#venice anon

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Venice anon here! I was at the premiere just for the beginning and the end and it was, in my colleague’s opinion, “the most awkward one we’ve ever worked”, and we probably worked more than 200 between the two of us. The cast walked in without much fanfare while guests were still being seated, which is unusual. There was an award being given to the costume designer and the side of the gallery where crew was seated was louder for that than for the film. The costume designer gave a very nice thank you speech to Olivia and it seemed like things were going to go well for her but by the time we came back the vibe in the room was very different. It was one of the shortest applause we’ve ever seen, with the fact that Florence just started to walk away about 2 minutes in being the complete kiss of death. I am flabbergasted that a room full of fans and crew was so cold when it came to the end, like that is THE most forgiving room you’ll ever screen your film for. I guess they were picking up on the awkwardness of the cast vibes which was palpable. My colleague called it the “cringe mist”.

As far as Holivia interactions go, the one where they briefly whisper behind Chris’ back was literally the only one before and after the film. I was standing where I could see her directly and my girl was trying but Harry was literally saying hello to anyone who would look his way rather than locking eyes with her. I saw them standing before the screening and they were in separate groups, I’m sure they must have interacted but it definitely was not date night lol. Some of the Italian girls working as ushers there were saying “we should try, he’s obviously single” or something like that.

Re the Nick kiss, they did that because in the opening scene the characters joke kiss in the same way. We all know he would have picked Chris, cmon. Who, btw, was high as a fucking kite.

In general, this film is the talk of the town but the old motto of Olivia’s namesake about all press being good press doesn’t really apply here. She made such a spectacle of this and the film doesn’t nearly hold up, and all everyone’s talking about is how insane this rollout have been. Her and Harry are the ones that are coming out of this worse, and I’m so happy he has My Policeman coming out soon because otherwise I fear his acting career might not have the longevity we all hoped.

Dear Venice anon,

Thanks for coming back! I love your details!

Trust me, the “cringe mist” was felt all the way over here. I was dying of second hand embarrassment for H. I think everyone with eyes and a working brain could see and feel the awkward and cringe vibes. And everyone ignoring Olivia, especially Florence and Harry, was abundantly obvious!

I just hope that whatever they're doing, this marks the start of the "are they still together?" press that inevitably ends in breakup articles everywhere when the movie drops.

Olivia's got what was coming for her. She greedily lapped up every single ounce of Harry Styles' fame for herself for the past two years, and inserted herself in every single tabloid and narrative to sell this movie. Her team must SUCK, because evidently they're a bunch of yes-people, bc no way a good team would have advised her to do this knowing full well her movie doesn't hold up. Heck, the entire fandom has been saying this for years - so that's evidence enough.

I kind of love that Harry kissed Nick after the movie was shown. Everyone in attendance obviously knew his joke - but to literally the rest of the world who hasn't seen the movie yet, to them and the press, it's Harry Styles excitedly kissing his male co-star after ignoring his alleged girlfriend during her own movie premiere. THAT speaks volumes tbh.

I agree, I am SO GLAD that H has My Policeman coming bc all the press he's gotten from DWD and his interviews, paired with the film's terrible reviews would have meant certain death to his acting career otherwise. "Just another singer who thinks they can act". I'm VERY hopeful that his name and acting career are redeemed thru My Policeman. The film, and Harry's Tom, have gotten nothing but praise so far. And the fact that the whole cast has already won an award is so telling.

I knewwwww Chris was high as kite kauhgdkasjhd he looked it. Damn he had a lot on his shoulders: promoting a movie he doesn't want to be associated with, with a director he doesn't like, for a film he knows is shit, AND he was the designated Holivia buffer all day, having to sit and stand between them or next to Olivia all day long so that H could be as far from her as possible. GOD - I too would like to not be sober for that.

I'm sad for Harry that Olivia's greed, unprofessionalism and lack of directing talent affected his performance in this movie so terribly. he got no time to rehearse, as he jumped on the project merely a few weeks before filming. Had no time to work thru things with a dialect coach, flesh out scenes or receive good direction for the final takes.

