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Corneliu Porumboiu, Cannes 2009 - the Eugene Ionesco of the Movie World got TWO PRIZES: FIPRESCI and Jury Prize "Un certain regard"
FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) PRIZE Cannes -2009
Un Certain Regard: Intermediar / Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
Jury Prize, Cannes 2009: POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU
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Romanian film director Corneliu Porumboiu (b. 1975) is a familiar name at the Cannes Festival.
As with previous subtle Romanian stunners, “Police, Adjective” - a minimalist and sardonic tour-de-force, is set in the non-descript, dilapidated suburban wasteland of the post-Communist country. Except for a few modern-looking automobiles, everything from computers to desks to the drab fluorescent office lighting appears as if it hadn’t been changed in 30 years. Nearly every Romanian building needs a replastering or a paint job, all of which contributes to the film’s general sense of unease and lingering feeling of oppression.
The film also uses the extended long takes that many have associated with recent films from Romania. Here, they may test the patience of some viewers-there were several walkouts during the film’s second soldout press screening-but the cumulative affect evokes the tedium and futility of Cristi’s police investigation, not to mention his world. Near the film’s conclusion, there’s a scene in which a take runs for what seems like an eternity, observing Cristi sitting next to a woman clicking away at a typewriter. Neither the camera, nor Cristi moves, and yet, there’s something compelling and ironic as the shot persists in real-time. After a while, if one is tuned into the film’s sense of prevailing ennui, it actually becomes funny - in an absurdist way reminiscent of fellow Romanian writer Eugene Ionesco.
read more in Anthony Kaufman (May 17, 2009):
www.indiewire.com/article/lingua_romania_police_adjective...
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Corneliu Porumboiu (born September 14, 1975 in Vaslui) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 2006 feature 12:08 East of Bucharest won him the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of well-known football referee Adrian Porumboiu.
[edit] Filmography as Director
* Pe aripile vinului (2002)
* Călătorie la oraş (2003) (won Second Prize of the Cinéfondation in 2004)
* Visul lui Liviu (2004)
* 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) (A fost sau n-a fost?)
* Police, Adjective (2009)
Corneliu Porumboiu, Cannes 2009 - the Eugene Ionesco of the Movie World got TWO PRIZES: FIPRESCI and Jury Prize "Un certain regard"
FIPRESCI (International Film Critics) PRIZE Cannes -2009
Un Certain Regard: Intermediar / Police, Adjective by Corneliu Porumboiu, Romania
Jury Prize, Cannes 2009: POLITIST, ADJECTIV (Police, Adjective) by Corneliu PORUMBOIU
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Romanian film director Corneliu Porumboiu (b. 1975) is a familiar name at the Cannes Festival.
As with previous subtle Romanian stunners, “Police, Adjective” - a minimalist and sardonic tour-de-force, is set in the non-descript, dilapidated suburban wasteland of the post-Communist country. Except for a few modern-looking automobiles, everything from computers to desks to the drab fluorescent office lighting appears as if it hadn’t been changed in 30 years. Nearly every Romanian building needs a replastering or a paint job, all of which contributes to the film’s general sense of unease and lingering feeling of oppression.
The film also uses the extended long takes that many have associated with recent films from Romania. Here, they may test the patience of some viewers-there were several walkouts during the film’s second soldout press screening-but the cumulative affect evokes the tedium and futility of Cristi’s police investigation, not to mention his world. Near the film’s conclusion, there’s a scene in which a take runs for what seems like an eternity, observing Cristi sitting next to a woman clicking away at a typewriter. Neither the camera, nor Cristi moves, and yet, there’s something compelling and ironic as the shot persists in real-time. After a while, if one is tuned into the film’s sense of prevailing ennui, it actually becomes funny - in an absurdist way reminiscent of fellow Romanian writer Eugene Ionesco.
read more in Anthony Kaufman (May 17, 2009):
www.indiewire.com/article/lingua_romania_police_adjective...
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Corneliu Porumboiu (born September 14, 1975 in Vaslui) is a Romanian film director and screenwriter. His 2006 feature 12:08 East of Bucharest won him the Camera d'Or prize at the Cannes Film Festival. He is the son of well-known football referee Adrian Porumboiu.
[edit] Filmography as Director
* Pe aripile vinului (2002)
* Călătorie la oraş (2003) (won Second Prize of the Cinéfondation in 2004)
* Visul lui Liviu (2004)
* 12:08 East of Bucharest (2006) (A fost sau n-a fost?)
* Police, Adjective (2009)