The article 'Cannes 2013 lineup: a programme of heavy-hitters and unexpected gems' was published on the website of the newspaper 'The Guardian' on April 18, 2013. It was written by Peter Bradshaw.
The aim of the article is to tell about Cannes Festival 2013. From Roman Polanski to James Franco, from the Coen brothers and to Steven Soderbergh, there's plenty to look forward to at this year's festival.
As Peter Bradshaw notices the announcement of the Cannes competition list is the first sign of spring; always an exciting moment and even more so as in recent years Cannes has consolidated its primacy among the film festivals of the world. There is the expected parade of heavy-hitters and some former Palme d'Or-winners: Roman Polanski, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paolo Sorrentino, Steven Soderbergh, Alexander Payne, Joel and Ethan Coen, François Ozon.
Then the author writes there are the competition openers, shrewdly chosen, surely, with an eye to delivering the red-carpet glitz that is so vital for international media coverage and big-ticket sponsorship. Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby features Leonardo DiCaprio as the charismatic and mysterious Gatsby himself. The trailer will feed both the hopes and the gravest fears of those who have followed Luhrmann's career so far.
The Coen brothers are among this festival's favoured auteurs, the equivalent of the Mafia's "made guys", and it is no surprise to see their new movie 'Inside Llewyn Davis' on the competition list. Oscar Isaac plays the difficult, talented folk singer in 60s New York, and Carey Mulligan and John Goodman co-star.
Also this is a great festival for Japan, and two very different Japanese auteurs are represented. Takashi Miike's Straw Shield is a high-stakes crime thriller about a police squad tasked with protecting a murderer who has turned himself in after the grandfather of his victim has announced a billion-yen reward for anyone who kills him.
As it was noted the actor-writer-artist James Franco is appearing at Cannes as a director, with his As I Lay Dying, a version of the William Faulkner novel, adapted by Franco himself. Franco rubs people up the wrong way a bit, but no-one can doubt his energy and creativity.And back in Competition, the actor Valerie Bruni-Tedeschi is appearing as director, with her A Castle in Italy, about a family forced to sell their ancestral home.
To sum it all up, Peter Bradshaw tells what a fascinating festival lineup, and as ever the best stuff will almost certainly be the unheralded movies that we don't even realise are there. I cannot but agree with Mr. Bradshaw. I wish I could watch all these films.
The aim of the article is to tell about Cannes Festival 2013. From Roman Polanski to James Franco, from the Coen brothers and to Steven Soderbergh, there's plenty to look forward to at this year's festival.
As Peter Bradshaw notices the announcement of the Cannes competition list is the first sign of spring; always an exciting moment and even more so as in recent years Cannes has consolidated its primacy among the film festivals of the world. There is the expected parade of heavy-hitters and some former Palme d'Or-winners: Roman Polanski, Nicolas Winding Refn, Paolo Sorrentino, Steven Soderbergh, Alexander Payne, Joel and Ethan Coen, François Ozon.
Then the author writes there are the competition openers, shrewdly chosen, surely, with an eye to delivering the red-carpet glitz that is so vital for international media coverage and big-ticket sponsorship. Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby features Leonardo DiCaprio as the charismatic and mysterious Gatsby himself. The trailer will feed both the hopes and the gravest fears of those who have followed Luhrmann's career so far.
The Coen brothers are among this festival's favoured auteurs, the equivalent of the Mafia's "made guys", and it is no surprise to see their new movie 'Inside Llewyn Davis' on the competition list. Oscar Isaac plays the difficult, talented folk singer in 60s New York, and Carey Mulligan and John Goodman co-star.
Also this is a great festival for Japan, and two very different Japanese auteurs are represented. Takashi Miike's Straw Shield is a high-stakes crime thriller about a police squad tasked with protecting a murderer who has turned himself in after the grandfather of his victim has announced a billion-yen reward for anyone who kills him.
As it was noted the actor-writer-artist James Franco is appearing at Cannes as a director, with his As I Lay Dying, a version of the William Faulkner novel, adapted by Franco himself. Franco rubs people up the wrong way a bit, but no-one can doubt his energy and creativity.And back in Competition, the actor Valerie Bruni-Tedeschi is appearing as director, with her A Castle in Italy, about a family forced to sell their ancestral home.
To sum it all up, Peter Bradshaw tells what a fascinating festival lineup, and as ever the best stuff will almost certainly be the unheralded movies that we don't even realise are there. I cannot but agree with Mr. Bradshaw. I wish I could watch all these films.
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