'Speed,' 'Darjeeling' take early Venice nods - 藝術電影

'Speed,' 'Darjeeling' take early Venice nods
By Eric J. Lyman

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/awards_festivals/news/e3icf491cb9255f2e3d6c1d9eb578098e6f

Sept 8, 2007
VENICE, Italy -- Ed Radtke's coming-of-age drama "The Speed of Life" won the
Venice Film Festival's first Queer Lion award while Wes Anderson's
"Darjeeling Limited" took home the Golden Lion Cub, an award selected by
school children.

Radtke's film -- about a group of New York youths who steal video cameras and
make films from the tapes inside -- screened in the Venice Days sidebar for
up-and-coming directors. The story was judged to have featured the most
accurate portrayal of a gay character out of the 57 new feature films
screening in Venice.

The Venice Gays jury, which awarded the prize, issued a statement calling on
the festival to include more films that portray gay characters in a truthful
way in future editions.

"Darjeeling Limited," a comedy about a trio of brothers on a trip across
India, was awarded its Golden Lion Cub by a jury of local youths studying at
the Agiscuola, near Venice's Lido. In 18 previous editions, the school
children have correctly picked the winner of the festival's top prize --
Golden Lion -- seven times.

In other prizes announced Friday, the City of Venice Award for a director
from an underdeveloped country went to India's Murali Nair, the director of
last year's acclaimed drama "Unni."

"Redacted," the Iraq War film from Brian DePalma, won the Digital Award from
the Future Film Festival, as the Venice event's best film made using digital
technologies.

The main prize-winners will be announced Saturday.

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