Cannes Pictures!

First off -- apologies for the low-res quality of the pictures, they're Duane Reade-made CD versions of what came off our disposable cameras (which we were excited about when we bought them -- it was like 1996 all over again -- until we got the pics printed and were reminded of the crap quality and silvery-gray color of disposable camera pictures. Oh, well). In any case, here's hoping you enjoy...

The entrance to the Palais des Festivals -- and the famous steps...

The blue steps leading to the Un Certain Regard screening room (at the other end of the Palais), where Martin Scorsese's Masterclass also took place.

Martin Scorsese making his entrance before the Masterclass

Scorsese accepting his minutes-long standing ovation before the beginning of the class

From L to R: a translator, the Directors' Fortnight host, Gregg Araki,
Anna Faris and Danny Masterson before the Smiley Face showing
(gotta love sitting in the balcony)

Maz working away in our little hotel room...


...and the mess of film magazines and trade papers we had around
every morning

The Across The Universe billboard on the side of the Hilton

The Carlton hotel -- during the Festival, also known as
"The Biggest Billboard In The World"

20th Century Fox's undeniably badass FF2: Rise Of The Silver Surfer display


Quentin Tarantino introducing the Cannes Classics screening of
Rio Bravo (also attended by Edgar Wright)

During the Festival, the city organized for some very cool see-through banners,
with pictures of screaming movie stars printed on them, to be hung over the Rue d'Antibes (Cannes' biggest shopping street). Here: Matt Damon and Tom Hanks.


An advance poster of the upcoming DeNiro & Pacino event film "Righteous Kill". The film hasn't started production yet (it does in August), but as it's an indie, its producers went all-out in Cannes trying to attract financiers and foreign rights buyers. You spend some to get some, I guess.
A banner for the upcoming The Broken, starring Lena Headey (300) and directed by Sean Ellis, who directed Cashback (the short) and Cashback (the feature).

The now-famous Simpsons Movie display (as seen in every multiplex in Amerika).

The outside of Cannes' train station, depicting the brothers Lumiere (inventors of cinema) watching frames of an early film of a train driving by. Think this is a cinema-loving town?