They enjoyed huge success, but duane would die in a Motorbike Accident at the age of 24. Gregg continued performing, but would suffer from Health Problems and an addiction to drugs and alcohol. He passed away peacefully at his home in savannah, georgia. Described as a kind and gentle soul, a brilliant pioneer in music. Now lets take a look at the weather prospects. Many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon with sunshine, rain pushing into southern areas. It will continue to move northwards through this evening with the odd heavy, maybe thundery burst across southern and south western areas. We could see something more significant pushing into the east midlands, Torrential Downpours in places. Cooler and fresher across the northern half of scotland. On Bank Holiday Monday we will have a cloudy start across northern areas, maybe the Odd Thundery Burst mixed in. To the Odd Thundery Burst mixed in. To the south, we could see the clouds break up to allow some sunny spells in with the chance of a heavy shower and thunderstorm developing through the midlands, possibly into the south east of england. Tuesday we see a band of cloud and rain spread across, but midweek onwards High Pressure built so it will turn drier and warm with sunshine. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines British Airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow. It follows yesterdays computer collapse, which Saw Thousands of travellers stranded around the world. Ba says customers are not being admitted to terminal 5 until 90 minutes before their scheduled departure time. We have tried desperately to contact British Airways by phone, e mail, and trying to fine ground staff and we havent seen anybody at all. Fine ground staff. The conservatives and labour make election promises to tackle terrorism. Theresa may plans a new commission to counter extremism. Jeremy corbyn is pledging 10,000 more police and security staff. The 22 victims have been remembered in Church Services held across the city. Tributes have been paid to two passengers killed on an american train, trying to defend two women from anti muslim abuse. A man has been arrested. Now on bbc news its time for Talking Movies. Hello from the french riviera, and welcome to this Special Edition of Talking Movies, where we look back on some of the highlights from this years Cannes Film Festival the films that got festival goers talking. If i heard that a movie went to cannes, im always curious about it. A clever satire from sweden called the square, and a grim portrait of modern russia and Human Relations in loveless. The pictures that dealt with some of the pressing issues of the day. Cinema is about life, and right now, like us tumultuous. Plus the row over netflix showing its films at the festival. When netflixs name appeared, there were a lot of boos. And on its 70th anniversary, we look back at cannes through the decades. All that and more on this Special Cannes Edition of Talking Movies. Cannes proceeded as normal this year, although heightened security was much more noticeable, and the mood was subdued and a little tense after the manchester bombing. Festival goers still thronged, baguettes were eaten, and espresso was downed. One big difference, film wise, this year, is that no big Hollywood Studio pictures were unveiled, but thats not to say there was no american presence farfrom it. Us indie films featured prominently in the lineup. One of the more eagerly awaited films was sofia coppolas the beguiled, the story of a Wounded Union soldier during the american civil war, sheltered by women at a virginian junior girls school. Its a reimagining of a 1971 film, starring clint eastwood, that coppola has told from the womens point of view. Many critics at cannes viewed it as coppolas best film since her Award Winning lost in translation. She was helped by a powerful cast, including colin farrell, kirsten dunst, nicole kidman, and elle fanning. Us director todd haynes had wonderstruck in competition. A well crafted story that told two parallel stories of two deaf children from different time periods. And then there was the was the well received neurotic new york family comedy, the meyerowitz stories, by director noah baumbach, whose Sharp Writing was praised by his cast. He truly is the best. And we do say his dialogue word for word. Whether we like it or not. These are politically charged, tumultuous times, and several films at cannes this year, dealt with political issues, or pressing concerns whether it be Climate Change, Animal Exploitation or refugees. At the forefront of films addressing the Refugee Crisis was 80 year old legendary actress, vanessa redgrave, making her debut as a film director. Poor People Living here. The plight of the worlds refugees weighs heavily on vanessa redgrave. To explore the Refugee Crisis, her documentary draws on a range of media video of her visits to a refugee camp, individual testimonies, news footage, a dramatised excerpt from shakespeares play the tempest. They prepared a rotten carcass of a boat not rigged, nor tackle, sail, nor mast. For vanessa redgrave, long a political activist, there were several reasons why she ended up making a film on the Refugee Crisis. Well, its a lifetime of events, to be as i see it, a whole process. But there was a specific trigger, yes. The day that photograph was published of little alan kurdi, lying on the pebbles of bodrum beach, dead. So then i thought, ive got to make a film. Um, and ill put my money into that. I was in the garden, it was a hot day, and, suddenly, i heard this horrendous sound fill the sky. Air raid siren. The film she has made is thoughtful