We’ve been covering the Cannes Film Festival on
JoBlo.com since 2004, and this year is no different, only unlike
last year, it appears as though both the Arrow (aka John Fallon)
and myself will be able to attend this time around, so starting next
Monday, we shall be in the South of France, looking and searching
for whatever cool movies we can find (and other cool stuff as well,
of course). The festival officially runs from May 14-25,
features Sean Penn as the head of the jury, and cool folk
like Natalie Portman and director Alfonso Cuaron as
jury members and will feature such films as (amongst others, of
course):
BLINDNESS (dir. Fernando Meirelles)
CHANGELING (dir. Clint Eastwood)
ADORATION (dir. Atom Egoyan)
TWO LOVERS (dir. James Gray)
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
CHE (dir. Steven Soderbergh)
PALERMO SHOOTING (dir. Wim Wenders)
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? (dir. Barry Levinson)
TYSON (dir. James Toback)
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA (dir. Woody Allen)
INDIANA JONES 4 (dir. Steven Spielberg)
KUNG FU PANDA (dir. Mark Osborne/John
Stevenson)
SURVEILLANCE (dir. Jennifer Lynch)
CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS (dir. Abel Ferrara)
ASHES OF TIME REDUX (dir. Wong Kar Wai)
As per usual, the Arrow will also be attempting
to see as many market films as he can, while we will both be
attempting to meet Natalie Portman and for me, my ultimate goal is
to take a picture in the vicinity of either Steven Spielberg
or Woody Allen, at which point, my life will be given meaning again
(remember when THIS
happened a few years ago?).
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more, this is my subtle attempt to develop some semblance of a
"night-life" while in Cannes, as opposed to just watching
movies all day long, drinking in between, going back to our apartment
to type all night long and then crash (it’s a living, but c’mon…I
need a life too!). I actually
speak French, so at least I’ve got that going for me, but
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going on, or better yet, a "hooker and coke" party. Either
one works for us!
Anyway,
wish us luck, folks! Coverage should start late next week and I hope
that I can get you guys as many cool reviews as possible. We’ll also
be taking as many slick pictures as possible, and maybe even some
cool video here and there…
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