Pi to NY/View of Expectations/More from Toronto Today

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PI TO NY

Yesterday I wrote that I had never expected that Robert Zemeckis' "Flight" was a likely Telluride contender and that its choice to close the NY Film Fest probably closed any crack of an opening in that door.

Today comes news that the opening film for NYFF will be a film that has been on my TFF #39 radar...Ang Lee's "Life of Pi".  That also likely removes its chances for T-ride considerably.



Here's what I mean:

2011 NYFF Opener: "Carnage", Closer:"The Descendants" "Centerpiece: "My Week with Marilyn"
2010: Opener: "The Social Network", Closer: "Hereafter", Centerpiece: "The Tempest"
2009: Opener: "Wild Grass"
2008: Opener: "The Class"
2007: Opener: "The Darjeeling Limited"
2006: Opener: "The Queen"

They just don't book "tentpoles" that overlap with Telluride (the exception being last year's "The Descendants").

So "Life of Pi"...pretty much off the table...however...look for the NYFF regular lineup announcement as a semi-good predictor of TFF fare. 

In 2011 these films overlapped: "A Dangerous Method", "A Separation", "Footnote", "George Harrison: Living in the Material World", "Goodbye First Love", "Le Harve", "Pina", "Shame", "The Artist", "The Kid with a Bike" and "The Turin Horse".  That's 11 of the 24 non-"tentpoles" that NYFF offered that played in both fests.

In 2010 the overlap included: "Another Year", "Carlos", "Inside Job", "Le Quattro Volte", "Of Gods an Men" and  "Poetry".  6 of 25. 

So parsing the NYFF lineup announcement should be instructive.

Here are links to posts concerning the announcement yesterday that "Life of Pi" will open the NYFF:

http://www.ioncinema.com/news/film-festivals/major-awards-race-title-secured-for-50th-anniversary-opener-life-of-pi-is-shipwrecked-at-nyff

http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/ang-lees-life-of-pi-will-open-the-50th-new-york-film-festival

Also, here's the trailer:

VIEW OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS

Speaking of trailers...here's the just released trailer for Mike Newell's "Great Expectations" which could be a Telluride possibility...InContention/HitFix's Kris Tapley lists it as a "Maybe":



Posts for the trailer release for "Great Expectations:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/watch-international-trailer-for-great-expectations-starring-ralph-fiennes-helena-bonham-carter-20120813

http://www.deadline.com/2012/08/great-expectations-trailer-helena-bonham-carter-video/

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-latest-great-expectations-adaptation-gets-an-international-trailer/


MORE FROM TORONTO

Toronto's International Film Festival is set to announce 3 more Galas and 18 Special Presentations this morning...I'll peruse them and see if that announcement gives us any clues for our fest in the San Jauns in 2 1/2 weeks.


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Invitation/Ten Bets #8/Flight Departs for New York

Good Monday from back at home base in the Oklahoma Panhandle...

INVITATION

To the Second "Guide to the Ride, Flow of the Show" at 5PM on Friday, Aug. 31 at The River Club (550 Depot) in Telluride.  We'll talk about the festival and film and have a refreshment or two!




TEN BETS #8

Last week's "Ten Bets":


1) Amour
2) Rust and Bone
3) Midnight's Children
4) The Central Park Five
5) Bromberg's Chaplin
6) Hyde Park on Hudson
7) No
8) On the Road
9) The Reluctant Fundamentalist
10) Beyond the Hills



This week's "Ten Bets"

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Pixar's "Rainy Day Tales"
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills


FLIGHT DEPARTS FOR NEW YORK

I don't think I have included "Flight" from director Robert Zemeckis and starring Denzel Washington as a potential Telluride film at any point along the way this year...and over the weekend that decision seems to have been validated as it has been chosen to close The New York Film Festival.  Here's the story from The New York Times Atrsbeat blog:
http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/08/09/robert-zemeckis-movie-flight-with-denzel-washington-will-close-new-york-film-festival/

Flight's Trailer:

Flight's IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1907668/


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