THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE
Ten days after the conclusion of TFF #42, I have the results of the fourth annual "People's Telluride". Since the fests close, I have been gathering the data that Telluride film followers have been sending my way since then. Over two dozen respondents sent their evaluations. Using the same criteria as I did for The Professionals Telluride, films were collated only of they received evaluations from at least a third of those respondents. With that, here are the results of The People with the rating average in parenthesis:
1) Room (4.47)
2) Spotlight (4.45)
3) Beasts of No Nation (4.35)
4) Ixcanul (4.31)
5) Son of Saul (4.30)
6) Marguerite (4.23)
7) Black Mass (4.13)
8) Carol (4.02)
9) Rams (3.98)
10) Steve Jobs (3.86)
11) 45 Years (3.78)
12) Suffragette (3.58)
13) He Named Me Malala (3.39)
14) Anomalisa (3.36)
The People included three films that the Pros did not: "Ixcanul", "Marguerite" and "Rams". The Pros had "Taxi" and "Time to Choose" on their list that The People excluded.
The biggest agreement between the sets of data came toward the bottom of the list as The Pros and The People both placed "Suffragette" and "He Named Me Malala" at the #12 and #13 spots respectively.
The greatest disparity came at the top and bottom and vice versa for each set of data. The People really loved "Room" as it reigns at the top of the People's list but The Pros had it as their #11 film (of 13). Meanwhile, the Pros were all about Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson's "Anomalisa" rating it #2 (just behind "Son of Saul") but the People had it at the bottom of their list at #14 (of 14).
Last year The People preferred "The Imitation Game" with a stellar 4.73 rating. "Birdman" was #2 with a rating of 4.46.
In 2013, "Tim's Vermeer" led the People's poll with a 4.67 rating and "12 Years a Slave" was second with a rating of 4.55.
In 2012, "Stories We Tell was tops with a 4.80 closely followed by "Argo" with a 4.75.
Coming on Monday...The Combo Telluride...what happens when we put the two lists together? We shall see.
Seems to me that being #2 on The People's Telluride is a real harbinger as "Argo", "12 Years a Slave" and "Birdman" all won the Best Picture Oscar. So if you're Tom McCarthy and the crew from "Spotlight"...maybe a sign of things to come.
"AMAZING GRACE" SAGA CONTINUES
The legal saga that began at Telluride on its opening day between the producer of "Amazing Grace" and its subject, Aretha Franklin. Took a new twist this week. Franklin sued in Colorado court and obtained an injunction on T-ride's opening day which torpedoed the planned screening of the documentary just hours before it was set to appear.
Subsequently, planned screenings at both the Toronto and Chicago Film Fests were also scuttled. This week, amid reports that the film was about to be screened privately for prospective distributors brought yet another threat to sue from Franklin and her lawyers.
In light of all this, producer Alan Elliot has agreed to a 30 day moratorium on screening of the film. Speculation is that the 30 day hold will be used for both sides to negotiate terms under which the film could be screened.
Here's the story from Variety:
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/aretha-franklin-lawsuit-amazing-grace-documentary-1201594489/
OSCAR MATTERS
MTFB continues to make its annual transition from a Telluride film prediction outlet to a Telluride film in the awards season blog by looking at the latest and best prediction professionals and what they are saying after Telluride, Venice and now that Toronto is winding down.
Gold Derby shows a sharp rise for "Spotlight" and "Steve Jobs" from the Telluride plays and reactions. Meanwhile, Sasha Stone reports that Vulture's Kyle Buchanan has claimed that "Spotlight" is out front in the Oscar race right now. Take a look at both stories here:
Gold Derby
http://www.goldderby.com/news/10367/oscar-predictions-best-picture-steve-jobs-the-revenant-leonardo-dicaprio-975386420.html
Buchanan
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2015/09/kyle-buchanan-declares-spotlight-frontrunner-out-of-toronto/
More on Monday including The Combination Telluride...combining of the Professionals and The People's Telluride. Contact me at:
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