Alfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ Show ‘Disclaimer’ & Joe Wright’s ‘M. Son Of The Century’ Head To Venice In Sizzling Series Selection
deadline.comAlfonso Cuarón’s Apple TV+ Series Disclaimer, based on Renée Knight’s bestselling novel, will world premiere at the Venice Film Festival.
The show is among four titles announced by Venice on Tuesday as selected in a sizzling Out of Competition – Series line-up alongside Joe Wright’s M.
Son Of The Century, Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s The New Years and Thomas Vinterberg’s Families Like Ours. Venice Artistic Director Alberto Barbera said their inclusion in the program was part of a larger reflection on “a transformation” taking place around the length of “cinematic” works. “Alongside the rise of short films, produced for social media platforms like TikTok and YouTube in particular, more and more film directors are drawn to the possibility of experimenting with the longer lengths offered by cinematographic series,” he said. “The four we have chosen are proof of a stylistic and formal approach which maintains a strong cinematic stamp.
You could say they are extremely long films, rather than TV series.” He revealed the shows would be screened in their entirety. “We’ll go from five and a half hours for one of the series to nearly eight hours for another.
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