NEW TRAILER FOR DON Q
Amidst all the legal brouhaha over Terry Gilliam's The Man Who Killed Don Quixote and whether it will actually screen to close Cannes on May 19th, we have a second trailer for the film, which, for my money is better and more enticing than the first.
Here it is from YouTube:
CANNES SUPPORTS THE DON AND GILLIAM
The top brass at the Cannes International Film Festival released a statement of support this week for Terry Gilliam and his beleaguered film The Man Who Killed Don Quixote. The film has taken two decades to complete and continues to be mired in legal woes.
A hearing is set to take place in Paris on May 7th concerning the claims of one of the past producers of the film. The decision in that proceeding could determine whether Quixote actually screens as Cannes closing night feature on May 19th. It's also entirely possible that the ruling could bar the film's screening.
Original reporting on this particular legal claim suggested that the ultimate court finding might not occur until June.
All of that means that the film's Cannes future is uncertain and certainly that would continue to be true in the context of a potential play at Telluride.
Here is coverage from Indiewire on Cannes' statement of support for Gilliam and the film.
AWARDS WATCH PREVIEWS FOREIGN LANGUAGE OSCAR HOPEFULS
Erik Anderson at Awards Watch posted a piece this week examining 16 films that will be playing the Cannes Fest that he thinks could be players in the Foreign Language Oscar race.
Among those 16 are several that I have my eye on as possible TFF #45 candidates:
Cold War
Everybody Knows
Dogman
Ash Is the Purest White
Burning
Three Faces
Ayka
The complete rundown of the 16 films is here from Awards Watch.
THE WIND IS CLOSER TO COMPLETION
Producer Frank Marshall tweeted a photo on Monday with the caption explaining that the sound mix for Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind was "a wrap". That moves the film one step closer to completion and potential screening.
Increasingly I am convinced that we're going to have the opportunity to catch a screening of the film over Labor Day weekend.
Additionally, I also think a screening of Mark Cousins' new Welles documentary, The Eyes of Orson Welles could show as a companion piece.
Here's the photo:
and the text of Marshall's tweet:
That's a wrap! An historic moment as we finish the sound mix for THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND, almost 50 years after Orson Welles began shooting his final picture. @OrsonWelles @netflix
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