| CANNES 2009 : Palme odds, etc |
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 AN ALTERNATIVE COMPETITION LINEUP Air Doll [u.c.r.] - KORE-EDA Hirokazu Antichrist [comp] - Lars Von Trier [6/10] Dogtooth [u.c.r.] - Yorgos Lanthimos Drag Me To Hell [midnight screenings] - Sam Raimi [6/10] Enter the Void [comp] - Gaspar Noe Group Portrait with Kids and Motorcycles [special screenings] - Pierre-William Glenn I Killed My Mother [d.f.] - Xavier Dolan Independencia [u.c.r.] - Raya Martin [6/10] Land of Madness [d.f.] - Luc Moullet Mother [u.c.r.] - BONG Joon-Ho Ne change rien [d.f.] - Pedro Costa Police, Adjective [u.c.r.] - Corneliu Porumbiou [7/10] A Prophet [comp] - Jacques Audiard [6/10] Samson and Delilah [u.c.r.] - Warwick Thornton Up [opener] - Docter & Peterson [7/10] Vengeance [comp] - Johnnie To Vincere [comp] - Marco Bellocchio The White Ribbon [comp] - Michael Haneke [6/10] Wild Grass [comp] - Alain Resnais Yuki & Nina [d.f.] Suwa & Girardot KEY comp = competition; u.c.r. = un certain regard; d.f. = director's fortnight {{and the winner would have been.............................. Porumboiu!}} RECOMMENDED REPORTS Christoph Huber - [first week]; [second week] Mike D'Angelo IFC Daily PALMARES PALME : HANEKE - THE WHITE RIBBON GRAND PRIX : AUDIARD - A PROPHET JURY : PARK - THIRST / ARNOLD - FISH TANK ACTOR : WALTZ - INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS ACTRESS : GAINSBOURG - ANTICHRIST DIRECTOR : MENDOZA - KINATAY SCREENPLAY : FENG - SPRING FEVER PRIX EXCEPTIONNEL : ALAIN RESNAIS  FINAL odds (for information only) Saturday 23rd May, 1800 BST compiled by Neil Young I 2/1 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon 11/4 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet II 7/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 9/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist III 12/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 14/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 14/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 16/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere IV 22/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 25/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void ========================================= ========================================= the also-rans 33/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces 40/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 50/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 50/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 66/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever 100/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 100/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 100/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 125/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds 150/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo AWARDS PREDICTIONS Palme d'Or : The White Ribbon (Haneke) Grand Prix : A Prophet (Audiard) Jury Prize : Antichrist (Von Trier) Best Director : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere (dangers : The Time That Remains, Vincere, Bright Star, Antichrist, Fish Tank, Wild Grass.) Best Screenplay : Jane Campion, Bright Star (danger : Fish Tank, Wild Grass, Vincere, The Time That Remains.) Best Actress : {a wild-card pick} KIM Ok-Bin, Thirst (dangers : Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank; Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Vincere; Abbie Cornish, Bright Star; Charlotte Gainsbourg, Antichrist.) Best Actor : Andre Dussolier, Wild Grass (dangers : Tahar Rahim, A Prophet; Willem Dafoe, Antichrist; Ben Whishaw, Bright Star; Francois Cluzet, In the Beginning; Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds; Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank.) Special Technical Achievement (if given) : Benoît Debie, Into the Void (cinematographer) Lifetime Achievement (if given) : Alain Resnais But, sir, when we have failed, and another has succeeded; when we have stood by, and another has stepped in; when we sit and grow bulky in our charming mansions, and a plain, uncouth peasant steps into the battle, under the eyes of God, and succours the afflicted, and consoles the dying, and is himself afflicted in his turn, and dies upon the field of honour - the battle cannot be retrieved as your unhappy irritation has suggested. It is a lost battle, and lost for ever. Jigsaw Lounge want-see rankings -------------------------------------- 1. Antichrist (104m) {seen Copenhagen, 29.May 2009} 6/10 2. The White Ribbon (144m) {seen Newcastle, 14.Nov 2009} 6/10 3. Wild Grass (104m) 4. A Prophet (150m) {seen Vienna, 25.Oct 2009} 6/10 5. Enter the Void (163m) < the longest film in competition (a work-in-progress) 6. Vengeance (108m) 7. Vincere (128m) 8. Bright Star (120m) {seen Birmingham, 3.Oct.2009} 6/10 9. Kinatay (100m) < the shortest film in competition (title = "butchered") 10. In the Beginning (150m) 11. Thirst (133m) 12. Broken Embraces (129m) {seen Nuneaton, 13.June 2009} 4/10 13. Face (138m) 14. Inglourious Basterds (148m) {seen London, 4.Aug. 2009} 6/10 15. Fish Tank (124m) {seen Nuneaton, 12.June 2009} 7/10 16. Taking Woodstock (120m) 17. The Time That Remains (109m) 18. Looking For Eric (116m) 19. Spring Fever (115m) 20. Map of the Sounds of Tokyo (109m) average run-time = 126m life : elsewhere? -----------------------------  1. Police, Adjective - Corneliu Porumboiu [Un certain regard]2. Dogtooth - Yorgos Lanthimos [Un certain regard] 3. Land of Madness - Luc Moullet [director's fortnight] 4. Mother - BONG Joon-Ho [Un certain regard] 5. Air Doll - KORE-EDA Hirokazu [Un certain regard] 6. I Killed My Mother - Xavier Dolan [director's fortnight] 7. Samson and Delilah - Warwick Thornton [Un certain regard] 8. Ne change rien - Pedro Costa [u.c.r.] 9. Tales from the Golden Age - C.Mungiu et al [Un certain regard] 10. Independencia - Raya Martin [Un certain regard] Drag Me To Hell - Sam Raimi [midnight screenings] Go Get Some Rosemary - Safdie & Safdie [director's fortnight] The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus - Terry Gilliam [out of competition] Irene - Alain Cavalier [Un certain regard] The King of Escape - Alain Guiraudie [director's fortnight] Like You Know It All - HONG Sang-soo [director's fortnight] Manila - Alix & Martin [special screenings] Oxhide II - LIU Jia Yin [director's fortnight] Polytechnique - Denis Villeneuve [director's fortnight] Tetro - Francis Ford Coppola [director's fortnight] To Die Like A Man - Joao Pedro Rodrigues [Un certain regard] Up - Docter & Peterson [opener] Yuki & Nina - Suwa & Girardot [director's fortnight] Micropsia top ratings (out of ten) with thanks to Diego Lerer ----------------------------- 1.- "Yuki & Nina" - 8.60 2.- "Independencia" - 8.55 3.- "Police, adjective" - 8.50 4.- "Ne change rien" - 8.33 5.- "Irene" - 7.86 6.- "Like You Know It All" - 7.83 7.= "Wild Grass" - 7.55 7.= "Vincere" - 7.55 9.- "Go Get Some Rosemary" - 7.50 10.- "The White Ribbon" - 7.18
