THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND CONFIRMED
Ray Kelly at Wellesnet.com wrote this weekend that what we have been thinking is true and that is that Orson Welles' final film The Other Side of the Wind will bow at Telluride following its screening in Venice.
Kelly cites a "festival source speaking on condition of anonymity" as revealing that the first showing in the United States for the long gestating film project will be at Telluride. I can also tell you that I have been assured that Kelly's source is well placed.
I will certainly have it on my list of films to catch at some point during the weekend and am curious which film makers will be part of the film's entourage. At a guess, I'd venture Frank Marshall and Peter Bogdanovich. Both of whom have been instrumental in finishing the project. Additionally, Bogdanovich acts in the film as well.
You can read Kelly's entire story at Wellesnet.com here.
IT LOOKS LIKE NO EYES
In other Orson Welles/Telluride news, it appears that we will not be seeing Mark Cousins' The Eyes of Orson Welles next week. I ran across a listing of Cousin's screenings including those at which he is scheduled to do question and answer sessions and it seems that the film and he are booked in Europe during Labor Day weekend.
The Eyes of Orson Welles examines Welles and his career through the lense of little known artwork that Welles created.
On a brighter note, I still have a good deal of confidence that the "making-of" documentary about The Other Side of the Wind will play at TFF #45.
ARETHA FRANKLIN AND TELLURIDE
With this week's passing of the Queen of Soul I have had a number of folks reach out to me asking if I think that this turn will change the status of the documentary Amazing Grace. The film was twice seemingly set to play Telluride in 2015 and 2016 only to be thwarted by legal issues at the last minute both years.
The doc was shot during two days as Franklin live recorded the songs that would become the album Amazing Grace.
My feeling is that we may eventually see it and even at Telluride but that isn't likely to be this year by any means. Franklin's family and estate will now have to decide what they think about the situation.
Chris Willman writing for Variety posted a lengthy story on Friday about the status of Amazing Grace as well an authorized biopic at MGM that reportedly would cast Jennifer Hudson as Aretha.
Take a look at that story here for a deep dive into where both of those projects are in terms of seeing the light of day.
Nick Allen also had a piece about the doc this past weekend in The Telegraph.
THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE RIDES AGAIN!
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".
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