Lido -
The Golden Lion at the 69th edition of the Venice Film
went to "La Pietà" by Kim Ki-duk, who thanked the jury
and reporters, singing a lullaby Korean. The film marked
the "rebirth" of Kim Ki-duk after a period of creative
crisis. The film is the story of a cruel man who works
for the lenders and from day to day is forced to deal
with the arrival on the scene in his life, a woman who
claims to be his mother and asks for forgiveness
abandoning him. In addition to the awards tonight,
"Pietà" also won three awards side,
The jury, chaired by Michael Mann also awarded "The
Master" by Paul Thomas Anderson, the prize for best
director and Coppa Volpi for Best Actor went ex-aequo
with Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman. Jury
Prize at Ulrich Seidl for "Paradise Faith" and the Coppa
Volpi for Best Actress at Hadas Yaron for "Fill the Void".
A Fabrizio Falco, the Marcello Mastroianni Award for
dual performance in "The Sleeping Beauty" by Bellocchio
and "E 'was the son" of Ciprì. (Giovanna Votano, Lido, Sept.
8, 2012)
Lido -
The best films presented at the festival, "The Company You
Keep" with Robert Redford, looks like a big assist the
Campaign elettorasle for his friend Barack Obama. Redford
explores the subtle but solid mconfine in the Seventies
exist between terrorism and organized peace movement
antiVietnam. "I was interested in what has happened in their
life, not your actions," said Rdeford, "I wanted to
investigate the moral question that dwells inside of them 30
years after those events, their flurry of questions: 'We
have done well? we made mistakes? we did it for a good
cause? Now we are the same people as before? 'In other words
I wanted to tell the feelings, not the causes. "The film
focuses on a group of former terrorists, perpetrators of the
bomb the Capitol in Washington and ldel failed attack on the
Pentagon in 1972, is "The Weather Underground," Among the
stars: Julie Christie, Nick Nolte, Susan Sarandon, Richard
Jenkins, Sam Elliott , Stanley Tucci and Redford. (Giovanna Votano, September 7, 2012)
Gardens of Venice - Common ground. The Golden Lion for Best National Participation to Japan
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Architecture possible here? Home-for-All;
Naoya Hatakeyama, Kumiko Inui, Sou Fujimoto, Akihisa
Hirata (Pavilion in the Giardini);
Commissioner: Toyo Ito. Commissioners Added: Atsuko
Sato, Tae Mori.The
International Jury of the 13. International Architecture
Exhibition composed by Wiel Arets (President, The
Netherlands), Kristin Feireiss (Germany), Robert AM
Stern (USA), Benedetta Tagliabue (Italy), Alan Yentob
(Great Britain) has decided to award the following
official awards:
4374 visitors in two locations in the Giardini and the
Arsenale (+39% compared to the 3138 edition, 2010), the
first giomata to the public 13. International
Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale, Common
Ground (until November 25, 2012). Were 10,408 visitors
during the three days of paint (it was 9578 in 2010).
1886 were finally accredited journalists and present to
the paint (there were 1,757 in 2010, an increase of 7%).
The architecture looks for a common vision and shared.
Recovering a background of shared ideas and culture.
This is the message of David Chipperfield, direct the
Venice Architecture Biennale this year. A juxtaposition
of images of the past and visions of the future. "Italy
is the spiritual home of architecture," said
Chipperfield starting from the main charges that move to
contemporary design, "it is here that you can fully
understand the importance of the building not as
individual performance but rather as a manifestation of
values collective and scenery of daily life. This
tangible sense of context and history reminds us that
our world is built is a testament to the continuing
evolution of the architectural language and an essential
tool for our understanding of the world around us. " (Giovanna Votano, Gardens, Aug. 28, 2012)
