Cannes Daily Update No. 2: Which Directorial Debut is Turning Heads?
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🗓️ 20 May 2025
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David and Richard take a few moments before they head out to another red carpet premiere at Cannes to give Rebecca a call to talk about the latest screenings at the fest. They first discuss Wes Anderson's 'The Phoenician Scheme', before diving deep on some of the high-profile celebrity directorial debuts that have hit the Croisette. And they reveal which director -- Kristen Stewart, Scarlett Johansson, or Harris Dickinson -- pleasantly surprised them with their skills behind the camera.
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| 0:18.0 | Hello and welcome to Little Gold Men, Vanity Fair's podcast for film, TV, and awards lovers. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm Rebecca Ford. |
| 0:27.6 | It's Tuesday, May 20th, day two of our special Cannes Week. |
| 0:31.9 | Every day this week, I'll be checking in with David and Richard to hear all about what's happening on the ground over there. |
| 0:37.5 | I called them again yesterday, just before they headed out to the premiere of Spike Lee's |
| 0:41.7 | film, Highest to Lowest, and we got to discuss the Phoenician scheme, as well as the |
| 0:46.5 | directorial debuts from Scarlett Johansson, Kristen Stewart, and Harris Dickinson. |
| 0:51.2 | Let's take a listen. |
| 0:53.5 | Hi, guys. Hello again. Hello. Hello. Hello. Hello. Here we are. |
| 0:57.9 | Day two. Day two or day 563. It's hard for me to tell. Yeah. And I'm sitting here in a tuxedo before I go to a premiere. |
| 1:07.7 | So how about that? I've never recorded in a tux before. |
| 1:13.8 | You sound fancier, Richard, I can tell. I can tell in your voice. |
| 1:16.5 | Well, it's because my voice is being cut off by my bowtie. |
| 1:24.9 | So we're going to discuss quite a few films today. We'll be starting with the Phoenician scheme, |
| 1:29.6 | and then we'll go into a few directorial debuts by people you know very well, including Eleanor the Great, the Chronology of Water, and Urchin. |
| 1:34.8 | I thought we should probably kick off with the Phoenician scheme, which is Wes Anderson's |
| 1:39.9 | latest film. |
| 1:40.6 | I noticed there was a big starry, star-studded, red carpet premiere. Were either of you |
| 1:45.9 | at that one? No, that was, I think, perhaps too hot a ticket for me. But you both have seen it, |
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