The president assumed the role of absolute neutrality in the same way as he had done on the previous day, and impressed on the juryfacts whichthey all knew and couldnot help knowing.
Dressed in his signature white shirt teamed with black velvet jacket and charcoal gray pants, he appeared on stage as if he was the Presidentof the jury.
Spielberg, who has made 27 films during his 40-year career, takes over from Italian director Nanni Moretti, who was presidentof the jury for the main competition last year.