France honors film director Wong Kar-wai
(AP)
Updated: 2006-05-22 15:08 Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai was praised for
inventing a new language of cinema as he was inducted into the French Legion of
Honor on Sunday.
Chinese director Wong Kar Wai, the jury
president of the 59th International Cannes film festival, left, is awarded
the insignia of the Legion of Honour by French Culture Minister Renaud
Donnedieu de Vabres during a ceremony in Cannes, southern France, on
Sunday, May 21, 2006. [AP] |
The "In the Mood
for Love" director was named a knight of the Legion of Honor at the Cannes Film
Festival.
"You invented a new form of cinema, a new language, a new form of writing in
ink and in lighting, which have moved audiences and paved the way for a new
generation of filmmakers," French Culture Minister Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres
said.
The filmmaker thanked the festival and French audiences, saying he would
"always remember this moment today with honor and devotion."
Wong heads the festival jury that hands out awards May 28 and is a familiar
face at Cannes, where his film "Happy Together" won the best director prize in
1997.
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