Dade Hayes Finance EditorApplause is often the soundtrack of film festival screenings, especially on opening night. The New York Film Festival’s annual Lincoln Center bow features cascades of clapping as fest personnel, filmmakers and cast members take the stage and muse about the film before the lights go down.At Thursday night’s start to the pandemic-altered festival at the Queens Drive-In, which featured the world premiere of Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock, car horns replaced applause, but the mood was ebullient.
When festival director Eugene Hernandez appeared via video (projected on the big screen from a location across the parking lot), he urged the crowd to show their appreciation with their horns. “Why don’t you let me hear those honks.
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