They often turn to applause when Trade tries to test viewers’ reactions to the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. However, as I’ve looked into it recently New York TimesPulling out a stopwatch may not be the most reliable way to assess the success of competing films.
Snap responses from the Cannes crowd ranged from a 22-minute standing ovation to a final Palme d’Or or winner boo. Ahead of the festival’s closing this weekend, here are eight of the most notable examples when audience reactions did not match the film’s future.
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Taxi driver
Perhaps one of the most famous examples of the Croisette crowd that is not connected to the classics was its 1976 premiere Martin Scorsese‘s Taxi driver. Jodie FosterWho will appear in the film? Robert de NiroWe even choked the response to that graphic content. “The whole issue of film violence exploded,” she said. Hollywood Reporter 2016. However, the ju judges at Cannes felt different and were awarded Taxi driver Advances four Academy Award nominations, including The Palme D’Or – Best Picture.
Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1
According to deadline, first installments of Kevin CostnerThe Self-Funded Passion Project succumbed to an 11-minute standing ovation at Cannes. And although there are certainly defenders in the West, horizonThe wide release of the film was undoubtedly far below the hype from the Fest. The film tops domestic box office at $29 million, preventing the release of the film Chapter 2not yet distributed – making all of Costner’s post-applicated speeches unhappy. “I feel very fortunate and I am very blessed,” he said. “There are three more.”
Twin Peaks: Walking the fire with me
“I hate lynching Twin Peak movie. “It was a colorful headline Calgary Herald Runs after the 1992 premiere David Lynch‘s Twin Peak Part 1. It will take time to challenge Laura Palmer’s final days in the Pitch Black exam, but the death of the late Auther will lead to the death of the late Auther. I’ll walk around the fire with me It is primarily considered to be one of his best films.
Tree of Life
It’s very similar Taxi driver Before that, Terrence MalickThe meditative masterpiece drove the waves of boos all the way to Palme de Hal. The screening response at Cannes also saw conflicting reports of the amount of booing and some explanations of cheering between both sides of the important consensus. But Indiewire’s Eric Cornthe person on the ground heard a dejected reaction and reported it. “Booing at the end of today Tree of Life The screening was of an ugly animal that explains why Malick didn’t report,” he wrote. The film will continue to win three Academy Award nominations for photography, director and cinematography.
Neon Devil
Danish Provocateurs and Previous Best Directors of Cannes Nicholas Winding refn It could achieve his platonic ideal for festival responses, strengthen the reported 17-minute ovation and cause a fight in screenings of critics. “It once again took Cannes to the next level. The great thing about Cannes is that it cherishes and is invented for modernism and the reaction of classics and conflicts between them,” he told the deadline at the Fest. “From my perspective, there’s something in addition to personal satisfaction, that’s in it. That’s a great business.” With a wider release, Neon Devil They split critics and flattened mostly with a general audience.
pulp fiction
Always a story innovator, Quentin Tarantino I got his boo rear The film was screened. One of the most iconic films of the 1990s pulp fiction beat redthe final article KrzysztofKieślowski‘s Three colors Trilogy for Palme de Ort, and people weren’t so pleased.
Paper Boy
“We got a great standing ovation, it was amazing.” Nicole Kidman He told The Associated Press after the 2012 premiere Lee Daniels‘ Paper Boy. “This is my fifth time [at Cannes]so I have experienced many, many different reactions. That’s the longest posture I’ve ever had at Cannes. “And that may have been true, thoughthr ellipses were recorded at almost 15 minutes of recording), and reported that responses from Cannes were not consistent. Critics have mainly panned crime dramas in the South, with their domestic totals less than $1 million.
Dancer in the dark
Larsfon TrierIts relationship with the Cannes Film Festival was Rocky, to say the least. He was banned from the festival and won his highest honor. It comes with the latter Dancer in the darkhis 2000 music starring Icelandic musician Björk. The film won both boo and Parmedollar. Roger Evert I explained it completely in his review. “Reasonable people will praise Lars von Trier Dancer in the darkand others will be spewing it,” he wrote.
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