The Chinese media was quite present to cover the many films from China in this year's festival. My wife and I were asked on a couple of occasions to give our thoughts on these films and others from the Official Competition.
- my wife being interviewed after a screening of "Life Without Principle"
- I was asked for my thoughts on the Chinese films from the Official Competition
- my wife commenting on which film might win the Golden Lion this year
"Not all are called to be artists... yet all men and women are entrusted with the task of crafting their own life... They are to make of it a work of art, a masterpiece." - Pope John Paul II
From the greatest of them all...
"Maybe it is worth investigating the unknown, if only because the very feeling of not knowing is a painful one."
- Krzysztof Kieslowski
Polish filmmaker
To his runner-up...
"Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls."