![]() ![]() There are a number of great on-set captured moments with Kevin Bacon and Sean Penn (and their butts), Marlon Brando, Kurt Russell, David Thewlis, and the boys of Top Gun.īut what registers the most in Val are the family movies, Kilmer's family tragedy, and then his own tragedies. Kilmer’s son, actor Jack Kilmer ( Palo Alto) narrates the documentary because-though he’s cancer-free-Val’s voice is still nearly incomprehensible. Kilmer has archived his life for decades, and directors Leo Scott and Ting Poo find a cohesive narrative from it. Who knew that a documentary about Val Kilmer would be a moving experience? Then again, who knew that Kilmer has been filming his life for 40 years, including home movies with his brother? Or that he helped start a playwriting class at Juilliard and produced the first student-written play at the esteemed acting school? Val knew, of course, but if anything, Val proves that the rest of us barely know anything about the movie stars we watch-and it reminds us that they're humans first. Luckily, you’ll be able to judge for yourself in about a month, when Annette washes ashore on Prime Video August 20, after a small theatrical run. And most of the discussion in the theaters today were on people’s very opinionated reactions to the musical oddity. Last night’s opening ceremony film, Annette, has both passionate defenders and very vocal haters, so naturally most of the early portion of the day was either spent refreshing the 404 pages for tickets or rehashing stances from last night. (I will see Haynes’ band documentary The Velvet Underground tomorrow on the Croisette.) Rather than freak out, I kept checking the site while finishing a rewatch of the final episode of Todd Haynes’ mini-series Mildred Pierce. ![]() Hopefully the fest now knows what to do each morning at 7.00am when they release new tickets, because if the desire for Paul Verhoeven’s 17th Century lesbian nun movie was too hot to handle, the new Wes Anderson will be screened to empty theaters because the site will have crashed for the whole day. Eventually, I was able to get two of the three tickets I wanted for Benedetta and After Yang, but today was the first test of releasing the second wave of tickets and it was definitely not smooth. So of course, the next morning, the ticketing site was down for more than four hours. Yesterday, I wrote that all the issues that folks were complaining about at Cannes were overblown, and a rocky lead-up gave way to a flawless first night. The Year of the Everlasting Storm is directed by Jafar Panahi (Iran), Anthony Chen (Singapore), Malik Vitthal (U.S.), Laura Poitras (U.S.), Dominga Sotomayor (Chile), David Lowery (U.S.), and Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand).įinally, the lineup also includes the documentary O Marinheiro Das Mountanhas (Mariner of the Mountains), from Brazil-based director Karim Aïnouz.Festiville correspondent Brian Formo on day two of the 2021 edition of the Festival de Cannes, featuring Val Kilmer’s life and times, ticketing tribulations, and François Ozon’s latest. and Latin American rights to the A24-produced documentary.Īdditional selections include Cow from UK director Andrea Arnold, a close-up portrait of the daily lives of two cows and The Year of the Everlasting Storm, a pandemic-inspired film from producer-distributor Neon. ![]() Amazon Studios recently acquired the U.S. Kennedy.Īpple TV+ landed the worldwide distribution rights to Haynes’ portrait of the seminal avant-garde rock band in October.Īlso a Cannes Premiere, Val chronicles the life and career of actor Val Kilmer (pictured). Running in the Out of Competition section, The Velvet Underground tells the story of how the iconic New York City band become a cultural touchstone while JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass, a Cannes Premiere, delves into the assassination of President John F. The festival is scheduled to run in-person July 6 to 17. Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground, Oliver Stone’s JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass and Ting Poo and Leo Scott’s Val are among the documentaries selected for the 74th Cannes Film Festival. ![]()
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