
“I love his films, but you never see a black person in his films, you know? But when I arrive in New York, all I see are Latins, Africans, Arabs — I mean, I love that about New York. My eyes immediately go to that.” -- The “Biutiful” director, on Woody Allen’s depictions of New York City
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BERLIN – Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will receive this year’s career achievement award at the Zurich International Film Festival. The helmer of Oscar-nominated Biutiful, Babel, 21 Grams and Amores perros will attend the fest, which runs Sept. 30-Oct.2 and will give an open directors master class on Oct.1. Zurich will also screen a complete retrospective of his work.
Sean Penn, who starred in Inarritu’s 21 Grams is also heading to Zurich this year, where he will receive the Golden Icon Award, the festival’s highest honor.
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