‘Changeling,’ the new thriller by Clint Eastwood, is one of the three Hollywood titles standing out on the list of competitors for a Palme d’Or award. Then there is the Charlie Kaufman movie we mentioned earlier, called ‘Synecdoche, New York.’ And Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Che,’ a $40 million biopic about Che Guevara.
Outside the competition is Woody Allen, with his spanish comedy ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona.’ And of course the one and only Steven Spielberg with ‘Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,’ still a way too long title.
You can find the full list of movies in competition after the jump.
I’m sorry in advance for the tabloidism, but this just sounds too good. Apparently, James Caan, the ‘Las Vegas’ boss, quit the new David O Russell movie. The reason? They disagreed about how to choke on a cookie.
Caan reportedly refused to cough while choking, because he think you are unable to do that when you are choking. When Russell wanted to shoot both versions, the story goes, Caan walked off.
Is this the art of cinema, fighting about how to choke on a cookie? Or is it just stupid — and quite funny? Since this article already turned into a Britney Spears write up, here’s a behind the scenes at the set of ‘I Heart Huckabees,’ also a movie by David O Russell — skip to the half for the good part.
Coming back to the story about the ‘Best Practices Guide for Green Production,’ the biggest pollution problem for Hollywood seems to be transport. While the stars drive a Prius, trucks and equipment are still running on dirty diesel.
“Movie production is an inherently high-polluting business. You usually must move large numbers of people and equipment fairly long distances, often to remote locations,” a consultant with the GreenSpeed Automotive Group said. “Once you get situated you have to power lots of lights and other equipment, many times by using diesel generators that are not especially clean.”
“Throw in a few special-effects explosions, and you clearly have left a significant carbon footprint along with many other types of pollution.” Yeah, that’s what I said. So if you are into the environment, think about what you are enjoying when Tom Cruise blows up the next car.