and personal. In one section, she recalls her own World War Two experiences as a young child, a wartime evacuee, the closest she came to being a refugee. So we were evacuated. I, and my brother, who was about one year old. Today, we would be called internally displaced persons, so we were refugees, in our own country. I was worried about having much of myself, but my producer convinced me that telling my narrative of the second world war, and what happened to me, as an evacuee, along with thousands of other children, would help people understand about refugees coming from other countries. I thought, i must make a film, so when people watch this film, they will feel as if they are watching relatives, not as if they are watching some strange subhuman race. While the filmmaking in this documentary is a little awkward at times, any shortcomings are easily forgiven by audiences, because the Subject Matter is so strong, as is Vanessa Redgraves commitment to it. The theme of the migrant was evident in other cannes films in the background of Michael Hanekes happy end, and the refugee also figured fantastically injupiters moon from hungarian film maker kornel mundruczo, a story of a refugee travelling into hungary, and after he is shot, finds he has a superpower he can levitate, or fly. One of the most earthbound films to be shown was an inconvenient sequel truth to power, former Vice President al gores follow up to his acclaimed Climate Change documentary, an inconvenient truth, which premiered at cannes 11 years ago. The new film has more action than the original. It is wrong to pollute this earth it is right to give hope to the future generation al gore is seen globe trotting, going to places where ice melting, where there have been destructive storms, going behind the scenes at the paris climate conference, Negotiating Deals theres an emphasis on hopeful solutions for the climate crisis. The trump administration, i dont have to tell you, doesnt appear to be that interested in Climate Change. Would you like President Trump to watch your film . Yes, i would. I dont know if he will or not. Ive criticised his policies and many of his appointments, but i havent engaged in a dialogue with him, nonetheless. And i still have hope that he will decide to keep the us in the paris agreement. We have learned in the last several months, however, that no one person, even a president , can stop this climate movement. The next generation would be justified in looking back at us and asking, what we were thinking . Couldnt you hear what the scientists were saying . Mother nature was screaming at you . This is our home. Strong storytelling came from russia, this year with the film loveless, directed by Andrey Zvyagintsev, the countrys foremost contemporary film maker. His last film, leviathan, got him an oscar nomination but was criticised at home. But this one was well received here at cannes. Bbc cultures Matthew Anderson reports. Loveless is the story of a failed marriage in its painful terminal phase. Boris and zhenya live together on the outskirts of St Petersburg with their 12 year old son, alyos ha. The familys high rise apartment has become a toxic environment of petty arguments and bitter recriminations. And, when alyosha goes missing after one particularly explosive parental bust up, two days passed before anyone even notices. When they report alyoshas disappearance to the police, they arent very interested. They say they have more important things to deal with, and children going missing in russia all the time. Translation the police really just reflect the interests of the government, the people of power. When there is a tragic situation, people have to organise themselves, in order to help themselves. A Volunteer Organisation that helps investigate alyoshas disappearance is the one glimmer of hope in an otherwise relentlessly downbeat portrayal of russian life. Translation so it is a true group of volunteers, which operates in big cities in russia. Its a matter of principle for them that they dont take money, and theyre not a government enterprise. Zvyagintsev has been criticised in the past for casting russia in a negative light of the world stage. Many felt his previous film, leviathan, about a man at the mercy of corrupt officials, was robbed of the palme dor, when it played at cannes in 2014. But in russia, it was condemned by state officials, the Russian Orthodox church, and conservative groups. This time, Andrey Zvyagintsev is keen to soft pedal the political dimension of his new film. Translation its not a political thing, because it elaborates more about the inner world of a person, and the relations of their family, and the people they love. Its an intimate story, not a portrait of russia. This will perhaps give the film an easier ride with russian film critics. To me, it is a more superior thing than leviathan. Because for me, although i liked it, leviathan was wearing its political agenda too much on its sleeves, to my tastes. But this one is more focused on human characters. These characters are, however, highly unsympathetic. They are shown as selfish, vain, and obsessed with material wealth, and social status. Translation you say they are not sympathetic well, most of the viewers will recognise themselves in these characters. You see what is not sympathetic about these characters, but you acknowledge that a part of you is close to them. It is a complicated picture a personal story, but one with political overtones and, although the director is keen to play these down, loveless does contain clear criticism of russias broken institutions, and notjust a marriage, but family, the police and the