A great recognition for Sigourney Weaver
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Sigourney Weaver is one of the most iconic actresses in the history of cinema. Starring in dozens of legendary roles, she has become a crucial piece of pop culture over time. For this reason, the organization of the Venice Film Festival decided to pay homage to her by awarding her the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement. She, the actress, will receive it during the next lagoon event which will be staged starting from August 28th.
I am truly honored to receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement from the Venice Biennale – said Sigourney Weaver. This award is a privilege that I share with all the directors and collaborators with whom I have worked over the years. I proudly accept this recognition, which also celebrates all those who have contributed to bringing these films to life
The Artistic Director of the Venice Biennale Alberto Barbera he has declared:
An actress of Sigourney Weaver’s caliber has few rivals. With an important theatrical background, she conquered the general cinema audience with Alien, by Ridley Scott, quickly becoming an emblematic figure of the 80s, during which she coined the image of an unprecedented heroine for the genre action film, capable of victoriously holding its own against the male models who had dominated epic and adventure cinema up to that point.
Not content with having paved the way for numerous other imitators, the actress continued her incessant search for her own identity, constantly questioned, through choices that range from genre films to comedies, from auteur films to children’s films, escaping the labels that would have confined her to the victorious icon of the Reagan era.
As an authentic collaborator rather than a simple tool to be shaped by the hands of a director, she contributed to the success of the films of James Cameron, Paul Schrader, Peter Weir, Michael Apted, Roman Polanski, Ivan Reitman, Mike Nichols, Ang Lee and many others, each time managing to leave an indelible mark on her charismatic presence as a complex, sometimes contradictory, always authentic figure.
Endowed with a great temperament, capable of moving delicately but without fragility, she has imposed an image of a confident and determined, dynamic and tenacious woman, not without letting a feminine sensitivity of intense magnetism shine through, with ever-changing nuances. The Golden Lion for her lifetime achievement is a dutiful recognition for a star who has been able to build bridges between the most sophisticated auteur cinema and films that dialogue with the public in a frank and original way, without ever giving up being herself
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