Cannes’ Longest Standing Ovations: ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’ at 22 Minutes, ‘Inglourious Basterds’ and More
variety.comZack Sharf Digital News Director Standing ovations at Cannes have become a festival tradition that both delights and infuriates cinephiles around the world.
How can an audience really clap for more than 10 minutes? Does the continuous applause even mean a film is great? Are people really breaking out their stopwatches inside the theater to time the ovations?
Let’s get this out of the way now: Festival standing ovations can be somewhat genuine but also entirely manufactured. At Cannes, a camera crew records the cast and crew in attendance at each world premiere after the screening ends and their faces get projected onto the enormous Palais screen in real-time.
The longer this camera feed lasts, the more an ovation can continue. If talent tears up or waves to the crowd on the screen, cheers often soar.
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