Back, back, back
There's some kind of defensive gatekeeper vibe coloring the advance-screening policy on behalf of Running With Scissors (Columbia, 10.20). The first hint came in mid-August when it was made clear that Scissors wouldn't be going to the Toronto Film Festival ("The Old Toronto Sidestep"). Then a mild-mannered journalist told me the other day that publicists working the Scissors junket next week have been talking some enforcing very strict rules about who'll be allowed into the screenings. And over the last two days every call I've made about trying to see it has been met with stony silence. A fellow columnist says that Sony "has been pushing us internet guys back, back, back -- not letting us see it."
Posted by Jeffrey Wells on September 22, 2006 at 6:22 PM
comment #1
Dixon Steele
says ...
Who can blame them?
If I was a studio or publicist, I'd have a security guy at every screening with your picture posted, keeping you from seeing it in advance.
Because, frankly, there's no real upside to having you write about it. And since the Internet blogs seem to run negative, there's a real downside.
Posted by Dixon Steele
at September 22, 2006 7:16 PM
comment #2
EDouglas
says ...
Not sure what's up with that. Maybe it's the L.A. publicist because I've already seen it here and it's really great... very quirky though, like The Royal Tennebaums.
Posted by EDouglas
at September 23, 2006 4:05 PM
comment #3
TPK
says ...
Didn't someone (Tapley?) see it earlier this year and call it best-of-year material? I'm biased because I love the book and Bening but something does seem odd.
Posted by TPK
at September 24, 2006 10:27 AM