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From the 2nd floor (1st etage) balcony cafe at the Martinez Hotel, just before yesterday's Vicky Cristina Barcelona sit-down with Woody Allen, Penelope Cruz and Rebecca Hall -- Sunday, 5.18.08, 11:28 am

Yesterday afternoon's Indy 4 press conference -- Sunday, 5.18.08, 3:42 pm

Petit Majestic bar, site of a nightly street party

Framed still of Robert Redford and Sydney Pollack during their May 1972 Cannes visit on behalf of Jeremiah Johnson.

comment #1

diesel says ...

isn't it funny that wells seems to post more when he's not in cannes...

and the indieconf.jpg was "not found". not sure about the others.

good you got the bag back though.

comment #2

breadlymoore says ...

That Redford/Pollack picture screams, "LOOK OUT FRENCH PUSSY, WE'RE IN TOWN."

comment #3

D.Z. says ...

I was just thinking that critics are full of it, when they argue that the 80s was a more culturally stifling decade to cinema, compared to the 90s. No one would have funded "Blade Runner", "Blue Velvet", or the "The Last Temptation of Christ" in the 90s, I can tell you that. Any sci-fi which didn't look as dumb as "Soldier" or "The Fifth Element" would have been "unmarketable"; "Blue Velvet" would be considered politically incorrect; and movie chains would refuse to handle any movie with Jesus in the marquee. If Spielberg tried to do films like "Empire of the Sun" and "The Color Purple" in the 90s, they'd be ghettoized to HBO.

comment #4

D.Z. says ...

Oh, and the teaser for Oklahoma, er Australia, is up at http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2008/0-9ABC/Australia/trailer.php

comment #5

BurmaShave says ...

I'm really trying to see what inspired that, and I just don't see a connection. Interesting though, D. MANHUNTER, THE STUNT MAN and ATLANTIC CITY would be other good examples of what you're talking about.

At the same time, the indie and foreign film explosion in the '90s really did at least begin to balance the scales. Plus NATURAL BORN KILLERS and ROMEO IS BLEEDING, two of the craziest things I've ever seen, I recall fondly in the cinemas of the early '90s. And your lumping FIFTH ELEMENT in with SOLDIER just makes me really sad.

comment #6

gruver1 says ...

Wells to Deisel: Hmmm...why is that, do you think? Could it be because there's tons of stuff to do each day (screenings, interviews, press conferences, late evening parties) and the time for posting is limited? When I'm home in LA I mainly just sit there and write all day, with occasional time-outs for midday interviews or what-have-you. Then I go to screenings in the evening. Sometimes...and sometimes not.

comment #7

Rich S. says ...

I'm beginning to think that premiering a film as big as Indy at Cannes was a bad idea. Once that bridge was crossed, it seems like everyone lost interest. Once the critics found out that the internet buzz was off and they didn't have anything to savage, it was like all the air was let out of the balloon.

I'm still looking forward to hearing about the Che biopics, but as for the rest, eh.

comment #8

T. S. Idiot says ...

"If Spielberg tried to do films like "Empire of the Sun" and "The Color Purple" in the 90s, they'd be ghettoized to HBO."

This would be a bad thing?

comment #9

nemo says ...

My god, those shirts on Redford and Pollack! Especially that shirt on Redford opening towards the navel with that gold chain. No wonder the older gentleman looks mildly shocked.

Redford and Pollack look like the inspiration for Steven Martin and Dan Ayckroyd's Wild and Crazy Guys routine. Looking for French foxes . . .

comment #10

T. S. Idiot says ...

The "older gentleman" appears to be Harold Clurman.

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