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Transcript: Cannes Film Festival Showcases Directors
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- May 14, 2009
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MELISSA BLOCK
NPR All Things Considered
05-14-2009
Cannes Film Festival Showcases Directors
Host: MELISSA BLOCK
Time 20:00-21:00 PM
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MELISSA BLOCK, host:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block.
ROBERT SIEGEL, host:
And I'm Robert Siegel.
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SIEGEL: This is from the opening ceremony yesterday at Cannes on the French Riviera: a swell of music, a cascade of tinkling chimes, angelic voices, music that poses the question, how do you say schmaltz in French? The occasion, the greatest gathering of film stars since the White House Correspondence Association dinner, the Cannes Film Festival, or as the MC Edward Baer(ph) called, it
Mr. EDWARD BAER ...