Venice honors David Lynch
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Understanding director David Lynch's  films is never easy.
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Actors Al Pacino, Kate Winslet and Johnny Depp have attended the Venice Film Festival amid complaints that Hollywood films dominate the event.
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"Vera Drake," Mike Leigh's tough tale of a working-class mother who is caught performing illegal abortions in 1950s England, scooped up the prizes at the Venice Film Festival on Saturday, including the coveted Golden Lion.
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The Venice Film Festival gets serious this year with competition films about the Iraq war and its impact on U.S. society, police brutality in Egypt, big corporation corruption and the mafia in Italy.
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With an acceptance speech that included a dig at the Cannes Film Festival, Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake&quot; won the Leone d&#39;Oro for best film, closing out a controversial edition of the Venice Film Festival marked with some organizational snafus.
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LOS ANGELES  -- The Venice Film Festival honored British filmmaker Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a period film about an abortion rights activist in the 1950s.
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Two movies about the Iraq war and its  impact on Americans back home are among 22 competition entries  at the Venice Film Festival this year, lending political weight  to a cinema showcase laden with Hollywood productions.
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MILAN (Reuters Life!) - U.S. director David Lynch, 60,   whose films are known for their elements of surrealism, has   been practicing transcendental meditation for half his life,   saying it ended his anger and increased his flow of ideas.
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Dark tales of real-life crime dominate  Hollywood's star-studded assault on the Venice Film Festival  this year, with U.S. directors drawing inspiration from murder  mysteries of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.
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Director Tim Burton is honoured with a career award at the Venice Film Festival.
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Mike Leigh&#39;s &quot;Vera Drake,&quot; a film about a housewife in 1950s England who secretly performs abortions, won the Golden Lion for best picture at the end of the Venice Film Festival.
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Director Brian De Palma has impressed critics at the Venice Film Festival with his graphic new film on the Iraq war called Redacted.
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A forest of golden lions line the red carpet leading to the Cinema Palace at the Venice Film Festival. Picture:Reuters. The Venice Film Festival amps up the star power, reports Stephanie Bunbury.
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VENICE, Italy A film about a 1950s London housewife who secretly performs abortions has won the best picture award as the Venice Film Festival wrapped up.
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Mike Leigh's controversial film Vera Drake scoops the Golden Lion prize for best film at the Venice Film Festival.
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Understanding director David Lynch's   films is never easy.
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The Chinese movie "Still Life," a surprise entry set against the backdrop of China's gigantic Three Gorges Dam project, on Saturday won this year's Golden Lion &#151; the top award at the Venice Film Festival. Helen Mirren and Ben Affleck took the top acting awards.