Cannes 2010 - My Day 6, Stephen Woolley's Year 29
Stephen Woolley, legendary British producer whose epic back catalogue of cinematic brilliance includes Mona Lisa, Angel, Scandal, The Big Man, Little Voice, and The Crying Game - not to mention his own directorial debut Stoned (that Rolling Stones movie you didn't see), lends us an insider's perspective on the festival after more than a quarter century of Croisettes.
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Comment number 1.
At 19th May 2010, Matthew Highmoor wrote:I keep getting told Edinburgh Fringe is going down hill and doesn't reflect it's old spirit, and now Cannes is apparently lost as well. This is most disheartening given that I am yet to attend either event yet.
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Comment number 2.
At 19th May 2010, OllieSim wrote:I think The Crying Game 3D could seriously work. As you said, Mr. Kermode, 3D only works when "objects" are pointing at you. (Sorry, I couldn't resist)
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Comment number 3.
At 19th May 2010, SheffTim wrote:Is this year's Cannes simply a pretty mediocre year film-wise, or are producers choosing to take their films to other festivals, or promote them in other ways?
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Comment number 4.
At 19th May 2010, Diarmaid Hanly wrote:I think this sums up everything you're saying about the glamorous aspects of Cannes overshadowing the actual reason the festival exists:
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Comment number 5.
At 20th May 2010, Trevor wrote:Mark, your dream movie is about to happen.
It has just been announced that 'Pirates Of The Caribbean 4' is to be made 'properly' in 3D (albeit without Gore V this time - aah).
Get that left leg ready.
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Comment number 6.
At 20th May 2010, Trevor wrote:Tagline....
"They're Pirates, they're in the Caribbean, and they're in 3D"
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Comment number 7.
At 20th May 2010, chippiecharl wrote:Did Mark Kermode just use the term 'brainstorm' about 6 seconds after talking about a terrible memory of an epileptic fit? Perhaps a slight error...
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Comment number 8.
At 21st May 2010, Brian - New Forest wrote:It's twenty years since I went to Cannes and blagged my way into the press screening of Wild at Heart. It was really nothing more than a glorified trade fair for the distributors back then, not surprising that nothing has changed.
Woolley should go beyond 3-D, take a page from William Castle and produce a new Crying Game in "Tea-Bag-O-Vision".
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Comment number 9.
At 14th Jun 2010, hgwp wrote:I saw Stoned and thought it was terrible. Dull, predictable and an all too whimsical lead performance. Of course it is based on a known story, but at no stage was it interesting and (although it pains me to say it) i found the characters irritating.
Perhaps i should watch again because i find it surprising you like it so much, Mark.
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