THE NATIONAL FILM PRESERVE LTD. PRESENTS THEtelluridecms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/guides/41st_TFF... · Geoff Dyer (GD), Gian Luca Farinelli (GLF), Mara Fortes (MF), Scott

THE NATIONAL FILM PRESERVE LTD. PRESENTS THE

THIS FESTIVAL IS DEDICATED TO

1916–2013

1932–2013

Stanley Kauffmann

Peter O’Toole

1

Julie Huntsinger | Directors Tom Luddy Kim Morgan | GuestDirectors Guy Maddin Gary Meyer | SeniorCurator

Mara Fortes | Curator

Kirsten Laursen | ChiefofStaff

Brandt Garber | ProductionManager

Karen Schwartzman | SVP,Partnerships

Erika Moss Gordon | VP,Filmanthropy&Education

Melissa DeMicco | DevelopmentManager

Joanna Lyons | EventsManager

Bärbel Hacke | HostsManager

Shannon Mitchell | VP,Publicity

Justin Bradshaw | MediaManager

Jannette Angelle Bivona | ExecutiveAssistant

Marc McDonald | TheaterOperationsManager

Lucy Lerner | SHOWCorpsManager

Erica Gioga | Housing/TravelManager

Beth Calderello | OperationsManager

Chapin Cutler | TechnicalDirector

Ross Krantz | TechnicalWizard

Barbara Grassia | ProjectionandInspection

Annette Insdorf | Moderator

Mark Danner | ResidentCurators Pierre Rissient Peter Sellars Paolo Cherchi Usai

Publications EditorJasonSilverman(JS)

Chief WriterLarryGross(LG)

Prized Program ContributorsSheerlyAvni(SA),PaoloCherchiUsai(PCU),JesseDubus(JD),

GeoffDyer(GD),GianLucaFarinelli(GLF),MaraFortes(MF),ScottFoundas(SF),GuyMaddin(GM),LeonardMaltin(LM),JonathanMarlow(JM),

ToddMcCarthy(TM),GaryMeyer(GaM),KimMorgan(KM),ErrolMorris(EM),DavidThomson(DT),PetervonBagh(PvB)

Tribute CuratorChrisRobinson

Short Films CuratorsJonathanMarlow

andBillPence

Student Prints CuratorGregoryNava

THENATIONALFILMPRESERVELTD.PRESENTSTHE

2

The National Film Preserve, Ltd.AColorado501(c)(3)nonprofit,tax-exempteducationalcorporation

Founded in 1974 by James Card, Tom Luddy and Bill & Stella Pence

Directors Emeriti Bill&StellaPence

Board of Governors

PeterBecker,KenBurns,PeggyCurran,MichaelFitzgerald,JulieHuntsinger,LindaLichter,TomLuddy,AlexanderPayne,ElizabethRedleaf,

MilosStehlik,Sheltong.Stanfill(Chair),JosephSteinberg

Poster Artist Christian Marclay

Trainedasasculptor,Christian’searlyfamecameasaturntableartist,workingwithmusiciansincludingJohnZorn,ButchMorrisandSonic

Youth.Marclayhasturnedthecollageintohighart,transformingmusicalephemeraintosculpturalpiecesthathavebeenexhibitedatMoMA,

TateModernandtheCentrePompidou.Hisbest-knownworkThe Clock,winneroftheGoldenLionattheVeniceBiennale,offereda24-hourinvestigationoftimeandthemovies,andhasplayedtorapturous

reviewsandoverflowaudiencesaroundtheworld.

Laurie Anderson | NewYork,NY

Jeremy Barber | LosAngeles,CA

Peter Bogdanovich | NewYork,NY

John Boorman | London,UK

Kevin Brownlow | London,UK

Mark Cousins | Edinburgh,Scotland

Don DeLillo | NewYork,NY

Buck Henry | LosAngeles,CA

Lisa Henson | CulverCity,CA

Werner Herzog | LosAngeles,CA

Kathleen Kennedy | SantaMonica,CA

Warren Lieberfarb | LosAngeles,CA

Phillip Lopate | Brooklyn,NY

Frank Marshall | SantaMonica,CA

Errol Morris | Cambridge,MA

Kirill Razlogov | Moscow,Russia

Salman Rushdie | NewYork,NY

Bertrand Tavernier | Paris,France

David Thomson | SanFrancisco,CA

Peter von Bagh | Helsinki,Finland

Esteemed Council of Advisors

Guest Directors

3

GuyMaddinandKimMorganenjoythedistinctionofbeingthefirstcouple—and,indeed,marriedcouple—toserveinthegreattraditionofguestartisticdirectorsoftheTellurideFilmFestival.Andwhatapartnershiptheyrepresent.Exemplarsofhighlyindividualisticfilmconnoisseurship,theyhaveeachmadecareerstransformingtheirhighlyspecific,ofteneccentric,cinematicenthusiasmsintodeeplypersonalartandcriticism.

InfilmsincludingARCHANGEL(TFF17),CAREFUL(TFF19)andTHESADDESTMUSICINTHEWORLD(2003),Maddin(aTributeeatthe22ndFestival,withfellowSurrealistsJanSvankmajerandtheBrothersQuay)hasmystifyinglybutindeliblytransformedafetishismforesotericsilentandtransition-to-soundfilmtechniquesintoanunprecedentedcreativestyle.Healsohassingle-handedlyredefined,orperhapssimplydefined,thecityofWinnipegtotheworld.Bendingmeticulouslyrecreated,antiquatedexpressivemodestohisowndevices,thiscompletefilmmakerhasalwaysgonehisownwaywithgenial,arrestingandsometimesjustjaw-droppingresults.

AsforMorgan,justwhenonemighthavejustifiablythoughtthateverythingthatcouldbesaidaboutthatcinematiclodestarknownasfilmnoirhad,infact,beensaid,Morganarrivedtoaddressthegenreanew.WritingforherownblogSunset Gun,andinThe Huffington Post,Entertainment WeeklyandGarage Magazine,wheresheauthorsthemoviecolumn“Drive,SheSaid,”Morganhas,withparticularlyintuitive,lyricalandsometimesbesottedappreciation,givenusnewinsightsintothewondrouswomenwhopopulatedthenoirworld,boththecharactersandtheactresseswhoportrayedthem.Ifshehadn’tbefore,MorganmusthavefallenatleastpartlyinlovewithMaddinwhenshesawhisMYWINNIPEG(2007),whichfeaturedthefinalfilmappearanceofDETOURstarAnnSavage.

Bytheirownadmission,M&M’stastesoverlaptoanextraordinarydegree.ThesixfilmstheyhavechosentoshowandintroduceatTelluriderepresentaunifiedexpressionofsensibilitiesanddiscernment.FiveofthesixareHollywoodtitles,fiveareinblack-and-whiteandtheyweremadebetweentheearly1930sandthemid-1970s.Withoneexception,theyweredirectedbyjustlycelebratedauteurs,butthefilmsarenotofficialclassicsandareveryrarelyscreened.

It’sawonderfullyidiosyncraticlist,agroupingoffilmsthathavehithertoneverbeforemet.Untothemselves,theyconstituteafinemini-festival.–TM

A full description of the Guest Directors’ selections can be found on pages 24-25.

Guy Maddin and Kim Morgan

Each year, Telluride’s Guest Director serves as a key collaborator in the Festival’s programming decisions, bringing new ideas and overlooked films. Past Guest Directors include Salman Rushdie, Buck Henry, Laurie Anderson, Stephen Sondheim, Peter Sellars, Slavoj Zizek, Alexander Payne, Michael Ondaatje and Caetano Veloso.

Sponsored by Audible.com

3

Shows Shows

L/Sat 7:30PM Q&A

3 Hearts of Darkness

DeterminedtomakeanunorthodoxfilmabouttheextremeconditionsofVietnam,FrancisFordCoppolabeganshootinginthejunglesofthePhilippinesinMarch1975.Overthenext238daysofprincipalphotography,theAPOCALYPSENOWproductionsurvivedatyphoon,aheartattacksufferedbyitsstar,andadirectorflirtingwithamentalbreakingpoint.Writer-directorsGeorgeHickenlooperandFaxBahrtransformco-directorEleanorCoppola’sremarkable,no-holds-barredbehind-the-scenesfootage,alongwithinterviewswithwriterJohnMilius(“FrancishadmeconvincedthiswouldbethefirstfilmtowintheNobelPrize”),MartinSheen,GeorgeLucas,LaurenceFishburne,RobertDuvallandDennisHopper,intooneofthemoststartlingandsurprisinglyinspiringaccountsofartisticcommitment,inanymedium.FrancisFordCoppolacreatedaprojectofsuchimmenseambitionthatitsmerecompletionremainsoneofthegreatcinematicachievements.–JD(U.S.,1991,97m)In person: Eleanor Coppola

Q & A

S/Fri 6:45PM

2 A Close-Up on Apocalypse Now

JamesGray(THEIMMIGRANT,WEOWNTHENIGHT)isfromagenerationoffilmmakerswhosecareershavebeendeeplyinfluencedbyFrancisFordCoppola’sAPOCALYPSENOW.Grayhoststhisonce-in-a-lifetimediscussion,heldattheintimate,historicSheridanOperaHouse,withfourofthekeymembersofthefilm’screativeteam.Oscar-winningproducerFredRoos(THEGODFATHER)usesscreenteststodiscussthecastingofthefilm,andOscar-winningeditorandsoundeditorWalterMurch(THEENGLISHPATIENT),Oscar-winningcinematographerVittorioStoraro(THELASTEMPEROR,REDS),andthelegendaryFrancisFordCoppolaeachpresentsequencesfromthefilmthatrevealhowandwhytheywerecreated.Theresult:never-before-heardinsightsintothemakingofthemostambitiousindependentfilmincinemahistory.Also of note: A Conversation with Dennis Jakob, a creative consultant on APOCALYPSE NOW and one of cinema’s essential behind-the-scenes visionaries, with Errol Morris and Guy Maddin, Monday, 11 AM at the County Courthouse.

H/Fri 2PM - C/Sat 8:30AM

1 A Tribute to Apocalypse Now

Made possible by a donation from The Burns Family

“MyfilmisnotaboutVietnam—itisVietnam,”FrancisFordCoppolafamously(andaccurately)saidofhis1979magnumopus:aboldlyre-imaginedversionofJosephConrad’sHeart of Darknesstransposedtotheall-consumingmadnessoftheMekongDelta.Shotover14monthsunderarduousconditionsinthePhilippines,APOCALYPSENOWremainsoneoftheessentialexperiencesofmoderncinema,fromitsopeningnapalmblasts(andJimMorrisonsinging“TheEnd”)toitsfinal,unforgettableboutofritualandsacrifice.Ithasbeen35yearssincethefilm’srelease,andwhiletherehavebeencountlessfilmsaboutVietnam,thereremainsonlyoneAPOCALYPSENOW.WearethrilledtopresentthesespecialscreeningsfromanewDCPoftheoriginaltheatricalcut,madeunderFrancisFordCoppola’ssupervision.

Coppola’stoweringachievementbeganastheprojectofanothervisionaryNorthernCaliforniadirector,GeorgeLucas.LucashadcommissionedJohnMiliustowritethefirstdraftofthescreenplayandimagineddirectingitclosetohome,intheSacramento-SanJoaquindeltaregion,insmall-scale,semi-documentaryfashion.ButbythetimeAPOCALYPSEwasreadytogo,LucaswasalreadyimmersedinSTARWARSandcededtheprojecttoCoppola(hismentor),whosawinMilius’scriptanotherpossibility:thatofabig,widescreenHollywoodwarepiclikeTHEBRIDGEONTHERIVERKWAIshotthroughwithtouchesoftheabsurd,alaDR.STRANGELOVE.

Itwas,seemingly,amomentwhenCoppolahadHollywoodinthepalmofhishand,freshoffthetriumphsofthetwoGODFATHERmoviesandTHECONVERSATION.Andyet—forwhatwouldultimatelyproveveryvalidreasons—APOCALYPSENOWfrightenedthestudios.Coppolawasultimatelyforcedtoself-financethefilm,makingitperhapshistory’sbiggestandriskiestindependentproduction.

Itwasaproductionbesetbybadweather,badhealthandgenerallybadvibes(includingthearrivalofBrando,dramaticallyoverweightandgrosslyunderprepared),allexpertlychronicledbyEleanorCoppolainherbehind-the-scenesdocumentaryHEARTSOFDARKNESS:AFILMMAKER’SAPOCALYPSE,playingelsewhereintheFestival.Butperhapsatouchofjunglemadnesswasnecessarytoachievethefilm’sunique,dream-likeintensity:helicopters,underthecommandofCol.Kilgore(RobertDuvall)swoopingintothesoundsofWagner;surfingsoldiershangingtenontheMekongDelta;aPlayboybunnyrevuedescendingintoriotconditions;Kurtz(MarlonBrando)inhisdesiccatedgrandiloquence,lurkingintheshadows,philosophizingintotheendlessnight.“Thehorror,thehorror”yes,butalsothesurreal,hypnotic,psychedelicbeauty.–SF(U.S.,1979,153m)

The 2PM Friday screening at the Herzog Theatre will be followed by an on-stage discussion with Francis Ford Coppola, producer-casting director Fred Roos, cinematographer Vittorio Storaro, co-screenwriter John Milius and editor-sound designer Walter Murch, moderated by Scott Foundas. The discussion after the 8:30AM Saturday screening at Chuck Jones’ Cinema will be moderated by James Gray.

4 5

Shows Shows

N/Fri 9PM - H/Sat 9:45PM - C/Sun 6:15PM Q&AH/Fri 9:15PM - P/Sat 9:15AM Q&A - O/Sat 8:30PM - C/Sun 9PM

7 ‘71 5 Foxcatcher

P/Fri 5:45PM - C/Sat 5PM - G/Sun 9:30AM Q&AP/Fri 11:15PM - N/Sat 9:15PM Q&A - M/Sun 9:30AM

6 Two Days, One Night 4 Tales of the Grim Sleeper

Made possible by a donation from Elizabeth Redleaf

Duringtheirillustrious30-yearcareer,thewriter-directorteamLucandJean-PierreDardenne(Telluridetributees,TFF32),havecreatedandrefinedadistinctivemodeofcinematicsocialrealism.Everydaypeople,livingonthemargins,strugglewithinanimpersonalandcrueleconomicsystemthatdrivesthemintopsychicconflict.Sandra(TelluridetributeeMarionCotillard,TFF39)worksinafactoryabouttobedownsized.Hercoworkerscansaveherjobonlyifshecanpersuadethemtovoteagainsttheirfinancialself-interest.Hereffortsleadtorich,powerfulscenesofmoralambiguityandsurprisingpsychologicalinsight.ThoughmostofusassociateCotillard(LAVIEENROSE,MIDNIGHTINPARIS,RUSTANDBONE,TFF39)withalluringsexuality,heresheunpretentiouslyembracesSandra’severydaynessinamarvelousperformance,onethatperfectlyharmonizeswiththeskillful,poignant,observationalstyleoftheDardennes.–LG(Belgium-Italy-France,2014,95m)PrecededbyTOUTESDESCONNES(d.FrançoisJaros,France,2013,6m).In person: Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne, François Jaros

In2010,theLosAngelespolicearrestedLonnieFranklin,amiddle-agedAfricanAmerican,forthemurderoftenwomenoverthecourseof25years.Fewwereawareoftheserialkillings(Franklinmayhavekilledmanymore),andhisneighborsinSouthCentraldescribedhimasadecentguywhoworkedhardandresisteddruggangs.Directorandon-screeninterviewerNickBroomfield(BIGGIEANDTUPAC,HEIDIFLESS:HOLLYWOODMADAM),alongwithhissonBarney,andMarcHoeferlin,digforinformation,uncoveringamurky,hellishtaleofbrutalityanddepravityfueledbyeconomicdesperation,institutionalracismandcrackcocaine.Andwewonder:WouldtheLAPDletakilleroperateforaquarter-centuryinawhite,middle-classneighborhood?Broomfield’sinterviewswithsurvivorsofnear-fatalencounterswiththekillerarerivetingandheartbreaking.–LG(U.K-U.S.,2014,105m)PrecededbySUPERVENUS(d.FrédéricDoazan,France,2014,3m). In person: Nick Broomfield, Pam Brooks

Onhisfirstdayofduty,BritisharmygruntGaryHooklosescontactwithhisunit:adangerouspropositioninBelfast,attheheightoftheall-consumingCatholic-versus-Protestantviolence.Gradually,asGarysensesthecomplexvendettas,schismsandbetrayalsonallsidesofthewar,hisownconflictedloyaltiesemerge.JackO’Connell(whogaveamemorablestar-makingperformanceinlastyear’sSTARREDUP,TFF40)issuperbinthelead,andGregoryRoark’sconcisebutelaboratescriptefficientlyandsatisfyinglybringstogetherthenumerouscharacters,theirdivergentmotivationsandlabyrinthinestories.KnownfordirectingacclaimedTVshowsandhigh-endcommercials,YannDemange,inhisfeaturedebut,doesaremarkablejobatkeepinganenormouslytrickyfilmsuspenseful,tautandsolidlygrounded.Andheleavesroomforbothsidesofapoliticallychargedhistoricalmomenttobeheard.–LG(U.K.,2014,99m)PrecededbyINVASION(d.HugoRamírez&OlivierPatté,France,2014,4m).In person: Yann Demange

BennettMiller(CAPOTE[TFF32],MONEYBALL)hascraftedanotherrivetingbased-on-factdramainthisAmericanclassic-to-be.WrittenbyMaxFryeandDanFutterman,FOXCATCHERfollowsJohnDupont(SteveCarell),anheirtooneofAmerica’slargestfamilyfortunes,wholongstobeacoach/mentorintheultra-machoworldofOlympicwrestlers.Hehooksup,admiringlyatfirst,withMarkSchultz(ChanningTatum),amedalwinnerlackingthebasicmaterialresourcestokeeptraining.OnthewaytothisAmericanDream,Dupont’sprojectdevolvesintoaGreek-infusedtragedyofaspirationsgoneawry,poisonedbytheinequalitiesofstatus,talent,poweranddesire.Carell,speakinginavoicelikeacongestedwhisper,hisbodyseeminglymadeofpapermache,isarevelation.TatummakesMark’slostinarticulatenessequallyvivid.MarkRuffalo(onceawrestlerhimself)playsMark’sdecentandcaringbrother,trainer,andfellowmedalist,completingthisdoomedtriangle.–LG(U.S.,2014,134m)In person: Bennett Miller, Steve Carell, Channing Tatum

