History

From 2^nd to 11^th Sep­tem­ber 2005.
On the fringes of the trib­utes paid to Ron Howard, James Toback, Robert Towne, and For­est Whitak­er, the Fes­ti­val this year pro­posed a spe­cial ses­sion of “Shorts by Greats” reveal­ing the first cin­e­mato­graph­ic steps tak­en by 5 renowned direc­tors: Ter­ry Gilliam, George Lucas, Rid­ley Scott, Tony Scott, and Robert Zemeck­is. There was also a “Box­ing in Cin­e­ma” ret­ro­spec­tive: ten fea­ture films in which “life is a match” and the world of box­ing, a “metaphor for life”. A Mas­ter­class on writ­ing and direct­ing was pre­sent­ed by Irwin Win­kler; the actor and direc­tor Steve Busce­mi met the audience.