Over a holiday weekend dedicated to labor, this year’s Telluride Film Festival attendees couldn’t help being reminded of striking workers: the members of SAG-AFTRA, the television and film actors’ union currently in a standoff with the Hollywood studios.
Vivid, intimate or both, the variety and quality of these performances made awards talk unavoidable.
(Bill Pence and Luddy died after long illnesses in the last year.)
Witness Netflix’s push on behalf of “Nyad” and “Rustin.” Together with the overlapping Venice Film Festival, it remains the gateway into awards season.
In a long-ago interview, the director Mike Nichols cautioned a nascent film reviewer to not mistake the dancer for the dance.
Persons:
Andrew Scott’s, Emma Stone’s, Paul Giamatti’s, ” Colman, Bayard Rustin, “ Rustin ”, García, ”, Annette Bening, Jodie Foster’s, Leonie Benesch’s, Tom Luddy, James Card, Bill, Stella Pence, Bill Pence, Luddy, “, “ Rustin, Mike Nichols
Organizations:
Telluride Film, SAG, Hollywood, Lucha Libre, Academy
Locations:
Telluride, “, Venice