media. So will viewers abroad miss some of the subtleties . They will miss a little bit. But it is not crucial. But thats what makes his work understandable as a director. His ability to say things in a universal language is clear to almost everyone. There was much talk in cannes over the american streaming giant netflix, which had two films in competition. Many thought that netflix shouldnt be allowed to compete at the festival unless its films were also released simulataneously, traditionally, in cinema. The first netflix film to be shown at the festival was ija, the story of a young girl struggling to save her huge pet pig from the clutches of a mean corporation. Emma jones reports. Let nothing come between the love of a young girl for her giant pig. Ija is the latest movie from the Visionary Korean film director, bong joon ho. When mijas best friend, the pig, ija, is snatched away to new york to become a corporate empires latest product, she undertakes a rescue mission. You should know the situation is not good. Like his last film, snow piercer, Director Bong has assembled an international cast, working again with tilda swinton, plus jake gyllenhaal, lily collins, giancarlo esposito, and paul dano. The film got a four minute ovation from the press at cannes, but it also got booed at the start of the screening, when the netflix logo appeared. It led to inaccurate reports that the film was temporarily stopped due to the presss reaction, when, in fact, a technical fault was to blame. The cast were diplomatic about the controversy. There is an evolution happening. And i think it will continue. Right now, i think it is at a moment where conversation is being had. So to be a part of a conversation with a movie that sparks further conversation, i think, is a very interesting thing, and its a huge honour to be included. Netflix has also funded offbeat director Noah Baumbachs movie, the meyerowitz stories, which is another cannes presentation, and amazon produced todd haynes wonderstruck, which, like ija, is in competition. They are funding risky movies when traditional studios refused to, yet many critics deride their presence here. This, cannes 70th birthday, is very much about a clash between the old and the new. The booing of companies such as amazon and netflix in the screenings here are ways of showing support for traditional methods of showing films, on a big screen, in a cinema. There are fears that this could become less frequent, under the dominance of new giants. The festival has responded to the controversy by saying that next year, no film can be in competition unless it also promises a french theatrical release. The two sides of the debate need to learn to talk the same language. And in that, they could learn a lot from ija. As usual, the director has made a multilingualfilm, spanning different continents which isnt as difficult as it sounds. Every time that its mentioned that we were working in different languages, and there might have been issues, i am shocked, because i did not i have never experienced that. It always felt like were all putting together something that is made out of the same language. It is the pictures we are making. And thats the real language that we are dealing in. The potential appeal of this film to all generations should bring bong joon ho offers from hollywood. Should he want them. And the outrage ironically has only raised the profile of the film. It is not impossible to imagine that sooner or later, most cinema fans will accept The New World Order particularly if it continues to produce such onscreen spectacles. One of the most talked about films this year was the square. Hes the filmmaker, ruben ostlund, who made a name for himself three years ago with the International Arthouse hit, force majeur. His new film is a satire centred on an art museum in stockholm with it serious points to make about power, morality and social responsibility. Rebecca lawrence reports. Claes bang stars as christian, a handsome, urbane and successful curator in a Stockholm Modern Art Museum who is putting on a new exhibition about trust and social responsibility. But when his phone and wallet are stolen at a square outside the museum, he takes reckless Vigilante Action that has devastating consequences. The film works as a razor sharp satire of the bourgeois art world, the modern media, masculinity, and even swedishness. What i always do when i write scripts, i have myself as the starting point. So i think a lot about how i would react in this kind of situation. Since i am interested in, like, undressing the roles that we are trying to play, then of course, i also want to undress christian and when he, like, confronts himself, Down To The Bone. Do you go have sex with lots of other women . Ummm. And stripping him Down To The Bone is what the director does, through a succession of increasingly bizarre situations. How often would you say that you take women that you dont know very well, and have sex with them . He has an encounter with a journalist, played by elisabeth moss. Their series of awkward Power Struggles had audiences at cannes squirming. You know their names . Yeah. Always . Yeah. So what is my name . You look at a man like this and you think oh, i know you. I know what you are up to and i know what you do. And, um, nailing him on it a little bit and calling him out on it was quite fun. I think we have all wanted to do that at times, as women. Be like i know what you are up to. I have seen you. I see you, boo. Ostlund is swiftly becoming the king of cringe, creating scenes with Toe Curling Humiliations for his protagonists. I love awkward situations. Much Stand Up Comedy is