Yesterday, Roger Friedman reported that Pedro Almodovar’s 30-minute “Strange Way of Life” would open the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It was strange intel but, not that I don’t trust Roger, whose been quite accurate with his exclusives over the years, it felt a little off having a short film open the festival.
Meanwhile, Isabel Sandoval is a filmmaker — she hangs with other filmmakers. Her declaration this morning that Scorsese’s ‘Flower Moon’ will be the opening night film at Cannes therefore has credibility. On the other hand, it’s always better to play within the festival — being the opening-nighter always sends the wrong message in some way.
What makes me hesitate about believing this is that, as a general rule and tradition, whatever film opens Cannes must be released in French theaters the day after. From what I’ve heard, Scorsese’s film is a fall release, so take this with a major grain of salt.
I’m honestly hoping this isn’t true, because it would mean that ‘Killers’ will be headed to Cannes only to be released the following day. I mean, how anticlimactic would that be?
Is Burr right? Will “Digger” be the ‘Big Lebowski’ of 2026, a misunderstood bomb that finds its audience on home video? ‘Lebowski’ is hardly alone: “Blade Runner,” “The Shining” and “Fight Club” all followed the same path.