NED BEATTY 1937-2021
Actor Ned Beatty died yesterday. I can't recall a Telluride connection off the top of my head. He was just a great actor and I wanted to take moment and say that in print. Incredible in Deliverance and the deliverer of one of the finest movie monologues in the history of cinema in Network.
CANNES UPDATE
Since we last touched base about the Cannes' lineup the Director's Fortnight and Critic's Week films have been announced. A few other films have been announced to various sections as well but it seems to me that the only one announced in the latest batch that has some TFF traction is Ari Folman's Where Is Anne Frank which was announced as a late addition to the Palme d'Or competition.
ONE OF THOSE RANDOM THINGS
So a bit of a buzz in the second half of last week that involved a tip from a friend and an IMDb listing.
I'm not going to get into details yet because I need to be more certain that it wasn't a giant error or someone pulling a prank. But, should the bare bones of the info pan out, TFF will have a major title that I have mentioned in passing but haven't really thought would be a film with a significant likelihood of playing in Telluride.
I will say that for a period of time late last week, the film was listed at IMDb as playing Telluride and then that was scrubbed before the end of the day that it appeared. I have more work to do and will get back to you soon.
THE POWER OF THE THE DOG GOES TO VENICE
Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog will be at Venice this year and could possibly make the move to Telluride as a number of Venetian bowing films do. Campion's last feature film, Bright Star, played T-ride in 2009 as did her Oscar winning The Piano in 1993. The film is distributed by Netflix and has no announced release date as yet.
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