Festival News

Cannes to premiere documentary on cinematographers Kovacs and Zsigmond
IMP News Wire, Dated 10th May 2008

The documentary No Subtitles Necessary: Laszlo and Vilmos will premiere as an official selection of Cannes Classics at the 61st Annual Cannes International Film Festival on 22 May.

It tracks the 50-year journey of Laszlo Kovacs (Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Paper Moon, Frances, etc.) and Vilmos Zsigmond (Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Deer Hunter, The River, etc.), beginning with their arrival in the United States as political refugees from Hungary in February 1957.

The line up also includes Kovacs' memorable works such as ‘That Cold Day in the Park’, ‘The King of Marvin Gardens’, ‘Shampoo’, ‘Ghostbusters’, and ‘Mask’.

On the other hand, Zsigmond earned an Oscar for Close Encounters, and additional nominations for The Deer Hunter, The River and The Black Dahlia, as well as an Emmy for Stalin. His other credits include McCabe and Mrs. Miller, The Rose, Deliverance and the upcoming birth-of-jazz film Bolden!