Where Are all the Big Oscars Movies at Venice This Year?
Vulture • • entertainment
Key Points:
- The 83rd Venice Film Festival faces questions about the absence of major Oscar-contending films, disrupting its traditional role as the launchpad for awards season.
- Notable anticipated titles like David Fincher's The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Digger, and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Three are missing due to factors like reshoots, VFX delays, and marketing decisions.
- Venice Festival head Alberto Barbera attributes the lack of big Hollywood auteur films to a shift in the types of movies being made rather than a decline in the festival's prestige or appeal.
- Warner Bros.' recent negative experience with Joker: Folie à Deux at Venice and successful Oscar campaigns without festival launches have made studios cautious about using Venice as a platform.
- Despite this year's unusual lineup, industry insiders still consider Venice important, suggesting the current situation may be temporary and could allow unexpected films to gain prominence.
