娱乐英语资讯：Cannes film festival kicks off with mix of serious films and antic_娱乐

娱乐英语资讯：Cannes film festival kicks off with mix of serious films and antic

BEIJING, May 15 -- It's indie movies vs. Indy's movie at the Cannes Film Festival. As the French Riviera blitz of movies, parties and industry schmoozing started Wednesday, the question was whether the independent movies beloved by Cannes critics could hold their own against the media bombast for "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull," which plays here this weekend.

On opening day, the festival's dual nature was apparent for anyone strolling down Cannes' main drag, the Croisette. On one side is Cannes' official poster -- indie filmmaker David Lynch's arty photo of a mysterious blond bombshell. On the other is a hotel facade dressed up for "Indiana Jones" festivities to look something like a plastic temple of doom.

While critics may gripe that Cannes has succumbed to Hollywood, the festival prides itself on having something for everyone.

娱乐英语资讯：Cannes film festival kicks off with mix of serious films and antic1

President of the Jury Sean Penn arrives for the screening of Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' film entry "Blindness" on the opening night of the 61st Cannes Film Festival May 14, 2008.

Take Wednesday. The festival opens on a serious note with "Blindness," Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles' tale of an epidemic that causes people to lose their vision, starring Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Gael Garcia Bernal and Danny Glover and based on a novel by Portuguese Nobel laureate Jose Saramago. While critics pondered the symbolism of "Blindness" in a darkened cinema, paparazzi were hitting the beach to capture funnyman Jack Black pulling a publicity stunt for "Kuar at Cannes -- he led the jury in 1994 and showed films here including "Mystic River" -- but he has never won the top prize.