Venice Film Festival opens with 'Dahlia'

Director Brian De Palma arrive at the Cinema Palace in Venice August 30, 2006. The Venice Film Festival opens on Wednesday with the world premiere of 'The Black Dahlia', a sepia-tinted throwback to 1940s Hollywood based on a grisly real-life murder that remains unsolved to this day.

From left, U.S. actress Scarlett Johansson , US director Brian De Palma, US actress Mia Kirshner, US actor Josh Artnett, US actor Aaron Echart and US writer James Ellory pose for photographer prior the screening of their movie 'The Black Dahlia' at the 63rd edition of the Venice film festival in Venice's Lido, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2006.

Actress and jury president Catherine Deneuve arrives at the Cinema Palace in Venice August 30, 2006.

Press photographers take pictures at the red carpet of the Cinema Palace in Venice August 30, 2006.