2 in Cannes
With the exception of “Robin Hood,” the first few movies to screen at this year’s festival will play only to small arthouse crowds in the States. And their distribution in the States is far from assured.
Mathieu Almaric’s “Tournee” will probably make it to Texas in a year or so. And it has a little bit of cult appeal, primarily because of the bawdiness of the New Burlesque stars that it features.
And because of his critical standing, Manoel de Oliveira will probably see his latest movie, “The Strange Case of Angelica,” have a small run in the States.
Another possibility for U.S. distribution is “The Housemaid,” a starkly cold Korean film about the brutality shown by a rich family toward their maid. Im Sangsoo directs the film, which has one of the most unusual endings ever seen in Cannes. So far, it’s the shocker.
But big buzz is building around several movies that still haven’t screened. At the top of the list is director Charles Ferguson’s Wall Street documentary, “Inside Job.” The film is one of the few American entries in the official Cannes selection, although it’s not in competition for the Palme d’Or. But Ferguson’s film apparently has a very sharp edge in dealing with the causes of the recent financial meltdown, indicting not only Wall Street but also politicians and academia.
“Inside Job” screens Saturday, a day after Oliver Stone’s “Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.” And “Wall Street,” of course, is also poised to pounce on the financial industry. In the sequel, Shia Labeouf stars as Jake Moore, the generational successor to Gordon Gekko (Michael Douglas), who finally gets out of prison. Stone rarely pulls his punches. So it looks like Wall Street is going to get an even worse reputation, if that’s possible. Like “Inside Job,” the new “Wall Street” is not competing for the Palme d’Or.
Associated Press photo: Actress Julie Atlas Muz, left, and actress Kitten on the Keys, right, arrive for the screening of ” Tournee”, at the 63rd international film festival, in Cannes, southern France, Thursday, May 13, 2010.
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