This just in from one of our correspondents.
Before a press screening yesterday, a man described as a "pudgy, pale, and bitter-sounding German journalist" returned to a seat he had saved with his coat and bag from a previous screening. He found his things on the stairs, and the female journalist sitting in his seat said, "What, did you think we were in Majorca?"
According to eye-witnesses, his reaction was to have her banned from the entire festival. At the time of writing, it was not clear whether our pudgy protagonist was able to back up his threat.
I believe that by Berlinale protocol he was in the wrong. The accepted rule is that you can only save a seat by leaving your stuff on it in the same screening. This is defined as the time the door staff opens the auditorium. If you have left your stuff there from a previous screening, it automatically becomes trash and/or a security hazard. The German journalist was lucky his bag wasn't disposed of with a controlled explosion.
Does this kind of thing happen at Cannes?
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
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She's in Germany so should respect our German ways. I'm utterly shocked that he didn't use extreme violence on her. It may have got him banned and charged with GBH but at least it would have sent a clear message to anyone thinking of doing the same.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Majorca quip is the most insulting thing I've heard since Dad's Army.
ReplyDeleteDon't mention the sunbed.
ReplyDeleteLove the Majorca answer - better than calling him a seat-Nazi. Although I would bet there were plenty of free seats when the woman came in; she just wanted to teach him a lesson. Which is very German.
ReplyDeleteyes, they do have that at Cannes. But i like you anyway my Lord.
ReplyDeleteHe sould have pissed on the seat
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