05-24-2004, 02:33 AM
"Maybe if he earns something that comes close to resembling real, rather than friends and like minded people patting him on the back he deserves some congratulations."
Might I inquire what, exactly, is a more "real" award for a filmmaker than the Palme d'Or? While the art-film world tends to the left, this was not an award given to him by COMINTERN. This is Cannes, and last I checked, they hand out awards for filmmaking. The juries are selected from filmmakers for their filmmaking, not for their fit into some ideological clique. Maybe you don't like his message, obviously you don't like his movies, but this statement is ridiculous. This is most certainly a "real" award, probably the most "real" he could win.
Jester
Might I inquire what, exactly, is a more "real" award for a filmmaker than the Palme d'Or? While the art-film world tends to the left, this was not an award given to him by COMINTERN. This is Cannes, and last I checked, they hand out awards for filmmaking. The juries are selected from filmmakers for their filmmaking, not for their fit into some ideological clique. Maybe you don't like his message, obviously you don't like his movies, but this statement is ridiculous. This is most certainly a "real" award, probably the most "real" he could win.
Jester