Completely OT : Cannes, Mickael Moore and the Iraq War

[rextorres]

Originally posted by Atrocities:
Moore is a jerk and only the French would give him an award for an anti-Bush movie.

Actually that's another mistruth.

The jury committee (the ones who choose the winner) is made up of 3 Americans, 1 Brit, 1 Chinese, 1 Finn, 1 Haitian and only 1 French person. 1 French Jury Member does not constitute as the "French" giving Moore an award. You can look it up if you don't believe me.

I suppose it's a credit - and a lack of bigotry -on the French to choose mostly foreigners. I can't imagine an American organization allowing mostly foreigners to pick an award for anything much less the most prestigious film award.

[ May 23, 2004, 21:51: Message edited by: rextorres ]