Movies | May 14, 2009 | 4 comments

3-D glasses and French cinephiles may not mix. Or, "Up" opens Cannes and people feel weird about it

source: http://www.riskybusinessblog.com/2009/05/up-cannes-film-festival-.html

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"The great animation experiment at Cannes' opening night just came to an end, and while it wasn't the incongruous experience it could have been -- tuxedoes and 3-D glasses, French cinephiles and cartoons -- we wouldn't describe it as, um, a soaring success either.

The audience -- the people around us, anyway -- seemed to enjoy the movie as it played, laughing at the comedic turns, clenching up at the action scenes and shedding a tear (beneath their 3-D glasses) during the wonderfully effective melancholy moments.

But the post-screening response -- an overused but accurate gauge -- was noticeably tempered. The continuous waves of ovation that can last five or 10 minutes when an audience really loves a Cannes film (especially an opening-night one), didn't happen."
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4 comments // 3-D glasses and French cinephiles may not mix. Or, "Up" opens Cannes and people feel weird about it

  • mattbrawn
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      mattbrawn  

    • @Vistapoint

      Your story has been included in tonight's [18/05/09] episode of 'Upstream' which airs at 7pm GMT Sky 183 / Virgin 155.

      Tell your friends, you're gonna be famous!

    • 3 years ago
  • Nephwrack
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      Nephwrack  

    • personally i'm looking forward to "9". cute CGI movies are nice and all but i want to see what can really be done with CG for a more mature audience. yes i know, advent children, spirits within etc, but really i dont think enough has been done with exploring the media for different genres. how about a silent hill 1 movie done in CG?

    • 3 years ago
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