Axis of Evil (film) explained

L'axe du mal
Director:Pascal Lièvre
Starring:Nathalie Bujold
Pascal Lièvre
Cinematography:Laurent Carton
Country:Canada
Language:French

Axis of Evil (French: L'axe du mal) is a 2004 France-Canada co-production by Pascal Lièvre about a couple declaring their love for each other with the same words United States President George W. Bush used to announce a war on terror.[1]

The short is held in the collections of the Cinémathèque québécoise.[2]

Release

Axis of Evil premiered on 20 September 2004 at the Athens Film Festival. It also screened at the 2004 Oberhausen Short Film Festival and was included in a DVD collection of films shown at the event later that same year.[3] The film has since screened at several other film festivals such as the 2007 MIT Short Film Festival and the 2012 Les Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire de Fès.[4] [5]

Reception

Reception for the short has been positive.[6] Andrea Toal covered the short for Sight & Sound, noting that it was "hilarious".[7] The short was also praised by Cornelia Fleer of Film - Dienst and Boris Trbic of Metro Magazine, the latter of whom noted that it received a positive audience reception at the St Kilda Film Festival.[8] [9]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Etan. Vlessing. 5 April 2004. Hot Docs! puts focus on int'l war, terror. The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. Web site: L'axe du mal . 2022-05-24 . La Cinémathèque québécoise . fr-FR.
  3. September 30, 2004 . Verleihprogramm Kurzfilmtage . Film - Dienst . 57 . 20.
  4. Web site: Africiné - Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire de Fès 2012 . 2022-05-24 . Africiné . fr.
  5. Web site: MIT Short Film Festival 2007 - Saturday, April 14, 2007 . 2022-05-24 . web.mit.edu.
  6. Web site: O'Driscoll . Bill . My Terrorism Video Festival . 2022-05-24 . Pittsburgh City Paper . en.
  7. Toal . Andrea . July 2004 . Rushes: Festival Report: Future Shorts . Sight & Sound . 14 . 7 . 6.
  8. Trbic . Boris . 2005 . From strength to strength the 22nd St Kilda Film Festival . Metro Magazine . 145.
  9. Fleer . Cornelia . May 27, 2004 . Zwischen Gestern und Morgen . Film - Dienst . 57 . 11.