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QT: V is for victory
A bubbly Quentin Tarantino showed up for a press conference in Cannes on Tuesday, flashing the V for victory sign — an indication that he thinks that “Death Proof” is a leading contender for the Palme d’Or.
“I consider myself to be a favorite son” of the festival, he said, noting that he previously won the Palme for “Pulp Fiction.”
He referred to the festival as “where the gods go. It is where the greatest films that are made go. It is where the greatest directors go. It’s a place of royalty.”
Tarantino was clearly feeling royal himself. His appearance at the press conference sparked a mob scene among reporters and TV cameramen who were trying to get in to the relatively small conference room.
The director said “Death Proof” was meant as an homage to the powerful women protagonists of the 1970s. In the movie, three women take revenge on Kurt Russell, a serial killer who uses his car as the weapon of choice.
In what turned out to be a veritable love fest, a reporter from Uzbekistan thanked the director on behalf of “all the women of Central Asia.”
Fellow “Grindhouse” director Robert Rodriguez of Austin showed up and stood on the sidelines without saying anything. The director, who just announced he’s planning to remake “Barbarella,” couldn’t be missed. He was wearing a big cowboy hat.
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