Columbine documentary chills festival

American director Michael Moore said on Thursday he hoped his provocative documentary on the roots of gun violence would serve as a cautiona...

American director Michael Moore said on Thursday he hoped his provocative documentary on the roots of gun violence would serve as a cautionary tale. Bowling for Columbine, inspired by the 1999 Columbine High School massacre in Littleton, Colorado, is the first documentary to be shown in competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 46 years.

‘‘Maybe the film can be some sort of warning to the rest of the world: ‘We don’t want to become like America’,’’ the Michigan-born director said.

When Moore, host of cult television shows TV Nation and The Awful Truth, turns his caustic wit on America’s trigger-happy culture, the result is by turns absurd and chilling. The film opens on a sequence of Moore opening an account in a bank where his welcome gift is a rifle.

Adams shows the right ‘spirit’

CANNES: Like the horse he sings about in Dream Works studio’s new animated feature Spirit, Bryan Adams has a spirit that can’t be broken. Days after breaking his hand in a biking accident, he got on a plane to perform the songs at Cannes.

He steps up live on stage on Saturday to croon along the soundtrack of the movie at the festival. Sucking on an ice lolly, with his arm in a sling, Adams attended rehearsals on Friday as living proof of the old showbiz adage: the show must go on.
(Reuters)