Netflix Buys Cannes Competition Film ‘The Black Ball,’ With Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close, for U.S. The film earned a 20 minute standing ovation, the longest at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Netflix Buys Cannes Competition Film ‘The Black Ball,’ With Penelope Cruz and Glenn Close, for U.S. The film earned a 20 minute standing ovation, the longest at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
> It tells the story of three men in three different periods — 1932, 1937 and 2017 — connected by the last works of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.
NewsCards on
This tradition of clapping for a movie for really long time is so fucking weird.
stony_phased on
20 minutes is insane
hnglmkrnglbrry on
I didn’t stand up and applaud for 20 mins when I lost my virginity so I can’t imagine anything short of my kid winning the Nobel Prize that could get that kind of reaction.
8fenristhewolf8 on
My brain read “Glen Powell” and was trying to figure out what reality I was in into where he gets a 20 min standing ovation.
kingdazy on
I have a lifelong love of film.
there is *no* film I love enough to imagine that standing in place clapping for 20 whole minutes makes sense.
thesame98 on
Sucks that Netflix got it cause that more than likely means this wont be in theaters.
fujidust on
Endurance clapping.
BrickTilt on
The fact that Netflix bought it perhaps speaks more to the quality of the movie rather than the headline-grabbing applause
Better-Bread-4141 on
a 20 minute standing ovation at cannes literally just means the audience didn’t actively throw garbage at the screen tbh. it’s such a completely meaningless metric at this point.
robbyiballs on
Hilarious they measure how good a movie is by the length of the ovation at Cannes…
Ballsahoy72 on
It’s all planned ahead of time. Nothing is sincere. Welcome to the land of make believe
mwax321 on
If it gets theatre elites this riled up, I’m sure it will bore me for 3 hours
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> It tells the story of three men in three different periods — 1932, 1937 and 2017 — connected by the last works of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.
This tradition of clapping for a movie for really long time is so fucking weird.
20 minutes is insane
I didn’t stand up and applaud for 20 mins when I lost my virginity so I can’t imagine anything short of my kid winning the Nobel Prize that could get that kind of reaction.
My brain read “Glen Powell” and was trying to figure out what reality I was in into where he gets a 20 min standing ovation.
I have a lifelong love of film.
there is *no* film I love enough to imagine that standing in place clapping for 20 whole minutes makes sense.
Sucks that Netflix got it cause that more than likely means this wont be in theaters.
Endurance clapping.
The fact that Netflix bought it perhaps speaks more to the quality of the movie rather than the headline-grabbing applause
a 20 minute standing ovation at cannes literally just means the audience didn’t actively throw garbage at the screen tbh. it’s such a completely meaningless metric at this point.
Hilarious they measure how good a movie is by the length of the ovation at Cannes…
It’s all planned ahead of time. Nothing is sincere. Welcome to the land of make believe
If it gets theatre elites this riled up, I’m sure it will bore me for 3 hours
IT BROKE NEW GROUND