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Hollywood Reporter, United States - As the Venice Film Festival starts its second week it begins its transition into a more Italian fest as high-profile execs make the leap from the Lido to the Toronto International Film Festival, which gets under way Thursday. But even as that shift starts, much of the buzz in Venice remained centered on the high-quality lineup Venice artistic director Marco Mueller and his team assembled for this year’s edition, with most attendees united in the opinion that the in- and out-of-competition selection this year delivered a slew of films likely to be on next year’s Academy Awards nomination list. The weekend on the Lido was highlighted by three well-received films, all from the heavy English-language selection in the program: Andrew Dominik’s “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford,” Wes Anderson’s “The Darjeeling Limited” — both in competition — and Woody Allen’s “Cassandra’s Dream,” which screened in the Venice Masters sidebar… [Full Story] Related Articles |
