There's Got to Be a Morning After

Good Post-Oscar Monday to All that have dialed up the blog today...

OSCAR MATTERS

Here's the rundown of last night's Oscar winners and a comment or two along the way.

BEST ANIMATED SHORT: "Paperman".  FAC gets this right and this was the first film at TFF #39 to win an Oscar for the evening.

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT: "Curfew".  FAC correct.  Telluride possible "Asad" does not win.

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: "Inocente".  FAC goes 3 for 3 in the "short" film categories; a feat that would normally guarantee a stunning overall success rate for the night...hmmm...didn't happen.

BEST SOUND MIXING: "Les Miserables".  FAC correct.

BEST SOUND EDITING: The FAC had "Life of Pi" winning this barely over winners , that's right, winners...plural, an Oscar tie between "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty".  Various experts reported that it was the 6th tie in Oscar history.

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS: "Life of Pi".  FAC right.

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR: "Les Miserables".  FAC right.

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: "Anna Karenina"  The FAC gets it right.

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: "Lincoln".  This was a mild surprise over "Anna Karenina".  This was also 1 of 4 categories in which I had suggested that the metric might be wrong.  My "hunch", however was the "Life of Pi" would win.

BEST SCORE: "Life of Pi".  The FAC was back on track here.

BEST SONG: "Skyfall" from "Skyfall".  The FAC is right and there was never much doubt, although Adele's performance seemed to be overshadowed by Jennifer Hudson's and Barbra Streisand's and the Les Mis cast...at least to me.

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: "Brave".  The FAC was leaning to "Wreck-It Ralph" so it misses.  I had a hunch that it might be "Brave".

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:  "Amour".  FAC gets this right.  "Amour's" only win of the night.  The FAC had it edging into the Original Screenplay Oscar and I had a hunch that Emmanuelle Riva would win Best Actress.  Nevertheless, this was the 2nd Oscar of the night for TFF #39 films.

BEST DOCUMENTARY:  "Searching for Sugarman".  FAC correct.

BEST FILM EDITING: "Argo".  FAC correct.  "Argo's" first win of the night and TFF #39 has it's third Oscar winner.

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Life of Pi".  FAC is correct here.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Chris Terrio for "Argo". FAC is right.  "Argo's" 2nd award and number 4 for Telluride films.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Quentin Tarantino for "Django Unchained".  And here's where the FAC starts to go off the rails.  The FAC had an "Amour" win here, although all of the signs indicated a close race with "Django" right in the thick of it.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz for "Django Unchained".  FAC wrong here as well as it had DeNiro.  But this was an intense category and maybe the most competitive of the night.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:  Anne Hathaway for "Les Miserables".  FAC right on this locked category.

BEST ACTOR: Daniel Day Lewis for "Lincoln".  Another easy FAC pick as this was a foregone conclusion.

BEST ACTRESS: Jennifer Lawrence for "Silver Linings Playbook".  FAC gets this one right and my hunch that Riva would win is off.

BEST DIRECTION: Ang Lee for "Life of Pi".  The FAC metric had Speilberg winning in  a close category.  I intuited a win by Lee.  "Hunches" go 2 of 4 for the night.

BEST PICTURE: "Argo".  The FAC and most of the rest of the Oscar pundit world is right.  TFF #39 with 5 Oscars from it's class this year.


TOTALS:
"Life of Pi"-4
"Argo"-3
"Les Miserables"-3
"Lincoln"-2
"Skyfall"-2
"Django Unchained"-2
 One apiece for: "Anna Karenina", "Zero Dark Thirty", "Amour", "Searching for Sugarman", "Paperman", "Curfew", "Silver Linings Playbook", "Brave" and "Inocente".

And yes, that's 25...because of the Sound Editing tie.

The FAC goes 18 of 24 or 75%.  My "hunchy" version actually does one batter to finish the night 19 of 24 or 79%.

AND not to beat a dead horse but 4 of the last 5 Best Picture winners started the Oscar season with a bow at Telluride.  2012: "Argo", 2011: "The Artist", 2010: "The King's Speech" and 2008: "Slumdog Millionaire".   2009 was "The Hurt Locker" winning.

And so that's Oscar and its connection to Telluride for another year.  This space will go back to its more sedentary 2 posts per week on Monday and Thursday mornings until we get to June (unless conditions warrant).  The blog also reverts to its original function (for the most part) which is to ferret out, conjecture and/or guess at what we might see in the San Juan Mountains over Labor Day weekend.

It's a five day affair this year starting on Thursday (Aug. 29) rather than Friday so there is even more to look forward to.

