Sorry, I didn’t see Pattinson — he’s in another part of town, promoting New Moon, the sequel to Twilight, still in production.
But I did see Dogtooth, a pleasurably surreal all-in-the-family tale from up-and-coming Greek filmmaker (and established TV commercial pro) Yorgos Lanthimos, about a couple who have raised their son and two daughters in a kind of bubble: The kids, now teenagers, have never set foot outside the grounds of their suburban house, and their homeschooling consists of loopy factoids dispensed by their normal looking, utterly demented parents. (The young people entertain themselves waiting for airplanes to fall out of the sky; zombies, by the way, are defined as "little yellow flowers.") The movie is a cool, eerie commentary on family dynamics and the dangerous power of adolescent sexual curiosity, and it would be primo material for an American remake. Meanwhile, from now on when I need to salt my food at the table, I’ll say "please pass the telephone."
Also powerful: The White Ribbon from Michael Haneke, the Austrian-born director who specializes in messing with our heads. (Not content to unhinge us with Funny Games
in 1997, he did a faithful U.S. remake two years ago.) The menace is
much quieter and restrained here, as befits an old-timey-style fable
shot in misty, shadowed black-and-white and set in what the director
describes as "a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve of
World War I." It’s here, in this little town of modest churchgoers and
a well-ordered class system, that "accidents" start to mount up, and
deaths, too. Is the mischief divine, the work of good neighbors, or
even the doing of fresh-faced children? Chilling, and resonant, The White Ribbon is part history lesson and part Village of the Damned.
Did I mention Angelina Jolie? She’s in Cannes too. Oops, missed
her. But tonight, Bill Clinton is expected at the annual Cinema Against
AIDS gala, which benefits amfAR. Annie Lennox is scheduled to perform.
I’ll be there, reporting on the glourious and the inglourious alike.
Sharon’s Stone’s tribute to Natasha Richardson
Penelope Cruz in Almodovar’s Broken Embraces
Lars von Trier’s Antichrist: "The closest film to a scream"
Roger Ebert, A Prophet, and a trend that ought to end
Taking Woodstock = Peace and Love and Demitri Martin
Bright Star and the Scottish charms of Paul Schneider
At Cannes: Up, Tetro, and lots of balloons
Also powerful: The White Ribbon from Michael Haneke, the Austrian-born director who specializes in messing with our heads. (Not content to unhinge us with Funny Gamesin 1997, he did a faithful U.S. remake two years ago.) The menace ismuch quieter and restrained here, as befits an old-timey-style fableshot in misty, shadowed black-and-white and set in what the directordescribes as "a village in Protestant northern Germany, on the eve ofWorld War I." It’s here, in this little town of modest churchgoers anda well-ordered class system, that "accidents" start to mount up, anddeaths, too. Is the mischief divine, the work of good neighbors, oreven the doing of fresh-faced children? Chilling, and resonant, The White Ribbon is part history lesson and part Village of the Damned.
Did I mention Angelina Jolie? She’s in Cannes too. Oops, missedher. But tonight, Bill Clinton is expected at the annual Cinema AgainstAIDS gala, which benefits amfAR. Annie Lennox is scheduled to perform.I’ll be there, reporting on the glourious and the inglourious alike.
Sharon’s Stone’s tribute to Natasha Richardson
Penelope Cruz in Almodovar’s Broken Embraces
Lars von Trier’s Antichrist: "The closest film to a scream"
Roger Ebert, A Prophet, and a trend that ought to end
Taking Woodstock = Peace and Love and Demitri Martin
Bright Star and the Scottish charms of Paul Schneider
At Cannes: Up, Tetro, and lots of balloons
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So…you have Pattinson’s name in the header and then proceed to say you didn’t actually see him, and the post really has absolutely nothing to do with him.
Methinks EW is onto something. Just insert Pattinson’s name in random blog heads, even if they aren’t about him, and watch the clicks pile up as fangirls arrive.
“Robert Pattinson! NBC’s new fall line-up!” “Actually, Pattinson isn’t in any new NBC shows, but thanks for clicking.”
If you didn’t see Rob Why on earth should I read your article?, Who cares about all the other actors..Waist of time!
Ok, so you put Rob’s name on your title just to get people to read your dumb article about the Cannes film festival. That is kind of hilarious.
Unlike, um, some people on here, I actually do follow the Cannes festival and do care about the films shown there. But it’s annoying that you use Pattinson’s name the draw readers in when the article isn’t even about him. I know you guys have set Twilight/Pattinson quotas every week that you have to meet, but come on. You’re reaching. All you’re doing is turning off genuine film fans who are sick of Pattinson, and pissing off the fangirls who clicked on the blog entry thinking it was about him when it wasn’t.
Stay classy, Rob fans. And EW, when your otherwise decent entry about Cannes (screw Cannes, we want OMGZ1!1eleven! RPATTZ!) gets spammed by bratty Twihards, you have no one to blame but yourself. Maybe your constant shilling/plugging is starting to backfire.
If someone wants to read about Cannes, they will. Believe it or not, not every post on here needs to tie in with the flavor of the month.
i think that is really exciting
What does any of this have to do with Rob? You probably just put that tile to draw people’s attention.
You really shouldn’t fool people like tha. Now I’m all dissapointed that it wasn’t something interesting about Rob.
You really shouldn’t fool people like tha. Now I’m all dissapointed that it wasn’t something interesting about Rob.
Lisa,
I have to agree with the fellow disappointed “Twilight” die-hards. Putting Pattinson’s name in the misleading headline was very, VERY mean…but it was also kind of hilariously brilliant.
I don’t know if you were trying to make a commentary about how the higher ups (or whoever’s in charge) have decided to turn EW into “Enter-Twilight Weekly” (actually, it’s more like “Enter-Twilight Daily”).
However, this post proves the point that these fans will read and comment on ANY story with his name on it…even one that turns out to have absolutely nothing to do with him. That’s more hits/page views for the site. I look forward to a future post with a title like “Pattinson takes a dump”, followed by about 230 fawning comments about how hot that dump was.
Exclusive pics of Brad Kissing Angelina at 2009 Cannes Film Festival : http://www.newslicious.net/2009/05/angelina-jolie-et-brad-pitt-ils-saiment.html
Well they’ve already gotten mileage out of his bathing habits. Posts about his bowel movements are surely on the horizon.
Oh and the post about the Cannes films was quite entertaining, too.
You just don’t get the sarcasm of the title, do you?
Oh, and by the way, I clicked the link because of “Dogtooth”(The greek movie)
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