Cannes archives available online
Festival launches footage site
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Ina-festivaldecannes.com, launched for the fest's 60th anniversary, contains dozens of gems, such as Alfred Hitchcock's famed definition of "suspense," expressed in somewhat hesitant French, and Maurice Pialat, recipient of the Palme d'Or for "Under Satan's Sun," responding to boos from the crowd with a defiant "I don't like you, either."
The site contains 300 hours of footage packaged in 1,500 excerpts dating back to the festival's first edition in 1946.
Most of it was recorded by France's pubcaster, but footage since 1993 mostly comes courtesy of paybox Canal Plus, now exclusive broadcaster of events during the festival.
Film industryites have been asked to give a list of their favorite Cannes moments, which can be viewed on the site, and visitors will be able to post their own lists as well as add their own amateur footage of the festival.
At a press conference Thursday, Cannes Film Festival prexy Gilles Jacob said the site would "reinforce the festival's ties with the general public and help the festival transmit its love of cinema."
The venture is commercial as well as promotional, and the INA is hoping visitors to the site will pay to download extracts, which are visible on the site free of charge, as well as pay for Cannes screensavers and e-cards.
Visitors to the site also will boost overall traffic on INA's main Web site, which receives 500,000 visits a month.
"No other film festival in the world has a facility like this," INA topper Emmanuel Hoog said. "We think it is going to be a success."
