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Cloverfield [BLU-RAY] (Paramount Home Entertainment, 6.3.2008) Disguised under deliberately goofy, yet deliciously edible-sounding, aliases such as Cheese and Slusho, Matt Reeves' Cloverfield was produced and rushed into theaters under an equally appetizing shroud of secrecy. From last year's incredibly elusive Super Bowl ad to the film's viral marketing campaign, Cloverfield had everybody scratching their heads and drooling in anticipation. Aside from the as-yet untitled title and the Blair Witch-ian visual style, the film's biggest appeal was the enigmatic creature who was last (un)seen hurling the decapitated head of the Statue of Liberty onto the crowded streets of New York City. All we knew about the mysterious beast was that it was big and angry. Now that the highy-anticipated project has come and gone, one question has fortunately been answered: Cloverfield was a major success. (continued)

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5:02 pm Update: Fernando Meirelles' Blindness was missing from this morning's official Cannes Film Festival lineup. And yet it was reported as a definite Cannes possibility by Variety's Todd McCarthy, the Hollywood Reporter's Stephen Zeitchik and Agence France Presse last month.

I gather it will be shown at Cannes under some aegis. I haven't been told this in so many words, but a person in the Blindness camp has written that this morning's official Cannes list, as we all know, omitted "a few key announcements that are yet to be made." The implication seems clear.

These stories -- #1, #2 and #3 -- presumably had some basis in fact. Blindness is a September 19th release from Miramax and is (also) going to Toronto.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on April 23, 2008 at 2:08 PM

comment #1

Dexter says ...

Yeah, I was wondering the same thing...

Posted by Dexter at April 23, 2008 4:02 PM

comment #2

p.Vice says ...

Considering his past efforts, my guess is that it sucks major ass.

Posted by p.Vice at April 23, 2008 4:10 PM

comment #3

hanimal says ...

the question is: does it open or close?
and there's still one slot for competition, is that blindness? or the sea wall starring isabelle huppert and gaspard ulliel?

Posted by hanimal at April 23, 2008 5:15 PM

comment #4

ZacharyTF says ...

I have to disagree with you there p. Vice. I still think City of God is one of the decade's ten best and The Constant Gardener was a great movie.

I look at it as like Peter Jackson doing King Kong after the LOTR trilogy. A step down, but still great.

Posted by ZacharyTF at April 23, 2008 6:23 PM

comment #5

luvneverends says ...

I love Lindsay. I saw her profile on millionaire&celeb dating site “RichMatchMaking DOT COM” last week. It is said she is dating young billionaire on that site.

Posted by luvneverends at April 24, 2008 2:07 AM

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MikeSchaeferSF says ...

Saw the trailer last night for the first time -- I had no idea what it was about before that -- and my first thought was: it's Day of the Triffids... without the triffids.

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF at April 24, 2008 8:21 AM

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