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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Preview, Telluride 2008
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Preview, Telluride 2008
Tonight’s Silver Medallion Tribute to David Fincher at the Telluride Film Festival closed with a screening of 20 minutes of Fincher’s much-anticipated new film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , starring Brad Pitt as a baby born old who reverse-ages over eight decades. ...
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Energized by Negative 'Benjamin Button' Reaction
RopeofSilicon.com — ... it along and made it so great. All of the positives from the performance by Henson, the visual effects and the cinematography is everything that made Zodiac great. I am energized by this news considering that one of the dolts that sent the news to Wells went on to say Fincher has "peaked" and that "it's all downhill from here on." Like Wells I say, "Oh, give me an effin' break!" However, one of the commenters at Hollywood-Elsewhere, Karina Longworth at Spout, has posted her own detailed reaction to the footage. Saying Fincher called the 20 minutes "a series of scenelets". ...

Telluride ‘08: “Benjamin Button” Preview Reactions
Fataculture — ... ” hysteria that is being hyped up: “I hadn’t heard this bad buzz––the handful of people I’ve spoken to who saw the show reel either last night or this morning had generally positive things to day, aside from some general skepticism as to what the film’s reported two and a half hour final cut will look and feel and play like.” She was way more enthusiastic about the preview , “it’s impressive. It’s absolutely gorgeous, for starters. Coming as it did after a show reel featuring excerpts from Fincher’s music videos and adverts (both cut into a montage set to “How Soon is Now?” by ...

Benjamin Button Preview
Awards Daily — ... I missed this during a flurry of real-life activities over the past few days.  Karina Longworth at Spout reported on a long preview of David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button out of Telluride: ...

TELLURIDE '08 | Marshall, Huntsinger, Fincher
indieWIRE: iPOP — ... Festival honoree David Fincher (right) with producer Frank Marshall (left) and festival managing director Julie Huntsinger (center). Fincher chatted about his career this weekend and screened about 20 minutes of what he called "scenelets" from his anticipated late '08 feature, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." Setting up the clips, Fincher noted that the film is about "the dents that people make on our lives...and why." Over at Spout, Karina Longworth details the footage, while a podcast of the event is available on the Telluride ...

'Benjamin Button' and the Curious Stories Surrounding Him
RopeofSilicon.com — ... the Eric Roth Button script calling it "the kind of thing aspiring screenwriters should study." Now, words and phrases such as "underwhelming," "disappointment and concern" and "mediocre" are found amongst folks calling it " impressive ," " ...

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