Q & AQ & A

Q & AQ & A

6 7

Shows ShowsP/Sat 7PM - C/Sun 8:30AM - P/Sun 5:30PM Q&A

M/Fri 6:30PM Q&A - L/Sat 9:30AM - N/Sun 1:15PM

8a The Homesman

9 The Decent One

TommyLeeJonesdirects,cowrites(withKieranFitzgerald)andco-starsinthisadaptationofGlendonSwarthout’snovelaboutastalwart,sensitiveprairiespinster.MaryBeeCuddy(HilarySwank)triestoleadthreeneighboringfarmwivesaddledbygriefanddespairbackEasttocareandsafety.SheisjoinedbyGeorgeBriggs(Jones),asnaggle-toothed,middle-agedHuckFinnwhoissimultaneouslycomicandunpredictablydangerous.OscarwinnersSwankandJonesaresuperbastheleads;thephenomenalsupportingcastincludesJohnLithgow,JamesSpader,TimBlakeNelson,MirandaOttoandMerylStreep.Withitsstarklybeautifullandscapes(shotbytheOscar-nominatedRodrigoPrieto,BIUTIFUL[TFF37],BROKEBACKMOUNTAIN[TFF32]),gunfightsandNativeAmericanencounters,THEHOMESMANatfirstseemspleasantlytraditional,butJonessoontestsourassumptionsaboutgenderrolesintheOldWest.–LG(U.S.,2014,120m)In person: Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Kieran Fitzgerald

HeinrichHimmlerwasHitler’ssecond-in-command,theheadofthefearedSSandoneofthemenresponsiblefordesigningandimplementingtheHolocaust.Buthisday-to-daylifecouldn’thavebeenmoreimpeccablymid-centurybourgeoisGerman.Writer-directorVanessaLapadiscoverslettersbetweenHimmlerandhiswifeanddaughter,withtheircheerytermsofendearment,thefatherlyemphasisonkindnessanddecency,concernsaboutbirthdaypresentsandjobpressures,andothermundanesentimentsthatembodyHannahArendt’snotionofthebanalityofevil.There’sevenaprettymistresstocompletethestereotypicalpicture.Byinterspersing“work”correspondencethat—efficiently,proudlyandwithinhumancalmness—enumeratesunspeakableactsofviolenceagainstthe“humananimals”whomHimmlerisdeterminedtoannihilate,Lapachillinglybutdispassionatelyrevealshisduality:aneveryday,career-orientedfamilymanandbureaucratandviciousparanoidpsychoticwiththebloodofmillionsonhishands.Thefamiliarshockinglymeetstheunthinkable.–LG(Austria-Israel-Germany,2014,96m)In person: Vanessa Lapa

Q & A

Q & A8a8P/Sat 7PM - C/Sun 8:30AM

8 A Tribute to Hilary Swank

CourageanddaringmarkHilarySwank’sbestworkonscreen.TheveryfactthatshetookonthephysicallyandemotionallychallengingrolesofBrandonTeenainBOYSDON’TCRYandMaggieFitzgeraldinMILLIONDOLLARBABYtellsusallweneedtoknowabouthercommitmenttotheartofacting.ShehasapairofAcademyAwardstoshowforthoseextraordinaryperformancesandcontinuestoseekoutoriginalanddemandingroles.

BorninLincoln,Nebraska,SwankcaughttheactingbugasachildandbeganworkinginlocaltheaterproductionsaftermovingtoWashingtonstate.Shealsopursuedgymnasticsandswimming,evenparticipatingintheJuniorOlympics.(Shewasrankedfifthingymnasticsinherstate.)Thedeterminationandconfidencerequiredofanathletehasstoodheringoodsteadeversince.

AfterrelocatingtoLosAngeleswithhermother,shestartedworkingprofessionallyinfilmsandTV,earningpartsinsuchhigh-profilefeaturesasBUFFYTHEVAMPIRESLAYERandTHENEXTKARATEKID.Busyworkintelevisionfollowed,includingayear-longrunontheTVseriesBEVERLYHILLS90210.ThenshehadachancetotryoutforfilmmakerKimberlyPeirce,whohadauditionedandrejectedhundredsofcandidatesforthegender-bendingroleofBrandoninBOYSDON’TCRY(1999).Shecutherhairandlivedasaboyforamonthtoprepareforthefilmingofthiswrenchingdrama,whichledtoanOscarandprovedtobeherstepping-stonetostardom.

Shewentontoworkinavarietyoffilms,large-scaleandsmall,beforefindinganothergemofapart—asatalentedbutstar-crossedboxer—inClintEastwood’sMILLIONDOLLARBABY(2002).LikeBOYSDON’TCRY,itwouldrequireagreatdealofpreparationandamajorphysicaltransformation.ShetrainedatthefamousGleason’sGyminBrooklyn,NewYorkandgained20poundsintheprocess.Hertrue-to-lifeandutterlysincereperformanceearnedherasecondAcademyAward,whichputsherinrarefiedcompanywhereOscarhistoryisconcerned.

Sincethattimeshehasactivelyinvolvedherselfindevelopingmaterialthatisworthyofhertalentanddedication.Asaresult,shehasplayedaninterestingarrayofreal-lifecharacters,bothlittle-known(adedicatedschoolteacherinFREEDOMWRITERS,asinglemomwhogetsalawdegreetofreeherincarceratedbrotherinCONVICTION)andworld-famous(aviatrixAmeliaEarhartinAMELIA).

HilarySwankneverformallystudiedacting,butclearlythathasn’theldherback.InacceptinghersecondOscarshedeclared,“I’mjustagirlfromatrailerparkwhohadadream.”It’snicetoseethatdreamcometrue.–LM

The program includes a selection of clips followed by the presentation of the Silver Medallion, an onstage interview led by Scott Foundas (Saturday) and John Horn (Sunday) and THE HOMESMAN (see opposite page), shown in its entirety.

TRIBUTE PROGRAM

8 9

Shows ShowsG/Sun 1:15PML/Fri 9:15PM - M/Sat 9:15AM Q&A - L/Sun 3:30PM

H/Sat 1:30PM Q&A - M/Sat 6:15PM - L/Mon 9:30AMS/Sat 10AM

12 Children of No Importance 10 Leviathan

13 Red Army 11 Too Much Johnson

AnunsungmasterofWeimarcinema,GerhardLamprechtdidn’ttakepartintheExpressionistmovement,buthisworksofthe1920sbroughtfilmrealismtounprecedentedheights.ThisstarkdramaoftheslumsrevealsLamprecht’stalentindirectingchildrenandhissensibilityfortherightsoftheweakest.“Never,noteveninAmerica—thelandofchildstars—hasafilmdirectorimmersedhimselfsolovinglyinthepsycheofthechild”,wroteajournalistin1926.Atrademarkofhisstyleisthewithdrawalfromanyexplicitmessage;byhisownadmission,“Aha,he’sattackingsociety”isnotthekindofreactionheseekstoelicitfromtheviewer.Lamprecht’scompassionate,anti-ideologicalvisionofsocialinjusticeisnowripeforrediscovery.–PCU(Germany,1926,95m)FollowedbyTHELANDBEYONDTHESUNSET(d.HaroldShaw,U.S.,1912,14m).Live accompaniment by Donald Sosin; presented by Paolo Cherchi Usai

AndreyZvyagintsevbeginshisfilmwithaseriesofravishingimagesofRussia’snorthwesterncoast,followedbyominousshotsofwreckedboats,ruinedfactoriesandthedevastatedskeletonofawhale,allplayedagainstPhilipGlass’spulsatingmusicaltheme.Kolia(AlekseySerebryakov),adecentbutimpulsiveautomechanic,isabouttolosehishometoVadim(RomanMadyanov),athuggishyetinsecurepolitician,andcallsonhisoldarmybuddy(VladimirVdovichenkov),nowasmoothMoscowlawyer,forhelp.Atthesametime,Kolia’swifeLilya(ElenaLyadova)growsincreasinglydesperate.Thesefourcharacters,andalargecastofsupportingplayers,doaharrowingdanceofdeath,allsharingthedemonsofalcohol,greedandspiritualisolation.DirectedbyZvyagintsevwithincredibleprecisionandeconomy,andwinnerofCannes’bestscreenplayawardforZvyagintsevandOlegNegin,LEVIATHANisablisteringenquiryintothemorallychaoticconditionsofVladimirPutin’sRussia.–LG(Russia,2014,141m)In person: Andrey Zvyagintsev

DuringtheColdWar,thefateoftheSoviethockeyteamseemedamatteroflifeanddeath.GabePolsky’smoving,exceptionallyentertainingdocumentaryexploresthisphenomenonthroughthewildtaleofViacheslav“Slava”Fetisov,anextraordinarilytalented,charismaticdefensemanandyoungestevercaptainofthenationalteam.Nowanurbanemiddle-agedpolitician,FetisovrecallshisearlyyearsoftrainingunderthebrilliantcoachAnatoliTarasov,whotaughthimabrandofhockeythatcombinedtherigorofchessandtheeleganceofballet.AfterTarasovwasremovedinfavorofaKGB-favoredhack,Fetisovbeganalong,ragged,oftenpainfuljourneyfromhisbelovedhomelandtostardom,andeventualStanleyCupglory,intheU.S.’sNationalHockeyLeague.PolskyunfoldsFetisov’scareerasametaphorforthedeclineoftheSovietsystemandglobalcapitalism’smorallyambiguousvictory.-LG(U.S.-Russia,2014,85m)PrecededbyLAZNIA(d.TomekDucki,Poland,2013,4m).In person: Gabe Polsky

JustthreeyearsbeforeCITIZENKANE,a23-yearoldOrsonWellesembarkedonanexperimentalstage-and-filmprojectforthenewlyformedMercuryTheatre,starringadaredevilJosephCotten.Everythingwentwrong:Wellesranoutoftimeandmoney,thenrealizedthatthetheaterchosenfortheshowwasn’tsuitableforfilmprojection!Thissilent,slapstick-stylefarceofmistakenidentities,reminiscentofMackSennett’schasecomediesandRenéClair’sENTR’ACTE,wasleftunfinishedandnevershownpublicly.Anitratecopyresurfacedinawarehouselocated—ofallplaces—inPordenone,theItalianhomeoftheworld’smostrenownedsilentfilmfestival.Hereitis,restoredbyGeorgeEastmanHouseandshownexactlyasitwasfound,togetherwithanexquisitefragmentofamateurfootage(d.unknown,U.S.,1938,3m)showingWellesonthesetofthefilm.–PCU(U.S.,1938,66m)Live accompaniment by Donald Sosin; presented by Paolo Cherchi Usai

Q & A

Q & A

PORDENONE PRESENTS

PORDENONE PRESENTS

10 11

Shows Shows

L/Sun 9:30AM

14a Diplomacy

15 Billy, How Did You Do It?

In1945,HitlerorderedGeneralDietrichvonCholtitz(NielsArestrup,APROPHET,TFF36)todestroyParis’siconiclandmarks,fromtheEiffelTowertotheArcdeTriomphetoNotre-Dame,beforetheGermansurrenderedtotheAllies.Inthefilm,RaoulNordling,anurbaneSwedishdiplomat(AndréDussollier,WILDGRASS)arrivesatVonCholtitz’shotelsuitetopersuadeamanwhohasbuiltacareeronloyaltytodisobeytheorder.DirectorVolkerSchlöndorffadaptsCyrilGely’splayintoamagnificentminiature,setalmostentirelyinoneroomandplayinginrealtime,asthediplomatappealstotheGeneral’sdecency,thefutilityofwar,andParis’scherishedpositionintheworld’simagination.Thoughweknowtheoutcome,theensuingverbalchessgame—asperformedbytwoofEurope’sgreatestlivingactors—unfoldswithsuchastonishingwitandintricacythatwearesweptawaybythesuspense.–LG(France-Germany,2014,85m)In person: Volker Schlöndorff

AfterTFF41tributeeVolkerSchlöndorffreceivedafanletterfromasurprisingsource—thegreatdirectorBillyWilder—heproposedacollaboration:aseriesofinterviewsbetweenthetwodirectorsfortelevision.AsignonWilder’swallasking,“WhatwouldLubitschdo?”suggestedaframework:SchlöndorffwouldsetouttobetterunderstandWilder’smethodsandinspirations.Wilderprovestobeirascible,passionateandcurious,speakinginanexcitedmixofEnglishandGerman,whileSchlöndorffisperceptiveandeloquent,clearlydelightedbythejourneythroughWilder’sexceptionalcareer.BILLY,HOWDIDYOUDOIT?ispurecinephilicpleasure.–JD(Germany,1992,183m)In person: Volker Schlöndorff

S/Sun 6:30PM - C/Mon 8:45AM S/Sun 6:30PM - C/Mon 8:45AM

14 A Tribute to Volker Schlöndorff

Byhisownadmission,VolkerSchlöndorff,oneofGermany’sgreatestdirectors,spentmuchofhisyouthdreamingofbecomingFrench.HewasstillateenagerwhenhisfamilyrelocatedfromWiesbadentoParis,wherehewentontostudyphilosophyattheSorbonneandfilmmakingatthelegendaryfilmschoolIDHEC.Itwastherethathebefriendedaclassmate,LouisMalle,whohiredSchlöndorffasassistantdirectoronZAZIEDANSLEMETRO(1960),thestartofaprolificcareerasanassistantthatincludedgigsforAlainResnais(onLASTYEARATMARIENBAD)andJean-PierreMelville.

Then,withMalleashisproducer,SchlöndorffreturnedtoGermanyandmadehisdebutfeature,YOUNGTÖRLESS(1966),achilling,psychologicallyacutefilmaboutbullyingthatanticipatedbyseveraldecadesMichaelHaneke’sTHEWHITERIBBON(TFF36)andannouncedSchlöndorffasthelatestinthewaveofyoungfilmmakerscomprisingtheNewGermanCinema.AmongtheotherswereWernerHerzog,AlexanderKluge,WimWenders,andofcourseRainerWernerFassbinderwhoin1970starredforSchlöndorffinabrilliantmodernadaptationofBertoltBrecht’sBAAL,madeforGermanTVandlittleseensincethen.InTelluride,itmakesitslongoverduecomeback.

Schlöndorff’sbestfilmshavetimeandagainreturnedtothesubjectofhiscountry’sgreatandterriblejourneythroughthe20thcentury.THELOSTHONOROFKATHARINABLUM(1975),ablisteringportraitofaninnocentwomanundonebyalethalcocktailofstatepower,radicalpoliticsandtabloidsensationalism,wasmadeinpartnershipwithSchlöndorff’sthenwife,MargarethevonTrotta.COUPDEGRACE(1976,TFF5)followedamagnificentlydoomedromancesetagainsttheGermaninvolvementintheRussianCivilWar.ManyrecoiledattheprospectofafilmversionofGünterGrass’phantasmagoricalnovelaboutGermany,butTHETINDRUM(1979)isamasterpiecethatcapturesallofitshorror,mordanthumorandoddlytouchingmomentsofataleaboutaboywhorailsagainstaninhumanworldbyrefusingtogrow.

Inthedecadessince,Schlöndorffhasbeenverymuchamanoftheworld,workinginEuropeandAmerica,alwayswithimpeccabletasteinsourcematerial.FewdirectorscouldseemascomfortablehandlingMusil,Proust,ArthurMiller(theTVversionofDEATHOFASALESMAN,withDustinHoffman)andtheBritishpulpnovelistJamesHadleyChase.Forafewyearsinthe‘90s,heevenbecameastudioexecutive,helpingtorehabilitateGermany’sfamedStudioBabelsberg.Butinrecentyears,hehasreturnedtodirecting,andweareluckytohavehimback.Hislatest,DIPLOMACY,isbothoneofhisbestandmostpersonalworks—ascintillatingdramaofpoliticalmannersandmaneuverssetinNazi-occupiedParisintheshadowoftheAllies’advance.Itis,aboveall,alovelettertotheCityofLightsascouldonlyhavebeenmadebyaGermanwiththesoulofaFrenchman.–SF

The program includes a selection of clips followed by the presentation of the Silver Medallion, an onstage interview led by Scott Foundas (Sunday) and Todd McCarthy (Monday) and DIPLOMACY (see opposite page), shown in its entirety. BILLY, HOW DID YOU DO IT? (opposite page) and BAAL (page 23) also screen at the Festival.

