Do people really think Cronenberg, etc. got snubbed? I\’ve always thought these things were about scheduling.

Kevin Smith not getting in with \”Clerks\”, that was a snub. Or, really, common sense.

The alternate headline was 6 Filmmakers whose films may still debut at Cannes (or not). You can just pretend that\’s the headline if you like or you can\’t take up your complaint with the Internet Misleading Bureau that also doesn\’t allow people to read magazines and then write about them.

Really looking forward to that movie!

I hope it wont be as radical as Kinatay and Serbis. I feel that it will be more \”commercial-friendly\”, considering that it is prime time for the producers to bank on his talent, eh?

cronenberg\’s \”a history of violence\” played in cannes, so no: cronenberg doesn\’t wait for toronto with his films (although \”eastern promises\” played there). actually, it\’s surprising that the film\’s not in cannes, being a european production and all (it\’s a well known fact that berlin wanted to have it and apparently had cronenberg on their side, who played \”existenz\” there, but were turned down by the producers or world sales agents or whoever – so everyone believed cannes had snapped it up).

Cannes won\’t take a film that\’s already played outside its home country. I\’m pretty sure Berlin and Venice won\’t either.

That isn\’t what I meant at all. I meant it won\’t take a film that\’s already opened outside its country of origin. If \”The Turin Horse\” had already played in Hungary, even as a commercial release, Cannes would still take it. But playing in another country rules it out. This was the whole issue behind the \”Tree of Life\” UK release fiasco — opening in the UK ahead of the festival would put it in violation of Cannes\’ rules. But Fox could open it in the U.S. today and it would still be okay.