THE DISTRIBUTORS 2018: NOT SO MUCH
Today's final look at distributors that seem to have films in play for the 45th Telluride Film Festival is actually a look at films that seem like they could be players that do not have distribution deals in place for the U.S.
That could still change in the next eight weeks and we'll be keeping a close eye on that as an acquisition of any of these titles could signal an increase or decrease in the chances that a film would potentially be TFF bound.
Here's the list of films:
The Other Side of the Wind-Netflix is listed as having the TV distribution for this but pointedly is not listed as being the theatrical distributor. Producer Frank Marshall is on record as saying that the film will be screened in theaters...sooo???
At Eternity's Gate-Julian Schnabel's Vincent Van Gogh pic.
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan- Xavier Dolan...been floating around for a long time.
Sunset-Laszlo Nemes' follow-up to his brilliant Son of Saul (IMDb currently lists Playtime as having world wide rights for all media)
And a slew of Cannes films that garnered good critical buzz in May: Long Days Journey Into Night, The Wild Pear Tree, Ash Is the Purest White and Dogman.
Additionally add Karlovy Vary top prize winner I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians.
From this list I feel that The Other Side of the Wind and Sunset are the most likely for Telluride (The Other Side of the Wind has been at the #2 spot on my first two Ten Bets of this summer). All of the others would be credible entrants for TFF #45 (and I do have a vibe for Matteo Garrone's Dogman).
AND SOME OVERLOOKED DISTRIBUTION NOTES
As I was going over my notes for films that lack distribution, I ran across three films that have a serious shot at Telluride that DO have U.S. distribution but which I left off of previous posts. Pawel Pawlikowski's Cold War is with Amazon and Cannes entrants Happy as Lazzaro and Girl are both under the wing of Netflix.
Also add in Karyn Kusawa's Destroyer starring Nicole Kidman. It's being distributed by Annapurna Pictures.
TRAILERS LOOMING: ON THE BASIS OF SEX AND MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
Anton Volkov's Trailer Track site notified subscribers over the weekend that we could expect to see trailers from Focus Features for both Mimi Leder's On the Basis of Sex which features Felicity Jones as a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg and also for Josie Rourke's Mary, Queen of Scots featuring Saorise Ronan and Margot Robbie.
Here are links to Volkov's posts flagging the expected arrival for both trailers soon:
Mary, Queen of Scots
On the Basis of Sex
FIRST VENICE SPECULATION
I ran across a serious speculative piece about films that might make the Venice lineup from an Italian website over the weekend: Ilsussidiario.net. There are several films listed there that could certainly make the Venice/Telluride double play.
That Venice to Telluride (or in some instances the other way...Telluride to Venice) has become a stronger connection over the past few years.
Last year saw Oscar Best Picture winner The Shape of Water make that connection as well as Downsizing, First Reformed, Foxtrot, Human Flow, The Insult, Lean on Pete and Wormwood screen in both places.
Among the films listed in the post that I have been talking about for Telluride are:
The Death and Life of John F. Donovan
First Man
The Favourite
Roma
The Sisters Brothers
If Beale Street Could Talk
Radegund
Sunset
Beautiful Boy
A Star Is Born
Non-Fiction
Boy Erased
The Google translated version of the piece is linked here.
That's your Monday version of MTFB. More to come tomorrow including a start on this year's look at "The Usual Suspects".
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