Kitano Suffers Outrageous Fortune at Cannes
Though he is a widely respected film director, especially in France, the critics there came out in force against the latest offering from Kitano Takeshi. "Outrage" marks his return to the violent yakuza theme of his earlier successes and it had a good enough reputation to be entered for competition at the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival.
But yesterday's big announcement of the first ever Thai winner of the Palm D'Or was accompanied by terrible reviews for Kitano's flick in the French newspapers.
Le Monde called it "his worst ever film," and said the "depiction of excessive violence was grotesque," while Figaro couldn't understand why it had even been entered in the competition in the first place.
Cannes ended on a happier note for director Apichatpong Weerasethakul, who became the first Thai winner of the top prize with "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives."
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Previous articles about his film
Takeshi Kitano unleashes "Outrage" at Cannes:
http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE64G48P20100517
Director Takeshi Kitano wows capacity Cannes audience with new yakuza film:
http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20100518p2a00m0na011000c.html
source: Japan-Zone