2 months ago 28th Aug 11:50
American filmmaking may be very much taking a back seat at Venice this year but on the opening evening it was Hollywood royalty that descended on the festival.
Burn After Reading ignited the ten day event as George Clooney, Brad Pitt and recent Oscar winner Tilda Swinton graced the red carpet.
Burn After Reading is the latest film from Joel and Ethan Coen since their Best Picture and Best Director Oscar wins earlier this year for No Country For Old Men. The film also reunites them with actor Clooney who starred in O Brother Where Art Thou?
The film follows two gym employees who bungle an attempt to blackmail a CIA veteran after his damning memoirs about the organisation are left in the gym.
Another highlight of the opening day came in the form of sixty year old classic The Bicycle Thief by Vittorio De Sica.
The film has undergone painstaking resoration work as parts of the originsl prints became damaged. Both De Sica's sons were in the audience to celebrate this film returning to the big screen.
But it's day two where the festival really gets underway as the first of the in competition movies get their moment in the spotlight.
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