today, we got both sides of the berlinale. the hollywood side with gus van zant, big hollywood director, and that damon, with a very politically charged film about fracking. not my favorite, i must say. it was a bit too conventional, and i think they played it to say, and the other side, about as extreme our house as you can get with a very controversial director. at least today you had something for everyone. >> another one of those big movies with big hollywood names is "don john's addiction." what can you tell us about it? >> this is my favorite so far. it is an update about the don juan story about a man addicted to internet pornography who falls in love a woman addicted to hollywood romance movies. it is a bit odd but very funny, quite compelling and very impressive directorial debut by joseph gordon levitt, one of hollywood's biggest stars taking a chance at directing and really hitting it out of the park. >> thanks for the update. >> talk abouout a new type of export. this year's carnival in rio de janeiro is said to ha

another fantastic role for a woman of a certain age we have seen at this berlinale. we have seen so many great female roles this year. my personal favorite, paulina garcia, a chilean actress, in the film "gloria." it has been the case that the female actresses have put their male counterparts to shame. i think the best actress award will be the tightest race. >> we are approaching a climax now, almost wrapped up. what have your overall impression spend of this year? >> sadly -- maybe it is not fair to compare with last year, which was a real banner year. we had some really great films. two oscar-nominated out of last year's selection, but this year has been a bit weak, and i think it will be difficult for a jury to pick the best films of this year's crop. i think it will go into a political, which means they will probably pick the iranian film, or they will pick the best film of this election, in which case, i hope they will pick the chilean film, which for my money was the absolute must see of this year's berlinale. >> berlin is, of course, always compared to ken in

another fantastic role for a woman of a certain age we have seen at this berlinale. we have seen so many great female roles this year. my personal favorite, paulina garcia, a chilean actress, in the film "gloria." it has been the case that the female actresses have put their male counterparts to shame. i think the best actress award will be the tightest race. >> we are approaching a climax now, almost wrapped up. what have your overall impression spend of this year? >> sadly -- maybe it is not fair to compare with last year, which was a real banner year. we had some really great films. two oscar-nominated out of last year's selection, but this year has been a bit weak, and i think it will be difficult for a jury to pick the best films of this year's crop. i think it will go into a political, which means they will probably pick the iranian film, or they will pick the best film of this election, in which case, i hope they will pick the chilean film, which for my money was the absolute must see of this year's berlinale. >> berlin is, of course, always compared to ken in

he made his film in secret and got it shipped to the berlinale. i think that alone makes it a favorite. >> we will have plenty more from you throughout the berlinale. thanks very much. researchers have put their creation on display in britain's science museum. >> it does not include any living tissue, but it sports the latest prosthetic technology including artificial organs, a synthetic blood, and robotic lynn's -- limbs. >> at first glance, you might mistake him for a person, but rex's body is more like a computer. >> i thought that was absolutely science fiction, so i thought it was very impressive. also the fact they are very close to end implantable artificial kidney that will be able to replace a failing kidney -- >> he has a pathetic form and had, so he is familiar with the challenges prosthetics users face. >> it is difficult to be told not only is this technology not ready yet, but when it becomes available, it will be so expensive that it will be completely out of the question. >> rex is not cheap, but he showcases what is possible with

theberlina -- the berlinale international film festiva is it to kick off. >> hundreds of mies are said to be shown over the next 11 days, but just ahead of them are the prize for best director, best actor, and best film >> the winners of those prizes will take home those famous golden bears. >> organizers are leaving nothing to chance. everything is in place for the start of the berlin film festival. for the festiva director, there are plenty of new film makers to get excited about. >> you get the feeling they have dropped everything, left their parents behind and said, "we are going to do everything differently," but they still have a very firm grasp on reality. >> the opening film, "grandmaster," is the work of a veteran of chinese cinema. it is the story of two kung fu masters -- a woman from the north of china and and and from the south. their paths cross on the ease of its -- the eve of the japanese invasion in 1936. as the stars arrive, hollywood reporters, asia bureau chief had this to say about the movie. >> cassette and the grand master -- "the grandmaster" has really interest

. >> jude law may have been the star of the red carpet, but the berlinale was buzzing about director steven soldered, who shocked the festival by saying this was his last film. he took an unorthodox approach in making it. >> it takes in this labor to eradicate all traces of labor, and that was my approach. >> he comes in and says it is over. finally got a handle on his issues. >> "side effects" is a psychological thriller. a psychiatrist prescribes a depressed wife an experimental drug, which launches her on a nightmarish adventure in which her husband and up dead. another director much discussed in recent days is an iranian, who is co-director attended the berlinale. the directors defied a ban to make their movie. isolation is a central theme of the movie. "closed curtain" tells the story of a man who barricaded himself and his dog in the house by the sea. dogs are forbidden. they are considered impure. it is a movie about being claustrophobic and also a portrait of the director himself and his life as a filmmaker banned from making movies. >> some see it as a front runner for this

what does this tell us about the berlinale?> it tells us that the berlinale is a very political festival and very proud to be a political festival. lanceman is above all a very political filmmaker. this film's typically show political statements and it definitely not entertainment, and they are not meant to be. instead, they are immoral to the suffering of the holocaust, a testament to the victims of the holocaust, and they stand as historical monuments. for that reason alone, he very much deserves this golden bear. >> what about this year's competition films? what political films are in the competition for the golden bear? >> politics pervades every aspect. even hollywood films in competition have a political edge this year, films like "promised land," which is about fracking, oregon "side effects," which is about the abuses in the pharmaceutical industry. one film that has a chance of winning is "the nun," a french film, which is a diatribe against the catholic church," and the other is "a closed curtain," and iranian film, m