Posted on 09/06/2004 1:52:43 PM PDT by Lonely Bull
VENICE (Reuters) - While stars sip martinis poolside at the Venice Film Festival, down the beach hundreds of activists are staging a "camp-in" to protest against Hollywood blockbusters and high ticket prices at the competition.
The T-shirt and flip-flop wearing crowd has stormed the red carpet twice, marched down the Lido's main avenues in anti-war protests and on Sunday night they occupied the exclusive terrace at the Excelsior Hotel where actors go to see and be seen.
"That was our masterpiece, our crowning achievement so far," said Luca Casarini, an anti-globalization activist and one of the organizers of the anti-festival called "Global Beach."
Paparazzi may be lining up for glimpses of Al Pacino and Nicole Kidman, but the guests of honor at "Global Beach" are outspoken U.S. director Tim Robbins and anti-globalization icon Naomi Klein -- both in town to present new documentaries.
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cool! they are eating their own ;^)
Who do we root for in this one? Looks like a win-win for our side.
I'd toss out the quote about the revolution eating it's children but I'd be laughing too hard.
p.s. I've read reviews of Tim Robbins "Embedded" and even a few certifiably liberal reviewers consider it too crude even for Goebbels.
Maybe they can chase each others ego's till they all turn to butter...
We hope they'll defeat each other... :-)
Root for? Hmmm, how about a daisy cutter smack in the middle of the boardwalk? At, say, 3 pm local time.
Damn, family payback is a bitch, from their own flip-flopping kind yet.
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