Comments on: ‘Only God Forgives,’ ‘Nebraska,’ ‘Inside Llewyn Davis,’ ‘The Past’ & More Lead Official Selection For 2013 Cannes Film Festival

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:07 +0000

Damn, I said four months ago that I hoped the James Gray picture didn't get retitled as something boring like "The Immigrant."

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/marrakech-12-james-gray-says-nightingale-probably-back-to-original-title-lowlife-hopes-to-premiere-in-cannes-2013-20121205

Boo.

By: patchthehavoc

patchthehavoc — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:07 +0000

Surprised to not see Only Lovers Left Alive at all and Les Salauds in Un Certain Regard instead of the official selection. The Immigrant is… a much less compelling name than Lowlife, however you look at it, so I'm not sure why they made that switch. Very, very excited for Only God Forgives and Inside Llewyn Davis.

By: Tiago Lopes

Tiago Lopes — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:07 +0000

Is this the first time a TV production is in Cannes' main line-up?

By: Boetticher

Boetticher — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:07 +0000

I think this'll be the best Cannes in a very long time.

By: ek

ek — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:07 +0000

Dissapointed under the skin and only lovers left alive wont be premiering there.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

watch out for Director's Fortnight entry ON THE JOB

By: Dan Humphrey

Dan Humphrey — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

Spielberg loved A SEPARATION ("best film of the year by a wide margin") and told Farhadi as much when he met him at a party in late 2011. This has been widely reported in the press.

By: yer

yer — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

Well Spielberg is the head of the jury so you can rule out Farhadi winning because he's Iranian and you can rule out anything auteur related not winning. I'm guessing Nebraska takes home the Palme.

By: Christopher Bell

Christopher Bell — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

Yeah right. I can't imagine him going for Refn. I assume it'd be one of the more obvious picks — send off Soderbergh with another palm?

By: Michael M.

Michael M. — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

And the Palme d'Or goes too: Only God Forgives.

Come on Spielberg is the head of the international jury, and surely he'll gravitate towards Refn's highly stylized, pulp neo-noir art-house.

By: KL

KL — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

The fake list was better than this.

By: yemka

yemka — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

Wait is Gatsby in competition tho? Like Moonrise was last yearr?

By: oogle monster

oogle monster — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

STOKED for Gatsby (duh), Gosling + Refn, and of course double the Mulligan in the form of Coen Bro's! Bummed that Spike Jonze's latest isn't in the lineup… wanted double the Phoenix as well.

By: Liam

Liam — Fri, 13 May 2016 10:10:06 +0000

Cotillard has "The Immigrant" in Competition & "Blood Ties" out of competition. She's gonna have another huge year on the circuit. She was even supposed to be in Farhadi's The Past but dropped it a few weeks latter.
I hope she'll blow everybody's mind in another tour-de-force performance to proove once and for all that sh's one of best actress working today.