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Interview: The movie business seen by Christopher Dodd of US Motion Pictures Association of America
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The United States is well represented at this year's Cannes Film Festival, both in the main competition and in parallel festivals. And there are just as many US film companies and executives looking for deals. In one American film, Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly, actor Brad Pitt describes the US as a business. While there’s no denying that Cannes is an international film festival, there is no getting away from the business side. As well as being a US senator, Christopher Dodd is the head of an important grouping of six major US studios, The Motion Picture Association of America.