Glad your friend realizes his queerness. Sad it had to be this way tho. It does remind me of when we got those god awful holivia yacht kissing pap pics - and everyone was like "ewwww Harry Styles must be terrible in bed! He has no sex appeal or knows how to touch that woman!".......which....well....self explanatory. I hope Harry gets to redeem his acting skills in a new movie where he can show that with a proper director, professional environment and adequate time for rehearsals he too can convey sexual chemistry and passion with a woman on screen. Real life tho....better step away from the stunts for a while.

[twopoppies]

Do you have any idea about- When they have these red carpet screenings, premieres and previews do the actors ect actually have to sit through the film, or do they just run the gauntlet and then sneak out the back. I’m just thinking depending on the audience who I am sure will be polite but sitting through a bad film with those responsible sitting with you and then possibly having to stand at the front sounds mortifying.

Hi sweetheart. Yeah, Daisie has an anon who seems very informed about what goes on there. Check out these posts here and here

[harryisart]

Harry Styles & Nick Kroll at the world premiere of Don’t Worry Darling | Venice Film Festival 

[freelouisankles]

[mrsreinhart]

anumsajjad_ - Lili Reinhart Last Year in Venice

[libelelle]

i thought for so long that silver was your oc lol

HZBRJDJSJDH3DJEBDJDBDND. LIKE SILVER? THE SILVER THE HEDGEHOG??? THAT GUY?????????? IM ON THE FLOOR

[aroaceleovaldez]

nico is actually confirmed catholic in ton

“And, through it all, he’d struggled with his upbringing as a conservative Catholic Italian male from the 1930s and finally learned to accept himself as a young gay man.” (chp 10)

I will take your word on this because I do not feel like checking my copy of ToN and also I have no reason to disbelieve you. Also, i'll be completely honest i do my best every day to try to forget literally everything that happened in Tower of Nero because of how awful all of it was.

ironically immediately after I got this ask, I got another anon talking more about how the troglodytes (introduced in ToN) are racist. And I think that's beautiful.

[silvyysthings]

Now every time I see a pic or video of Timmy wearing a shirt, all I can see is the muscles we know are underneath as revealed by Haider’s backless red halter. I will not survive this 🥵😅😵

I understand whar you feel anon , I understand 🥵

" I did?"

"YES!"

[bluelolblue]

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- news anon

VITALE MY BOYYY

He's wearing a pinky ring 🗣 ‼️

I love Vitale so much 😭

[daisiesonafield-blog]

Your trusty Venice anon here! Just walked out of the first screening so there will be some spoilers ahead. Let me start by saying that applause was very tepid, and what I found odd is that it started several seconds after the title card, like someone remembered that we were supposed to applaud. Not a great sign.

Outside, what I mostly heard was confusion. People asking each other what the ending was and just going over some plot points that were confusing. I saw one girl vehemently go after Olivia and calling her a fake feminist, and one guy commented “the normies are going to love it” which I found very funny. Also lots of people commenting on Harry’s accent and him being British in the film, and mocking how that is explained in the story.

Now, my two cents on the film. It LOOKS great, starts out sleek and compelling, but then it folds onto itself and the last act is just very weak in my opinion. Lots of plot holes and things that aren’t really explained properly. Also Alice’s descent into madness is kind of repetitive and the pacing is off in the middle half. Poor Florence carries the whole damn thing and it pains me to say that one of the weakest things about the film is Harry. He is not bad per say but just somehow blank? I don’t know how to explain it but it’s like his alien charm doesn’t translate well? It’s like he’s out of focus (not literally of course) and his character is just sort of blank when it really should be the center of it all. Also, his look for the “real life” scenes is really something, the internet is going to go nuts. In general, i feel like his star power is much less than what anyone anticipated, and is completely wiped out by Florence’s. Just one last thing even though I might think of more stuff later on, those notorious sex scenes are among the least sexy I’ve seen. Not sure if it’s because that is clearly the first time that man has had his head or his hands between a woman’s legs or because their chemistry is a bit off, but they feel rushed and performative, like they were put there just to be able to say they are. Come to think of it, the whole film kind of feels like that.

