Archive for June, 2008
Cannes Lions: What are you missing?
The annual advertising get-together is often portrayed as a gigantic piss-up (excuse my French). But there are nonetheless lots of events there worth a spin. I just checked out the seminar programme here. A few things caught my eye: notably the much-maligned Rupert Murdoch in conversation with Y&R; a talk titled “A day in the [...]
And now… a Roman Holiday for Cannes
Rome was very definitely one of the world’s movie-making capitals for some time, and still is home to the Cinecitta facilities and numerous movie companies. So it’s nice to see that it is still keeping up with things. In addition to hosting a good festival in September, the city is about to show a selection [...]


