Comments on: Thirst wins jury prize at Cannes

By: coffeegurl

coffeegurl — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:37:34 +0000

Sorry its not Palme d’or, but BEST DIRECTOR. Congrats to both Park Chan Wook and Briliante Mendoza!

By: coffeegurl

coffeegurl — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:34:05 +0000

Congrat to Brilliante Mendoza (Philippines) for bagging the Palm d’Or award in Cannes for the movie “Katay” (Butchered)!

By: Bzzbzz

Bzzbzz — Mon, 25 May 2009 08:31:05 +0000

Sorry. It was late, I was surely thinking about something else.
I was speaking of the Grand Prix instead of the Caméra d’Or. Sorry again.

Anyway, it’s still weird to give this prize to Park Chan-Wook when he isn’t a new director anymore. For me, it seems like a consolation prize. :-/

By: ...

... — Mon, 25 May 2009 06:49:38 +0000

good for him. we don’t heard a lot about his movie in the festival but a little about him

By: frenchie

frenchie — Mon, 25 May 2009 00:18:37 +0000

Hey Bzzbzz,
i think you’re a little confused. First of all, the Camera d’or is not the second place of the Official selection of the festival. You have first the Palme d’Or, then the Grand Prix, and then the Prix du Jury (which was ex-aequo this year). Park Chan-wook got the Grand Prix in 2004 for Old Boy, not the Camera d’or. And this year he got the Prix du Jury.
And I too am french and cinephile.

By: Nokcha

Nokcha — Sun, 24 May 2009 23:17:47 +0000

Great news! He is a fantastic storyteller and his vision in terms of set direction is amazing. He reminds me of the pairing of Wan Kar Wai and Chris Doyle.

By: ndegeocello

ndegeocello — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:39:01 +0000

I know we’re not supposed to trust everything on Wikipedia, but…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury_Prize_(Cannes_Film_Festival)
“It is considered the third most prestigious prize at the film festival, after the Palme d’Or and the Grand Prix.”

On another related note, Thirst is already in talks for a US remake. Bleh.

By: Sonam

Sonam — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:55:53 +0000

Congratulations to Park Chan Wook. He won the 2nd prize for Oldboy and now the third prize for Thirst. It’s hard enough getting selected for the world’s most prestigious film festival but to win something every time is amazing. Maybe it will be the Golden Palme the third time.
Also congratulations to Brilliante Mendoza of the Phillipines for best director. Woah!
Go Asia!
And yes, Song Kang Ho is peerless!

By: Bzzbzz

Bzzbzz — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:37:21 +0000

It was just for information…

By: Sere

Sere — Sun, 24 May 2009 21:29:23 +0000

Psst, Park Chan-wook shared the prize with Andrea Arnold for Fish Tank. Still, kudos to PCW