Vulture and New York Times contributor Sean L. Malin had reported in January that Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” was being tipped to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival next May.
I’m not hearing quite the same thing as Malin. In fact, Glazer’s post-production process has been very slow and meticulous, according to my source. Yes, Cannes is still a little less than four months away, but Glazer’s taking his time with this one.
Back in the summer, I reported an exclusive — that Glazer has been in a unique post-production phase on this film. In a nutshell, he was considering the idea of multiple cuts for “The Zone of Interest”. Perhaps not just different lengths, but maybe also different points of views for each cut.
The parents in Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” will be played by award-winning actors Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann) and Christian Friedel (Amour Fou). This inevitably leads to speculation as to whether Glazer’s upcoming holocaust drama will be in Polish and German. This would be the filmmaker’s first non-English film.
I honestly wouldn’t put it past Glazer to bring this one to Venice, where he premiered two of the three movies he’s directed. ‘Zone’ is being produced by A24 and is set to be Glazer’s first film since 2013’s critically-heralded “Under the Skin.”
Lukasz Zal (“Cold War”, “Ida”) is credited as the DP. Glazer is known to take his time in post-production. There was a 24-month timeframe between the 2011 shoot of “Under the Skin” and its 2013 world premiere at Telluride.
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