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Axis of Evil (film)

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L'axe du mal
Directed byPascal Lièvre
Written byPascal Lièvre
StarringNathalie Bujold
Pascal Lièvre
CinematographyLaurent Carton
Release date
  • 20 September 2004 (2004-09-20) (Athens Film Festival)
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Axis of Evil (French: L'axe du mal) is a 2004 France-Canada co-production by Pascal Lièvre about a couple declaring their love for each other with the same words United States President George W. Bush used to announce a war on terror.[1]

The short is held in the collections of the Cinémathèque québécoise.[2]

Release

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Axis of Evil premiered on 20 September 2004 at the Athens Film Festival.[citation needed] It also screened at the 2004 Oberhausen Short Film Festival and was included in a DVD collection of films shown at the event later that same year.[3] The film has since screened at several other film festivals such as the 2007 MIT Short Film Festival and the 2012 Les Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire de Fès.[4][5]

Reception

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Reception for the short has been positive.[6] Andrea Toal covered the short for Sight & Sound, noting that it was "hilarious".[7] The short was also praised by Cornelia Fleer of Film - Dienst and Boris Trbic of Metro Magazine, the latter of whom noted that it received a positive audience reception at the St Kilda Film Festival.[8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Vlessing, Etan (5 April 2004). "Hot Docs! puts focus on int'l war, terror". The Hollywood Reporter.
  2. ^ "L'axe du mal". La Cinémathèque québécoise (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  3. ^ "Verleihprogramm Kurzfilmtage". Film - Dienst. 57 (20). September 30, 2004.
  4. ^ "Africiné - Rencontres Internationales du Film Documentaire de Fès 2012". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  5. ^ "MIT Short Film Festival 2007 - Saturday, April 14, 2007". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  6. ^ O'Driscoll, Bill. "My Terrorism Video Festival". Pittsburgh City Paper. Retrieved 2022-05-24.
  7. ^ Toal, Andrea (July 2004). "Rushes: Festival Report: Future Shorts". Sight & Sound. 14 (7): 6.
  8. ^ Trbic, Boris (2005). "From strength to strength the 22nd St Kilda Film Festival". Metro Magazine. 145.
  9. ^ Fleer, Cornelia (May 27, 2004). "Zwischen Gestern und Morgen". Film - Dienst. 57 (11).
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