Early Toronto Choices
The ’06 Toronto Film Festival, which kicks off two and a half months from now, is going to be a kind of old-home week for anyone who went to Cannes. Alejandro Gonzales Innaritu‘s widely-praised Babel will be screened there…great. Ditto Ray Lawrence‘s Jindabyne, Ken Loach‘s Palme d’Or-winning The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Andrea Arnold ‘s Red Road and Aki Kaurismaki‘s Lights in the Dusk. Hey…what about giving Richard Kelly another shot with a new cut of Southland Tales? And what about showing Sofia Coppola‘s Marie-Antoinette for another round of whatever happens? (I was going to type the words “deeply loathed” before the title, but then I remembered that some people, including French critic Michel Ciment, stood up for it.)
In case anyone missed the last 60 Marie-Antoinette posts, I have a news flash: Jeff hates Sofia Coppola! In fact, he “deeply loathes” her. He hates her so much that he already hates her baby and her next three movies.
First of all, the majority of high-profile Cannes films show up at Toronto every year, and are always the first films announced, so that’s hardly a big surprise. And second, there are obviously many, many more announcements to come, some of which may well include the Coppola and Kelly pictures. (The former would surely be a Gala Presentation, and not a single Gala film appears in this initial announcement.)
First of all, the majority of high-profile Cannes films show up at Toronto every year, and are always the first films announced, so that’s hardly a big surprise. And second, there are obviously many, many more announcements to come, some of which may well include the Coppola and Kelly pictures. (The former would surely be a Gala Presentation, and not a single Gala film appears in this initial announcement.)
I believe MARIE ANTOINETTE has made around 20 million in only three countries: France, the Netherlands and Belgium. ALL my friends who have seen MA think that it ………is “masterful”, “brilliant.”, not to mention a lot of “FUN”, and without a doubt “the most beautiful movie ever made.”
I really want to like Marie-Antoinette, Richard, but please tell me you’re kidding about that last remark. ALL your friends think it’s “the most beautiful movie ever made.” Have these people seen any other movies?
the cinematogrophy, the look of the movie.
I saw Marie-Antoinette on my recent trip to Paris. As much as I wanted to disagree with Jeff on this, it’s pretty bad. Beautiful to look at sure, but it is soulless, meandering, has no plot to speak of, leaves out crucial historical details and Kirsten Dunst is awful, just awful.
We have very different friends, I suspect. Sorry you did not like it.