Venice Film Festival review: The Burning Plain

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Burning Plain Frontrunner for Golden Lion?
Published 8/30/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... From The Guardian: Only three days in to the Venice Film Festival, a front-runner for the Golden Lion best film award has emerged. The Burning Plain, written and directed by the Mexican film-maker Guillermo Arriaga and starring Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger, has all the right credentials: it is serious-minded and dramatic, with universal themes and a clutch of fine acting performances. ...

'Burning Plain' Eyes Venice Golden Lion
Published 8/30/2008 at RopeofSilicon.com
... is a strong contender for the Golden Lion at this year's Venice Film Festival I had to prep an image for that one as well even though it hasn't been picked up by a studio yet. The Telegraph review by David Gritten calls it "serious-minded and dramatic, with universal themes and a clutch of fine acting performances." Gritten declares it the "front-runner for the Golden Lion" after only three days of festival going. Over two weeks ago I brought you all the ...

Venice ‘08: The Burning Plain
Published 8/30/2008 by Nick Plowman at Fataculture
... of the strengths of Guillermo Arriaga as a scripter are evident in his directing debut, “The Burning Plain.” Multicharacter head-scratcher, yo-yoing between New Mexico and Oregon, and back and forth in time, doesn’t finally reveal much beneath the emperor’s clothes to repay viewers’ concentration during the first half. Despite an OK-to-good cast led by Charlize Theron and Kim Basinger, plus a handsome tech package, this remains an elaborate writing exercise with few emotional hooks.” David Gritten thinks highly of it indeed, humorously calling it the one to beat so far in the ...