Groucho's Movie Challenge Week 11: The Cannes Film Festival
Groucho's Movie Challenge Week 11: The Cannes Film Festival
What is Groucho’s Movie Challenge? Its mission is simple: let us all, as a forum, work to seek out films that might otherwise slip our radar. Each week, anybody who wants to participate will see a film within the guidelines, and return back to the forum to report on the film they saw. It’s easy, it’s fun, and everybody can participate. It’s not a trivia contest…it’s not a game…it’s merely a way we can all be exposed to new avenues of film appreciation…or at the very least see a good flick or two. Week 11: The Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Film Festival is held annually in May and it is one of the most prestigious film festivals in the world. The top prize of the festival is the Palm d'Or (Golden Palm) for the festival's best picture. The challenge this week is to see a movie screened at Cannes. It should be a film you've never seen before and preference should be given to Palm d'Or winners. Report back with comments on your experience. Here is a partial list of notable Palm d'Or winners (some years have two winners due to tie votes). Follow the link below for the complete list at IMDB. 2004 Fahrenheit 911 2003 Elephant 2002 Pianist, The 2000 Dancer in the Dark 1997 A Taste of Cherry & The Eel 1996 Secrets & Lies 1995 Underground 1994 Pulp Fiction 1993 Farewell My Concubine & The Piano 1991 Barton Fink 1990 Wild at Heart 1989 Sex, Lies, and Videotape 1988 Pelle the Conqueror 1984 Paris, Texas 1980 All That Jazz & Kagemusha 1979 Apocalypse Now & The Tin Drum 1977 Padre Padrone 1976 Taxi Driver 1974 Conversation, The 1970 MASH 1969 If.... 1967 Blowup 1964 Umbrellas of Cherbourg 1963 The Leopard 1960 Dolce Vita, La 1959 Black Orpheus 1958 The Cranes Are Flying 1955 Marty 1954 Gate of Hell 1953 Wages of Fear 1952 Othello 1949 Third Man, The Click here for the IMDB list of Palm d'Or winners To see the each year's list of films in competition, click on the individual years at imdb. There are usually about 20 films in competition each year. -------- Missed a previous version of the Movie Challenge? It’s never to late to play: Week 1: Old Movie Week Week 2: Foreign Film Week Week 3: Silence is Golden Week 4: The Truth is Stranger Week 5: IMDB Top 250 Week 6: Unfamiliar Genres Week 7: Martial Arts Films Week 8: Watch a movie you didn't originally like Week 9: If it ain't broke...FIX IT ANYWAY! Week 10: The Greatest Year (The Year you were born) |
I've seen every Palme d'Or winner that's available on video, and some that aren't. The Most recent Jury Grand Prize (aka '2nd Place') winner I haven't seen is Burnt By the Sun (1994). I've just put it at the top of my Netflix queue.
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I think these should be changed to Groucholess Movie Challenge.
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Originally posted by RyoHazuki I think these should be changed to Groucholess Movie Challenge. |
Originally posted by Damfino Well, Groucho has sort of abandoned these threads, but he's entitled to keep his credit as founder. Unfortunately, Whale Rider wasn't nominated. I was going to watch this, as I just caught a glimpse of it on TV, and really liked what I saw. Luckily, I have M*A*S*H (unwatched,) which won in 1970. |
This thread needs more Groucho.
I'm going to be checking out Dancer in the Dark. |
Cool, I just got Elephant yesterday.
I noticed that you missed a mvoie on your list, you need to add The Brown Bunny. |
Originally posted by Cusm Cool, I just got Elephant yesterday. I noticed that you missed a mvoie on your list, you need to add The Brown Bunny. |
Originally posted by Damfino The Brown Bunny didn't win the Palme d'Or last year (Elephant did). but if you'd rather watch The Brown Bunny, be my guest! And someone said this thread needed more Groucho, I see I get the same reaction that he does... :) |
Well, I've always been interested in seeing "Blowup" and "Black Orpheus," so here we go.
