Today began with an Asian film called Nanayo. It was about a Japanese woman who goes to this Thai village where she hangs out with this family who are really into the art of massage. It was a relaxing (but slow) movie. Nothing I would recommend.
One of the professors on the trip---Dr. Kohn---knows Roger Ebert and does...things...with/for him. They were having a little dedication ceremony at the American Pavilion around 2:15. Kohn managed to get all of us invitations. It was pretty exclusive. All 25 of us plus a few random people were in this little room with wine and snacks. Roger Ebert came in and we all stared and took pictures. He sat down for a while. Then Martin Scorsese just waltzes right in and shakes his hand. We were all pretty much standing there with our mouths open. Then Scorsese left as quickly as he came. (He had important things to do, I'm sure.) We stood around for a little bit...awkwardly...just eating bread and cheese and sipping on wine. And that was that.
A few of us walked around the Market International Village. It's basically an area with a bunch of pimped out tents, each one representing a different country. We checked out Turkey and South Africa. Nothing too spectacular. Nothing was really going on.
Catherine, Cory, George, and I went to the Carlton Hotel to change into our formal attire. George didn't have his tux, so he waited outside--where--low and behold--Martin Scorsese pulls up and walks in the hotel. We were changing in the bathroom during this time.
Catherine and I begged for a while for Jane Campion's new film Bright Star (a love story about John Keats). People laughed, took pictures, and sexually harrassed us with their eyes. HOWEVER...we got tickets to the premiere. The whole red carpet experience was a blur. People were guiding us...sort of rushing us along so that we wouldn't get in the way of the stars. As soon as we got into the theatre, we see Scorsese on the red capret. (The movie screen shows what's going on on the red carpet outside, so you kind of know when important people are about to enter the theatre). It was just a Scorsese kind of day.
Jane Campion arrived with the cast. People clapped. As for the movie...
Not impressed. The plot was unoriginal. It just seemed like a Jane Austin story. I really wanted to like it...but I didn't.
Tomorrow is Taking Woodstock (new Ang Lee film) with DEMETRI MARTIN as the star. I really hope I can find a ticket. We are also meeting with the producers of Let the Right One In, a Swedish vampire film that apparently is pretty good. I have never heard of it.
Anywho. It's 1:44 AM. I need to sleep.
G'night.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Friday, May 15, 2009
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Immaculate Conception
http://www.youtube.com/watch?hl=fr&v=Xscm3Wp0M-s&gl=FR
What I saw today.
So, apparently you are not allowed to see anything unless you have a "Market Badge." At least for the first couple of days. Pretty much every movie was a market screening. A few of us decided to see if we could get into The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle. We read a short synopsis and figured, "why not?" Of course, it turned out to be a market screening...but...the lady at the door was super nice and spoke English. I asked her if the six of us could see the movie if there were still empty seats when it started. She said it was okay, and when we went in the theater there were only five or six people in there.
I have to write a review for one of my classes on the movie, so I'm not going to spend too much time or energy describing it. I might post my review when I'm finished. All I can say is that it had the girl who played Ben's daughter in LOST (Tania Raymonde), and the guy who was in Grind and Rat Race (Vince Vieluf) in it. And men birthed blue fish from their bums.
I saw dogs in a stroller today.
I bought overpriced flipflops because I forgot to pack mine.
I encountered a square toilet seat.
What I saw today.
So, apparently you are not allowed to see anything unless you have a "Market Badge." At least for the first couple of days. Pretty much every movie was a market screening. A few of us decided to see if we could get into The Immaculate Conception of Little Dizzle. We read a short synopsis and figured, "why not?" Of course, it turned out to be a market screening...but...the lady at the door was super nice and spoke English. I asked her if the six of us could see the movie if there were still empty seats when it started. She said it was okay, and when we went in the theater there were only five or six people in there.
I have to write a review for one of my classes on the movie, so I'm not going to spend too much time or energy describing it. I might post my review when I'm finished. All I can say is that it had the girl who played Ben's daughter in LOST (Tania Raymonde), and the guy who was in Grind and Rat Race (Vince Vieluf) in it. And men birthed blue fish from their bums.
