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Venice Chief Alberto Barbera on Landing Robert Pattinson Film ‘Primetime’ at the Last Minute and Lack of U.S. Studios at the Festival: They Are ‘Experiencing an Identity Crisis’
- 8 min read - Source: Variety
TOP SUMMARY
There were few Hollywood films listed in the predictions because the truth is that there just aren’t any. Or in any case, experiencing an identity crisis,...
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Key points
- There were few Hollywood films listed in the predictions because the truth is that there just aren’t any.
- Or in any case, experiencing an identity crisis, that auteur films usually destined for festivals just aren’t there.
- The real problem for everyone — and for the studios in particular — today is figuring out how to promote films.
- But in our case, the other few films that had been sort of pre-announced, they weren’t ready.
What happened
There were few Hollywood films listed in the predictions because the truth is that there just aren’t any. Or in any case, experiencing an identity crisis, that auteur films usually destined for festivals just aren’t there. The real problem for everyone — and for the studios in particular — today is figuring out how to promote films. But in our case, the other few films that had been sort of pre-announced, they weren’t ready. We’ll be ready right around the release date.” So the problem is that the films are not here. It’s not true because when the films are there, they come.
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