Nick's Flick Picks: The Cannes Film Festival

<BODY text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" link="#003399" vlink="#003399" leftmargin="35" rightmargin="35"> <table width=680><tr><td> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <TR><TD width=60% valign=center><Font Face=Garamond Color="#003399" Size=+3><b>Cannes Film Festival 1988</b></Font><br> <B><Font Color="#660066">Jury President:</Font> Ettore Scola</b><br> <Font Color="#660066">Other Jurors:</Font> Claude Berri, William Goldman, Nastassja Kinski, George Miller, Robby M&#252ller, Hector Oliveira, David Robinson, Yelena Safonova, Philippe Sarde</TD> <TD width=40% align=right valign=center><img src=cannes88tab.jpg></TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=3> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Palme d'Or:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=pelleox.html><b>Pelle the Conqueror</b></a>, Denmark, dir. Bille August</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Grand Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>A World Apart</i></Font>, UK, dir. Chris Menges</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>A Short Film About Killing</i></Font>, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kie&#X15b;lowski</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Director:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>Sur</i></Font>, Fernando E. Solanas</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>A World Apart</i></Font>, Barbara Hershey, Jodhi May, Linda Mvusi</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>Bird</i></Font>, Forest Whitaker</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Artistic Contribution:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Drowning by Numbers</i></Font>, Peter Greenaway, director</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Technical Grand Prize:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Bird</i></Font>, Clint Eastwood</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>FIPRESCI/International<br>     Critics Prize:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>A Short Film About Killing</i></Font>, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kie&#X15b;lowski</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>A World Apart</i></Font>, UK, dir. Chris Menges</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Camera d'Or (first feature):</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Salaam, Bombay!</i></Font>, India, dir. Mira Nair</TD></TR> </TABLE> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes88c.jpg align=right width=200 height=75><Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066" Size=+1><b>Competition Films I Have Seen:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><b>Ranked in order of preference</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><b>My Palme d'Or</b></Font><br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Chocolat</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France/Cameroon, dir. Claire Denis)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=pelleox.html><i>Pelle the Conqueror</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Denmark, dir. Bille August)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes88dvsl.jpg align=right><Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066" Size=+1><b>Sidebar Selections I Have Seen:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><b>Ranked in order of preference</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Distant Voices, Still Lives</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Terence Davies)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Competition Films I'm Curious to See:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><b>Ranked in order of interest; more on this year's lineup <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1988/allSelections.html" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096464/"><i>A World Apart</i></a>, UK, dir. Chris Menges<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094747/"><i>Bird</i></a>, USA, dir. Clint Eastwood<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095468/"><i>A Short Film About Killing</i></a>, Poland, dir. Krzysztof Kie&#X15b;lowski<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094076/"><i>Sur</i></a>, Argentina, dir. Fernando E. Solanas<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092929/"><i>Drowning by Numbers</i></a>, UK, dir. Peter Greenaway<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095276/"><i>Hanussen</i></a>, Hungary, dir. Istv&#225n Szab&#243<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095786/"><i>Wuthering Heights</i></a>, Japan, dir. Yoshishige Yoshida<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095836/"><i>Patty Hearst</i></a>, USA, dir. Paul Schrader<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093133/"><i>King of the Children</i></a>, China, dir. Chen Kaige<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095053/"><i>El Dorado</i></a>, Spain, dir. Carlos Saura<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095709/"><i>The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey</i></a>, New Zealand/Australia, dir. Vincent Ward<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095839/"><i>Three Sisters</i></a>, West Germany, dir. Margarethe von Trotta<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094833/"><i>The Cannibals</i></a>, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095640/"><i>Miles from Home</i></a>, USA, dir. Gary Sinise<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095827/"><i>Pascali's Island</i></a>, USA, dir. James Dearden<br> <br> <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=5><TR><TD valign=top><Font Color="#660066" Size=-1>Also in Competition</Font>:</TD><TD> <Font Size=-1> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095099/"><i>L'Enfance de l'art</i></a>, France, dir. Francis Girod<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095559/"><i>El Lute II: I'll Be Free Tomorrow</i></a>, Spain, dir. Vicente Aranda<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095773/"><i>The Abyss (L'Oeuvre au noir)</i></a>, Belgium, dir. Andr&#233 Delvaux<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095833/"><i>Welcome to Germany</i></a>, West Germany, dir. Thomas Brasch<br> </Font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>Sidebar Films I'm Curious to See:</b></Font><br> <Font Size=-1><b>Listed alphabetically; more on this year's lineup <a href="http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/1988/allSelections.html" target="_new">here</a></b> (opens in a new window)</Font><br> <Font Size=-2>  <br></Font> <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8><TR><TD valign=top><Font Color="#660066">Un Certain Regard</Font>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095341/"><i>Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie</i></a>, USA/France, <br>         dir. Marcel Oph&#252ls<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095587/"><i>Mapantsula</i></a>, South Africa, dir. Oliver Schmitz<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093593/"><i>The Silver Globe</i></a>, Poland, dir. Andrzej Zulawski<br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top><a href="http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/archives/1988/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><Font Color="#660066">Directors' Fortnight</Font></a>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093633/"><i>Daughter of the Nile</i></a>, Taiwan, dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0242523/"><i>Despite Everything</i></a>, Turkey, dir. Orhan Oguz<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096028/"><i>Salaam, Bombay!</i></a>, India, dir. Mira Nair<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096180/"><i>Stormy Monday</i></a>, UK/USA, dir. Mike Figgis<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0096006/"><i>The Story of Fausta</i></a>, Brazil, dir. Bruno Barreto<br> </TD></TR> <TABLE border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8><TR><TD valign=top><Font Color="#660066">Out of Competition</Font>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095250/"><i>The Big Blue</i></a>, France, dir. Luc Besson<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092851/"><i>Dear America: Letters Home from Vietnam</i></a>, USA, dir. Bill Couturie<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097514/"><i>Histoires du cin&#233ma</i></a>, Switzerland, dir. Jean-Luc Godard<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0095638/"><i>The Milagro Beanfield War</i></a>, USA, dir. 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