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CANNES, France – The Cannes Film Festival received a dose of theater Monday in theform of French director Alain Resnais' new film. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is a love letter to the actingprofession that shows a troupe of thespians performing a play basedon the Greek myth of lovers Orpheus and Eurydice. There are several plays-within-a-play in the drama, which featuresa who's who of French dramatic talent, including Lambert Wilson,Michel Piccoli and Mathieu Amalric. The 89-year-old Resnais told reporters that he was trying to showthe similarities between theater and film, often portrayed ascompletely different art forms. He said Monday that "people often say that the theater is a nobleart whereas films are not." But, he said, "in both cases, you need actors" — and bothplays and films need to keep an audience enthralled. "When a scene is being played in the theater you can't raise yourhand in the room and say 'I didn't really understand, can you startthe scene again?'" Resnais said. "You have to listen and try tounderstand. "And at the cinema, up until now I haven't seen anyone go to thetechnical staff and say, 'Could I please see the second sequenceagain because I fell asleep in the middle of the film? These areparallels between the theater and the cinema. These are things theyhave in common." "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is one of 22 films competing forprizes at the French Riviera film festival, which runs untilSunday. Resnais became a pioneering figure in French cinema half a centuryago with adventurous films such as "Hiroshima Mon Amour" and "LastYear at Marienbad." He won Cannes' second prize in 1980 for "My American Uncle," andthe festival gave him a lifetime achievement prize in 2009. The director turns 90 in June but is not ready to retire. He'splanning a new film, a comedy based on an Alan Ayckbourn farce. "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" is, in part, a meditation on aging anddeath. Several generations of actors play musician Orpheus andEurydice, the bride he tries to rescue from the underworld. But Resnais said he did not look back when making films. He said his philosophy was: "I try not to repeat myself, ever." Resnais also said that if he thought people were going to see thefilm as his last testament, "I wouldn't have had the courage orenergy to make it." ___ Jill Lawless can be reached at Twitter.com/JillLawless. We are high quality suppliers, our products such as Multi Touch LCD Monitor , Electronic Interactive Whiteboard Manufacturer for oversee buyer. To know more, please visits Electronic Interactive Whiteboard.
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