50 world premieres among the films scheduled for Venice this year — but despite earlier reports, the official lineup does not include Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master.
OPENING FILM (OUT-OF-COMPETITION)
- “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” Mira Nair (U.S.,Qatar)
COMPETITION
- “To The Wonder,” Terrence Malick (U.S.)
- “Something in the Air,” Olivier Assayas (France)
- “Outrage:Beyond,” Takeshi Kitano (Japan)
- “Fill The Void,” Rama Bursztyn and Yigal Bursztyn (Israel)
- “Pieta,” Kim Ki-duk (South Korea)
- “Dormant Beauty,” Marco Bellocchio (Italy)
- “E’ stato il figlio,” Daniele Cipri (Italy)
- “At Any Price,” Ramin Bahrani (US, UK)
- “La Cinquieme Saison,” Peter Brosens, Jessica Woodworth (Belgium, Netherlands, France)
- “Un Giorno Speciale, ” Francesca Comencini (Italy)
- “Passion,” Brian De Palma (France, Germany)
- “Superstar, ” Xavier Giannoli (France, Belgium)
- “Spring Breakers,” Harmony Korine (US)
- “Thy Womb,” Brillante Mendoza (Philippines)
- “Linhas de Wellington,” Valeria Sarmiento (Portugal, France)
- “Paradise: Faith,” Ulrich Seidl (Austria, France, Germany)
- “Betrayal,” Kirill Serebrennikov (Russia)
OUT OF COMPETITION
- “L’homme qui rit,” Jean-Pierre Ameris (France)
- “Love Is All You Need,” Susanne Bier (Denmark/Sweden)
- “Cherchez Hortense,” Pascal Bonitzer (France)
- “Sur un fil,” Simon Brook (France/Italy)
- “Enzo Avitabile Music Life,” Jonathan Demme (doc) (Italy/U.S.)
- “Tai Chi 0,” Stephen Fung (China)
- “Lullaby to My Father,” Amos Gitai (Israel/France)
- “Shokuzai” (Penance), Kiyoshi Kurosawa (Japan)
- “Bad 25,” Spike Lee (doc) (U.S.)
- “The Reluctant Fundamentalist,” Mira Nair (India/Pakistan/U.S.)
- “O Gebo e a Sombra,” Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal/France)
- “The Company You Keep,” Robert Redford (U.S.)
- “Shark (Bait 3D),” Kimble Rendall (China)
- “Disconnect,” Henry-Alex Rubin (U.S.)
- “The Iceman,” Ariel Vromen (U.S.)
OUT OF COMPETITION – Special Events
- “Anton tut ryadom” (Anton’s Right Here), Lyubov Arkus (documentary) (Russia)
- “Ya Man Aach” (It Was Better Tomorrow), Hinde Boujemaa (documentary) (Italy)
- “Sfiorando il muro,” Silvia Giralucci & Luca Ricciardi (documentary) (Italy)
- “Carmel,” Amos Gitai (Israel/France/Italy)
- “El impenetrable,” Daniele Incalcaterra & Fausta Quattrini (documentary) (Argentina/France)
- “Witness: Libya,” Michael Mann (documentary) (U.S.)
- “Medici con l’Africa,” Carlo Mazzacurati (documentary) (Italy)
- “La nave dolce,” Daniele Vicari (documentary) (Italy/Albania)
CLOSING FILM
- “L’homme qui rit,” Jean-Pierre Ameris (France)
Man, Brillante Mendoza just keeps chugging out movies every year. Insane!
I find it hard to believe that people are calling this line-up weak. We’re getting the premieres of new films by Malick, Kim Ki-duk, Assayas, de Palma, Takeshi Kitano, Briliante Medoza, Bahrani, Robert Redford, and Spike Lee. There’s also that fucking bonkers Harmony Korine movie, which may wind up being awesome for all we know.
What a dream vacation! Being in Venice for a great film festival!
God, I wish I was a paid critic who gets to go to these things.
I am really curious about how Malick’s “To The Wonder” will be received. He’s one of our true genious American directors.
Spring Breakers is the only film listed that wasn’t on the Toronto lineup card that is really wetting my whistle here. It’s always kind of hard to gauge these things this far out, though.
@Jaoa Mattos The Master is ready, it’s already gotten its MPAA rating, so that can’t be the reason why it’s not at the festivals. It’s absence is very strange.
Sure thing. Last time I read that post I didn’t remember that much rambling nonsense, so I apologize.
It’s ok, Max. Even my own first attempt to extract the important fact had all kinds of 3rd-party editorial clutter stuck to it. So I rewrote it to simplify the bit I think you intended to share.
CCA#
Yes, you are right!
I:
a) Totally forgot that “Deserto Rosso” won the Golden Lion.
b) Until this moment never realized “Sitting Bulls” won the Golden Bear…
(The word “article” above is hyperlinked with the Hollywood Elsewhere article in question. Sorry.)
