Venice Film Festival 2004 Wraps Up

The 2004 Venice Film Festival came to a close on September 11, after nearly two weeks of glitz, glamour, and glitches. Besides loads of Hollywood stars and a number of well-received and/or controversial films, the festival also offered frequent overbooking and long delays at the screenings.
The culprit, according to festival officials, was an uncooperative computer system. As a result of the electronic snafu, Al Pacino couldn’t find a seat for himself at the screening of The Merchant of Venice (above), in which he stars as Shylock, while the crown prince of Malaysia and his entourage arrived at the long-delayed presentation of the most expensive Malaysian film ever, Princess of Mount Ledang, to [...]

by Andre Soares | September 12, 2004   
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