Cannes 8

Day 8 - St. Tropez

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We made out way down to the deserted Tahiti Beach for an amazingly beautiful afternoon by the sea posing for pictures. Along the beach, there was a little bar populated by crazy Frenchmen, who never stopped dancing and doing schtick for the whole 2 1/2 hours we spent there. Once it got dark, we made it back to Cannes on the Autoroute (freeway) in about an hour, less than half the time we spent getting there.


LATER... Met up with Lisa again for a late dinner at Vesuvios, which we closed – we barely got our orders in before the Chef left. Steve Kimbrough and the French girl he’d taken to the screening the night before stopped by. He told me he’d met an actual buyer of short films to whom he pitch “The Morning Guy” and who wanted to buy it for airlines and cruise ships. Whaddaya know, I may have a sale off this Cannes trip after all. Back to the hotel to squeeze 8 days of madness back into my bags. In bed by 3, up by 6:15, out by 7:30, Taxi, Bus, Airport. Flight delayed. So now I won’t get home for about 20 hours. God only knows when I should stry to sleep to avoid jet lag.
		<--The owner, and it would seem sole employee, of the Hotel Esperanto, as I Get into my Taxi. Au Revoir, Cannes!
So as I sit here in the airport, I’m reflecting on my goals for the festival. To reacp: Sell distribution rights for “The Morning Guy” DONE (maybe) Sell distribution rights for “Legends of Show Business” - I certainly have a lot of places to call back now. Sell distribution rights for “Punching Hitler” – Well, I have contacts to give Ed now; I’m sure he’ll hook something up. Find financing for “Valley of Sin” – Maybe. Now I have some people to call Make new friends & Show Biz Contacts DONE (over 60 business cards and at least 9 new life-long friends) See “Farenheidt 911” DONE (at the World Premiere. AND it won the Palm D’Or.) See as many in competition movies as possible DONE Farenheidt 9/11 (Palm D’Or) The Ladykillers The Life & Death of Peter sellers House of Flying Daggers Old Boy (Grand Prix) 2046 De-Lovely Get into many parties – especially on Yachts – I had one sit down dinner on a yacht and went to some parties. No villas, though Bond with old Cannes friends. *BIEN SUR!* Wear all the clothes I brought (2 large suitcases) DONE – I even had to do laundry Take lots of pictures DONE (654 pics) Make my online diary live up to the expectations of all the people who liked it so much in 2002. – You be the Judge See you next year. (And I mean it this time.) in the mean time... Email Me