2012 Cannes Film Festival - Day 1 - Moonrise Kingdom
Official Selection of Films in Competition
COMPETITION
- AMOUR (LOVE) directed by Michael HANEKE
- BAAD EL MAWKEAA (AFTER THE BATTLE) directed by Yousry NASRALLAH
- COSMOPOLIS directed by David CRONENBERG
- DA-REUN NA-RA-E-SUH (IN ANOTHER COUNTRY) directed by HONG Sangsoo
- DE ROUILLE ET D'OS (RUST AND BONE) directed by Jacques AUDIARD
- DO-NUI MAT (THE TASTE OF MONEY) directed by IM Sang-Soo
- DUPĂ DEALURI (BEYOND THE HILLS) directed by Cristian MUNGIU
- HOLY MOTORS directed by Leos CARAX
- JAGTEN (THE HUNT) directed by Thomas VINTERBERG
- KILLING THEM SOFTLY directed by Andrew DOMINIK
- LAWLESS directed by John HILLCOAT
- LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE directed by Abbas KIAROSTAMI
- MOONRISE KINGDOM directed by Wes ANDERSON
- MUD directed by Jeff NICHOLS
- ON THE ROAD directed by Walter SALLES
- PARADIES: LIEBE (PARADISE: LOVE) directed by Ulrich SEIDL
- POST TENEBRAS LUX directed by Carlos REYGADAS
- REALITY directed by Matteo GARRONE
- THE ANGELS' SHARE directed by Ken LOACH
- THE PAPERBOY directed by Lee DANIELS
- V TUMANE (IN THE FOG) directed by Sergei LOZNITSA
- VOUS N'AVEZ ENCORE RIEN VU (YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET!) directed by Alain RESNAIS
If you were wondering if I was posting a blog after Day 1 in Cannes, well it almost didn't happen. I attended the opening night ceremonies and the screening of the opening film Moonrise Kingdom, thanks to my friend Yolonda creator of the symposium Beyond Borders Diversity in Cannes. We hit the red carpet at around 6:25pm and ended up on the carpet at the same time as Eva Longoria and just ahead of the film's cast (Bruce Willis, Tilda Swinton, Bill Murray, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton).
This is my first time attending the opening ceremonies that included a touching video tribute to Marilyn Monroe accompanied by a female performer and her band singing Elton John's Candle in the wind. The young woman was so excited to be there she was practically jumping up and down at the finish. She said this was the biggest prom in the world and she was so excited to be invited. She literally did a tango off the stage with one of the stage directors. Really funny, the audience loved it.
The film which tells the story of two 12-year-olds who fall in love before making a secret pact and running away together, also included newcomers Jared Gilman and Kara Hayward as the young lovelorn couple. This is a quirky but sweet movie about young love, filmed like a
moving art painting. I really enjoyed this movie. I was interviewed as I was leaving by a reporter covering for a television station inside the Palais about my thoughts on the film. The last time I was interviewed was for Tiscali magazine during the screening of The Matrix Reloaded in 2003. This interview led to my missing the last connection back to Nice and I ended up crashing on my friend Yolonda's couch, then had to get up this morning and make my way back to Nice looking like a you-know-what the morning after, still dressed in my evening attire. Thank God for sunglasses. Me and Yolonda had a big laugh about this situation.
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Til next time.
