Kim Novak will receive the Venice Film Festival (August 27 – September 6) Golden Lion to complete life.
The festival will also examine the international documentary Kim Novak Al -Dawar Written by Alexander Philip, who was in cooperation with the legendary American actress.
Film known including Vertigo, picnic, and The book of the bell and the candleNovak said today: “I am deeply, I did not touch deeply to receive the prestigious Golden Lion award from such a highly respected cinematic festival.
“A legend of a screen has become unintentionally, Kim Novak was one of the most beloved symbols in the entire era of Hollywood films, from her first appearance of the Mayon during the mid -fifties of the last century, until she imagined it from the excellent model, from its exile. Even life and even its name.”
He continued: “Thanks to its vibrant beauty, its ability to bring the personalities of life that were naive and confidential, as well as sensitive and tormented; and its tempting and sometimes sad counterpart, was appreciated by some of the main American directors of that period, from Billy Wilder (Kiss me, stupid), To Otto Bremenger (The man with the golden arm), Robert Al -Dreich (Laila Claire legend), George Sydney (Eddie Dosheen's storyand Jin Eaglesand Pal JoyAnd Richard Queen, with which I made an unforgettable romantic comedy (Easy missionand The book of the bell and the candleand Strangers when we meetand Reputation). But her image will remain forever with the double characters that she played in Hitchcock vertigoWhich has become her life. This golden lion celebrates a lifelong star edited, a rebel in the heart of Hollywood, who lit up the dreams of filmmakers before she retired on her farm in Oregon to devote herself to paint and her horses. ”
A big star in the fifties, withdrew from Novak from acting by 1966 and worked only intermittently in movies since then. It appeared in Crack mirror In 1980 he had a regular role in a time series of time Falcon is the peak (1986-1987). After making the movie Liebenstraum In 1991 it retired from acting.
The festival will also hold the esteemed German director Werner Herzog.
