The official poster for the 69th Festival de Cannes, taking place from 11 to 22 May and presided over by Australian director George Miller,
21 March | J-51 before the festival |
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Official Poster for the 69th Festival de Cannes |
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The official poster for the 69th Festival de Cannes, taking place from 11 to 22 May and presided over by Australian director George Miller, was designed using stills from Jean-Luc Godard’s film Contempt (Le Mépris). |
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It’s all there. The steps, the sea, the horizon: a man’s ascent towards his dream, in a warm Mediterranean light that turns to gold. As an image it is reminiscent of a timeless quote by Michel Mourlet used at the beginning of Contempt (Le Mépris) : "Cinema replaces our gaze with a world in harmony with our desires”. (…) |
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