Vintage at the Venice Film Festival
Aside from The Black Dahlia, a Brian de Palma film about the brutal (and as yet unsovled) 1947 murder of apiring actor Elizabeth Short, this year's Venice Film Festival hosts other films with vintage settings. Hollywoodland, directed by Allen coulter, revolves around the mysterious and controversial suicide of George Reeves, the actor who starred in the 1950s television show, Superman. This film stars Ben Affleck as Reeves, as well as Adrien Brody and Diane Lane.
Emilo Estevez is represented as both a director and a writer in the historical drama Bobby, which recounts the events around the 1968 slaying of the presidential candidate. The film's cast includes Estevez's father, Martin Sheen, Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, and Demi Moore. Kenneth Branagh also takes the role of director-actor with his film, The Magic Flute, a retelling of the libretto that is the underpinning of Mozart's opera, updated to the eve of World War I.
The Venice Film Festival runs August 30 through September 9. It is the oldest film festival still in existence, begun in 1932 . Though the oldest, it has experienced regular interruptions. It has been held uninterrupted since 1979. The Golden Lion (the winged lion is the symbol of Venice), is its primary award, although not every film shown at the festival is eligible for the prize. Another award,the San Marco, has recently been added. It is part of a larger arts exposition, the Venice Biennale.
Emilo Estevez is represented as both a director and a writer in the historical drama Bobby, which recounts the events around the 1968 slaying of the presidential candidate. The film's cast includes Estevez's father, Martin Sheen, Anthony Hopkins, Sharon Stone, and Demi Moore. Kenneth Branagh also takes the role of director-actor with his film, The Magic Flute, a retelling of the libretto that is the underpinning of Mozart's opera, updated to the eve of World War I.
The Venice Film Festival runs August 30 through September 9. It is the oldest film festival still in existence, begun in 1932 . Though the oldest, it has experienced regular interruptions. It has been held uninterrupted since 1979. The Golden Lion (the winged lion is the symbol of Venice), is its primary award, although not every film shown at the festival is eligible for the prize. Another award,the San Marco, has recently been added. It is part of a larger arts exposition, the Venice Biennale.