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Cannes Chief Thierry Frémaux on How He Selects Films and What Makes Him a Movie Buff: ‘It’s About the Auteurs: It’s About Martin Scorsese, Not About Bob De Niro’
At Red Sea Film Festival, Cannes chief Thierry Frémaux spoke with passion about his love of cinema, and how he selects films for his festival.
When he was 80 years old, he would be happy to be the guy sitting in the box office of his local movie theater handing the audience their tickets. He also discussed “the stress about having a good selection.” He said: “As we are talking this morning, a lot of filmmakers are shooting or editing their films, and I’m here waiting for them, the known, the unknown, the surprises, the disappointments. This unknown Thai filmmaker was Apichatpong Weerasethakul, and he got the Palme d’Or [for “Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives”], so they had their photo of the [film’s director and cast].”
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