Dear lovely Venice anon!

Thank you for coming back! Apologies for taking so long to post these, timezones and all.

Honestly, what Olivia has been trying to portray this movie as, and what this movie is actually like are entirely different things. I think she is so full of herself, and so obsessed with sex, making everything "sexy", and pushing that dated "edgy" 2000s over sexualization of women, that she is unable to actually go beyond it to explain her own movie. Her narrative for promotion is entirely disconnected from what she is actually promoting.

About the alleged sex scene she was denied to include in the trailer: I think she was lying. Again, to continue her disconnected sex campaign. Everyone who saw the test screenings of the movie said that the only 2 sex scenes are the ones that *are* in the trailer. There is no additional sex scene that didn't get to be in the trailer. She lied in order to push her sex campaign and be edgy. That was her whole point in that interview. Saying that society are puritans and don't want to see female pleasure or women enjoying sex. And she proved her point by bringing up this non-existent sex scene that's not even in the final cut of the movie. All of this, again, has nothing to do with the movie. It's just the only thing her brain thinks of at all times.

I'm sad that Harry may be getting the worst of it in reviews. I hope critics and the public can see the poor direction he got from Olivia, and how that translated into this "blank" performance next to Florence's.

Also, Olivia was there? I thought she would only be at the later screening? Who called her a fake feminist? A fan, a journalist or rando person?

Thank you so much for coming back and telling us your experience! If you have more details, please do let us know!

[mistressemmedi]

Hilarious to me that Lance took his short term girlfriend to his sisters wedding because now he’s soft launched a different girlfriend and there are now just pictures of a random woman in his sisters wedding album from a couple of months ago that girl really hit the jackpot bagging him just long enough to go to a billionaire’s Venice wedding

She got a free extended weekend in Venice out of the deal, good for her honestly 🫡

[harryisart]

Harry Styles | ‘Don’t Worry Darling’ press conference

[beforevenice]

Would you recommend visiting Venice? I’ve always wanted to travel and I need some ideas!

Of course i would! Even more in this period ☺

[libelelle]

Time twins AU-

Silver being INSANELY possessive of Shadow. Like, at this point, Silver and Venice are pretty chill, but then Venice tries to befriend Shadow and Silver loses his shit. Shadow is HIS friend, not yours.

Ooooo ok yes by the time Shadow shows up, he and Venice are on good terms BUT rolling with this idea, seeing Shadow again, especially with him being so much older, is like picking at a scab. I dont think Silver would snap right away, cause he actually is glad that theyre getting along but for some reason seeing Venice with Shadow is. Disturbing. He doesnt like it. Unpacking that: Shadow is part of HIS life. Venice already took his place in his present, and now feels uncomfortably like hes taking over his past too

[awesomefringey]

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Hello! I came back to say that yes, the expectations are not that high for this film compared to others that have been and that will be screened in these days. Plus, she asked some people there about this film and the only things they say about are “wrong advertisement", "director not able to do a good job" and “I hope that Florence can lift that film”.

they’re not talking so much about Harry, ‘cause they think that he’s the main reason the film was saved from being canceled, just ‘cause he is a “important” singer and not an actor. Poor Harry, I really don’t like all this

Oh, I love that you came back for more!

What you describe is totally what I would expect. At this point, expectations for DWD are so low that an okayish movie could be taken as a positive surprise. Not that it’s gonna help them much.

As far as I’ve heard movie critics in Venice are known to leave a movie early when they think they’re wasting their time. And after Bones and all got a record breaking 8.5 minutes standing ovations yesterday, I don’t expect DWD to stay on anyone’s mind… and if, then it’s for all the wrong reasons.

Please come back whenever, nonnie! I’d love to hear more about your friend’s experience. 💜

In reference to this.