As always a huge thank you to Mitzi and Larry Mallard in Telluride at The river Club who make this whole weird obsession possible and a thanks as well to the very kind people who share there insight into their industry whether that be the folks in the movie biz or the Oscar bloggers whose work  sets the bar.

And, of course, to all you crazy peeps who look in on this page from time to time...thank you!

More on Thursday...

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It's Oscar Morning in America...

Good morning on a Sunday.  Here's the last call post for Oscar from The Film Awards Clearinghouse before it all goes down tonight in L.A.  Wish I was going to be there.

I'll be live tweeting (@Gort2) the ceremonies tonight (actually, I'll probably be live re-tweeting).  So go find me on Twitter.

I've run the numbers one last time using the resources of 9 Oscarologists all season long.  They are:


Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

I have been lucky enough to meet some of these fine people over the past couple of years and I really appreciate their expertise.  Thanks!

As always Telluride #39 films are Bold!

Now onto the Last Call...

I've divided the Categories into three sub-groups: Locked, Probable and Too Close to Call, but I Will Anyway.  Here they are and here's what happens tonight (fair warning, I expect that The FAC accuracy will be right around 70-75%...that seems normal over the past 4 years and my "hunches"...probably none of them actually happen):

LOCKS

8 categories appear to have their winner solidly in place and any other winner seems virtually unthinkable.  They are:

Best Visual Effects: Life of Pi
Best Costume Design: Anna Karenina (although, I have to say...I wonder if enough Academy members even saw the film...)
Best Song: Skyfall from "Skyfall"
Best Film Editing: Argo
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Documentary: Searching for Sugarman
Best Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway/Les Miserables
Best Actor: Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln

PROBABLES

These 5 categories have likely winners, but there could still be some other film/person that edges by them;

Best Short Animation: "Paperman" is likely but "Adam and Dog" is nipping at its heels (I'm sorry but I couldn't resist the "Dog" pun/metaphor)
Best Sound Mixing: "Les Miserables" is the likely winner but "Skyfall" could win the trophy
Best Production Design: "Anna Karenina" is strong here but "Life of Pi"  could challenge  and here's my first "hunch" and diversion from The FAC metric...I think it will be "Life of Pi"
Best Cinematography: "Life of Pi" is likely to win but don't underestimate the chance that Roger Deakins finally wins after 10 nominations for "Skyfall"
Best Score: The metric says "Life of Pi" is way out front but I wouldn't be stunned by either a "Lincoln" or "Argo" win here.

TOO CLOSE TO CALL BUT I (AND THE FAC) WILL ANYWAY

10 categories have very close races as we head into this evening.  Most are two way battles, but some have even more films/performers in serious contention.

Best Live Action Short: "Curfew" has a lead that has expanded in the last few days in the FAC metric but "Buzkashi Boys", "Death of a Shadow" challenge.
Best Documentary Short: "Inocente" with a small lead here but any of three other films could easily win the award: "King's Point", "Mondays at Racine" and "Open Heart".
Best Sound Editing: "Life of Pi" holds a small edge over "Skyfall" and "Zero Dark Thirty" has made a late surge among the experts.
Best Makeup/Hair: "Les Miserables"leads "The Hobbit" by a hair...forgive me.
Best Animated Feature:  This is a no holds barred nail biter between "Wreck It Ralph" (which has the late edge) and "Brave" with "Frankenweenie still a real possibility.  Hunch #2: "Brave" wins
Best Original Screenplay: "Amour" has a slight lead over both "Django Unchained" and "Zero Dark Thirty".
Best Adapted Screenplay: "Argo" as a lead over "Lincoln" and "Silver Linings Playbook" and that lead has expanded over the lat week.
Best Supporting Actor:  A crazy category.  Robert DeNiro has edged into the lead over Tommy Lee Jones. Waltz and Hoffman have lost some ground but could still get in, especially Waltz.
Best Actress:  A very competitive three way race that The FAC process says Jennifer Lawrence has a small advantage and is closely followed by Emmanuelle Riva with Jessica Chastain still possible.  Third "hunch"  It's Riva tonight for "Amour".
Best Direction:  This is led by Steven Spielberg with Ang Lee and David O. Russell in close pursuit.  Hunch #4 is that it's Ang Lee.

AND BEST PICTURE IS...

All signs point to a win by "Argo" which, if it does happen, will mean that the Best Picture in 4 of the last 5 years went through Telluride  (2012-"The Artist", 2011-"The King's Speech", 2009-"Slumdog Millionaire").

FAC breakdown has "Argo" with 3 Picture, Adapted Screenplay and Editing (and another possible) and "Amour" with 2 (Foreign Film and Original Screenplay) with another possible for Actress.  "Paperman" is favored to win as well.

