04-04-2018, 04:44 PM
I mentioned Del Toro because he's the president of this year's Venice festival, I don't think he has any power over Frémaux's selection. And frankly a Cannes selection seems quite impossible... That would be a very political gesture from Frémaux and I'm not sure he wants to take that risk with this film. Also, the french distributor was aiming for Cannes (even hoping to be selected as the opening film) to support a simultaneous french release. This plan is clearly off the cards now so I'm not sure Cannes is even that useful for them now.
I won't be too upset if the film avoids the legendary picky Cannes critics but that would mean we wouldn't have any moving image for several months...
I won't be too upset if the film avoids the legendary picky Cannes critics but that would mean we wouldn't have any moving image for several months...