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56th Venice International Film Festival
The 56th annual Venice International Film Festival was held between 1 and 11 September 1999. The Golden Lion was awarded to '' Yi ge dou bu neng shao'' directed by Zhang Yimou. Jury The following people comprised the 1999 jury: * Emir Kusturica (FR Yugoslavia) (head of jury) * Marco Bellocchio (Italy) * Maggie Cheung (Hong Kong) * Jonathan Coe (UK) (critic) * Jean Douchet (France) (critic) * Shôzô Ichiyama (Japan) * Arturo Ripstein (Mexico) * Cindy Sherman (USA) * Erick Zonca (France) (short films) (head of jury) * Hilke Doering (festival curator) (short films) * Andrea Occhipinti (Italy) (short films) Official selection In competition Autonomous sections Venice International Film Critics' Week The following feature films were selected to be screened as ''In Competition'' for this section: * ''A Texas Funeral'' by William Blake Herron (United States, United Kingdom) * ''Franck Spadone'' by Richard Bean (France) * ''Getting To Know You'' by Lisanne Skyler (United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eyes Wide Shut
''Eyes Wide Shut'' is a 1999 erotic mystery psychological drama film directed, produced, and co-written by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the 1926 novella '' Traumnovelle'' (''Dream Story'') by Arthur Schnitzler, transferring the story's setting from early twentieth-century Vienna to 1990s New York City. The plot centers on a doctor (Tom Cruise) who is shocked when his wife (Nicole Kidman) reveals that she had contemplated having an affair a year earlier. He then embarks on a night-long adventure, during which he infiltrates a masked orgy of an unnamed secret society. Kubrick obtained the filming rights for ''Dream Story'' in the 1960s, considering it a perfect text for a film adaptation about sexual relations. He revived the project in the 1990s when he hired writer Frederic Raphael to help him with the adaptation. The film, which was mostly shot in England, apart from some exterior establishing shots, includes a detailed recreation of exterior Greenwich Village street scene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tonino De Bernardi
Tonino is an Italian and Spanish given name, surname or nickname. As a given name it is a diminutive form of Antonio in use in Italy, Spain, parts of the United States, Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Western Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Argentina, Uruguay, and the Falkland Islands. Notable people with this name include the following: People *Tonino Accolla (born 1949), Italian actor *Tonino Baliardo, French guitarist (Gipsy Kings) *Tonino Benacquista (born 1961), French author * Tonino Carotone (born 1970), Spanish singer *Tonino Cervi (1929-2002), Italian film director and producer *Tonino Delli Colli (1922-2005), Italian cinematographer *Tonino Guerra (1920–2012), Italian writer and concentration camp survivor * Tonino Picula (born 1961), Croatian politician * Tonino Sorrentino (born 1985), Italian footballer *Tonino Valerii (born 1934), Italian film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jang Sun-woo
Jang Sun-woo (born 20 March 1952) is a South Korean film director. Life Jang attended Seoul National University and received a bachelor's degree in anthropology. Before his directorial debut, Jang made a name for himself by writing film criticism and scripts. His first film, ''Seoul Jesus'' (1986), based on one of his scripts, was noted for its "sarcasm and pronounced realism." His 1993 film '' Hwa-Om-Kyung'' won the Alfred Bauer Prize at the 44th Berlin International Film Festival. Filmography * ''Seoul Jesus'' (1986) * '' The Age of Success'' (1988) * ''The Lovers of Woomook-baemi'' (1989) * ''Road to the Racetracks'' (1991) * '' Hwa-Om-Kyung'' (1993) * ''To You from Me'' (1994) * ''Cinema on the Road'' (1995) * ''A Petal'' (1996) * ''Bad Movie'' (1997) * '' Lies'' (1999) * ''Resurrection of the Little Match Girl'' (2002) See also *Cinema of Korea *List of Korean film directors A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lies (1999 Film)
''Lies'' ( 거짓말, ''Gojitmal'') is a South Korean erotic drama film adapted from the banned novel ''Tell me a Lie'' by Jang Jung Il, which depicts a sadomasochistic sexual relationship between a 38-year-old sculptor and an 18-year-old highschool student. The film was shot in a semi-cinéma vérité style and features interviews with the author and cast spliced in between scenes. Intended to provoke, the film contains full-frontal nudity, unsimulated sex, coprophilia, and criticisms of South Korean society. It was heavily censored upon its initial release in South Korea but international releases were left uncut. Synopsis Y is an 18 year-old highschool senior whose friend Woori has struck up a correspondence with J, a 38 year-old sculptor. After talking to him on the phone, she is aroused by the sound of his voice and arranges to meet him at a love hotel so she can have her first sexual encounter on her own terms instead of losing her virginity to rape like her two sisters did. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Maclean
Alison Maclean (born July 31, 1958) is a Canadian-New Zealand film director of music videos, short films, television (episodes of '' Sex and the City'', '' The Tudors'', '' Homicide: Life on the Street''), commercials and feature films. Her works include the music video "Torn" (Natalie Imbruglia, 1997), the short film ''Kitchen Sink'' (1989) and the feature films '' Jesus' Son'' (1999) (starring Billy Crudup) and '' Crush'' (1992) (starring Marcia Gay Harden). She has been the recipient of several awards (e.g. Best Short Film, ''Talkback'' (1987) and ''Kitchen Sink'' (1989), New Zealand Film Awards), and often uses themes of communication, gender roles, and power structures in her directorial and filmmaking roles. Early life and education Maclean was born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, to New Zealand-born parents. As a teenager, she immigrated in 1972 to New Zealand with her parents. She later graduated from the Elam School of Fine Arts, Auckland, with a Bachelor's of Fine Arts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jesus' Son (film)
