CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - BUFFY ACTRESS DEFENDS RICHARD KELLY MOVIE

Richard Kelly (Johnny Darko) has reedited his apocalyptic film Southland Tales since it was lambasted by several critics at the Cannes Film Festival last May, Britain's Guardian newspaper reported today (Wednesday). However, the newspaper quoted co-star Sarah Michelle Gellar as saying that no major changes were made because the filmmakers concluded that the critics at Cannes represented the "wrong audience" for the film. (Sukhdev Sandhu, the critic for the London daily Telegraph, commented: "Most of the Cannes audience would have opted for the end of the world.) Gellar said, "If you're at Cannes, they're looking for a different kind of movie, and that's not what this movie is." She then went on to say that changes in the film included shortening it, adding several scenes to clarify the narrative, including new visual effects shots, and changing the ending. Commented the Guardian dryly: "So, hardly any different at all then."


07/11/2007