Tarantino and non-reservoir dog flick hit Jerusalem Film Fest
A list of quirky celebs is expected at the annual film celebration, including ‘Pulp Fiction’ director
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
With one week until the July 7 opening of the Jerusalem Film Festival, the Jerusalem Cinematheque announced special guests Quentin Tarantino and Laurie Anderson will attend the 33rd annual event.
Director Tarantino, who was last in Israel to promote his 2009 film “Inglourious Basterds,” will screen a newly restored 35-millimeter print of his Academy Award-winning favorite, “Pulp Fiction,” at the festival. He’ll also accept a prize celebrating his unique contribution to film.
Filmmaker and performance artist Laurie Anderson is promoting her latest movie, “Heart of a Dog,” a heartfelt, quirky love letter to her terrier, which has won accolades at film festivals and screenings worldwide.
Anderson will screen her film and speak with audiences on July 11 and 12.
The festival will open with its celebratory first evening on July 7 in Sultan’s Pool with a screening of Pedro Almodovar’s latest film, “Julieta,” based loosely on three short stories in Alice Munro’s book “Runaway.” Emma Suarez, who stars in Almodovar’s latest film (see trailer at top of story), will also attend the festival’s opening night festivities.
Other guests at the film festival include indie filmmaker Whit Stillman, whose latest film, “Love & Friendship” starring Kate Beckinsale, is a comic adaptation of a story written by Jane Austin when she was 14.
American producer Anthony Bregman will present James Schamus’s “Indignation,” the former producer’s directorial debut, which is an adaption of the Philip Roth novel of the same name, about a Jewish boy heading to college in the 1950s.
