Toronto International Film Festival line-up reflects economic gloom

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via MichaelMoore.com:



September 9th, 2009 4:08 pm
Toronto film line-up reflects economic gloom

By Michel Comte (AFP)


TORONTO — The Toronto film festival opens Thursday with a schedule that reflects the economic gloom of the times with hard-hitting critiques on capitalism and apocalyptic visions of the end of humanity.

The glitz and glamor will be toned down and hundreds of parties and other events are expected to be less ostentatious than in past years, said festival co-director Cameron Bailey.

"The economic crisis that started around this time last year is reflected in the film festival. Like almost all art organizations, we were affected by the downturn," he told AFP, bemoaning the "dip in sponsorship" for the event.

"There are more apocalyptic visions in this year's line-up, more than we've seen in quite a while," he noted.

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Twenty years after his searing indictment of corporate greed in "Roger and Me," US filmmaker Michael Moore also presents his latest critique of capitalism at the 34th Toronto International Film Festival.

The festival is the biggest in North America and has traditionally been a key event for Oscar-conscious studios and distributors because it is attended by a sizable contingent of North American media. .............(more)

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