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The Nines at Cannes

May 15, 2007 Parade, Projects, The Nines

In case you’re wandering La Croisette, wondering where all the interlocking three-part dramas with unexpected science-fiction elements are, you might want to check out The Nines, which has three market screenings scheduled this week:

* Wednesday, May 16th at 12:00pm – Palais K (Market)
* Friday, May 18th at 8:00pm – Palais K (Market)
* Monday, May 21st at 11:00am – The Deauville / Majestic Hotel (Market)

We’re not in competition — these screenings are just to give distributors in, say, Bulgaria, a chance to see the movie. I’m not there, A strange sentence: “I’m not there.” Obviously, I could never be “there,” since I am always “here.” It feels like the kind of contradiction that would have been pointed out to Alice in one of her adventures. so I have no particular insight on how to muscle one’s way into these screenings, except that persistence almost always pays off.

This is also a unique opportunity to see the movie with its sparkling new French subtitles:

MARGARET

Je suis à ça de t’avoir Christine Walsh pour Parade Magazine.

GARY

Je déteste Parade Magazine.

MARGARET

Tout le monde déteste. Le public de “Crime Lab” adore leur Marilyn Vos Savant. Fais-nous un petit acte de contrition, et peut-être qu’on tuera pas ton personnage. Va pas me faire un pétage de plomb...

GARY

Je suis pas fou.

MARGARET

Justement. Justement!

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