I was not alone.
There were many of our students and a professor, too, that fell victim to the allure and fate of Sofia Coppola’s new film, “The Bling Ring” (based on these actual events), which opened the Un Certain Regard competition tonight in Cannes.
With a screening time of 7:45PM we queued up in the drizzly Debussy Theatre line at 5PM – some folks, even earlier than that. But even after 3+ hours of standing in line with other Festival and Market Badge possessors we didn’t make it into the premiere.
Methinks it could have something to do with the curious fact that the line started at about a 3-person width (shown below on the LEFT – photo taken @5:15) and miraculously ended with an 8 or 9-person width (shown below on the RIGHT – photo taken @7:30). Funny how that happens, huh?
Curses on you cheaters and line-cutters!
Ahhh, well. What can you do?
Guess there’s nothing left to say but – “And, so it is…”
Off The Duff 
Hi Anna—that would tick me off too!!! After waiting for so long and then not get in!!!!
Oh well, been reading all about the opening night as the papers are full of reports from the Cannes Film Festival daily. The cast from Great Gatsby was all dolled up as was the director and Spielberg. I heard the weather was rainy, but didn’t dampen the spirits. Leo looked mighty dapper to me–saw his Aunt in church on Sunday!
Have fun and keep writing!
Love ya, BJ
On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 6:37 PM, Off The Duff