53th KVIFF – Tim Robbins
- 28. 3. 2024
- 90 min
“First I wanted to be a cowboy. Then an astronaut. And then a baseball
player. But as the fourth of four children, I got attention by showing off,”
said Tim Robbins at the start of his KVIFF Talk, adding that he had already
played an astronaut and a baseball player. “I still haven’t done a cowboy
film, though.”
The actor, filmmaker and, as of Friday, the holder of a Crystal Globe Award for
Outstanding Artistic Contribution to World Cinema, then, prompted by reporter
Gregory Ellwood, reminisced about his move from New York to California, where he
studied directing and screenwriting and about his early days as an actor. During
the 90-minute conversation, Robbins talked bout filming Howard the Duck and Bull
Durham, his directorial debut Bob Roberts and the Oscar-winning film Dead Man
Walking, which in the USA helped start a debate about abolishing the death
penalty. The success of the aforementioned drama allowed him to shoot his pet
project Cradle Will Rock. Robbins also personally introduced his best known
picture The Shawshank Redemption at the Outdoor Cinema. “People couldn’t
remember it. They called it Shinkshank, Shengay… I only realised that it had
become something special a few years later when IMDb ranked it as the most
popular film ever. It even surpassed The Godfather!”
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