The Venice Film Festival, which since the 1930s has been held on Lido Island in the Venetian lagoon, began its 81st edition with the premiere of Tim Burton's film “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”, BTA reported.
A year after its lackluster edition, ignored by the major American studios because of the Hollywood strike, the oldest film festival in the world is reviving its reputation as a launching pad for the “Oscar” awards.
All the star actors from Burton's film gathered on the red carpet. These are Michael Keaton and Winona Ryder, who starred in Burton's debut film “Beetlejuice” from 1988, as well as young actors - Justin Theroux and Jenna Ortega, who, despite her tender age, has already won the status of a modern horror actress, thanks to her participation in the projects Scream ("Scream") and Wednesday ("Scream"). Wednesday”). Executive producer and director of the individual episodes of the latter is Burton.
The new film, which the director prefers not to call a sequel, also stars Monica Bellucci, Burton's current partner in life. During the press conference, she revealed that she would appear “cut to pieces” and stitched again. “It is a very strange and mystical process, but who among us does not have his soul scars,” said the actress, who was recently honored by the Foreign Press Association in Italy with a career achievement award.
For his part, Tim Burton admitted that he has always loved Italian horror films and the work of the most famous Italian horror director Dario Argento, and thinks that his current work is “a bit Italian”. The film is planned to be released on the big screens already at the beginning of September.
Before the premiere screening of the festival, the statuette of the honorary “Golden Lion of San Marco“ was awarded to American actress Sigourney Weaver, known for her roles in blockbusters such as “Alien“, “Ghostbusters“ and “Avatar“.
"I'm sure I'm dreaming," responded the 74-year-old actress, her voice shaking with emotions. “My husband is going to have to get used to being in bed with us,” she joked, holding up her trophy
Angelina Jolie, who plays opera diva Maria Callas in the biopic “Maria”, was already seen in Venice. of the Chilean Pablo Laraine, who participated in the main competition. A few days later, her ex-husband Brad Pitt and George Clooney are expected to arrive at the Lido. The actors are filming as a duo in the movie "Lone Wolves" (Wolfs) by John Watts. It will be shown outside the competition program.
In the competition for the main prizes, which will be distributed on September 7 by the international jury headed by the French actress Isabelle Huppert, among 21 films competing “Joker: Madness for Two“ Todd Phillips' Joker: Folie a Deux with Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga, Spanish director Pedro Almodovar's first English-language feature The Room Next Door, as well as another “American” a film by the Italian Luca Guadagnino - Queer with Daniel Craig, who defies the stereotype of James Bond and takes on the role of an American gay.