NY Film Festival lineup

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The Reeler's Stu Van Airsdale has the lineup for the 2007 NY Film festival (9.29 to 10.14), and a good portion seems like a replay of last May's Cannes Film Festival. There are, however, some notable fresh-pick exceptions -- Wes Anderson's The Darjeeling Limited for the opening-nighter (old news), Noah Baumbach's Margot at the Wedding (good cast, ample star wattage), Brian DePalma's Redacted (comeback?) and Todd Hayne's I'm Not There (an ambitious, multi-thread Dylan film with a top-drawer cast opening at the Film Forum..what's that about?).

Other for-the-most-part-unseen choices include Carlos Saura's Fados, Sidney Lumet's Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, Ira Sachs' Married Life, Claude Chabrol's A Girl Cut in Two, Eric Rohmer's The Romance of Astrea and Celadon, andJohn Landis's Mr. Warmth (a Don Rickles portrait)...that's ten plus two or three newbies I'm ignoring.

I'm also counting twelve Cannes titles: Joel and Ethan Coen's No Country For Old Men (centerpiece), Marjane Satrapi & Vincent Paronnaud's Persepolis (closing nighter), Christain Mungiu's 4 Months, 3 weeks, 2 Days (the Palme D'Or winner), Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, Hou Hsiao-hsien's The Flight of the Red Balloon, Abel Ferrara's Go Go Tales (missed it at Cannes), Catherine Breillat's The Last Mistress, Bela Tarr's The Man From London (serious pacing problems), Gus Van Sant's Paranoid Park (underwhelming), Carlos Reygadas' Silent Light and Juan Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (a brilliant sophisticated spooker).

There's also three interesting-sounding docs -- Murray Lerner's The Other Side of the Mirror: Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival, 1963-1965. Jia Zhang-ke's Useless, and a nearly four-hour-long documentary (238 minutes, to be precise) from Peter Bogdanovich called Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Runnin' Down a Dream.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 15, 2007 at 10:36 AM

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Brian says ...

By my math, 238 minutes is only about four hours. Jeff must be using the metric system or something.

Still, that's probably way too much Petty. I mean, I like the guy too, but he's not THAT interesting.

Posted by Brian at August 15, 2007 11:55 AM

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Dr. Smith says ...

I just went to the NYFF website and there is NO information there about when tix go on sale. WTF???

Posted by Dr. Smith at August 15, 2007 12:12 PM

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T. S. Idiot says ...

"I just went to the NYFF website and there is NO information there about when tix go on sale."--Such is always the case. Titles announced to press long before days/times/tickets announced. NYFF is totally oblivious to such behavior irritating potential ticket buyers. Some of the smuggest people on the planet work (ha!) for the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Posted by T. S. Idiot at August 15, 2007 12:45 PM

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Le Samorai says ...

It should be noted that MoMA is showing 11 rarely (or never) seen Claude Chabrol films starting on Aug 17.

Posted by Le Samorai at August 15, 2007 1:00 PM

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PhilContrino says ...

I love the Margot poster, but it's definately not going to appeal at all to main-stream audiences.

Posted by PhilContrino at August 15, 2007 1:21 PM

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NYCBusybody says ...

A four-hour documentary about Tom Petty?

That "Shoah" is a long doc about Tom Petty!

Boom!

Posted by NYCBusybody at August 15, 2007 1:37 PM

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erniesouchak says ...

Doesn't Bogdanovich use editors anymore??

Posted by erniesouchak at August 15, 2007 2:11 PM

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T. Holly says ...

Considering they've been around for 30 years and are one of the best looking bands ("heartbreakers") and have never been the subject of a doc, 4 hours seems about right. Plus it'll be a great make-out video.

Posted by T. Holly at August 15, 2007 4:22 PM

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T. Holly says ...

Tout suite, put "Margot at the Wedding" in the Oscar Balloon for Make Up/Hair, Costume and Art Direction.

Posted by T. Holly at August 15, 2007 4:33 PM

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btwnproductions says ...

The Haynes/Dylan film will also be opening at the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas in NY, besides Film Forum. Some sort of powcer-sharing deal as FF ramps up its premieres.

Posted by btwnproductions at August 15, 2007 9:30 PM

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