Great Expectations Cannes - Day 11
My most anticipated film at Cannes 2013 is Jim Jarmusch’s ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE from the Official Competition. He is a special director, one of the few whose entire career I have followed. I happen to love vampire films and am very eager to see his take on the genre. I do not necessarily expect an outright masterpiece upon first viewing, but Jarmusch’s films are like fine wines that age extremely well with time. THE LIMITS OF CONTROL (2009) left me a bit cold. BROKEN FLOWERS (2005) blew me away. I will be perfectly happy if ONLY LOVERS LEFT ALIVE lands somewhere in the middle.
–Greg de Cuir, Jr is Belgrade-based freelance writer, translator, and programmer who contributes regularly to Festivalists and writes also for Cineaste, Jump Cut, KinoKultura, as well as for his own film blog.
