Screen Hub
Thursday 28 May, 2009
Back in Paris, pining for glamour, and the wondrous spectacle of Australian filmmakers at their most sophisticated, Ruby Boukabou tapped out one last article for her Screen Hub admirers..
Everyone’s been talking about the global economic ‘crise’ in France as much as Australia and worrying about the repercussions in the film industry. On an apparently superficial level (if you don’t know much about French culture), a horrid rumour did the rounds pre-Cannes. Was it true that party organisers had switched their orders of champagne to cheaper rosé from Provence, foie gras to onion tart and that hair stylists had slashed staff?
It may sound like fluff, but the resonance for the French (where a piece of smelly cheese can reverse a suicidal desire and you’re not seriously human unless you have nice hair and nails) is deeper than the Riviera. But what was the take for the Australian industry professionals who were as happy to sip a rosé or chew on an onion tart while networking?
To read the article in full, see Screen Hub Australia. It will be posted here.
And here’s some photos…
