CANNES CATCHES UP TO TELLURIDE: HONORING AGNES VARDA
Telluride honored film maker Agnes Varda back in 1977. It was the fourth edition of the Telluride Film Festival meaning that Varda was one of the fests earliest tribute recipients. Also honored that year were Michael Powell and Ben Carre.
Varda was feted and several of her films were screened over the course of that weekend.
Now comes word that the Cannes Film Fest will catch up with Telluride some 38 years later as Varda will be awarded an honorary Palme d'Or this year. I've included the link to the festival's official announcement as well as Varda's IMDb page:
http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/article/61348.html
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0889513/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1
"HATEFUL EIGHT" PHOTOS
It looks increasingly less likely that we will have the chance to see Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" in Telluride over Labor Day. Some journos have flat out said that it won't be ready in time for fall fests.
I've said all along that it was a long shot for TFF #42 anyway as Tarantino's festival resume is very small. "Reservoir Dogs" played many fests including Sundance, Cannes and Toronto, but Tarantino was an unknown commodity. "Pulp Fiction" played Cannes, Lorcano, New York and a few others. Certainly fewer than "Pulp Fiction" did.
"Jackie Brown" played Berlin. "Kill Bill 1", "Kill Bill 2" played a couple of smaller fests. "Death Proof" had Tarantino back at Cannes in 2007. "Inglorious Basterds" played Cannes and Berlin and "Django" played no fest schedule.
So, the notion that "Hateful" would play Telluride was really based on two things alone: the fact that the movie was made in/near Telluride and that The Weinstein Company is distributing.
The film is still set for a late 2015 release in Israel. IMDb currently has no set date for the film anywhere else. I can actually see a scenario in which the film is finished and held for Cannes next year and then a late 2016 release. No one has said that, in as far as I'm aware, but I wouldn't be terribly surprised.
Nonetheless, Entertainment Weekly had a slew of photos from the film that then spread like wildfire throughout the internet over the weekend. Check the numerous links below:
Via The Film Stage
From Entertainment Weekly:
http://www.thewrap.com/hateful-eight-first-look-at-samuel-l-jackson-kurt-russell-and-jennifer-jason-leigh-in-character-photo/
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-look-at-quentin-tarantinos-hateful-eight/
http://www.firstshowing.net/2015/more-first-look-photos-for-tarantinos-the-hateful-eight-uncovered/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/quentin-tarantino-hateful-eight-images
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/15-pictures-from-quentin-tarantinos-the-hateful-eight/
NEW "YOUTH" TRAILER
Paolo Sorrentino's "Youth" stars Michael Caine and Harvey Keitel and has already generated a good deal of pre-Cannes Palme d'Or buzz. Palme winners have about a 50/50 chance of landing in Telluride over the last decade or so.
Palme winners of late that played Telluride:
2003: "Elephant"
2005: "The Child"
2007: "4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days"
2009: "The White Ribbon"
2012: "Amour"
2013: "Blue is the Warmest Color"
Last year's Palme went to "Winter Sleep" which didn't play at The SHOW so this year's winner might be more likely.
"Youth" has a new trailer that you can catch here via The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-michael-caine-and-harvey-keitel-have-a-bromance-in-new-trailer-for-paolo-sorrentinos-cannes-bound-youth-20150507
VIEWS FROM "THE SEA OF TREES"
Speaking of the Palme and past winners (as I did above) Gus Van Sant's "The Sea of Trees" which is in competition this week at Cannes released some new images as well this past weekend. Take a look:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-new-photos-of-matthew-mcconaughey-naomi-watts-ken-watanabe-in-gus-van-sants-sea-of-trees-20150507
MORE "INFERNO" NEWS
I reported in my last post that Werner Herzog's next project would be shopped at Cannes to pick up financing, That happened between my Thursday post and today as the film has drawn backing.
Check the story from The Dissolve:
http://thedissolve.com/news/5641-cannes-deal-roundup-distributors-snap-up-snazzy-so/
TALES OF "TALES OF TALES"
And. as has been the pattern over the last few days...
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/cannes-2-tv-spots-and-lots-of-new-images-for-matteo-garrones-the-tale-of-tales-with-salma-hayek-20150508
That's all for now...more on Thursday after the Cannes Festival is under way!
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