Though not for lack of trying, I haven’t seen a film worth really writing about in days. This afternoon I check out Michael Haneke’s The White Ribbon, about which I’ve heard good things; before I leave I’ll attempt to see the Competition entries from Gaspar Noe, Tsai Ming-Liang and Isabel Coixet. But the end of Cannes 2009 is definitely in sight. The market wraps up today, and the crowds are both thinning and wearing out. I arrived at this morning’s screening of Terry Gilliam’s The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus 90 minutes early to find nothing like a crowd in wait; when I walked out of the film after 40 minutes because my eyes ached from rolling so much, it looked like everyone in my half-full row was asleep.
So in lieu of reviews, here’s some gossip and other notes on the past few days:
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When a short student film described by the director as “an exercise for school” wins the Palme d’Or at Cannes, you can be sure this is someone to watch. Elisa Miller’s Ver Llover (translated Watching it Rain) was featured with a host of other shorts by Mexican directors in this year’s Great Expectations program. The lineup was dominated by hard-hitting dramas with more than their share of gritty sex and death (taking a cue from Iñárritu?). In contrast, Miller’s ode to young love reads like a deceptively simple haiku.
She told me how the true drama is often in the little things, and we talked about the exciting new crop of young Mexican directors, supported by the more established “Tres Amigos” (Iñárritu, Cuarón and Del Toro).
Elisa Miller Interview [3:02m]:
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