Master Chances/Best of the Week

Good Saturday from Telluride, CO.  That's right.  I'm here today and will be back in less than 3 weeks for the best 4 days of the year.  Heading home tomorrow as I start school this week.


MASTER CHANCES

I apologize for my obsessing over Paul Thomas Anderson's new film.  I realize it's much like last year's obsessiveness about "The Tree of Life" and I suspect that I'll find another one to obsess about for next year (actually, "12 Years a Slave" is already a leading candidate).

It's just that I think that Anderson might be the best film director in America right now (I think "There Will Be Blood" is the best American film of this relatively new century) and nothing I've seen or heard about "The Master" seems todiminish the notion that it will likely be a fantastic film...so naturally I have been hopeful that it will appear on the Telluride slate.

Then last night a post from Jeffrey Wells on his Hollywood Elsewhere website that throws cold water on the idea.  Wells says that his sources are all saying no "Master" in T-ride.  Wells doesn't seem very happy about that either.

Now, Wells doesn't flat out say it won't happen and actually also reports that there may have been some prep here in Telluride to present in 70mm...which would tilt toward the belief that "The Master" would happen here.  Additionally, in the comments section "Buckzollo" suggests his belief that "The Master" will appear as a TBA here.  That's exactly the form I have thought was most likely.  Purportedly the film will make its Venice debut on Saturday Sept.1 which has led me to think that we could see it here as a "sneak" on Sunday and/or Monday.

So, I'm going to do a little sniffing around while I'm in town today and see if I can get any kind of sense of what's going on.  Ultimately, I'm still not completely abandoning my hopes for the film being in TFF #39...but I put the chances now at 5%.

One other note from the Wells post is that he confirms that Roger Michell's "Hyde Park on Hudson" will play.  "Hyde Park" has been parked on my "Ten Bets" list all summer.

Here's the link to the Wells' post:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/no_master_in_te_1.php


BEST OF THE WEEK

Here's the best of posts from MTFB/FAC for this past week:



This week's "Ten Bets"

1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Midnight's Children
4) The Central Park Five
5) Bromberg's Chaplin
6) Hyde Park on Hudson
7) No
8) On the Road
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10) Beyond the Hills

Check the new "Ten Bets" list on Monday...hint..."Hyde Park" will be moving higher on the list.


CLOUD ATLAS VIEWS

 http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cloud-atlas-visual-timeline-reveals-more-photos-of-the-ever-changing-faces-of-its-cast-20120805


CENTRAL PARK FIVE

Ken Burns and crew have a trailer cut for the Toronto International Film Festival.  As I am calling the documentary the #4 bet this week among the "Ten Bets" I have included that trailer:

MASTER POSTER #2

A second poster for Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" has emerged as it seems that there is some nugget everyday about the highly anticipated film.

Here's the new poster:

Also included is the post from The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/kaleidoscopic-new-poster-for-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-will-leave-you-feeling-blue-20120806

CLINT'S TRAILER

Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake star in Robert Lorenz's "Trouble with the Curve"  The first trailer is out and linked below from YouTube:

Check the story at The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-its-gran-torino-meets-moneyball-in-trailer-for-trouble-with-the-curve-20120807



TROUBLE POSTER


Robert Lorenz's "Trouble with Curve" starring Clint Eastwood (and now a hot Telluride possibility per Mr. Tapley) has a poster.   It looks like this:

Via Rope of Silicon

Here's the post from Rope of Silicon:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/new-posters-skyfall-character-posters-trouble-with-the-curve-and-red-dawn/ 

MORE ON THE ROAD

Walter Salles "On the Road" still is a real Telluride possibility and has released a second trailer.  Linked here form YouTube:

Find more information here from Awards Daily:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/08/06/kristen-stewart-garrett-hedlund-on-the-road-trailer-2/




TAPLEY'S TAKE

Incontention/HitFix's Kris Tapley is already on record with some Telluride guessing but last night he tweeted two very specific lists in regard to the festival which is a mere three weeks away at this point.

Tweet #1:"Probables" for Telluride:

Probablies for Telluride: Argo, At Any Price, Hyde Park on Hudson, Passion, Rust and Bone, Silver Linings Playbook, Trouble with the Curve.

Tweet #2:  And "Maybes"

Maybes for Telluride: Amour, Great Expectations, Killing Them Softly, The Master, No, Smashed, To the Wonder



First to the "probablies"...Yes Please..."Hyde Park", "Rust and Bone",  have been solidly on the "Ten Bets" list all summer.  "Silver Linings" has flirted with making that list.  "Argo" has been more of a wish than a likelihood.  

As to "Trouble with the Curve", Tapley said a few weeks back he had a hunch about it and he clearly still feels strongly...Eastwood in town?  It would be cool.  

And DePalma's "Passion" wouldn't be a shocker..."Redacted" showed up as a 'sneak" back in 2006...so it's possible.

Then there are his "maybes":  I'm for any scintilla of a chance that "The Master" makes it to the San Juans.  I have also been bullish that "Amour" and "No" will make the trip to T-ride and continue to be.

I think the other "maybes"  are less likely, although I'd be primed for "Killing Them Softly" and Malick's "To the Wonder" and you could certainly make the case that Ben Affleck might show in support of both his "Argo" and the Malick film especially if Mrs. Affleck (Jennifer Garner) went home from last year's fest and raved about it...




More later...Have a good weekend!


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