NETFLIX ISN’T ABSENT AT CANNES. IT’S EVERYWHERE.
May 25, 2019
4 minutes
If you’re going to earnestly shout “Vive le cinema!” the Cannes Film Festival is the place to do it. That’s what Quentin Tarantino declared from atop Cannes’ red-carpet stairs on his way into the premiere of “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” his affectionate ode to the movie industry.
The movie, aglow with nostalgia for the halcyon days of 1969 and starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt, encapsulates what’s now almost extinct in Hollywood: a big-budget, movie star-led original epic. It’s Tarantino’s widescreen retort to anyone who would argue movies are diminished in the age of streaming.
And nowhere is the art of movies more celebrated,
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