CANNES 78th, Only for Cinemas, an Antidote to Doom Scrolling

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - May 21, 2026 - PRLog -- Cannes Film Festival officianado David Blake is recently back in Cannes 78th Edition - off the plane from New Zealand & a screening of Sam Miller's documentary "OUR MAN IN CANNES - THE DAVID BLAKE STORY".

NZ based director & producer Sam Miller & his contingent have also been busy on their slate of films including the 1901 set period pieces FIVE KINGDOMS (I &II). but with this new documentary, Sam Miller says  "documentary is keeping us grounded in the history and tradition of film for cinema" the production & distribution company has made the choice of only releasing their films exclusively only for cinema; as he says "actual real Cinema is a social event that holds a society together; we are only releasing into cinemas to help community; not to foster the epidemic of loneliness & Doom Scrolling"

Infamously David went out with Playboy Centrefold Misty Rowe who played Marylin Munroe "Good Night Sweet Marylin" and as he says; "..Playboy wrote an article about us in 1976 & stated that I was a millionaire, but I wasn't; forever after everyone thought I was rich"!?

OUR MAN IN CANNES is narrated by New Zealand's Davey Round (FIVE KINGDOMS) in which he plays Jean Cocteau, The Wizard of New Zealand (THE WIZARD & THE COMMODORE) as Napoleon plus Wing Commander Robert Tait (FIVE KINGDOMS) as Eddie Lear plus it has many New Zealander's, Actors & Actresses.

A must see for any serious Cinephile, or any fan of the Cannes Film Festival, the documentary covers the origins of Cannes, The Carlton Terrace, Hotel du Cap, La Colombe d'Or. Hollywood, The London Scene Soho and Shepperton, Studio 54, Woodstock, the Playboy Mansion, Nazis in Cannes 1940's & Backgammon with a Hollywood Centre Fold - this documentary shows it all.

Warning for 1980's nudity, cellphones & Adult themes. www.vimeo.com/1046590125