The Cannes Film Festival celebrated its 60th anniversary on wednesday with an opening movie Wong Kar-wai’s New York-California road trip tale starring Jude Law and Norah Jones.The 11 day festival strives for the right mix of art house films and star power,and My Blueberry Nights’ has both.
Other filmmakers showing movies for the anniversary addition are Michael Moore,Quentin Tarantino and the Coen brothers.
Cannes was founded in 1939 as an alternative to the Venice Film Festival in Mussulini’s Italy,but the festival was cancelled because World War 11 broke out.
The festival is looking back at its glamorous history this year with a photo exhibit on the beach.
The main competition involves 22 films from countries,including Israel,South Korea and Mexico,as well as movies from directors who have already been crowned with Cannes’ top prize,the palme d’Or:Tarantino’s gory Death Proof ,the Coens’ Rio Grande Thriller No Country for Old Men,Gus Van Sant’s Paranoid Park and Kusturica’s Promise Me This.
Via:The Times Of India