Tag: Asif Kapadia

  • ‘Journalist scum’ and the Cannes glitterati – Correspondent

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    Correspondent via Correspondent: http://blogs.afp.com/correspondent/?post/france-film-festival-journal-scum-and-the-cannes-glitterati#.VWRi0mB5qn0 I’m relieved to find I’m not alone in finding this juxtaposition of aggressive capitalism and high art a little difficult to stomach. A few days in, I interview director Asif Kapadia who is presenting his masterful tear-jerker documentary “Amy” about late singer Amy Winehouse. “It’s a bit weird”, he says, to…