John Travolta<\/strong> directly addressed his very deliberate and specific reasons for showing up to the Cannes Film Festival with this new look.<\/p>\n In case you missed it, Travolta has been seen around the Southern French city wearing a close-cropped beard and moustache, thin-rimmed eyeglasses and \u2014 most memorable of all \u2014 an endless selection of slouchy berets.<\/p>\n He\u2019s at the iconic festival promoting his first-ever movie behind the camera as director, Propeller One-Way Night Coach<\/em>, a wholesome family adventure movie.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been around for over 50 years doing movies, but I can\u2019t tell, when I look back, the difference between the events,\u201d Travolta explained in an interview with celebrity.land<\/a>.<\/p>\n John Travolta has been wearing berets around Cannes. By: ZUMAPRESS.com \/ MEGA<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n \u201cAnd I said, \u2018I\u2019m a director this time. You\u2019re an actor, play the part of a director, look like an old-school director.\u2019 So I looked up pictures from the \u201920, \u201930s, \u201940s, \u201950, \u201960s, and the old-school directors wore berets, and the glasses, and I thought, \u2018That\u2019s what I\u2019m doing. I\u2019m going to do an homage to being a director, so I\u2019m going to play the part of being a director.\u201d<\/p>\n He took inspiration from timeless directors such as Ingmar Bergman<\/strong> and Roberto Rossellini<\/strong>. (We won\u2019t lie, though, it\u2019s hard not to see evil Truman Show<\/em> director Christof in director-core Cannes Travolta.)<\/p>\n Travolta\u2019s new look is reminiscent of the \u2018Truman Show\u2019 villain. By: Paramount Pictures\/YouTube<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n But for the Pulp Fiction<\/em> star, the new look was worth it for posterity.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then when I look back, I\u2019ll know \u2014 \u2018Oh, that was Propeller One-Way Night Coach<\/em>, that was Cannes, that\u2019s when I won the Palme d\u2019Or,\u2019 and I\u2019ll have a vividness of it,\u201d he said in a tongue-in-cheek conclusion (Travolta\u2019s movie isn\u2019t in competition<\/a> for the highest honor at Cannes, but he did receive<\/a> an honorary Palme d\u2019Or at the festival).<\/p>\n In competition for the \u201creal\u201d Palme d\u2019Or are movies from the likes of Pedro Almod\u00f3var<\/strong> (Amarga Navidad<\/em>), James Gray<\/strong> (Paper Tiger<\/em>) and Ryusuke Hamaguchi<\/strong> (All of a Sudden<\/em>).<\/p>\n As for how Travolta\u2019s look has been received by the public, we dare say it\u2019s been overwhelmingly positive.<\/p>\n \u201cJohn Travolta earned the right to be whoever he wants to be,\u201d one person commented under the CNNinterview on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cIf John wants to wear a beret, John can wear a beret. And he looks great,\u201d agreed someone else.<\/p>\n \u201cThe \ud83d\udc10 can wear wtf he wants. Pulp Fiction<\/em>, Face\/Off<\/em> and Get Shorty<\/em> alone unlocked unlimited hats,\u201d put in a third person.<\/p>\n Travolta\u2019s first film as a director is part of the Cannes Film Festival. By: Apple TV\/YouTube<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>
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