And perhaps this tweet from filmmaker Jamie Stuart is worth bringing up at this point: One thing to remember as you read the Cannes tweets from journalists: theyre ALWAYS wrong with their awards predictions. Pay no attention.
When I heard about Savides passing, I reached out to Jamie Stuart, a filmmaker and writer. Hes been doing highly conceptual documentary shorts for the New York Film Festival for years now; Roger Ebert championed his 2010 short film Idiot with a Tripod. Stuart was an admirer of Savides whJamie Stuart: It's interesting. I didn't really see that as his journey so much, because I know he was very dubious of digital and greatly preferred film. I really looked at him as somebody who came from high-end fashion and music videos and commercialsbut then transitioned into simplicity