Cannes Line-up Announced

[Stephen Cremin]

Hashiguchi isn't necessarily out.  Directors' Fortnight, for example,  
have yet to announce their lineup.  It may not be competition (or in  
the official selection), but there's no shame being in the same  
section that presented Bong Joon-ho's THE HOST and Pen-ek  
Ratanaruang's PLOY in the past couple of years.

If it doesn't make Cannes, and it does open in June, then it might not  
be a priority for Venice who prefer world premieres in their key  
sections.

Stephen Cremin


On Apr 23, 2008, at 6:40 PM, Alexander Jacoby wrote:

> Great shame indeed - it's been so long since there was a new  
> Hashiguchi to be excited about!
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> ALEX
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> Junkerman John <jtj at rf7.so-net.ne.jp> wrote:
> That's too bad. That means that Hashiguchi Ryosuke's wonderful new  
> film, "Gururi no koto," which was in the running until the last  
> round, didn't make it. It'll open in Tokyo in June.
>
> John
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> On Apr 24, 2008, at 12:54 AM, Mark Nornes wrote:
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>> It's a thin year for Japanese cinema at Cannes. The only film  
>> showing, and out of competition in Un Certain Regard, is Kurosawa's  
>> Tokyo Sonata.
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>> Markus
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