The 83rd Venice Film Festival continues on the Lido through Saturday. [1] This paper printed a festival day Wednesday. Thursday still has no Golden Lion. A festival day is not an awards night. Print continues. Do not print a winner.
Honorary Lions for Clooney and Burstyn were already prior. Competition prizes belong to the close. Reuters previewed the festival's shape at the start of the month. [2] Thursday does not invent a competition table. Saturday owns the prizes.
Print later. Leave the Lion to the edition that owns the Lion.
Applause banks nightly; prizes pay out once. Thursday's screenings add to the bank.
A Lido day is still not a Golden Lion.
Thursday is not awards night on this Lido desk.
Competition prizes belong to the close, and the close is two days out. Thursday's Lido screens films and banks applause. The Lion waits.
Two days out is the longest wait; anticipation compounds nightly. Thursday compounds. Saturday pays.
Paid Saturdays settle accounts; Thursday prepays. Prepayment is applause. The Lion collects.
The Lido's week is almost over and still incomplete. Thursday banks applause two days before Saturday pays prizes. Thursday's Venice is a cinema, not a podium.
Screenings keep stacking on the Lido while the Golden Lion stays two days out. Thursday treats the 83rd festival as unfinished cinema. Earlier honorary prizes stay earlier in the run. Competition envelopes still belong to Saturday.
The Golden Lion stays two days out. Thursday is not a podium. Competition envelopes still belong to Saturday.
The Golden Lion stays two days out. Thursday is not a podium. Competition envelopes still belong to Saturday.
-- CAMILLE BEAUMONT, Los Angeles