King of Cannes: Madness, Mayhem, and the Movies

by Stephen Walker

A neurotic British filmmaker recounts his up-and-down journey to Cannes as he tries to film a documentary about the legendary French film festival. Reprint.

262 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 1999

Reviews

[Alan Wood · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very funny, fly-on-the-wall incompetence in Cannes. Loved it.

[Kirsty (alkalinekiwi) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked up from a library book sale last year.
I laughed a lot reading this book though frequently it was due to the craziness of it all. I know very little about Cannes or film festivals in general so I guess I learnt something too.

[Greg]

I never thought a book about making a documentary about the Cannes film festival could actually be laugh out loud funny. Boy was I wrong. A must for cinephiles and aspiring filmmakers as well as anyone curious about how the festival system really works.

[Julie Welsford · Rating 3 out of 5]

Silly, but as a film critic I found it hilarious!

[Rebecca Blanks · Rating 5 out of 5]

Outstanding. Read it all in a day and was my favorite book for a very long time