THE LAST CALL

More finals Oscar predictions from a bunch of people in the know:

Metacritic: http://www.metacritic.com/feature/2013-oscar-predictions

Gurus of Gold (Movie City News): http://moviecitynews.com/2013/02/gurus-o-gold-the-final-charts-top-2-only-1-of-2/

Gold Derby: http://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/events/oscars-2012

Oscar Talk: http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-107-final-stabs-in-the-dark
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk-final-predictions

HitFix/InContention: http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/final-2013-oscars-predictions-where-did-hitfixs-experts-land

Grantland: http://www.grantland.com/story/_/id/8972352/who-win-2013-oscars

The Carpetbagger/New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/22/movies/awardsseason/the-carpetbaggers-2013-oscar-predictions.html



We'll all know later tonight.  Check back tomorrow for an Oscar post mortem.

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One Day to Oscar: The Shorts/Oscar Matters: More Final Predictions/No and Paperman

Hello on a Saturday.  You may not now this but the Academy Awards will be passed out tomorrow...

ONE DAY TO OSCAR: THE SHORTS

Among the toughest categories to predict, say the people who Oscar predict on a very serious level, are the "Shorts" categories.  There are three:  Live Action, Animated and Documentary.  Irrespective of the difficulty, I've crunched the numbers using the publicly posted predictions of the following:


Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

Telluride #39 films in Bold.

Here's what the combined wisdom says...

     +LIVE ACTION SHORT

1) Death of a Shadow (4)
2) Curfew (3)
3) Buzkashi Boys (2)
4) Asad (1)
5) Henry (5)

Comment:  With more data and more eyes actually on the nominees, this category is significantly different from its last posting.  That being said, it's a very tight category and any of the top four could walk away as the winner.

     +DOCUMENTARY SHORT

1) Inocente (1)
2) King's Point (3)
3) Mondays at Racine (4)
4) Open Heart (2)
5) Redemption (5)

Comment:  There's some volatility in this category as well, not as much as "Live Action" but certainly a good amount.  "Inocente" maintains its position as the favorite but the category is very tight top to bottom.

     +ANIMATED SHORT

1) Paperman (1)
2) Adam and Dog (3)
3) The Longest Daycare (2)
4) Head Over Heels (4)
5) Fresh Guacamole (5) (Special note: Friuend of MTFB/FAC, Patrick Pringle, reminds me that "Frash Guacamole" played at MountainFilm)

Comment: "Paperman's" lead is fairly strong and its your likely Oscar winner but it's not a 100% lock either.  "Adam and Dog" could take this Oscar.

OSCAR MATTERS: MORE FINAL PREDICTIONS

Any number of Oscar experts are making their final claims as we get down to a matter of hours before it's all over.  I've included some of them here:

Oliver Lyttelton at The Playlist: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/oscars-our-final-predictions-for-the-2013-academy-awards-20130221

Brad Brevet at Rope of Silicon: http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/final-2013-oscar-predictions-argo-best-picture-you-vote/


NO AND PAPERMAN

Two TFF #39 films that we'll hear called as nominees tomorrow nigh (and in the case of "Paperman" perhaps as a winner) are profiled recently.  The New York Times talked to "No" director Pablo Larrain:

http://www.nytimes.com/video/2013/02/15/movies/100000002068369/pablo-larran-discusses-no.html

And Zach Laws of The Gold Derby talked to "Paperman" director John Kahrs: http://www.goldderby.com/news/4064/oscars-academy-awards-animated-short-paperman-john-kahrs-film-news-entertainment-13579086.html


Final Oscar Predictions from The Film Awards Clearinghouse tomorrow!

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FAC Update/Oscarologists/Royal Treatment/This and That/New Theater News

Good Monday to All...hope it was a good weekend...

FAC UPDATE: PICTURE, ACTRESS, ACTOR

Here's this week's updated look at some of the major categories in contention for Oscar glory.


The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":

Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery

 As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].

BEST PICTURE

1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (3)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
4) Life of Pi (4)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Amour (8)
9) Flight (10)
10) Zero Dark Thirty (11)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (13)***
12) Django Unchained (12)
13) Hitchcock (9)###
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (New)***

Dropping Out (again): Promised Land

Comments: Moonrise Kingdom continues its two week rise up the chart.  As I said last week, I think that's because people have been reminded of it due to its DVD/VOD release.  "Lincoln" is getting a little lift as it gets more exposure via screenings and a limited opening this past weekend.  It opens across the country on Friday.  Will that be enough of a boost to catch "Argo"?  Doubtful, but it could/should close the gap a bit.  "The Impossible" is this week's new addition at the bottom of the chart.  It, along with "Anna Karenina", "Promised Land" and "The Sessions" have danced around that spot for a good long time.

