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We continue to digest the announcement of the bulk of the Cannes #70 lineup that was released last Thursday with analysis from some other outlets.
Initially, I should note that I hadn't paid enough attention to the announcement that Francois Ozon's L'Amant Double (The Double Lover) had been chosen to compete for the Palme d'Or. My mistake was not catching this and also indicating that the film needs to be included on the list of Telluride possibilities as Ozon scored well at TFF #43 last year with Frantz.
So definitely put it on the watch list and take a look at this story from Indiewire that includes the teaser for the film.
Additionally, you might want to grab a look at in depth Cannes coverage from some sources that I did not include in the post last Thursday:
from Nancy Tartaglione and Greg Evans of Deadline
And an additional piece from Tartaglione here.
Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian also takes a look at the lineup
and check this piece from Talia Soghomonian at Collider.
Meanwhile, Indiewire's Anne Thompson has posted an analysis at Indiewire that assesses the potential Oscar players that might be starting down that road by walking the Red Carpet next month in the south of France. Take a look at Anne's perspective here.
DOES BURNS' VIETNAM DOC PLAY TELLURIDE?
Ken Burns has been a regular part of the Telluride Fest for a long long while. He's one of its biggest supporters and has often been featured in the lineup. It's been some time, however since his last inclusion. I believe his last project to play was 2012's Central Park Five.
We've also known for some time that he has been working on a multi-part documentary about the Vietnam War and PBS has announced just this weekend that the program will debut on Sept. 17. That premiere date would work incredibly well if it were following a TFF #44 bow (Sept. 2-6).
So, it seems to me that there's a better than 50/50 chance that parts of the 10 episode series make their way to some of the screens in and around Telluride.
Here's the announced schedule from Uproxx.
INARRITU AT CANNES MEANS T-RIDE
Well, most years that there was announcement that Alejandro Inarritu was part of the Cannes lineup, I'd immediately think that we'd see his project 3 1/2 months later in Telluride but I'm not so sure about this.
Working with frequent collaborator Emmanuel Lubezki, the Oscar winning director will premiere Carne y Arena at Cannes in May. Thing id, it's not a film but a virtual reality project. Reports describe it as a six minute experience that focuses on the current Latin American refugee situation. I understand that the experience will be presented for groups of ten people at a time.
My inclination is to believe that it probably won't play in Telluride, despite Inarritu's affinity for the fest. If I grasp it correctly, the presentation requires a fairly large dedicated space and I'd be a little surprised if TFF organizers would give up one of their current spaces or have a new space that they could use. That said, however, Cannes has apparently put together a way to do it and and if Cannes can, why not Telluride.
I'll be interested to see reports out of France next month about how the presentation occurs. That will definitely move the needle for me in terms of assessing the Telluride possibilities for a presentation.
Indiewire has the coverage here.
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