第29届SCAD萨凡纳电影节今日开幕：海伦·米伦携开幕片《A Talent for Murder》领娱乐传奇奖
第29届 SCAD 萨凡纳电影节10月24日在美国佐治亚州 Savannah 开幕，影展至10月31日举行。萨凡纳艺术设计学院（SCAD）称，该影展是美国规模最大的由大学主办的电影节，也是美国东南部规模最大的电影节之一。开幕之夜放映 Bleecker Street 与 LD Entertainment 发行的《A Talent for Murder》，主演海伦·米伦（Helen Mirren）将在当晚领取影展的「娱乐传奇奖」，并在放映后参加一场对谈问答。
《A Talent for Murder》由 Anton Corbijn 执导、Joanna Murray-Smith 编剧，改编自其2014年舞台剧《Switzerland》，片长106分钟，10月23日刚在美国院线公映。米伦在片中饰演隐居瑞士的悬疑作家 Patricia Highsmith，Alden Ehrenreich 饰演纽约出版社派来的年轻人 Edward Ridgeway，他的任务是说服 Highsmith 为其传奇的「雷普利」系列再写最后一部；Olivia Cooke 亦有出演。影展主办方在介绍中称，米伦的表演生涯以无畏与多变著称，她曾获奥斯卡奖、托尼奖与多项艾美奖。
本届影展的中心 gala 放映定于10月27日，作品是 A24 出品、Jesse Eisenberg 执导的《The Debut》，主演 Julianne Moore 将获颁「偶像奖」；闭幕片是10月31日放映的 Searchlight 影业《Wild Horse Nine》，由 Martin McDonagh 执导。影展公布的 gala 与特别放映片单共24部，包括 Tony Gilroy 的《Behemoth!》、Danny Boyle 的《Ink》与 James Gray 的《Paper Tiger》等。
29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival Opens Today: Helen Mirren Receives Legend of Entertainment Award With Opening Film A Talent for Murder
The 29th SCAD Savannah Film Festival opened on October 24 in Savannah, Georgia, and runs through October 31. The Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) describes it as the nation's largest university-led film festival and one of the largest of any kind in the Southeast. Opening night screens A Talent for Murder, from Bleecker Street and LD Entertainment, and its star Helen Mirren will accept the festival's Legend of Entertainment Award that evening, followed by a moderated conversation and Q&A.
A Talent for Murder is directed by Anton Corbijn and written by Joanna Murray-Smith, adapted from her 2014 play Switzerland. The 106-minute film opened in U.S. theaters on October 23. Mirren plays Patricia Highsmith, the renowned thriller writer living in Switzerland, while Alden Ehrenreich plays Edward Ridgeway, a young man from a New York publisher sent to persuade Highsmith to write one final installment of her legendary Ripley anthology; Olivia Cooke also stars. The festival notes that Mirren's career has been defined by fearlessness and range, and that she has won an Academy Award, a Tony Award and multiple Emmy Awards.
The festival's Centerpiece Gala screens on October 27: The Debut, an A24 film directed by Jesse Eisenberg, whose star Julianne Moore will receive the Icon Award. The closing presentation on October 31 is Searchlight Pictures' Wild Horse Nine, directed by Martin McDonagh. The festival's lineup of gala and distinguished screenings totals 24 films, including Tony Gilroy's Behemoth!, Danny Boyle's Ink and James Gray's Paper Tiger.
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图片来源：图：海伦·米伦（资料照片，摄于2023年柏林影展）。照片：Martin Kraft 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / File photo: Helen Mirren at the 2023 Berlinale. Photo by Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
