Well, Venice just ate TIFF’s lunch. Wow. The 80th Venice Film Festival announced its lineup this morning and the surprises kept coming.
Firstly, as reported, David Fincher’s “The Killer’ will indeed have its world premiere at Venice. The film also released its first image, which can be seen above. I wonder if it’ll also go to Telluride and/or New York now.
Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar” will play out of competition. So will Woody Allen’s “Coup de Chance” and Roman Polanski’s “The Palace.”
William Friedkin’s “The Caine Mutiny Court Martial,” his first film in over ten years, shot in a sound stage, will also be premiering out of competition on the Lido.
However, the biggest surprise might be “Drive My Car” filmmaker Ryusuke Hamaguchi having a new film, which we had no clue even existed, it’s titled “Evil Does Not Exist.”
No surprise to see competition titles such as Michael Mann’s “Ferrari,” Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla,” Pablo Larrain’s “El Conde,” Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro,” Michel Franco’s “Memory,” Luc Besson’s “Dogman,” and Bertrand Bonello’s “The Beast.”
And, how about Harmony Korine bringing his latest, “Aggro Dr1ft,” a film we had only first heard about two weeks ago, starring Travis Scott and shot in infrared.
COMPETITION
“Comandante” – Edoardo De Angelis
“Bastarden (The Promised Land)” – Nikolaj Arcel
“Dogman” – Luc Besson
“La Bete (The Beast)” – Bertrand Bonello
“Hors-Saison” – Stephane Brize
“Enea” – Pietro Castellitto
“Maestro” – Bradley Cooper
“Priscilla” – Sofia Coppola
“Finalmente L’Alba” – Saverio Costanzo
“Lubo” – Giorgio Diritti
“Origin” – Ava DuVernay
“The Killer” – David Fincher
“Memory” – Michel Franco
“Io Capitano” – Matteo Garrone
“Aku Wa Sonzai Shinai (Evil Does Not Exist)” – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
“Zielona Granica (The Green Border)” – Agnieszka Holland
“Die Theorie Von Allem” – Timm Kroger
“Poor Things” – Yorgos Lanthimos
“El Conde” – Pablo Larrain
“Ferrari” – Michael Mann
“Adagio” – Sefano Sollima
“Kobieta Z…(Woman Of)” – Małgorzata Szumowska, Michael Englert
“Holly” – Fien Troch
OUT OF COMPETITION
“La Sociedad de la Nieve” – J.A. Bayona
“Coup De Chance” – Woody Allen
“The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” – Wes Anderson
“The Penitent” – Luca Barbareschi
“L’Ordine Del Tempo” – Lilana Cavani
“Viviants” – Alix Delaporte
“Welcome to Paradise” – Leonardo Di Costanzo
“DAAAAAALI!” – Quentin Dupieux
“The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” – William Friedkin
“Making Of” – Cedric Kahn
“Aggro Dr1ft” – Harmony Korine
“Hit Man” – Richard Linklater
“The Palace” – Roman Polanski
“Xue Bad (Snow Leopard)” – Pema Tseden
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