"Hitchcock" has lost some steam. The "buzz" seems to be coalescing around the notion that Hopkins and Mirren are serious contenders for acting nominations but that the Sacha Gervasi film has an uphill climb for a Best Picture nomination.


BEST ACTRESS

1) Jennifer Lawrence/Silver Linings Playbook (1)
2) Quevenzhane Wallis/Beasts of the Southern Wild (2)
3) Emanuelle Riva/Amour (4)
4) Marion Cotillard/Rust and Bone (3)
5) Helen Mirren/Hitchcock (6)
6) Naomi Watts/The Impossible (5)
7) Keira Knightley/Anna Karenina (7)

8) Jessica Chastain/Zero Dark Thirty (8)

9) Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Smashed (9)

10) Judi Dench/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (New-ish)

Dropping Out:  Meryl Streep/Hope Springs

Comments:  Not a lot of movement the last two weeks since my latest update for this category.  I was surprised that Jessica Chastain didn't pick up some momentum as all the predictors had her appropriately in this category rather than Best Supporting Actress...but that didn't happen.  She stayed right at #8.

BEST ACTOR

1) Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln (2)

2) Joaquin Phoenix/The Master (1)

3) John Hawkes /The Sessions (4)

4) Denzel Washington/Flight (3)

5) Anthony Hopkins (5)

6) Bradley Cooper (6)

7) Hugh Jackman (7)

8) Jean Louis Tritignant/Amour (8)

9) Richard Gere/Arbitrage (9)

10) Jamie Foxx/Django Unchained (New)***

Dropping Out: Matt Damon/Promised Land

Comments: Also not a lot of movement in this category either.  It is, perhaps, significant that Day Lewis and Phoenix have traded spots at the top which may reflect "Lincoln's" momentum as well as some reaction to Phoenix's recent disparagement of the awards process and Oscar.  Though more recent reports indicate that Phoenix may have walked back his criticism...

Also, Jamie Foxx cracks the top ten and Christoph Waltz (of "Django Unchained")got some votes after it was announced this week that "Lead Actor" would be the category that The Weinstein Company would campaign him in.  It's widely believed that TWC made the decision to clear the path for a possible Supporting nomination for Leonardo DiCaprio's role in the same film.

Next Monday I'll update Best Picture and the Supporting Acting categories.

OSCAROLOGISTS

     OSCAR TALK (Tapley and Thompson):

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-95-everyones-predicting-lincoln-and-skyfall-land

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-talk-lincoln-premiere-dissecting-gurus-o-gold-cinematography

     OSCAR POKER (Jeff Wells):

http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/11/return_of_kenny.php

     OSCAR PREDICTIONS (Tom O'Neil):

http://ec.libsyn.com/p/9/8/c/98cc572d76a546ce/imdb_2_1.mp3?d13a76d516d9dec20c3d276ce028ed5089ab1ce3dae902ea1d01cd8530d3ce5eb4f6&c_id=5131562

     NEW FEINBERG FORECAST:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/lincoln-les-miserables-silver-linings-386582




ROYAL TREATMENT

Director Nikolaj Arcel's "A Royal Affair" that showed at this year's SHOW as part of the Mads Mikkelsen tribute (along with his Cannes Best Actor winning turn in "The Hunt") has been awarded the audience prize from its appearance at the AFI (American Film Institute) Fest.  "A Royal Affair" is Denmark;s entry for the Foreign Language Oscar and stars Alicia Vikander alongside Mikkelsen.  "A Royal Affair" focuses on an illicit love affair that leads to revolution...

As a result of its award it showed up in  a number of posts/stories this week:

http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/discover-the-next-big-thing-alicia-vikander-of-a-royal-affair-and-anna-karenina

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/roundup-oscar-hopeful-a-royal-affair-wins-big-at-afi-fest#W0g5k3QEdvj2qjfb.99

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/denmarks-a-royal-affair-takes-387899

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-gronvall-files-a-royal-affair-to-remember-with-filmmaker-nikolaj-arcel/

http://www.sfgate.com/movies/article/Mads-Mikkelsen-raises-profile-with-film-TV-roles-4023608.php

"A Royal Affair's" IMDb entry is here:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1276419/


THIS AND THAT: VARIOUS POSTS

Taking a look at posts from here and there about other TFF #39 films that appeared around the web this week.

