When most people think of Cannes, they think art and movies. “When the world’s more than 2,000 film buyers come to Cannes, by contrast, they think purely about commerce. And while many of them believe the work of auteur directors will sell tickets back home, many others have simpler needs better met by titles like ‘Spiders 2’ or ‘Turbulence 3’ (a hijacking saga on sale here with the tagline: ‘One killer. Forty hostages. Ten million Internet viewers.’).” – Los Angeles Times 05/16/00