NETFLIX WILL GO THEATRICAL WITH THE WIND
Indiewire reported yesterday that Orson Welles' final film, The Other Side of the Wind, which has been completed after decades of effort, will get a theatrical release in the fall.
Indiewire's Jenna Marotta included Twitter traffic from producer Frank Marshall's account that flat said that a fall theatrical release strategy. Indiewire also credits Wellesnet with having originated the story.
Interestingly, the original Welles net post notes that Marshall was asked directly (by Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeff Wells) if the screening(s) would occur before TFF #45 and they report that Marshall ignored the question. Here's the Twitter screenshot:
Additionally, both the Wellesnet and Indiewire posts report that the release strategy is still in the planning stages.
The Wellesnet post is here.
The Indiewire story is here.
KARLOVY VARY LINEUP ANNOUNCED
The Czech based Karlovy Vary Film Festival announced their lineup this week. That announcement is of some note to Telluride obsessives as there are usually some films that play there that also make the grade then for TFF.
Last year, for example, TFF #44 included Land of the Free, A Man of Integrity and The Other Side of Hope all of which played at the Czech festival before appearing at Telluride.
Over the years I have been attending T-ride (since 2006) several other films have followed this path including:
2016-The Eagle Huntress, Fire at Sea, Graduation, Toni Erdmann
2015-Ixcanul, Rams, 45 Years
2014-'71, Leviathan, Mommy, Wild Tales
2013-Gloria, The Lunchbox, Missing Picture, The Story of Children and Film
2012-Amour, Barbara, Paradise:Love, Piazza Fontana, What Is This Film Called Love?
2011-The Kid With a Bike, Le Havre, Pina, A Separation, Turin Horse
2010-Border, Cameraman: Jack Cardiff, The Illusionist, Le Quattro Volte, Of Gods and Men, Poetry
2009-Fish Tank, Gigante, Room and a Half, Samson + Delilah, The White Ribbon
2008-Gommorah, O'Horten, Tulpan, Waltz with Bashir
2007-4 Months 3 Weeks & Days, The Band's Visit, The Counterfeiters, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Jar City, Secret Sunshine
2006-12:08 East of Bucharest
So, as you can see, the average number of films that play both fests is four per year (with a statistically noticeable tie to films that have played Berlin or Cannes prior to their inclusion at Karlovy Vary.
With all that said, none of the announced films scream"This will play Telluride". At a guess I might keep an eye on Ewa Bukowska's 53 Wars, Vladimir Bitokov's Deep Rivers and Giedre Beinoiriute's Breathing Into Marble.
Articles with the lineups included are here from Variety and The Playlist.
DOCUMENTARY CORNER
Errol Morris' Wormwood played TFF #44 and is available to stream on Netflix. Indiewire put together an in depth look at the series from the Telluride regular earlier this week.
The lengthy article includes interview material with Morris.
You can read the piece from author Chris O'Falt here.
That's today's installment of MTFB. More to come next week...
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