Comments on: Cannes 2008 – Odds and Sods

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:45:33 +0000

Naw, I adore you, daddy.

You’ll get me back yet…

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Sun, 25 May 2008 17:37:41 +0000

Ahahahha…poor Gwyneth.

I tried thinking of something clever in reply to your fruit crack, but I’ve got nothing. Once again, you’ve bested me.

By: Miranda Wilding

Miranda Wilding — Sun, 25 May 2008 03:49:25 +0000

Hmmm…

If you’re looking down the barrel of ironic, then referring to Ms. Paltrow as “exciting” pretty much caps it. IN SPADES.

“Though he found Vinessa Shaw miscast, there’s no word as to whether he hit up James Gray for nude photos of her.” I can’t help it. That is truly hysterical.

And just how low does your fruit hang, my darling Craig…? Or possibly it’s simple knowledge of such that you possess?

Either way, your impressions, proclamations and protestations are a refreshing bit of air now that the Festival is drawing to its inevitable close.

Lights out….

By: Craig Kennedy

Craig Kennedy — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:52:30 +0000

Karina at SpoutBlog had an interesting perspective on it in a recent post. She pointed out how, right or wrong, there are about 100,000 people who’ve traveled at great time and expense loaded with major expectations and if they’re not wowed, they get cranky.

Not fair perhaps, but it makes sense.

Having said that, I agree with you. I’d gladly go in the place of any one of these whiners…at least once.

By: Evan Derrick

Evan Derrick — Sun, 25 May 2008 02:30:17 +0000

Don’t the critics say every year at Cannes is a lackluster year? I think I’ve heard that same schtick a decade running now. Next critic that whines can give me his ticket next year if it’s such a pain in the neck to go.

By: Jeff McM

Jeff McM — Sat, 24 May 2008 23:23:09 +0000

I missed that Wells story – it’s fascinating because (a) by bringing up ‘the incident’ himself he’s showing how embarrassed and self-conscious he still is about it when he could have just shrugged it off, making himself look, as Finke says, ‘creepy’. And there’s no mistaking him for anything other than a deranged bully these days, either.

So glad I don’t go to his website anymore.

By: sartre

sartre — Sat, 24 May 2008 21:40:27 +0000

Abel Ferrara at a Cannes press conference for his film Chelsea on the Rocks hints that he doesn’t approve of the proposed remake of Bad Lieutenant:

“As far as remakes go, Harvey begged me not to say anything mean, or stupid. [pause] But I wish these people die in Hell. I hope they’re all in the same streetcar, and it blows up.”

By: Jeff McM

Jeff McM — Sat, 24 May 2008 20:52:26 +0000

More of the same.

By: sartre

sartre — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:38:53 +0000

Yeah, what’s wrong with a good train or plane wreck as metaphor and precipitant of a critical chain of events?

By: Alexander Coleman

Alexander Coleman — Sat, 24 May 2008 15:58:24 +0000

Random observations:

Aw, the Yuma-gate incident of Vinessa Shaw and Jeff Wells. Wells really does run H-E like a police state. Mention the ‘incident’ and you are banned! Do not insult der Fuhrer!

Yeesh, the critics seem to be extra cranky this year or something. I’m still holding out hope for Egoyan’s film. Rocchi’s takedown of Wenders’ newest stings, but I’m in regular disagreement with him anyway. Saying it’s better than Southland Tales is like saying I’d rather be shot in the head rather than have my throat slowly slashed with a dull knife.

All of these films sound genuinely interesting, which isn’t always the case at even Cannes. Il Divo sounds fascinating, at least.

I must admit, I’m getting kind of tired with dramas/thrillers being based around guilt over a car accident of some kind. It seems to be one of the most regularly visited storylines of the ’00s. But I won’t let that dissuade me from seeing it if I’m compelled to.