The crème de la crème of the global cinema community came together to watch Tim Burton spill his guts.
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In Venice, the world’s oldest film festival founded by Fascists officially got underway Wednesday night with an impassioned ode to the magic of cinema. In movies, Italian actress Sveva Altiti proclaimed, “We are enveloped and surrender ourselves to enchantment … Through the eyes of cinema, we look at the world in a new way.” Upon which everyone sat down to watch a movie in which Winona Ryder gives birth to a demonic baby who immediately starts trying to eat her. Beetlejuice is back!
Film festivals can often be pompous affairs, full of endless gatekeeping, infinite…