A slew of movie stars and
filmmakers appeared in person including Charlize Theron, Kristen Stewart, Johnny Depp, Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, Chris Rock, Tim Burton, John C. Reilly, Sacha Baron Cohen, Mila Kunis, Cameron Diaz, Salma Hayek, producer Jeffrey Katzenberg, directors John Chu, Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, and the list goes on.
Not exact matches
This year's list includes two families, the Sung family from Steve James» Abacus: Small Enough to Jail and the Rainey family from Jonathan Olshefski's Quest; five
people whose films bear their name, Dina Buno, Jim Carrey, Jane Goodall, Dolores Huerta and Bobbi Jene Smith; and three
filmmakers who
appear in their own films, wrestling with disease, murder and mortality, Jennifer Brea (Unrest), Yance Ford (Strong Island) and Agnès Varda (Faces Places).
As a result, the film is chock full of prolonged sequences
in which these
people engage
in aristocratic activities that aren't compelling
in the least (ie a hunt
in which the
filmmakers appear to have actually killed a handful of animals).
Often the
filmmakers appear unable to resist irritating cleverness, like anachronistically costuming the rich
people from Milan
in black suede zipper jackets that look fresh off the catwalk.
Filmmakers Todd Phillips, Zack Snyder and Guillermo Del Toro
appeared in person to introduce footage from their upcoming releases.