TRIBUTE PROGRAM

TRIBUTE PROGRAM

12 13

Shows ShowsP/Fri 8:30PM - G/Sat 1:15PM Q&A - P/Sun 8:45PM

G/Sat 10:30PM - H/Sun 3PM – G/Mon 9AM Q&A

H/Fri 6:30PM - C/Sat 7:30PM Q&A - P/Sun 2:30PM

16 Wild

17 99 Homes

18 The Imitation Game

Made possible by a donation from Elizabeth Redleaf Made possible by a donation from Mort & Amy Friedkin

CherylStrayed(ReeseWitherspoon)sufferedapainfuldivorce,theabruptdeathofher45-year-oldmother(LauraDern)andaperiodofpromiscuityanddruguse.Attheedgeofhomelessness,shedecidestohikethe1100-milePacificCrestTrailfromMexicotoOregon.Solo.Novelist-screenwriterNickHornbyanddirectorJean-MarcValleé(DALLASBUYERSCLUB)adaptStrayed’sacclaimed,best-sellingmemoirintoapassionate,emotional,funnyandinvolvingcinematicjourney.Witherspoon,whoalsoproduces,issuperblyunsentimentalandgutsyinrenderingtheinnerbattlebetweenCheryl’sself-destructiveimpulsesandherwilltosurvive.BothDernandThomasSadoski,astheanguishedhusbandleftbehind,giveexcellentsupport,asarethosesheencounters:veteranhikers,spiritualseekers,granolafreaksandthemostordinaryofordinarypeople,eachareminderoftherestlessnessofthehumansoul.–LG(U.S.,2014,115m)PrecededbyLAVA(d.JamesFordMurphy,U.S.,2014,7m).In person: Jean-Marc Valleé, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Cheryl Strayed, James Ford Murphy

Writer-directorRaminBahrani(ATANYPRICE,TFF39)andcowritersAmirNaderiandBaharehAzimidistillanAmericancatastrophe—the2008foreclosureofmillionsofhomes—intothestoryoftwoordinaryguys.Asreal-estatebrokerRicky(MichaelShannon)evictsDennis(AndrewGarfield),ayoungsingle-dadandunemployedconstructionworker,herecognizesDennis’potential.Soon,RickyistrainingDennisintheartofeviction,alongwiththebottom-feederprofiteeringthatcancomewithit.Shannon’sRickyisamultilayeredbadguyworthyofArthurMillerandDavidMamet,effectivelypreyingonhumanweaknessbecauseheknowsandfearsitinhimself.Garfielddisappearssoentirelyintotheskinofaworking-classguytryingtosurvivethatonecouldforgetthathe’salsooneofHollywood’sgreatactionheroes.99HOMESisthekindoffilmweseefartoorarely:asuperbsociallyconsciousdrama.–LG(U.S.,2014,112m)PrecededbyLIFTYOUUP(d.RaminBahrani,U.S.,2014,7m).In person: Ramin Bahrani

DuringWorldWarII,thebrilliant,idiosyncraticBritishmathematicianAlanTuring—apioneerinthetheoryofartificialintelligence—wasassignedthetaskofdecodingNaziGermany’sencryptedmilitarymessages.GrahamMoore’sscriptcombinespsychologicalinsightintoTuringwithapanoramichistoryofwaranditsaftermath.MortenTyldum,aveteranNorwegiandirector,flawlesslychoreographsandcontrolsthedramaticelements.BenedictCumberbatchconvincinglyconveysboththeexcitementandthepainfulisolationofTuring’screativegenius,withsuperbsupportfromCharlesDanceasthemilitarymanwhoconsidershimafraud,MarkStrongasthesinisterheadofBritain’snewspyunitMI6,MatthewGoodeasthemostsociallyadeptofTuring’scolleaguesandKeiraKnightley,agiftedpuzzle-solverwhomakesapoignantefforttohelpleadTuringtowardamorenormallife.–LG(U.K.-U.S.,2014,114m)PrecededbyBOX(d.TarikAbdel-Gawad,U.S.,2013,5m).In person: Morten Tyldum

Q & A Q & A

G/Fri 5:45PM - G/Sat 9:30AM - H/Sun 6PM Q&A

19 Mr. Turner

Made possible by a donation from John Steel & Bunny Freidus

MasterfilmmakerandTelluridetributeeMikeLeigh(TFF23),haslongbeenfascinatedbyJ.M.W.Turner,thevisionary,radicalmid-19thcenturyBritishpainter.Forhis12thfeature,LeighdelvesdeeplyintoTurner’slifeofcreativityandoftenoff-puttingintensity.FrequentLeighcollaboratorTimothySpall,whowonCannes’BestActorprizefortherole,isalternatelytender,funny,andfrighteningasheworkstowardsartisticimmortality;heisaidedbyasuperbcastfeaturingLeighregularsRuthSheenandLeslieManville,andnewcomerMarionBaileyinthekeyroleofSophia,whomTurnerlovedtowardtheendofhislife.CinematographerDickPope,anotherlongtimememberofLeigh’steam,contributeseloquentlandscapesthatevokeTurner’swork.LeighbringstinydetailsofVictorianEnglandtovividlife,andavoidseitheridealizingordisparagingTurner,insteaddisplayingthemaninthebreadthofhisvulgar,obsessivetragicomichumanity.TheexchangesbetweenTurnerandhiseccentricfellowpainterBenjaminHaydon(MartinSavage)areaspecialtreat.–LG(U.K.,2014,150m)In person: Mike Leigh, Marion Bailey

Q & AQ & A

14 15

Shows ShowsG/Fri 9PM Q&A - H/Sat 9AM - C/Sat 2:15PM

S/Fri 9:30PM - L/Sat 11:45AM Q&A - C/Sat 10:45PM

22 Rosewater

23 Wild Tales

Made possible by a donation from Casey & Megan McManemin

AnIranian-bornjournalist(GaelGarcíaBernal)leaveshispregnantwifeintheU.K.andreturnstoTehrantocoverthecontroversial2009presidentialelections.Whenhisvideodisclosespoliceviolence,he’sarrestedandthrownintosolitaryconfinementasa“CIA-Zionist”spy.It’snosurprisethatwriter-directorJonStewart,thecomedian-hostofThe Daily Show,haswell-informedconvictionsaboutIran’srepressivetheocraticgovernment.WhatISastonishingareStewart’sskillsinadaptation(heworksfromMaziarBahari’smemoir),cinematicstorytellingandsophisticatedcharacterization,inhisdebutasafilmmaker.GarcíaBernalandKimBodnia,ashisangry,insecurebutweirdlytouchinginterrogator,givefantasticallyauthenticperformances,withStewartadroitlysee-sawingintonebetweensurreal,Kafkaesqueblackcomedyandscenesofterrifyingphysicalsuffering.ROSEWATERisaknockout,boththrillingandunexpected.–LG(U.S.,2014,96m)PrecededbyAÏSSA(d.ClémentTréhin-Lalanne,France,2014,8m).In person: Jon Stewart, Gael García Bernal, Maziar Bahari

Revenge,ifnotalwayssweet,can,intherighthands,beveryfunny.Thisanthologyofsixnarratives,unifiedprincipallybythemesofcoincidence,demonstratesthemannerinwhicheachofitsprincipalcharacters—havingsufferedaninsultorindignity,fromthemosttrivialtothemostserious—goestosometimesoutlandishlymurderouslengthstogeteven.TheseconcisefablesallcenteronperfectlyordinarymiddleclassArgentineans.Lurkingbeneaththeircivilizedexteriors,aswediscover,areboundlesswavesofrageandanalmostinsatiabledesireforchaos.Writer-directorDamiánSzifrón’soriginal,provocativeworkhereinvolveselegantlypilotingacastofsomethemostadmirednamesinArgentineancinema:RicardoDarín,OscarMartinezandÉricaRivas.Somewhereinmovieheaven,theghostofLuisBuñuelsmiles.–LG(Argentina-Spain,2014,121m)PrecededbyDON’THUGMEI’MSCAREDII:TIME(d.BeckySloan&JosephPelling,U.K,2013,4m).In person: Damián Szifrón

S/Sat 9:30PM - H/Sun 12:15PM Q&A - N/Mon 9:15AM

C/Fri 10PM - P/Sat 12:45PM - G/Sat 7:15PM Q&A

20 The Look of Silence

21 Mommy

Made possible by a donation from Shauvik & Joya Kundagrami

JoshuaOppenheimer’sextraordinaryfollow-uptoTHEACTOFKILLING(TFF39)profilesayoungoptometristinhisattempttobringthepastintofocus,beginningwiththe1965massmurderofIndonesiancommunistsandthesubsequentrewritingofhistorybytheright-winggovernment.Inaseriesofquiet,timeless,quotidianmomentswhereseeminglynothingishappening,indeed,everythingisbeingsaid.Somuchmorethan“theotherside”ofthestory—thestoryofthevictims—thisalsoisarichessayonmemory,timeanddeath.Onekillercalmlythreatensthebrotherofavictim.Anotherkillersays,“It’spolitics.”Thatis,ifpoliticsisultimatelyaboutself-deception,denialandrepression.Anotherkillersumsitup,“Lifeonearth.That’showitis.”Oneofthegreatestandmostpowerfuldocumentariesevermade:aprofoundcommentonthehumancondition.–EM(Denmark-Indonesia-Norway-Finland-U.S.,2014,99m)PrecededbyVERBATIM(d.BrettWeiner,U.S.,2014,7m).In person: Joshua Oppenheimer, Adi, Brett Weiner

In2009,21-yearoldactor-writer-directorXavierDolanwonthreeprizesinCannes’prestigiousDirector’sFortnightprogramforhiscoming-of-agecomedyIKILLEDMYMOTHER.Thisyear,hisfifthfilmsharedtheGrandJuryPrizewithnolessaneminencethanJean-LucGodard.InMOMMY,Diane(AnneDorval),asexy,tough-talkingworking-classwidow,triestokeepSteve(AntoineOlivierPilon),thesonshepassionatelyadores,fromsuccumbingtopsychologicalinstabilityandapropensityforsociopathicviolence.Motherandson’sundeniablyinappropriateamour fou—codependencyistootameawordforit—seemsheadedforcatastrophewhentheymeetandbefriendKyla(SuzanneClément),amousyneighborcopingwithherowndemons.Dolanstagesandshootsscenesofextravagant,almostdeliriousemotionalintensity,craftingadeeplypersonalfilmwithrelentlessconfidence.It’sarisky,provocativeandworthwhileride.–LG(Canada,2014,139m)In person: Xavier Dolan

Q & A Q & A

Q & AQ & A

16 17

Shows ShowsH/Sat 6:45PM Q&A - P/Sun 8:30AM - P/Sun 11:30PM

N/Sat 6:30PM Q&A - N/Sun 6PM - P/Mon 9:15AM

24 Birdman

25 Dancing Arabs

Made possible by a donation from Andrew W. Marlowe & Terri E. Miller

Made possible by a donation from the Alexander Schoch Family

InpursuitofredemptiononBroadway,thefaded,straight-out-of-rehabHollywoodactionstarRiccanThomson(MichaelKeaton)mustjuggleaneedymistress(AndreaRiseborough),aninsecureleadinglady(NaomiWatts),amaniacallyover-confidentco-star(EdNorton),histruth-tellingdaughter(EmmaStone),histerrifiedlawyer(ZachGalifianakis),andanexhaustedex-wife(AmyRyan).That’snottomentionfacingdownhisvindictivesuperherodoppelgänger.Intheperformanceofalifetime,Keatondominatesthisamazingensemblewithacontrolledcomicpathos.AlejandroGonzálezIñárritu(BABEL,TFF33;BIUTIFUL,TFF37)hascreatedaswirling,sinuousrenderingofhisownintricatePirandellianscript(cowrittenbyNicolâsGiacobone,AlexanderDinelarisandArmandoBo),employingspecialeffectsandbrilliantcinematographybyOscarwinnerEmmanuelLubezkitotakethebackstage-comedymelodrama(masteredbyFellini,AltmanandFosse)toentirelynewheights.–LG(U.S.,2014,118m)In person: Alejandro González Iñárritu

Firstlove,schoolbullies,BritishNewWave…andSCUDmissiles.Thisbittersweet80scoming-of-agedramafromdirectorEranRiklis(THESYRIANBRIDE,THELEMONTREE)adaptstwolargelyautobiographicalnovelsbythepopularArab-IsraeliSayedKashua(bestknownforbothhisHaaretzcolumnsandtheaward-winningIsraelitelevisioncomedyARABLABOR).Eyad(TawfeekBarhom)isagiftedArabteenagerwhowinsthechancetoattendoneofthemostprestigiousJewishboardingschoolsinIsrael.Isolatedandlonelyatfirst,EyadsoondevelopsclosefriendshipswithschoolmatesJonathanandNaomi.Butthenheartbreak,personaltragedyandthebrokenpoliticsoftheregiondestroytheirtemporaryadolescentidyll.AsEyadmovesintomanhood,heisforcedtomakeimpossibledecisionsaboutwherehewillstand—andwhohewillbe—inadividedcountry.–SA(Israel-Germany-France,2014,105m)In person: Eran Riklis, Tawfeek Barhom, Sayed Kashua

Q & A

C/Fri 7:30PM - N/Sat 1:15PM Q&A

26 The 50 Year Argument

W.H.Auden.IsaiahBerlin.JoanDidion.VaclavHavel.JamesBaldwin.SusanSontag.NormanMailer.GoreVidal.Fiftyyearsago,longtimeeditorRobertSilverscreated,intheNew York Review of Books,aspaceforourbestthinkerstorespondtourgentpoliticalquestionsofthemoment.MartinScorseseandco-directorDavidTedeschiweaverarelyseenarchivalmaterial,contributorinterviewsandvéritéfootageintoacelebrationofcurrentaffairswritingthatavoidsthestereotypes,lazinessandideologicalcantofcommercialjournalismandpunditry.WhetheranalyzingtheVietnamWar,theriseoffeminism,Czechoslovakia’sVelvetRevolutionorU.S.torturepolicy,themagazine’sbrilliantcontributorshaveprovidedirreplaceableinsightsinthemajordebatesofthepasthalf-century,makingamajorcontributiontothemoralandintellectuallifeofAmericaandbeyond.–LG(U.K.-U.S.,2014,97m)PrecededbyAWRITERANDTHREESCRIPTEDITORSWALKINTOABAR(d.MatthewSaville,2014,Australia,3m).In person: Robert Silvers, Margaret Bodde

Q & AQ & A

Cour

tesy

Dom

iniq

ueN

abok

ov

M/Fri 9PM - G/Sat 4:15PM - H/Sun 9AM Q&A

27 The Salt of the Earth

InadditiontomasterfulfictionfilmsincludingTHEAMERICANFRIEND,PARIS,TEXAS(TFF11)andWINGSOFDESIRE,thetirelessandever-curiousWimWendershascreatedwondrousdocumentaries(TOKYO-GA,BUENAVISTASOCIALCLUB,PINA,TFF38).ThisdeeplyemotionalportraitofBrazilianphotographerSebastiãoSalgado,co-directedwithSalgado’ssonJuliano,ishisfinestnonfictionworkyet.Salgadoleftacomfortablemiddle-classcareerasaneconomisttobecomearestlessglobetrottingartist.EachseriesofSalgado’sphotos—documentingmarginalizedfolkartists,manuallaborersworkingnightmarishjobs,andsurvivorsofgenocide—combineacutemoralandsocialcommitmentwithvisionaryintensityandbeauty.InSALT,Salgado,advancinginyears,andJulianosetouttodocumenttheEarth’slastuntouchedcommunities.ThedeeprespectandaffectionWendersandJulianofeelforthisgreatartistradiatefromeveryframe.–LG(Brazil-Italy-France,2014,109m)In person: Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado

Q & A

18 19

Shows ShowsN/Sat 4PM - C/Sun 3:15PM Q&A - H/Sun 9:30PM

N/Fri 6:30PM - L/Sat 2:45PM - S/Sun 9:30PM Q&A

28 Merchants of Doubt

29 The Gate

Made possible by a donation from

WorkingfromNaomiOreskeandErikConway’sacclaimedbook,RobertKenner(FOODINC.)craftsanentertainingandthoughtfulinvestigationofanacuteproblem:thepro-industrysciencedeniers.Fromtheadvocatesofnucleardeterrence,tothepeddlingofpseudo-sciencebycigarettemanufacturerstodeniersofclimatechange—perhapstoday’smosturgentscientificandpoliticalissue—Kennerexposesthewaysthatindustry-fundedprofessionaldeniersdeliberatelymystifywhatthescientificcommunityconsiderssettledfacts.AstartlingarrayofclimatechangedenierscheerfullyadmittotheirdistortionsandKennerisabletolocatetheideologicalconvictionsthataredrivingthem.Particularlymovingisonearch-conservativeU.S.CongressmanwhodecidedtogotoAntarcticatocheckoutthestateofthepolaricecapsforhimself.Shakenbywhathesaw,hereturnedtoopposehisolddie-hardideologicalallies.–LG(U.S.,2014,96m)PrecededbyFEAST(d.PatrickOsborne,U.S.,2014,6m).In person: Robert Kenner, Patrick Osborne

AfterbeingcapturedbytheKhmerRougein1971,FrançoisBizot(RaphaëlPersonnaz),aFrenchethnologiststudyingruralBuddhisminNorthernCambodia,wasaccusedofbeingaspyfortheCIA,chainedtoapostinthejungleandinterrogateddailybyTaDuch,amilitaryleader.Ashisthreemonthsincaptivityunfolded,BizotearnedtherespectofDuch,whoeventuallyarguedtohissuperiorsthatBizotwasascholar.HebecametheonlyWesternerreleasedalivefromKhmerRougecaptivity.DirectorRégisWargnier(INDOCHINE)adaptsBizot’spowerfulautobiographyintoasuspensefuldramawithmultipleunexpectedtwists,includingonethatoccursyearslater,asBizotbecomesawitnessatDuch’strialfortheatrocitiescommittedduringthewar.ProducedbyRithyPanh(THEMISSINGPICTURE,TFF40).–GaM(France-Belgium-Cambodia,2014,94m)PrecededbySOCKSKEWERSTREET8(d.ElliVourinen,Finland,2013,6m).In person: Régis Wargnier

Q & A H/Sat 4PM - G/Sun 6:45PM Q&A - S/Mon 9:15AM

N/Sun 9:30AM Q&A - G/Sun 9:45PM - P/Mon 1:30PM

30 Madame Bovary

31 The Price of Fame

Made possible by a donation from Warren & Becky Gottsegen

Astonishingly,nohigh-profilefemaledirectorhastakenontheFrenchclassicMadame Bovary—untilnow.ThelushnewadaptationbySophieBarthes(COLDSOULS)starsMiaWasikowskaasayoungwomansuffocatedbyprovinciallife,whoselongingforsensuouspleasurespromptsherdownfall.Barthes’takeonFlaubert’sseminalnovelismeticulouslycrafted,withanelaborateproductiondesignthatplungestheviewerintotheatmosphereof19th-centuryNormandy.Combiningacontemporarycinematographicapproach,withacloseattentiontoperioddetail,andbringingtogetheranall-starcast(RhysIfans,PaulGiamatti,EzraMillerandLoganMarshall-Green)insupportingroles,BarthesrenewsthearchetypicalfallenwomanstoryandmasterfullyadaptsFlaubert’sdescriptiveacuity.Thecondensedscript—encompassingonlyafewyearsofEmmaBovary’slife—pairedwithcinematographerAndrijParekh’snaturalisticprecision—beautifullyconveysEmma’srestlessdisillusionment.–MF(U.K.-Belgium,2014,118m)In person: Sophie Barthes

Attheendofthe1970s,inanuneventfulSwisstown,Osman—ahard-workingfamilymanstrugglingtoraiseakidandcareforhisillwife—reluctantlytakesinEddy,asmall-timecriminalwithgrandiosedelusions.WhennewsofCharlieChaplin’sdeathspreads,EddyenlistsOsmaninapipe-dreamschemetokidnapthebodyofthedeceasedstaranddemandaheftyransom.Looselybasedontrueevents,thiselegantlyoutlandishcomedybyXavierBeauvois(OFGODSANDMEN,TFF37)abouta“less-than-perfectcrime”proceedswithaestheticrigoranderuditeknowledgeoffilmhistory.BenoîtPoelvoordeandRoschdyZemarebrilliantasthebuffoonishdreamerandhislevelheadedaccomplice,andBeauvois’sabilitytoimprintthemagicaluniverseofthemoviesontoadulllittlelakesidetownmakethisasurreal,engrossinglyfunnyanddevoutlyChaplinesqueadventure.–MF(France,2014,114m)In person: Xavier Beauvois

Q & A

Q & AQ & A

20 21

ShowsSpecial Medallion

The Festival annually celebrates a hero of cinema—an organization or individual— that preserves, honors and presents great movies. Past recipients include the Criterion Collection, HBO, Ted Turner, Stanley Kauffmann, Manny Farber, Pierre Rissient, Leonard Maltin, Serge Bromberg and the UCLA Film & Television Archive.

