Just announced:
SIFF will present the 2009 Golden Space Needle Award for Outstanding Achievement in Directing to Spike Lee, in recognition of his extraordinary filmmaking career. This special Tribute ceremony at the 35th Seattle International Film Festival will include a montage of clips highlighting his diverse work as a director and pioneer of contemporary cinema, followed by a screening of Passing Strange, Lee’s original visualization of the celebrated Broadway hit. Prior to the screening, Spike Lee will take the stage for an in-depth interview and a Q&A session with the audience. This special Tribute event will take place Saturday, May 23, at the Egyptian Theatre.
Also attending this year’s festival: Francis Ford Coppola (puffy!) and Vincent Gallo (scary!):
Among the many other guests scheduled to attend this year’s SIFF is Francis Ford Coppola who will host a special presentation of his new film, Tetro. Argentina proves an inviting canvas for Francis Ford Coppola’s first original screenplay since 1974. Striking thematic parallels and Coppola’s intimate direction seamlessly frame this semi-autobiographical drama in which two brothers attempt to make peace with their troubled pasts. Also expected to attend the Festival is the star of the film, Vincent Gallo, an acclaimed writer/director in his own right. The director and actor will introduce Tetro at its screening on Wednesday, June 10.
Does Vincent Gallo have a film in the festival?
Vincent Gallo?
A little scary and creepy, perhaps, but a whole lot of awesome!
@1 – Gallo is starring in Coppola’s new film.
Francis Ford Coppola?
Has he even been relevant since Apocalypse Now? Maybe The Outsiders and Captain EO.
He needs to disappear. He needed to 20 years ago.
Maybe I’ll give him an orange.
@3 Mmmm…Francis Ford Coppola directing queasy blowjob scenes.
@1: Yep. Updated.
I just hope Vincent doesn’t bring that earthworm wine I once had on a Gallo tour …
But Coppola should be fun.
I’ll take whatever Coppola does past present or future over Spike Lee’s unseen film version of that bloated shitfest PASSING STRANGE.
@8 Even Music From the Heart or Jack?
“I hate every single movie by the midget Spike Lee”
I saw Vincent Gallo in New York once. He’s as creepy and greasy in person as on film.
that was ‘one from the heart’, misanthrope. wes craven directed ‘music of my heart’. square biz.
I sat through that piece of cliche-bound shit PASSING STRANGE when it was on Broadway. The only thing bigger than Stew’s ego is Spike Lee’s, which only makes me wonder how on earth this ever got made.
Not that I give a shit, as there’s no way I’ll ever watch it. Once was more than enough.
the only decent version of One from the Heart, is the SCTV version (3D Stake from the Heart?) with Dr Tongue, Bruno and “Gilda Radner”
“Golden Space Needle”? Ugh.
do you have to be a hipster to go to SIFF? And if so, where can I find jeans that bring out the best of my balls?