CANNES
"We thought because this film was well known that the fair thing to do, and the fun thing to do, would be to view it where the entire world comes together once a year at this festival," enthused filmmaker Steven Spielberg earlier this afternoon at the Cannes Film Festival, after the press got their first look at his latest film, "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull." Asked whether he feared a critical backlash to the film, Harrison Ford was stalwart in his response, "I expect to have the whip turned on me," the actor admitted, "Its not unusual for something that is popular to be disdained by some people." He added that he is not afraid of any criticism, continuing, "I work for the people who pay to get in, they are my customers. My focus is on providing the best experience I can for those people." And concluding, Ford noted, "This kind of film is such a celebration of the movies that somehow I feel enured from professional criticism. I know that we made this movie to reacquaint people with the pure joy that can happen in a dark room with a bunch of people seeing something you haven't seen before, that will just kick your butt."