CINETECA DI BOLOGNA AND GIAN LUCA FARINELLI

Iftheworld’sfilmarchivesareasolarsystemwithincreasinginfluenceonthesignificantpresentationoffilms,thenGianLucaFarinelli,theheadoftheCinetecadiBologna,isoneofitscentersofgravity,perhapseventhemostimportantoneofthemoment.Hisarchiveanditslaboratoryareanessentialcenterfortherestorationworkthatiscrucialforthepreservationoffilmculture.

TheChaplinestateentrustedGianLucawiththenewprintsofthemaster’sworks,andBolognaalsohousesthearchivesofPasolini,Scorsese,andmanyothermasters.Beyondtheessentialrestorationwork,thearchivealsopublishesbooksandDVDs,andencompassesawiderangeofactivitiesthatbringthelocalandglobalcreativecommunitiestogether.

InJuneandJuly,thefestivalIlCinemaRitrovatogatherstogethertheworld’sleadingfilmexperts,archivists,historiansandcriticstoviewunknownandrarelyseenfilmtreasures.FarinelliandNicolaMazzantiwereintheir20swhentheyfoundedtheeventin1988.It’saprimeexampleofhowfilmhistoryhasoftenbeenmadebytheveryyoung,andhowmanyinitiativesinfilmculturecanbeasimportantasthebestfilms.ArecentexampleofBologna’srestorativeworkisJOYFULLAUGHTER(1960),amasterpiecebyMarioMonicelli,adirectorofimportancetothearchive.–PvB

Special MedallionS/Sat 6:30PM Q&A

33 Carroll Ballard: Seems Like Only Yesterday

BeforehisfilmsTHEBLACKSTALLIONandNEVERCRYWOLF,CarrollBallarddirectedaseriesofremarkableshortfilmsthatrevealedhimasapoeticvisionaryofAmericancinema.Afterdecadesinlimbo,fourshortshavebeenrestoredunderBallard’ssupervision:PERILSOFPRISCILLA(1969,17m),aviewoftheworldthroughtheeyes(andears)ofaput-uponhousecat;PIGS!(1975,11m),whichdoesforitstitlesubjectswhatPRISCILLAdoesforcats;RODEO(1969,20m),whichdistendsafewsecondsfromthelifeofachampionbullriderintoanabstractstudy;andCRYSTALIZATION(1974,10m)astunningscienceproject.Finally,therevelatorySEEMSLIKEONLYYESTERDAY(1971,45m)juxtaposesinterviewswithadozenCaliforniacentenariansagainstvibrantmontagestracingourrapidascentfromtheOldWesttotheSpaceAge.It’sahaunting,elegiacallybeautifulessayonaging,memoryandthesteadymarchoftime.–SF(Totalruntime:107m)In person: Carroll Ballard

Q & A

SPECIAL MEDALLION PROGRAM

S/Sat 3:45PM Q&A - L/Sun 1:30PM

34 Baal

Made possible by a donation fromBertoltBrechtcompletedhisfirstfull-lengthplay,aspiritualautobiography,at20.Ittellsthestoryofanamoralcreativeartistwhocompulsivelyseducesanddestroyseverywomanheencounters.In1970,VolkerSchlöndorfftransposedittothebohemianneighborhoodsofMunich,castingthe25-year-oldRainerWernerFassbinder(whohadnotyetemergedasoneofGermany’sgreatfilmmakers)inthetitlerole.TheenergiesoftheyouthfulBrecht,SchlöndorffandFassbindercombineexplosivelyinwhatemergesasariveting,memorable,anderoticmelodrama.Fassbinderseizestherolewithacold,swaggeringwitandconfidence,playingagainstactors(HannahSchygulla[TFF22Tributee],IrmHerman,PeerRaben)whobecamepartofhisstockcompany,aswellasoppositeanotherimportantdirectorto-be(andSchlöndorff’sfuturewife)MargarethevonTrotta(TFF36Tributee).BAAL,unavailableforageneration,offersavisionoftheNewGermanCinematocome.–LG(Germany,1970,85m)In person: Volker Schlöndorff

Q & A

ShotjustafewmonthsafterLADOLCEVITA,andfilmedinRomeinthesamelocationsandwiththesamesetdesigner,MarioMonicelli’sfilmactedlikeaparodyofFellini’smasterpiece.Thoughitmadeuseofthesamestage,JOYFULLAUGHTER(releasedinItalyasRISATEDIGIOIA)portrayedacompletelydifferentviewpointto

Fellini’sromanticItaly.Thefilm’scomediccouple,AnnaMagnaniandTotò,thequintessentiallosers,servedasperfectoppositestoAnitaEkbergandMarcelloMastroianni,andMonicellicontrastsLADOLCEVITA’spromiseofabrightandglamorousfuturewithadepictionofanarchaic,alreadyperishingItaly.Thefilm,abouttwoperformersstrugglingeventofindenoughfoodtoeat,decisivelyexpressesMonicelli’santi-modernpoeticsduringtheperiodwhenhereleasedBIGDEALONMADONNASTREET(1958),THEGREATWAR(1959)andTHEORGANIZER(1963),allnominatedforAcademyAwards.–GLF(Italy,1960,106m)Presented by Gian Luca Farinelli

S/Sun 9:30AM

32 Joyful Laughter

22 23

Guest Directors’ SelectionsGuest Directors’ SelectionsAll programs presented by Kim Morgan and Guy Maddin. All selections screened in archival 35mm prints.

CruellyneveravailableonDVDorevenVHS,HowardHawks’exquisite,fullymaturedfilmeruptsonthescreenplopinthemidstofhiscanonicaltitles.SaturatedwithHawksianromanceandcamaraderie,buttouchedbyvehementmadness,thisGreatWarlovetrianglestarsmilk-whitegoddessJuneLang(inreallifeamobster’swife)as

anursetornbetweentwoofficers:FredricMarchinhismid-30sleading-manprime;andWarnerBaxter,thatfistfuloffrayednervesslatheredinBrylcreem,previouslyknownforkeepingthebloodpressurehighinLloydBacon’s42ndSTREET.LionelBarrymoreplaysapatheticrelicoftheFranco-Prussianwarswholiesabouthisagetoserveasanelderlyprivatebeneathhisownson,astartlingexampleofpaternalhumiliation.IliketothinkthatofallthecreditedscreenwritersWilliamFaulknercontrivedthescript’sremarkabledenouement:Nooneelsecouldhavecommingledsomuchtragedy,romanceandhilarityintooneexplosivemoment!–GM(U.S.,1936,103m)

ToooftendiscussedasMichelangeloAntonioni’s“transitionalfilm”—onethatcombinedanearthierItalianneo-realismwiththealienatedlandscapesofhisfuture—thisisoneofAntonioni’sgreatestworks:lyrical,heartbreakinglyhumanandsobeautifullyshotbyGiannidiVenanzo.Simplywatchingadaughterwalkdowna

lonelyroadwithherfathermovesmetotears.Asthelead,virileAmericanactorSteveCochran,notoriousforplayinghandsomecads(WHITEHEAT,THEDAMNEDDON’TCRY),makesthemovieextrafascinatingandpotentlymysterious.He’sutterlybelievableastheheartbroken,wanderingmechanic,amanwhohaslosthiswoman(AlidaValli)andalotmorealongtheway.YouwishAntonionihadworkedwithCochranagain.Theircombinationispurepoetry.–KM(Italy,1957,116m)

M/Sun 6:30PM

L/Sat 10PM

39 The Road to Glory

37 Il Grido WhenIfirstsawthismovie,ithitmethewayUlmer’sDETOURdid:hard,andwithdelicious,dementedsatisfaction.Wherehadthismoviebeenallmylife?Abeautiful,world-wearyBeverlyMichaelsisthewickedofthetitle,thoughnotaswickedasyou’dthink:awhite-claddrifterwhosashaysintotown,nabsawaitressing

jobandfallsfortheobnoxiouslyhandsomebartenderRichardEgan.Whattodo?Thejointisownedbyhiswife(EvelynScott).RussellRouse(NEWYORKCONFIDENTIAL,THEOSCAR)allowshisactorstotakeovertheirsordidsurroundingswithsuchpowerthatyoutrulyfeelforthem,particularlyMichaels.Amasterpiecethatnotonlyspeaksvividlyofhumannature,butalsounderstandswomen,wickedandotherwise.–KM(U.S.,1953,77m)

M/Mon 9:30AM

40 Wicked Woman

Presented by Turner Classic Movies Oneofthosemoviesthat’ssospecialthatit’shardtoevenwriteabout—it’sjustsoaliveandbreathingandrealandcharmingandsadandyoucanpracticallysmellit.Youwantpeopletoliveinit,tofallinlovewithitsscruffy-cool,charismaticleads(ElliotGouldandGeorgeSegal).

WorkingfromJosephWalsh’sautobiographicalscreenplay,RobertAltmanfollowstheoff-kilteradventuresoftwogamblingaddicts,includingfemalefriends(orhookers),goons,orangesandbetsonallthenamesoftheSevenDwarves(“Dumbowasn’tinthatcast?”).GouldandSegalaresonaturaltogether,whilebeingsuchdifferentmenandthemovieissomuchfun,thatwhenyouareoccasionally(or,often,dependingonwhatkindofpersonyouare)hitwithitsunderlyingsadness,itmakesitallthemoreaching,allthemorehuman.It’sutterlyinimitable,oneofAltman’sgreatestmoviesandmyfavoriteofhis.–KM(U.S.,1974,108m)In person: Joseph Walsh, George Segal

PoetofdesireFrankBorzageunfurledagreatribbonoflush,utterlydis-inhibitedlovedreamsinthelate1920swiththesilents7thHEAVEN(1927),STREETANGEL(1928)andLUCKYSTAR(1929,TFF1991).AllfeaturedJanetGaynorandCharlesFarrellasardentsliftedaboveearthlytragedybycrazedheartstonear-supernaturalromantic

triumphs.Borzage’sfeetareplantedmorefirmlyintherealworldinthispre-codetalkiemasterpiece,setamongthegrimprivationsoftheGreatDepression,butimbuedbycinematographerJosephAugust(THEINFORMER,1935)withrich,shadowyluminosityasgorgeousasanythinginSternbergorCapraofthetime.BorzagedeploysAmericanalpha-everymanSpencerTracyandquivering,youngandlovelyLorettaYoungtohighjackanddownshiftaluridStroheimianmelodramatoadeliciouslynuancedpace,revealingitscharactersandplotcontoursinwhatMartinScorseseadmiringlydescribedasBorzage’s“lovers’time,”where“everygesture,everyexchangeofglance,everywordcounts.”–GM(U.S.,1933,75m)

Finally!ArestoredcopyofJosephLosey’sunder-seen,under-discussed,andthatoverusedbut,inthiscase,aptterm,underratedremakeofFritzLang’sclassic.Itshouldmakethosetiresomesoulswhospitonallremakesrealizeitcanbedonewithbrilliantlyeffectivedeviations.DavidWayne,inaquietly,powerfullyweirdperformance,

terrorizeschildrenina1950sLosAngelesmadeevocativeandseedilybeautifulbycinematographerErnestLaszlo.FromtheveryfirstshottothestunninghuntintheBradburyBuilding,LoseyandLaszlosubmergeyouinasickandlonelyoldworld,whirlingtogetherandpropellingustowardsthestory’spowerfulmobhysteria.ThespectacularsupportingcastincludesMartinGabel,LutherAdler,NormanLloyd,RaymondBurrandJimBackus.TargetedbyHUACtheveryyearthispicturewasreleased,Losey(THEPROWLER,THESERVANT,thewonderfullybaroqueBOOM!)leftthecountryinsteadofnamingnamesforthatghastlycommittee.Thankfully,Britainembracedhim,andhebecameoneofthemoreinterestingfilmmakersofthe1960s.–KM(U.S.,1951,88m)

P/Sun 11:30AM Q&A

C/Sat 12:15PM

L/Fri 7PM 38 California Split

36 A Man’s Castle

35 M

Q & A

Sponsored by Audible.com

24 25

Information

27

Gathering PlacesPassesPassholdersmustweartheirpassesatalltimetoallFestivalevents.Passholdersareadmittedtothetheatersfirst.Pleasereadthebackofyourpassforinformationonwhatyourpassdoesanddoesnotprovide.

TBAsTheTellurideFilmFestivalschedulehasbeendesignedtoaccommodateallpassholdersatallprograms,butnotatallscreenings.ProgramsthatdonothavesufficientseatingatscheduledshowingsoftenwillberepeatedintheTBAslots,makingitpossibleforallpassholderstoseetheprogramstheywishtoseeduringthecourseoftheFestival.TBAsareavailablethenightbeforeontheFestivalwebsiteandapp.

Individual TicketsOpenseatsremaininginthetheatersafterpassholdershavebeenseatedwillbesoldjustbeforeshowtimeonafirst-come,first-servedbasisfor$25each,cashonly.

The Late ShowTheLateShowTicket($60)providesentrytothefinalshowsFriday,Saturday,SundayandMondayatbothChuckJones’CinemaandthePalmandmaybepurchasedattheFestivalBoxOfficeacrossfromBrigadoonorateithervenueboxoffices.LateShowTicketholderswillbeadmittedtotheirshowswithgeneralpassholders.

Free ShowsThisicondesignatesashowthatisfreeandopentothepublic.Passholdersareadmittedfirsttoindoorshows.TheBacklotisalwaysfreeonafirst-come,first-admittedbasis.

QsExceptforChuckJones’Cinema(seebelow),alltheatervenuesuseasystemof“Qs”toensurefairnessandupholdthefirst-come,first-servedpolicyoftheFestival.LaminateQsaredistributedateachvenuetobettercontrolentryanddetermineasquicklyaspossiblewhenashowisexpectedtosellout.OnlyoneQperpersonpresentwillbeissued.HoldersofQsarenotguaranteedentry.QsaredistributedONE HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME.

Chuck Jones’ Cinema Sponsored by EYBecauseofitslocationinMountainVillage,a12-minutegondolaridefromTelluride,ChuckJones’Cinema(CJC)usestheWabbitWeservation,orW2,systemforentryasanalternativetotheQsdistributedatothervenues.TheW2guaranteesanunassignedseatforpassholdersforaspecificshowatCJCforthosewhoarrive15minutespriortoshowtime.W2sareavailableattheACMEboothsbetween90and30minutespriortoeachshow:

1.AttheAcmeBoothlocatednearBrigadoonatthegondolabase.

2.AttheAcmeBoothnexttoChuckJones’CinemaintheMountainVillageplaza.

W2saredistributedtoallpassholders(Acmesexcepted),whoareadvisedtosecureonefortheshowtheyplanonattending.Anyavailableseatsafterallpassholdershavebeenseatedwillbesoldat$25each.Passholdersshouldplanonallowingnolessthan30minutestraveltimefromthebaseofthegondolatoensureentryintoChuckJones’Cinema.

Telluride Film Festival App TheTellurideFilmFestivalapphasfullprogramlistings,panelguests,TBAs,andfestivitiesatyourfingertips.FunfeatureslikeSHOWSeats,My Festival CalendarandGoodie Bagmakethisaninvaluabletool.Visitourwebsitetelluridefilmfestival.orgfordetails.

Festival Box Office Located in Gondola Plaza directly across from Brigadoon Hospitality Center Hours: Thurs 9AM-5PM; Fri 8AM-10PM; Sat 8AM-6PM; Sun 9AM-5PM; Mon 9AM-5PM Allpass-relatedissuessolvedhere,plussalesoftheLateShowTicket.

Brigadoon Hospitality CenterBrigadoon Plaza (next to the gondola station)Hours: Thurs 12PM-5PM; Fri 8AM-6PM; Sat 8AM-5PM; Sun 9AM-5PM; Mon 9AM-5PM OurmagicalmeetingplaceappearsoutofTelluride’smisteachFestivaleve.Andthenitdisappearsforanotheryear.Visitwhileyoucan!!

Thisone-stopFestivalheadquartersincludes:

•Information Desk:whereyou’llfindFestivalprograms,passlanyards,copiesofThe Film Watch,andgoodiesprovidedbytheFestival’ssponsors.FilmFestivalstaffmemberscananswerallofyourFestival-relatedquestions.

•Blu Homes Digital Lounge:MeetBluHomesandenjoyfreeaccesstotheInternet,checklivetheater“Q”ticketinfo,andaccesstheFestivalschedule.Powered by Time Warner Cable Business Class with additional support from DELL

•SHOWShop &The Brig Bookstore:theplacetopurchaseFestivalgarb,posters,logowearandFestival-relatedbooks,alongwithavarietyoftreasuresfromTellurideFilmFestivalspast.SeeBooksignings,page42,forbooksigningsessions.

Discovery Hospitality Satellite – New!! Located in Town Park near Werner Herzog Theatre Hours: Fri 1PM-8PM; Sat 8:30AM-8PM; Sun 8:30AM-8PM; 8:30AM-5PM “Discovery”isanewFestivalhospitalitycenterincludingInformationDesk,BluHomesLounge,andlivetheater“Q”ticketinfo.

Elks Park The intersection of Colorado Avenue and Oak Street (SW corner) Telluride’scentrallocationisaconvenientplacetorendezvous.It’salsothevenuefortheeveningoutdoorscreeningsandtheSaturdayandSundayNoonSeminars.Seepage42forSeminardetails.

