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"At May's Festival de Cannes , buyers rushed to see the latest work from three American auteurs: Steven Soderbergh 's Che , James Gray 's Two Lovers and Charlie Kaufman 's Synecdoche, New York ," recalls the Hollywood Reporter 's Gregg Goldstein . "But the fest ended without any of the films clinching a US sale.... The tough market the three films encountered reflects an indie film ... [link]

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Lionsgate Waves Blood Money Train Goodbye
Published 8/1/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
... an indication that Lionsgate is no longer in the business of genre filmmaking and that, with its massive new credit line, it’s aiming to join the ranks of the major studios,” Hendrix sums up. Interestingly, Meat Train is tentatively scheduled to hit DVD in October––right around the planned theatrical release of Lionsgate’s first serious “serious” film since Crash, W. One more tragedy to blame on Oliver Stone, I guess. Via GreenCine Daily

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