06 · 20 · 13 Quentin Tarantino will receive the Lumière Award in Lyon Share with twitter Share with facebook Share with mail Copy to clipboard Quentin Tarantino, FICM’s Special Guest in 2009 and 2010, will receive the Lumière Award at the Grand Lyon Film Festival, which will celebrate it’s fifth edition from October 14 to 20, 2013. In the past, this prestigious recognition has been granted to Clint Eastwood, Milos Forman, Gerard Depardieu and Ken Loach. Awarded by the president of the Lumière Institute Bertrand Tavernier, the general delegate of the Festival de Cannes Thierry Frémaux, and the Lumière Institute’s team, the Lumière Award celebrates Tarantino’s career as a filmmaker and as a passionate cinephile. At 50 years old, Tarantino is the author of eight feature films, as well as some scripts and television episodes. In 1994 he won the Palm d’Or for Pulp Fiction, but all of his work has become an obligatory reference for the audience and for the critics; Tarantino’s work is, in words of the Grand Lyon Film Festival, “personal, unique, brilliant, and mysterious.” Considering that his love of cinema is one of the reasons Tarantino will be honored at Lyon, we decided that a proper way of joining in on the celebration is by presenting 16 of his favorite films, according to Flavorwire. Have you seen any of them? Unfaithfully Yours (1948) by Preston Sturges Taxi Driver (1970) by Martin Scorsese Switchblade Sisters (1975) by Jack Hill Rolling Thunder (1977) by John Flynn Rio Bravo (1959) by Howard Hawks Le Doulos (1962) by Jean-Pierre Melville The Inglorious Bastards (1978) by Enzo G. Castellari His Girl Friday (1940) by Howard Hawks The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966) by Sergio Leone Django (1966) by Sergio Corbucci Casualties of War (1989) by Brian De Palma Breathless (1983) by Jim McBride Blow Out (1981) by Brian De Palma Badlands (1973) by Terrence Malick Assault on Precinct 13 (1976) by John Carpenter Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) by Charles Barton The Lumière Award ceremony will take place on Friday October 18 at the Amphitheatre of the Lyon Convention Centre. If you are interested in learning more about Tarantino, you can check out a text by Mara Fortes, written in 2009: here.