County Courthouse The intersection of Colorado Avenue (the main street) and Oak Street (NW corner) ThehistoricSanMiguelCountyCourthousehoststheConversationsseries.Seepage42fordetails.

Festival Kiosks Powered by Time Warner Cable Business Class with additional support from DELLLookforthelittleblacktentsthroughouttown,wherereal-timeinformationonavailableseatsandstarttimesisprovided.Makeinformeddecisionsaboutthenextmovieyouwanttosee.

Festival Daily Drawing InspiredbyTFF41posterartistChristainMarclay’ssignaturecelebrationofcelluloidandoutmodedtechnology,thisyear’sDailyDrawingisacollageofwonderfulprizesthatarealsocertaintoinspire!Forfullgloriousdetailsonthisyear’scornucopiaofprizescheckouttheinsidebackcoveroftheProgramGuide.

•Enter everyday to wintheMandarinOrientalHotelGrandPrizeonMonday.GrandPrizewillbeawardedattheLaborDayPicnicNoonSeminar.

•Enter Friday to winanAudible.commembership,anAzadifinerugoraPureFixbicycle

•Enter Saturday to winanAudible.commembership,aBravenspeakerorSeatoSkiaccommodationspackage

•Enter Sunday to winanAudible.commembership,Begg&Co.cashmerescarforCrumplerbag.

26 27

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

Schedule Schedule

Palm (P)[650 seats]

Galaxy (G)[500 seats]

Chuck Jones’Cinema (C)[500 seats]

SheridanOpera House (S)

[230 seats]

Werner HerzogTheatre(H)[650 seats]

Show

Festivity Free Show

Discussion follows screeningd Talking Heads

41

Masons HallCinema (M)[150 seats]

NuggetTheatre (N)[165 seats]

Elks Park &Elsewhere (O)

Le Pierre (L)[140 seats]

Backlot (B)[50 seats]

Friday, August 29 Friday, August 29Q & A

To Be AnnouncedTBA

7

‘71

29

The Gate

10

Leviathan

35

M

1

A Tribute toApocalypse Now(screening and

discussion)

2

A Close-Up onApocalypse

Now

5

Foxcatcher

18

TheImitation

Game

21

Mommy

43

GreatExpectations

26

The 50 YearArgument

19

Mr. Turner

Q & A

22

Rosewater

Q & A4

Tales of theGrim Sleeper

16

Wild

23

Wild Tales

9

The Decent One

Q & A

27

The Saltof the Earth

6

Two Days,One Night

C

Bertoluccion Bertolucci

E

I Stop Time

Q & A

G

Magician

Q & A

I

Socialism

H

Night WillFall

Opening Night Feedon Colorado Avenue

a

Where Eagles Dareb

2928

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

Schedule Schedule Show

Festivity Free Show


41

Saturday, August 30 Saturday, August 30Q & A

To Be AnnouncedTBA

Palm (P)[650 seats]




[230 seats]







21

Mommy3

Hearts ofDarkness

37

Il Grido

7

‘71

36

A Man’s Castle

17

99 Homes

1

A Tribute toApocalypse

Now

22

Rosewater

6

Two Days,One Night

34

Baal

A

Seymour

Q & A

Q & A

33

Carroll Ballard:Seems Like

Only Yesterday

Q & A

24

Birdman

Behind the Scenes:Feast and Lava

Q & A

Q & A

22

Rosewater

11

Too MuchJohnson

25

Dancing Arabs

Q & A

4


Q & A

Q & A

TBA

TBA

TBA

A

Seymour

Q & A

B

How to Smella Rose

Q & A

F

Keep OnKeepin’ On

Q & A

D

ForbiddenFilms

Saturday Seminar

a

Vida, Witherspoon,Vallée, Strayed

d

Mark Danner,Robert Silvers

and Margaret Bodde

e

5

Foxcatcher

5

Foxcatcher

Q & A

10

Leviathan

13

Red Army

Q & A

30

MadameBovary

28

Merchantsof Doubt

41

Student Prints

21

Mommy 16

Wild

23

Wild Tales

Q & A

Q & A

19

Mr. Turner

27


13

Red Army

Q & A

TBA

TBA

TBA

23

Wild Tales

Q & A

26

The 50 YearArgument

Q & A

9

The Decent One

29

The Gate

18

TheImitation

Game

20

The Lookof Silence

8

A Tribute toHilary Swank

withThe Homesman

E

I Stop Time

Q & A

G

Magician

Q & A

c

4 PMStrayed signing,

Brigadoon

2 PMHerzog signing,

Brigadoon

Q & A

3130

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1


Festivity Free Show


41

Sunday, August 31 Sunday, August 31Q & A

To Be AnnouncedTBA

Palm (P)[650 seats]




[230 seats]







32

SpecialMedallion

+Joyful Laughter

7

‘71

17

99 Homes

24

Birdman

24

Birdman

38

CaliforniaSplit

12

Children of No Importance

30

MadameBovary

31

The Priceof Fame

31

The Priceof Fame

34

Baal

15

Billy, How DidYou Do It?

25

Dancing Arabs

9

The Decent One

Q & A

Q & A

5

Foxcatcher

20

The Lookof Silence

28

Merchantsof Doubt

Q & A

19

Mr. Turner

Q & A

42

Calling Cards

Q & A

Q & A

Q & A

Q & A

8a

TheHomesman

Q & A

10

Leviathan

4


39

The Roadto Glory

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBATBA

TBA

TBA

TBA

16

Wild29

The Gate

Q & A

18

TheImitation

Game

Q & A

27


8

A Tribute toHilary Swank

withThe Homesman

14

A Tribute toVolker

Schlöndorffwith

Diplomacy

6

Two Days,One Night

A

Seymour

BHow to Smell

a Rose

Q & A

B

How to Smella Rose

Q & A

C

Bertoluccion Bertolucci

Q & A

D

ForbiddenFilms

F

Keep OnKeepin’ On

andJustin Kauflin

Concert

H

Night WillFall

I

Socialism

Q & A

Sunday Seminarb

Dyer andSalgado

g

Michael Barker andVolker Schlöndorff

h

4 PMKashua signing,

Brigadoon

11 AMBahari signing,

Brigadoon

2 PMHope signing,

Brigadoon

d

Mark Danner, JonStewart, Maziar Bahari,

Gael García Bernal

f

28

Merchantsof Doubt

Q & A

3332

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1

9

8

10

11

N

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

1


Festivity Free Show


41

Monday, September 1 Monday, September 1Q & A

To Be AnnouncedTBA

Palm (P)[650 seats]




[230 seats]







25

Dancing Arabs

30

MadameBovary

13

Red Army

40

Wicked Woman

TBA

TBA

TBA

TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

20

The Lookof Silence

31

The Priceof Fame

14

A Tribute toVolker

Schlöndorffwith

Diplomacy

F

Keep OnKeepin’ On

Labor Day Picnice

Guy Maddin,Errol Morris,

and Dennis Jakob

cMonday Seminar

i

The RulesAll Festival Passes are absolutely non-transferable.

The saving of seats or places in line is not permitted.There is no seating after the performance begins.

The theatres will be cleared after each performance.The use of cell phones, electronic recording or

communication devices is not permitted in the theatres.

Q & A

17

99 Homes

Q & A

3534

SUPERVENUS (d.FrédéricDoazan,2014,3m)Acomicandunsettlingevolutionofourchangingperceptionsoffemalebeauty. PrecedesTALESOFTHEGRIMSLEEPER

TOUTES DES CONNES* (d.FrançoisJaros,Canada,2013,6m)Arelationshipends,in95scenesofhumorandhumiliation. PrecedesTWODAYS,ONENIGHT

INVASION (d.HugoRamirez&OlivierPatté,France,2014,4m)Ameteorite(painstakinglypainted)disruptseverything. Precedes‘71

THE LAND BEYOND THE SUNSET (d.HaroldShaw,U.S.,1912,14m)Thefirstbattlecryagainstchildabuse. FollowsCHILDRENOFNOIMPORTANCE

LAZNIA (d.TomekDucki,Poland-UnitedKingdom,2013,4m)Twoswimmersdiveintofantasticalanimatedwaters. PrecedesREDARMY

LAVA* (d.JamesFordMurphy,U.S.,2014,7m)Amusicallovestory,spanningmillionsoftropicalyears. PrecedesWILD

LIFT YOU UP* (d.RaminBahrani,U.S.,2014,7m)“Whichcamefirst,thechickenortheegg?”Theanswersaredeeperthanyouthink. Precedes99HOMES

BOX (d.TarikAbdel-Oawad,U.S.,2013,5m)Realanddigitalspacemergethroughprojection-mappingontomovingsurfacesinaliveperformance. PrecedesTHEIMITATIONGAME

VERBATIM* (d.BrettWeiner,U.S.,2014,7m)Doyouknowwhat“photocopyingmachine”means? PrecedesTHELOOKOFSILENCE

AÏSSA (d.ClémentTréhin-Lalanne,France,2014,8m)Deportation?ACongoleseteen’sphysicalexamdeterminesherdestiny. PrecedesROSEWATER

DON’T HUG ME I’M SCARED II: TIME (d.BeckySloan&JosephPelling,U.K.,2013,4m)Thisain’tSesameStreet. PrecedesWILDTALES

A WRITER AND THREE SCRIPT EDITORS WALK INTO A BAR* (d.MatthewSaville,Australia,2014,3m)Can’taguyjusttellajoke? PrecedesTHE50YEARARGUMENT

FEAST* (d.PatrickOsborne,U.S.,2014,6m)Acanine’sgourmetlifetakesaturnafterhismasterfallsinlove. PrecedesMERCHANTSOFDOUBT

SOCK SKEWER STREET 8 (d.ElliVuorinen,Finland,2013,6m)Alonelywomanfindstinyknittedsocksandworriesaboutwhosefeetmustbecold. PrecedesTHEGATE

4

6

7

12

13

16

17

18

20

22

23

26

28

29

SHOWcase for ShortsTheseshortmasterpiecesplaybeforefeaturefilms.

*denotes filmmaker in person

Filmmakers of TomorrowN/Sat 9:30AM Q&A

41 Student PrintsInits21styear,thisprogramcelebratesthebestinstudent-producedworkfromaroundtheworld.Curated and introduced by Gregory Nava, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

Q & A

NO MAN’S LAND*(d.DavidAdler,Denmark,2014,NationalFilmSchoolofDenmark,19m)Adangerousfriendshipblossomsunderthemostdeadlyconditions.

NOCEBO(d.LennartRuff,Germany,2014,MunichFilmSchool,39m)Acover-up.Anescape.Skepticalauthorities.Andthen,thepursuit.Butwhatisreal?

STONE CARS*(d.ReinaldoMarcusGreen,U.S.-SouthAfrica,2013,NewYorkUniversity,14m)Inatoughspot,agirlisforcedtomakeafatefuldecision.

GUESTS*(d.MarkColumbus,U.S.,2014,UCLA,12m)Aboyfacesanewschoolyard,theterrorsofdeathandBobbyBell.

FIRST PRIZE*(d.KevinMcMullin,U.S.,2014,ColumbiaUniversity,10m)Aboymakesadiscovery.Butwhowouldbelieveit?

THE PRIDE OF STRATHMOOR*(d.EinarBaltin,U.S.,2014,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,8m)Georgia,1927.Apastorisswallowedbymadness,ashisjournalreveals.


Student Programs

Education Programs made possible in part by contributions from George & Pam Hamel and the Kayne Foundation. Programs additionally made possible by the Roger & Chaz Ebert Foundation, Pangea Media Productions, LLC and Facets Multi-Media.

STUDENT SYMPOSIUM Sponsored by Film Finances, Inc. Celebratingits26thgloriousyear,thisprogramprovides54graduateandundergraduatestudentswithaweekend-longimmersionincinema.ParticipantswatchfilmsanddiscussmovieswithFestivalguestsandSymposiumfaculty.

Roger Ebert/TFF University Seminars:UniversityprofessorstravelwithstudentstotheFestivaleachyeartoparticipateinspecialprogrammingandtoattendscreeningsthroughouttheweekend.

CITY LIGHTS PROJECT Sponsored by Peter G. Dodge Foundation Nowinits15thyear,thisprogrambuildsonthesuccessoftheStudentSymposium,expandingthepersonalandprofessionalhorizonsof21highschoolstudentsandseventeachersfromfourschools.CityLightsparticipantsexperiencetheFestivalthroughscreeningsandintensivediscussionswithTelluride’sspecialguests.

TheNationalFilmPreserveandTellurideFilmFestivalproudlypresentFilmLAB,amaster-classprogramforUCLASchoolofTheater,FilmandTelevisiongraduatefilmmakingstudentswhichlaunchedin2011,withpartialsupportfromFoundingSponsorFrankMarshall.

FilmLAB

Sponsored by Américas Film Conservancy

36 37

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

C/Fri 5PM Q&A

43 Great ExpectationsQ & A

Aprogramofextraordinaryfilmsbyanarrayofpromisingfilmmakers.Curated and presented by Jonathan Marlow


M/Sun 4PM Q&A

42 Calling CardsExceptionalnewworksfrompromisingfilmmakers.Curated and presented by Jonathan Marlow

THEORETICAL ARCHITECTURES*(d.JoshGibson,U.S.,2014,5m)Iamsittinginaroomdifferentfromtheoneyouareinnow.

EN PLEIN AIR*(d.JerzyRose,U.S.,2014,8m)TheRohmer-ianrealityofeverydayersatzcourtship.

SYMPHONY NO.42(d.RékaBucsi,Hungary,2013,10m)Anthropomorphicbehavioraboundsintheforest,whereallisnotasitseems.

CUT(d.MatthiasMüller&ChristophGirardet,Germany,2013,12m)Acollageofthein-betweenmoments,familiarandunfamiliar.Cut.

BALLKONI [BALCONY](d.LenditaZeqiraj,Kosovo,2013,20m)Whenoneperson’sactionsresonatethroughanentirecommunity.

THE SAND STORM*(d.JasonWishnow,China/U.S.,2014,9m)Inthenot-quiteend-times,aworldseverelydepletedofwaterresortstoextraordinarymeans.

LA ISLA(d.DomingaSotomayor&KatarzynaKlimkiewicz,Chile/Poland,2013,30m)Isafamilygatheringabouttoberuined?Inthesublimemomentsofunknowing,anythingispossible.

WASHINGTONIA(d.KonstantinaKotzamani,Greece,2013,24m)Interconnectedvignettesplunderthespacebetweentheanimalkingdomandthebakery(andeverythingin-between).

L’ASSENZA [THE ABSENCE](d.JonathanRomney,U.K.,2014,21m)Something,onceseen,cannotbeunseen.Seenthingscanbecomeanobsession.Obsessionshaveconsequences.

JA VI ESKER [YES WE LOVE](d.HallvarWitzø,Norway,2014,15m)TheNorwegianNationalAnthemandaportmanteauoffourstoriesonIndependenceDay.

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS*(d.JonnHerschend,U.S.,2014,6m)Atthemidpoint,wereviewwhatwe’veseen,PowerPoint-wise.

DIVE*(d.MatthewSaville,NewZealand,2014,13m)“Ifyoumeetyourdouble,youshouldkillhim.”

Q & A

“Howdoyouteachsomeonetofilm?”documentaryluminaryRickyLeacockasksfellowlegendLesBlank.“Howdoyouteachsomeonetosmellarose?”In2000,Blankandco-directorGinaLeibrechtbroughttheircameraonavisittoLeacockandValerieLalonde,Leacock’swifeandcollaborator,inruralFrance.Madewiththatfootage,Leibrecht’sbittersweetvalentine

totwoiconicdocumentaryindependentsissuffusedwiththeirpassionforlife,cinemaand,notleastofall,food.LeacockshotfilmsincludingMONTEREYPOPandPRIMARY(TFF4),pioneeringDirectCinemaalongwiththeMayslesbrothersandD.A.Pennebaker(TFF29Tributee).Leacockpassedawayin2011,andBlankfollowedlastyear.ROSEleavesbehindavibrant,joyousrecordoftwomenwhoknewhowtoexperience,andcapture,life’srichness.–JD(U.S.-France,2014,65m)PrecededbyEDANDPAULINE,featuringmemoriesofPaulineKaelandEdLandsberg’sBerkeleyrepertorycinema(d.ChristianBruno,U.S.,2014,18m).In person: Gina Leibrecht, Christian Bruno

B/Sat 3:30PM Q&A - S/Sun 1:30PM Q&A - B/Sun 8:30PM Q&A

B How to Smell a RoseQ & AQ & AQ & A

EthanHawke’slovingandperceptivebiographyofareclusiveNewYorkconcertpianist-turned-piano-teacheralsoprovidesarevealingglimpseintoHawke’ssearchformeaning.SeymourBernstein,aquietBuddhaofaman,withdrewfromthebrightspotlightofhishighlysuccessfulperformancecareerinordertoteachayoungergeneration.Livinginthesameone-

roomNewYorkapartmentfor57years,hesetoutto“inspireandencourageanemotionalresponse”inhisstudents,“notjustformusic,butforallaspectsoflife.”HawkeseesinBernsteinaqualitythathehopesholdsthekeytohisownartisticevolution.–JD(U.S.,2014,81m)In person: Ethan Hawke, Seymour Bernstein

S/Sat 1:15PM Q&A - B/Sat 5:45PM Q&A - B/Sun 4PM

A SeymourQ & AQ & A

Frontlot/BacklotBehind-the-scenesmoviesandportraitsofartists,musiciansandfilmmakers.LocatedatTelluride’sWilkinsonLibrary.All screenings are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis.

