The star-studded eight member international panel under the baton of celebrated Greco-French director Constantine Costa-Gavras was reduced to a Sextet when ace Danish director, Susan Bier, and top drawer French actress, Sandrine Bonnaire, both announced their enforced withdrawal from jury duty due to inescapable commitments elsewhere. In Bier's case it was a sudden need to visit the location of the next movie she’s shooting, while Bonnaire submitted her regrets due to "personal family reasons". At this late date no suitable replacements can be found for the defectors, so the 58th Berlin jury will have to hobble along on the six remaining pairs of legs which belong, respectively, to Costa-Gavras, German actress Diane Kruger, Taiwanese actress, Shu Qi, who is one of the biggest stars in Asia, multiple Academy Award winning sound designer, Walter Murch ("Apocalypse Now" among his many Coppola collaborations), hot-shot Russian producer, Alexander Rodnyansky, and leading German production designer (i.e., art director), Uli Hanisch.
13.07.2008 | AlexDeleon's blog
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