Friday. Nothing too exciting. I edited and uploaded my short and worked from 2-8. I know I saw a movie but can't remember which one. Must have been awesome. Didn't really do much this day.
Saturday I went shopping with John from culinary in the market. It was a lot of fun to hang out with someone who wasn't film- especially someone who knows how to cook well. The markets here are so pretty. I love them.
I worked 2-8 and then saw a screening on the beach. It was Soundtrack to a Revolution. Not my favorite but there were good enough friends to keep me entertained. The group of us walked back to the hotel afterwards.
Sunday I worked the morning shift from 8-2. I definitely like the morning shift more. It frees up the rest of the afternoon for movies and shopping and hanging out around the festival. This day I went home and took a nap and then went back to the pavilion and saw I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell. Great movie. Totally geared towards college students. Pretty sure if the interns didn't go it would have been a bust. We were asked if we were paid to see the movie by one buyer. We then went to the Guinness Pub to celebrate one of the girl's 21st birthday.
Monday I worked 7:30- 1:45. I helped set up for a party and then saw I love you, Phillip Morris. A group of us went shopping and then saw Holy Water which was awesome. Both of those movies were great. I know Phillip Morris is going to be distributed in the States, but I'm not too sure about Holy Water.
After the movies we went out for Jen's birthday. We went to the Slumdog Millionaire party which was up a windy hill and seemingly in the middle of nowhere. They had models and gave us free gift bags which included a shirt. Not bad.
Monday I also met a guy who is a film distributor in Australia. He asked for my card so that he could keep in touch to see what films are good in America and which were a bust. Cool. Maybe I can add to my resume- International Youth Film Distributor Extraordinaire... or something like that.
Tuesday I edited for the flip video and I uploaded that today (Wednesday). Worked from 2-8 and then power was out for most of the shift due to a strike. One of the girls and I decided to do honey shots in our boredom. We were bouncing off the walls for a while.
Mike in culinary moved me to bar to "work". I gave out 3 beers. Mike really just likes to move me around to see what my reaction will be I think. Yesterday, he also put me in culinary to move all the stuff from the fridge to a cooler. It was actually a lot of fun because I don't get to hang out with the kitchen guys a lot.
I met Eli Roth as well. So cool. I introduced myself to him and he felt the need to introduce himself back which I thought was funny seeing as he had just come out of a panel.
One of the guys got me a ticket to see Vincere for a carpet screening. I'm sure it was a great movie, but all 7 of us interns fell asleep in it. Maybe if we all got together we could piece together the parts we were awake for.
Afterwards we went to a party at the pavilion and then headed home for sleep. Or that's what I thought. I ended up hanging out with some of my friends until about 4am on the balcony, and then getting sleep. But, no complaints here. I'm sitting steps away from sand and can hear the ocean.
I love France.
Au revoir.
Sorry if stuff is spelled wrong or repeated or is not making sense. We can thank my lack of sleep on that. But, I can sleep the whole way back on the plane.
Beaches in the south of France are marvelous - oh I want to go back! Perhaps one year I find a way to finance the trip to Cannes as a professional development excursion!
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