The People's Telluride/How'd I Do?/The Master in Venice/Darkness

Good Monday to All...

THE PEOPLE'S TELLURIDE

For the first time ever I have tried to gather responses from the film going revelers that make up the bulk of the observers of the Telluride Film Festival.  18 hardy souls shred their opinions on a 0 to 5 scale with 0 meaning"awful" and 5 being "great."

I required that a film get a minimum of 3 raters to include it on the final list and 26 films met that criteria.  12 other films received a rating from at least one person who took the time to rate the films and send that information to me.

I also broke ties (when possible) by awarding the film that had been viewed by more raters the superior position.  The film that I received the largest number of ratings for was "Frances Ha" with 14 of the 18 raters having seen and rated the Noah Baumbach picture.

Next year I hope to do the same thing, but rather than wait until the fest is over, I will try to line up the professionals and promote the "People's" version ahead of the fest...

Here are your results of "The People's Telluride Poll" for TFF #39/2012:

1) Stories We Tell- 4.80
2) Argo- 4.75
3) The Attack- 4.70
4) The Act of Killing-4.41
5) Wadjda-4.2
6) Amour 4.17
7) Barbara- 4.17
8) The Sapphires-4.11
9) Frances Ha-4.07
10) (Tie)The Hunt and Baraka - 4.00
12) Annecy Animation-3.83
13) The Central Park Five 3.75
14) (Tie) A Royal Affair and Corman's World-3.67
16) Rust and Bone-3.65
17) The Iceman- 3.61
18) The Gatekeepers-3.58
19) Superstar-3.50
20) Hyde Park on Hudson-3.33
21) No-3.21
22) Love, Marilyn-3.08
23) Ginger and Rosa-2.54
24) At Any Price-2.13
25) Everyday-2.08
26) Paradise, Love-1.1

HOW'D I DO?

Here's the final posted "Ten Bets" and "Ten More Bets" with asterisks indicating the films that were on the TFF #39 program:


1) Rust and Bone***
2) Hyde Park on Hudson***
3) The Central Park Five***
4) Frances Ha***
5) Ginger and Rosa***
6) No***
7) Argo***
8) Amour***
9) Midnight's Children**
10) The Hunt***
11) At Any Price***
12) On the Road
13) Passion
14) The Gatekeepers***
15) The Sapphires***
16) The Iceman***
17) A Royal Affair***
18) Ernest and Celestine
19) Bromberg's Chaplin Restoration***
20) Populaire



So...I hit the top 11 and 16 out of the 20.  I'm very pleased with the predictions for this year.


And here is what the original "Ten Bets" were from back in June:


1) Amour***
2) Rust and Bone***
3) Beyond the Hills
4) Hyde Park on Hudson***
5) Song for Marion
6) No***
7) Midnight's Children***
8) The East
9) Something in the Air
10) On the Road


So 5 of the original 10...I got better as the summer went along.


THE MASTER IN VENICE

What happens when opinion and rules collide?  Rules win.  The Venice Fest jury was all set to award Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" its Golden Lion as outstanding film but because the jury (led by director Michael Mann) had already warded it the director's prize and split the Best Actor prize between Joaquin Phoenix and Philip Seymour Hoffman, festival organizers made the jury vote again to award the top prize to "Pieta".

Talk about being a victim of your own success.

AND NOW THE DARKNESS

Well, until Thursday anyway, as Michael's Telluride Film Blog transitions to its fall/winter publication schedule.  Twice a  week on Mondays and Thursdays unless there's something special to pass along.  Also, this really now becomes much more The Film Awards Clearinghouse for the next few months as I track the awards season march to the Oscars with particular emphasis on those films that played at this year's Telluride Film Festival.


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The Films/The Surprises/And Then There's "The Master"/I'll Tell You Wha't's Cool

Good Friday and Welcome to Day One of the 39th Telluride Film Festival!

LAST INVITATION

I am really very pleased to invite everyone...one more time...to "The Second Annual (?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW".  Our little meet-up is scheduled for 5:00 this afternoon at The River Club, 550 Depot in Telluride.  Come by...have a little vino...talk a little film...

THE FILMS...

Here's the copy of TFF #39's press release from yesterday announcing all of the films in the main schedule:

39th Telluride Film Festival is proud to present the following new feature films to play in its main program, the ‘Show’:


THE ACT OF KILLING (d. Joshua Oppenheimer, Denmark, 2012);

AMOUR (d. Michael Haneke, Austria, 2012);

AT ANY PRICE (d. Ramin Bahrani, U.S., 2012);

THE ATTACK (d. Ziad Doueiri, Lebanon-France, 2012);

BARBARA (d. Christian Petzold, Germany, 2012);

THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2012);

EVERYDAY (d. Michael Winterbottom, U.K., 2012);

FRANCES HA (d. Noah Baumbach, U.S., 2012);

THE GATEKEEPERS (d. Dror Moreh, Israel, 2012);

GINGER AND ROSA (d. Sally Potter, England, 2012);

THE HUNT (d. Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark, 2012);

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON (d. Roger Michell, U.S., 2012);

THE ICEMAN (d. Ariel Vromen, U.S., 2012);

LOVE, MARILYN (d. Liz Garbus, U.S., 2012);

MIDNIGHT’S CHILDREN (d. Deepa Mehta, Canada-Sri Lanka, 2012);

NO (Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2012);

PARADISE: LOVE (d. Ulrich Seidl, Austria, 2012);

PIAZZA FONTANA (d. Marco Tullio Giordana, Italy, 2012);

A ROYAL AFFAIR (d. Nikolaj Arcel, Denmark, 2012);

RUST & BONE (d. Jacques Audiard, France, 2012);

THE SAPPHIRES (d. Wayne Blair, Australia, 2012);

STORIES WE TELL (d. Sarah Polley, Canada, 2012);

SUPERSTAR (d. Xavier Giannoli, France, 2012);

WADJDA (d. Haifaa Al-Mansour, Saudi Arabia, 2012);

WHAT IS THIS FILM CALLED LOVE? (d. Mark Cousins, Ireland-Mexico, 2012).

I'm going to do my level best to find an e-version of the schedule that I've already seen floating around and post that.

THE SURPRISES...

