Hollywood is not in Cannes this year because no one really knows where Hollywood is right now. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t American cinema on La Croisette. There is, and of quality. Although unfortunately there is also its reverse: Steven Soderbergh’s documentary John Lennon: The Last Interview It is a great opportunity to see the wolf’s ears. Specifically those of artificial intelligence. Produced by Meta, the result (despite its enormous interest as a sound archive) is so irritating that it is unpresentable at a festival that boasts of purism like Cannes.
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