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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 1, 1976, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press tuesday. June 1. 1976 Canadian movie promotion costs f Cannes film festival in t what it used to be. By Martin mal1na Cannes special the received Wisdom about the Cannes International film festival is that it in t what it used to that s what i was told Here on my first visit several years ago and that s what i find myself repeating to Newcom ers. Superficially it is the truth. This is indeed no longer the same festival where Grace Kelly met her Prince Rainier on a Blind Date or where Gary Cooper had a roaring affair with Gisella Pascal. Years ago would be starlets could Convent by lose their Bikini bras and make the front pages of tabloids around the world now on the beaches lining the Cannes Croisette topless Sun bathing is de Rigueur and the photographers Are conspicuous by their absence. So Cannes in t what it used to be. 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The estimate is what people visited this Riviera resort City in two weeks in May and no less than of them were a film professionals of some producers porno Ped Lars Job seekers loan floaters swindlers pros and never weres All comforting each other with lies. There were also a few idealists truly dedicated souls who mortgaged their futures to make a movie which May or May not have been accepted by the festival but they were Here anyway renting screen space taking ads in the Trade bulletins pasting posters onto Walls and lamp posts and distributing invitations to anyone showing even a Glimmer of in Terest. Fifteen Hundred of the were accredited press people making this year s festival the world s most Cov ered event next to the olym pics. Fifteen Hundred journalists with 1500 Points of View. Which is Why though almost anything that s said about Cannes is probably True it must be taken not merely with a Grain of Salt but with a whole Beach Ful of Sand. There is no single Cannes film festival there Are festivals at least. One trend common to them All seems to have been commercialization. Year by year Cannes is evolving into a convention of traders cinematic traders to be sure but a convention nonetheless. It used to be that the businessmen were tolerated by the artists. Now the tables have turned. The film Market now occupies Cannes Centre ring. Year ago the official com petition was the cause for genuine excitement. Film makers on froth sides of the Atlantic were known to with hold their work from release in order to be eligible for Cannes. A prize at Cannes was at once the Mark of artistic excellence and a guarantee of Box office Success. Neither is True anymore. Comparisons Are mislead ing. The real reason Cannes now in t the Cannes of any particular yesterday it seems Clear is because Cannes is no longer one festival. 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