Dune, Halloween Kills among films headlining Venice Film Festival lineup

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Venice Film Festival Unveils Lineup (Updating Live) https://t.co/7OCOJ6uovR
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) July 26, 2021
The Venice Film Festival has announced its lineup for this year and its looking like fire

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[sdpt]

I haven't watched the trailer or anything... trying to keep from any Halloween Kills spoilers. BUT FUCK there's so much out there it's pissing me off. I unfollowed all of the Halloween fanpages.

[la_petite_singe]

I'm v excited for a lot of these! Now announce the rest of the NYFF lineup and reassure me that I didn't spend way too much on a pass for nothing. 🙏🏻

[lawofcosines]

I hate Erik Matti at times but I'm excited for ON THE JOB 2. I'm glad his film is in the competition but the 3hr 30 mins runtime is not audience friendly for some. I wish we also got the Lav Diaz and Park Chan-wook though.

[laceandskin]

Dune fans, can I watch the new Dune movie without knowing anything about it? My coworker is super excited about it and we always talk about stuff that we watched so I want to be able to keep up when he tells me his thoughts. HBOMax has the older Dune but it looks like everyone hates it so I didn't watch it.

[molkat]

Most likely yes. While it's a popular book, there's not enough people who have read it for them to make a movie that directly caters specifically to that crowd. Also the fact they've split it into two movies hints that some effort is being taken to build up the world versus just blasting through the plot without knowing why things are happening.

If you do want some exposure I'd recommend hunting down the old SciFi channel mini series instead of David Lynch's Dune.

[januarysix]

lol I love the old Dune. I don't get the hate. It was fun and imaginative.

[espressotorte]

Lynch's version is great on visuals and iconic dialogue moments, but it won't help a ton in understanding the story and Dune universe

[sandstorm]

> Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon

I have never heard of this but I want to see it.

[sandstorm]

IDT I've ever seen a thing with Ed Skrein in it outside of Alita but him refusing to whitewash a role in the Hellboy reboot made me respect him.