The film "My Private Artist" was selected as the opening film of the Jeonju International Film Festival, and director Kent Jones will visit Korea.
On the 1st, the team behind the film "My Private Artist" (director Kent Jones, import/distribution Tcast) announced that it had been selected as the opening film of the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival and confirmed Kent Jones' visit to Korea.
"My Private Artist" is the story of Edgar, who was once a poet but now works at the New York post office and lives an ordinary life, and what happens when he meets young aspiring artists who are enthusiastic about a poetry collection he wrote decades ago.
He was a distinguished film critic who worked for top film journals such as France's Cahiers du Cinéma and the United States' Film Comment and Cinema Scope, served as the artistic director of the New York Film Festival and as a programmer at the New York Lincoln Center, co-directed the documentary "A Letter to Elia" about Elia Kazan, the director of "East of Eden" and "On the Waterfront," together with Martin Scorsese, and is known to us for the Cannes-selected documentary "Hitchcock/Truffaut" (2016), which reimagined François Truffaut's book of interviews with Alfred Hitchcock. His narrative feature debut "Diane" (2018) received high praise at the Locarno Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival, and his second narrative feature "My Private Artist" was invited to the 82nd Venice Film Festival, earning further acclaim from the global press and critics.
In "My Private Artist," the role of Edgar, a regular New York postal worker who one day becomes the object of adoration by young aspiring artists, is played by Willem Dafoe of "The Florida Project" and "The Grand Budapest Hotel." Willem Dafoe, who has shown limitless acting through various works, deeply expresses the inner life of a man who turned his back on his poet youth and suddenly became an object of fervent worship, enhancing the film's immersion. Greta Lee, who drew worldwide attention for "Past Lives," plays Gloria, who dreams of becoming a star, captivating audiences with her elegant screen presence. The screenplay was written by Sammy Birch, who drew dazzling attention with "May December," produced by the American production company Killer Films, known for "Carol," "Past Lives," and "The Materialist," and Martin Scorsese served as executive producer, drawing further interest.
"My Private Artist" was selected as the opening film of the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival, which runs from the 29th to May 8, and will be shown to Korean audiences for the first time. Following films such as the Dardenne brothers' "Tori and Lokita," Miyake Sho's "All of Dawn," and Kogonada's "After Yang," "My Private Artist," chosen as the opening film of the Jeonju International Film Festival, is expected to be one of the must-see films for film fans this year. In line with the opening ceremony, Kent Jones will visit Korea for the first time to meet audiences through a press conference and a talk with the audience. It is scheduled to open theatrically in the second half of this year.<
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