Posted Sep 28, 2022, 7:00 AMUpdated on Sep 28, 2022 at 7:04 am
Nothing like the lapping of the lagoon to decompress. Buried in a white sofa, at the edge of the mythical swimming pool of the Cipriani, in Venice, Ted Sarandos hunts mosquitoes with the back of his hand. Tedious prick season has kicked off for Netflix’s co-CEO. Located near the Lido, the favorite hotel of Truman Capote and Liz Taylor is a haven of peace, far from the hustle and bustle of crowds and paparazzi. A regular at the city of the Doges, Ted Sarandos did not even have time to visit the palazzo Tre Oci of his billionaire friend Nicolas Berggruen, on Giudecca, the largest island in the city of the Doges. This is not the time for dispersion.
Despite four ambitious films in selection this year in Venice, Blonde hairby Andrew Dominik on Marilyn Monroe (released September 28),Athena by Frenchman Romain Gavras, White Noise by Noah Baumbach and bardo, the latest opus by Alejandro González Iñárritu (scheduled for December 16), Netflix returned empty-handed from the Mostra. A semi-humiliation for the streaming pioneer who had to console himself with second place at the Emmy Awards, for his Korean series “Squid Game”, (behind HBO’s “Succession”).
