1998 Cannes Film Festival Diaries
Cannes Diary #5: The Festival Poster
The only thing worse than not having a)Festival accreditation, b)
a place to stay, and c) sturdy shoes, the right adapter for your
computer, eye drops and infinite stamina ( encyclopedic knowledge of
cinema, optional) is the official poster for this year's FIF. At the
press conference on April 23rd when the Competition and Un Certain
Regard films were announced, my fellow scribes and I were
underwhelmed by the sight of scattered film frames against a blazing
sun in a pale blue sky. It looks like the rejects from a dyslexic
origami convention. Or the place where crumpled Post-Its go to die.
Much as the songs you once despised can evoke nostalgia for the
era when you despised them, even the dorkiest poster can seem kind of
quaint when viewed years after the fact. You'll have to check back
with me in 2008, but something tells me this year's graphic is going
to evoke about as much warm nostalgia as the Millenium Bug.
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