ODDS ARCHIVE ~~~~~~~~~~ Friday 22nd May, 2050 BST group one 5/2 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon 7/2 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet group two 9/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist 10/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 11/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere group three 14/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 16/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 16/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star group four 20/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void 22/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 28/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 28/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces group five 33/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo 40/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 50/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 66/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever group six 100/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 100/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 100/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 125/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday 21st May, 1240 BST group one 7/4 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon group two 13/2 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet 15/2 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere 11/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank group three 16/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 16/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 20/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist (now that the dust has settled...) 22/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 28/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 28/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces 28/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void group four 33/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 40/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 50/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 50/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo 50/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever group five 100/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 100/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 100/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 125/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tuesday 19th May, 0950 BST group one 2/1 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon 6/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces 6/1 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet group two 10/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 12/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 12/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 14/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere ====================================== group three 20/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 25/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void 28/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning group four 33/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 35/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever 35/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 40/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 40/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo 40/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric group five 45/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 50/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 50/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds ====================================== ====================================== ====================================== group 666 125/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist "But my God, what a screening! What a reaction! Critics howling, hooting, shrieking." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday 17th May, 0148 BST group one 6/4 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon 9/2 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces group two 9/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 10/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 10/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 12/1 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet group three 22/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 25/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void 28/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 28/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 28/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 28/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere group four 33/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever 35/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 35/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo group five 50/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 50/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 50/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds 50/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 66/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Friday 15th May, 1100 BST group one 7/4 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon group two 9/2 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces 9/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 12/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank group three 18/1 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet 22/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 25/1 : Gaspar Noé, Enter the Void 25/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 28/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 28/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere 28/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star group four 33/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 33/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 35/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 35/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever 35/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo group five 50/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 50/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds 50/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 66/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Monday 11th May, 2230 BST group one 6/4 : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon group two 5/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 7/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces group three 12/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face 14/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever group four 22/1 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet 22/1 : Gaspar Noe, Enter the Void 25/1 : Alain Resnais, Wild Grass 28/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere 28/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 33/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 33/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 35/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 35/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 35/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo group five 40/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 40/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning 50/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric 66/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist 100/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday 9th May, 1400 BST group one EVENS : Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon group two 6/1 : Elia Suleiman, The Time That Remains 7/1 : Pedro Almodovar, Broken Embraces 10/1 : TSAI Ming-Liang, Face group three 18/1 : Alain Resnais, Les Herbes Folles 20/1 : Jane Campion, Bright Star 20/1 : LOU Ye, Spring Fever 22/1 : Ken Loach, Looking For Eric group four 25/1 : Gaspar Noe, Enter the Void 25/1 : Johnnie To, Vengeance 25/1 : Marco Bellocchio, Vincere 28/1 : Brillante Mendoza, Kinatay 33/1 : Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank 33/1 : Isabel Coixet, Map of the Sounds of Tokyo 33/1 : Ang Lee, Taking Woodstock 40/1 : PARK Chan-Wook, Thirst 40/1 : Jacques Audiard, A Prophet group five 66/1 : Lars Von Trier, Antichrist 66/1 : Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds 100/1 : Xavier Giannoli, In the Beginning
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