According to the official announcement of the Cannes Film Festival, the new work "The Dead Don't Die" by American independent director Jim Jarmusch (The Dead Don't Die) will be unveiled as the opening film of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival. Will be selected into the main competition unit to participate in the Palme d'Or competition.
The story of "Zombies Is Not Dead" takes place in the seemingly peaceful town of Centerville. Before you know it, everything in the town is changing: the huge full moon is low in the sky, and the duration of the day is unpredictable. , Animals behave strangely and strangely. However, no one can explain the reason for these strange things. Although news reports and scientists continue to pay attention to Centervilleâs developments, no one can predict that the most terrifying and dangerous things will happen to the town. It turns out that the people in the tomb did not really die. Climbed out, and frantically attacked the living. As a result, the inhabitants of the small town who used to stay on their own had no choice but to fight back in order to survive.
"Zombies Are Not Dead" poster
Although the above-mentioned B-level scenario is full of plot outline and Jia Muxu's usual style of work, but after the Bushido theme "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" (Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai) And "Only Lovers Left Alive" (Only Lovers Left Alive) with a vampire as the main character, Jia Muxu has fully proved that for him, the so-called "type" is used to break through. I believe that the new work "Zombies Left Alive" will definitely Refresh the audience's understanding of zombie films. The Cannes official press release also mentioned that it is also a tribute to the art form of film.
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In fact, regardless of the film itself, the powerful cast of "Zombies Has Not Died" has changed the impression that in the pursuit of low-cost zombie films, second and third line actors are the mainstay. Its cast includes Chloe Sevigny, Adam Driver, Tilda Swinton, Steve Buscemi, Austin Butler, Bill Murray, Carreiber Landry ¡Jones, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Tom Weitz, etc., both the old partner of Jamusch, and the new generation of traffic stars, can be called the strongest cast of zombie movies in history . Perhaps this is also one of the reasons why Cannes has set it as the opening film-in this way, it will definitely add a lot of topics to the opening red carpet on May 14.
In the three major European film festivals, Jia Muxu is loyal to Cannes. His original fate can be traced back to 1984. He entered the first competition with his feature film "Stranger Than Paradise" (Stranger Than Paradise), which won the gold. Camera Award. After that, he dated ten times, and won the Palme dâOr award and judges for the short film "Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California" in 1993 and "Broken Flowers" in 2005. Will award. The last time he came to Cannes was in 2016, and he also appeared with two new films-the poetic and timeless feature film "Paterson" was shortlisted in the main competition unit, and the documentary "Gimme Danger" (Gimme Danger) was selected for the midnight screening unit. In addition to "Zombies Are Not Dead", the remaining films shortlisted for the main competition unit of this Cannes Film Festival will be announced on April 18th, local time in France.
