《伟大的盖茨比》闪耀戛纳电影节

    The 2013 Cannes Film Festival opens today with Baz Luhrmann’s 3D version of “The Great Gatsby,” a lavish throwback* to the “Roaring Twenties” that befits the glamour and excess of the world’s biggest cinema showcase.

    The Australian director’s adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel starring Leonardo DiCaprio surprised some Hollywood insiders, because Cannes traditionally launches on the palm-lined French Riviera with a splashy world premiere*.

    But “The Great Gatsby” has already opened in the United States to mixed reviews and solid box office.

    Stars on the red carpet include Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling, Emma Watson and Bollywood veteran Amitabh Bachchan.

    Their pictures will undergo one of the most grueling tests in movie making — pleasing Cannes’ notoriously picky critics who regularly boo* as the credits roll if they are unhappy.

    And behind the scenes at the event, up to 40,000 film professionals will be seeking to buy and sell the next box office hit at the most important movie market of the year.

    “This is the hardest 10 days of the year for me. There are always three or four movies that are exceptional and you have to find them so it is a detective job,” said Tom Bernard, co-president and co-founder of Sony Pictures Classics.(SD-Agencies)

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