Le Festival de Cannes’ 2011 Classics Program

The 64th Cannes Film Festival today announced the films selected for the eighth Cannes Classics program that showcases restored and re-discovered films ahead of their re-release in theaters or on DVD.

Fourteen films and five documentaries make up this year’s lineup.

The Films

“A Trip to the Moon” (Le Voyage dans la lune) by Georges Méliès (France, 1902, 16′)
“Clockwork Orange” by Stanley Kubrick (USA, 1971, 137′)
“The Machine to Kill Bad People” (La Macchina Ammazzacattivi) by Roberto Rossellini (Italy, 1952, 80′)
“A Bronx Tale” by Robert De Niro (USA, 1993, 121′).
“The Conformist” (Il Conformista) by Bernardo Bertolucci (Italy, 1970, 118′)
“Sugar Cane Alley” (Rue Cases Négres) by Euzhan Palcy (France, 1983, 106′)
“Puzzle of a Downfall Child” by Jerry Schatzberg (USA, 1970, 105′)
“The Law of the Border” (Hudutlarin Kanunu) by Lufti O. Akad (Turkey, 1966, 74′)
“No Man’s Land” (Niemandsland) by Victor Trivas (Germany, 1931, 81′).
“The Children of Paradise” (Les Enfants du paradis) by Marcel Carné (France, 1945, 190′)
“Despair” by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Germany, 1978, 115′)
“The Savage” (Le Sauvage) by Jean-Paul Rappeneau (France, 1975, 106′)
“Chronicle of a Summer” (Chronique d’un été) by Jean Rouch and Edgar Morin (France, 1966, 91′)
“The Assassin” (L’Assassino) by Elio Petri (Italy, 1961, 100′)

The Documentaries

“The Look” by Angelica Maccarone (Germany / France, 2011, 95′)
“Corman’s World: Exploits Of A Hollywood Rebel” by Alex Stapleton (USA, 2011, 125′)
“Belmondo … Itineraire” by Vincent Perrot and Jeff Domenech (France, 2011, 86′)
“Kurosawa’s Way” (Kurosawa, la Voie) by Catherine Cadou (France, 2011, 52′)
“Once Upon a Time … A Clockwork Orange” (Il était une fois… Orange mécanique) by Antoine de Gaudemar and Michel Ciment (France, 2011, 52′)