Dear James, I have an issue with the following sentence: "What is it that appeals to these critical French elites about Östlund’s satires?" As a cinema critic, if you want to be credible, you need to check your facts and be professional. The Palme d'Or is decided by a jury made up of film directors and actors from different nationalities. The president, Vincent Lindon, is indeed French. There was one more French person, originally from Mali, Ladj Ly. The other members were : Rebecca Hall, an Anglo-American film director; Deepika Padukone, an Indian-Danish actress; Noomi Rapace, a Swedish actress; Jasmine Trinca, an Italian actress; Asghar Fahardi, an Iranian film director; Jeff Nichols, an American film director, and Joachim Trier, a Danish film director. If you are right when you talk about the Cannes voters, the following sentence is very problematic. A cheap shot that does not bring anything constructive and intelligent to your movie review.
As to your review, it is in agreement with a lot of French (elite ;-)) critics who said Triangle of Sadness should not have received the Palme d'Or.
Dear James, I have an issue with the following sentence: "What is it that appeals to these critical French elites about Östlund’s satires?" As a cinema critic, if you want to be credible, you need to check your facts and be professional. The Palme d'Or is decided by a jury made up of film directors and actors from different nationalities. The president, Vincent Lindon, is indeed French. There was one more French person, originally from Mali, Ladj Ly. The other members were : Rebecca Hall, an Anglo-American film director; Deepika Padukone, an Indian-Danish actress; Noomi Rapace, a Swedish actress; Jasmine Trinca, an Italian actress; Asghar Fahardi, an Iranian film director; Jeff Nichols, an American film director, and Joachim Trier, a Danish film director. If you are right when you talk about the Cannes voters, the following sentence is very problematic. A cheap shot that does not bring anything constructive and intelligent to your movie review.
As to your review, it is in agreement with a lot of French (elite ;-)) critics who said Triangle of Sadness should not have received the Palme d'Or.
You're right--I should have known better than to publish this with that sentence as such. I've corrected it in the meantime.