There will be many international camera crews assaulting Cannes in a couple of weeks from now, but I have the impression that one crew in particular will be in filmmaking mode. When Peter Biskind’s incendiary read (Down and Dirty Pictures) was first announced as a feature length film with scribes Joshua James and Dean Craig on board to write the screenplay, and later show up in excerpt form at Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells blog, I thought for sure this would mean that one day I would see some actor end up playing the likes of Harvey Weinstein or Robert Redford. It appears that filming will take place in some form on the Croisette – but the question is: in what form?
When Kenneth Bowser and Biskind last worked together they came up with a simple docu template for the screen adaptation of Easy Riders, Raging Bulls, but I’m not sure if we might be looking at some sort of hybrid – talking heads mixed with a re-creation of events. So far, the IMDB page mentions having filmed in Park City already, and with Cannes being the main hub for business meeting between executives, I think the entire scenario of finding a film crew there during the fest is highly plausible. I’ll attempt to find out in what direction this project is headed towards.
