The opening was then followed by the opening press conference at the Egyptian – a busy as usual Q&A that saw Robert Redford and sidekick Geoffrey Gilmore discuss the past and sparsely discussed the future. In other words, it was business as usual with no silver lining for “the 25 edition" which is according to Redford no more important than the 24th or the upcoming 26th editions.
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