Well, I feel that my Top Ten Bets looked pretty good.  At this point, it seems I missed on "Argo".  But, let me tell you...at weekend's end I'll be 10 for 10.  "Argo" will sneak at some point this weekend.

Here were the final "Ten Bets":

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) The Central Park Five
4) Frances Ha
5) Ginger and Rosa
6) No
7) Argo
8) Amour
9) Midnight's Children
10) The Hunt


Now 11-20...different story (I knew I should have listened to that inner voice that was telling me not to do "Ten More Bets").

Here were the "Ten More Bets" I listed yesterday:

11) At Any Price
12) On the Road
13) Passion
14) The Gatekeepers
15) The Sapphires
16) The Iceman
17) A Royal Affair
18) Ernest and Celestine
19) Bromberg's Chaplin Restoration
20) Populaire

As I write this the announced schedule does include: "At Any Price" (#11), "The Gatekeepers (#14), "The Sapphires" (#15), "The Iceman (#16),  and "A Royal Affair" (#17).

The "main" program includes 11 films not in either the final "Ten Bets" or the :Ten More Bets".  But I will note that of those 11...I did mention "The Act of Killing" and "Love, Marilyn" in the late going as Telluride possibles/probables.

The thing I'm most surprised by is the "no shows" for "Passion" and "On the Road".  I was morally certain that they would play.  And I suppose they still could, but the current scuttlebutt is that "Argo" may well be the lone "Sneak" TBA...



AND THEN THERE'S "THE MASTER"...

There are, still, a devoted core of die hard hopefuls that think that there is some chance that Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" will play as a TBA this weekend. 

No one wants to believe that more than I...

The current "rumor/buzz" has to do with "Baraka" which is apparently set to show in the same 70mm format that Mr. Anderson shot "The Master" in and clearly wants it to be seen in.   It appears that "Baraka" is set for a Sunday morning showing at the Galaxy Theater and that there is a 10am TBA following that on the schedule.  Further, The Galaxy seems to be historically where 70mm is shown at TFF.

Even further, Ms. Laura Dern is reportedly in town...and those of us who have obsessed over "The Master" know that she's a part of the cast (albeit a small one).

Needless to say, those of us who desperately want "The Master" in that slot are connecting these dots.

But I'm telling you, Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood says the Fest could have programmed "The Master" and opted not to.  It appears that the sneak pop-up presentations around the country the last few weeks were the determining factor.  Wish it were otherwise.


Thompson's post is here: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/telluride-fest-skips-master-adds-last-minute-argo-and-eclectic-programming-delights

I'LL TELL YOU WHAT'S COOL


I'm usually pretty unconcerned about the actual tributes...want to see the film that's attached...not sure I need to see the actual tribute...

Not true this year.  I am absolutely hot to see the Marion Cotillard and the Roger Corman tribs...

Cotillard...beautiful, french and phenomenally talented.  I'll be there!

Corman..."King of the B's" and maybe responsible for more of the best American cinema than almost anyone else because of who he mentored.  You can draw a direct line from Corman to the creators of what I think are some of  the best films ever made: "Godfather II", "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", "Taxi Driver", "American Graffiti", "Chinatown", "L.A. Confidential".

Like a million other slobs, I have a script or two (and ideas for a dozen more) and I'd like to believe that someday one of them might actually get made.  And for peeps like me who have the dream, Roger Corman is that example of making it happen under almost any circumstance.   I salute you sir...as does this festival this weekend.

Corman is in Telluride as I write.  Hope I get to meet him.


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Join the Fun/More Informed Spec/Ernest and Celestine/Today's Master News

Good Tuesday to Everyone...The first film happens in 3 days...I burn miles in 2!


JOIN THE FUN

In now in what is a constant refrain, remember that you're invited to join me and hosts Mitzi and Larry Mallard for the "Second Annual(?) Guide to the "Ride; Flow of the SHOW" Friday at 5:00pm at The River Club, 550 Depot in Telluride.  Come...we'll banter about film and have a sip and a nosh...should be fun.

MORE INFORMED SPEC

Hollywood Elsewhere (Jeff Wells) claims that Oscar winner (and likely nominee again this year) Marion Cotillard and Dane Mads Mikkelsen are two of the traditional three tributees for this year's Telluride Film Festival.  If true, you can expect to see Cotillard's "Rust and Bone" (#1 on this week's "Ten Bets") and Mikkelsen's "The Hunt" (# 19 on the additional "Ten Bets") and/or "A Royal Affair" (nowhere to be found on MTFB).

Marion Cotillard!  I'm down with that!

Wells also runs through films that he has previously suggested are likely: "Argo", "Frances Ha", "Ginger and Rosa", "Hyde Park on Hudson", "Passion"  and maybe "The Sapphires".  He also claims that Terrence Malick's "To the Wonder" is now off the board.

Take a look at his entire post here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/mountain_meadow.php

Mikkelsen's IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0586568/

Ms. Cotillard's IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0182839/


ERNEST AND CELESTINE

I first noted this as a possibility for Telluride on July 16th with a piece that appeared from InContention/Hit Fix's Guy Lodge.

And, as a matter of fact, I included it this past week as #17 in the additional "Ten Bets" yesterday.  Now comes the news from Kris Tapley at InContention/HitFix that the French animated film has a U.S. distributor.  It's GKIDS.  Tapley also speculates that it could pop up this weekend.  Here's the link to his post:
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/gkids-picks-up-ernest-celestine-for-2013-release


TODAY'S MASTER NEWS

A new trailer via IMDb.  It's linked here (and it's cool):
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1560747/#lb-vi2384700697
Click the "Watch Trailer" button

You can also get to to with this post from The Playlist:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/man-is-not-an-animal-new-trailer-for-paul-thomas-andersons-the-master-20120827


On a related matter...I had one of those moments yesterday for about an hour in which I thought I had stumbled across some possibly shattering info that would ultimately lead me to be able to up my prediction on the chances that "The Master" might still "sneak" as a part of the TFF #39 program this weekend.  I was pretty excited...chased and chased...searched and googled.  Doubled back....

Ummm...no.  Nothing new to report...as you were...

But for a few minutes...

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Reminder/Ten Bets/Master/Sessions/Late Breaking/Questions

Good Monday to Everyone...It's Telluride #39 week!  First film in 4 more days...Transport leaves the dock in 3!

REMINDER

If you're reading this blog remember that you're invited to a blog-centric wing ding on Friday at 5:00 pm at The River Club at 550 Depot in Telluride.  We'll get together and talk a little, visit, schmooze...have a little vino and maybe a nibble...It's the Second Annual(?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW so we might also mention this film festival that's about to happen.


TEN BETS

Some changes this week...because I think I've tuned into some pretty reliable information...

Last week's "Ten Bets":


This week's "Ten Bets":

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Iceman
7) The Central Park Five
8) Bromberg's Chaplin
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills


This week's "Ten Bets"  (and maybe my last "Ten Bets" post before the festival kicks off on Friday...though I might do updates as this week progresses...depends what I turn up).

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) The Central Park Five
5) Frances Ha
6) Ginger and Rosa
7) No
8) The Iceman
9) Bromberg's Chaplin
10) Amour


"On the Road" and "Beyond the Hills" fall off the "Ten Bets" into the 30+ that could play category.  They'd be in the "Ten More Bets section...which..OK...here it is (though I told myself I wasn't going to do "Ten More Bets" this year)

Ten More Bets

11) Argo
12) Rainy Day Tales
13) Something in the Air
14) The Sapphires
15) Beyond the Hills
16) Song for Marion
17) Ernest and Celestine
18) To the Wonder (I know I'm crazy to put the Malick here...but some smart peeps think it's possible)
19) The Hunt
20) Hannah Arendt

PS...looks like Jeff Wells is pretty sure about Brain DePalma's "Passion":
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/kabuki_mask.php

THE MASTER

You all know that this is my "Great white whale" for this year's "serious" movie season and if you read this blog much, you also know that I've been hoping that it would somehow make an appearance this week in the San Juans.  Further, you know that I don't really think that there's much of a chance that is likely to happen.  Nevertheless, hope springs...

So here's a nifty analytical piece from Move City News' David Poland..who makes a good point...a lot has been written, but not very much actual critique...aversion to spoilers, perhaps?  read Poland's piece...see what you think:

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/08/whos-afraid-of-the-big-good-master/


THE SESSIONS

#2 on my list of films that I have been hoping would be programmed is Ben Lewin's "The Sessions".  It also isn't a likely pick as it premiered at Sundance.  But, you know, maybe...

It stars John Hawkes, Helen Hunt and William H. Macy...all of whom have gotten some Oscar buzz.  It's distributor Fox Searchlight started to turn up the heat for it this last week in prep for its announced screening in Toronto.  Look at these posts from Fox Searchlight and Thompson on Hollywood:

http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5249

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/new-poster-for-the-sessions-pushes-oscar-agenda#


QUESTIONS

As I get down to the last couple of weeks before the SHOW each year, I start to wonder about whether to include films that have cropped up on my radar and in my research that aren't "name" films.  I have 2-3 right now that I'm suspicious about but are also the result of some pretty big deductive leaps on my part.  For now, I'm keeping quiet...but I also have the temptation to spill titles because if they do end up being announced on Thursday afternoon...I'd look really, really brilliant or equally stupid.

So, I'm keeping my piehole closed here.  I will say Irish for one and indie horror short for the other.  I'll let you know...after the SHOW.

LATE BREAKING

Documentary "Love, Marilyn" expected to play this weekend in Telluride via Jeff Wells/Hollywood Elsewhere:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/garbus_monroe.php

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Frances Ha/Passion Trailer/Promised Land's Promise//Master Poster #3/Invitation/Preview for Saturday

Good Friday to All!  7 days until it happens! (6 days 'til I'm burning up road to get there)

FRANCES HA

Just yesterday I reported that Jeff Wells had posted that he was hearing the Noah Baumbach's and Greta Gerwig's "Frances Ha" was likely going to show at the SHOW next week.  Consequently I included it in the concluding (part 3) portion of my "Thirty That Could Play" and put its chances at 60%.

I'm bumping that up today.  I'm saying with very little equivocation, count on it playing.  So much so that "Frances Ha" will be somewhere on Monday's (and the final) "Ten Bets" list.

Wells also revisited the film yesterday at some length and you can find that post linked here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/spiritual_buoya.php


"Frances" has an IMDb entry here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2347569/


PLUS TWO

I've posted "Thirty That Could Play" throughout the week and as I go to press today two more films have emerged as real possibilities for the SHOW program...so "32 That Could Play"?

Jeff Wells/Hollywood Elsewhere continues his reveal of snippets he's learned about prospective Telluride films with "Ginger and Rosa" directed by Sally Potter and starring Elle Fanning and Alice Englert with Annette Bening and Christina Hendricks in support.  The film follows the lives of two young women in London in 1962.

Wells says it's "another likely Telluride Film Festival attraction".
His full post is here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/two_rode_togeth_1.php

"Ginger and Rosa's" IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2115295/

Meanwhile, as I was perusing the Toronto International Film Festival website this week I cam across a documentary that has been executive produced by Werner Herzog and Errol Morris (though neither is IMDb credited).  That alone is enough to think that it has serious Telluride potential.  The title: "The Act of Killing" from Joshua Oppenheimer and according to its TIFF info it focuses on Indonesian death squads.

Its IMDb entry is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375605/



PASSION TRAILER

Trailer for DePalma's "Passion"

Also moving up on the is Brain DePalma's "Passion" which released a trailer yesterday...looks...intriguing?  It stars Noomi Rapace and Rachel McAdams.

Check the post from Rope of Silicon here:
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/watch-passion-trailer-brian-de-palma-mcadams-rapac/


PROMISED LAND'S PROMISE

Gus Van Sant's "Promised Land" co-written and starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski has a just announced December release date (Dec. 28 in NY/LA) says Kris Tapley at InContention/HitFix.  But Tapley also flat out states "no festival season" for the film based on a story by Dave Eggers...this year's TFF #39 poster artist.


Bummer...I really thought I might have connected the dots here by including "Promised Land" as a 30% shot among the "Thirty That Could Play".  As long is it was "ready" I said. Thought I was pretty smart...but I guess it's not "ready"

Still...

Keith Jagernauth at The Playlist says there is NO word on festival status for the film and even tosses Telluride into the converstion.  Look...here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/gus-van-sants-promised-land-with-matt-damon-john-krasinski-gets-december-28th-release-date-20120823#

OK...I'm gonna say it...I STILL think this could "sneak" next weekend...call me crazy...go ahead...I'll wait...

Here's Tapley's post:

http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/matt-damon-and-john-krasinski-join-the-season-in-gus-van-sants-promised-land


MASTER POSTER #3

Apparently unleashed on the San Francisco crew that watched the screening of "The Master" at the Castro Theater on Tuesday night:

YOUR INVITATION...

I want to make sure every reader knows that they (well, everyone) is cordially invited to a brief reception on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00pm at The River Club (550 Depot) in Telluride.  The soiree is called "The Second Annual(?) Guide to the "Ride; The Flow of the SHOW".  We'll rub elbows and talk a little bit about what the weekend is going to hold for us.  Should be fun.  Hosts Mitzi and Larry mallard tell me that we can expect refreshments...maybe a little wine, maybe a nosh.


SATURDAY PREVIEW

Tomorrow's post will focus on re-assessing the "Thirty That Could Play" complete with updated chances and rankings of likelihood...plus any late breaking news and any other "Best of the Week" items that strike me as worthy of re-posting.


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Ten More That Could Play/Invite/Last Toronto Titles/Marion

Good Wednesday to All!  Nine more days...

TEN MORE THAT COULD PLAY

Yesterday I began to look at 30 films in addition to this week’s “Ten Bets” list that have some sort of chance of playing at Telluride next week and assigning a percentage for those chances. I'm talking ten a day.  No guarantees.

Mira Nair talks "The Reluctant Fundamentalist"

“The Reluctant Fundamentalist”-directed by Mira Nair, this is already announced at TIFF and Venice. Nair has a T-ride history having been in 1988 with “Salaam Bombay” and again in 2006 with “The Namesake”. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if this is on our schedule next week. Chances- 50%

Official Looong trailer for "Cloud Atlas"

“Cloud Atlas”- directed by Tom Tykwer and The Wachowskis…this is a big budget adaptation of the David Mitchell novel from Warner Brothers. It’s not the kind of film you’d probably normally think of as a “Telluride” film. But the word is that Warner Brothers showed it to T-ride programmers and made a case for its inclusion. And there is some thought that the attempt was successful. Chances-50% (Maybe a Tom Hanks tribute?)

The teaser for last night's San Francisco sneak of "The Master"

“The Master”…well…you know…who knows…Paul Thomas Anderson’s opus starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Joaquin Phoenix and Amy Adams has been anything but conventional over this last month as we run up to the Big Three fests of Telluride, Toronto (where it will screen) and Venice (where it will screen). I’ve been all over the place about its chances of playing T-ride. I think some things suggest it’s possible…even the unconventionality of Anderson sneak screening all over the country the last few weeks cuts both ways in the assessment process. Jeff Wells says he hears it’s not going to be there. Others who play this game much more intensely than I as well as folks with much more TFF experience say there’s a chance. And, of course, there’s my wishful thinking. At bottom, my soul says it will be like Malick’s “The Tree of Life” last year…meaning no show at Telluride…but a guy can hope! Chances 25% (and that might be on the long side).

"Trouble with the Curve" trailer

“Trouble with the Curve”-directed by Robert Lorenz and starring Clint Eastwood, Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake. Until recently I wasn’t bullish on this film’s chances of playing at TFF #39 but Kris Tapley (InContention/HitFix) and Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood) both think it’s a real possibility. Consequently, I have turned around on it. Chances-60%

“Rainy Day Tales”- This animated short from Pixar is very likely, I think, to precede some films next week much like “La Luna” last year. “RDT” has been on the “Ten Bets” lists in the second half of the summer. Chances-65%.

"Killing Them Softly" trailer

“Killing Them Softly”- Director Andrew Dominik teaming again with Brad Pitt. It’s a Weinstein Company film and was a Cannes piece. Reviews there were fair. Trying to assess its chances are problematic because TWC has so much stuff in their cupboard. I have been and continue to be lukewarm about its Telluride chances. Chances- 40%

"The Silver Linings Playbook" trailer

“The Silver Linings Playbook”- Also from The Weinstein Company, this seems to be getting some attention as a real T-ride possibility. Tapley has mentioned it and it seems to me that it is the kind of film that the TWC peeps might think will play well in Telluride. Also, the trailer looks good. Might be a good coming out party for Bradley Cooper if they think he has a legit shot in the Best Actor Oscar race. Chances- 55%

Matt Damon and John Krasinski of "Promised Land"

“Promised Land” directed by Gus Van Sant who has periodically played in Telluride. Starring Matt Damon and John Krasinski (who also co-wrote) and based on a story from Dave Eggers (who scripted Krasinski’s “Away We Go”). Eggers is this year’s poster artist for the fest…so maybe…It probably depends if it’s ready in terms of editing/post-production. IMDb still lists it in post-production, so…. One other note…of course, “Away We Go” co-starred Maya Rudolph…whose main squeeze is Paul Thomas Anderson. Come on, bring the kids…Chances- 30%

“Argo” directed and starring Ben Affleck. If Matt attends, maybe Ben does too. Actually, “Argo” probably has a better chance than “Promised Land” because we know it’s done. The trailer looks good and there’s some buzz going around. Also, Tapley is on record as saying it’s even “Probable” for Telluride…I’ll definitely see it if it’s playing next week. Chances- 50%

“Anna Karenina” directed by Joe Wright with Keira Knightley in the title role. Here’s what it has going for it that lends some credence to the notion that it could play Telluride: It’s being distributed by Focus Features which is almost certainly going to be repped next week anyway with “Hyde Park on Hudson”. Still, I’m dubious…Chances-30%



PS: Kris Tapley’s Telluride “Probables”: Argo, At Any Price, Hyde Park on Hudson, Passion, Rust and Bone, Silver Linings Playbook, Trouble with the Curve.



And his “Maybes”: Amour, Great Expectations, Killing Them Softly, The Master, No, Smashed, To the Wonder


INVITE

Please join me and our hosts, Mitzi and Larry Mallard of The River Club at the "Club" on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00pm for the Second ever "Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW".  Refreshments and conversation will ensue...



LAST TORONTO TITLES

The Toronto International Film Festival announced their last round of titles yesterday and they, not surprisingly, include a number of Telluride-likely projects including: "Amour", "Something in the Air"< "Beyond the Hills" and "Like Someone in Love".  Check these links for a variety of reports about the final films added to the TIFF lineup:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-winterbottoms-everyday-premieres-at-tiff-amour-something-in-the-air-more-round-out-lineup-20120821

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/toronto-festival-adds-david-geffen-johnny-depp-javier-bardem-and-michael-haneke-52841

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118058104.html?cmpid=RSS|News|FilmNews

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/toronto-2012-bernardo-bertolucci-michael-haneke-masters-lineup-364265

PS...I don't think we'll see "The West Memphis Three" next week for two reasons...1) It was a Sundance debut and 2) topically, it's somewhat similar to "The Central Park Five" which I'm thinking is a virtual lock.  BUT, if by some happenstance it IS playing (maybe it's a theme doc year?) then maybe we see Mr. Depp in support of it before he jets to Toronto to do the same thing...which would be cool.



MARION

"Rust and Bone" trailer with subtitles

I feel good about the chances that we'll see Jacques Audiard's "Rust and Bone" show up next week.  I'd love to see Ms. Cotillard there in Telluride as well...tres bien!!!

Cotillard has this interview up yesterday with Jada Yuan of Vulture.com:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/marion-cotillard-rust-and-bone-interview.html

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Hooray for San Fran/Invitation/Impossible Trailer/Ten That Could/Windom/Closer

Good Tuesday Everybody!


HOORAY FOR SAN FRANCISCO

I told you yesterday that the rumors were flying that Paul Thomas Anderson was going to sneak "The Master" in San Francisco tonight...and that's what's going to happen.  It's showing at 8pm (PDT) at the Castro Theater in glorious 70mm.  Congrats to you lucky "Golden Gaters" out there and particularly friend of the blog Eugene Novikov...

Look, I love San Fran...I was just there a couple of weeks ago...so couldn't you have sneaked it then , Mr. Anderson?


Here's the teaser trailer for the film that highlights tonight's presentation:

Wish I was there...



INVITATION

Please join me and our hosts, Mitzi and Larry Mallard of The River Club at the "Club" on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00pm for the Second ever "Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW".  Refreshments and conversation will ensue...


IMPOSSIBLE TRAILER

A film that could pop up at Telluride next week that has quietly gained some buzz is Juan Antonio Bayona's The Impossible" starring Ewan MacGregor and Naomi Watts.  In previous posts I've been able to link to the international trailer.  Now there is a U.S. specific trailer for the film.  Here it is via the post yesterday from FirstShowing.net:

http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/must-watch-stunning-us-trailer-for-j-a-bayonas-the-impossible/?uid=a19654cf4aea0351e5a0ed2db77d01aae9e0e871

I'm hoping to be able to directly link to the trailer by tomorrow.


TEN THAT COULD

Over the next three days I'm going to look at an additional 30 films that could make the cut for Telluride this year...that's in addition to this week's "Ten Bets" (from yesterday's post: http://michaelstelluridefilm.blogspot.com/2012/08/ten-bets-9invitationmaster.html ) and I'll do it in 10 film increments...with comments!

"The Hunt" Thomas Vintenberg...well received at Cannes and an award winner for Mads Mikkelsen as Best Actor, "The Hunt" is the kind of film that certainly is often a choice for Telluride.  Chances- 50%

"Reality"  Matteo Garrone...were it not for Garrone's legal issues and middling reviews I'd probably still have this film in or near the "Ten Bets" list.  As it is, it still stands a reasonable chance to play.  A Cannes choice and Garrone has a Telluride pedigree...Chances-50%.

"Like Someone in Love"...This film also has been on the "Ten Bets" list earlier this summer and, just like "Reality" has that Cannes thing going for it and director Abbas Kiraostami's past presence at Telluride as another marker making it a possibility.  Chances-40%

"The East"  from Zal Batmanglij...(co-written and starring Brit Marling)...Sundance darlings for "Another Earth" and "Sound of My Voice" I could see this making a Telluride appearance as it is distributed from Fox Searchlight which is usually a serious player at Telluride but whose playlist as we approach Labor Day is slight.  Chances-35%

"You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet"  From Alain Renais and a Cannes choice where it was modestly well received.  The fact that it's a Cannes selection from a legend like Renais makes it a Telluride possible.  Chances-35%

"Song for Marion"  from Paul Andrew Williams.  I have had this film on the Telluride list for a long time.  It has spent a good chunk of the summer on the "Ten Bets" list and were it not Toronto's closer it would still be on the "Ten Bets" list.  From The Weinstein Company, I still think it has an excellent shot at the lineup.  Terrence Stamp and Vanessa Redgrave star.  Maybe a Redgrave tribute???  Chances-65%

"The Sapphires" from director Wayne Blair and The Weinstein Company, this played out of competition in Cannes to good reviews and its sort of off beat subject matter...a girl group from the outback of Australia touring Vietnam during that war...makes me think it has a real shat at being included.  Chances-45%

"The Angel's Share" from director Ken Loach.  It's reception as Cannes makes me think it is at least possible for T-ride.  Chances-25%

"Something in the Air" from director Olivier Assassyas.  I'm still pretty bullish on this film that has spent a large portion of the summer on my "Ten Bets"...Assassyas' past with Telluride argues fro its inclusion.  Chances-65%

"Hannah Arendt"...from director Margarethe Von Trotta.  She's a past tributee...Barbara Sukova (playing the title roll) has been a T-ride guest as has co-star Janet McTeer.  Its inclusion wouldn't surprise me.  Chances- 50%

WINDOM

Actor William Windom died on Sunday.  He was 88.  Known for T.V. mostly, he also did film and stage work.  Memorably, for me anyway, in "To Kill a Mockingbird" as the County Attorney who has to face off with Atticus Finch as he prosecutes the Brock Peters character and in the T.V. movie "The Homecoming" from the Earl Hamner story that would lead to "The Waltons"...he played a turkey thief.

I met Windom in the mid 1980's as he was booked to a Thurber retrospective by our local humanities council.  He could do the Thurber as an outgrowth of his Thurber-based character/T.V. program "My World and Welcome to It".  Windom was nothing short of kind to a young drama/debate teacher in the middle of the Oklahoma Panhandle and even taught my buddy and I a bar trick to cadge drinks from the unsuspecting.  It involved tying a cigarette into a knot, untying it and still being able to smoke it...no kidding.

That's a memory I have always treasured and I have the autographed Thurber collection to prove he was actually in my auditorium.

Goodbye Mr. Windom, you will be missed.

William Windom's IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934750/

Entertainment Weekly's bio: http://news-briefs.ew.com/2012/08/20/emmy-winning-comedic-actor-william-windom-dead-at-88/

CLOSER

You can tell that TFF #39 is closing in as the readership on the blog is increasing and I get more comments. Yesterday and anonymous reader pointed out that my note about a possible Clint Eastwood tribute was unlikely as Eastwood was a previous Telluride honoree.  Um...yes...Clint was tributed in 1990 with "White Hunter, Black Heart" presented as a part of those festivities.  So, no Clint tribute, but Tapley and Thompson still think the film (and probably Eastwood) have a reasonably good chance of being in Telluride next week.

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Ten Bets #9/Invitation/Master Sneaking/Trouble

Good Monday Everyone...

A note or two news wise...Director Tony Scott appears to have committed suicide in Los Angeles last night and long time actor William Windom has died.  Scott was 68 and Windom was 88.

Scott: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001716/

Windom: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0934750/

I've got an interesting William Windom story I'll try to share tomorrow.


TEN BETS #9

By this time last year, I think I was posting up to 20 guesses...maybe not as sure this year...

Last week's "Ten Bets":


1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Pixar's "Rainy Day Tales"
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills


This week's "Ten Bets":

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Iceman
7) The Central Park Five
8) Bromberg's Chaplin
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills

If the past is any indication, this next ten days should see a definite pick up in chatter about the TFF #39 program.


INVITATION

Here's your reminder to come along to the party...The Second Annual(?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW" is set for Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00 pm at The River Club in Telluride (550 Depot).  It should be fun.

MASTER SNEAKING

Paul Thomas Anderson continued over the weekend his semi-subversive sneak previews of "The Master".  Saturday night included two screenings in different theaters in New York City.  The rumor in the last 24 hours or so is that it pops up in San Francisco tomorrow night.  

At this point I am this whole parade has shaken my attempts to clearly evaluate its chances of playing Telluride.  Frankly, I don't know if the "sneaks" make it more or less likely that we see it at the Palm in a few days.  This whole "sneak preview" road show is unlike anything I've ever encountered since I've been writing this blog.  So...hope the peeps in Toronto and Venice enjoy and maybe us too?

TROUBLE

If there has been a film with some very quiet and very subtle buzz about its possibility of being in Telluride over the last 2-3 weeks or so, that would be "Trouble with the Curve" from writer-director Robert Lorenz and starring (possibly for the last time) Clint Eastwood as well as Amy Adams and Justin Timberlake.  InContention's Kris Tapley is bullish on its chances and in the last few days Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood) has suggested that it could be in T-ride.

A Clint Eastwood tribute would make a lot of sense...

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70mm in T-ride/Sessions Plug/Invitation/Best of the Week

Good Saturday to Everyone!  TWO WEEKS TO THE SHOW!


70 MM IN TELLURIDE

I continue to hold out some hope that Paul Thomas Anderson's "The Master" appears as a part of this year's festival.  Part of that hope has continued because of the fact that Telluride has done the 70 mm presentation of films occasionally in the past.  Friend of this blog Christopher Schiller, who has a longer history of attendance at the festival than I do, has been invaluable at recalling those past instances and pointed me to this story that ran in 2002:

http://www.in70mm.com/news/2002/telluride/index.htm


For those of you reading along that have been as obsessed as I have, you know that "The Master" screened this week in Chicago purportedly as an "unfinished" film.  It seems it doesn't have end credits yet.  Further, there is some buzz now that it's going to pop up somewhere on the west coast in a "surprise" screening as well.  Jeff Wells at Hollywood Elsewhere addresses that issue and some of the reactions to the Chicago screening here:
http://hollywood-elsewhere.com/2012/08/uh-oh_1.php


So Wells implies that it's not L.A. which makes sense since PTA has already shown the film in Santa Monica two weeks ago.

So, two weeks out and still fingers crossed...


SESSIONS PLUG

I've been pounding the drum for the festival programmers to chose Ben Lewin's "The Sessions" despite that fact that it has premiered in the U.S. at Sundance.  If you've read this space very often, you know that circumstance would be highly unusual, but not unprecedented.  You also know that I have reported earlier that we've heard that Fox Searchlight wanted/wants to play it at Telluride which at least seems to make it possible.

Anyway, there's a new poster out for the film, as you can see above thanks to this release from Fox Searchlight:
http://content.foxsearchlight.com/inside/node/5240

You'll find the trailer there as well.

INVITATION

Here's your reminder to come along to the party...The Second Annual(?) Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW" is set for Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00 pm at The River Club in Telluride (550 Depot).  Come for a rocking good time!

BEST OF THE WEEK

This week's "Ten Bets" were:

1) Rust and Bone
2) Hyde Park on Hudson
3) Midnight's Children
4) Amour
5) No
6) The Central Park Five
7) Bromberg's Chaplin
8) Pixar's "Rainy Day Tales"
9) On the Road
10) Beyond the Hills
 

New "Ten Bets" on Monday.

THE ICEMAN WILL THAW IN T-RIDE

It's one of those quirky rabbit hole trails that I went down on the internet yesterday and lo and behold, it looks to have paid off.  I can say with some level of confidence that Ariel Vromen's "The Iceman" will be playing at Telluride in 2 1/2 weeks.  "The Iceman" is a true crime/mob story featuring Michael Shannon, James Franco, Chris Evans, Winona Ryder and Ray Liotta.  Vromen directed and co-wrote with Morgan Land.

