[video] Cannes Film Festival Interviews & Press Conferece

[Iblis]

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fic ... lm=4278019

I can't get the press conference clip to work though

[alexander de large]

What is sinead o'connor doing there?

[Obie]

The 2 vids are working fine to me....

Well, the only asked stuff to Lucas and Nat, and it's quite cool stuff....

And Natalie is even hotter with her head shaved!

[Devil Dodo]

Those were pretty cool. Thanks.

George must get tired answering the same questions over and over...

So, it appears George must visit this site quite often then...

[pika122689]

Holy shit! Natalie... nooo.

[cardboard monster]

What is sinead o'connor doing there?

Or G.I. Jane. *shudders

[Chilly]

tbh.. i think she looks quite cute

[aBa]

tbh.. i think she looks quite cute

quoted for truth...she DOES look cute

[MannyOrtez]

Can anyone summarize any of the highlights? My computer sucks balls and typically will scream at me if I try playing videos.

[InsaneSith]

tbh.. i think she looks quite cute

I agree, she looks very cute.

[cardboard monster]

Yeah 'tis true really, she does look cute.

[Der Graf]

Wow, how cute!

[Raz Zaphon]

George Lucas on his fan bases: “I see it all as one movie, so I don't pay much attention to people who prefer one chapter or another chapter. But we've discovered that we have two fan bases. One is over 25 and one is under 25. The over 25 fan base is loyal to the first three films and they are actually in their 30's and 40's now, so that they're in control of the media, they're in control of the web, they're in control of everything basically. The films, which those people don't like, which are the first two, actually are fanatically bored by the other two. And if you get on the web and you listen to these conversations, they are always at each other's throats and the devotion for each group is pretty equal.”

Holy shit - he's browsed

[MannyOrtez]

George Lucas on his fan bases: “I see it all as one movie, so I don't pay much attention to people who prefer one chapter or another chapter. But we've discovered that we have two fan bases. One is over 25 and one is under 25. The over 25 fan base is loyal to the first three films and they are actually in their 30's and 40's now, so that they're in control of the media, they're in control of the web, they're in control of everything basically. The films, which those people don't like, which are the first two, actually are fanatically bored by the other two. And if you get on the web and you listen to these conversations, they are always at each other's throats and the devotion for each group is pretty equal.”

Holy shit - he's browsed

LOL. So true. GL is a smart man. He pretty much summed up the state of Star Wars fandom over the last 6 years and totally told his haters to shut the fuck up!!

Seriously, paste that at tf.N, the dumbass haters will be offended GL called them out.

[Bandersnatch]

Meaning, we're all a bunch of fucking loser sheep who need to get a fucking life.

That's what I've been trying to say for years now.

George should hire me.

[Raz Zaphon]

I especially liked the bit where Lucas made the analogy of OT fans being like old fans of The Rolling Stones and The Beatles, and TPM & AotC fans being like wiggas who are into hip-hop. And, you know, all the oldies go "That's not real music you're listening to" while the wiggas go "No way mofo, this shits the bomb, that old shits no good to us no more".

For fucks sake, it doesn't surprise me that someone out there would have compared the PT to the hippity-hop, but I sure as hell didn't think it would be Lucas.

[Jason@Star-Wars.net]

Lucas did take these prequels back to the old school. I mean, with the 30s styled acting and birth of Vader.

Ah, never mind. I better stop before Lucas "busts a cap in my ass."

[MannyOrtez]

Hmm, I think I'm def going have to try and DL this thing....did George Lucas seriously talk about hip hop?

[ManaByte]

Has anyone found a transcript of the press conference yet?

[Raz Zaphon]

Manny try this Direct Link. Otherwise I can upload an audio only mp3 rip.

[ohmixmaster]

Natalie looks hot there. I never thought she was all that hot (very generic), but she looks quite good there.

[MandalorianWrath]

Here are some pictures I took yesterday in Cannes :

A friend of mine (as Obi-Wan) and myself (in black) being interviewed by English Channel Sky News

501st' Stormtroopers invading the red carpet

Samuel L. Jackson, Natalie Portman, and George Lucas

Hayden Christensen

Blurred (sorry ... The crowd was very agitated around me and it was difficult to keep steady) pic of Hayden Christensen and Ian McDiarmid looking amused as they notice us in the crowd because of our disguises

[Der Graf]

This dude sorta looks like Peter Weller back when he done Robocop... hes so gonna get shot and made into an android...

