According to the official announcement of the Cannes Film Festival, the new work "The Dead Don't Die" by American independent director Jim Jarmusch will be unveiled as the opening film of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival, and will also be selected for the main competition unit to participate in the Palme d'Or.
The story of "Zombies Not Dead" takes place in the seemingly quiet and peaceful town of Centerville, and unconsciously, everything in the town is changing: the huge full moon hangs low in the sky, the length of the day is unpredictable, and the animals behave strangely and strangely, but no one can say why these strange things happen. While news reports and scientists continued to keep an eye on the news and the news, no one could have predicted that the most appalling and dangerous thing that would follow would come to the town—it turned out that the people in the graves were not really dead, they not only crawled out, but also frantically attacked the living. As a result, the residents of the town who used to be peaceful and self-kept had to fight back with all their might in order to survive.
Poster of "Zombies Not Dead"
Although the above B-grade plot synopsis is far from Jarmusch's consistent style of work, after the Bushido theme of "Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai" and the vampire -- "Only Lovers Left Alive", Jarmusch has fully proved that for him, the so-called "genre" is used to break through, I believe the new work "Zombies Are Not Dead" It will also surely refresh the audience's understanding of zombie films. The official press release at Cannes also mentioned that it is also a tribute to the art form of film.
Jim Jarmusch
In fact, regardless of the film itself, the powerful cast of "Zombies Are Not Dead" has changed the impression of zombie films in the past, in order to pursue low costs, mostly by second- and third-line actors. Its cast includes Chloe Severney, Adam Dreifer, Tilda Swinton, Steve Bussimi, Austin Butler, Bill Murray, Carrebo Landry Jones, Selena Gomez, Carol Kane, Tom Witz, etc., both Jarmusch's old partner and a new generation of traffic stars, which is the strongest Cass zombie film in history. Perhaps that's one of the reasons Why Cannes made it the opening film – it's sure to add a lot of talk to the opening red carpet on May 14.
Jarmusch was loyal to Cannes at one of Europe's three major film festivals, dating back to 1984, when he won the Golden Camera Award for his debut feature film, Stranger Than Paradise. He then dated ten degrees and won the Palme d'Or for the short film Palme d'Or and the Jury Prize for 1993's Coffee and Cigarettes: Somewhere in California in 2005 and Broken Flowers in 2005. His last visit to Cannes was in 2016 and he made two new appearances at the same time – the poetic and timeless feature film "Paterson" was shortlisted for the main competition section, and the documentary "Gimme Danger" about the puppet band was selected for the midnight screening.
In addition to "Zombies Don't Die", the remaining films shortlisted for the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival will be announced on April 18, French local time.