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Wed 05 May 2004Saints and sinnersIt was the year Michael Moore was canonised and the earth moved for the stars of '9 Songs', reports Michael Dwyer in CannesDressed entirely in black, Quentin Tarantino bubbled with enthusiasm as he announced the winners at the closing ceremony of the 57th Cannes Festival. A self- confessed film geek, Tarantino has progressed from humble video-store clerk to winner of a screenwriting Oscar and the Palme d'Or for Pulp Fiction - and, for the past fortnight, to president of the jury that decided who would get this year's awards.