You are right! At first I thought it was Jello Biafra from the Dead Kennedys...

[dcbar10der]

Blurred (sorry ... The crowd was very agitated around me and it was difficult to keep steady) pic of Hayden Christensen and Ian McDiarmid looking amused as they notice us in the crowd because of our disguises

Amused? I'd say it was more a look of fear (which leads to anger, hate, suffering, etc.)

[Wrath Mania]

Not to bring up an old topic, but can someone confirm these reports on AICN that there was essentially no applause or reaction throughout the entire movie at Cannes?

[SI]

it's bullshit

[Swedish Chef]

Ok, let's put this political stuff to rest. Here's an article from one of the press interviews at Cannes. Not surprised they asked him stuff like that over there. They tend to look deeper into the meaning of things in Europe then we do here in the US of OC.


Star Wars a cautionary tale about politics
Bruce Kirkland, Free Press news services 2005-05-16 02:02:41

Star Wars is a wakeup call to Americans about the erosion of democratic freedoms under George W. Bush, George Lucas said yesterday.

Lucas, at a Cannes film festival press conference yesterday, said he first wrote the framework of Star Wars in 1971 when reacting to then-U.S. president Richard Nixon and the events of the Vietnam War. But the story still has relevance today, he said, and is part of a pattern he has noticed in history.

"I didn't think it was going to get quite this close," he said of the parallels between the Nixon era and the Bush presidency, which has been sacrificing freedoms in the interests of national security.

"It is just one of those re-occuring things. I hope this doesn't come true in our country. Maybe the film will awaken people to the situation of how dangerous it is . . . The parallels between what we did in Vietnam and what we are doing now in Iraq are unbelievable."

In the latest film, the Palpatine character takes over as ruler of the universe with the co-operation of the other politicians.

"Because this is the back story (of the Star Wars saga), one of the main features of the back story was to tell how the Republic became the Empire," Lucas said.

"At the time I did that, it was during the Vietnam War and the Nixon era. The issue was: How does a democracy turn itself over to a dictator? Not how does a dictator take over, but how does a democracy and Senate give it away?"

Lucas cited the Roman empire in the wake of Caesar's death, France after the revolution and Hitler's rise in Germany as historical examples of countries giving themselves over to dictators.

"They all seem to happen in the same way with the same issues: Threats from the outside; they need more control; and a democratic body not being able to function properly because everybody's squabbling."

Lucas earned applause for his comments before joining actors Hayden Christensen, Natalie Portman (who has shaved her head for a new role), Samuel L. Jackson, Ian McDiarmid and Anthony Daniels in a free-wheeling discussion of Star Wars: Episode III -- Revenge Of The Sith, which made its world premiere last night out-of- competition.

This was before the Cannes brass presented Lucas with an honour called "the trophy of the festival."

Some highlights of the press conference:

- On making Episodes VII through IX, Lucas said he never planned to do it, regardless of rumours to the contrary: "The original intention was to make one movie and it turned into three. That was really the end of it. It wasn't until about 10 years ago that it occured to me to do the back story (and now it is over)."

- On his big death scene in Revenge Of The Sith, Jackson said: "I was pleased with my death. I asked him (Lucas) not to do anything messy and he didn't. Now I've had the Errol Flynn moment that I've always wished for since I was a kid watching movies."


Copyright © The London Free Press

[Der Graf]

More Cannes photos here!

Nothing new in the article though.



Lauren Bush!

Yummy!

[toto68]

Not to bring up an old topic, but can someone confirm these reports on AICN that there was essentially no applause or reaction throughout the entire movie at Cannes?

False. There was a standing ovation at the beginning and the end of movie.
BTW if you choose the french link there are a new video. The red carpet, walkabout of lucas...

First time that I see Lucas so much cool.
www.festival-cannes.fr/films/fiche_film.php?langue=6001

[benpadiah]

could someone possibly PM with a directlink or a YSI of a quicktime .mov or mp3 audio file of the press conference in English?

I cannot get the sound on the direct link to the WMV to work, nor am I capable of DLing it onto my mac.

Bonus points go to the first person to post a complete written transcript of the press conference too! If I can't have the vid/audio, I'll settle for the txt.

Thanks to anyone capable of doing this!

-ben