although telluride does play a role in the early oscars race it is really the venice film festival that gets the ball rolling with more spectacle. this year it opened one day before telluride. emma jones was there for talking movies looking for those venice movies that had oscars heat. enjoy this american dream again with the return of hollywood stars after a year and a half of a nightmare for the film industry. the red carpet was crammed with famous faces and the competition with award season hopefuls. one of them was the palm d or winning directorjane campion s the power of the dog, which was filmed in campion s native