Discland
edited by Jonathan Doyle
Mafioso (The Criterion Collection, 3.18.2008) Nino Badalamenti is a supervisor in a car manufacturing plant who hasn't taken a vacation in over two years. On his way out the door to visit his beloved childhood hometown of Sicily -- with his blonde wife and daughters -- Nino is handed a package by his boss and asked to deliver it to a powerful and influential Sicilian gangster named Don Vincenzo. Once in Sicily, Nino has a hoot seeing friends and family, but his wife has trouble fitting in and is unfairly dismissed as a snob by Nino's family. Even more worrisome, Nino finds himself entangled in an intricate web of secret mafioso dealings and is eventually sent on an unexpectedly... elaborate errand. (continued)

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New Cannes Grabs

Rope of Silicon's Brad Brevet has posted new stills from three major Cannes attractions -- Steven Soderbergh's Che, Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, New York and Fernando Meirelles' Blindness.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 09, 2008 at 10:12 PM

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diesel [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

I liked that clever poster for The Blindness, overrated novel though. Nice to Gabriel Garcia Bernal again.

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/blindness/stills/1

Posted by diesel [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 9, 2008 11:19 PM

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Bob Violence [TypeKey Profile Page] says ...

On a related note, the details of the official selection are up on Cannes' website -- plot synopses, a few stills for each film, and even a handful of PDF press kits (including one for Che).

Posted by Bob Violence [TypeKey Profile Page] at May 10, 2008 02:51 AM

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