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Robert Pattinson #HighLife at Film Festival in Australia
Tickets went on sale for the AF French Film Festival today. If that wasn’t enough, Nashen Moodley confirmed that it would also screen as part of the 2019 Sydney Film Festival (see below). To top that off Madman Films confirmed that they were the Australian distributor. They say good things come in threes! Please note for Sydneysiders, you won’t be able to watch the film at the French Film Festival due to it being released at Sydney Film Festival. You can always drive down to Canberra – it’s a great excuse for a weekend away.
Joanna Hogg was inteviewed during Sundance and at the end of this interview at around 2.15 she mentions that she always planned to make two films and that The Souvenir: Part II isn’t a sequel in the traditional sense and that he’s glad she didn’t shoot the two films back to back.
In case you haven’t been following on Social media, The Souvenir: Part I has been receiving fabulous reviews.
The spirit of the 1980s is evident both in the soundtrack (Bronski Beat, The Specials and The Psychedelic Furs all feature) and politics of a film that wrestles with notions of class privilege and blossoming female desire, as well as ideas about ‘female art’ and the female artist as perceived by men. A wry wit sparkles throughout, and means that when the heartache eventually comes it does so with real emotional impact.
Most intriguingly of all, it has already been announced that The Souvenir will receive a sequel – Hogg is currently working on the script, and Robert Pattinson is set to co-star with Swinton-Byrne, reprising her role as Julie. It feels as though this film barely scratches the service of its fascinating central character, and and it’s truly exciting to have a filmmaker as honest and articulate as Hogg working today.
Denis has a particular, generous gaze when it comes to bodies. How did the casting of Robert Pattinson come about?
“I wanted a man in his ’40s, because this is someone on death row — it is not an optimistic moment for him. He is tired of my life. I originally thought of Philip Seymour Hoffman, but he was tired of life and died. The agent and casting director asked me to meet Robert Pattinson, who I thought was too young and iconic. But as the project took so long to get funded, Robert would come to me and say, ‘I’m getting older every month!’ I realized that I couldn’t make the film without him.” “I was surprised by him. I’m a very tactile but not spontaneous director. His interest in filmmaking is great and real. He was ready for everything I proposed. He is the easiest actor I’ve worked with. He is part of the brotherhood — I want to work with him more, as I do with Juliette Binoche. They get involved and are not afraid — they have no fear about a weird project.”
Alliance Française French Film Festival 2019 titles include: 'High Life', The Sisters Brothers', 'Sink or Swim', 'Sorry Angel', 'The Image Book' and more
You can be teased with snippets from High Life in the festival trailer below. The full lineup and tickets will be available from 31 January 2019, so stay tuned as I will post and tweet a reminder on the day. Am just thrilled we will have a chance to see this film.
The Festival will be held in each Capital City, Avoca Beach and Parramatta from the following dates and will screen at Palace cinemas:
