The Cove Possibly Rejected by Tokyo Fest
AJ Schnack is talking up The Cove not being included (so far) in the Tokyo Film Fest lineup. The fest is funded by the Japanese government and is it so surprising they wouldn’t want the movie shown? There is some disagreement on it, however, and no one at the Tokyo Fest is every going to admit that they’d were given orders not to include the film. But what’s kind of funny is how the supposed theme of the thing is “green.”
Meanwhile, Schnack reports that, unfortunately, The Cove is not doing well box-office-wise, “slipping 40% from the previous week and now down to 29 theaters and total box office of $537K.” This is perhaps because it is a subject that is very difficult to digest, so to speak. In tough times, audiences seek happier films, that sort of thing. Awards attention, that’s what this film needs.
David` says:
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 11:03am
I’m honestly very upset to see how poorly The Cove is doing – I think it simply NEEDS to be seen. And it got surprising amounts of publicity too – there was a relatively large article about it in Time magazine, even. But I think it would probably have been better to release it (and Food, Inc. for that matter) in November.
K. Bowen says:
Saturday, August 29, 2009 at 8:29pm
There’s nothing you can say about a dolphin that you can’t also say about a pig. I’m still eating my bacon.