Suzanne Kelman : June 2015

Friday, June 26, 2015

Interview with Whidbey Air

So excited to be interviewed by local radio.

We talked about my book, my film career and also my experiences at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival.

https://kwparadio.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/wair-s-ioa_suzzanne-kelman-2015_06.mp3

Kelman on the Red Carpet in Canne

Kelman on The Carpet

BY SUZANNE KELMAN

So I had the incredible opportunity to attend the 68th Cannes Film Festival last month to support the film “Our Father,” of which I am an associate producer. But my experience wasn’t quite what I had expected, or what I had seen on “E!”

First of all, Cannes—during the festival—is an experience that is difficult to put into words! “It’s like Miami on Crack,” one producer joked with me, which is an excellent way to describe the electric vibe that exudes from every pore of this famous Riviera town for ten days.

Suzanne in all her finery, readying herself for the WALK! (photo courtesy of the author)

I arrived late on a Sunday night, expecting the world to be asleep, and drove straight into a street party—music, flashing lights and wall-to-wall people. As we crawled through the mayhem to my hotel that was, thankfully, a mile out of town, I felt like singing, “Put your shoes on Lucy—don’t you know you’re in the city.”

I have to admit, though, it didn’t take me long to get into the Cannes buzz; my days became a whirlwind of meeting people, cocktail parties, listening to celebrities, producers and directors talk about their films, more parties, and movies—lots and lots of movies. There are special movie editions of the Hollywood Reporter and Variety, movies on posters, movies on flags, movies on the beach and movies playing in theatres—all day and night. Meanwhile, millions of dollars are trading hands as movies are being bought and sold all around town.

And, of course, there are the red carpet events. To score a red carpet ticket was actually potluck. Every day, an email informed me if I’d managed to make the cut for the following day. It was on day three that I got the golden email and an invitation to the Lumiere Theatre to see Emily Blunt’s new film “Sicario” at the 3 p.m. showing.

Read the rest of this article at this link -

http://www.whidbeylifemagazine.org/sue-the-screenwriter-kelman-on-the-carpet-at-cannes/