LEAVING WEDNESDAY
Yup. Leaving Wednesday. I will post MTFB's Final Bets for TFF #52 on Wednesday morning. Then, as has been our custom, we'll drive to Salida on Wednesday. We'll complete the drive to Telluride on Thursday after the official lineup is announced and I've posted it here.
I have to tell you that this has been one of the more difficult years to crack and I am less than confident about the films that will be on The Final Bets in a couple of days.
TRIBUTE CLUES
Telluride film fans have known for some time that the films screened at the Abel Gance outdoor theater on the last couple of evenings before the Festival begins are often clues to possible Tribute recipients. Last year, for example, the free screenings were After Hours and Lady Bird. They pointed to tributes for Thelma Schoonmaker and Saorise Ronan. The third tribute last year was for Jacques Audiard...which neither free screening pointed to.
So what does the free screenings for this year portend?
Before Sunshine...Richard Linklater or Ethan Hawke or possibly both. Linklater almost certainly be in Telluride with Nouvelle Vague and possibly Blue Moon. Hawke may be in town with Blue Moon and/or with a documentary discussed below.
The Squid and the Whale almost certainly means Noah Baumbach is getting a Silver Medallion as well.
As to the third tribute? My best guesses would be Chloe Zhao (who I believe would have been tributes in 2020 had the fest occurred), Stellan Skarsgard, Colin Farrell, Dustin Hoffman, Adam Sandler, Jesse Plemons, Scott Cooper or Kelly Reichardt. It could also be a behind the camera honoree as Schoonmaker was last year.
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THE MASTERMIND HAS A TRAILER AND A POSTER
From YouTube, here's the trailer:
And the poster:
BLUE MOON MADNESS
It's real and it continues. After my last post a helpful reader pointed me towards the Calabasas Film Festival which will be screening Blue Moon during its run from Sept. 17-22. I looked it up...it's true. Here's a pic from the Calabasas Fest's home page:
That would explain the "disconnect" between Toronto and New York premiere designations and mean no Blue Moon at Telluride. I'll tell you, though, I still think that Blue Moon might make an appearance at TFF #52. Hope it does.
DOCUMENTARY HINTS
Last post you might have seen the section that mentions Oscar Isaac slipping in a visit to Telluride this weekend between screenings in Venice per Variety. He's reported to be headed our way to support a mysterious documentary. Try as I might, I haven't unearthed what it is.
Since the last post I have also stumbled across a mention on social media of a probable documentary focused on Country and Western music legend Merle Haggard. After some digging that would likely be a film that, at least as reported by a California TV News program, would be "Merle Haggard: Highway 99" and has been directed by Ethan Hawke.
Don't bother looking for it on IMDb. It's not there.
I do have the video that ran at station KGET of Bakersfield, CA:
HE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE-13TH EDITION
For the 13th 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".
Report your ratings to: mpgort@gmail.com
The deadline for this year to turn in your ratings will be Sept. 15th.
I'll compile all of your responses and post those a few days after the festival.
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