2023-08-29 16:23:30
Time.news – The Venice International Film Festival starts tomorrow and promises to be one of the most interesting in recent years. And the same artistic director, Alberto Barbera, promises that it will be a “great cinema” edition with some of the most awaited titles of the autumn. “We will offer a 360-degree view of the current landscape“, he declares on the eve of the opening.
“As always, we will offer a deliberate balance between the great cinema that everyone expects from a prestigious festival and an exploration of emerging cinematographies”, he assures the day before the Festival begins.
And he adds: “In short, a 360-degree view of what is happening in cinema”. Barbera does not hide that the strike of actors and screenwriters in Hollywood has created many problems and concerns. Because this union dispute not only involves control of productions in the United States, but, as it concerns the Mecca of world cinema, it also has repercussions on festivals around the world that host previews.
And Venice will be the first. For this reason, the worst was feared at first, with loud absences, failed promotions, delayed previews… but in the end Barbera believes that it won’t be so serious and that the event will have “enough” celebrity.
“Not everyone will come, but let’s say that, in any case, we will have enough stars to ensure that the red carpet is not completely wasted,” he points out. The organizers of the Venice Film Festival had closed the program on July 12 and the strike was declared only two days later. “We came to believe that we were in danger of losing all American films,” admits Barbera.
In the end, however, only one jumped, even if it is a painful forfeit: ‘Challengers’, the latest by Luca Guadagnino with Zendaya, which was supposed to open the festival, but was withdrawn because the producer preferred to postpone the premiere to more peaceful times in order to be able to count on the young star’s promotional power. “All other titles have been confirmed.
The only difference is that some actors won’t come. Those tied to studios or platforms that are on strike cannot attend the Mostra, so there will be fewer actors on the red carpets, but all the directors will be there,” he explains.
The most awaited stars
From tomorrow to 9 September, when the new winner of the Golden Lion will be announced, Sophia Coppola will be at the Venice Lido with his biopic about Elvis’ wife, ‘Priscilla’, and the entire cast has already confirmed their presence, including Jacob Elordi.
They are also expected Adam Driver e Penelope Cruz, both stars of Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’; the Chilean Pablo Larrain, with his satire-horror ‘The Count’; Jessica Chastainprotagonist of Mexican director Michel Franco’s enigmatic ‘Memory’.
Instead, they declined to participate Bradley Cooperdirector and protagonist of ‘Maestro’ ed Emma Stoneprotagonist of the latest film by Yorgos Lanthimos, ‘Poor Things’.
Barbera, a film critic who has been at the helm of the oldest international film festival in the world since 2011, is naturally an expert in the sector and, when asked about the strike in Hollywood, he understands many of the reasons that prompted artists to take the field.
Above all the need to protect the most vulnerable actors and actresses, those who normally do not savor the glamor of the Seventh Art, but also underlines the call to “regulate Artificial Intelligence” and prevent it from wiping out entire sectors of industry. “it is an extraordinary tool, there is no doubt, but it must be regulated. The risk that it will replace the work of entire sectors such as screenwriters, authors or special effects technicians is strong. The technology cannot be condemned, but it must be regulated “, he claims.
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