Looking through the keyhole complacent? To kick off the 66th Berlinale US directors Joel and Ethan Coen audiences have taken on Thursday evening with behind the scenes of the Hollywood dream factory.
George Clooney shows in the comedy “Hail, Caesar!” As goofy sandal film actor a lot of leg. Scarlett Johansson slides as water ballet Starlet through basin. And Channing Tatum is a Quilting movie sailor with a secret mission. A Festival Start with a high fun factor and many celebrities on the red carpet in front of the Berlinale Palast. With “George !, George!” – Call movie fans and photographers vied noisily especially to the attention of heartthrob Clooney
Even at noon, the international jury was presented with the radiant triple Oscar winner Meryl Streep at the top. , “Although I have absolutely no idea how to run a jury,” the US actress said about her first time as a leader of a festival jury. “I was already head of other companies,” added Streep and referred to their family with four children.
And Clooney was pleased with his “idiot-roll”, who intended for him the Coen brothers again. “I enjoy the fact that they make fun of me,” he said, grinning. But the star suggested journalists also serious tones. Clooney said he will meet on Friday, Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) and talk to her also about the fate of refugees
Juicy Scandals, biting humor -. To kick off the eleven-day Berlinale sat festival director Dieter Kosslick on the skill the four-time Oscar winner Coen. While their heyday of the major Hollywood studios early 50s playing Satire running out of competition, but gave the audience for a more more entertaining festival begins. The “hard bread” of the competition films with their serious, important issues of refugee suffering by abortion the Berlinale guests obsolete soon enough.
In “Hail, Caesar!” Is all about Eddie (Josh Brolin), the “Fixer” a major Hollywood studio. As the ultimate “problem solver” he has his hands full trying to cover up the scandals of the stars. As then the presentable, but quite stupid Monumentalfilm Hero Baird (Clooney) is kidnapped, the situation escalates. And two are Eddie always on his heels: the Twins Gossip reporters Torah and Thessaly (Tilda Swinton in a dual role). Your movie is a romantic version of Hollywood, the Coen brothers before the premiere.
Clooney plays not for the first time the “idiots” in a Coen film, as he himself calls these roles. Already in “O Brother, Where Art Thou? – A Mississippi Odyssey “and” Burn After Reading “was occupied against its image of heartthrob. The Coen brothers are like Berlinale regulars. With “The Big Lebowski” they were 1998 official competition. Five years ago, they opened with their Western “True Grit”, the International Film Festival Berlin. “Hail, Caesar!” starts after the Berlin premiere next Thursday (February 18) in the cinema.
On the red carpet was this time quite closely not only Hollywood celebrities but also German stars such as Iris Berben, Heike Makatsch, Elyas M’Barek, Sebastian Koch and Florian David Fitz turned extensively their rounds. Also spotted: the Chinese artist Ai Weiwei. With quick wit, humor and cheeky side blows towards film industry and politics enthusiastic gala Moderatoin Anke Engelke the 1,600 festival guests. Festival boss Kosslick called visitors as announced this on to donate to a charity project, which cares for traumatized refugees.
Until 21 February, the Berlinale in various festival series shows more than 400 films. Ins Bears races go 18 directorial works. Among them is a German film this year. The 33-year-old from Erfurt Anne Zohra Berrached ( “Two Mothers”) shows the abortion drama “24 weeks” with Julia Jentsch ( “Sophie Scholl – The Final Days”) and Bjarne Mädel ( “murder with a view”). Actors and directors like Spike Lee, Jew Law, Isabelle Huppert, Colin Firth, Kirsten Dunst, Julianne Moore and Gérard Depardieu present their new movies.
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