The show will go on at the Venice Film Festival. But the players may be wary of their lines!
The fest says it hasn’t scrapped its usual opening press conference with its jury — being headed this year by Maggie Gyllenhaal — after trade reports over the weekend said that Venice brass were considering ditching the presser due to a mysterious “scheduling conflict.”
That seemed odd, especially since press conferences at international fests from Berlin to Cannes have become minefields for filmmakers and stars to become inadvertently embroiled in thorny public debates on issues from Israel to AI.
Fest watchers wondered if Venice was trying to protect…
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