{"id":3294,"date":"2018-04-15T17:58:43","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T17:58:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commarts.pleather.us\/2018\/04\/15\/claire-denis-reveals-why-high-life-her-sci-fi-thriller-starring-robert-pattinson-isnt-at-cannes\/"},"modified":"2018-04-15T17:58:43","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T17:58:43","slug":"claire-denis-reveals-why-high-life-her-sci-fi-thriller-starring-robert-pattinson-isnt-at-cannes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.valdosta.edu\/m2\/2018\/04\/15\/claire-denis-reveals-why-high-life-her-sci-fi-thriller-starring-robert-pattinson-isnt-at-cannes\/","title":{"rendered":"Claire Denis Reveals Why \u2018High Life,\u2019 Her Sci-Fi Thriller Starring Robert Pattinson, Isn\u2019t at Cannes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to being one of our most gifted filmmakers, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/claire-denis\/\" id=\"auto-tag_claire-denis\">Claire Denis<\/a> is also among the most outspoken. The French auteur&#8217;s name was conspicuously absent from the Cannes Film Festival lineup earlier this week, as many expected &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/t\/high-life\/\" id=\"auto-tag_high-life\">High Life<\/a>,&#8221; her sci-fi film starring Robert Pattinson, to premiere on the Croisette.<\/p>\n<p>She&#8217;s asked about that in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/claire-denis-we-are-normal-people-even-though-we-are-french-1.3457322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">an interview with the Irish Times<\/a>, but not before taking issue with being referred to as a &#8220;female director&#8221; by her interviewer. \u201cWhen you say \u2018female director\u2019 I already want to stop this conversation!\u201d Denis says. \u201cFemale director? I feel like I am an animal. I am a female director like this is a female bird. No, I am a director \u2014 good or bad I don\u2019t know. But I am a woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2018\/03\/cannes-film-festival-predictions-2018-robert-pattinson-xavier-dolan-barry-jenkins-1201941086\/\" title=\"Cannes 2018 Wish List: 37 Movies We Hope Make the Cut, From Barry Jenkins to Claire Denis\">Cannes 2018 Wish List: 37 Movies We Hope Make the Cut, From Barry Jenkins to Claire Denis<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>As for &#8220;High Life,&#8221; it appears as though it simply wasn&#8217;t ready in time for the festival.<\/p>\n<p class=\"no_name selectionShareable\">\u201cI made my way,\u201d Denis says of her plight. \u201cI made my films and I am a woman. Nobody raped me for making a film. The problem with this story is that people are victims when somebody has the power over them. But I was not really in that position. I had always a freedom. I was not obliged to go to a hotel room with somebody to get a film produced. I should have, maybe. To get a bigger film. Harvey Weinstein never asked me. I made my life differently. I don\u2019t want to comment on this story of female film-making. Oh, all those f\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link read-more\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Read More:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.indiewire.com\/2017\/11\/robert-pattinson-indie-directors-good-time-damsel-1201901657\/\" title=\"Robert Pattinson on Picking Under-the-Radar Directors and Why Claire Denis is the Most \u2018Authentic Punk\u2019 He\u2019s Ever Met\">Robert Pattinson on Picking Under-the-Radar Directors and Why Claire Denis is the Most \u2018Authentic Punk\u2019 He\u2019s Ever Met<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>As for Cannes, Denis seems unbothered by the fact that none of her movies have premiered in Competition since &#8220;Chocolat&#8221; 30 years ago. \u201cI take what I am given,\u201d she says. \u201cI am always considering maybe my films are not good enough. Maybe they are boring. Maybe there is something Cannes doesn\u2019t like. I never asked them, by the way. I don\u2019t care.\u201d Read her full interview <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/culture\/film\/claire-denis-we-are-normal-people-even-though-we-are-french-1.3457322\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"pmc-related-link sign-up\">\n\t\t\t<strong class=\"pmc-related-type\">Sign Up:<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/indiewire.com\/email\" title=\"Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.\">Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t<\/aside>\n<p>Source: IndieWire film<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In addition to being one of our most gifted filmmakers, Claire Denis is also among the most outspoken. 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