Post by criterionmaster on May 31, 2006 11:49:53 GMT -5
"CLERKS 2" GETS 8 MINUTE STANDING OVATION AT CANNES
Film Threat
Sometimes the French boo, sometimes they hate your theme parks and sometimes they champion your film like it's a God. Luckily for Kevin Smith, he received the latter treatment after his newest film, Clerks 2, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Festival-goers for the midnight screening began standing and applauding during the film's credits and did not stop until 8 minutes had gone by. In director Smith's own words, as posted on his ViewAskew messageboard:
"When the flick ended and the credits started rolling, a standing ovation began that lasted a full eight minutes. It was surreal and wonderful, and it just kept going and going. I looked to Harvey (Weinstein, our boss), that old Cannes war-horse, to see if the cast and I should start heading out of the theater: as it was two in the morning and the applause wasn't showing any signs of stopping. But from two aisles back, he responded with a waving "No" finger at me, mouthing the words "Don't move." So we all stayed put.
By the time the credits ended, I figured the audience was done applauding as well.
But they weren't."
Film Threat
Sometimes the French boo, sometimes they hate your theme parks and sometimes they champion your film like it's a God. Luckily for Kevin Smith, he received the latter treatment after his newest film, Clerks 2, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Festival-goers for the midnight screening began standing and applauding during the film's credits and did not stop until 8 minutes had gone by. In director Smith's own words, as posted on his ViewAskew messageboard:
"When the flick ended and the credits started rolling, a standing ovation began that lasted a full eight minutes. It was surreal and wonderful, and it just kept going and going. I looked to Harvey (Weinstein, our boss), that old Cannes war-horse, to see if the cast and I should start heading out of the theater: as it was two in the morning and the applause wasn't showing any signs of stopping. But from two aisles back, he responded with a waving "No" finger at me, mouthing the words "Don't move." So we all stayed put.
By the time the credits ended, I figured the audience was done applauding as well.
But they weren't."