"The Iceman" was given up as a Telluride film in a post on...of all places...MafiaToday.com...I'm not kidding.  You can find the entirety of that post here:
http://mafiatoday.com/tag/richard-the-iceman-kuklinski/

That post correctly reports that "The Iceman" is programmed at Toronto and Venice which lends a good deal of credence to the Telluride claim.  Could it be that Mafia Today has broken Telluride's own "Omerta/Code of Silence"?  Looks like it.

"Iceman's" IMDb entry is here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1491044/



ICEMAN HIDING

Yesterday I reported that a website called MafiaToday.com had let drop that Ariel Vromen's "The Iceman" would play at Telluride.  It seemed legit as it also referenced confirmed slots for the film at both Toronto and Venice.  Then, late in the day, I was informed via comment on yesterday's post that MafiaToday.com was either down or didn't exist...

So I took a look and sure enough...no mafiatoday.com.

However, after some poking around, two things...Google still has that post cached and I was able to get to the sourced article from northjersey.com which makes the same claims.  You can find that here:
http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/television/166075186__Iceman__is_dead__but_his_tale_still_chills_audiences_.html

So, all in all, I still feel pretty good about "The Iceman" in the Telluride lineup.






MORE FROM TORONTO

The Toronto International Film Festival looks to have completed their lineup with another huge announcement of films yesterday including the word that their fest will close with "Song for Marion" which has been very high on my Telluride possibles list all summer long.  It's inclusion as the TIFF closer doesn't absolutely nuke it from Telluride consideration...but it also doesn't help.  I've had "Song" as a "Ten Bets" film for a good portion of the run up to T-ride but have let it slide off the list of late...maybe for good reason now.

HitFix has the complete lowdown on all the films added yesterday here:
http://www.hitfix.com/awards-campaign/new-films-from-nick-cassavetes-ed-burns-and-peter-webber-join-toronto-film-festival-2012-lineup

Among the films added that are Telluride possibles (at least according to me):

"Song for Marion"  (still going to say that there is a chance)
"Love is All You Need"
"On the Road"
"Passion"
"Therese Desqueyroux"
"Yellow"
"In the Fog"



NEW YORK SLATE

Right on time (it was Aug. 17th last year, I think) the New York Film Festival which had already announced its opener, centerpiece and closer has announced the rest of their lineup and if the recent past is any guide we can expect that 8-12 of those titles will have played at Telluride...


HitFix says it thinks that Brian DePalma's "Passion" is a potential Telluride choice but otherwise none of the other blog posts I have accessed about New York's lineup explicitly mention TFF #39.  Nevertheless, looking at the announced group of films there seem to be several that have a good chance to have played T-ride.

Here's the NYFF lineup per Thompson on Hollywood:

Opening Night Gala Selection
LIFE OF PI
Director: Ang Lee

Centerpiece Gala Selection
NOT FADE AWAY
Director: David Chase

Closing Night Gala Selection
FLIGHT
Director: Robert Zemeckis

AMOUR
Director: Michael Haneke

ARAF – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu

BARBARA
Director: Christian Petzold

BEYOND THE HILLS (După dealuri)
Director: Cristian Mungiu

BWAKAW
Director: Jun Robles Lana

CAESAR MUST DIE (Cesare deve morire)
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

CAMILLE REWINDS (Camille redouble)
Director: Noémie Lvovsky

THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY (El muerto y ser feliz)
Director: Javier Rebello

FILL THE VOID (Lemale et ha'halal)
Director: Rama Burshtein

FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Director: Alan Berliner

FRANCES HA
Director: Noah Baumbach

THE GATEKEEPERS (Shomerei Ha’saf)
Director: Dror Moreh

GINGER AND ROSA
Director: Sally Potter

HERE AND THERE (Aquí y Allá)
Director: Antonio Mendez Esparza

HOLY MOTORS
Director: Leos Carax

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
Director: Roger Michell

KINSHASA KIDS
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg

THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO (A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

LEVIATHAN
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Director: Abbas Kiarostami

LINES OF WELLINGTON (Linhas de Wellington)
Director: Valeria Sarmiento

MEMORIES LOOK AT ME (Ji Yi Wang Zhe Wo)
Director: Song Fang

NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (La Noche de enfrente)
Director: Raul Ruiz

NO
Director: Pablo Larrain

OUR CHILDREN (À perdre la raison)
Director: Joachim Lafosse

PASSION
Director: Brian De Palma

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Après Mai)
Director: Olivier Assayas

TABU
Director: Miguel Gomes

YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET (Vous n'avez encore rien vu)
Director: Alain Resnais

Among these titles the most Telluride-esque are probably:

Amour, Beyond the Hills, Caesar Must Die, Frances Ha, The Gatekeepers, Holy Motors, Hyde Park on Hudson, Like Someone in Love, No, Passion, Something in the Air and You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet.

I have linked a load of posts concerning the NYFF selections here:


http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/amour-hyde-park-on-hudson-and-more-set-for-ny-fest

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/nyff-announces-33-new-titles

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/08/the-film-society-of-lincoln-center-announces-main-slate-of-selections-for-the-2012-new-york-film-festival/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/amour-something-in-the-air-beyond-the-hills-more-added-to-new-york-film-festival-slate-20120816

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-winner-amour-joins-new-york-film-fest-lineup-52361



MASTER TEASE

Well, you know just when I thought I was out they pull me back in...

Cinema Blend, among a billion other websites (including this one) was all about hooking readers up to the second full trailer for "The Master" the last couple of days.  The difference...they're still thinking it's a T-ride possibility.  Here's the text from the post:


"Anderson’s screening the film in select cities ahead of its pre-destined screenings at the prominent fall film festivals (Venice, Toronto and possibly Telluride)."

Here's the link to the full post from Cinema Blend:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Master-Clip-She-Wrote-Me-Letter-32514.html

Oh, and then there's this comment to MTFB concerning yesterday's post:

Anonymous said...

"I think "The Master" shows up at TFF if they can do it on 70mm... that's still a pretty special opportunity a lot of people won't have had yet (if ever)."

Now that just makes me a little dizzy and kind of crazy.  We know from friends of the blog that have reached out to us that Telluride HAS done 70mm in the past.  We know that Jeff Wells has heard that there might be some 70 mm prep going on in T-ride as we speak...though I couldn't get a whiff of it when I was there this past weekend...

So...keep the flame alight...maybe "The Master" still has a shot.



