High-quality male and female stars, such as … Angelina Jolie andGeorge Clooney To come to Venice (Venice) starting on Wednesday to participate in it Venice Festival cinematic, Taking place from 28 August to 7 September, Although critics believe that the ancient Italian festival, in its eighty-first edition, is the most important of the year, surpassing… Cannes Festival.
Critics say that film lovers should not miss the opportunity to follow the festival, because this is the most important event in 2024. Experts attribute this to five reasons.
The return of the stars and stars
After a strike by actors and actresses Hollywood Last year, there were no stars on the red carpet at the start of the 80th Venice Film Festival.
However, the edition of the festival which starts on Wednesday will represent the return of male and female stars to the red carpet, including top-notch actors and actresses like Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who will go to the Italian city to see the movie “Wolves” (Wolves). The film, which combines action and comedy, tells the story of two people played by Brad Pitt and George Clooney, who play two cleaners who have to work together.
The festival will see the return of Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore, where they will show “The Room Next Door”, the first work in English by the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar.
Lady Gaga joins the list of male and female stars, as the film “Joker: Folly a Do”, directed by Todd Phillips and starring, is among the main contenders in the main competition . The work is considered to be a continuation of the film “Joker” by the American director, which won the Venice Film Festival in 2019, and co-stars Lady Gaga and international actor Joaquin Phoenix .
The list also includes Daniel Craig, the hero of the film “Queer” by the Italian director Luca Guadagnino, based on the novel by William Burroughs, whose events take place in Mexico City in the 1940s.
George Clooney is one of the biggest stars to shine on the red carpet at the Venice Film Festival Image from: dapd
When we talk about the female element, the case must touch the presence of Angelina Jolie, the heroine of the film “Maria,” which is a biography of the famous opera singer Maria Callas and directed by Chilean Pablo Larraín, who later returns to Venice. his wonderful film about Princess Diana, “Spencer.” In 2021.
The festival features the presence of the duo of the thriller “Babygirl” by the Dutch director Halina Reijn, namely Nicole Kidman and Antonio Banderas.
The opening night will see the presentation of the festival’s international jury, led by its president, the French actress Isabelle Huppert, and awarding the heroine of the film “Ellen”, the American actress Sigourney Weaver, an honorary Golden Lion award for her entire career.
The opening will also witness the first non-competition screening of the second part of “Horizon: An American Saga” starring Kevin Costner.
The cast of Beetlejuice, the long-awaited sequel to Tim Burton’s 1988 hit, opens the festival with Michael Keaton, Catherine O’Hara and Winona Ryder reprising their original roles.
Angelina Jolie in the movie “Maria” introduces the famous opera singer Maria Callas Photo by: Pablo Larrain
taste of Oscar
Those in charge of the film industry believe that the Venice Film Festival has been ahead of the curve Cannes Festival As the event from which award-winning films are launched Oscar. Alberto Barbera, artistic director of the festival for years, is good at plucking films that will drive the Oscars jury crazy.
In previous editions of the festival, the list included films like “Birdman” by Mexican director Alejandro González Iñárritu, who won the “Best Director” award at the Oscars in 2015, a year after the film to be shown at the Venice Film Festival.
The film “The Shape of Water” won the biggest Oscars in its ninth edition in 2018, a year after it was shown at the Venice Film Festival.
In its 81st edition, many are wondering if the Venice Film Festival will still be the gateway to winning the Oscars? Will Angelina Jolie be able to win an Oscar after playing the role of opera legend Maria Callas in the movie “Maria”? Will Joaquin Phoenix, who won the Oscar for best actor in 2020 for “Joker”, be able to impress the Academy again with “Joker: Folly a Do”?
The film “September 5” by the German director Tim Felbaum tells the story of the terrorist attack that took place at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972 Image from: Film Constantin
Political character
Politics is among the reasons that critics give importance to the Venice Festival in the current edition, as the event will be a platform for watching documentaries of a political nature, such as the cinematic work “September 5” by the German director Tim Felbaum, which repeats. the terrorist attacks that happened at the Olympics. Munich In 1972, it claimed the lives of 11 Israeli athletes.
The film tells the story from the point of view of American journalists who saw the event while covering the sporting event.
The German director Andreas Weil, who is considered one of the most famous German documentary filmmakers, appears in the film “Rifenstahl” the German Leni Riefenstahl, the director of the Nazi propaganda films “Triumph of the Will” in 1934 and “Olympia” in 1936.
Riefenstahl, who died in 2003 at the age of 101, denied any knowledge of Hitler’s concentration camps and the Holocaust, but the director Weil was able to access her personal archives and presented in the documentary evidence that Riefenstahl was a supporter of Nazism.
The festival will be an opportunity for the director Joe Wright his television series, “M. The novel describes how the Italian dictator Benito Mussolini came to power. The work is expected to raise a lot of controversy in Venice, as the current Italian government led by Giorgia Meloni is considered right-wing since the time of Mussolini, nicknamed the Duce, which is Italian means “the leader.”
Encourage audience engagement
Speaking at the 81st Venice Film Festival, American actor Drew Starkey, who plays Daniel Craig’s friend in the movie “Queer,” said that the conversations raised by the “Queer” movementI also“That doesn’t stop one of the most prestigious festivals from being the most exciting of the year.”
The thriller “Baby Girl”, directed by Dutch director Halina Reijn and starring Nicole Kidman and actor Harris Dickinson, is expected to attract the attention of the audience attending the Venice Film Festival.
Halina Rehn says the film was inspired by erotic thrillers from the 1990s like “Basic Instinct” and “Fatal Attraction”.
Nicole Kidman plays a manager who puts her career and family on the line to start a passionate relationship with a young coach at the company she heads.
The festival will feature the presence of Nicole Kidman, the heroine of the thriller “Babygirl.” Photo by: Niko Tavernise/A24/AP/photo alliance
Scandals await on social media
In its current edition, the Venice Festival has some scandals that critics see as hot peppers that increase the pleasure of eating. In the age of social media platforms, these scandals will be fertile material for Generation Z.
Many will be waiting for any scene that could bring Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt together on the red carpet after a struggle that lasted for years Divorce.
The presence of the American rapper Travis Scott is expected to cause a lot of controversy, especially after he was arrested in a hotel in Paris while attending the Olympic Games. Scott was arrested in Paris because of a dispute between him and his bodyguard, and the hotel’s security guard intervened to break up the conflict between them.
Joaquin Phoenix will have trouble avoiding questions from journalists at the Venice Film Festival about his sudden decision to withdraw from a gay romantic film project with director Todd Hine, days before filming begins in Mexico. The withdrawal prompted the production company to file a lawsuit against the American star as he lost millions as a result of his decision to withdraw from the role.
The lenses of journalists and the public will be in pursuit of George Clooney, especially after the controversy raised by the director Quentin Tarantino, who said in a press interview that “Clooney is not a movie star,” which prompted the latter to respond by saying: “All right, man, go to hell.”
Prepared by: Muhammad Farhan
