Comments on: NYFF Adds Secret “Work-In-Progress” Screening For A Major Film; What Will It Be?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

What about Walter Salles and OTR.

By: quince

quince — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

The Wettest County in the World (John Hillcoat)

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Doubtful it is OTR since it isn\’t slated for this year.

By: Glass

Glass — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

I\’d bet the farm on Dragon Tattoo.

By: bobmorton

bobmorton — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

whoops… guess it pays to read the article instead of just going thru the comments. good call, kevin.

By: bobmorton

bobmorton — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

fincher\’s social network premiered at nyff last year.

By: a

Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

It\’s not Eastwood. J. Edgar has been rated by the MPAA, meaning it\’s not a work-in-progress.

Thanks, Cory. With that in mind, it could definitely be Fincher. Fincher or Scorsese.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

The Salles and Yimou guesses are pretty good.

By: Cory Everett

Cory Everett — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

It should be pointed out that Filmlinc didn\’t say \”legendary filmmaker,\” Deadline did for some reason. Filmlinc only says \”master filmmaker\” which changes the odds on some of these as legendary implies a large body of work and master could be someone who\’s been around less time.

That said, I still think it\’ll be J. Edgar since they\’re all up on Eastwood: they premiered Hereafter and The Changeling even though those ended up being non-starters awards/critics/audience/everything-wise.

By: ross

ross — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Keith, didn\’t Wong kar-Wai show 2046 at Cannes before he had delivered his final cut? Or did he re-edit after a poor reaction at said screening?

By: Kiki

Kiki — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Maybe Zhang Yimou\’s Bale-starrer film? They want to premiere it here in the US to qualify for the major categories.

By: ben

ben — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

what about the new Francis Ford Coppola movie?

By: anon

anon — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Malick and Wong-kar Wai are wishful thinking. Scorsese and Spielberg seems likeliest

By: Nuclear Waste Aerobics

Nuclear Waste Aerobics — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

The man, the myth, and yes, the legend:

VINCENT GALLO

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Malick or Wong Kar-Wai are not going to show off anything they haven\’t finished. Keep dreaming guys.

By: a

Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Malick and Wong-kar Wai are good suggestions, too.

By: a

Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Probably not the Eastwood, since that movie\’s probably finished by now. No way would NYFF call Stephen Daldry or Jason Reitman legendary. And as much as that crowd likes Fincher, I doubt they\’d call him legendary either. Scorsese is the most likely I think.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

How is \”Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close\” a \”strong\” possibility? Daldry isn\’t anywhere near legendary.

How about a couple of out-there candidates like Malick (who\’s reportedly completed shooting his next film, and whose films are perpetually \”in progress\”) or Wong-kar Wai (ditto)?

Or even Coppola, whose \”Twixt\” is indeed a work in progress. Unless the implication is that the film has never been screened.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Also, there is no fucking way \”Prometheus\” is showing. Get a grip people.

By: Min

Min — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close is my bet. The film has also been doing test screenings in New York recently. And Daldry can be considered a \”master\” filmmaker.

By: Bob Violence

Bob Violence — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

\”Hugo\” has been test-screening over the past few weeks in a slightly unfinished version, so I\’m leaning towards that one.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Hugo, and War Horse are the best bets based on the info. War Horse has the master filmmaker, but it is finished , so I think it\’s out (though they may just be calling it a work in progress).
TGWDT is still filming, so it is a work in progress, but I don\’t know if Fincher would show it.
That leaves Hugo, obviously a master filmmaker, and a lot of effects work that would show the work in progress.

By: Bob Violence

Bob Violence — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

\”The legend goes that WKW delivered \’2046\’ to Cannes so late that the reels were still wet. Did he edit it after before it hit theaters? Perhaps. But it certainly wasn’t a work in progress.\”

The Cannes version was a WIP — it had unfinished CGI in black and white and the sound mix was apparently quite rough (\”In the Mood for Love\” also premiered with an unfinished mix). \”2046\” (and \”My Blueberry Nights\”) were re-edited after Cannes, but I think \”In the Mood for Love\” went out in more or less the same form, bar the soundtrack.

As for \”The Grandmasters\” being the mystery film, I imagine an NYFF screening (even of an unfinished version) would blow its shot at the big European festivals, and I can\’t really see them trading a big international debut like that for a surprise premiere in New York. Plus I\’m not entirely convinced it\’ll be in theaters this year, although the Chinese media still reports a vague \”December\” release date.

By: Kevin Jagernauth

Kevin Jagernauth — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

I wonder if Spike Lee\’s \”Red Hook Summer\” is a possibility.

By: 210

210 — Fri, 13 May 2016 13:43:52 +0000

@Chadd: I don\’t think it\’s Dragon Tattoo either, but every Fincher movie has heavy effects work, regardless of genre.