“I asked myself, ‘Will people go back into theaters to see movies?’ They did it for ‘ Top Gun’ and ‘ Elvis’ but streaming has become the way in which so many seem comfortable watching films,” he says. He is a generally upbeat guy but he will also tell you that he is worried about the future of the movie business. Kutza is ever eager to share stories, to gossip, to offer opinions. (Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune) Called ”Nose to Nose,” he and aspiring stand-up comic Geno Suarez, a smart and thoughtful guy, talk about and review movies and discuss anything else on their minds.Ī poster from the Chicago Film Festival in the Chicago home of festival founder Michael Kutza on Sept. He talks enthusiastically about the podcast that he started in 2019. He consults, he travels, he dines with friends. “Maybe I will title it ‘The Crazies.’” He is in discussions with some documentary filmmakers about filming his life story. He is thinking about writing another book, “about my personal friends,” he says. Kutza stepped down as artistic director of the festival in 2018, accepting the title of CEO emeritus. But Kutza writes, “(Victor) made us instantly famous with a single photo … model Paulette Lindberg, soaking wet, holding our award statue in her arms.” You may remember some others. None of his spectacular festival poster shots are in this book. This book does contain a lot of photos but it is a shame that there are none by the late Victor Skrebneski, since his estate keeps a very tight handle on his archive.
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