Venice Brings Down Its Red Carpet COVID Wall, Prepares to Welcome All Main Casts of Competition Titles
prepares to kick off its 79th edition on Wednesday , once again catapulting a strong selection of buzzy movies into the awards season race, its pandemic-driven “wall” on the Lido’s red carpet has come down after two years — just in time to welcome a flurry of celebrities.
Getting into the festival’s main complex, too, will likely be a little more straightforward than in the last two years. On Tuesday morning, whenfirst visited the complex, there were no COVID checkpoints at any of the main points of entry. Security, too, was only just being set up. There was also no sign of the COVID testing site by the Casino that was frequented by delegates at the 2021 fest.
That means that Cate Blanchett is coming for Todd Field’s “Tár”; Timothée Chalamet – who is already in Venice – will be on the red carpet for Luca Guadagnino’s “Bones and All”; Mia Goth is expected for Ti West’s slasher “Pearl”; Penelope Cruz for Italian director Emanuele Crialese’s “L’Immensità”; Shia LaBeouf for Abel Ferrara’s “Padre Pio”; Olivia Wilde, Harry Styles and Florence Pugh are eagerly awaited for “Don’t Worry Darling”; and Ana de Armas is expected for Andrew...
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