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Revolting, manipulative, thoroughly entertaining...TROMA!
You have to give the Troma people some credit - they're not afraid to stab themselves in the eyeball from time to time. "All the Love you Cannes" apparently began life as a simple (and pretty damned useful) guide to surviving at the Cannes Film Festival on a limited budget. Places like Cannes are crucial to an independent studio like Troma - they attract international buyers, they pick up small, ... films for cheap, they get precious screenings for their films. But they also promote themselves, and here's where "ATLYC" turns a little ugly.

The Troma Team is willing to try every stunt imaginable to get a little publicity, including walking the streets of Cannes dressed as various Troma heroes, staging lesbian make-out sessions, hilariously crashing Jean-Claude Van Damme's "press conference," where JCVD shows up for about 2 seconds. All well and good, but gradually we start to see a struggle between Scott, who prefers a businesslike approach, and Doug, the incredibly obnoxious "Director of Marketing" who believes that drunkenly harrassing the citizens of Cannes is good, clean marketing.

I won't tell you where Lloyd's sympathies ultimately lie (he's much more cuddly in this doc than in the making-of's of "Terror Firmer" and "Citizen Toxie"), but at least I have to respect him for sticking to his guns...he'd rather support the artists who have made Troma, for better or worse, what it is today than kowtow to the people with the most money. Still, watching the behavior of the Troma team degenerate to truly ugly depths can be difficult, and might queer your sympathies toward Troma. The ending of this story is really no surprise, and Lloyd can't pin it on his entertaining-if-paranoid theories of Corporate Conspiracy. Troma definitely gives itself a purple nurple with this one.

Still, you gotta admire them for releasing this doc. It's scrappy and entertaining, and generally well-edited - it's better than "The Making of Citizen Toxie," but maybe not as fun as "The Making of Terror Firmer." It does feature some solid advice, and some lovely Tromatic debauchery. Will it make you a bigger Troma fan? Maybe not. Will you buy their next DVD anyway? Of COURSE you will!

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All The Love You Cannes Is INCREDIBLE!
This DVD is a great documentary about the struggles Troma has been through with dealing with the corporate elites at Cannes film festival. It is also an interesting look at what you really have to go through as in independent filmaker. This documentary is a no holds barred guide to every step of making your own independent movie on a very small budget and coming out with great results like Lloyd. Kudos to Lloyd and the Troma Team they have put together another winner in my eyes. Check it out and you will not be dissapointed. To the die-hard fans this dvd offers a glimpse into the everyday life of Troma filmaking. LONG LIVE TROMA! Forget the hollywood pattern. Take a chance on truly independent cinema and you will be forever changed.