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April 20, 2006
Cannes Lineup Locked Even if Pictures Are Not
We had a clue where the Cannes Film Festival selections were heading a while back when the Hollywood Reporter's Charlie Masters broke out his crystal ball. But lest you need official word before you start squaring your bets, the festival this morning revealed the 19 films making up its 2006 competition lineup.
And although surprises are always fun, you are not likely to find any here: American films include Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette, Richard Linklater's Fast Food Nation and Richard Kelly's long-awaited Southland Tales, while international masters Kaurismaki, Almodovar and Loach will also debut their latest. John Cameron Mitchell is racing to cut together all the amateur New York sex promised for Shortbus--which will premiere alongside Election 2 and Guisi in the festival's Midnight section--while X3 helmer Brett Ratner is having new business cards printed with "Director of an Official Non-Competition Selection at Cannes" emblazoned in gold beneath his name.
The festival runs May 17-28, and I am sitting this one out. For any Cannes-goers who have always dreamed of contributing to The Reeler, consider this post and my e-mail address (stv [AT] thereeler.com) your engraved invitation.
Posted by stvanairsdale at April 20, 2006 09:37 AM
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