Cannes Journal: Tuesday

Tuesday morning Cherry arrived. We ate breakfast at the hotel and caught up with her. She had already scheduled a meeting for later in the day. We went to the festival to drop off press kits and amble around the market. Walking to the Grand Hotel, we ran into Renee, who had just arrived. She had checked into the hotel and had questions for Cherry with respect to the rooms. We ate at a Vietnamese place near the hotel and regrouped.

That night we met up with one of Kit's friends in the lobby of the Majestic Barriere. He had told us about the Jackie Chan party promoting his new film The Myth, and had offered to get us in. At 10, we wandered across the Croisette to the plage. Cami met us and we wandered in. The party was a blast. We met Edward Yang and had pictures taken with Jackie Chan. Jackie Chan looked exactly like he does in the movies, and I half-expected mayhem to ensue in the room. Christopher Doyle appeared with a very tall Chinese model. Cami introduced us to her son, Alexander, who had made an animated film that had won a student Academy Award. I recognized the character from a website promoting it.

The food was good, and we ate and drank and hung out until the party was almost over. Walking out, a hostess presented us with a box. We thought it was a DVD, but the box was heavy and the hostess told us it was fragile. Outside it was raining. I called a cab and we waited under an awning for it to arrive. Back at the hotel, I opened my box. It was a set of terracotta soldiers. Posted by eku at May 26, 2005 10:49 AM