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Kim Novak to Be Honored at Venice Film Festival With Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Kim Novak will be honored by the Venice Film Festival with a Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Novak, 92, became the world’s top box office draw during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s thanks to films now considered classics such as Joshua Logan’s “Picnic” (1955); Otto Preminger’s “The Man with the Golden Arm” (1955); George Sidney’s Pal Joey (1957); and, of course, Alfred Hitchock’s “Vertigo” (1958) in which she plays dual characters in the role of her lifetime. The doc blends rare archival footage with personal reflections from Novak and glimpses into her reclusive life along Oregon’s wild Rogue River, and traces her path from mid-century cinema icon to fiercely private artist. “Inadvertently becoming a screen legend, Kim Novak was one of the most beloved icons of an entire era of Hollywood films, from her auspicious debut during the mid-1950s until her premature and voluntary exile from the gilded cage of Los Angeles a short while later,” said Venice chief Alberto Barbera.

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