According to that article, Max, all Malick needs is a cigar-chomping producer to “get in his face” so that way Malick can start making movies like everybody does.
That little screed takes a bizarre stance on so many levels. Not to mention whenever a man refers to a woman as being “of the female persuasion” I imagine he’s got a enamel snuff box.
Max, You don’t have to link to a post for one quote. Just borrow the quote. The article contains one sentence of fact and 200 sentences of speculative spurious bullshit.
Here’s the second-hand fact. Actually it’s third-hand.
Paul Maher. Jr at terrencemalick.org wrote about To The Wonder’s distribution delay on July 10. “Possibly the difficulties of The Tree of Life and its polarizing effect on the box office may be an underlying issue.” Maher’s source is a woman who may or may not be associated with FilmNation. To The Wonder may open in Europe a few months, but “the possibility of any trailer or publicity-related material coming out in the fall of 2012 is still vague, possibly unlikely,” Maher writes. He also reports that “when asked for any kind of teaser image or information, I was told [by my FilmNation source] that there still is nothing in the public domain that they could release.”
@Munro202 [link deleted because it’s mostly nonsense. As for distribution information found at terrencemalick.org] the original site has turned private for some reason. Last we heard, “To the Wonder” seems to be struggling getting distribution. “Knight of Cups” had some set photos with Christian Bale and Natalie Portman floating around for a while.
OT: I’m not into sports much, but I will definitely check the London Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies tomorrow evening. Danny Boyle must deliver some great stuff.
lol omg im sorry please do not put me on watchlist. c’moooon!
Whoa, didn’t realize Paradise was a trilogy, definitely reminds me of Kieslowski’s rollout of the Three Colors Trilogy at Venice/Berlin/Cannes back in the day, though I wouldn’t call these works of quite the same level of ambition. A little underwhelmed but I’m looking forward to hearing about “To the Wonder”.
And, for that matter, anything about the myriad of other films IMDB claims Malick will be releasing in 2012-13?
Is there anymore info floating around yet about release dates (or just any info of that sort at all) for Malick’s film? I’ve been kind of out of the loop lately and just remembered that it even existed.
Joao, the “triple crown” has already been won by Robert Altman and Michelangelo Antonioni.
Blah, except for Malik. No AK or the Master..enough said.
@Max
“still think he’s hot?” STILL!?!?! 2 years ago he was child you fucking pervv!!!
someone ought to put on watch your comments
sorry to hear you’re now over him now that he’s grown
@Bryce
2 years ago Zac Efron was 23. He’s been “legal” for 5 years. He’s been hot for longer than that.
You’re really gonna have to stop insulting other readers with direct slurs and name-calling. We’ve asked you 2 or 3 times before and each time you promise to be try harder.
The comments on watchlist are yours.
Thanks, Mr. Mouse. It’s not quite an über-impressive lineup, is it?
Can’t believe there’s no Anna Karenina.
1 – Go Mallick, Go! Win that and make the triple crown of the Holy Triad of movie festivals (Cannes, Berlim, Venice), winning the major prizes of these events (first time ever if that happened, I guess).
2 – What a time for Ulrich Seidl. Films on competition both in Cannes and Venice in the same year. First time since Krzystof Kieslowski in 94 with “Trois Coloeurs” “Blanc” and “Rouge” in Berlim and Cannes following “Bleu”, from Venice-93?
3 – Another Kitano on the competition? Ouch, he is like the Ken Loach of La Biennale, on the question of being assiduous in the competition.
4 – Any news on why “The Master” was not in Venice? Not ready yet?
Says something about the lineup when Zac Efron is the most talked about item 😀
The Zac Efron film is Ramin Bahrani’s At Any Price. Also the inclusion of Spring Breakers is more to do with Harmony Korine than the inclusion of Selena Gomez in the cast.
I’m surprised Robert Redford’s The Company You Keep is out of competition.
On another note, it’ll be interesting to see the reactions to “Passion.”
Won’t “The Master” play Telluride? And I’m honestly befuddled over two things. One, why is Efron coming to Venice if the movie where Nicole Kidman pees all over him – sorry, “The Paperboy” – isn’t selected? And two, why do people still think he’s hot?
@Margaret Thatcher’s Purse: 2000-2006 skipped the festival route, then starting in in 2007, every winner had their debut at a festival: NCFOM (Cannes), Slumdog (Toronto), Hurt Locker (Venice the year before it won), The King’s Speech (Toronto), The Artist (Cannes).
woohoo!! Zac Efron from Cannes to Venice!!! He’s hot as fuckkkk!
Where the, excuse my unladylike language, fuck is Anna Karenina???? Some interesting choices though I have to say. I guess The Master is skipping the festival route. Maybe it will show up at the NYFF? Just out of curiosity, how many best picture winners skipped the festival route over the past decade?
Major disappointment. The new artistic director obviously wanted to de-glam the festival, which is fine but i don’t know if Zac Efron and Selena Gomez are better choices than Madonna and Clooney.