I saw this a few days ago and fell a little bit in love. It's one of the finest movie posters I've seen in quite some time. You can watch the trailer for the film here. Unfortunately, I've never seen any of Abbas Kiarostami's films, though I'll hopefully change that soon. I think I'll start with Taste of Cherry, and (no surprise) Copie Conforme just got added to my list. I think Juliette Binoche could make just about anything worth watching. . .
In other news, I've been following the buzz out of Cannes and, from what I gather, The Housemaid and Another Year are the early favorites for the Palme d'Or. It's still early yet, so we'll see. In my book, any new film from Mike Leigh is automatically worth seeing.
No word yet on Biutiful, Alejandro González Iñárritu's first film without Guillermo Arriaga. It'll be interesting to see what direction he'll go on his "own." It did take 2 other screenwriters to finish the thing, so who knows? Arriaga never had another writer credited on the scripts he wrote for AGI. Just sayin' . . .
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I don't know if I'd agree this is a spectacular poster - I thought it was a magazine cover (but I look at ads all day long to find flaws). I'd see it for Juliette Binoche though.
What really makes it work for me, aside from the fact that it's Binoche (and she's one of my favorites) is the color contrast. Instead of just using the still from the film, which isn't bad, the artist decided to "white" it out. There's probably a more technical term than that, but I don't know it. I've heard interesting things about the film so far. The reviews that I've read haven't been terrific, but it's considered a contender for the Palme d'Or. Go figure.
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