MORE TITLES TO BE ADDED IN WEEKS AHEAD; NONE OF THE FILMS THEY SAW WERE COMPLETED
Thierry Frémaux announced the official selection for the 2018 Cannes Film Festival during a press conference this morning. Several highly-anticipated titles, including Brian De Palma's Domino, were not mentioned. However, as Deadline's Nancy Tartaglione points out, "Frémaux often reserves the weeks following the press conference and ahead of the fest to sprinkle in other titles. One highly expected film missing this morning was Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built, and Frémaux hinted that could change in a few days." This afternoon, Tartaglione posted an analysis mentioning that the festival is still deciding on a closing night film. She also writes that Frémaux said this morning that none of the films they had seen were completed:
Cannes Film Festival chief Thierry Frémaux said this morning that the finishing touches on the lineup announced today were honed until about 3 AM local time. It’s not unusual for him to go down to the wire, and there will be more titles announced in the coming weeks as the 71st edition of the venerable seaside shindig approaches. But what we got today was a mixed bag of new and familiar faces with a number of tipped movies not in the preliminary cut.The selection looks “light on paper” was a refrain I heard coming out of the press conference and throughout the day. But critics and longtime attendees cautioned there might be gems therein. For now, only the selection committee knows — though Frémaux said that none of the films they saw was completed.
Frémaux called the selection a “generational renewal.” There is a sense that some titles to be added could raise the pulse. We also hear a number of directors opted out of competition companion Un Certain Regard to look toward Directors’ Fortnight, which has been reinvigorated in recent years under exiting chief Edouard Waintrop. The Fortnight (which is not an official Cannes section) and Critics’ Week announce next week.
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Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2018 5:53 PM CDT
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Updated: Thursday, April 12, 2018 5:53 PM CDT
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