----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Warning: Denis Seguin is not exactly the most "reliable" source for information regarding Cannes. I know Seguin's work through the Toronto publication (now defunct) Metropolis, and as a film journalist he leaves much to be desired. Two cases in point: 1. In a full page review of Susan Seidelman's *She Devil*, Seguin admits to walking out of the film halfway through, in the first paragraph. He then goes on for more than three cols of type on a film which, by virtue of the fact that he left before the end, he is not qualified to adjudicate. 2. In an interview with director Denys Arcand (a man quite devoted to keeping Quebecois culture alive), Seguin opens his interview with: "I have a French name, but I don't speak French. That's pretty funny, eh?" Arcand replied that it was Seguin's loss that he could not speak French (presumably spoken in Arcand's perfect English). Apart from the insulting nature of Seguin's comment, much like saying to Spike Lee, "you are the first African-American I've met that didn't own a gun," he actually printed it, complete with Arcand's biting retort (which Seguin was seemingly unaware of its tone). I'm not trying to do a character assassination on Mr. Seguin (honestly, I've met him and he seems like a nice enough guy), but just warning an academic audience that Seguin's observations on Cannes are likely to be as informative as Rex Reed's. But, as they say, is only my opinion. Mikel Koven