Here are a couple shots taken by our photographer Cameron Wittig in the Walker Cinema during the Regis Dialogue with Michel Gondry and Jonathan Rosenbaum.
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The “Father or African Cinema” passed away at age 84 at his home in Dakar, Senegal on Sunday. He came to prominence in the mid-sixties with his first feature, Black Girl, and made nine other features and numerous short films. His most recent film, Moolaadé screened at the Oak Street Cinema in 2005. Ousmane Sembčne, his vision of the world, and his unique and dynamic perspective, will be sorely missed in the world’s film community.
See the New York Times Obituary for more information.
· R.I.P. Charles Nelson Reilly - like so many others, I knew Reilly from his game show and other television appearances, until recently. I caught a screening of a documentary called The Life of Reilly at the Wisconsin Film Festival. It’s essentially a fairly straight-forward capturing of the autobiographical one-man-show he was performing a few years back. It presented his often tragic life story in a funny and dynamic way. It revealed not only an amazing talent for storytelling, but an unbelieveable ability to act. I hope more people can catch this film and get a better sense of the funnyman behind the big glasses.
· The Winners are in - The winners of the Cannes Film Festival were announced Sunday night. The Palm d’Or went to the Romanian film 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and Two Days. Julian Schnabel took the Best Director prize for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. indieWire has the full story.
· 30 years ago…
indieWIRE’s ReverseShot blog posted a glowing review this morning. I can’t wait to get a look at this one.