Such are the sundries ofGuy Maddin, Evan and Galen Johnsons political comedyRumourshere atCannes.
Lets start with the title.
The filmmakers say that financiers and producers at no point asked them what it signified.
(L-R) Roy Dupuis, Nikki Amuka-Bird, Denis Ménochet, Rolando Ravello and Cate Blanchett on Sunday in CannesNeilson Barnard/Getty Images
Well, it was named after the Fleetwood Mac album.
Says Galen Johnson, That was famously creatively fraught, everyone was sleeping with each other.
Hence, a perfect fit.
Blanchett billedRumoursas documentary-esque in lifting a curtain on the G7.
And the British-accented POTUS played by Charles Dance that was all intentional per Maddin and his co-filmmakers.
Another inspiration conceit per Maddin: What if the revolutionary war went another way?
What if (America) just stayed a colony?
Evan Johnson was asked about aRumoursfranchise.
Joking, he said, Yes, its true, its calledTumors.
