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 1999</b></Font><br> <B><Font Color="#660066">Jury President:</Font> David Cronenberg</b><br> <Font Color="#660066">Other Jurors:</Font> Dominique Blanc, Doris D&#246rrie, Jeff Goldblum, Barbara Hendricks, Holly Hunter, George Miller, Maurizio Nichetti, Yasmina Reza, Andr&#233 T&#233chin&#233</TD> <TD width=40% align=right valign=center><img src=cannes99tab.jpg></TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <br> <TABLE cellpadding=3> <TR><TD width=230><Font Color="#003399"><b>Palme d'Or:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=rosetta.html><b>Rosetta</b></a>, Belgium, dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Grand Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=humanite.html><i>L'Humanit&#233</i></a>, dir. Bruno Dumont</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Jury Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>The Letter</i></Font>, dir. Manoel de Oliveira</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Director:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=amimadre.html><i>All About My Mother</i></a>, Pedro Almod&#243var</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=humanite.html><i>L'Humanit&#233</i></a>, S&#233verine Caneele<br> <a href=rosetta.html><i>Rosetta</i></a>, Emilie Dequenne</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=humanite.html><i>L'Humanit&#233</i></a>, Emmanuel Schott&#233</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Screenplay:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><Font Color="#003399"><i>Moloch</i></Font>, Aleksandr Sokurov</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Technical Grand Prize:</TD><TD width=66%></b></Font> <Font Color="#003399"><i>The Emperor and the Assassin</i></Font>, Tu Juhua, production design</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>New Dawn</i></Font>, dir. Emilie Deleuze</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Prize of the Ecumenical Jury:</b></Font></TD><TD width=66%><a href=amimadre.html><i>All About My Mother</i></a>, dir. Pedro Almod&#243var</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>Throne of Death</i></Font>, dir. Murali Nair</TD></TR> </TABLE> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes99gd.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=ghostdog.html><i>Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Jim Jarmusch)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=straight.html><i>The Straight Story</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. David Lynch)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=polax.html><i>Pola X</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. L&#233os Carax)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=rosetta.html><i>Rosetta</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Belgium, dirs. Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=tmregain.html><i>Time Regained</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Raul Ruiz)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=amimadre.html><i>All About My Mother</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Spain, dir. Pedro Almod&#243var)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=wonderld.html><i>Wonderland</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Michael Winterbottom)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=limbo.html><i>Limbo</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. John Sayles)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=humanite.html><i>L'Humanit&#233</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(France, dir. Bruno Dumont)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=cradle.html><i>Cradle Will Rock</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(USA, dir. Tim Robbins)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=fjourney.html><i>Felicia's Journey</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Canada, dir. Atom Egoyan)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=8hfwomen.html><i>8&#189 Women</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(UK, dir. Peter Greenaway)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <hr> <br> <Font Face=Garamond Color="#660066"><b>My Jury Votes:</b></Font><br> <TABLE width=600px cellpadding=3> <TR><TD width=33%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Director:</b></Font></TD><TD width=70%><a href=ghostdog.html><i>Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai</i></a>, Jim Jarmusch</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=30%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actress:</b></Font></TD><TD width=70%><a href=amimadre.html><i>All About My Mother</i></a>, Cecilia Roth</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=30%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Actor: </b></Font></TD><TD width=70%><a href=straight.html><i>The Straight Story</i></a>, Richard Farnsworth</TD></TR> <TR><TD width=30%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Best Screenplay:</b></Font></TD><TD width=70%><a href=polax.html><i>Pola X</i></a>, L&#233os Carax and Jean-Pol Fargeau</TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top width=30%><Font Color="#003399"><b>Technical Grand Prize:</b></Font></TD><TD valign=top width=70%><a href=ghostdog.html><i>Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai</i></a>, The RZA, music</TD></TR></TABLE> <hr> <br> <img src=cannes99bwp.