26 Aug Telluride Film Festival: Todd McCarthy Talks #40
The leaves are starting to change. That means that the Telluride Film Festival is upon us. In the run-up to the Big Event, 37-year Telluride Film Festival veteran Todd McCarthy of the Hollywood Reporter raps in retrospect.
Todd McCarthy writes about his 37 years at the festival — where he witnessed Roger Ebert dueling verbally with Peter O’Toole, spent a day with Claudia Cardinale and watched George Clooney get mobbed. Photo Credit: Hollywood Reporter
“The Telluride Film Festival is not easy to sum up. Celebrating its 40th birthday during Labor Day weekend this year, the gathering has added an extra day to its normal four-day running time as it proceeds Aug. 29 to Sept. 2 high up in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado. The crown jewel among all film festivals, it’s the one I would hope to never miss. Over the years, it has offered up so many moments where one could legitimately say, “Only in Telluride!”
“A quintessential Telluride moment, one that could never have happened anywhere else, that I experienced on a chilly Thursday evening three years ago….”
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