The Backlot is presented by Jeffrey Keil & Danielle PinetSponsored by Américas Film Conservancy

38 39

BacklotBacklot

In1945,aBritishcameracrewenteringtheBergen-BelsenconcentrationcampencounteredhorrorsthatrevealedtheunprecedentedscaleofNaziexterminationpolicies.SidneyBernstein,filmchiefofBritain’sPsychologicalWarfareDivision,recognizedthenecessitytodocumenttheatrocities,andcommissioneda

filmtoregistertheconditionsincampsthroughoutEurope,withhelpfromAlliedtroopsandnotablecolleagues(AlfredHitchcock,StewartMcAllister,BillyWilder).Butaspost-warpoliticalsentimentsshifted,Bernstein’sprojectprovedinconvenienttoreconstructionefforts,andthereelswereshelved.AndréSinger’sNIGHTWILLFALLtracesthestoryofthefilm’sproductionusinginterviewsandrestoredimagesfromtherarelyseenfootage.–MF(U.K.-U.S.-Israel,2014,80m)

B/Fri 5:15PM - B/Sun 6:15PM

H Night Will Fall

“Itwasasiftheworldhadburstandeverythingblewapart,butyoudidn’tknowwheretoandwhy.”ThewordsofforgottenSovietcinematographerVladislavMikoshaprefacethisgrippingaccountofWorldWarII.GunillaBreskytracesMikosha’spathfromanearlystintinaprojectionboothtothetrenchesontheEastern

Front,ashecreatedastunningbodyofwork:anintimatemeditationonthehorrorsofwarandproofofcinema’sabilitytowrestmeaningfromashatteredworld.AftertheGermansretreat,MikoshaheadstoAmerica—adetourthatbringsencounterswitharemarkablecastofcharacters:IngridBergman,HedyLamarr,CharlieChaplinandSovietsniperLyudmilaPavlichenko.–MF(Sweden-Russia,2014,82m) In person: Gunilla Bresky

B/Fri 3:15PM Q&A - B/Sat 11:15AM Q&A

E I Stop TimeQ & A Q & A

PetervonBaghpresentsaneloquentstudyontheriseandfallofsocialisminthe20thcenturythroughthelensofcinema.Afilmhistorian,MidnightSunFilmFestivalfounder,andformerTellurideGuestDirector(TFF24),vonBaghemploysclipsfromfilmsbyChaplin,Pasolini,Renoir,Lang,Eisenstein

andDovzhenkoasheruminatesonthedifferencebetweensocialism’sexistenceintheworldofimagesandthewayinwhichitplayedoutinreallife.SOCIALISMlamentswhatmighthavebeenwithacomplexmixtureofnostalgiaandhorror,whilecelebratingcinemainspiredbydreamsofabetterworld.–JD(Finland,2014,68m)PrecededbyTHELASTREEL,inwhichanindependentartcinemapreparesforabigtransition(d.JuliaReichert&SteveBognar,U.S.,2014,9m).In person: Julia Reichert & Steve Bognar

B/Fri 9:30PM - B/Sun 11:45AM Q&A

I SocialismQ & A

TheNazismademorethan40incendiaryfilmsduringWorldWarII;Germanyhasbannedthemeversince.DirectorFelixMoeller(HARLAN:INTHESHADOWOFJEWSUSS,TFF36)interviewsGermanfilmhistorians,archivistsandfilmgoersinaninvestigationofthepower,andpotentialdanger,ofcinemawhenusedforideologicalpurposes.

Utilizingclipsfromthefilmsandrecordeddiscussionsfrompublicscreenings(permittedinGermanyineducationalcontexts)inMunich,Berlin,ParisandJerusalem,Moellershowshowcontentiousthese70-year-oldfilmsremain,andhowpropagandacanretainitspunchwhenpresentedtoaudiencessusceptibletomanipulation.–JD(Germany,2014,94m)

B/Sat 9AM - B/Sun 1:45PM

D Forbidden Films

Oscar-winnerChuckWorkman’simpressive,comprehensivedocumentarytellsthetragic,extraordinarystoryofOrsonWelles,agreatfilmmakinggeniuswhosemasterpieceswereinterspersedwithfilmscompromisedbystudiointerventionornevercompletedatall.Howcouldsuchatalentberepeatedlythwartedby

thestudiosystemanditsfinanciers?WorkmantellsWelles’sstorythroughawealthofinterviewswiththedirectorandactor,animpressiveassortmentofclipsfromhisremarkablydiversecareer,andtestimoniesbyluminariesincludingMartinScorsese,PeterBogdanovich,GeorgeLucas,WalterMurchandStevenSpielberg.–JD(U.S.,2014,94m)In person: Chuck Workman

B/Fri 7:15PM Q&A - B/Sat 1:15PM Q&A

G MagicianQ & A Q & A

WalterFasanoandLucaGuadagninoweavefootageassembledentirelyfromdecadesofinterviewsandpressconferencesintoanilluminatingandessentiallookatthecareeroftheseminalItaliandirector,oneofcinema’sgreatartists.BernardoBertoluccispeaks,withwitandkeenself-awareness,ofhiscareer,from

hisbeginningsasanassistanttoPierPaoloPasolinithroughhiscanonicalfilmsincludingLASTTANGOINPARISandTHELASTEMPEROR.Aromanticwithapenchantforlyricalspeech,hepassionatelyreinforceshisdedicationtopleasureincinema.–JD(Italy,2013,105m)

B/Fri 1PM - B/Sun 9:15AM

C Bertolucci on Bertolucci

FromproducerQuincyJonesanddirectorAlanHickscomesthisinspiringtributetoClark“CT”Terry,alivinglegendwhosecareerspansmorethansevendecades.Terryisoneofjazz’smostprolificandbelovedmusicians:hecountsMilesDavis,EllaFitzgerald,andDukeEllingtonamonghismanyadmirers,andDizzyGillespiecalledhim

“thegreatestjazztrumpetplayeronearth.”HicksexploresTerry’spersonalapproachtojazz,hisdedicationtoteaching,andhisfriendshipwithayoungblindpianoplayernamedJustinKauflin.At90yearsold,andsufferingfromthedebilitatingeffectsofdiabetes,Terrycontinuestosharehiswisdomwiththenextgeneration.Whentimesgettough,hetellshisstudents,justkeeponkeepin’on.–MF(U.S.,2014,86)In person: Al Hicks, Quincy Jones , Justin Kauflin

B/Sat 8:15PM Q&A - O/Sun 8:30PM Concert - B/Mon 9AM Q&A

F Keep On Keepin’ OnQ & A Q & A

The Backlot is presented by Jeffrey Keil & Danielle Pinet

40 41

4342

FestivitiesTalking HeadsNoon Seminars Sponsored by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Festivalguestsgathertodiscusscinema,artandlife.ModeratedbyAnnetteInsdorf.Saturday and Sunday panels are free and open to the public; Monday panel is open to all Festival passholders. Seminar topics and participants will be announced on the TBAs the prior evening.

Saturday SeminarSaturday, Noon, Elks Park

Sunday SeminarSunday, Noon, Elks Park

Conversations Sponsored by Universal Studios County Courthouse, main street, unless otherwise noted JoinanintimatedialogueaboutthemoviesandwhateverelseisonthemindsoftheFestival’sguests.

Vendela Vida, Reese Witherspoon, Jean-Marc Vallée and Cheryl Strayed Abel Gance Open Air Cinema/ Saturday 10AM

Mark Danner, Robert Silvers, and Margaret Bodde Saturday 4PM

Mark Danner, Jon Stewart, Maziar Bahari, Gael García Bernal Abel Gance Open Air Cinema/ Sunday 10AM

Geoff Dyer and Juliano Ribeiro Salgado Sunday 2PM

Michael Barker and Volker Schlöndorff Sunday 4PM

Guy Maddin, Errol Morris, and Dennis Jakob Monday 11AM

Booksignings

a c

e

g

b

d

f

h

i

Opening Night Feed Colorado Avenue/Friday 5PM–6:30PM Hopdownfromthatsteedandmoseyuptoafeastdesignedtosustainyouthroughthenight.ThispartytakesplaceonthemostbeautifulmainstreetintheWest,featuringnewandoldfriends,filmmakersandspecialguests,deliciousfoodandtheearlybuzz.For all passholders except Acme and Cinephile.

a

Labor Day Picnic Town Park/Monday 11AM–1PM Joinusattheworld’sloveliestpicnicarea:Telluride’sTownPark.Aheartymealtoppedoffwithicecream,ourfinalSeminarandachancetodebateyournewbestfriendsaboutthefavoritesoftheFestival.For all passholders of the Festival.

Behind the Scenes: Feast and Lava Werner Herzog Theatre/Saturday 11:45AM JointhemakersofDisney’sFEAST(playingbeforeMERCHANTSOFDOUBT)andPixar’sLAVA(playingbeforeWILD)foraonce-in-a-lifetimeopportunitytounderstandtheinspirationbehindandcreationoftwomemorableanimationfilms.

Where Eagles Dare Abel Gance Open Air Theatre/Friday 8:30PM

Presented in partnership with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Ikeepwaitingforthedaywhenthisfilmbeginstopall.Imean,howmanyfilmscanstanduptomultipleviewingsover40years?Infact,itgetsbettereverytimeIseeit.Andthat’sonlyonTV—onthebigscreenitrevealsitselftobenothingshortofamasterpiece.ThetitleisnotjustasonorousbitofrhetoricpluckedfromShakespeare.No,thecastlescaledby

RichardBurton,ClintEastwoodetalistheSchlossAdler,theCastleoftheEagles.Sothetitleisliterallytrue,therebycleverlyinvertingor—asissaidintheworldofagentsanddoubleagents—“turning”theintendedsenseofthelinesinRichardIII:“Theworldisgrownsobad,thatwrensmakepreywhereeaglesdarenotperch.”Howcoolisthat!–GD(U.S.,1968,156m).PrintcourtesyoftheAcademyFilmArchive.Presented by Geoff Dyer and Michael Barker

Quincy Jones presents: Justin Kauflin in Concert Elks Park/Sunday 8:30PM ThegreatQuincyJones,winnerof27Grammys,willintroduceJustinKauflinandhistrio(ChrisSmithonbassandBillyWilliamsondrums).JustinisfeaturedinandisthecomposerforKEEPONKEEPIN’ON(page40),afilmaboutQuincy’smentor,the93-year-oldlegendaryjazzgreatClarkTerry,whobrokethecolorbarrierinthe1960swhenhebecamethefirstAfrican-AmericanstaffmusicianatNBC’sThe Tonight Show.KauflinwillperformsomeofTerry’sfavoritestandardsalongwithhisoriginalmusiccomposedforhisnewalbum,scheduledforreleaselaterthisyear.

c

e

b

d

Cheryl Strayed Brigadoon/Saturday 4PM Strayed’snumberonebestsellingWild,thememoirofawomanwhotakestothetrailinsearchofherself,is“spectacular...gripping...Abreathtakingadventuretaleandaprofoundmeditationonthenatureofgriefandsurvival...Aliteraryandhumantriumph”(New York Times).

Maziar Bahari Brigadoon/Sunday 11AM Bahari’smemoirThen They Came for Me,adaptedbyJonStewartforhisdebutROSEWATER,“turnsalensnotonlyonIran’ssurrealjusticesystembutonthehistoryandculturethathelpedproduceit”(The Washington Post).

Sayed Kashua Brigadoon/Sunday 4PM Thesemi-autobiographicalnovelDancing ArabsbythehugelypopularIsraeliArabwriteris“nearlyabsurdistatmoments…achilling,convincingtale”(Booklist).

Werner Herzog Brigadoon/Saturday 2PM WithhisnewcollectionofinterviewsA Guide for the Perplexed,Herzog,workingwithPaulCronin,philosophizesoncinemaandlife.“Readinghimexpoundingonhismyriadinterestsandobsessions,intonesthatarefullandfluentwithoutevercrossingintopretentiousnessorobscurity,isatonicforthebrain”(The Independent).

Ted Hope Brigadoon/Sunday 2PM WithHope for Film,thewriter-producer-visionaryresponsibleforfilmsthathavegarnered12Oscarnominationsgivesaninsidelookattheindiefilmbusiness.HisdescriptionsofworkwithAngLee,HalHartley,MichelGondry,NicoleHolofcenerandToddSolondzare“relentlesslyuseful”(Kirkus).

Monday Seminar Monday, Noon, Town Park

42 43

45

ShowCorpsShowCorpsHQThe Calculator: SallyMeeksIntern:MaddieArrellano,AlicePinonCoverage:FionaArmour,PaigeAzarakhsh,JessicaBarker,JannetteBivona,VarunBhuchar,FrenchClements,JesseDubus,BarryJenkins,Tien-TienJong,BillKinder,SussuLaaksonen,JustinLai,SummerMason,RobRichert,HildaSchmelling,MacSimonsonEmergency Management: DaveHutchinson,MarcMcDonaldPass Design & Production:CubeServices,IncShow Welcome Advance Team Head: MarciaGreeneSWAT Crew: NancyCraft,JoelKaufman,DavidKuntz,JimLincoln,SueLincoln,MichelleMaughn,CindyObrand,TamaraOgorzaly,StaceyPlunkettProgramming Consultant: SarahSteinbergHellerShort Film Coordinator & TBAs: JesseDubusSuperStar:JackBrailsfordTeamStars:MaryBethMuellerFestival Poster Flags:JanetBehrensSiebert(1-32);MettjeSwift,BannerArtStudio(33-41)

Communications:3rdStR&DProductionServices,GregCarttar(Mother),CharHarner(MotherSuperior),MikeHodges

Operations Support: Project Assistants: AprilBindockReceptionists: JodyArthur,NaomiGibbons,JesseHockersmith

Festival Box Office Crew:BettyTweedy,AglaiaGelpke

Pass RFID System: AlexandreBourassa,CindyHeppell

COMMUNICATIONS & MEDIAPress Crew: KeanBauman,RichardParkinPhotographers: RalphBarnie,MerrickChase,VivienKillilea,KevinVanRensselaerVideo Crew: GeorgeAlmanza,FionaArmour,ChrisBagley,JoeGarrity,KimberlyShively,RobRichertSound: ScottDoser,DeanRolley,StephenSteigmanWebsite: TuringMobile App:PeterNiesandDaveWells,FatFractal

DEVELOPMENTMayor of Brigadoon & Sponsorship Operations Manager:BobO’BrienBrigadoon Production:BradyLRichardsBrigadoon Assistant

Manager:RebeccaKrautDevelopment Assistant:KyleLaursenShipping Staff:GeorgeChristensen,JaninaCiezadlo,CaseyKesler,JackSherman,MollySmith,EstherWhiteFILMLab Coordinator:ChristineRonanDevo Box Office:RebeccaBeltDevelopment Photographer:MelissaPlantzDevelopment Aid:TaraGreggains

EDUCATIONSymposium Coordinator: AustinSipesSHOW Shorts Coordinator: FilipCelanderStudent Symposium Faculty: HowieMovshovitz,LindaWilliamsCity Lights Faculty: LynnGershman,PamelaKerpiusEducation Videographers: SeanJ.S.Jourdan,MiguelSilveiraCity Lights Coordinator: ZoeMovshovitzStudent Services Manager: RobRex Education Staff: SarahSteinbergHeller,CoralKnights,GolanRamras,BrianTranStudent Travel Wizard: BillKellyHonorary Faculty, City Lights:LindaJonesClough

EVENTSEvent Assistant: BrianRoedelEvent Coordinators: PattiDuax,MarkGudmens,HeatherMcClaryBar Managers: JohnAlbertson,KerryBolger,BradCobbHead Dresser: ThraxFelsenthalDressers: RileyArthur,BetsyRowbottom,MattSablajak,EmilyBallou,PatrickFelsenthal,JohnHarffFlower Dresser:EmilyBallouEvent Staff:MAddaway,JohnAlbertson,RobertAllen,MatthewAnderson,TessArbogast,MollyBabcock,NealBabcock,BarbieBanks,ZachBasler,JacquelineBell,AnthonyBetz,MollyBohon,KerryBolger,EllenBrody,JordanBrown,NancyBrunton,RickBrunton,NickButler,ValerieBynum,ChrisCoburn,BradCobb,MerrittCrocker,JosephDiPaolo,AmyDuran,EllenEsrick,JerryEsrick,LynFaulkner,RubeFelicelli,RachelFerguson,ConnieFisher,LisaFranek,PaulGandell,ChuckGoldstein,LynneGoldstein,GinoGloga,JoAnneGood,GeorgeGreenbank,LilyGrisafi,BarbGross,GaryGross,HeidiHafertepe,MaureenHafertepe,GretaHagen-Richardson,BonnieHanson,AmyHartman,JessicaHeady,AlaynaHeim,MarielleHuey,KaceyInscho,PamelaJohns,HawkeyeJohnson,HeatherJohnson,BettyJones,TajKaynor,MariahLancaster,MichelleLebas,AdamLevy,GretchenLevy,HarrietLevy,MatthewLevy,MichaelLevy,RaymondLevy,CatMacleod,KelseyMarshall,KatherineMcArdle,MattMcRee,KristinMetheny,KathyMetzger,ErinMiller,MaggieMiller,AllisonMuray,AliceNing,ClarkOlson,AngelaPashayan,

DanielPeaslee,FranPerpich-Hedtke,DevinPerreault.CaityPinkard,MattPolizzi,JerriPuerner,JenRadge,DanaRichardson,JulieRichardson,SarahA.Riling,BrianRoedel,CarlySalter,JosephSanders,BarrySatlow,KaiulaniSchuler,JonathanSherman,AmyShilling,DebbieSimonian,MarshaSpector,CherylStein,AaronSnyder,ElizaSummerlin,AmyShilling,SusieThorness,MeganTrinrud,NateTrinrud,ChristineTschinkel,KelseyWhite,ShirleyWicevich,KatjaWichland,AbrinaWilliams,BenZweig,MarcZwygart.Clubhouse Supervisor:LeslieBHolleyCrew Chiefs:AmyGuy,NikHarrington,AliciaHolmChefs de Cuisine:GeneCross,KarlyKoster,ShaymanMackelroy,BobMorrison,MeganOplinger,RayVillalobos Prep Cooks:ArthurAtkinson,LuisCancinoIII,JeremyMyersFront of the House:MarieCote,MaryPaxton,CameronSiemer

HOSPITALITY at BRIGADOONManager: AmyLevekAssistant Managers:JohnIrvin,NancyTalmeyCoordinator: AndrewLewisInformation Specialists: MarthaGearty,RhondaIrvin,LindaLevin,MarjorueMcGlamery,NancyLee,JoanMay,AlaneWoehle

HOSTSAssistants: KateClark,MarcSchauerHosts: MatthewClark,DanCollins,GusGusciora,CharlotteHacke,AmyKimberly,DrewLudwig,JohnMusselman,KristenRedd

SHOWShopManager: JimEckardtAssistant: ElainaEckardtStaff: HetherBachman,JosephJBell,AsnoldoBenitezJr.,GingerBynum,FayDavisEdwards,LarryLambelet,PalikaMakam,PamPettee

