‘Reversal of Fortune’ Helmer Barbet Schroeder Gets Surprise Award in Locarno, Talks ‘Barfly’ Controversy: ‘They Wanted Him to Go to AA at the End’

Surprise! Legendary director Barbet Schroeder, in Locarno to introduce his latest doc “Ricardo and Painting,” was greeted with a Special Tribute Award before the screening. “Is this for the film?” Shroeder, a modest man, asked on stage. “No,” said Locarno festival director Giona Nazzaro.  “It’s for being Barbet Schroeder.” Despite focusing on harsher subjects in […]
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