The 36th Telluride Film Festival is about to open in Colorado and we still don't know much about the program. This festival loves to wrap itself in secrecy for several reasons : 1- no medals, prizes, awards , bear or palms of any kind, 2- it is pretty hard to get there and once there one must deal with altitude 3- it recruits its troops among film lovers and not among agents/paparazzi/journalists and can very well do without them indeed. You can follow the festival on http://telluridefilmfestival.org/ but there is nothing like experiencing it. We already know that there will be a tribute to the director Alexander Payne (Mr. Schmidt, Sideways) who has been in the news lately thanks to the popular new series on HBO, Hung (alias “Bien monté”) that he has directed at least for the pilot. Hung is a solid and powerful series which promises to be long and joyful!
A part from Alexander Payne, there are lots of rumors but nothing has been confirmed yet. It is more than probable that many films presented at the Cannes Film Festival last May will be presented but we don't know which ones. I can tell you for sure that Lars Van Trier will most certainly not be there to present Antichrist... knowing his phobia for air travel. Unless he is teleported, I can't see him reaching the summit. That said, there are always surprises in Telluride so you never know. It is one of the rare places on earth (if you don't include the tabloids) where you can see movie stars strolling on Main street wearing sneakers and holding a coffee in their hands.
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