Roman Polanski walked off the stage when he deemed the questions too stupid and inane to be worth answering (why doesn’t your country have more films in the festival, what is your favorite color, etc?) - As an addendum, there’s a little kiddie park with slides right next to the Palais which I have deemed the Polanski Park in his honor.

Michael Moore’s Out of competition SICKO and Leonardo DiCaprio’s 11TH HOUR documentaries have been very well recieved.

Jerry Seinfeld made an ass of himself to stunt open his upcoming film “BEE MOVIE” (something that festival goers could anticipate days before because of the wires that were conspicuosly running from the Carlton Hotel down to the beach) for more check out http://www.variety.com/blog/1390000339/post/1100009510.html.

Films such as Raphaël Nadjari’s TEHILIM (he’s French/Algerian and Israeli) and Romania’s “4 MONTHS, 3 WEEKS AND 2 NIGHTS” (directed by Cristian Mungiu) have been getting most of the festival buzz.

The only American film of note in the competition seems to be the Coen Brothers return to form with NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN (starring Tommy Lee Jones.) David Fincher of course has been recieving praise for ZODIAC, but something tells me that a film that was released so long ago in the US and has already recieved its commercial status as mediocre would be biased against by the Cannes Jury (headed by helmer Stephen Frears who I suspect will favor more European fare.)

Kid Rock (who I hung out with on Friday night as reported in my last column) was seen leaving the room when his ex-wife Pamela Anderson entered it. Incidentally Kid Rock was passing a bottle of Jack Daniels around in the VIP booth and people were sharing with him. Now that I remember he was married to Hepatitis C carrying Pamela Anderson I am glad that I had the foresight not to put that bottle to my lips!

Now that I’m leaving Cannes, Paul Allen is throwing a massive party Tuesday night on his yacht (the biggest in the world and too big to be docked in Cannes harbor and only accessible from a transport ferry.) The Fugees Pras Michel and Brad Pitt seen together I hear and Angelina Jolie is also in town. Pitt of course here to commence the release activities in association with OCEANS 13.

So all in all its been a fun week for me and I’m glad to be leaving on a high note having accomplished all that there is to accomplish here in Cannes. The rest of BOPsy reporting will be carried on from the sidelines.