Venice, 8/29.

The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw's in Venice, looking forward to "a sparkling set of films," and floats an idea: "I haven't seen Nightwatching yet. I have no idea what it's like. But for sheer shake-up value, giving [Peter] Greenaway the Golden Lion would probably be the most gratifying."

Emmanuel Burdeau opens a Venice diary for Cahiers du cinéma, "to give voice - voices - to incertitude. That's the way it is, and we intend to stick to it. An effort will be made not to give in to judgment and opinions. We will strive to give the films their freedom. We will talk about the enthusiasm, the perplexity, the interrogations. We will change our minds. We will erase the tracks of evaluation."

Via Karina Longworth at the SpoutBlog, "some key moments" from 75 years of the festival's history from Reuters. Related online browsing tip: a slide show at the International Herald Tribune.

Earlier: "Venice. Atonement."

Posted by dwhudson at August 29, 2007 1:52 PM