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 1991</b></Font><br> <B><Font Color="#660066">Jury President:</Font> Roman Polanski</b><br> <Font Color="#660066">Other Jurors:</Font> F&#233rid Boughedir, Whoopi Goldberg, Margaret M&#233n&#233goz, Natalya Negoda, Alan Parker, Jean-Paul Rappeneau, Hans Dieter Seidel, Vittorio Storaro, Vangelis</TD> <TD width=40% align=right valign=center><img src=cannes91tab.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=bartfink.html><b>Barton Fink</b></a>, USA, dir. Joel Coen</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Grand Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>La Belle noiseuse</i></Font>, France, dir. Jacques Rivette</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>Hors la vie</i></Font>, Belgium, dir. Maroun Bagdadi<br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Zentropa</i></Font>, Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Director:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=bartfink.html><i>Barton Fink</i></a>, Joel Coen</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>The Double Life of V&#233ronique</i></Font>, Ir&#232ne Jacob</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=bartfink.html><i>Barton Fink</i></a>, John Turturro</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Supporting Actor:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Jungle Fever</i></Font>, Samuel L. Jackson</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Artistic Contribution:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Zentropa</i></Font>, Lars von Trier, director</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Technical Grand Prize:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Zentropa</i></Font>, Lars von Trier, director</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>The Double Life of V&#233ronique</i></Font>, Poland/France, 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>The Double Life of V&#233ronique</i></Font>, Poland/France, dir. Krzysztof Kie&#X15b;lowski</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>Toto le h&#233ros</i></Font>, France/Belgium, dir. Jaco van Dormael</TD></TR> </TABLE> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes91bf.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> <a href=bartfink.html><i>Barton Fink</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Joel Coen)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Zentropa</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Denmark, dir. Lars von Trier)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>The Double Life of V&#233ronique</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Poland/France, dir. Krzysztof Kie&#X15b;lowski)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Jungle Fever</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Spike Lee)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes91bhd.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> <a href=favfilmsboyz.html target="_new"><i>Boyz N the Hood</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. John Singleton)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Thelma & Louise</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: USA, dir. Ridley Scott)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Un Certain Regard: USA, dirs. Fax Bahr, Eleanor Coppola, and George Hickenlooper)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Prospero's Books</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: UK/The Netherlands, dir. Peter Greenaway)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Madonna: Truth or Dare</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: USA, dir. Alek Keshishian)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Proof</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: Australia, dir. Jocelyn Moorhouse)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <Font Color="#003399"><i>Young Soul Rebels</i></Font> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Critics' Week: UK, dir. Isaac Julien)</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/1991/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/tt0103190/"><i>Van Gogh</i></a>, France, dir. Maurice Pialat<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102439/"><i>The Suspended Step of the Stork</i></a>, Greece, dir. Theo Angelopoulos<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101428/"><i>La Belle noiseuse</i></a>, France, dir. Jacques Rivette<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101440/"><i>Life on a String</i></a>, Hong Kong, dir. Chen Kaige<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102048/"><i>Homicide</i></a>, USA, dir. David Mamet<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102383/"><i>Malina</i></a>, Germany, dir. Werner Schroeter<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102749/"><i>A Rage in Harlem</i></a>, USA, dir. Bill Duke<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103135/"><i>Assassin of the Tsar</i></a>, USSR, dir. Karen Shakhnazarov<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102058/"><i>Hors la vie</i></a>, Belgium/France, dir. Maroun Bagdadi<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/tt0220309/"><i>Anna Karamazoff</i></a>, USSR, dir. Rustam Khamdamov<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101460/"><i>Bix</i></a>, Italy, dir. Pupi Avati<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102358/"><i>Cold Moon</i></a>, France, dir. Patrick Bouchitey<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101548/"><i>The Flesh</i></a>, Italy, dir. Marco Ferreri<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101984/"><i>Guilty by Suspicion</i></a>, USA, dir. Irwin Winkler<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102693/"><i>The Yes Man</i></a>, Italy, dir. Daniele Luccheti<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/1991/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/tt0099219/"><i>A Captive in the Land</i></a>, USA, dir. John Berry<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0175776/"><i>Ishanou (The Chosen One)</i></a>, India, dir. Aribam Syam Sharma<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102251/"><i>Laada (The Tradition)</i></a>, Burkina Faso, dir. Drissa Tour&#233<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100547/"><i>Sango Malo</i></a>, Cameroon, dir. Bassek Ba Kobhio<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103316/"><i>Yumeji</i></a>, Japan, dir. Seijun Suzuki<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104937/"><i>Woman of the Port</i></a>, Mexico, dir. Arturo Ripstein<br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top><a href="http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/archives/1991/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><Font Color="#660066">Directors' Fortnight</Font></a>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101273/"><i>The Adjuster</i></a>, Canada, dir. Atom Egoyan<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101658/"><i>Danz&#243n</i></a>, Mexico, dir. Maria Novaro<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102116/"><i>The Indian Runner</i></a>, USA, dir. Sean Penn<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102638/"><i>Paris Trout</i></a>, USA, dir. Stephen Gyllenhaal<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100491/"><i>Riff-Raff</i></a>, UK, dir. Ken Loach<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103105/"><i>Toto le h&#233ros</i></a>, Belgium, dir. Jaco van Dormael<br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top><a href="http://www.semainedelacritique.com/EN/films/1991/1991_selection.php" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><Font Color="#660066">Critics' Week</Font></a>: </TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104735/"><i>Liquid Dreams</i></a>, USA, dir. Mark S. Manos<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102831/"><i>Sam and Me</i></a>, Canada, dir. Deepa Mehta<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100869/"><i>La Vie des morts</i></a>, France, dir. Arnaud Desplechin<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/tt0102141/"><i>Jacquot de Nantes</i></a>, France, dir. Agn&#232s Varda<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102303/"><i>Life Stinks</i></a>, USA, dir. Mel Brooks<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101991/"><i>Rhapsody in August</i></a>, Japan, dir. Akira Kurosawa<br> </TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <Font Face=Garamond> <table cellpadding=12><tr> <td>Trackbacks:</b></td> <td><b><a href=cannes91.html target="_top">Permalink</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=cannes.html target="_top">Cannes Page</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movies91.html target="_top">1991</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=movarchs.html target="_top">Home</a></b></td> <td><b><a href="http://blog.nicksflickpicks.com" target="_new">Blog</a></b></td> <td><b><a href=email.html target="_top">E-Mail</a></b></td> </tr></table> </Font> </center> </body>