RIP PIERRE RISSIENT 1936-2108
Photo via Institut Lumiere and Variety
News from France yesterday that film friend and Telluride staple Pierre Rissient has died. He was 81. Rissient has been described as a "warrior of cinema" as tributes and remembrances have poured in over the past 24 hours.
Rissient's presence has been such in Telluride's film history that the La Pierre Theater (adjoining the Palm) was named in his honor. Rissient received Telluride's Silver Medallion in 1992. The earliest reference I can find to Rissient and Telluride is his participation in 1983 with a presentation called "Lino Brocka: Cinema's Robin Hood". Rissient, as of last year's fest, was still named a "resident curator".
IMDb lists Rissient as the director of two films Alibis in 1977 ans Five and the Skin in 1982. Rissient was to have presented a restored version of Five and the Skin at Cannes this year.
The death of Rissient was noted throughout the film community. I have linked stories from:
Variety
The Hollywood Reporter
Indiewire
[Correction: An earlier version of this post had Rissient's birth year as 1926-my apologies]
VIEWS FROM LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT
The film Stage posted a story this week about Bi Gans' Cannes competition film Long Day's Journey Into Night which The Film Stage calls its most anticipated film of the Canes Palme competition. The article which went up on Saturday includes multiple stills from the film.
As it is on my Telluride/Cannes list of potential crossover films, I have included a few of those here:
Long Days Journey is scheduled to premiere at Cannes on May 16.
The complete article from The Film Stage is here.
TRAILER FOR PORTMAN'S EATING ANIMALS
Making a splash at TFF #44 last Labor Day was the Natalie Portman produced documentary Eating Animals. The doc is scheduled for release on June 15th and focuses on the effects globally of the reliance on animal flesh as a food source.
The film is being distributed by IFC Films and Sundance Selects and a trailer for it appeared this last week:
Trailer via YouTube
That's a wrap for this Monday. More to come on Thursday.
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