COVID-19 can’t kill the movies. That was the message from Venice Film Festival jury president Bong Joon Ho at a press conference on Wednesday morning in Italy to kick off the 78th annual fest…
jury president Bong Joon Ho at a press conference on Wednesday morning in Italy to kick off the 78The Oscar-winning director of “Parasite” acknowledged that the pandemic had hurt filmmakers by shuttering movie theaters around the world.
Bong appeared at the press gathering alongside fellow jurors, including Cynthia Erivo and Chloe Zhao. The director of “Nomadland” attended Venice virtually last year, as the first stop on the long trek to winning best picture and director at the Oscars. Bong admitted that he didn’t have a set methodology for judging this year’s film. “I don’t feel like there has to be some sort of criteria,” Bong said. “To pick beautiful cinema, it’s all about respecting everybody’s taste. That can all be different.”
Venice Film Festival artistic director Alberto Barbera acknowledged that the decision of the Cannes Film Festival not to screen Netflix movies in competition has been a gift to Venice.
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