A journey to the world retrospective cinemas In 5th Bangalore International Film Festival, 2012

Dec. 6, 2012 - PRLog -- Bangalore, December 6, 2012: 5th Biffes is paying a tribute to International legends of retrospective Cinemas.  The festival is featuring great directors, screenwriters, producers and editors like, Akira Kurosawa (Japan), Henri-Georges Clouzot (France) and Michelangelo Antonioni (Italy) and showcasing best of their movies.

Akira Kurosawa was a Japanese film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. Regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema, Kurosawa directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. To name few his renowned movies are Ikiru, I Live in Fear, The Hidden Fortness, Yojimbo, Sanjuro, Madadayo, The Idiot, Scandal.

Henri-Georges Clouzot was a French film director, screenwriter and producer. He is best remembered for his work in the thriller film genre, having directed The Wages of Fear and Les Diaboliques, which are critically recognized to be among the greatest films from the 1950s. Clouzot also directed documentary films, including The Mystery of Picasso, which was declared a national treasure by the government of France. His’ other remarkable movies are Assassin habite au 21, L`Enfer, Quai des Orfèvres .

Michelangelo Antonioni, was an Italian film director, screenwriter, editor, and short story writer. Best known for his "trilogy on modernity and its discontents" —L'Avventura (1960), La Notte (1961), and Eclipse (1962). Antonioni has redefined the concept of narrative cinema. His’ best movies are Blow up, Identification of a woman, Red Desert, Zabreskie Point, Story of a Love affair.