I saw dogs in a stroller today.
I bought overpriced flipflops because I forgot to pack mine.
I encountered a square toilet seat.
Luh Pictuahs
Red Carpet Encore of Up
Group Picture
View from our Classroom
Tessa and Me with our Fancy Badges
Luh Premiere
Sooooo.....................I didn't get a ticket to the actual red carpet premiere of Disney/Pixar's Up. But I got a ticket to the encore showing at 11. We all held up our handwritten signs that read "Billet UP S.V.P." This girl Angela and I stood near one door and this old man gave us the 11 p.m. tickets. Then...I turned away for one second...and some guy slips her a premiere ticket. Blast.
A man that sounded creepily close to Borat hit on me a few times. He wanted to buy me a drink of the "FINEST WINE OF FRANCE!" Everything he said was really animated. He was Borat.
People would point and laugh at us begging. We didn't care. A few movie cameras filmed us just standing there with our signs. Some European camera and dude put a mic in front of me and asked how long I had been standing there and why I hadn't gotten a ticket yet with my nice dress and blonde hair. Apparently nice dresses and blonde hair do not get you far in Cannes.
We went to the Majestic after feeling pretty defeated. Three older men invited us to sit with them as they bragged about their documentaries and how they once got to sit with Leonardo for thirty minutes as he talked in different accents. They claimed they were invited to several of the after parties. One of the men gave me his card. It was one of those print-your-own business cards. Like mine. Not very promising. I guess our main goal is to make as many connections as we can, so...who knows...?
The half of us that did not get premiere tickets hung around an Irish pub until the time came to walk the red carpet. Of course it wasn't as glamorous as the premiere, but it was still pretty neat.
So, what did I think of Up?
I fell asleep...about 10 separate times....
I wasn't the only one.
It was kind of weak. The plot was random. Compared to Wall-E and Toy Story, it just didn't do the trick. I was pretty disappointed. I guess the 3D was cool.
There were about 10 of us who saw the encore, so we all split several cabs. I'm pretty wiped. I'll try to upload pictures soon!
A man that sounded creepily close to Borat hit on me a few times. He wanted to buy me a drink of the "FINEST WINE OF FRANCE!" Everything he said was really animated. He was Borat.
People would point and laugh at us begging. We didn't care. A few movie cameras filmed us just standing there with our signs. Some European camera and dude put a mic in front of me and asked how long I had been standing there and why I hadn't gotten a ticket yet with my nice dress and blonde hair. Apparently nice dresses and blonde hair do not get you far in Cannes.
We went to the Majestic after feeling pretty defeated. Three older men invited us to sit with them as they bragged about their documentaries and how they once got to sit with Leonardo for thirty minutes as he talked in different accents. They claimed they were invited to several of the after parties. One of the men gave me his card. It was one of those print-your-own business cards. Like mine. Not very promising. I guess our main goal is to make as many connections as we can, so...who knows...?
The half of us that did not get premiere tickets hung around an Irish pub until the time came to walk the red carpet. Of course it wasn't as glamorous as the premiere, but it was still pretty neat.
So, what did I think of Up?
I fell asleep...about 10 separate times....
I wasn't the only one.
It was kind of weak. The plot was random. Compared to Wall-E and Toy Story, it just didn't do the trick. I was pretty disappointed. I guess the 3D was cool.
There were about 10 of us who saw the encore, so we all split several cabs. I'm pretty wiped. I'll try to upload pictures soon!
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
The Festival Begins!
What I did yesterday:
Today!
French Stereotypes that Have Turned Out to be True
- Class
- Ate ice cream
- Shopping with George Akers...except we didn't buy anything because everything was very expensive.
- Nap that was supposed to only last 20 minutes...
- Would have gone to Cannes to eat dinner with fellow trip-mates, but I slept instead.
- Slept some more
Today!
- Woke up at 7:30 and met up with everyone at 8:45 to head to Cannes.