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=blairwit.html><i>The Blair Witch Project</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: USA, dirs. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo S&#225nchez)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=pvendeus.html><i>La Petite vendeuse de soleil</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Senegal/France, dir. Djibril Diop Mamb&#233ty)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=ratcatch.html><i>Ratcatcher</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Un Certain Regard: UK, dir. Lynne Ramsay)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=warzone.html><i>The War Zone</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: UK, dir. Tim Roth)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=jberlin.html><i>Judy Berlin</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Un Certain Regard: USA, dir. Eric Mendelsohn)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=vsuicids.html><i>The Virgin Suicides</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: USA, dir. Sofia Coppola)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=thelimey.html><i>The Limey</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: USA, dir. Steven Soderbergh)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=5senses.html><i>The Five Senses</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Directors' Fortnight: Canada, dir. Jeremy Podeswa)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=idealhus.html><i>An Ideal Husband</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: UK, dir. Oliver Parker)</Font> - </Font><br> <br> <a href=edtv.html><i>EDtv</i></a> <Font Face="Arial Narrow">(Out of Competition: USA, dir. Ron Howard)</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/1999/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/tt0199777/"><i>Moloch</i></a>, Russia, dir. Aleksandr Sokurov<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158117/"><i>The Letter</i></a>, Portugal, dir. Manoel de Oliveira<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0189630/"><i>Kadosh</i></a>, Israel, dir. Amos Gitaï<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197373/"><i>Tales of Kish</i></a>, Iran, dirs. Abolfazl Jalili, Mohsen Makhmalbaf, and Naser Taghvai<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162866/"><i>The Emperor and the Assassin</i></a>, China, dir. Chen Kaige<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0199683/"><i>Kikujiro</i></a>, Japan, dir. Takeshi Kitano<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0132905/"><i>No One Writes to the Colonel</i></a>, Mexico, dir. Arturo Ripstein<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/tt0199724/"><i>Love Will Tear Us Apart</i></a>, Hong Kong, dir. Nelson Yu Lik-Wai<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139877/"><i>The Nanny</i></a>, Italy, dir. Marco Bellocchio<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0197732/"><i>Our Happy Lives</i></a>, France, dir. Jacques Maillot<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/1999/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/tt0213469/"><i>Away with Words</i></a>, Hong Kong/Japan, dir. Christopher Doyle<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0179841/"><i>Harem</i></a>, Turkey/Italy, dir. Ferzan Ozpetek<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0203051/"><i>New Dawn</i></a>, France, dir. Emilie Deleuze<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0196355/"><i>The Other</i></a>, Egypt, dir. Youssef Chahine<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200135/"><i>Sicilia!</i></a>, France, dirs. Jean-Marie Straub & Dani&#232le Huillet<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0155388/"><i>The Winslow Boy</i></a>, USA, dir. David Mamet<br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top><a href="http://www.quinzaine-realisateurs.com/archives/1999/" style="text-decoration:none" target="_new"><Font Color="#660066">Directors' Fortnight</Font></a>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0160509/"><i>Agnes Browne</i></a>, Ireland, dir. Anjelica Huston<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201517/"><i>Charisma</i></a>, Japan, dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166175/"><i>East Is East</i></a>, UK, dir. Damien O'Donnell<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180793/"><i>The Last September</i></a>, UK, dir. Deborah Warner<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0201952/"><i>South</i></a>, Belgium/France, dir. Chantal Akerman<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162677/"><i>Summer of Sam</i></a>, USA, dir. Spike Lee<br> </TD></TR> <TR><TD valign=top><Font Color="#660066">Out of Competition</Font>:</TD><TD> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120125/"><i>The Barber of Siberia</i></a>, Russia, dir. Nikita Mikhalkov<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120655/"><i>Dogma</i></a>, USA, dir. Kevin Smith<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205725/"><i>Farewell, Home Sweet Home!</i></a>, France, dir. Otar Iosseliani<br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0200849/"><i>My Best Fiend</i></a>, Germany, dir. 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