THE CORRECTIONS
After posting on Thursday a couple of helpful readers pointed out a couple of errors I made regarding three films in the Toronto and Venice announcements.
Initially, I was reminded that Kore-eda's Look Back and Bernal's Hombre al Agua Venice films that could pop-up at Telluride. In addition, a separate correction for Harari's The Unknown which Toronto lists as a Canadian Premiere so we need to think about it seriously as a TFF #53 possibility.
I have gone back to Thursday's post and corrected it accordingly.
THE PALM CLEAN-UP CONTINUES
The Hollywood Reporter posted an update on work to restore the flooded Palm Theater prior to TFF #53. MTFB readers will recall that The Palm was flooded by massive rains last week causing substantial damage to parts of the facility.
Here's what TFF director Julie Huntsinger had to say in that article:
“We knew about the flood the day it happened,” Telluride Film Festival chief Julie Huntsinger tells THR. “We’ve been working super closely with the school district, and we trust their representation that things will be ready in time for the festival. We know there’s work that they will have to continue to do after the festival, but we trust that the pieces will be in place for the Palm in time for Labor Day weekend.”
THR reports that the aim at the moment is to The Palm up and running two weeks before the film fest for another event scheduled there.
Sounds encouraging....keep fingers crossed TFF fans.
THE PLAYLIST WITH NEW TELLURIDE PREDICITIONS
Gregory Ellwood writing for The Playlist makes some interesting claims about Telluride in an article he put up last Thursday looking at all the info about announcements from Toronto, Venice and New York. Among the comments he makes are:
***"Lee Chang-dong's “Possible Love,” his first film since 2018’s acclaimed drama "Burning.” It also appears set for Telluride,"
***"Also meant for Telluride are second screenings of the aforementioned “Wild Horse Nine,” Jordan Firstman’s “Club Kid,” Andrey Zvyagintsev's "Minatour," Christian Mungiu's "Fjord," Beth de Araújo's Sundance award-winner "Josephine," as well as Danny Boyle’s "Ink,” which is opening Venice."
***"We’re still wrapping our brains around who at Warner Bros. convinced Alejandro González Iñárritu to pass on both Venice and Telluride for “Digger.” Especially as the filmmaker has attended Telluride as part of the festival “family” many times over the years. Maybe “Digger” turns out to be a surprise Sunday screening - there’s time - and the fact that Tom Cruise has never trekked there is a great way to kick off your awards campaign, but at the moment? A big old “no.”
Takeaways from these comments:
1) That's real news regarding Possible Love, if true.
2) Ellwood saying Wild Horse Nine is headed to TFF would be really big news.
3) Josephine is, as Ellwood mentions, a Sundance film which is usually a disqualifier for a TFF selection, but that "rule" isn't hard and fast. (As a side-note, I also think Sundance's The Only Living Pickpocket in New York could confound that "rule" as well).
4) The whole concept of what's going on with Digger is laid out well.
https://x.com/thegregorye/status/2080405714170699856?s=43&t=j1afhDrrsGu6QHIM0TFgEQ
NEW BUCKING FASTARD CLIP
I still believe that Werner Herzog's Bucking Fastard is likely going to TFF #53. The film's logline is very interesting per IMDB:
"Jean and Joan Holbrooke are two sisters who are so close they speak in unison, love the same man, and have the same dreams. In search of an imaginary land - where true love is possible - they start digging through an entire mountain range."
Bucking Fastard has been selected for Golden Lion competition at the Venice Film Festival.
And, as of a couple of days ago, we have a new clip from the film. Here it is from HanWay Films and YouTube:
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