Editor's Note: The Cannes Film Festival 2009 may be just a memory, but our man (mannes?) in Cannes, Clint Hanaway, wanted to send along an anecdote, with video, about his encounter with movie giants. Plus, he seems to have a thing for Nicolas Cage. He's in Europe looking for WiFi at the moment, which is how he transmitted (finally) this post.
[From Chris: This post is a bit backdated, but finding WiFi in the Eastern bloc isn't the easiest.]
So here I am, in a Scorsese/ Ebert sandwich and all I can think of is how hungry I am. All they feed us at the American Pavilion is a few pieces of bread first thing in the morning. In other news, we are officially dedicating our conference center to Roger Ebert for his incredible contributions to the film community. The guy was the the first film critic ever to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism. Martin Scorsese is here to do the ribbon-cutting and to say a few words. Check out video from the event after the break.
This article appears in Jun 24-30, 2009.