Rundown
"One tried-and-true Cannes ritual is the Tuesday night dinner at La Pizza," Variety's Anne Thompson wrote last night. "With many travelers admonished by their bosses to watch their expenses this year, La Pizza is a relatively inexpensive option. Hollywood Elsewhere's Jeff Wells rounded up a gaggle of writers, some print (like the Washington Post's Ann Hornaday) and online (MSN and AMC's James Rocchi) as well as IndieWire stalwarts Eugene Hernandez and Brian Brooks. Julian Sancton will be blogging Cannes for the first time for VanityFair.com. Lionsgate, Fox Searchlight and Jere Hausfater were in the house, as well as the Alamo Drafthouse's Tim League."
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on May 12, 2009 at 11:21 PM
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T. Holly
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Eugene tooted this (most of it anyway), so it's so old or cold (whatever), you could wrap fish in it, like you said about indieWire's NPR Outrage story. Guess most everything in journalism is forgotten and forgiven. Are you booked for any panels?
Posted by T. Holly
at May 12, 2009 11:44 PM
comment #2
T. Holly
says ...
If a movie deserved to be live blogged, which one would it be?
Posted by T. Holly
at May 12, 2009 11:45 PM
comment #3
mtgilchrist
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T. Holly, only one no one actually wants to watch. That liveblogging/ twittering during the movie sh*t is unforgivable to people who actually care about paying attention - even if it's pure, escapist fun.
Posted by mtgilchrist
at May 13, 2009 1:58 AM
comment #4
JD
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Why are the people who write about movies so much more clueless than the people who write about music? They tend to be older, so that could be part of the problem. But a serious music critic would never dismiss an album because it doesn't have broad appeal, nor would they really care at all. Cannes is clearly not designed to be anything but a showcase for art cinema. Sure, that has its relevance to the mainstream world from time to time, but its real relevance has nothing to do with what "Hollywood insiders" think or know.
Posted by JD
at May 13, 2009 6:16 AM