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Cannes opens with The Great Gatsby, but the novelty is already off

Would Gilles Jacob, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, see it as a godsend or a knee-jerk reaction to American studios? That Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is Wednesday's opening film certainly means spectacle and a lot of attention. But it is not a world premiere, and that is not what we are used to from the world's premier film festival. The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, already premiered in the United States, Canada and a few other countries on 10 May. H...

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Leo Bankersen

Leo Bankersen has been writing about film since Chinatown and Night of the Living Dead. Reviewed as a freelance film journalist for the GPD for a long time. Is now, among other things, one of the regular contributors to De Filmkrant. Likes to break a lance for children's films, documentaries and films from non-Western countries. Other specialities: digital issues and film education.View Author posts

Would Gilles Jacob, the director of the Cannes Film Festival, see it as a godsend or a knee-jerk reaction to American studios? That Baz Luhrmann's The Great Gatsby is Wednesday's opening film certainly means spectacle and a lot of attention. But it is not a world premiere, and that is not what we are used to from the world's premier film festival. The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, already premiered in the United States, Canada and a few other countries on 10 May. H...

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