SHOWCorpsDivine Goddesses: LindseyCampbell,HillaryLempitCommandos: CindyBecker,AmyDeLuca,JanDeLuca,LindaHolt,AnnemarieJodlowski,BethKelly,JohnKelly,JonKornbluh,NancyLee,AngelaMallard,StevenSteinberg,JoAnnWeisel,CelineWright,LaraYoung,KarenZambos

TRANSPORTATION & HOUSINGAssistant: LoisSternDispatch:SaraFeltonDrivers: JeffBubar,PaulDujardin,TerriGioga,BillLangford,LanceLee,JimLilly,SusanLilly,Mishky,LisaNeilson,TrevorRzucidlo,DanielRihn,ArtieSowinski,CathleenSowinski,HowardStern,DavidSwanson,JonTukman,CarmellaWilson,Marcus

WilsonTravel Agents:AnnDenney,ShellyKlein

PRODUCTIONManagers:Office Manager: AmandaBaltzleyCJC Manager: JulietBerman,AlyStoszConcessions Manager and Special Projects: DavidOysterGalaxy Manager: KarenKurzbuchGraphic Lab Manager: DougMobleyHerzog Manager: MichaelAndersonIT Manager: HuntWorthLabor Coordinator: DennisGreenLighting Designer:JonathanAllenLighting Director: BrianFergusonNugget & Masons Manager: AmandaBaltzleyPalm & Le Pierre Manager: KyleWavraRigging Coordinator: IanMansonRigging Manager: ErikCooperSchlep Master: TimTerritoSchlep Coordinator: ErinKlenow

Assistant Managers:Concessions Assistant Manager: JakeSullivanGalaxy Assistant Manager: LaneScarberryGraphic Lab Assistant Manager: JacobWascalusHerzog Assistant Manager: JoshuaDanielIT Tech Assistant Manager: ThanasisKiniasPalm & Le Pierre Assistant Manager: NicoleDubeShop Foreman: EricNepsky

Crew:Abel Gance/Galaxy Construction: TellefHervoldArtists: BruceHooper,AveryThatcherAssistant to the Production Manager: JenaJarvisElectrician “Sparks”: PhilHaydenSparks Assistant:LaurelRobinsonGraphic Lab Administrator: TakaraTatumGraphic Design Team: HeatherBaltzley,SuzanBeraza,BenBullock,DawnDavisHead Set Dresser: MaryBethO’ConnorIT Systems (computer Dog): CarleyCallahanIT Labor: DylanBrooksKiosk Programmer:SethDavidowLabor: NickKolachov,ShaneScottLighting Techs:VrejeBakalian,HayleyNenadal,RamonWennMaster Carpenter:AllanMcNabProduction Apprentices (Vespucci Dogs): AustinCarrier,CaleyFagerstrom,EmilyFinch,KyleFogarty,GinaHackett,ConorHolt,ColinLawrence-Tombs,CallieLockhart,HaleyMcVay,MichelleMellor,MattReid,VictorYiXiangGan

44 45

ShowCorpsShowCorpsRiggers: ChrisBrendenberg,JeffDowns,GusGusciora,AlisonHughes,JeanJullien,JosieKovash,JosephLepp,CharlesMiller,TaylorPerry,JohnSturdevant,TimVierlingSchlep Crew:BrianBalconi,EhrenWBorg,CarlosCagin,BiancaDarby-Matteoda,PrescottHart,JesseHope,DanHorne,DamianImel,SamaelKimleigh,JohnKirkendoll,RobertRex,JohnRossi,PeterTeminnen,DustinWilsonSchlep Events: TajKaynor,DevinPerrault,JosephSanders,AaronSnyderSet Dressers: ChristianneHedtke,SidneyMcNabSkilled Labor: BillLyons,RodneyPorsche,BrackenRaleighWastemaster Master: KateRennebohmWastemaster Crew: OlivierCreurer,BobRennebohm,HeatherRennebohm,DiegoRodriguez,JosephStodgel,AureliaWilson,DermotWilson,ImogenWilsonProduction Breakfast: KateWadleyCookie Baker:EliWallaceCookie Boy: ?Phantom: MarcelloVespucci

TECH OPSCarl Brenkert Society: DanBeedy,SamChavez,KurtMacfarlane,ClydeMcKinney,PaulPearson,ChristopherReyna,MartyWarrenFilm Inspection: Chief: PaulBurtInspectors: DianaCaldwell,JeffGabel,ZacharyHall,JohnPassmore,LuciReeveFilm Manager: ChrisRobinson Assistant: AlicePinonFilm Traffic: Chief: TracyHarvey Staff: KatieDavis,JeremyFreund,LarsHarvey,ChrisSaxe,JamesWilson Video Tech: William(Billy)Alahouzos,ChasPhillips,CurtRousseTech Staff Coordinator: DeborahCutlerTech Sound:DJBabb

THEATRE OPERATIONSAssociate MOTO: GaryTuckerOrchestra Wrangler: DaveHutchinsonBox Office Management: Chief: KarlaBrownStaff: LynneBeck,GeorgeForth,BeckyLeon,GarySutton,MarkWestmanBox Office Coordinator: NatashaHooverConcessions Manager: SandyMcLaughlinConcessions Assistant Manager: BonnieMackayDelivery: DanHanley,AdamMosier,MegOcampoWarehouse:MarissaMattys

Ringmaster Wrangler: JasonSilverman

ABEL GANCE OPEN AIR CINEMAManager: LyndonBrayAssistant: SamuelLyonsRingmaster:SethBergStaff:SherryBrieske,AdamConner,JenniferKnopp,BillLyons,

ScottUpshur,RossVedderChief Projectionist: BruceMazen

THE BACK LOTManager: RogerPaulAssistant: TomTreanorRingmaster:EmilyLongStaff: DerrickCasto,CalebHammond,MoniqueLacoste,CamilleRoth

CHUCK JONES’ CINEMAManager: JDBrownAssistants: IanBald,EricBialas,BethKrakower,DoranaLopez Ringmaster: AshleyBoling Staff: TannyCapobianco,DickCarter,BarryCoker,JoeColeman,CarolDix,LisaEaton,ChuckFriedrichs,BobHarner,AllynHart,SaulHopper,JJLevy,BenLopez,DoranaLopez,CarlyRoseMoser,PattyNelson,JerryOyama,JasonPark,JackieRitter,DanielleSchmidt,DanaSilkensen,SarahThomas,CharlesWebb,RyanWebb,AnnaWishart,JasonZavaletaChief Projectionist: BillMurpheyProjectionists: ChrisSimpson,AlecTisdale,KevanSmoliakConcessions: Head: DavidCook Assistant: MarilynEvans,PeterLundeenStaff: KaileyCarruthers,AnneDoody,SuzanneDyerWise,TanyaIshikawa,MarciaKawa,DavidMonroe,JanetMonroe,DunjaSelbach,SharonSharp

CONVERSATIONS at the COURTHOUSEManager: TomGoodmanAssistant: JackieKennefickStaff: SandyDwight

GALAXYManager: EvanGoldenAssistants: JacksonBurke,HilaryHart,CatherineO’Brien,StephanieThomas-PhippsRingmaster: DanZakStaff: PattieAdler, LinaJeanArmstrong,MarkArmstrong,BrendaBerliner,RonaldBorrego,Julie(Jules)Chalhoub,CarolConnolly,AshleyGolden,TracyGreever-Rice,MartineHabib,Tien-TienJong,SamKrump-Johnson,ElleLong,MerleO’Neal,JackieOsborne,JohnPeterson,WyattPhipps,GlennRice,TimSun,RichardThorpe,JolanaVanek,DavidWilcoxChief Projectionist: JayPregentProjectionists: RenLong,JeremySpracklen,EmmaTomiakConcessions: Inside: Head: WaydellWalkerInside Assistant: JenniferAlpert,RonaldLDrydenStaff: DavidBrankley,LeiaJames,MichaelPounds,BarbaraSkinner,MeganValanidas,BertieWehrOutside: Head: TomasJonssonAssistant:MelissaKennington,MatthewKenningtonStaff: LindaBorof,CassieConklin,LanaCotner,JohnFinegan,JimFleming,JoFleming,WillGarcia,EstherRiester,MichelleSoto,TanaSpiekermann,JennyUpdike,ShelleyWoll

MASONS HALL CINEMAManager: KimbleHobbsAssistants: BillThorness,JordenHobbs,AJFox,JeffYorkRingmaster: JeffMiddentsStaff: NancyAnderson,JonathanAugello,JuanitaChen,GerryD’Amour,GaryGuerriero,JordanHobbs,MalinKan,MargieKaplan,KateMcMains,PatriciaPringle,KatharineRomefelt,AlinaSinetos,JillSlack,QuangTranChief Projectionist: KellyYoungstromProjectionists: NateBond,ChrisBredenberg,LaytonHerbert

NUGGET THEATREManager: FelixSnowAssistant Manager:UriahLovelycolorsAssistants: AndyBrodie,ValerieChildRingmaster: DavidWilsonStaff: EvanBarale,JerryDavidian,SueHeilbronner,FrankHensen,RuthHensen,BillKight,ArinLiberman,BethMcCall,RoliffPurrington,JoannyRivera,MeganStorm,PeteTedrowChief Projectionist: LuciReeveProjectionists: MathieuChester,JoshuaDeal,TerryFernaldConcessions: Head: SandyMcLaughlinAssistant: IrwinWitzel Staff: MercuryRoberts,VickiEidsmo,JaimeMorenoAfter The Film Festival Head: LuciReeve

PALMManager: MarkRollinsAssistants: KristaEulberg,TimFrush,BaileyMassey,AlexPerezRingmaster: LeylaSteeleStaff: MelissaBassett,AdamBurns,JoshBurns,ChristinaDeBarros,JenDurret,AmyFisher,TimFleming,KristinFrost,WillKaufman,StephenKuhn,AnitaLangford,CaitlinLauer,JoanieLeckeyMeler,SandyMaus,DavidNepsky,JuneNepsky,BaileyOrshan,JerryOverton,GeorgePavlik,PatriciaPitts,EbenPrice,JamesRenn,MaggieReynolds,NancyRios,HildaSchmelling,DavidStrauss,JohnTumminello,MarkWenselChief Projectionist: CherieRiversProjectionists: KateBost,JimCassedy,ChrisRasmussenConcessions: Head: NancyMurphyAssistants: AmyGavell,CCRocqueStaff: SusanDahl,FrancoiseHartman,SuzetteJanoff,NancyLandau,AlfredoLopez,EdwardMontgomery,JackieRivers,EmilyRocque,VinRocque,StewartSeeligson,BudTaylorAfter The Film Festival Head: JarrettArguellesStaff:EveMelmon,AllineSloan

LePIERREManager: JonathanKaplanAssistants: TomBaldrige,BiancaEscobar,DaniellePelletierRingmaster: DougMobley

Staff: CourtneyBell,LindsayBurns,KateChamuris,RachelHroncich,NanKitchens,JeffreyKoenigsberg,SusanOrshan,AdamRottler,BrigittaWagnerChief Projectionist: ErikTeevinProjectionists: BrianGraney,PattyLLecht,JohnSnowConcessions: Head: RyanOesterich Assistants:SarahFrush,AdamHymanStaff: UrsulaAcurio,BeverlyAngehrn,Rose-EvaForgues-Jenkins,BrianGriffith,KatieLain,FrankMartinez,MatthewRedmond,AllisonRieck,CatherineRieck,LydiaSturgis,MaryCarolWagner

SHERIDAN OPERA HOUSEManager: BenKerrAssistants: RickBrook,AllisonMobley,ShinePritchard,CarynSanchezRingmaster: RickBrookStaff: RobertAllen,BoBedford,GenneBoles,JenniferBradford,JeffGiordano,KarenHaddy,GeorgeJones,JudiKiernan,ValerieKrantz-Burge,CatLee-Covert,PegRedford,JamieRoss,SamirRoy,SharonSwab,KierstenTaylor,SteveValdek,ChristopherWarren,KatherineWarren,CynthiaWyszynskiChief Projectionist: KirkFutrellProjectionists: JessePalmer,MariaPavlova,MatthewPolmanConcessions Head: SuzanneCheavensAssistant: LexMcNaughtonStaff:JillBrooke,BrianneJacobsen,BenPost

THE WERNER HERZOG THEATREManager: KatieTrainorAssistants: ClayFarland,TondeleyoGonzalez,BobGreenberg,TrishHawkinsRingmaster: BarryJenkinsStaff: LailaBenitez,VarunBhuchar, FrancineCogen,PeterCogen,NicoleConlan,JennyDaley,SarahHaas,JennaHall,MaxHolm,DemetriaHumphries,KatherineKilkenny,JanineKowack,AlexLangstaff,LiamLockhart,DillonMagrann-Wells,DavidMarriott,EmmaMyers,BarbaraNewby,EmilyRoig,AdrianRothschild,Mai(Mijoe)Sahiouni,CherylSchmidt,EmilyShurtz,MacSimonson,MirandaSmith,AnitaSmokevitch,MaraStemm,MelissaSwearngin,PhilSwearngin,RussellWilderChief Projectionist: RyanGardnerSmithProjectionists: GregBabush,AaronRidenour,CodyWeigelConcessions:Head: JimBerkowitzAssistants:CharlesDanger,SamanthaHerndon,SamuelPrime,JamesTaschekStaff: AmyAllison,JessicaAnania,AllisonBoyer,RobinCharles,SarahCook,KellyErvin,JTEsterkamp,AddisGoldman,JamieGoncalves,MagdalenaKorpas,MarlaLandreth,DebraMassari,CatherineO’Rourke,RachelOftedahl,EmilySearles,TomSkurky

46 47

SponsorsSponsors

Palm

Worldwide Hospitality Partner

Media PartnerPOS System

Festival Product

Werner Herzog TheatreStudent Symposium

Filmmakers of Tomorrow

Guest Director Program

Filmmakers Reception

Brigadoon Digital Lounge

Hospitality Partner

Hospitality Partner

Chuck Jones’ Cinema

Noon Seminars

General Support

Filmmakers Reception

City Lights

General Support

Private Aviation Partner Conversation Series

Hospitality Partner

“The Sound of Telluride”

Nugget Theatre

Festival Product

Technical Services

N Y C · W E S T H O L L Y W O O D

This event is sponsored in part by the Town of Telluride, Commission for Community Assistance, Arts and Special Events.

48 49

AmericanGiantTheCriterionCollectionCrumplerFacetsMulti-MediaFig+YarrowFotoKemLolliabyMargotElena

MonadnockPaperMills,Inc.Newman’sOwnOrganicsOogie’sSnacksLLCPangeaMediaProductions,LLCPureFixCyclesRADIUS

SequenceSTILLMOTIONTCHOTellurideDailyPlanetTellurideStyleTheWatchNewspapersZAPZoetropeAubryProductions,SanFrancisco

FilmanthropySponsors

GENERAL SUPPORT

FESTIVAL PRODUCTS & SERVICES

MAJOR SUPPORTERSAnonymous

General SupportThe BEAM

FoundationTravel Support

The Burns FamilyTribute

The Roger & Chaz Ebert Foundation

Education

George & Pam Hamel

Education

Kayne FoundationEducation

Jeffrey Keil & Danielle Pinet

The Backlot

Ralph & Ricky Lauren

Abel Gance Open Air Cinema

Leucadia National Corporation

General Support

Richard Meyer & Susan Harmon

General Support

Bill & Michelle Pohlad

General Support

Elizabeth Redleaf

Film Sponsorship & General Support

Bobby & Polly Stein

General Support

AzadiFineRugsHotelTelluride

Lumiere

Fletcher&LizMcCuskerMountainLivingMagazine

CamelsGardenIceHouse

InnatLostCreekRiverClub

VictorianInn

221SouthOak,Eliza GavinAemono,Mike Guskea

LaCocina,Lucas PriceNewSheridanChopHouse,Eric Owen

Pescado,Brady Pitt, Suetheshnie Govindsamy and Chad Glidewellthere,Andrew Tyler

Clark’sMarketGrayHead

MarketatMountainVillage

RidgwayMountainMarketTimberlineAceHardware

TwoSkirts

CashmereREDColoradoYurtCompany

MountainTails

Anonymous

Ron & Joyce Allred

Kelly & Carrie Barlow

Kevin & Mary Grace Burke

Ken & Julie Burns

Keller Doss

Barry & Paula Downing

The Fairholme Foundation

Patrick & Elena Ferrall

Charles Goodman

The Grace Trust

Chad Graff & Joann Falkenburg

George & Pam Hamel

Ken & Karen Heithoff

Peter & Heidi Knez

Vincent & Anne Mai

Donna & Steve Mawer

Adam & Diane Max

Jay Morton & Mike Phillips

The Myerson Family

Mark & Alison Pincus

Charles & Jessie Price

Elizabeth Redleaf

Guy & Jeanine Saperstein

Tom & Kim Schwartz

Prabha & Anita Sinha

Joseph & Diane Steinberg

Mark & Tammy Strome

Patricia Sullivan

Richard & Ann Teerlink

Ward Veale

JoAnn & John Weisel TELLURIDE BUSINESS FRIENDS

LODGING PARTNERS

CATERERS

50 51

PeterBeckerMichaelFitzgeraldMort&AmyFriedkinWarren&BeckyGottsegenShauvik&JoyaKundagramiTerriE.Miller&AndrewW.Marlowe

Casey&MeganMcManeminNicholasPalevskyTheAlexanderSchochFamilyJohnSteel&BunnyFreidusRichard&AnnTeerlink

