Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln” premieres at New York Film FestOctober 9, 2012 - 17:11 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The Steven Spielberg-directed Lincoln made a surprise world premiere at the New York Film Festival on Monday October 8 evening, Deadline said. It has been one of the wildcards in the Oscar conversation, with the nomination buzz for the picture and Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, and Tommy Lee Jones louder now than ever. Afterwards was a Q&A with screenwriter Tony Kushner and director Steven Spielberg (moderated by outgoing NYFF festival director Richard Pena). Kushner said that he tried to find the movie by covering various parts of Lincoln’s life but ending up with an endless supply of script pages. So he finally decided to narrow the focus to the seminal last months of Lincoln’s life. That revelation came while Kushner walked picket lines during the writers strike. He still wrote 500 pages before he and Spielberg found a way to cut the script down to a somewhat manageable 200. Spielberg said he was glad his movie will come out after the presidential election (the film bows November 14) so it won’t get kicked around like a political football. Spielberg said his film wasn’t completely finished, but it was close enough to screen tonight. Top stories The creative crew of the Public TV had chosen 13-year-old Malena as a participant of this year's contest. She called on others to also suspend their accounts over the companies’ failure to tackle hate speech. Penderecki was known for his film scores, including for William Friedkin’s “The Exorcist”, Stanley Kubrick’s “The Shining”. The festival made the news public on March 19, saying that “several options are considered in order to preserve its running” Partner news | Titus, Bilirakis lead legislation to sanction Azerbaijani war criminals Representatives Dina Titus (D-NV) and Gus Bilirakis (R-FL) have introduced the bipartisan legislation. Azerbaijan must respect human rights, Scholz tells Aliyev German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for greater respect for human rights in Azerbaijan. Armenia: Defense Ministry warns against involving army in political processes The Ministry’s statement came after a video surfaced online, showing soldiers joining the protests in Tavush. Scholz hopes Armenia-Azerbaijan peace treaty will be signed this year German Chancellor Olaf Scholz hopes that a peace treaty between Armenia and Azerbaijan will be signed this year. |