     ARGO

http://thegardenisland.com/entertainment/night-life/argo-believe-the-hype/article_244d68ec-2bb6-11e2-b780-001a4bcf887a.html

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/goldstandard/la-et-mn-oscar-8ball-argo-ben-affleck-20121108,0,4778557.story


     AMOUR

Amour has a new U.S. trailer...

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/watch-trailer-for-michael-hanekes-cannes-palme-dor-winner-amour/


     PAPERMAN

The short from Disney makes the final cut to 10 as does another TFF #39 short "Tram":

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/disneys-paperman-10-short-animated-388199


     LOVE, MARILYN

The Hollywood Reporter interviews one of the standouts from the Liz Garbus documentary:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/amy-greene-love-marilyn-385836


     RUST AND BONE

Sony Pictures Classics has added new stills from the Jacques Audiard film to its Facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.139236132888135.39961.139234772888271&type=3


NEW THEATER NEWS

A few weeks back, I (think) I broke the story that the Telluride Film Festival was desirous of a new theater and had offered to aid in the project to enclose and update the Haney Pavilion in Town Park as a means to that end.  My understanding is that the TFF folks would like it to be ready for TFF #40.

The Telluride Daily Planet posted an update on that process this week:


http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/11/news/doc509ff41250c2e575274148.txt

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Rust and Bone/Amour/Paperman/Oscar Take/Coming Attractions

Good Thursday Everyone...

RUST AND BONE

Jacques Audiard's film starring Marion Cotillard and Matthias Schoenearts is two weeks away from its U.S. open and has certainly kept Cotillard in the thick of the conversation for a Best Actress Oscar nomination.  Sony Pictures Classics is accelerating publicity for the film and I have posted some of this week's material for you.

Included is new video from The Playlist and Thompson on Hollywood:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/marion-cotillard-matthias-schoenaerts-talk-rust-and-bone-creating-characters-with-jaques-audiard-video-interview#.

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-cotillard-the-whale-new-clip-from-rust-and-bone-20121105

AMOUR

Michael Haneke's "Amour" starring Jean Louis Trintignant and Emmanuelle Riva...both of whom are getting some Oscar mention as is Haneke and the film itself...is not set for U.S. release for another month, but SPC is keeping its promotional efforts underway.

The Hollywood Reporter logged this interview with Haneke this week:

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/afm-2012-amour-director-michael-386893

And "Amour" has its own Facebook page as of this week here:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Amour/366356313450679


PAPERMAN

Among the highlights of the Annecy Animation presentation at this year's Telluride fest was Disney's "Paperman" which may be the frontrunner for Animated Short Oscar glory.  The film is now preceding the giant "Wreck It Ralph" in theaters and enchanting audiences across the country as it did in Colorado.

Serge Bromberg, who brought the annual animation presentation to TFF #39 told me that the Disney folks had let him have a sneak peak and that he had begged them to allow him to include it in the Telluride program...which is what happened.

Kris Tapley at InContention/HitFix takes a look at the possible Oscar favorite:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/disneys-paperman-an-early-favorite-for-the-best-animated-short-oscar


OSCAR TAKE

Movie City News has just posted (as of this morning) their latest Gurus of Gold Oscar forecast.  You can find that here:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/gurus-o-gold-the-first-returns-are-in/


Brad Brevet has updated a number of his Oscar predictions.  Take a look at those from Rope of Silicon here:

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/oscar-predictions-update-picture-director-actor-animated-and-more/


COMING ATTRACTIONS

TFF #38's Best Film may well have been Asghar Farhadi's Oscar winning "A Separation".  The Iranian film maker was well received at Telluride 14 months ago and rode that wave of good feeling to tremendous success.  I have to believe that he's very likely on the radar for future Telluride inclusion which leads to this week's "Coming Attraction" which is poetically currently titled "The Untitled Asghar Farhadi Project".  I suspect he'll come up with something better.

The film was originally set to star Marion Cotillard, but that changed due to scheduling conflicts and it is now said to have "The Artist" star Berenice Bejo in the role.

IMDb says it's filming and is planned for a 2013 release.

Limited information is available, but here's what I have, all from The Playlist:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/marion-cotillard-to-star-in-asghar-farhadis-next-paris-set-feature-matthias-schoenaerts-lines-up-thriller-the-treatment-20120517

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-artist-star-berenice-bejo-replaces-marion-cotillard-in-a-separation-director-asghar-farhadis-next-film-20120823

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/tahar-rahim-to-star-opposite-marion-cotillard-in-a-separation-helmer-asghar-farhadis-upcoming-french-language-effort-20120521

Its IMDb entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2404461/


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