Arena (1975)

Cinema: Cannes (1977x26)

: 08, 1977

Mr Universe, the Crazy Horse Girls de Paris, Yum Yum Shaw, superstars with police escorts, topless bathing beauties—the Cannes Film Festival still sometimes seems more like a circus than a trade fair. But for all that, film people find it an indispensable fortnight in their calendar. A report on the business and the ballyhoo.