Talk:39th Venice International Film Festival

Reference mentioning some "princes" of American cinema

The reference http://www.americancinemapapers.com/files/VENICE_1982.htm mentions among other films that were screened or competed at the 1982 Venice festival: "Venice set the table for a banquet of American films: beggars like Robert Alt­man's mothballed Health and Come Back to The 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean and Michael Cimino's 220-minute Heaven's Gate (some tattered flmophiles call it a masterpiece – include me in); and princes like E.T., Poltergeist, Blade Runner, Tempest." Tempest was surely in competition (IMDb agrees too), as Susan Sarandon got an official Best Actress for her role inn it. Heaven's Gate is a 1980 film and as such couldn't have qualified as In Competition at the Venice IFF of 1982. The article itself doesn't mention such a nomination, thought it does mention that its 2012 re-release premiered at the 2012 Venice Classics section. I had to remove it, as well as, Jimmy Dean, E.T., Blade Runner & Poltergeist from the In Competition section because I have serious doubts they belong there. Unfortunately I cannot find any online official source of the festival showing the films that competed that year, and all other sources I find are either non reliable (like IMDb, filmaffinity & letterboxd) or definitely non-complete (like unifrance has 6 films only!). I take it only as a strong hint that IMDb has 28 films and the above mentioned US films are not among them. I have no doubt that all four were screened at the festival, but they would be the kind of films that go in the Out of Competition section. Aside, none of the articles of these films mention a nomination in Venice, and E.T. & Blade Runner being both FA's couldn't possibly miss such an important nomination. I am still trying to figure out Toute une nuit. The film was first released in Venice IFF of 1982, but it doesn't show up as a Golden Lion nominee anywhere. Hoverfish Talk 01:30, 30 March 2018 (UTC)