Sarà Peter Jackson a ricevere la Palma d’onore del 79mo Festival di Cannes il prossimo 12 maggio.
Il regista di Bad Taste, Forgotten Silver, Creature del cielo e naturalmente degli infiniti adattamenti tolkeniani de Il Signore degli Anelli e Lo Hobbit, oltre che di Amabili resti, King Kong e dei documentari sui Beatles, a cui ha dedicato tutto il suo tempo nell’ultimo lustro, sarà premiato da un festival dove non ha quasi mai messo piede.
Curiosamente nel comunicato stampa si ricordano i 26 minuti de La compagnia dell’anello mostrati in anteprima nel 2001, come unico momento di Jackson sulla Croisette…
Questo è l’incipit del comunicato stampa:
After Agnès Varda, Marco Bellocchio, Jodie Foster, Meryl Streep, and last year Robert De Niro, New Zealand filmmaker Peter Jackson will receive an honorary Palme d’Or in recognition of a body of work that blends Hollywood blockbusters and films d’auteur with extraordinary artistic vision and technological audacity.
“To be honoured with an Honorary Palme d’Or at Cannes is one of the greatest privileges of my career” Peter Jackson said. “Cannes has been a meaningful part of my filmmaking journey. In 1988, I attended the Festival Marketplace with my first movie, Bad Taste, then in 2001 we screened a preview sequence from The Fellowship of the Ring, both of which were important milestones in my career. This festival has always celebrated bold, visionary cinema, and I’m incredibly grateful to the Festival de Cannes for being recognised among the filmmakers and the artists whose work continues to inspire me.”
Stanze di Cinema 