TEN BETS #9 FOR TFF #48
We're coming down to the wire. Two weeks until TFF #48 launches. My biggest fear at this point is a failed PCR test just prior to the start of The SHOW.
As to the "Bets", I'm feeling fairly confident about today's edition but as I have written earlier, this year has been trickier than the past few years.
My plan right now, prediction wise, is to post Ten Bets 10 a week from today and then likely a Final Ten Bets special post on Monday, Aug. 30th.
By way of review, here's a look at last week's Ten Bets and Other Possibilities:
1) The Power of the Dog/Campion
2) The Electrical Life of Louis Wain/Sharpe
3) Petite Maman/Sciamma
4) The Card Counter/Schrader
5) Spencer/Larrain
6) Something from Mark Cousins***
7) A Hero/Farhadi
8) C'mon, C'mon/Mills
9) The Rescue/Chin and Vasarhelyi
10) The Velvet Underground/Haynes
11) Julia/Cohen and West
12) Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen Doc/Geller and Goldfine
13/ Becoming Cousteau/Garbus
14) Cyrano/Wright
15) Il Buco/Frammartino
Other Possibles: The French Dispatch, Muhammad Ali, The Hand of God, Cow, Encounter, Antlers, Being the Ricardos, Red Rocket, Last Exit: Space, Flee, King Richard, The Lost Daughter, Three Minutes-A Lengthening, Bergman Island, Vortex, Don't Look Up, Dune.
***Mark Cousins projects that could play:
The Story of Looking
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Story of Film: The Next Generation
And here's this week's 10 (+10) Bets:
1) The Power of the Dog/Campion
2) The Electrical Life of Louis Wain/Sharpe
3) The Card Counter/Schrader
4) Spencer/Larrain
5) A Hero/Farhadi
6) C'mon, C'mon/Mills
7) The Rescue/Chin and Vasarhelyi
8) The Velvet Underground/Haynes
9) Julia/Cohen and West
10) Becoming Cousteau/Garbus
11) Cyrano/Wright
12) Petite Maman/Sciamma
13) Something from Mark Cousins***
14) Hallelujah-Leonard Cohen Doc/Geller and Goldfine
15) Encounter/Pearce
16) The Hand of God/Sorrentino
17) Vortex/Noe
18) The First 54 Years/Mograbi
19) The Lost Daughter/Gyllenhaal
20) Three Minutes-A Lengenthing/Stigter
Other Possibles: The French Dispatch, Muhammad Ali, Cow, Antlers, Red Rocket, Last Exit: Space, Flee, King Richard, Prayers for the Stolen, Unclenching the Fists, A Chiara.
***Mark Cousins projects that could play:
The Story of Looking
The Storms of Jeremy Thomas
The Story of Film: The Next Generation
WORLD OF REEL'S TFF #48 LIST
Jordan Ruimy's World of Reel continues to have an even more extensive TFF speculation list than I do.
Jordan posted a new listing of what he expects/thinks will play T-ride on Tuesday and though we agree on a lot, there are films that he includes that I don't and vice versa.
From last Monday's Ten Bets list, Ruimy and I agree on 17 films that we think will play. From my Ten Bets I have three films that Ruimy doesn't list as "more or less confirmed": Cyrano, Something from Mark Cousins and Hallelujah (The Leonard Cohen doc). Ruimy does list all three of these films as "possibilities".
Ruimy lists 10 films that he, again, labels as "more or less confirmed: King Richard, The French Dispatch, Passing, Flee, Red Rocket, Bergman Island, A Chiara, Prayers for the Stolen, Unclenching the Fists and Muhammad Ali. Of this list of 10 I have eight on my list of possibilities from Monday's Ten Bets. Ruimy includes Passing and Bergman Island which, at this point I don't think are playing TFF.
Final thought: I hope Jordan's right about The French Dispatch.
PICS OF THE LOST DAUGHTER
Maggie Gyllenhaal's directing debut, The Lost Daughter, has picked up some serious steam the last few weeks as a real T-ride possibility. This stems from three factors: It's a Netflix property. It was chosen for the competition section at Venice and it was scheduled there early enough there (Friday, Sept. 3 at 10:00pm Venice time) to be a viable candidate.
The Playlist, among other outlets, posted first look stills from the film yesterday, Here's a look at a couple of them.
Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson lead the cast which also includes four time Oscar nominee Ed Harris.
HERE'S A THING...
(Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara on the set of Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley)
Soooo, the MPAA rated Guillermo Del Toro's Nightmare Alley R in July. Now, I know that the word is that, as of a couple of a month ago, the film wouldn't be ready for Venice. In my post from July 29th, I pointed to an interview with Venice artistic director Alberto Barbera which revealed that Nightmare would have been a Venice choice were it to be ready. Further, its absence from the Toronto and New York lineups seem to confirm that.
But, some version of the film exists to have been rated...
In a dream world...Del Toro shows up at Telluride in a couple of weeks and screens whatever version exists. It wouldn't be the first time that a film wasn't fully complete that screens at Telluride. The film is dated for a Dec. 3rd release.
Do I think this WILL happen...Nope. But a guy can dream.
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3 comments:
Your first paragraph says it all! I’ve been tossing and turning the last two nights with the same nightmare… not passing the PCR test. Of course having the vaccine I’m not real worried about getting sick…’ i’m more worried about seeing movies!!! That’s how much this Festival means to me…. And Im a mere 5 year veteran…. Nothing like you and others.
That said…. Two weeks from right now we will probably be standing in line eagerly anticipating our first film Of the festival!!! Just curious, what are you thinking of tributes? Of course the free Wednesday movies are a big tip to that if they are still doing them. I kind of think Campion and Phoenix for a tribute. Maybe Cumberbatch since he will have two films there. I have no idea for a third…. Kristen Stewart? I have no idea.
Can’t wait to get to the mountains!!!!
Dont think ed harris has won yet.
Vinny...you're right. Will correct.
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