Cannes Film Festival 2011: How Hollywood invaded
Its the showcase for serious cinema yet the festival is also in thrall to Americas most populist schlock .
Cannes has been the worlds greatest film festival for 64 years and one reason it continues to flourish is its willingness to accommodate the glamour and glitz of the movie world alongside cerebral films made by serious-minded directors from all over the world.
The organisers of Cannes understand the allure of star power: of ravishing actresses in stunning frocks and handsome actors in bespoke tuxedos strolling along a red carpet to a world premiere. Stars somehow look even more gorgeous in Cannes maybe its the Mediterranean light and its mostly their images that will be photographed or beamed across the world, reinforcing the festivals glamour.
This is why each year at Cannes the normal proceedings of an otherwise high-minded film festival suddenly come to a halt, as the promotional machines for mega-budget Hollywood movies hit town and briefly take it over. Crucially, these films receive special screenings and stay firmly out of competition for the Palme dOr.
At this years festival , Johnny Depp and Penlope Cruz will monopolise the public gaze as stars of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, the fourth film in this hugely successful franchise. Jodie Foster and Mel Gibson will be there as co-stars of The Beaver , about a depressed executive who communicates via a glove puppet.
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