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Thursday 3 March 2016

‘Son of Saul’ director says Oscar could be ‘poisoned gift’

take so long after his 1993 line at the Lenin Mauso-
“Schindler’s List” to make leum.”
such a film. Nemes said his next film,
Geza Rohrig, who has re- “Sunset,” set in Budapest in
ceived much praise for his the 1910s, would be in Hun-
portrayal of Auslander, said garian but he was planning
the Oscar ceremony “was to develop several projects
a near clinical case of idi- at once, including films in
ocy.” “It’s not my world,” other languages.
said Rohrig, adding the vol- “My secret plan is to make
unteer “seat fillers” used to a world famous actress
ensure there are never any out of a young Hungarian
empty seats during the cer- woman,” Nemes said. “But
emony “looked like a long let’s not tell anyone.” q

Hungarian director of “Son of Saul” Laszlo Nemes attends a news conference in Budapest, Hun-
gary, Wednesday, March 2, 2016.

Associated Press

PABLO GORONDI the Oscar in a display case dispose of victims in a Nazi
Associated Press “and hopefully I won’t see death camp, was impor-
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — it every day.” tant to him to “understand
Winning an Oscar could be “It can be a poisoned gift the individual.” The film fol-
a “poisoned gift” and it will but if we handle it with skill it lows Saul Auslander as he
take a great effort to avoid won’t crush us,” Nemes said tries to give a religious buri-
being crushed by the hon- after returning to Budapest al to a boy who may have
or, the director of the Hun- from Los Angeles. “Wisdom been his son.
garian film that won the and luck are needed for Steven Spielberg told him
Academy Award for best this but maybe I’ll never that “Son of Saul” greatly
foreign-language film, said make a normal film again.” contributed to the collec-
Wednesday. Nemes said that concen- tive memory of the Holo-
“Son of Saul” director Laszlo trating on one person, a caust and that he hadn’t
Nemes said he would put Jewish prisoner forced to expected that it would

Nina Simone biopic released

in theaters, on VOD, April 22

LOS ANGELES (AP) — After ism after finding fame. Oy- In this June 14, 2015 file
many delays, the Nina Sim- elowo plays her stalwart photo, Zoe Saldana attends
one biopic starring Zoe Sal- friend Clifton Henderson, the Los Angeles Premiere of
dana and David Oyelowo who helped her return to “Infinitely Polar Bear” held at
will be simultaneously re- her music. Regal Cinemas L.A. LIVE in
leased in theaters, digital The film’s release has been Los Angeles.
HD and video-on-demand delayed several times. RLJ
next month. Entertainment originally Associated Press
Distributor RLJ Entertain- announced “Nina” would
ment said Tuesday it will re- open in theaters in Decem-
lease “Nina” in all formats ber 2015.
on April 22. The documentary “What
Saldana plays the Gram- Happened, Miss Simone?”
my-nominated singer and directed by Liz Garbus, was
outspoken civil rights ac- nominated for an Acad-
tivist who struggled with emy Award this year.q
depression and alcohol-