based on awkward situations. It creates a sort of humour that is direct and that you identify with as an audience. Beside the direct humour, some of the most memorable scenes in the square expose the fine balance between our inner and outer selves our social persona and our instinctive nature. During a sumptuous gala dinner, for instance, one Actor Role Playing an ape pushes and pushes at the boundaries of acceptability. And in turn, reveals the absurdity of social conventions. Ruben ostlund is a provocative filmmaker and revels in showing us uncomfortable sides of social behaviour and, really, all of his films are about putting a mirror in front of the audience, making us recognise ourselves. We watch people doing these terrible things and them you realise oh, i would and i have. Cannes is celebrating a big birthday this year its 70th anniversary. From its inception just after world war ii, it has grown to become what is generally regarded as the worlds top film festival. Talking movies has been looking back at cannes through the decades. Cannes today, the mother of all Film Festivals. Cannes in 1916, its first year in operation, bringing cinema of the day to the festival goers. Cannes of the 19405 was associated with italian neorealism. One of the films in the First Edition from 1946 was rossellinis rome, open city. The french critics were very enthusiastic about the neorealists. The first few editions of the festival did a big part to put neorealism on the map. And who else would it be but sofia loren to excite the pressmen and crowds . It wasnt only International Art cinema that defined cannes in its formative years. There was glitz, glamour, the media circus. Cannes was always very good at attracting the most beautiful, talented and famous and, certainly, if you look at some of the images from the 19505, and you will see Robert Mitchum and kim novak and ava gardner. The glamour, the glitz, the stars on the riviera. That really was solidified in the 19505. Over the years, the official film 5late at cannes has repeatedly recognised key films and filmmakers. Cannes has dominated as the International Tastemaker for arthouse cinema. Ab5olutely. There are over 4,000 film festival5 during the year and many of the other important film Festival5 Look at what cannes is showing and look at what the awards are in cannes, and what the Word Of Mouth is there. It influences many other Film Festivals that follow. But cannes is perhaps not a5 influential as it once was in spotlighting new cinema. In the 19605, cannes was far more crucial as a tastemaker in the absence of other festival5, in the absence of what we now have in terms of the internet and social media. Everything is on the internet, whether it be cannes or another fe5tival. So its not quite the same thing of limited access in every sense that cannes represented, say, in the 19605 and 19705. Now, you know, we get our knowledge from immediate and varied sources. Cannes has not been without criticism. The ongoing lament i5 that the festival is too much of a boys club. Gender balance is often an issue at cannes. There have been years where it has been an almost entirely male competition. Slightly better this year but certainly, still a lopsided selection. But even with its imperfections, every may, cannes intoxicates. The striking location, the emphasis on Fine Art Cinema Juxtaposed with bra5h commercialism, and the glitz and glamour all combine for a unique cannes experience. That brings our Special Cannes Edition of Talking Movies to a close. We hope youve enjoyed the programme. Please remember, you can alway5 reach us online at bbc. Com Talking Movies and you can find us on facebook as well. So from me and the rest of our Production Crew here on the french riviera, it is goodbye as we leave you with some of the sights and sounds of the Cannes Film Festival. Many places have enjoyed a fine afternoon with some 5un5hine but rain has been pushing into 5outhern areas and will continue to move northwards through this evening. It will continue to move northwards through this evening with the odd heavy, maybe thundery burst across southern and south western areas. We could see something more significant pushing into the east midlands, Torrential Downpours in places. Cooler and fresher acro55 the northern half of scotland. On Bank Holiday Monday we will have a cloudy start acro55 northern areas, maybe the Odd Thundery Burst mixed in. To the south, we could see the clouds break up to allow some sunny spell5 in with the chance of a heavy shower and thunderstorm developing through the midlands, possibly into the south east of england. Cooler and fresher further north and west. Tuesday we see a band of cloud and rain 5pread acro55, but midweek onwards High Pressure built so it will turn drier and warm with 5un5hine. This is bbc news. The headlines at 16 00. A 25 year old man is arrested a5 armed police stage a further raid as part of inquiries into the Manchester Arena bomb attack. Thi5 this is the scene live in moss side where police say a man was detained for offences contrary to the terrorism act. The conservatives and labour promise more action to minimise the threat of Terror Attacks in the wake of the manchester bombing. The 22 victims have been remembered at Church Services held across the city this morning. British airways is still having to cancel and delay flights at heathrow, to the fury of passengers, who are not now being admitted to terminal five until 90 minutes before departure. Alex cruz who is the ceo of British Airways, i understand he not doing any media interviews, but i think he should
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