A WEEKEND OF TELLURIDE SPECULATION
Over the weekend I was in the midst of a good deal of Telluride speculation. Fueled by mentions on Twitter and a couple of posts from various sources some very interesting and unlikely film titles made up the basis for the weekend's T-ride musings.
A Scott Feinberg/Hollywood Reporter piece about Cannes films and their Oscar potential included a Telluride reference late in the article that Sundance critical darlings Birth of a Nation and Manchester are "rumored" to be playing at Telluride.
If true, that would violate Telluride's "North American premiere" rule, although the fest has occasionally allowed that to happen in rare cases before.
I'm dubious but Feinberg has better ears on the ground than I ever will. Check his post here:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-are-any-contenders-cannes-883959
Birth of a Nation teaser via YouTube
The other news of note focused on an interview with Cannes Artistic Director Theirry Fremaux with Screen Daily. Fremaux talked about films that didn't make the Cannes lineup including a reference to Oliver Stone's Snowden. Fremaux suggests that Snowden distributor Open Road is opting for a "different strategy" despite the fact that Fremaux says that Cannes would have liked to have the film.
Snowden's current release date is Sept. 16.
All of which suggests, at least to me, that we need to take the possibility of a Snowden screening at Telluride seriously.
The Fremaux interview is here:
http://www.screendaily.com/news/cannes-thierry-fremaux-interview/5102645.article
CONTINUING TO LOOK AT CANNES
Jeff Nichol's Loving
I have included here a couple of "Cannes breakdown" articles that seek to provide analysis about the films selected for the 69th edition of that festival:
http://www.screendaily.com/festivals/cannes/cannes-2016-the-critics-take/5102617.article
http://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-official-selection-numbers-1201753696/
That's it for this Monday...more on Thursday...
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