Movies That Got Boos, Jeers, Walkouts
A man being bludgeoned to death by a fire extinguisher in the Gaspar Noe’s 2002 Irreversible.
An un-simulated oral sex scene (to complete ejaculation in close-up) between Chloe Sevigny and Vincent Gallo in he 2003 The Brown Bunny.
Nicole Kidman literally standing above and peeing on Zac Efron’s jellyfish sting–in real time–in The Paperboy.
All of these movie share something in common: They led to boos and walkouts from critics and audience members at the Cannes Festival.
Getting booed at Cannes has almost become sort of a ritual, a right of passage for many of the best filmmakers in the world, from Scorsese to David Lynch, Sofia Coppola, Terrence Malick, Oliver Assayas and David Cronenberg.
There are the likes of Lars von Trier and Gaspar Noé, two filmmakers who court controversy and boos whenever they show a new film.
Here are the some of the most controversial films in festival’s history.
What was the movie doing in Cannes?
It was back-to-back Cannes misses for Ryan Gosling, who followed up “Only God Forgives” boos in 2013 with even more boos for his 2014 feature directorial debut “Lost River.”
Gosling’s directorial debut provided this year’s Cannes Fest with arguably a terrible movie, which was chosen only because of Ryan Gosling’s star power.
After its Tuesday screening, Critics rushed to Twitter to spread vitriol, disbelief about a film partially set in underwater city.
It’s a tale that owes debts to David Lynch and Gosling’s Drive director Nicolas Winding Refn.
