9 Days....and counting...
Come and join me for a Michael's Telluride Film Blog shindig called: "The Guide to the Ride; The Flow of the SHOW" on Friday, Sept. 2 from 5:00 to 5:30 PM in The River Club. Larry and Mitzi Mallard of the Club will be our hosts and I am told that refreshments will be provided. The River Club is located at 550 Depot in Telluride. That's 4 blocks west of the Gondola station. Come by and say hello.
LOOKING AT "LE HAVRE"
I have thought that this film from Finnish director Aki Kaurismaki was a very good possibility since it bowed at Cannes in May. I still believe strongly that it will play in Telluride next week. Domestic distribution was picked up recently by the specialty film outfit Janus Films. That upped it's chances as far as I am concerned.
Critics and fans liked this film quite a lot in France.
Now comes the teaser trailer for the film and I have that via the story that ran with it from The Playlist (IndieWire). You can find that here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/watch_trailer_for_aki_kaurismaekis_excellent_le_havre/
Le Havre's IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1508675/
LOOKING AT THE LADY
There are a few really good Telluride "tells" about this film (The Lady) that features Michelle Yeoh as human rights activist Aung San Suu Kyi and was directed by Luc Beeson. Not the least of which is the involvement of France 3 Cinema as one its producing companies (F3C's TFF #37 films: Of Gods and Men, The Illusionist, The Princess of Montpensier). Besides that, I just have a feeling that it could make an appearance in the San Juans this Labor Day.
Yeoh has been getting good buzz and a Best Actress Oscar nomination is said to be a possibility, although that category looks to be beyond loaded this year.
At any rate, this sounds like it would be a really fine film and now we have an inkling about it. The first "The Lady" teaser trailer is out and I have accessed it via Rope of Silicon here:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/the-lady-teaser-trailer-luc-bessons-story-aung-san-suu-kyi-starring-michelle-yeoh
Additionally, we have a poster up for the film as well. Check it out (as well as the poster for "The Artist"..also likely to be in Telluride...I'll bet anyway) from The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/the_artist_gets_an_appropriately_elegant_poster_shepard_fairey_designs_one_/
The Lady's IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1802197/
LOOKING FOR MARTHA
Sean Durkin's "Martha Marcy May Marlene" has been all over the internet the last 48 hours. I have said previously that I am dubious that it will actually play in the SHOW as it preemed at Sundance...but...I'm also on record as suggesting that it is the most likely film from Sundance to make the trip from Park City to Telluride.
And in keeping with the note above about the size of the Best Actress Oscar pool this year, if reports can be believed, this films lead, Elizabeth Olsen, has a shot to be in that crowded mix as well.
Check out an MMMM clip here from Fox Searchlight:
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/4950
MMMM's IMDb page:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1441326/
TORONTO MASTERS
Toronto "Masters" The Dardennes Brothers "The Kid with a Bike"
The Toronto International Film Festival completed its Masters film lineup yesterday and the list includes a bunch of T-ride possibles. last year only "Poetry" played both at Telluride and as a part of Toronto's Masters program. I'd be willing to bet that there is more cross over between the two this year.
On the TIFF Masters list of films that could also be in Telluride:
"Faust," "Le Havre," "The Kid with a Bike," "Once Upon a Time in Anatolia," "Restless," and a new added possibility Bela Tarr's "The Turin Horse."
Check out the entire list of Toronto's Masters from Ioncinema here:
http://www.ioncinema.com/news/id/6651/2011-tiff-masters-includes-cannes-kaurismki-and-dardennes-with-venices-akerman-and-sokurov
More on the morrow....
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