Cannes, le Mépris
The greatest film festival in the world. Hate it.
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Kermode Uncut:Outspoken, opinionated and never lost for words, Mark is the UK's leading film critic.
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Comment number 1.
At 00:45 16th May 2008, M_Rock wrote:Great video blogging Mark but I only chanced across this blog by accident having been a great fan of the Friday afternoon wittertainment almost since it began. Could you plug the blog on the show this week?
Looking forward to hearing what THE film at Cannes will be this year.
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Comment number 2.
At 12:28 16th May 2008, PeterDunkley wrote:From my own experience I understand that no matter how glamourous the event, having to work makes it a pain.
Having said that, it's miserable here and we are talking about Cannes... Nope I've lost all sympathy for you.
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Comment number 3.
At 15:43 16th May 2008, skiddie wrote:I too have been listening for years but just heard about this blog today. Plug it!
Great job and enjoy Cannes! You know you love it.
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Comment number 4.
At 16:08 16th May 2008, Perless wrote:By all means rant, but since you are there couldn't you turn the camera around to face the beach babes instead? We can still hear you ;)
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Comment number 5.
At 10:08 18th May 2008, maxoswald wrote:Mark, Mark, Mark - you've promised us a catalogue of your disintegration and we've had silence for two days. Could it be that you're holed up in your BBC suite avoiding the horrors of Cannes but watching the Exorcist for the trillionth time?
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Comment number 6.
At 00:13 22nd May 2008, Mongo wrote:Name names!
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