CANNES FINAL CRITICAL ANALYSIS
After a serious on-again/off-again connectivity issue I finally have the last look at the critical compilation for the films of Cannes #76 from Reini Urabn. Urban's collection of critical responses is massive. You can find that here.
I wrote a couple of weeks ago that Telluride normally programs an average of four films from the top 25 of Urban's compilation. Additionally, the crossover between the fests overall is 7-8 films each year.
This year seven films that I have had my eye on as potential plays at TFF #50 finished in Reini's top 25:
2) The Zone of Interest (8.03) (2nd only to Killers of the Flower Moon)
5) Perfect Days (7.76)
8) Monster (7.57)
12) Fallen Leaves (7.41)
14) La Chimera (7.35)
17) May/December (7.28)
23) The Book of Solutions (7.14)
Other films that I've had on the TFF #50 watch list that finished below the top 25:
41) Occupied City (6.68)
55) Anselm (6.40)
66) The Old Oak (6.11)
93) Strange Way of Life (5.58)
97) The New boy (5.46)
And films that I haven't had my eye on but that Cannes put on my radar:
4) Anatomy of a Fall (7.79) (Palme d'Or winner)
11) Robot Dreams (7.43)
26) The Goldman Case (7.05)
27) How to Have Sex (7.03) (Un Certain Regard winner)
40) The Settlers 6.72
75) The Delinquents (5.96)
Next Best Picture's Matt Neglia posted a list of a number of films that played at the 76th Cannes Film Festival over the past two weeks that he feels could be in play to be selected for the TFF #50 lineup. from Matt's Twitter feed:
I'd tend to agree based on the critical reception that Palme d'Or winner Anatomy of a Fall and The Goldman case might be in play as well. The others? Maybe.
Other Cannes films that I think may be in play either from my pre-Cannes "feel" or because of their reception/buzz at Cannes include: Fallen Leaves, Perfect Days, Anselm, Strange Way of Life, The Book of Solutions, The Delinquents, The Settlers and maybe even the animated Robot Dreams.
As always, here is my plea to Paramount/Apple, Scorsese...who or whatever, to bring Killers of the Flower Moon to Telluride.
MIYAZAKI-NOT THIS TIME?
I had some thought that Hayao Miyazaki's How Do You Live? might make an appearance at Telluride. He has had a significant presence at TFF over the years with Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and The Wind Rises all having screened at TFF. However, Jordan Ruimy at World of Reel reported yesterday that any festival screening of the new film is unlikely writing, in part:
"A few months ago, I was told Cannes boss Thierry Frémaux tried as hard as he could to get Hayao Miyazaki’s “How Do You Live” in competition, but it seems as though Miyazaki just doesn’t want to do film festivals at all. Not even Venice.
Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli are perfectly content in having their latest film screen to the Japanese public before the rest of the world, just as they have done with almost every other film of his."
Though the reporting is not absolute on the issue, Rumiy later in the post writes that skipping Venice is a "high possibility".
EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com
