Venice | Lineup lighter on US pics
Nick Vivarelli has the Venice lineup here.
Darren Aronofsky’s “The Wrestler,” Jonathan Demme’s “Rachel Getting Married,” Kathryn Bigelow’s “Hurt Locker,” and Joel and Ethan Coen’s “Burn After Reading” (pictured) will world preem at the 65th Venice Film Festival, alongside eminently ample lineups from Europe and Asia.Similar to Cannes this year, the Lido’s upcoming edition, which unspools Aug. 27-Sept. 6, is lighter on Yank pics, largely due to a dearth caused by the writers’ strike.
How the strike is affecting fests is something Anne Thompson wrote about here. That, combined with the fact that studios want their films in the first weekend of Toronto (since much of the press leaves afterwards) leads to the famous Venice/Toronto premiere conflicts.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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