Harvey Keitel wins Lifetime Achievement Award

The Locarno International Film Festival has honoured Hollywood actor Harvey Keitel for his life’s work. On Sunday, the 77-year-old actor spent time taking questions from the public. Keitel received the award on Saturday evening. Held in the Italian-speaking part of Switzerland, the annual Locarno International Film Festival runs through August 13. “Heart of a New York City throbbing with multi-ethnic humanity, Harvey Keitel has recounted an America that is both violent and vulnerable, self-ironizing and committed. Among his many, many collaborations I cannot but recall those with Scorsese and Tarantino, as a bridge between two modes of approaching film,” said Carlo Chatrian, the festival’s artistic director. After his starring debut in Who's That Knocking at My Door, Keitel returned to work with Martin Scorsese on Mean Streets (1973) and Taxi Driver (1976), starred in Ridley Scott’s debut film (The Duellists, 1977) and was a leading presence throughout the 1990s ...