"The closer you get, the more I hate you."
You may have missed this among the holidays, but Nick Vivarelli has a report on Rome moving their dates closer to Venice.
Rome is abandoning its customary mid-October start in favor of a Oct. 2 kickoff for its 2008 edition, in a move expected to re-ignite tensions between Italy’s two high-profile events.And since that could put it within a month of Venice, the fest is pissed.
New Venice Biennale topper Paolo Baratta has reportedly fired off a peeved missive to Rome fest officials asking for clarifications.The drama between these two fests keeps building. And with all the ego, money, and tradition involved, expect it to get worse.
Michael Jones is the film festival editor at Variety.com. 
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