Flashback to Venice: Colin Farrell makes his Lido debut with A Dark Dream

It was a typically sunny day when Woody Allen, Ewan McGregor and Colin Farrell arrived for the world premiere at the 2007 Venice International Film Festival. cassandra’s dream, displayed as part of the Venice Masters festival sidebar. But the film itself was one of Allen’s darkest efforts, about two brothers who agree to commit murder with tragic consequences.

Avoiding his usual chuckles, Allen defended the horrific drama, explaining at a press conference: “I have always felt that life itself is an extremely tragic event, a real disaster. There are funny moments in it. There are moments of joy and moments of fun, but above all tragic moments. I always wanted to be a tragedian, a writer of tragic material. Turns out my most obvious strength was comic. I’ve always been one of those comedians who, not that I wanted to play Hamlet, but I always wanted to write tragic things. I finally get the chance now that I’m getting older.”

Farrell, who played both a player and a loser, added: “It’s very liberating not to play a hero, someone who talks tough and takes every situation lightly and instead thinks of a normal person, which is what I personally I think. I have been.”

cassandra’s dream It received mixed reviews, receiving a score of just 46 on Rotten Tomatoes. The New York Times newspaperManohla Dargis assessed this as a modest success, writing that “Pharrell’s character has rarely been used so effectively”. But the hollywood reporterRay Bennett rejected the film, calling it a “good-natured mess that squanders the talent of some great actors, including Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell and Tom Wilkinson, while continuing to make Colin Farrell’s appeal to mainstream filmmakers a mystery”. The GuardianPhilip French expressed this sentiment: “If you want to enjoy Colin Farrell’s witty and morally complex thriller about two London assassins, check out Martin McDonagh. in witches. Well avoid Woody Allen cassandra’s dream.”

But the advice bodes well for Pharrell’s appearance at this year’s festival, when he reunites with his crew. in witches co-star Brendan Gleeson at the world premiere of McDonagh’s new movie, Inisherin’s BansheesSet in 1920s Ireland, Searchlight Pictures’ production follows two lifelong friends whose friendship reaches the breaking point.