George Clooney’s Presence at the Venice Film Festival
Instructions to start off the Venice Film Festival on the right foot: bring in George Clooney. The Hollywood star arrived in Laguna with his wife Amal and all of his signature greetings and smiles, and his signature non-verbal language, a combination of charm, sympathy, and natural coolness. In the last Festival under the great direction of Alberto Barbera, which turns everything he puts in the program into an Oscar, and in the first one affected by the absence of actors on the red carpet due to a Hollywood strike, knowing that George is there is a great relief. He does not have a film to present, he is in Venice to accompany Amal, who on August 31 will be at the Diane von Furstenberg Awards, prizes created by the designer that celebrate women who help other women, to receive one of the DVF Leadership Awards for her work in defense of the victims of human rights abuses around the world. Will George the companion steal the show from Amal?
George Clooney’s Signature Charm
It seems that he will not give interviews and will not be photographed, a low profile goal, but how low can it be when your name is George Clooney? Certainly, Venice has always attracted the star, here he even staged the Hollywood mega wedding in 2014, officiated by Walter Veltroni and full of famous friends like Matt Damon and Cindy Crawford. It is not yet clear if Clooney will make a stop on the red carpet of some film, who knows, maybe before returning to his #LakeComo invaded by tourists. For the moment, without Zendaya (Guadagnino’s film Challengers withdrawn from the program), without Bradley Cooper who has given up and will not present his second film as a director, Maestro, without Emma Stone (she is the star of Poor Things by Lanthimos), without the cast of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch), in Venice there is George. What else?
George Clooney’s Hollywood Wedding
It is not yet clear if Clooney will make a stop on the red carpet of some film, who knows, maybe before returning to his #LakeComo invaded by tourists. For the moment, without Zendaya (Guadagnino’s film Challengers withdrawn from the program), without Bradley Cooper who has given up and will not present his second film as a director, Maestro, without Emma Stone (she is the star of Poor Things by Lanthimos), without the cast of The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Ralph Fiennes and Benedict Cumberbatch), in Venice there is George. What else?
