Why do people make films?
The press conference for Lars von Trier’s Antichrist started with a surprising question from a journalist of The Daily Mail: “Could you justify doing this film?” After some stuttering from the director, the journalist insisted that he had to justify his work, since being selected in a renowned festival implied such a responsibility.
The tone of the question was pretty shocking (it was clear that the journalist had not liked the film at all), but the most interesting (…)
♦ Introduction
This blog is a place for all contributors of Nisimazine to continue to write, photograph, make video and discuss cinema together after the workshops. An extension of the magazine, this is a free space to keep sharing new insights and experiences through reviews, essays, quotes, interviews and festival reports. You can join any conversation by posting comments. So…, let’s go !
Thursday 21 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #8
By Bruno Carmelo (Brazil), 21 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Wednesday 20 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #7
By Andrea Franco (Spain), 20 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Bazin used to say that the film frame is an open window onto the world. The Cannes Film Festival chose for this year’s poster a still from Michelangelo Antonioni’s L’Avventura, which is actually a good example of that Bazinian bon mot. Here, we find that window within the frame symbolizing the gate to the cinema.
And what we ask ourselves when we see this image on every corner is: What is there beyond that window? What is she going towards? What mysteries lie behind that light? I can’t stop (…)
And what we ask ourselves when we see this image on every corner is: What is there beyond that window? What is she going towards? What mysteries lie behind that light? I can’t stop (…)
Tuesday 19 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #6
By Bruno Carmelo (Brazil), 19 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Jane Campion’s film? It’s “The Piano without sex”. The violence in Mendoza’s Kinatay? “Good luck for those who intend to have barbecue later”. As for the Asian films on vampires, they are “total freak products, but with style”. And the great amount of political content makes Cannes the “UN of cinema”.
In our office, we get new newspapers and magazines every day. As the profession demands, we sometimes have to give up screenings to focus on writing; and the only opinions we have for many titles are (…)
In our office, we get new newspapers and magazines every day. As the profession demands, we sometimes have to give up screenings to focus on writing; and the only opinions we have for many titles are (…)
Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #5
By Laura Talvet (Estonia), 19 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
During the two festival weeks in Cannes, it is often difficult to distinguish cinema from real life and vice versa. While newcomers are overwhelmed by the experience of their lives becoming cinema, for those who already have their place on the red carpet, life is nothing but cinema. Dressed in white satin and jewels while watching a film about Middle Eastern immigrants’ daily misery or the hopeless world of Aboriginal youngsters, they are participating in a true cinematographic scene in (…)
Sunday 17 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #4
By Enrique Vivar (Peru), 17 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
Cannes is a fight. It’s a long, unfair and exhausting battle against a tough guy: an unbeatable giant who, ironically, you always wanted to meet. Your adversary is a sixty-two-year-old piece of culture and if you are not a professional wrestler then you are definitely going to lose. In fact you are fighting with a myth: not a historical or cultural one, but a personal one. Although you can be hypnotized by the luxurious buildings and publicity banners around you, or feel seduced by the sound (…)
Saturday 16 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #3
By Natalia Ames (Peru), 16 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
The madness has begun. In Cannes, people are already craving for invitations, selecting their gowns, organizing schedules for the screenings and finding time to eat quickly between so many activities. Some hours of sleep? Only if you’re lucky.
The impulse of watching as many movies as possible sometimes blurs the importance of selection. Some prefer to stick to the safe option and watch only the movies by consecrated directors. Others are more curious and want to know more about a new (…)
The impulse of watching as many movies as possible sometimes blurs the importance of selection. Some prefer to stick to the safe option and watch only the movies by consecrated directors. Others are more curious and want to know more about a new (…)
Friday 15 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #2
By Moa Geistrand (Sweden), 15 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
How does hosting a gigantic film festival affect a city? 62 years of screening controversial movies from all over the world, sometimes throwing attention onto social injustices and causing stormy debates - does all this create a generation of curious citizens, eager to embrace the world and dive into new ideas? Apparently not. During the years of the rising popularity of Jean-Marie Le Pen, Cannes was one of the cities in France where he got the biggest support. And Le Pen is maybe not the (…)
Thursday 14 May 2009Editorial Nisimazine Cannes 2009 #1
By Jude Lister (UK), 14 May 2009 | Editorials |Translations: [en]
As the Cannes festival reaches the grand and rather respectable age of 62, you might be forgiven for thinking that it’s become a little set in its ways. At first glance, the official selection almost reads like a roll call of perennial favourites (Almodóvar: check, Loach: check, von Trier: check…)
Meanwhile, our daily is diving into its own favourite territory: with our usual focus on the upcoming talents, first and second features, and short films present this year. We’ll also be giving (…)
Meanwhile, our daily is diving into its own favourite territory: with our usual focus on the upcoming talents, first and second features, and short films present this year. We’ll also be giving (…)
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