The Cannes Wrap-Up

June 1st 2007, 12:00am

My first year at the Cannes Film Festival has come and gone
with the blink of an eye, if that! What seems like a big blur
now consisted of two exciting, whirlwind weeks of hustling to get
into films, cool interviews, celeb bashes and sleepless nights spent
working. In hindsight, having survived my first grand festival on my
own has made the stressful moments worth every minute of this
priceless experience. Moreover,
other than missing a couple of films because of super long cues
governed by colored, hierarchical press badges, I saw some very cool
films, most of which I truly enjoyed.

Looking back on this year’s film premieres, I would have to
say that I was blown away by U23D’s new high tech film as well as
enjoying SICKO, A MIGHTY HEART, and OCEAN’S 13. My first walkout
ever was on THE TERROR’S ADVOCATE, which bored me to tears. I
can’t say I disliked any films greatly, as each is its own
creative work of art. Although I appreciated the visual direction of
MY BLUEBERRY NIGHTS and GO GO TALES, I found the former to be long
and boring, and the latter to be jumbled. As expected,

PARANOID

PARK

proved to be an award-winning piece, while the Coen brothers
resurged with their much-anticipated no
country for old men. Last but not least, Dreamworks’ launch
of THE BEE MOVIE and New Line’s launch of THE GOLDEN COMPASS left
me speechless and amazed.

That’s all for this year’s

Cannes

. With that, I bid a sad adieu
to la vie en rose in the magnificent Cote D’Azur and leave you with
a wrap-up of all the sights and sounds of the 2007 Cannes Film
Festival!

Pictures
from the strip

Bee
Movie in Cannes

Cannes
movie pictures

MOVIE
REVIEWS

Interview
with Wong Kar Wai

Interview
with Michael Moore

Interview
with director of U2 3D

MOVIE
REVIEWS