Mark Schilling had an article in <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Variety</span> yesterday about this...<br><br><br><div>
<h3><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Posted: Thurs., Aug.
                                23, 2007, 9:48pm PT</font></h3>
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<h1><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Venice prize for Japanese helmer</font></h1>
<h2><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Fest creates Glory in Kitano's name</font></h2>
<div><h3><span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> By </font></span><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=bio&peopleID=3013" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">
MARK SCHILLING</a></font></h3>
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<font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> TOKYO -- The Venice Film
Festival will establish a prize in honor of Japanese helmer Takashi
Kitano, his office announced Thursday.</font><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Called
Glory to the Filmmaker!, after Kitano's latest pic, the prize will be
given for career achievement and innovation, with Kitano the first
recipient. Pic, titled "Kantoku banzai!" in Japanese, will also unspool
out of competition at the fest.</font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Five of Kitano's pics have been selected for Venice over the years, including his 1997 Golden Lion winner "Hana-bi."</font>
</p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Kitano
proclaimed himself "extremely happy" with the award. "It's nice that
one of my films will live on as a prize," he told reporters in Tokyo.</font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">He will be on hand to receive the nod on Aug. 30.
</font></p><p><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Read the full article at:<br>
<a href="http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970799.html" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117970799.html</a></font></p><br>