NEW TRAILER FOR THE OLD MAN
Fox Searchlight dropped a second trailer for David Lowery's The Old Man and the Gun starring Robert Redford in what he has said is his last acting job.
Here's the trailer from YouTube:
Additionally, here is coverage of the trailer's release from Indiewire and Awards Circuit.
As an aside, here is my plea to Fox Searchlight-whatever entourage you're bringing to Telluride in support of this film, please include Tom Waits. That is all.
NEIL SIMON 1927-2018
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Neil Simon died yesterday. He was the pre-eminent voice for Broadway comedy in the 20th Century. Read a lot of "Doc" Simon's plays. Directed some. Acted in some as well.
He was a giant that deserved to be regarded as such. This world is a darker place without him in it.
Exeunt Doc...and rest ye well...
TRIBUTE CLUES
Was contacted last night by a couple of faithful followers of the blog (you know who you are) who passed along the news that Tellurideinside.com had published the free screenings that will occur at the Able Gance outdoor theater on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Long time TFF fans know that those screening choices each year generally point to Tribute recipients.
Wednesday night's screening is Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. That film was directed by a guy named Alfonso Cuaron.
Thursday night's film is Crazy, Stupid Love which stars both Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone either of which might be a Tribute recipient this week (and bravo to TFF organizers for this selection that leaves us guessing still). I suppose there's also a 2% chance that it could be Steve Carell and that Welcome to Marwen pops up in the T-ride lineup...but I really don't think that's going to happen. Just like Julianne Moore (the fourth of the five stars in Crazy, Stupid, Love) might be a candidate if Gloria Bell was going to play TFF but as it is scheduled by Toronto as a World Premiere, that's not going to happen either.
I suppose it's not outside the realm of possibility that both Gosling AND Stone get Tributes.
TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING...
As we get to this moment every year a number of people will ask what I'm most excited to see during the weekend. I always admit a couple of things: I don't live in L.A. or N.Y. or any major metropolitan area...so I am always interested in films that I know won't make it to my small berg until late in the year if at all and, of course, I am very interested in films that may be part of the Oscar conversation so those two things tend to inform my list of films to see. I will also have to admit that I can be swayed by the personalities that accompany a film. And, just like many of you, my choices can and likely will shift through the course of the weekend based on what the buzz is in lines.
This year, more than most, my pre-fest preferences have shifted from week to week. At the moment, these eight films are in a constantly evolving rotation with each other as to my "must sees" in alphabetical order: Boy Erased, Destroyer, The Favourite, First Man, The Front Runner, The Old Man and the Gun, The Other Side of the Wind and Roma. That said, I'm also pretty hot for Cold War, Non-Fiction and Shoplifters.
Ultimately, if you look at last week's Ten Bets, I'd like to get in the top 16 or so and I know that's impossible. Also, there is another film, that, should it pop up as has been indicated to me, then I'd be compelled to add it.
AHEAD THIS WEEK
MTFB goes into Fest Week mode...
Tuesday's post will include something I've been working on for a year and a half.
Wednesday...will have a special posting of the FINAL TEN (25) BETS FOR TFF #45.
Thursday...I'll post the official lineup as soon as it drops with some extra content.
Friday through Monday...I'll post each day with schedules, TBAs and whatever else seems interesting.
For the seventh consecutive year MTFB is soliciting your input for The People's Telluride. All you have to do is watch films during the fest and then, when it's all over, report to me your assessment of each film on a 1-5 scale with 1 being "UGH!" and 5 being "GREAT".
When the time comes, you can send those ratings to me in any of the following ways listed as contact info for me listed below.
That's your Monday MTFB...more tomorrow...
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