Last month, I reported that Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” wasn’t close to being ready after journalist Sean L. Malin had reported that the film was being tipped to premiere at Cannes.
I wasn’t hearing quite the same thing as Malin. In fact, Glazer’s post-production process has been very slow and meticulous, according to my source. Yes, Cannes is still a little less than two months away, but Glazer’s taking his time with this one.
Late yesterday, a Deadline piece previewing the potential Cannes films added Glazer’s film to its possibilities, adding that it should be ready for the festival. What?!
We hear the film is likely to be ready in time for Cannes but none of the director’s three previous films have launched on the Croisette so the guessing game will go on.
“The Zone of Interest” has been in post for 18 months now, with some reshoots having been made. I reached out to my source to comment on this story and they tell me the film is still not ready.
Back in the summer, I reported an exclusive — that Glazer has been in a unique post-production phase on this film. In a nutshell, he was considering the idea of multiple cuts for “The Zone of Interest”. Perhaps not just different lengths, but maybe also different points of views for each cut.
The parents in Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest” will be played by award-winning actors Sandra Hüller (Toni Erdmann) and Christian Friedel (Amour Fou). This inevitably leads to speculation as to whether Glazer’s upcoming holocaust drama will be in Polish and German. This would be the filmmaker’s first non-English film.
I honestly wouldn’t put it past Glazer to bring this one to Venice, where he premiered two of the three movies he’s directed. ‘Zone’ is being produced by A24 and is set to be Glazer’s first film since 2013’s critically-heralded “Under the Skin.”
Lukasz Zal (“Cold War”, “Ida”) is credited as the DP. Glazer is known to take his time in post-production. There was a 24-month timeframe between the 2011 shoot of “Under the Skin” and its 2013 world premiere at Telluride.