CANNES FILM FESTIVAL - CANNES WINNER HOPING FOR TICKET BUYERS, NOT TROPHIES

The winner of this year's top prize at the Cannes Film Festival says he hopes his film won't be relegated to a few art houses and other film festivals. In an interview with Reuters at the New York Film Festival, Romanian Director Cristian Mungiu, who won the Palme d'Or for his film 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, said, "I don't see myself as an arthouse filmmaker, making films for small theaters and few people. ... I care about awards ... but I just want to reach more people who would get something from the story." Mungiu went on to remark that he realizes that he "can't compete with Spiderman 3 and it is OK they will go and see that film, but there are people who want to see a film like mine too."

04/10/2007