leonardo dicaprio is another cannes regular, and he is there this year for the premiere of killers of the flower moon. indeed, industry insiders say it is a big year at cannes. we have indiana jones. we ve got martin scorsese s new film with leonardo dicaprio. we ve got a wes anderson film packed with every single star you could name, and sort of a who s who of great auteur arthouse directors. and so this combination is really, i mean, it s all killer, no filler. i mean, it s an impressive, incredible line up. johnny depp has been going to cannes for years. here he is in 1995 and again in 2011. he s set to make headlines this year. the opening film is his new movie, jean dewberry. it s a french language movie and is being billed as his comeback. it s his first since that high profile court case with amber heard. it s worth remembering that cannes is a competition. the top prize is this, the palme d 0r.
who is, without any doubt, and elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has made such classics as kes, the wind that shakes the barley and i, daniel blake. and he has won the top prize, the palme d 0r, and at the canne film festival twice. radio: this is the britishl broadcasting corporation. i met ken loach in bbc s council chamber in the heart of old broadcasting house in london. how did you come to actually work for the bbc? i was working. i had left university and became briefly an actor not a good one. he chuckles. directed in the theatre, and then applied to the bbc as an assistant floor manager and got turned down. i applied as a director and got taken on, and did a course for six weeks, which was mainly about what forms you had to fill in to get the services you needed. we had half a day in total of what to do with
in the film industry. the bbc helped to train the man who is, without any doubt, an elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has made such classics as kes, the wind that shakes the barley and i, daniel blake. and he has won the top prize, the palme d 0r, at the canne film festival twice. radio: this is the britishl broadcasting corporation. i met ken loach in the bbc s council chamber in the heart of old broadcasting house in london. how did you come to actually work for the bbc? i was working. i had left university and became briefly an actor not a good one. he chuckles. directed in the theatre, and then applied to the bbc as an assistant floor manager and got turned down. i applied as a director and got taken on, and did a course
at the bbc, who ve moved on to greatness in the film industry. the bbc helped to train the man who is, without any doubt, and elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has made such classics as kes, the wind that shakes the barley and i, daniel blake. and he has won the top prize, the palme d 0r, and at the cannes film festival twice. radio: this is a british i broadcasting corporation. i met ken loach in bbc s council chamber in the heart of old broadcasting house in london. how did you come to actually work for the bbc? i was working. i had left university and became briefly an actor not a good one. he chuckles. directed in the theatre, and then applied to the bbc as an assistant floor manager and got turned down. i applied as a director and got taken on, and did a course for six weeks, which was mainly
the bbc may ve been around for 100 years but almost 50 years ago i came to portland place to a bbc appointments board, and i gotan apprenticeship as a bbc news trainee. since then, over the years, i have witnessed numerous men and women, talented people at the bbc, who ve moved on to greatness in the film industry. the bbc helped to train the man who is, without any doubt, and elder statesman of british cinema 86 year old ken loach. with more than 50 directing credits to his name, he has made such classics as kes, the wind that shakes the barley and i, daniel blake. and he has won the top prize, the palme d 0r, and at the canne film festival twice. radio: this is a british i broadcasting corporation. i met ken loach in bbc s council chamber in the heart of old broadcasting house in london. how did you come to actually work for the bbc?