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31 August 2008 4:03 PM, PDT | From Cinematical.com | See recent Cinematical news

One of my favorite things to do at Telluride is talk to people in line and on the gondola about what they've seen, what they've loved, and what they've hated. The folks who come to Telluride tend to be smart folks who love film, and I always have some fascinating conversations here.

I'm hearing strong positive buzz so far for I've Loved You So Long, Hunger, Flame & Citron, The Good, the Bad and the Weird, and Happy-Go-Lucky, all of which will play Toronto. Folks here are enamored of Sally Hawkins, who plays the lead in Happy-Go-Lucky; sadly, she broke her collarbone while shooting a stunt for her latest film, and isn't here in Telluride, but she will be at Toronto.

Hearing mixed response to American Violet (I haven't seen that one, but you can read Gene's review) and Adam Resurrected; the latter is the newest from film master Paul Schrader,

Kim Voynar

13 July 2008 9:24 PM, PDT | From GetTheBigPicture.net | See recent Get The Big Picture news

There's very little doubt about what movie will have the longest lines next weekend. The Dark Knight may break the all-time opening weekend record. Then again, it might not, if a lot of people, believing it will break the opening weekend record, don't want to screw with the long lines. Maybe they'll stay away completely, or maybe, having spent all that time in line just to see sold out theaters for The Dark Knight, they'll see something else instead.

The summer movie season has a few weeks where it seems as though one movie has a weekend all to itself, but it's hardly the case here. In fact, with all the talk surrounding how The Dark Knight might make $160, $180 million dollars in three days - speculation based primarily on geeked-up hope more than anything else - it's worth pointing out that of the top three films of all time in terms of stratospheric debuts,

Colin Boyd

2 articles from 2008