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At The Movies – Series 2 Episode 20, Ten Canoes (2006)

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In the audience at Cannes

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Margaret Pomeranz concludes her warm review of Ten Canoes with a reference to how warmly the film was received at Cannes. David Stratton was actually at Cannes and takes up the theme by describing what it felt like to be in the audience at Cannes for the screening.

Curator’s notes

by Janet Bell

David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz have been presenting their program for over twenty years, first at SBS and, since 2004, at the ABC. They often travel to the great film festivals of the world including Cannes and Venice or Berlin and their interviews with directors, actors and producers have kept us in Australia abreast of film culture around the world. In this case, David Stratton is able to report back on what it felt like to be in the audience at Cannes where Ten Canoes was seen by a European audience even before its release here in Australia.