It’s been a long journey. 18 months. As long as travelling to Arrakis for Denis Villeneuve and his crew. And it’s been a long journey for Venice Film Festival that last year shows off great bravery, drove by an impeccable organization, took the responsibility to remember the world cinema has no intention to die or being constrained in home theatres. This is the reason why the world premiere of Villeneuve’s Dune means many things. It’s not only the most important cinema event of the last two years and for this reason, but the entire world is also looking at this tiny island in front of Venice where many of the most important film stars gathered for one day. Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya are not only the future of the galaxy created by Frank Herbert. They are part of the future of cinema itself. We have seen yesterday screaming fans hoping for an autograph, a picture a smile. It is an essential part of the dream that we used to live not long ago and maybe now we can experience it again. Timothée and Zendaya were escorted by a previous generation of talents, Oscar Isaac, Rebecca Ferguson, Josh Brolin, Javier Bardem, and the other talents that on this day of early September walked on the Venice red carpet. Kristen Stewart gave life again Lady D, the sad princess and her tragic fairytale. Maggie Gyllenhaal, the refined actress who directed the talented Olivia Colman and Dakota Johnson who bewitched the festival audience with their performances in The Lost Daughter. This triumphant day includes also the Chilean director Pablo Larrain, indie movies, European and Italian productions. The Artistic director Alberto Barbera told Ciak that «cinema has never been so alive». And it’s true because in just three days we have experienced so many thrills. It’s hard to forget Almodóvar’s Madres Parallelas and Sorrentino’s The Hand of God. There’s one week left with many more emotions to live and talents to meet. The impression that we would love to call certainty but we don’t, because the situation taught us not to be imperative, is that September 3rd 2021 will be remembered, quoting a sci-fi movie that was in Venice Film Festival in 1996, as the Independence Day of cinema.
The Independence Day of cinema
