Posted AT 6:37 AM EST on 01/09/08
Critics draw their knives in Venice
VENICE — Blame it on the Hollywood writers' strike, the weak economy, or just plain bad luck.
Whatever the reason, the 2008 Venice film festival has been described as one of the weakest in recent years, and, as it reaches the halfway stage on Monday, needs more hits to light up the main competition.
“What the festival has shown is that 2008 is simply a bad year for film,” said Jay Weissberg of trade publication Variety.
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