Telluride Film Festival unveils new poster
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The Telluride Film Festival has always drawn distinctive films and filmmakers--recent world premieres at the annual Labor Day weekend gathering include Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire,†Jason Reitman’s “Up in the Air†and Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation.â€
Less well-known, though, is the Colorado festival’s penchant for recruiting interesting artists to design its posters--a tally that includes Ed Ruscha, Julian Schnabel, Jim Dine, Francesco Clemente, Laurie Anderson and William Wegman.
On Tuesday, Telluride unveiled the artwork for this year’s 37th annual festival, a distinctive design from Pixar Animation Studios’ Ralph Eggleston. The “Toy Story†art director has credits on “Up†(art director, lighting), “Wall-E†(production design), “The Incredibles†(art direction) and “Finding Nemo†(production design). Eggleston also directed Pixar’s Oscar-winning short “For the Birds.â€
“I was given complete creative license by the festival in this process and was further inspired by the famous hitchhiking scene from ‘It Happened One Night,’ †Eggleston said in a statement. Said festival co-directors Tom Luddy, Gary Meyer and Julie Huntsinger: “The same thought and creativity that Ralph brings to his films is what he has brought to the design of this year’s festival poster.â€
While the festival is eager to announce its posters early, it never releases its film lineup until the day the festival opens. But there’s already one high-profile film that might be in the Telluride mix if it can be completed in time: Boyle’s “127 Hours,†a drama about hiker Aron Ralston (played in the film by James Franco), who amputated his own right hand after being pinned by a rock in a 2003 Utah back country accident.
--John Horn
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