Venice Film Festival

Howling Fans, Anticipated Arrivals and an Artistic Return to “Normal”: Inside the 2022 Venice Film Festival

As screaming hooligans awaited the arrivals of the near and far celebrities on an early Monday afternoon, the festivities were back and better than ever. With lavish and overstated designer outfits, the leading starlets made an animated crowd raucous!

As the new stylish psychological thriller “Don ’t Worry Darling ” starring Harry Styles, Florence Pugh and Olivia Wilde graced the carpet, many could not help but identify the flaws within this infamous cast. As a sea of tweens spread the unintentional ‘drama ’ surrounding the actors online, some may have focused too heavily on the relationships rather than the substance of the film. The film is about a 1950s housewife (Pugh) living with her husband (Styles) in a utopian experimental state. She begins to worry that his glamorous company could be disclosing uncomfortable secrets. Directed by Wilde following her critical success of her directorial debut of ‘Booksmart’ in 2019, she seems to be head smart in her casting intentions initially with famous actors such as Pugh, Styles and Shia LaBeouf. However, she may have overdone herself; with endless amounts of controversy regarding circumstances between Wilde and Pugh, this film has been surrounded with many ongoing issues online that have had a deleterious effect on the movie ’ s departure to our screens at home.

By Scarlett Fraser

As Elvis Presley has been brought back to life, the genre of biopics has been the talk of the town. Marilyn Monroe is back to being the centre of attention as the new drama ‘Blonde ’ presents the darker side of the life of one of the most famous movie stars of all time. Portrayed by Ana De Armas, we get to see Monroe ’ s mountain of success in Hollywood, becoming the heartthrob of her generation. During the movie, director Andrew Dominik explores the relationships in her life mixed with the dangerous substance of extreme stardom. The release date was 28th September, now on Netflix!

Another heartthrob that caught the world’ s attention was fan crush Timothee Chalamet on the Friday night for the premier of the love story ‘Bones and All’ – that’ s correct – (a squeamish film!) As Chalamet impressively pulled off a scarlet Haider Ackermann halter top matched with skinny jeans, hordes of teenagers filled the barricades. The 79th festival’ s atmosphere was better than ever. The magnified electric atmosphere ensured that Venice came to a standstill as the prominent stars arrived dolled up to their upmost. With champagne bottles galore and a mixture of blaring happy music, it was a night filled with gasped excitement and nerves.

As the crowds had overtaken the streets, the beaches and more, phone cameras were high in the sky as many awaited the stars. The waves of shrieks described the success that Venice gains every year: a reputation of brilliance.