Cannes Report Day 4: The Scrum Has Come
Okay, the gloves are off. It's starting to get edgy.
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Mark Kermode|13:33 UK time, Wednesday, 21 May 2008
Okay, the gloves are off. It's starting to get edgy.
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Comment number 1.
At 14:30 21st May 2008, Adam Wilcox wrote:Mark's descriptions of things are good enough, (that is why he works on radio), without the naff effects.
Honestly, its like a student project... you don't need to use every video filter and transition.
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Comment number 2.
At 16:53 21st May 2008, grahamg2007 wrote:how dare they put their names on the credits of this? And there's three of them! don't think any one of them was on sound. poor mark.
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Comment number 3.
At 17:49 21st May 2008, skiddie wrote:Love it. I just watched the trailer for "Flight of the Living Dead: Outbreak on a Plane" and the cinematography is eerily similar.
What this means, of course, is that all the other critics (and the BBC camera crew) should watch out: Mark is soon to become infected. And we all know that once Cannes Craziness (or some other alliterative disease) is in your blood, you're already dead.
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Comment number 4.
At 22:12 21st May 2008, benjaminbee wrote:Mark Please just tell us about "Synecdoche, New York". It is the only film i care about.
Ben Stevens(Frank)
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Comment number 5.
At 23:17 21st May 2008, Redhamradio wrote:Keep it together mark, dont jump off the balcony behind you! We need the indy 4 review on friday. God speed in canne
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Comment number 6.
At 01:42 22nd May 2008, shrinkingviolet82 wrote:looks a nightmare :(
"keep the heid" Mark, as we say in Scotland!
looking forward to NR on Friday and hearing about those two films you mentioned :)
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Comment number 7.
At 11:35 22nd May 2008, Hoylus wrote:Great, looking forward to hearing the review Friday afternoon (some of us go out on friday evenings!)
This video looked like the producers were playing with photobooth on their mac though.
Are they bored out there in Cannes?
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Comment number 8.
At 19:06 22nd May 2008, Jo Mayers wrote:Wow, Cannes looks like Hell on Toast, my sympathies to anyone there against their will and better judgement. I'm wondering which part would be the most infuriating: currently torn between the oppressive crowding and thinly veiled pretension. But there must be SOME aspect of the proceedings that makes it bearable (musn't there? Or do you just adopt the brace position and manically recite the 'tears in the rain' speech from Bladerunner, as I do in a tight spot?)
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