Just saw "Elephant," and liked it quite a bit--it seems to be a companion to "Gerry," which I caught on the Sundance channel the other night. "Elephant" is very accessible for an admitted "art film," and while I didn't have an immediate visceral reaction to it, thoughts of it seem to pop in my head every once in a while. It really sticks with you. Out of that list, I'd also suggest "Paris, Texas," and "The Conversation." Funny, I don't own either. |
Finally, an excuse to watch The Third Man. I've had this DVD for a while, but I haven't gotten around to watching it. Now's my chance.
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Paris, Texas want this to be released on DVD soon... I think I might watch Burnt By the Sun tomorrow...
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I picked up The Pianist last night and will watch it this weekend.
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I'll be watching The Golden Bowl on IFC tonight, does that count?
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Originally posted by mljones99 I'll be watching The Golden Bowl on IFC tonight, does that count? |
Originally posted by karnblack Finally, an excuse to watch The Third Man. I've had this DVD for a while, but I haven't gotten around to watching it. Now's my chance. |
Down By Law (1986) :thumbsup:
Director: Jim Jarmusch (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, Night on Earth, Mystery Train) Cast: Tom Waits John Lurie Roberto Benigni "It is a sad and beautiful world." This is one of six Jim Jarmusch movies to appear at Cannes and this was the movie that introduced Roberto Benigni to American audiences. Jim Jarmusch movies are an acquired taste. His films are always stylish and character driven. Down by Law is no exception. Here we have a hard luck disk jockey played by Tom Waits who has been framed for murder (Is this the same character he played in Mystery Train?) and a pimp who was set up for the crime of trying to lure a teenage girl into prostitution (entrapment?). Anyway, these two men find themselves sharing a prison cell and not liking each other until an Italian tourist (Benigni) convicted of murder joins their cell and gives them something in common (hating Roberto). When the three men decide to escape the movie doesn't spend a lot of time on planning the escape, instead when we go from the idea to the actual escape in one jump cut. This device works for the movie since the film is about the characters and not about the fact that they are escaped prisoners. The only thing that didn't work for me in the movie was the contrived part for Nicoletta Braschi (The future Mrs. Benigni) as the owner of an Italian restaurant in the middle of nowhere. Note: I was planning on watching The Tin Drum for this challenge, but it's still in USPS limbo. Oh well. Also: Does anybody know when Night on Earth is coming to DVD? |
Originally posted by cupcake jesus Just saw "Elephant," and liked it quite a bit--it seems to be a companion to "Gerry," which I caught on the Sundance channel the other night. "Elephant" is very accessible for an admitted "art film," and while I didn't have an immediate visceral reaction to it, thoughts of it seem to pop in my head every once in a while. It really sticks with you. However I was extremely disappointed with three things: 1) I thought that the movie did nothing to give any kind of realistic insight as to a cause, reason, input into the whole "grand finale" . . . both in the build-up beforehand and the aftermath Spoiler:
2) The "reasons" that they did include were very superficial and convenient. Spoiler:
3) I thought that there were some random extraneous plot/story points . . . for example: Spoiler:
I'm glad that I saw it overall, but, especially since I think it is a very important issue and I have a particularly soft spot in my heart for teenagers, I thought it fell short of what it could have been. |
I watched The Third Man. A very excellent movie, but I think it looses some steam once you find out who the third man is. Also, I think I was expecting too much from this film. I think it has been hyped too much at least in my mind. Definately worth watching.
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Originally posted by talemyn I thought that the movie did nothing to give any kind of realistic insight as to a cause, reason, input into the whole "grand finale" . . . both in the build-up beforehand and the aftermath Spoiler:
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Originally posted by Damfino Spoiler:
I agree that the approach that you mentioned is probably the best and most powerful one for the subject matter, but, to me, that doesn't make for a very strong film. Spoiler:
I agree completely, however, that "Hollywood ending" would have been ridiculous. |
I watched M*A*S*H, which was entertaining, but different in many ways from the TV series that followed.
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Watched Blowup for the first time Sunday and it became an instant favorite for me.
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