Ten Bets #3/Le French Finale/Hope You Have Your Ticket/Sciretta's Reasons

Good Friday Everyone...

TEN BETS #3

Here's your weekly look at what I think are the ten most likely films to play at this year's Telluride Film Festival beginning with a look at last weeks' Ten Bets:

1) Nebraska
2) The Invisible Woman
3) The Past
4) The Unknown Known
5) A Story of Children and Film
6) Daughter of the Dawn
7) The Immigrant
8) Aguirre: The Wrath of God
9) Labor Day
10) The Selfish Giant

This weeks' Ten Bets are:

1) Nebraska
2) The Invisible Woman
3) The Story of Children and Film
4) The Past
5) The Unknown Known
6) Daughter of the Dawn
7) Aguirre: The Wrath of God
8) The Immigrant
9) Labor Day
10) The Lunchbox

The rotating tenth spot goes this week to a Sony Pictures Classic film.  Other films floating just below these Ten Bets are:

The Selfish Giant, Like Father Like Son, Life Itself, Only Lovers Left Alive, Blue is the Warmest Color, Young and Beautiful, 12 Years a Slave, Philomena, Heli and Quai d'Orsay.


LE FRENCH FINALE

A look at our final couple of French production companies that have had some Telluride connection in the past as I try to divine what they might have in store for us over Labor Day weekend.

CINE+ (CINECINEMA)...one and the same...

CineCinema changed over to Cine+ within the last two years or so but it's all the same.  This production company has often been represented at Telluride over the last few years:

2005: Lemming, Live and Become
2006: The Page Turner, Indigenes
2007: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly
2008: With a Little Help from Myself
2009: Farewell, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet, Inferno
2010: The Illusionist, The Princess of Montpensier, Of Gods and Men
2011: Goodbye First Love, The Kid with a Bike, Le Havre, The Artist
2012: Rust and Bone, Superstar, The Attack, Amour

Over eight years Cine+(CineCinema) has participated in 21 TFF films, an average of 2-3 per year but trending toward four in three of the last four years.  What do they have in the wings that could play this year?

"Blue is the Warmest Color", "Mood Indigo", "The Past", "Les Saluds", and "The Great Beauty" seem to be the most likely suspects.  Of the five I think "The Past" is the most likely followed by "Blue", "Great Beauty" then "Les Saluds" and "Mood Indigo".


ARTE FRANCE CINEMA

Another Franco production outfit that has had persistent presence in Telluride is arte France Cinema.  Their track record looks like this:

2003: Dogville
2004: The Weeping Meadow
2005: The Child, Cache, Paradise Now
2006: Day Night Day Night
2008: O'Horten
2011: Le Havre, Goodbye First Love

You can see that arte France Cinema has had a spotty history at T-ride but they do have their hand in four possible Telluride players for this year:

"Michael Kohlhaas"
"Bastards/Les Saluds"
"Camille Claudell: 1915"
"My Sweet Pepper Land"

I'd put all of these at 25% to show at The SHOW.

HOPE YOU HAVE YOUR TICKET

Word arrived from the SHOW last night that the tickets (passes) are SOLD OUT.  All of them.  Cinephile, Acme, Festival and Patron level.  The press release does say that Sponsor packages are still available.  It seems to me that the excitement about the 40th rendition has spurred attendance.

Here's the link to the press release:

http://telluridefilmfestival.org/news/2013-07

SCIRETTA'S REASONS

SlashFilms Peter Sciretta posted "Four Reasons I attend The Telluride Film Festival last year just prior to TFF#39.  This week someone re-tweeted the link to it and it seemed like a cool article to re-visit:

http://www.slashfilm.com/four-reasons-i-attend-the-telluride-film-festival-telluride-blog/


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Le French Part One/Pics from"Furnace"

Good Wednesday to All.

LE FRENCH PART ONE

Time to take a look at some of the more often Telluride represented French production houses in terms of their past with the festival and what those companies might have in store that have the potential to play over the Labor Day weekend.  We begin with:

CANAL +

Look at the history of Canal+ as a producer of films that played at Telluride over the last decade:

2003: The Barbarian Invasions, Dogville, Love Me If You Dare, The Tripletts of Belleville
2004: The Weeping Meadow
2005: The Child, Cache, Lemming, Live and Become
2006: Volver, Indigenes, The Page Turner
2007: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly, Terror's Advocate, Jellyfish
2008: With a Little Help From Myself, I've Loved You So Long
2009: Farewell, Coco Before Chanel, A Prophet, The White Ribbon
2010: The Illusionist, Carlos, Of Gods and Men, The Princess of Montpensier
2011: Crazy Horse, Albert Nobbs, Goodbye First Love, The Kid with a Bike, The Artist, Le Havre
2012: Rust and Bone, Superstar, The Attack

Canal+ averages 3 films each year at Telluride.  What do they have that might play this year?

