Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Film Festivals And Hollywood Hype Are Caught In A Deadly Feedback Loop

The problem especially afflicts the major fall festivals: Venice, Telluride, Toronto. "The way films are received at major festivals ... dictates how independent and prestige titles will be positioned for the rest of the year. That positioning will then influence the Oscars, which govern in turn the types of films that get made and celebrated. While most big film festivals are built on good intentions, the atmosphere around them has become oddly reductive."



Article source here:Arts Journal

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