- Title: David Cronenberg receives Venice Lifetime achievement award
- Date: 6th September 2018
- Summary: VENICE, ITALY (SEPTEMBER 6, 2018) (REUTERS) ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** CANADIAN DIRECTOR DAVID CRONENBERG ARRIVING BY CAR AT PALAZZO DEL CINEMA CRONENBERG WALKING ALONG RED CARPET WAVING VARIOUS OF CRONENBERG POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS/DOING A THUMBS UP GESTURE CAMERAMAN CRONENBERG FACING PHOTOGRAPHERS THEN TURNING AROUND TO FACE CAMERA CRONENBERG SMILING MEDIA CRONENBERG TURNING TO FACE FANS, SIGNING AUTOGRAPH MEDIA INSIDE VENUE (L-R) VENICE FILM FESTIVAL DIRECTOR, ALBERTO BARBERA, CRONENBERG AND VENICE FILM FESTIVAL PRESIDENT, PAOLO BARATTA POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPHS, WITH GOLDEN LION SIGN BEHIND THEM BARBERA, CRONENBERG AND BARATTA THEATRE WITH GUESTS ARRIVING AND SCREEN SHOWING 75TH VENICE FILM FESTIVAL GUESTS ARRIVING AUDIENCE APPLAUDING CRONENBERG AS HE WALKS TO HIS SEAT CRONENBERG STANDING IN FRONT OF SEAT SMILING, SAYING THANK YOU AND BLOWING A KISS MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING AUDIENCE TURNED TO FACE CRONENBERG AND APPLAUDING VARIOUS OF CRONENBERG SAT, LISTENING CRONENBERG RISING TO WALK DOWN TO THE STAGE/BEING LED DOWN TO THE STAGE PAST AUDIENCE APPLAUDING VARIOUS OF MEMBERS OF AUDIENCE APPLAUDING CRONENBERG BEING HANDED THE GOLDEN LION FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT BY BARATTA WITH HEAD OF JURY AND DIRECTOR, GUILLERMO DEL TORO STANDING BEHIND ON THE LEFT (L-R) DEL TORO, BARATTA, CRONENBERG AND BARBERA CRONENBERG HOLDING AWARD CRONENBERG SHOWING AWARD
- Embargoed: 20th September 2018 16:14
- Keywords: Director David Cronenberg Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. Venice Film Festival award filmmaker
- Location: VENICE, ITALY
- City: VENICE, ITALY
- Country: Italy
- Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA0018WHP1E5
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: David Cronenberg received a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Film Festival on Thursday (September 6) for a 50-year career directing scary movies.
Guillermo del Toro, the "Shape of Water" director who began in the horror genre, handed Cronenberg the special Golden Lion at a ceremony in Venice where the Mexican heads this year's jury.
"We are both monsters, he and I," Cronenberg, whose films such as "Scanners" and "The Fly" are considered classics of the "body horror" genre, said to del Toro in his acceptance speech.
"You might have heard we both have a fondness for monsters, but we are ourselves, monsters of cinema and art."
The Canadian filmmaker who has also made thrillers such as "Dead Ringers" and "A History of Violence", appeared delighted by the award, modelled on the winged lion that is the symbol of Venice.
"This creature, this lion, golden and with beautiful wings, is also a monster ... It's fierce, it's strong and yet it can fly, it can soar on its wings to the farthest reaches of the earth. For me this is, it represents the monster of art and of truth, which is something we need now more than ever."
"Long live the monster of art and may it conquer all its many enemies!"
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