Where Science and the Soul Converge
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1 4/7 2014 SPECIAL EDITION OF FREE KVIFF’s MAIN MEDIA PARTNER INSIDE Official Selection films: the elites compete English Section, page 2 Independents in the spotlight English Section, page 3 Festival map English Section, page 4 Today’s and tomorrow’s programs Czech Section, pages 5-8 Photo: Jan Handrejch Mike Cahill is keeping an eye out for the sublime and the profound. WHERE SCIENCE AND THE SOUL CONVERGE MIKE CAHILL ON FINDING TRANSCENDENCE IN FILM Veronika Bednářová where they disagree, where they can’t are barely touching, which we may not So which movie did it for you? director, everybody’s just trying to make even reach one another. Stories in that have full access to, but we can sense it, [Three Colors:]Red, Basquiat, Sex, a great story well told. That’s great, but American director Mike Cahill is to- place are very interesting. And the eyes just slightly – the metaphysical side, be- Lies, and Videotape, Nostalghia –Ilove they’re not chasing something sublime, day presenting I Origins starring Michael are the window to the soul. It’s an old yond physics. And, in my life, that intu- Tarkovsky, The Double Life of Veronique, profound, and transcendent. Pitt. Fresh from a successful bow at cliché that’s lasted since the time of itively feels right, and yet it’s so hard to there are a lot more – 2001: A Space Sundance, this daring, genre-defying Seneca and Shakespeare. articulate. It’s one of the most challeng- Odyssey. I Origins will also screen tomorrow movie, which explores a scientist’s ob- Do you have a sequel in mind? ing things for an artist to convey. And he You’ve made two movies so far based at 1pm in the Espace Dorleans Cinema session with the uniqueness of the human Yes, a second project...the very end of did it incredibly beautifully and poetical- on your own scripts. Could you see and on July 10 at 9am in the Thermal eye, is having its international premiere the movie suggests a sequel and I’ve al- ly without being too spoon-fed... he was yourself directing someone else’s Grand Hall. z tonight as the opening film at KVIFF. ready written it. a big influence on me. screenplay some day? And what is it about? Are there any other filmmakers A movie is a device to transmit very How did you come up with the idea It takes place in the future. The charac- whom you find equally inspiring? particular emotions. That’s all it is. I have NOTICE behind the movie, which looks at the ters are the same. It’s many years from I’m a huge Kubrick fan. I think he had felt something, and I want you to feel it. notion of a person’s eyes being a gate- now – about 15 years into the future. And an incredibly high IQ and a lot of film- How do I do that? We create a vessel Today’s double screening of The way to understanding DNA, genetics, the discoveries that [biologist Ian Gray] making is about understanding the macro called a movie or art in general. That’s Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: and even reincarnation? has made have started to permeate socie- and the micro simultaneously and using what art does -- music, painting, dance. Him and The Disappearance of That’s a very nice question. From a lot ty. And so when a baby is born, we scan the craft for better story-telling. And he It’s transmitted to an audience – to anoth- Eleanor Rigby: Her in the Karlovy can- of different influences, I think. I’m very its eyes to see who it was before. And we was a master. I like to think of it like this: er person. And the more rare that feeling Vary Theater at 6:30pm has been celled interested in science. I’m very interested can know that. And some people are hap- There’s these things called stories well is, the better the art, the better the experi- . These films will now be in the fact that everybody’s eye is unique, py to hear who they were in the past, and told. There’s good movies that are really ence. And when you feel a profound ex- screened separately later in the festi- like a fingerprint. Eyes are obviously some are not very happy – finding out well made, and then there’s the sublime, perience, a profound observation about val. The Disappearance of Eleanor much more beautiful than fingerprints. who they were. profound and transcendent. You don’t just life – or at least when I do – I want to bot- Rigby: Him screens on July 10 (10pm, You can see them better... You’ve talked a lot about Krzysztof come out of the theater and say “Oh, that tle it up