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Invite/New York Slate/Master Tease/Yellow/Coming Attractions

Good Friday to Everybody!


INVITE

Consider this your pass to join me for the Second Annual (?) "Guide to the 'Ride; Flow of the SHOW".  We'll be gathering at The River Club on Friday, Aug. 31 at 5:00 pm and we'll talk film, the festival and what to expect...and there will be refreshments.  Come along...bring a friend!

NEW YORK SLATE

Right on time (it was Aug. 17th last year, I think) the New York Film Festival which had already announced its opener, centerpiece and closer has announced the rest of their lineup and if the recent past is any guide we can expect that 8-12 of those titles will have played at Telluride...


HitFix says it thinks that Brian DePalma's "Passion" is a potential Telluride choice but otherwise none of the other blog posts I have accessed about New York's lineup explicitly mention TFF #39.  Nevertheless, looking at the announced group of films there seem to be several that have a good chance to have played T-ride.

Here's the NYFF lineup per Thompson on Hollywood:

Opening Night Gala Selection
LIFE OF PI
Director: Ang Lee

Centerpiece Gala Selection
NOT FADE AWAY
Director: David Chase

Closing Night Gala Selection
FLIGHT
Director: Robert Zemeckis

AMOUR
Director: Michael Haneke

ARAF – SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN
Director: Yeşim Ustaoğlu

BARBARA
Director: Christian Petzold

BEYOND THE HILLS (După dealuri)
Director: Cristian Mungiu

BWAKAW
Director: Jun Robles Lana

CAESAR MUST DIE (Cesare deve morire)
Directors: Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

CAMILLE REWINDS (Camille redouble)
Director: Noémie Lvovsky

THE DEAD MAN AND BEING HAPPY (El muerto y ser feliz)
Director: Javier Rebello

FILL THE VOID (Lemale et ha'halal)
Director: Rama Burshtein

FIRST COUSIN ONCE REMOVED
Director: Alan Berliner

FRANCES HA
Director: Noah Baumbach

THE GATEKEEPERS (Shomerei Ha’saf)
Director: Dror Moreh

GINGER AND ROSA
Director: Sally Potter

HERE AND THERE (Aquí y Allá)
Director: Antonio Mendez Esparza

HOLY MOTORS
Director: Leos Carax

HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
Director: Roger Michell

KINSHASA KIDS
Director: Marc-Henri Wajnberg

THE LAST TIME I SAW MACAO (A Última Vez Que Vi Macau)
Director: João Pedro Rodrigues

LEVIATHAN
Directors: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel

LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE
Director: Abbas Kiarostami

LINES OF WELLINGTON (Linhas de Wellington)
Director: Valeria Sarmiento

MEMORIES LOOK AT ME (Ji Yi Wang Zhe Wo)
Director: Song Fang

NIGHT ACROSS THE STREET (La Noche de enfrente)
Director: Raul Ruiz

NO
Director: Pablo Larrain

OUR CHILDREN (À perdre la raison)
Director: Joachim Lafosse

PASSION
Director: Brian De Palma

SOMETHING IN THE AIR (Après Mai)
Director: Olivier Assayas

TABU
Director: Miguel Gomes

YOU AIN’T SEEN NOTHIN’ YET (Vous n'avez encore rien vu)
Director: Alain Resnais

Among these titles the most Telluride-esque are probably:

Amour, Beyond the Hills, Caesar Must Die, Frances Ha, The Gatekeepers, Holy Motors, Hyde Park on Hudson, Like Someone in Love, No, Passion, Something in the Air and You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet.

I have linked a load of posts concerning the NYFF selections here:


http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/amour-hyde-park-on-hudson-and-more-set-for-ny-fest

http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/nyff-announces-33-new-titles

http://moviecitynews.com/2012/08/the-film-society-of-lincoln-center-announces-main-slate-of-selections-for-the-2012-new-york-film-festival/

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/amour-something-in-the-air-beyond-the-hills-more-added-to-new-york-film-festival-slate-20120816

http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/cannes-winner-amour-joins-new-york-film-fest-lineup-52361



MASTER TEASE

Well, you know just when I thought I was out they pull me back in...

Cinema Blend, among a billion other websites (including this one) was all about hooking readers up to the second full trailer for "The Master" the last couple of days.  The difference...they're still thinking it's a T-ride possibility.  Here's the text from the post:


"Anderson’s screening the film in select cities ahead of its pre-destined screenings at the prominent fall film festivals (Venice, Toronto and possibly Telluride)."

Here's the link to the full post from Cinema Blend:
http://www.cinemablend.com/new/Master-Clip-She-Wrote-Me-Letter-32514.html

Oh, and then there's this comment to MTFB concerning yesterday's post:

Anonymous said...

"I think "The Master" shows up at TFF if they can do it on 70mm... that's still a pretty special opportunity a lot of people won't have had yet (if ever)."

 

Now that just makes me a little dizzy and kind of crazy.  We know from friends of the blog that have reached out to us that Telluride HAS done 70mm in the past.  We know that Jeff Wells has heard that there might be some 70 mm prep going on in T-ride as we speak...though I couldn't get a whiff of it when I was there this past weekend...

So...keep the flame alight...maybe "The Master" still has a shot.


YELLOW

Some months back I indicated that if it was ready that Nick Cassavettes new film "Yellow" might find its way to Telluride...which would be cool since I have a former student who did some extra work on the filming here in Oklahoma (though she now thinks she may well have been edited into non-existence).  Nevertheless, with the announcement this week that it will be a part of the lineup for Toronto we know that it is, in fact, ready.  So maybe it shows at THE SHOW.  The Playlist has a set of new photos from the film here:

http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/first-images-from-nick-cassavetes-drug-drama-yellow-with-sienna-miller-20120814


Yellow's IMDb entry: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1588898/


COMING ATTRACTIONS

The last time Sean Penn directed a film was 2007 and it was "Into the Wild" which appeared at Telluride #34.  Now news that he has signed on to direct again and since reports were that he enjoyed the experience in 2007 you have to believe that there's  a chance we see it for TFF #40 or 41.

The project is titled "Crazy for the Storm" and is detailed here by The Wrap:
http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/sean-penn-talks-direct-first-film-wild-51491


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