"Blue is the Warmest Color", "Bastards (Les Saluds)", "The Great Beauty", "The Past", "A Castle in Italy", "Mood Indigo", "Camille Claudell: 1915". "The Past" and "Blue is the Warmest Color" have the greatest chance to be on Telluride's 2013 bill of fare.

These seem to be the most likely to me but Canal+ has their finger in a lot of pots, so there could be many others that play.  Check Canal+'s full lineup via IMDb here:
http://www.imdb.com/company/co0028557/?ref_=fn_co_co_1

STUDIOCANAL

Another French production outfit that sometimes plays at Telluride is StudioCanal.  Look at their ten year Telluride track record:

2003: Young Adam, Love Me If You Dare
2004:
2005: Cache
2006: Indigines, Catch a Fire
2007:
2008:
2009:
2010: The Princess of Montpensier
2011:
2012: Love, Marilyn

As you can see, StudioCanal's T-ride participation is hit and miss.  Of the films that StudioCanal has had a hand in, there are two that have some Telluride potential but it's low level potential:

The Coen Brothers' "Inside Llewyn Davis" and Michel Gondry's "Mood Indigo".  I'd put both films chances at 20%.

More French information coming tomorrow.

PICS FROM FURNACE

We began seeing some stills from Scott Cooper's "Out of the Furnace" yesterday.  The pics were originally posted via USA Today.  I've linked to three stories from Rope of Silicon:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/first-out-of-the-furnace-pictures-featuring-christian-bale-and-woody-harrelson/

FirstShowing.net:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2013/first-look-christian-bale-woody-harrelson-in-out-of-the-furnace/

The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/first-images-of-christian-bale-woody-harrelson-in-out-of-the-furnace-20130708

"Out of the Furnace" opens Dec. 6th.

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Cannes Opens/Nebraska Clip/Frances Ha/Jane's Losing Ammo

Good morning on a Thursday!


CANNES OPENS

As you read this (as of Thursday morning in the States), the Cannes Film Festival is well underway in France.  As I did last year, I'll post collective critical reaction and the Palme d'Or buzz for the two week run of the festival as a way of gauging possible Telluride prospects.

Anyway, here are some Cannes related items from the past few days that may provide some TFF #40 insight:

Eugene Hernandez lists 12 titles that he says have the most buzz prior to Cannes beginning.  A number of these titles have serious Telluride potentialities including: "The Past", "Les Saluds", "The Immigrant" and "Michael Kolhaus".  "Saluds" and "Kolhaus" enter the Telluride conversation for the first time.

Here's Hernandez's full article:

http://www.filmlinc.com/daily/entry/cannes-bling-ring-coppola-llewelyn-davis-coen-behind-candelabra-soderbergh

Meanwhile, another Cannes competition title that will almost certainly play Telluride is Alexander Payne's "Nebraska" which has had coverage pick up as the festival in France as approached.  HitFix included it this week in its Cannes previews and a clip has been released and is linked below from both Rope of Silicon and The Wrap:

HitFix preview:
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/cannes-check-2013-alexander-paynes-nebraska

First clip:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/nebraska-movie-clip-alexander-payne-forte-dern-cannes/


http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/watch-will-forte-and-bruce-dern-bond-over-beers-and-family-secrets-nebraska-clip-video-9

FRANCES HA

Noah Baumbach's "Frances Ha" also continues its roll out (with generally great reviews...as it should be).  An official website is up and running:
http://www.franceshamovie.com/

Meanwhile, The Playlist interviewed Baumbach:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/interview-noah-baumbach-talks-20130514

And The Long Beach Press-Telegram provides this preview of the Baumbach/Greta Gerwig collaboration:
http://www.presstelegram.com/entertainment/ci_23218406/secrets-greta-gerwigs-film-frances-ha-come-out


JANE'S LOSING AMMO?

My continued fascination with the disaster epic that has become "Jane Got a Gun" turned up this story this week from The Hollywood Reporter that suggests that the "money" is now the thing that's walking after director and actors...

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/cannes-natalie-portmans-troubled-jane-522267

More on Monday...have a great weekend!