I told you a couple of days ago that the Coen Brothers would get a special tribute at Telluride. I was asked not to say anything about another tribute to Robert Redford. They’ve both been announced just now, but I guess the planned tribute to Ralph Fiennes didn’t work out. The Coens tribute is with T Bone Burnett, who’s made four films with Joel and Ethan as music producer/supplier. He did an amazing job with “Inside Llewyn Davis.” Here’s the lineup for the 40th annual Telluride Film Festival:
ALL IS LOST (d. J.C. Chandor, U.S., 2013)
·      BEFORE THE WINTER CHILL (d. Philippe Claudel, France, 2013)
·      BETHLEHEM (d. Yuval Adler, Israel, 2013)
·      BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOR (d. Abdellatif Kechiche, France, 2013)
·      BURNING BUSH (d. Agnieszka Holland, Czech Republic, 2013)
·      DEATH ROW: BLAINE MILAM + ROBERT FRATTA (d. Werner Herzog, U.S., 2013)
·      FIFI HOWLS FROM HAPPINESS (d. Mitra Farahani, U.S., 2013)
·      THE GALAPAGOS AFFAIR: SATAN CAME TO EDEN (d. Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, U.S., 2013)
·      GLORIA (d. Sebastián Lelio, Chile, 2013)
·      GRAVITY (d. Alfonso Cuarón, U.S./U.K., 2013)
·      IDA (d. Pawel Pawlikowski, Poland, 2013)
·      INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS (d. Joel and Ethan Coen, U.S., 2013)
·      THE INVISIBLE WOMAN (d. Ralph Fiennes, U.K., 2013)
·      LABOR DAY (d. Jason Reitman, U.S., 2013)
·      THE LUNCHBOX (d. Ritesh Batra, India, 2013)
·      LA MAISON DE LA RADIO (d. Nicolas Philibert, France, 2013)
·      MANUSCRIPTS DON’T BURN (d. Mohammad Rasoulof, Iran, 2013)
·      THE MISSING PICTURE (d. Rithy Panh, Cambodia/France, 2013)
·      NEBRASKA (d. Alexander Payne, U.S., 2013)
·      PALO ALTO (d. Gia Coppola, U.S., 2013)
·      THE PAST (d. Asghar Farhadi, France/Italy, 2013)
·      SLOW FOOD STORY (d. Stefano Sardo, Italy, 2013)
·      STARRED UP (d. David Mackenzie, U.K., 2013)
·      TIM’S VERMEER (d. Teller, U.S., 2013)
·      TRACKS (d. John Curran, Australia, 2013)
·      UNDER THE SKIN (d. Jonathan Glazer, U.K., 2013)
·      THE UNKNOWN KNOWN (d. Errol Morris, U.S., 2013)
Some of the films played in Cannes– like “Nebraska” and “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and “All is Lost.” “Palo Alto” is directed by Gia Coppola, granddaughter of Francis Ford Coppola. It’s produced by James Franco, based on his collection of short stories. I’d forgotten about that movie. Franco was trying to raise money on indiegogo.com to make some more films from “Palo Alto” but didn’t reach the goal of $500,000. “The Past” is Sony Pictures Classics’ Cannes pick up, sure to be a nominee for Best Foreign Film.