- We get our cinephile badges (which are the lowest of the low "rank wise")
- We take a class picture on a grassy knoll near the Lumiere
- Went to the Majestic Hotel to get 3405390 free magazines
- Tried to get into The Girlfriend Experience (new Soderbergh film) but it was a Market film (which means you need a Market badge to get in. These films aren't in the competition. They are just trying to get picked up by a distributor.)
- Ate Asian Fast Food
- Went back to Juan-les-Pins
- Lied out on the beach
- Now I am back here getting ready for the "Up" premiere
French Stereotypes that Have Turned Out to be True
- They do wear all black. And all white.
- They smoke a lot
- They walk around with baguettes
- They walk around with little dogs
- They speak French
- They drive tiny cars (kind of a European stereotype)
- They still think spiking their hair is cool
- They wear sweaters around their necks
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Monday, May 11, 2009
Juan-Les-Pins
Bonjour,
Yesterday, I arrived in Juan-Les-Pins (where we are staying). The cab cost me 70 Euros. No one else was on my flight, so I couldn't split it with anyone. The place we are staying for the month is quite nice. I was supposed to room with another person, but things got messed up. When they booked the rooms, they were told that all the rooms were the same size...but they aren't. Some of the rooms have just one twin bed and a kitchen and some have a full sized bed with no kitchen. I chose the bed over the kitchen. This only happened to a few people. The rest of the group got normal rooms. It's alright, though. I enjoy having my own space. The shower is a little strange. There's a bathtub with a glass door that only covers half the length of the tub. The shower head is in the middle instead of on one side. It's one of those manual...hand...do-it-yourself shower heads. I'm pretty sure I got water everywhere during the showering process.
I speak absolutely no French. It can get frustrating once and awhile. I feel like a stupid American. Some of the people I hang out with know a little French, so they help out a little.
Today was orientation, which only lasted an hour. Our classroom is at a Best Western a few blocks away. After that, some of us went to a little store called Schlecker's...? It's like a CVS with no pharmacy. We then went across the street to get a few groceries. You have to bring your own bags. That was interesting. I bought some brie and crackers. I seem to be on a bread and cheese diet. Not on purpose. It just seems to be working out that way. You can get a bottle of wine for 1, 50 euros, but coffee is 4 euros. It's an interesting system. Carding doesn't exist.
Today, a bunch of us were going around the circle figuring out which celebs we looked like so we could pose as them at Cannes. I got Brittney Snow, Chloe Sevigny, and Zooey Deschanel with blonde hair....?
Anywho. I need to finish an assignment for one of the classes. Adieu.
Yesterday, I arrived in Juan-Les-Pins (where we are staying). The cab cost me 70 Euros. No one else was on my flight, so I couldn't split it with anyone. The place we are staying for the month is quite nice. I was supposed to room with another person, but things got messed up. When they booked the rooms, they were told that all the rooms were the same size...but they aren't. Some of the rooms have just one twin bed and a kitchen and some have a full sized bed with no kitchen. I chose the bed over the kitchen. This only happened to a few people. The rest of the group got normal rooms. It's alright, though. I enjoy having my own space. The shower is a little strange. There's a bathtub with a glass door that only covers half the length of the tub. The shower head is in the middle instead of on one side. It's one of those manual...hand...do-it-yourself shower heads. I'm pretty sure I got water everywhere during the showering process.
I speak absolutely no French. It can get frustrating once and awhile. I feel like a stupid American. Some of the people I hang out with know a little French, so they help out a little.
Today was orientation, which only lasted an hour. Our classroom is at a Best Western a few blocks away. After that, some of us went to a little store called Schlecker's...? It's like a CVS with no pharmacy. We then went across the street to get a few groceries. You have to bring your own bags. That was interesting. I bought some brie and crackers. I seem to be on a bread and cheese diet. Not on purpose. It just seems to be working out that way. You can get a bottle of wine for 1, 50 euros, but coffee is 4 euros. It's an interesting system. Carding doesn't exist.
Today, a bunch of us were going around the circle figuring out which celebs we looked like so we could pose as them at Cannes. I got Brittney Snow, Chloe Sevigny, and Zooey Deschanel with blonde hair....?
Anywho. I need to finish an assignment for one of the classes. Adieu.
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