2023-09-09 23:17:35
The eightieth edition of the Venice Festival began with controversies and ends by consecrating Poor Things, by Yorgos Lanthimos, which was emerging as one of the favorites due to the good reviews and general acceptance it had been receiving. As for the controversies, they are not left behind, because when it comes to taking stock of what happened in these two weeks, the participations of Woody Allen, Roman Polanski and Luc Besson still reverberate, which eclipsed the initial controversy: the opening film replacement. ChallengersLuca Guadagnino’s last film, was chosen, but due to issues related to the strikes promoted by the writers’ and actors’ unions in the United States, it was replaced by Commanderby Edgardo de Angelis.
It was not an easy instance, but the critics were unrelenting, hindering a path that did not appear to be very easy.
On this side of the Atlantic, interest was no less, since the announcement that Santiago Miter would join the jury in charge of presenting the Golden Lion, chaired by Damien Chazelle –director of Babylon, La la land, Whiplash), for a while he placed the flag of national cinema at the top. The same can be said of Laura Citarella’s participation as a jury in the section dedicated to debut works, which this year went to Lee Hong-Chi, for Love Is a Gun. Little by little the parade of stars and the viewing of movies began to gain ground and the relevant debates surrounding the cancellation or separation of the author’s work They began to give in to the viewings of the expected films.
Santiago Miter was a member of the grand jury of the Venice Film Festival.
It is known that the Venice curatorship is a little more intransigent than that of Cannes, more committed to proposing an unmarked view of the industry’s demands. Among the main films in competition were biographies of celebrities, such as Ferrari, by Michael Mann and starring Adam Driver; either Priscillathe biopic directed by Sofia Coppola whose protagonist Cailee Spaeny won best actress. Teacher, a film directed and starring Bradley Cooper regarding Leonard Bernstein, in some way condensed the general atmosphere of Venice, because it sparked some discussions regarding the relevance of the characterization proposed by Cooper and the makeup team, but it also attracted a lot of attention for the renowned name of its director, who finally did not appear at La Mostra. Fincher’s first participation in the Festival, with The Killerwas another of the attractions, without a doubt.
Latino winner. Titles with more peripheral themes and approaches were also presented, such as La bête, by Bertrand Bonello, which investigates the transversal topic of artificial intelligence or They happenof Matteo Garrone, who messes with African migrations to Europe and which gave Garrone the Silver Lion and his actor Seydou Sarr, the best young actor. For your part Countdeserved for its director, the Chilean Pablo Larrain, the award for best original screenplay. This film tells, in a horror comedy tone, the figure of the Chilean dictator Pinochet, characterized as a vampire.
Between all these movies and names, Yorgos Lanthimos was not just another one. He had been summoned twice to Venice: In 2011 he won Best Screenplay for Alps, and with The Favorite he won the grand jury prize. His cinema contains his own pulse and is recognized for generating disturbing atmospheres, in which the viewer gradually understands what is happening.
Poor Things, starring and produced by Emma Stone, was receiving reviews that agreed on the narrative maturity and effective technical deployment that this daring story offers. And from Venice, Lanthimos leaves with the Golden Lion, the Festival’s biggest prize. This “Frankenstein in a feminist key”as might be read more than once, is the eighth feature film by the Greek director, who is beginning to sound like one of the candidates to compete with an advantage for the 2024 Oscar.
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