Paul Schrader Wonders Why People Don T Boo At Cannes And Venice Anymore World Of Reel
I’ll tell you why, the film criticism that we dearly loved is dead and most film critics are now too scared to step out of the consensus in fear of the repercussions they might get. The legendary booing at Cannes which you’ve read about at Cannes all these years almost exclusively occurred at press screenings. Rarely has it occurred at a film’s actual world premiere. In 2016, “Personal Shopper,” “The Neon Demon,” and, more importantly, Sean Penn’s “The Last Face” were booed there, and this set Cannes to install tightly-knit embargoes — press were no longer allowed to watch movies before the red carpet premiere....