The Making of Quixote

[Donald McKinney]

To be honest, I'd be a bit disappointed if the film would be just presented in an out-of-competition slot. I'm not sure this would be the best way to put it in the light (unless it's the opening film). I'd prefer to see it in competition. Then again, the Cannes crowd is particularly tough so if showing the film out of competition enables it to dodge the most vicious reviews, it might be for the best.

As a sidenote, Gilliam is in France these days for his staging of Benvenuto Cellini andd he said in an interview that it took him one year to love his film but now he's very proud of it .

To be fair, Gilliam hasn't had much luck at Cannes. He premiered Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas there 20 years ago, and it was booed by the critics, plus the committee rejected Tideland for competition, mainly because, according to Gilliam, of farting in the first reel.

But, when Monty Python's The Meaning of Life won the Grand Jury Prize in 1983, Gilliam boasted that it was his preceding short that won it for them.