Reporter’s Notebook: ‘Revenge of the Sith’

In addition to my indieWIRE duties here in Cannes, I am doing some writing for the Wall Street Journal online. My second “Reporter’s Notebook” piece has been published on WSJ.com:

The cruise liner Queen Mary 2 sailed into a Cannes harbor Sunday already crowded with luxury vessels and pleasure craft. Just hours before the film festival staged the world premiere of the final installment in the “Star Wars” saga—“Episode III:—Revenge of the Sith”—filmmaker George Lucas boarded the massive ship to receive the Trophy of the Festival from Cannes artistic director Thierry Fr�maux, including the presentation of a tribute film directed by Cannes festival president Gilles Jacob.

At the legendary Carlton Hotel along Cannes’ seaside esplanade, the Croisette, a maze of suites have been converted into a public-relations war room to orchestrate the massive media campaign accompanying the film’s out-of-competition screening.

eug posted to writing on May 16, 2005 | Permalink | Comments (0)

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