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By Jurgen Fauth & Marcy Dermansky, About.com Guides to Independent Film

The Coen Brothers Open 65th Venice Film Festival

Wednesday August 27, 2008
Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt at the Venice Film Festival - (c) Franco Origlia/ Getty Images
Frances McDormand, George Clooney, Tilda Swinton and Brad Pitt at the Venice Film Festival - © Franco Origlia/ Getty Images

Burn After Reading, the Coen Brothers' follow-up to No Country for Old Men, opened the 2008 Venice Film Festival tonight. The Guardian has video and GreenCine Daily rounds up early reviews.

Other highlights of the festival, which runs through September 6, include new films by Hayao Miyazaki, Takeshi Kitano, Abbas Kiarostami, Manoel de Oliveira, Christian Petzold, and Darren Aronofsky. More on Venice from Variety and the New York Times, and the complete lineup.

Related: Lust, Caution wins 2007 Venice Film Festival

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