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ENGLISH SECTION Festival Daily SPECIAL EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL ENGLISH DAILY OF THE 46TH KARLOVY VARY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Saturday, July 9, 2011 free • page 1 ENG Dressing John day The film festival DIVÁCKÁ CENA / AUDIENCE AWARD Today’s program Malkovich in quotes DENÍKU Vote for the best film of the 46th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival! (Czech section: pages 6, 7, 8) page 3 9 page 4 (Czech section: page 2) It’s a bit like doing a movie naked THE LOWDOWN Citizen Kane had it right back in 1941. The key to un- John Turturro on avoiding typecast pitfalls and the ‘mystic’ movie experience derstanding the last gasp of a great man is... just not that Will Tizard again. He was 50 years old. Maybe clear. Michael will have that. I felt he So what does it all mean? John Turturro, who will receive was someone worth supporting. The coming together of the KVIFF president’s award n You’re known as one of the thousands of film freaks tonight, is here screening the film most interesting actors working from all corners of the globe Somewhere Tonight, in which he today, not least because you so to screen, schmooze, hawk and wife Katherine Borowitz (Pat- often inhabit characters we’ve and pitch? The grave analy- ti) play aging, increasingly des- never quite seen before – a loud- ses of whither indie film perate singles in New York who mouth racist in Spike Lee films, and how the Internet is al- both pursue and taunt each other a mad Russian chess player, ready changing everything via a phone sex chat line. The a Chicago con artist that can’t we thought we knew about film, written and directed by shut up in Miller’s Crossing by how to get movies to audi- Michael Di Jiacomo, features the Coen brothers. Why do so ences? a Turturro character that naturally few people show so much range What of the sober and not- appealed to the actor. Like so anymore? so-sober mulling over of many roles he has played, Leroy, You have to be trained. I used to where the next new wave aka Wooly, is weird, a little dam- do stuff Off-Off Broadway. We put will wash in from, and the aged, a bit obsessive, and has a lot our own money into it. We built honoring of brave new work going on under the surface and in our own sets. When you do theater of feature filmmakers, docu- between the lines of dialogue. that way, you’re kind of trained in mentarians, Eastern Euro- n What is it about the origi- a different way. I still do projects peans, independents, and nal Theo van Gogh work 06 (1- that are like the things that I really even the odd rogue Chicago 900) that inspired you to create want to do. Like this movie I made actor who’s made himself this third US adaptation, fol- in Naples [Passione]. Now it’s do- into a sublime fashionista? lowing Stanley Tucci’s and Steve ing really well. It just opened in Why do we do all this year Buscemi’s? New York and it’s doing fantastic. after year (and where can I The original was a play that he It’s like a musical look at a city. get 20-to-1 action on my wrote. It was his first one. It’s Critics have really embraced it. surefire dark horse bet for very, very sexual. It’s of his cul- And we have a little distribution the Crystal Globe winner ture. I thought it would be fun to group that’s helping us. tonight)? do something like that with Kathy n So it’s all about the drive to The answer’s out there, but after a half an hour you did try the unknown, basically? fans, to be sure. But you’ll kinda get a little tired of the sex. It’s not unusual for me. You only find it in between the It’s an exercise because it’s over have to be given the opportunity. flickering frames of the mov- a phone. That’s really hard. I did- There are some people like the ing image. After one more n’t have time to do my own adap- Coens who do the whole thing beer and only 199 more tation. So I said listen, there’s this I mean they do everything. It’s screenings... n guy Michael [Di Jiacomo] a mom-and-pop store. I worked with on a script before. It There are people who are good was the story of Jack Molinas, at one or two things and that’s it. who was a basketball player who A lot of these young actors, NOTICE was thrown out of the NBA in his they’re gonna have to face the mu- sic in five years. If you don’t have There will be two un- first season. He did a great job. So scheduled screenings today: I suggested him to write it. Then a real craft or are not really mal- leable. Now it’s all about young Amir Bar-Lev’s documen- the producer said, “He’s really tary Fighter will be showing good.” Then I said, “You know Hloušek Petr Photo: people. How does that person age? Years ago they were all at 12:30pm in the Thermal’s what? Give him a chance to direct President’s Award recipient John Turturro. Cinema B. And this evening it.” This way I could give him trained better. And that’s a fact. You can see it. There’s not that Nicky’s Family, Matej a chance to get out there. that, honestly, if we had had an- Jiacomo’s scripts and have said is involved. Meeting the right per- Mináć’s documentary por- n And you managed to shoot other five days to create [Patti’s] you may do more films with son is involved. But you can have many young actors that come out and I go, “Wow.” trait of the “English this in just 12 days in New world... her world is much harder him. Does a successful actor a breakthrough at different ages. Schindler” Nicholas Winton, York? What were the other than my world. I have a dog. have an obligation to help along [Luis] Buñuel had early success I’ve done Brecht, I’ve done Ionesco. That’s important to do. will screen at 11pm in the challenges? I have a brother. She’s got a phone others who haven’t yet had their and then for 20 years he was dub- Outdoor Cinema. Admission I still thought it was going to be and newspapers. breakthrough? bing movies. And then in Mexico is free. n hard to sustain. I mean I think n You’re a big believer in Di Fortune is involved. Good luck he was able to start making movies Continued on page 2 fl SEE YOU THERE EXPLAINER Jiří Bartoška Lots of awards, only two Crystal Globes Several “crystal globes” are given out ences to give a film some of their pre- KVIFF President by KVIFF. Some large, some small. cious time, so whether it’s this year’s Some with silver statues, some with Crystal Globe or best documentary un- On the last day of the festival, gold, and all produced by Miloš Vacek’s der 30 minutes, a KVIFF gong can filmgoers should not miss the Prague foundry before being sent on to make a huge impact on a career. chance this afternoon to watch the Moser Glassworks here in KV for The Official Selection jury’s Grand the small-scale, intimate tragi- the crowning glory, the crystal spheres Prix, Special Jury Prize, special men- comedy Somewhere Tonight themselves. But only two prizes get to tions, and prizes for best director, best by director Michael Di Jiaco- be called a Crystal Globe: the 5kg of actor and best actress are only the be- mo. This movie – containing gilded bronze and lucent crystal glass ginning of KVIFF’s recognition of tal- virtuoso performances by John that make up the coveted Grand Prix ent. Besides rewarding outstanding Turturro and his wife Katherine and the award for Outstanding Artistic contributions to film each year, the fes- Borowitz as the aging Leroy Contribution to World Cinema, present- tival president also presents their own and the reclusive Patti – was in- ed to Dame Judi Dench. special merit award, this year choosing spired by a film from the mur- The Grand Prix is an impressive film-score composer and performer dered Dutch director Theo van $30,000. But for many the iconic statue itself – and Goran Bregović and John Turturro. There is a sepa- Gogh. everything it stands for – is the real prize. KVIFF rate jury for documentary filmmaking, with one awards a host of prizes, and all could make the dif- prize and one special mention for films over or un- Michael Di Jiacomo’s ference between success and sinking into the sea of der 30 minutes to award. No less eagerly received Somewhere Tonight screens forgotten films. Film promotion has an extremely are the prize given by the East of the West sidebar’s today at 12:30 pm in the Čas short half–life, and if yours isn’t recognized in the own five-member jury, and Czech Television’s In- cinema. (COC) first year or two after its release, the chances are it dependent Camera Award, selected from the Forum never will be. Festival prizes encourage jaded audi- of Independents.