''Jesus' Son'' is a 1999 drama film that was adapted from the eponymous short story collection by Denis Johnson. The film stars Billy Crudup, Samantha Morton, Holly Hunter, and Dennis Hopper, with Denis Leary, Will Patton, John Ventimiglia, Michael Shannon, and Jack Black in supporting roles. The film was directed by Alison Maclean and written by Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, and Oren Moverman. It was awarded the Little Golden Lion award and the Ecumenical Award at the 1999 Venice Film Festival, and was named one of the top ten films of the year by '' The New York Times'' and the '' Los Angeles Times.'' The title is taken from the lyrics of "Heroin", a 1966 song by The Velvet Underground. Plot F.H., who earned his nickname because of his self-destructive personality, recounts the story of his descent into heroin addiction and his eventual recovery. His story starts in Iowa City in 1971, where as an aimless young man he meets Michelle and becomes romantically i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jane Campion
Dame Elizabeth Jane Campion (born 30 April 1954) is a New Zealand filmmaker. She is best known for writing and directing the critically acclaimed films ''The Piano'' (1993) and '' The Power of the Dog'' (2021), for which she has received a total of two Academy Awards (including Best Director for the latter), two BAFTA Awards, and two Golden Globe Awards. Campion was appointed a Dame Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (DNZM) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to film. Campion is known as a groundbreaking female director and is currently the only woman to be nominated twice for Academy Award for Best Director (winning once), and is the first female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or (for ''The Piano'', which also won her the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay). She also made history at the 94th Academy Awards when she won Best Director for ''The Power of the Dog'' (2021), making her the oldest female director to win, the first woman to win Academy Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Smoke!
''Holy Smoke!'' is a 1999 independent romantic comedy-drama film directed by Jane Campion, and starring Kate Winslet and Harvey Keitel. Its plot follows an American exit counselor (Keitel) who attempts to deprogram a young Australian woman (Winslet) who has been indoctrinated into a new age cult in India. Julie Hamilton, Tim Robertson, Daniel Wyllie, and Pam Grier appear in supporting roles. Director Jane Campion wrote the screenplay for the film with her sister, Anna Campion. The film was a co-production between Australia and the United States. The film premiered at the 56th Venice International Film Festival and was shown at the New York Film Festival and the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival before being released theatrically. Plot During a trip to India, 18-year old Ruth Barron has a spiritual awakening and embraces the teachings of a guru named Baba. Back home in the Sydney suburb of Sans Souci, her parents are appalled to learn their daughter now answers to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marion Vernoux
Marion Vernoux (born 29 June 1966) is a French director and screenwriter. Life and career Born in Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, Vernoux was the only daughter of a casting director and of a set decorator. After several experiences as a production assistant, she debuted in 1988 as co-director of the music video for the song " N'importe quoi" by Florent Pagny Florent Pagny (born 6 November 1961) is a French singer-songwriter, musician and actor. He records his work in French, as well as in Italian, Spanish and English. His greatest hits include " N'importe quoi", " Savoir aimer" and " Ma Liberté de ..., and in 1990 she wrote the film '' Pacific Palisades'', inspired by her own experiences. In 1991 she made her feature film debut with ''Pierre qui roule'', which was well received by critics. Her 1999 film '' Empty Days'' was entered into the main competition at the 56th edition of the Venice Film Festival, winning the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. Personal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Empty Days
''Empty Days'' (french: Rien à faire) is a 1999 French drama film written and directed by Marion Vernoux and starring Valeria Bruni Tedeschi. The film was entered into the main competition at the 56th Venice International Film Festival, winning the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal. Plot Cast * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi as Marie Del Sol * Patrick Dell'Isola as Pierre Perset * Sergi López as Luis * Florence Thomassin Florence Thomassin (born 24 June 1966) is a French actress and sculptor. In 2001, Thomassin was nominated for a César Award for Best Supporting Actress The César Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (French: ''César de la meilleure ... as Sophie * Chloé Mons as Catherine * Alexandre Carrière as Hervé * Rachid Bouali as le serveur du café * Annette Lowcay as la caissière du supermarché * Marco Cherqui as Antoine * Antoine Mathieu as Martineau * Éric Caravaca as le jeune homme du bus * Dodine Herry as la directrice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s; he then appeared in several Hollywood films, such as ''Philadelphia'' (1993), '' Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), ''Desperado'' (1995), ''Assassins'' (1995), '' Evita'' (1996), and '' The Mask of Zorro'' (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the ''Spy Kids'' series (2001-2003) and provided the voice of Puss in Boots in the ''Shrek'' franchise (2004-present) and its spin-off films '' Puss in Boots'' (2011) and '' Puss in Boots: The Last Wish'' (2022). In 2003, Banderas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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