PatronsFilmanthropyAnitaAbramowitz,MarcAbramowitz,StevenAddis,DennisAlbers,TracyAlbers,JudithAnderson,BillApfelbaum,BonnieApfelbaum,BonnieArnold,KristineAshe,LarryBaldauf,MichaelBarker,EdBarlow,JanetBarnhill,RobertBarnhill,AnneBegley,ArleneBen-Horin,GioraBen-Horin,DaleBerger,MaxBerger,MarcBerman,SharenBerman,TomBernard,ShelleyBernson,MatthewBernstein,StephenE.Binder,BradBird,ElizabethBird,GaryBlack,MargaretBlack,AlbaBlanco,ChristopherBonovitz,DylanBonovitz,ErikBonovitz,JillBonovitz,SheldonBonovitz,MarshallBrachman,TimBuck,MaryFrancesBudig,MarkBuell,EricBunderson,JylCain,RandyCain,AaronCamilleri,ErinCamilleri,SteveCamilleri,JulioCantillo,LisaCantillo,DianeCarson,DruCash,JanetCassebaum,MartyCohen,SharleenCooperCohen,BudColligan,DannyColligan,RebeccaColligan,AlisonConway,AndrewConway,BrianConway,KarenConway,JohnCooper,JohannahCorselli,MichelleCorselli,RohitD’Souza,FronaDaskal,ClaireDaulton,EbenDavidson,AngusDeardoff,BruceDeardoff,SandyDeardoff,DonnaDeitch,JoannDelaney,PaulDelaney,AlanDocter,MarciaDocter,BethDoty,MarkDoty,KateDunn,RogerDurling,KimberleyElting,ShaariErgas,JosephEvangelisti,BridgittEvans,BruceEvans,AliciaGlekasEverett,BunnyFayne,StevenN.Fayne,CharlesFerguson,LucyFine,RaymondFitzpatrick,PaulaFoith,ScotFoith,RonaldoForesti,KatrineFormby,AnnForsyth-Smith,AndyFremder,BarbFremder,AlexanderL.Friedman,AllegraW.Friedman,EliseD.Friedman,TullyM.Friedman,BonnieGibson,ArcadiyGolubovich,DebraGoor,RandiGrassgreen,FrederickW.Green,BobGreenberg,SueGreenberg,BethGriggs,DanGuando,FinnHaney,WilliamHaney,LyndseyHarrison,JohnHeckenlively,SuzyHein,AlexandraHelfrich,MarkHelfrich,J.TomilsonHill,JanineHill,MarthaHinojosa-Nadler,MarshaHitchcock,JannahHodges,LeonHogan,LindaHogan,RussHoldstein,SusanHoldstein,MichelleHooper,LucyInman,MichaelIsaacs,KellyJohnson,TomJohnson,WilliamF.Kay,AliceKelikian,AleenKeshishian,KevinM.Kiernan,PatriciaKiernan,DeborahKlein,RichardKlussman,WandaKownacki,DonKraitsik,DavidLarose,MargieLarose,LisaLarsen,FranzLeberl,BillLee,PaulLehman,DaleLeonudakis,SusanLevine,ClaudiaLewis,EliLichter-Marck,CielLininger,JaneLininger,SkyeLininger,DarlaLippert,JasonLippert,JoannLoulan,BarbaraLoveless,JenniferMalloy,NormanMarck,MortMarcus,JamesMaslon,LauraMaslon,KathleenMatschullat,RobertMatschullat,DonnaMawer,SteveMawer,LauraMccane,MauraMccarthy,BethMiller,HelaineMiller,KarenMorales,KennethMorales,RuthMutch,GingerMyerson,MarkMyerson,WilliamNedved,LisaNemeroff,ElleNicole,TammyNoth,TimO’Hair,DeborahOrtega,BillPaine,MarthaPaine,BrendaParrish,WilliamParrish,JanePatton,HarryPlant,JoanPlatt,TessPrice,JohnPtak,AndrewRachleff,DebbieRachleff,JakeRachleff,ShelbyRachleff,GordonRadley,RenieRandall,AmyRao,MargoReese,BradReeves,HollyReeves,DavidRegan,DebiRehm,RichardRehm,MarionRich,MimiRich,LeeRichards,MargaretRiley,BurtonRitchie,StephanieRitchie,EdwardRoach,JeanetteM.Roach,FrancesRogers,BarbaraRominski,JohnRonnberg,DeanRossi,MaxineRosston,AndrewRoth,GailRoth,BryanRush,ChristiMichelleRussell,MikeRussell,AmySabel,TonySafford,IanSanders,MarkScher,ChristopherSchiller,JohnSchow,WynnellSchrenk,DeborahSchroeder,MitziSewell,MarkR.Shapiro,PeggySiegal,JosephSiino,BetianaSimon,EveSimon,FredSimon,ToddSimon,JoelAtlasSkirble,AnnetteSmith,InaSmith,PaulSmith,LindaSonntag,MaryFrancesStahler,RonnaStamm,AdamSteinberg,M.CarolStevens,DonnaStone,KatherineStuart,PattyToland,SusieTompkinsBuell,StephenUjlaki,NancyUtley,ReneUzee,DiegoVeitia,AliceWaters,DyanWatson,EdwardWatson,BrendaWatson-Uzee,HelenWeeks,AnnWest,KenWest,RonWidman,JayWilkinson,NancyWilkinson,KimberlyWilliams,JenniferWilson,EllenWinspear,AmeliaWolff,JeanWolff,KariWolff,KeithWolff,KevinWolff,LewisWolff,ElizabethWood,TimWood,KimberlyWynne

BENEFACTORS

NUGGET GOLD SPONSORS

CONTRIBUTORS

DONORS

LEGACY CIRCLE MEMBERS

FRIENDS

AnonymousAzadiFineRugsTomCruiseKathleenKennedy&FrankMarshallMichael&YvonneMarsh

Adam&DianeMaxJayMorton&MikePhillipsTheJohn&FlorenceNewmanFoundationHenry&SusanSamueliRichard&AnnTeerlink

Bruce&MarthaAtwaterSid&NancyGanis

AlexanderPayneJulianPriceFamilyFoundation

PeggyCurranLucasfilmFoundationKarenMoralesAmyRao

Stuart&MelitaRiddleMaxineRosstonSheltong.Stanfill

AnonymousEricBundersonKen&JulieBurnsKellerDoss

RandiGrassgreen&TimRohrerTom&KimSchwartzKateSibley

JaniceAnderson-GramJoelAtlasSkirbleRonald&JulieBergStephenBinderW.EricBundersonElizabethCraneTomDesmondKimberlyDistefanoElaineEpprightMichaelFreedmanKennyGoldmanMonaGraueTrudyeGrunertRuthHaylerJamesHemphillJacobJacobson

BrentKinetzJoAnnLoulanWilliamMerrittConorO’NeilNancyPittPaulQueneauSuzieReidMarkRohrStephenScheierFred&ClaudiaSchwabNicolasShelokovEdwardWatsonSherylWoodBernie&MiriamYenkinThomasZimmerman

52 53

MerciThanksTHANK YOULindsayAnneAamondt,JoyceAbrigo,AcademyFilmArchive,KarenAmes,AndreaAmico,AshokAmritaj,MayaAnand,AndazNapa,ShellyAnderson,LindaAppelLipsius,RachelArchibald,AmyAstley,KimAubry,BannerArtStudio,MichaelBarker,AllisonBeck,GaryBelske,TomBernard,JessicaBernstein,DanielBish,AlexBlack,MelanieBlum,AriannaBocco,KristaBoling,DonaldBowman,JeremyBoxer,KimBritt,ElliotBronstein,SusanBrooks,AlanBuckley,ArianeBuhl,RobertBurns,GillianBurz,SigneByrge,CAA,AnushCabraloff,SethCagin,JillCalcaterra,JimCantrell,MelissaCaraway,RobertCarmona,ElleCarrière,EmmanuelleCastro,AnitaChordia,ChristChouinard,TomChristopher,CinemaRetro,Cinephil,CineticMedia,ParkCircus,RobinClark,DianaCohen,HowardCohen,ConsulatGénéraldeFranceàSanFrancisco,PennyCooper,JeanneCordova,KrishellCoultrup,SamCreely,Cube,EricD’Arbeloff,BrantDahlfors,AdamDanker-Feldman,AnnDenney,DeutscheKinematek,EstherDevos,DixieRestaurant,LyndaDorff,EddieDotson,MaryEckels,EricEdwards,ZoeElton,RaymondFarnsworth,Fedex,BillFiala,MarkFishkin,Fotokem,FoxSearchlight,HansFriedrich,ThomasFry,GeorgeEastman,DinaGermadnig,NancyGerstman,SteveGilula,LisaGodbey,GoldenGateEmbroidery,NancyGoldman,TarynGoodhart,Gott’sRoadside,KathyGovier-Hirsch,TiaGraham,GroveAtlantic,DanGuando,ShawnGuthrie,Bette-AnnGwathmey,RandyHaberkamp,MayHaduong,BillHaney,JonHazelton,BretHeiman,KimHendrickson,LynnHirshfield,MichelleHooper,MichaelHorne,HotelSplendidCannes,GeorgeHubbard,DawnHudson,KateHurwitz,IFCFilms,JennyJacobi,DaveJestadt,AngelaJohnson,WhitneyJones,SandaJosipovic,DavidKampner,MannyKapranos,DonaldKatz,LisaKatz,KimKaylyka,TobyKeller,BillKelly,StephenKenneally,LauraKim,TomJ.King,Kino/Lorber,GlennKiser,ElyseKlaidman,ShellyKlein,MartinKoerber,MelanieKoppenhoefer,ChristinaKounelias,PhilippaKowarsky,OliverKwon,ChrisLane,LeslieLarson,HeidiLauterbach,PattyLawlor,DorimLee,VictoriaLehman,JenniferLeightner,DylanLeiner,BebeLerner,OliverLevey,AdamLipsius,RichardLorber,Lucasfilm,Ltd,MartinaLudwig,AllisonMackie,MacMillanSpecialSales,JolynnMartin,JosephMcBride,MauraMcCarthy,LeanneMcClaflin,GenevieveMcGillicuddy,CarolineMcKenzie,VarunMehra,ChetMehta,PatrickMeissner,TeniMelidonian,HelenMeyer,JohnMeyer,MikeMiller,AdamMizel,JamesMockoski,MonadnockPaperMills,Inc.,BethMoneyhan,MoniqueMontgomeryGaryMoore,LisaMoore,RossanaMordini,Morimoto,IsabellaMoroni,MonaNagai,DanièleNeuharth,OpenRoadFilms,AndrewOran,TomOrtenberg,PacificFilmArchive,MariaPaleologos,GaryPalmucci,Pangea,ParticipantMedia,PaymentRevolution,PerseusBooks,LincolnPhipps,Pixar,DavidPollick,PublishersGroupWest,TomQuinn,Radius,RebeccaRand,DeniseRandazzo,RandomHouse,SteveRansahoff,RialtoCinemasCerrito,RoadsideAttractions,CaitlinRobertson,MichelleRobertson,BradleyRobinson,ArianneRocchi,CarlyRoemmer,FredRoos,KimberlyRoush,ScottRudin,EmilyRusso,JenniferRutkowski,ShelleySale,NancySanchez,DanSavoca,LaurenSchwartz,TeriSchwartz,LynanneSchweighofer,LynneSegall,CaraSerio,RomainSerman,CourtneySexton,EricShamlin,BethShorr,RonaSiegel,RosemarySilverman,ski.com,SkipSkinner,AndySkogrand,JohnSloss,JessicaSmith,EmilySnyder,ElodieSobczak,SolsticePress,SonyPicturesClassics,JenniferSperber,PaulaStachowski,ChloeStewart,SuperJack,SharonSwart,MattTalbot,ChrisTaylor,SylviaTerry,TheLibraryofCongress,TheWeinsteinCompany,KeleighThomasMorgan,RickTopper,JacqiTully,KevinTuren,CathyTurner,TwentiethCenturyFox,UnitedTalentAgency,HeatherVanDever,RonitVanderlinden,FrankViadero,GinaWade,JasonWald,LieselWalsh,RyanWerner,JoanWhelton,ChrisWiggum,WildBunch,RebeccaWilder,ZacharyWilder-DeMicco,DanielWilder-DeMicco,KurtWoolner,NimWunnan,MarkWynns,DanZastrow,ZeitgeistFilms,ZoetropeAubryProductions.

AND IN TELLURIDEAzadiFineRugs,BakedinTelluride,GaryBennett,SethBerg,LaurenBloemsma,AshleyBoling,BoneConstruction,KarlaBrown,SethCagin,TimCannon,Steve&TerryCatsman,TomClark,GregClifton,LauraColbert,MichaelConran,ToddCreel,MonaDeAlva,CathyDickinson,ElissaDickson,WendyDinkins,ScottDoser,RayFarnsworth,IvyFife,StuFraser,KathyGreen,CaciGrinspan,KristinHolbrook,ChuckHorning,StephanieJaquet,KathyJepson,KatieKarow,BenKerr,NinaKothe,SarahLanderyou,SaraLarsen,ColleenMahoney,LarryMallard,MichaelMartelon,Fletcher&LizMcCusker,MindyMendelsohn,JenniferMetzger,AndrewMirrington,TomMortellJr.,DavidOyster,GregPack,MaureenPelisson,PamPettee,JoshuaPhillips,GregPope,TreePriest,JeffProteau,MickeySalloway,BobSaunders,KyleA.Schumacher,Shimmy,KurtShugars,ChrisSmith,MartaTarbell,TellurideParksandRecreationStaff,TelluridePublicSchools,TellurideSports,ChadTerry,TownofMountainVillage,TownofTellurideStaff,KatieTyler,USBank,ValleyCrane,WilkinsonPublicLibrary,DanWilson,JohnWontrobski.

54 55

Index by PageFeature Films50YearArgument,The19‘71799Homes14ApocalypseNow4Baal23BertolucciOnBertolucci40Billy,HowDidYouDoIt?13Birdman18CaliforniaSplit25ChildrenofNoImportance11DancingArabs18DecentOne,The9Diplomacy13ForbiddenFilms40Foxcatcher6Gate,The20HeartsofDarkness5HowtoSmellaRose39Homesman,The9IStopTime40IlGrido24ImitationGame,The15JoyfulLaughter22KeepOnKeepin’On40Leviathan10LookofSilence,The16M24MadameBovary21Magician41Man’sCastle,A24MerchantsofDoubt20Mommy16Mr.Turner15NightWillFall41PriceofFame21RedArmy11RoadtoGlory,The25Rosewater17SaltoftheEarth,The19Seymour:AnIntroduction39Socialism41TalesoftheGrimSleeper6TooMuchJohnson10TwoDays,OneNight7WhereEaglesDare43WickedWoman25Wild14WildTales17

Special Programs and InformationBacklot39-41BehindtheScenes:Disney43Brigadoon27BrigBookstore27BookSignings42CallingCards38CityLights37CarrollBallard:SeemsLikeOnly

Yesterday23Concert43Conversations42CuratedbyMorganandMaddin24-25DailyDrawing27DigitalLounge27Festivities43Filmanthropy51-52FilmLAB37FilmmakersofTomorrow37-38Frontlot39GatheringPlaces27GreatExpectations38

GuestDirectors:MorganandMaddin3Hospitality27Information26LaborDayPicnic43OpeningNightFeed43Patrons53PordenonePresents10-11PosterArtist:ChristianMarclay2ScheduleGrids28-35Seminars42SHOWCaseforShorts36SHOWCorps44-47SHOWShop27SpecialMedallion22Sponsors48-50StudentPrints37StudentSymposium37TalkingHeads42Thanks54-55TheRules35

Short FilmsAbsence,The38Aissa36Balcony38Box36Cut38DiscussionQuestions38Dive38Don’tHugMeI’mScaredII:Time36Enpleinair38EdandPauline39Feast36FirstPrize37Guests37Invasion36LaIsla38LandBeyondtheSunset,The11LastReel,The41Lava36Laznia36LiftYouUp36Nocebo37NoMan’sLand37PrideofStrathmoor37SandStorm,The38SockSkewerStreet836StoneCars37Supervenus36SymphonyNo.4238TheoreticalArchitectures38Toutesdesconnes36Verbatim36Washingtonia38YesWeLove38

Desi

gned

by

Brow

n &

Com

pany

Des

ign,

ww

w.br

ownd

esig

n.co

m

Prin

ted

by C

PC S

olut

ions

, ww

w.cp

csol

utio

ns.c

om

©2014TheNationalFilmPreserve,Ltd.800JonesStreetBerkeley,CA94710Tel:510.665.9494Fax:510.665.9589www.telluridefilmfestival.org

The42ndTellurideFilmFestivalwillbeheldSeptember4-7,2015

56

Visit the Brigadoon Information Desk to enter your name.

GRAND PRIZE Your getaway begins with a two night stay in a spacious suite at the Mandarin Oriental, Las Vegas. After check in, relax in our peaceful and serene Tea Lounge and enjoy a selection of the finest teas from around the world alongside cocktails and delicious delicacies. Continue your journey with a couples Luminescence Massage and Body Treatment—and unlimited access passes to the revitalizing Tian Quan Thermal Experience. Complete your day enjoying a culinary tour through Asia in MOzen Bistro, with a wide variety of delicious dishes served alongside a selection of American classics.

TFF’s 41st Daily Drawing

These generous legacy supporters are building anendowment to ensure that future generations willenjoy Telluride’s unrivaled cinematic landscape.

For more information, or a confidentialconsultation on making your legacy gift, please contact:

Erika Moss Gordon | 970.708.4009

[email protected]

Randi Grassgreen and Tim Rohrer

Tom and Kim Schwartz

Kate Sibley

Join these Festival stars by making a legacy gift!

Anonymous

Eric Bunderson

Ken and Julie Burns

Keller Doss

What do you get when you cross Passholders with Staff, Board, Sponsors and Show Ringers? A group of stars who have joined the Festival’s Legacy Circle by including a gift in their will:

DAILY PRIZES

Revel in the world’s largest producer and seller of digital spoken-word entertainment with a free 12-month membership from Audible.com.

Decorate your home with a beautiful hand-woven rug from Azadi Fine Rugs.

Keep warm and stylish in a Begg & Co. 100% Scottish cashmere scarf donated by CashmereRED.

Experience unbelievable sound from the powerful Braven 850 portable Bluetooth speaker.

Travel in style with Crumpler’s Dry Red No 4.

Cruise home on a bike from Pure Fix Cycles.

Return to Telluride for a two-night stay at one of Sea to Ski’s most premier properties, the Riverfront Estate.

Please see page 27 for a schedule of prize drawings.

Opening Night Feed

Where Eagles Dare

Behind the ScenesQuincy Jones Presents:Justin Kauflin ConcertLabor Day Picnic

Kiosk

Wi-Fi

Water Station

TALKING HEADS

FESTIVITIES

Noon SeminarsConversationsBook Signings

a

c

e

ce

b

b

d

d

Documents

THE NATIONAL FILM PRESERVE LTD. PRESENTS THEtelluridecms-production.s3.amazonaws.com/assets/guides/41st_TFF... · Geoff Dyer (GD), Gian Luca Farinelli (GLF), Mara Fortes (MF), Scott