MOVING IMAGE FROM A HIDDEN LIFE
We got our first video image of Terrence Malick's latest film this week. A Hidden Life is set to compete for the coveted Palme d"or at Cannes' 72nd Film Festival with its premiere screening scheduled for Sunday night.
A Hidden Life (previously called Radegund) tells the story of a young Austrian who is punished by the Nazi regime in World War II for claiming to be a conscientious objector.
The Film Stage linked the teaser, and it is only a teaser as it runs a meager 15 seconds. Here it is via YouTube:
Here's the link to The Film Stage story.
THE BURNS' COUNTRY TOUR CONTINUES
You have to hand it Ken Burns and his production company, Florentine Films. They have been very busy promoting his upcoming multi-part documentary called Country Music for a while now.
That has extended to a recent interview with Melissa Newman for Billboard that was up this week.
Burns discusses a wide range of topics concerning the 16+ hour, eight episode mini-series that will run in its entirety over two weeks in September (following TFF #46) on PBS.
The dating of the initial PBS screening works well to anticipate Burns' return to Telluride and also that there is a reasonable chance that at least some of the documentary will screen as a part of the film fest.
Here's the link to the Billboard interview.
COPPOLA'S MEGALOPOLIS EDGES CLOSER
80 year old American film master Francis Ford Coppola continues work on his latest passion project. Megalopolis has been on Coppola's mind for decades and was derailed, at least in part, by the events of Sept. 11, 2001.
The latest news this week was that Coppola has actively moved into the casting phase for the project and the two names being dangled in a number of outlets were Jude Law and Shia LaBeouf..
More details are linked here via The Playlist.
That's the MTFB for today. More to come on Monday.
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