No Americans in Cannes? Trade Roughage 04/18/08

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By Karina Longworth posted 1 year ago

Variety says the only American film currently locked into a competition slot at Cannes is Charlie Kaufmann’s directorial debut, Synecdoche, New York. Steven Soderbergh’s Che epic isn’t finished, and Woody Allen’s Barcelona film is caught up in international red tape. But it looks like we can look forward to new stuff from Nuri Bilge Ceylan and Philippe Garrel, as well as a documentary on Mike Tyson by James Toback.
Squashing rumors that the film would be exclusively distributed via iTunes, IFC has announced that they’ll release Madonna’s directorial debut, Filth and Wisdom, in the fall, with a theatrical run concurrent with VOD as is their custom.
Brett Ratner has been “tapped” to remake The Incredible Shrinking Man. I am only posting this story so I can screencap the incredible photo of Ratner at right. The black-on-black bow tie––who does that?

Christopher said 1 year ago
Who better than Ratner to reverse the feminist progress of the Incredible Shrinking Woman?