Yesterday's lift-off of the 2013 Cannes Film Festival on the French Riviera shows much promise and spirits are high.Wednesday night was the gala screening of the opening film, Baz Luhrmann’s star-studded, 3D adaptation of “The Great Gatsby”; tourists are swarming the Croisette, snapping photos and revelling in the giddy, pre-party vibe; and critics fresh off the plane from various corners of the globe are shrugging off jet lag and greeting each other as if it’s the first day of school after summer vacation (in other words: hugs, kisses, and the occasional snarky remark about a rival).
Meanwhile, the sun is shining bright, inspiring some festival-goers to head for a dip in the turquoise Mediterranean waters before 4 days of anticipated -- and already much-cursed -- rain.
The atmosphere and players at Cannes don’t change much from year to year. It’s always an odd mix of glamour and grit, work and play, with leggy model types tipsy from too much champagne strutting amid journalists jittery from too much coffee, while publicists bark orders at terrified-looking interns and stern security guards reliably step in to prevent you from getting to where you want to go. In the background, inevitably, is the endless thump-thump of generic Euro-techno emanating from cars and night clubs temporarily set up on the beach.
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