into a film. So the whole creation Pupp Cinema) and July 12 (7pm, You can definitely see them better! And Kieślowski. What’s so fascinating was a great story, really well told.” You of the film is to transmit that. And to work Thermal Congress Hall). The they’re beautiful. They’re like an artwork about him for you? are changed. And so a filmmaker who is on someone else’s writing, you kind of Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her that’s unique to you. And I’m also inter- Well, he so brilliantly and efficiently able to do that can touch on something have to understand at least what they’re will be shown on July 11 (10:30pm, ested in the place where science and spir- uses the medium of film to suggest that sublime, something that changes an audi- after in terms of that. But sometimes Thermal Grand Hall) and July 12 ituality converge – where they overlap, there’s another dimension of life that we ence forever, that’s one in a billion. when it goes from one writer to another (9:30pm, KV Theater) SEE YOU THERE EXPLAINER DIRECTOR, MARTIN DUŠEK INTO THE CLOUDS QUICK TIPS FOR KVIFF NEWBIES WE GAZE If this is your first time to the fest and end of the carpet, you’ll find the press on the building’s opposite side. If I were in KV today, I’d spend the after- Leviathan screens today at 3:30pm in the you haven’t yet gotten a grizzled KV- conference hall, where most guests Producer-distributor types and other noon in the Čas Cinema. The film Čas Cinema, on July 9 (2pm, Thermal Grand IFF veteran to show you the ropes, here and other luminaries hold court with the professionals should make sure to visit Leviathan intrigues me. I’ve always liked Hall), and July 12 (6:30pm, KV Theater). are a few quick pointers to get you scribes. Accredited journalists can also the adjacent film industry office (open the word yet I still don’t know what Timbuktu screens in the Čas today at 6:30pm started. First off, get yourself to the make use of the press center on the daily from 10am to 8pm). a Leviathan is, what it looks like, or what it and on July 9 (9am, Thermal Grand Hall). Thermal hotel (aka KVIFF central). first floor. It offers workspaces with If you’re not here in an official ca- feeds on. In this instance, it’s a film by the Dušek’s Into the Clouds We Gaze screens in There’s no real need for directions as computers, Wi-Fi, and tickets desk for pacity and just want to watch movies, excellent Russian director Andrey the Čas Cinema on July 8 (3:30pm) and on this huge complex of geometric con- hard-pressed hacks. The stand-up bar we’d strongly recommend buying Zvyagintsev which competed at Cannes. July 9 (5pm, Drahomíra Cinema). z crete by the river is impossible to miss. just opposite is a popular place to make a festival pass, which entitles you to It’s about a family in danger of losing their (It’s very much an example of what the new acquaintances, but there’s also an one free ticket for three different home to speculators. The film offers a de- future used to look like way back in the official meeting point for properly ac- screenings each day, among other pressing depiction of modern Russia and its communist 1970s.) credited guests on the first-floor terrace perks. (COC) supremely powerful potentates. Functionalist by design, functional I’d like to stay in the Čas for Timbuktu. by nature, the Thermal not only houses FESTIVAL PASS PRICES The film is about another unfortunate fami- six cinemas (which is kind of handy for ly, this time one threatened by Islamic fun- a film festival), it’s also the main hub of 1 day 3 days 5 days Entire Festival damentalists and their cruel laws. I’m very fest activity. The accreditation office Festival Pass 200 CZK 500 CZK 700 CZK 1000 CZK interested in the clash of individual destinies is on the ground floor right beside the and historical circumstances. Both these red carpet, so KVIFF guests should go Discount Pass 150 CZK 350 CZK 450 CZK 700 CZK films are artistic representations of conflicts there first to get their vital lanyards and *A discount pass may be bought by students, senior citizens (over 65) and those with that are urgent and current. (COC) other accoutrements. At the opposite physical disabilities (appropriate documentation must be presented upon purchase). strana 2 / page 2 FESTIVAL DAILY Friday, July 4, 2014 DIVERSE, INTERESTING, A DOSE OF HUMOR OFFICIAL SELECTION RACE IS AN ELITE COMPETITION Will Tizard in Moravia, Fair Play) or Kazakhstan (Adventure) as from Although nearly 200 films are the West.