Philip Kaufman - Masterclass © FIF/GT
Rendez-vous with Philip Kaufman
Every year, the Festival de Cannes invites prominent figures from the world of cinema to give “Masterclasses”. Chiefly focusing on directing (previous directors have included Martin Scorsese, Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar-wai, etc.), from time to time the Masterclasses explore other aspects of film-making. Hence, for the 65th anniversary Philip Kaufman, Alexandre Desplat and the veteran American Norman Lloyd will each speak about their work at the Buñuel Theatre followed by a Q&A with the audience.
Director of the celebrated film The Right Stuff and the film adaptation of Milan Kundera’s novel The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Philip Kaufman has been a prominent figure in American cinema since the 1960s. Originally hailing from Chicago, he is now strongly associated with San Francisco where he has lived for the past 50 years.
His body of work includes both independent and studio films – “a wide-ranging body of work that draws on his unique elements of style and philosophy”, explains Annette Insdorf, who has just written a book about him.
Screenwriter (he co-wrote the original story for the script of Raiders of the Lost Ark with George Lucas) and director, Philip Kaufman will be interviewed by Michel Ciment about his work and his films and about developments in American cinema.
