May 2009
41 posts
Decided to do something completely spontaneous and go see St. Vincent play at the El Rey Theatre.
You know you might be getting too old if you’re actually upset when a band goes on two hours after the 8:00 pm time on the ticket stub.
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Au revoir Cannes. Until next year thanks for a great festival. Now I have 24 hours of travel to get home.
Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” screened here in Cannes and while no masterpiece it was entertaining, memorable and unique.
Bad news: one never gets to eat breakfast or lunch in Cannes. On the plus side, though starving, I’ve probably lost five pounds.
I finally figure out how to use my digital audio recorder just in time for the Pedro Almodovar press conference to be conducted in French!
Saw Pedro Almodovar’s latest in Cannes this morning. It had its moments but was pedestrian overall. Just ask anyone.
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Marco Bellocchio’s “Vincere”, the Cannes film about Mussolini’s first wife and illegitimate son was dry and by-the-numbers.
Saw Johnnie To’s shoot ‘em up, “Vengeance”, in Cannes. It was pretty good in a Hong Kong, gangster, B-movie kinda way.
Lars Von Trier’s “Antichrist” is sure to be talk of Cannes, and not in a good way. Three words - graphic genital mutilation!
French director Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet” is an engrossing, suspenseful prison drama. Majority of Cannes-goers liked it.
Enjoyed Ang Lee’s Cannes comedy “Taking Woodstock” starring Demitri Martin, though most felt it was trite and didn’t like it.
Jane Campion’s “Bright Star” about poet John Keat’s love life split audience’s opinion in Cannes. I liked it. Others felt it had no emotion.
Park Chan-wook’s Cannes film “Thirst” is an overly long vampire movie with mixed moments of brilliance and ambivalence.
Andrea Arnold’s Cannes entry “Fish Tank” played like a British version of “Thirteen”. Good not great with solid direction and performances.
Woke up to see Andrea Arnold’s “Fish Tank” at the 8:30 am screening. Have a raging headache. I hope this is one of the good Cannes fillms.
Gary Meyer, head of Telluride, said Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Air Doll” was a 6, but the actress’ constantly naked breasts were a 10.
Hirokazu Kore-eda’s “Air Doll” about an inflatable sex doll that comes to life was strangely unique, though way too long.
The press in Cannes loved Pxar’s “Up”. Many in the press screening audience were all teary eyed at the end.
How is it that Roger Friedman, who got busted for reviewing the pirated version of “Wolverine”, is walking up the red carpet in Cannes?
The team from Pixar’s “Up” was on my plane to Nice, France on their way to Cannes. They were all wearing the same dorky promotional hats.
Ran into Disney chairman Dick Cook at baggage claim. Surprised he has to do this on his own and doesn’t have people to pick up his bags?
There’s a driver waiting for John Horn of the LA Times. Thought that paper was bankrupt. He should be on the shuttle bus like all us plebes.
And the annual trek to the Cannes Film Festival commenceth. That is after waiting an hour to check in for a Lufthansa flight.
Got a haircut so all was not wasted in Beverly Hills.
It took two hours to drive into Beverly Hills from the valley. Completely missed my appointment. Must find way to make the trip productive.
The traffic heading from Beverly Hills back into the valley is just as bad as when I was going the other way. This city is absurd.
Has Alex Rodriguez answered his critics by hitting the first pitch thrown to him this season for a three run home run?
Oh look! The 405 North is a massive parking lot. Where the hell is everyone going and why the hell are they all in front of me?!
Manny Ramirez suspended 50 games for testing positive for women’s fertility drug. Just Manny being Manny! - http://bit.ly/f6oYK
Had to call Kodak Gallery to change the default email address on my account. Someone teach Kodak how the Internet works. Lame!
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I haven’t been on Twitter all week because of ShowCanada, so I have no idea what everyone is saying about “Star Trek”, but I loved it!
ShowCanada: Fox just announced that the box office for midnight showings and today’s matinees of “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” have been huge.