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Locarno
: A Treat for Movie-Goers
Locarno has several unique qualities that make it a gem
on the festival circuit. Located on the shores of the
Lake Maggiore, at the foot of the Swiss Alps, it has an
unmatched picturesque setting. The exciting night screenings
on the cobbled Piazza Grande at the heart of the city
make for one of the biggest makeshift open air cinemas,
where more than 10 000 cinephiles crowd not only the Piazza
but also the surrounding porticoes and restaurant balconies.
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Film
Focus
No quarto da Vanda
Pedro Costa (Portugal)
It
was during the filming of Ossos in Lisbon, Costa's last
film that was well received at Venice 97, that he met
Vanda Duarte and decided to make his next film about her.
Alone with his digital camera, Costa filmed images during
a year in Vanda's room before moving on to film the entire
neighborhood being razed to the ground.
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King
of the B's
The
Locarno Film Festival inaugurated a new sidebar section,
the King of the Bs, where the goal is to present innovative
works that would qualify as B movies.
The section was inspired partly by the 1997 work "King
of Bs, Working Within the Hollywood Section" from
filmmaker Todd McCarthy, who is also a jury member this
year. Marco Muller asked him to choose three films that
were subversive in terms of filmmaking and thus the section
began.
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Portraits/Interviews
Paul
Verhoeven: Interview
Back
in Locarno after 35 years of absence (Verhoeven wont the
Jury Prize in 1964 for his short film Het Feest),
Paul Verhoeven is in town to receive the 12th Leopard
of Honor, and presenting his latest film Hollow
Man in the Piazza Grande out of competition. Following
Joe Dante and Daniel Schmid, this master of provocation
and subversion is being honored for his career achievement.
Interview with a charming man. more
Kiyoshi
Kurosawa: Interview
 With
more than 20 films and several festival retrospectives
dedicated to his work (Festival d'Automne des Cahiers
du Cinema, Honk Kong, Biennale du Cinema Japonais d'Orleans),
the Kiyoshi Kurosawa of Japanese film - named after the
great Akira - is beginning to be known by movie buffs
worldwide. At this year's Locarno he was recently dubbed
King of the B's, a title he certainly deserves for his
ability to constantly re-shape and revive the genre. more
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