“[I’m a] filmmaker,” Jones said. “The kinds of films that I made before were about cinema, so they were pretty much in harmony with things like writing criticism and programming other people’s movies. Making ‘Diane’ changed things … I’ve always written scripts, and I’ve always shared them with friends, among them Marty [Scorsese], Arnaud Desplechin and Olivier Assayas — people I’m really close to, [and] it changes your perspective. Watching films by other people — and particularly rejecting films by other people — becomes different. After making my film, I guess that changed my perspective.”Ironically, Jones invited both Assayas and Desplechin this year for their own respective critically maligned films. The rumor mill suggests that the obvious candidate to replace Jones would be Dennis Lim, an important and critical figure in shaping the festival’s programming this decade. With Gavin Smith, Amy Taubin, and now Jones all leaving the NYFF selection committee, there will certainly be changes in the way NYFF programming will be looking in the near future. Contribute Hire me
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