Red Rocket director Sean Baker is prepared to receive hate mail, he said at a press conference in Cannes on Thursday.Baker said he’s been the recipient of plenty of angry comments before, so he is philosophical about the impending reaction to Red Rocket‘s open-ended tale of a washed-up porn star in pursuit of a teenager.
He’s also confident that A24, the film’s U.S. distributors, will support him.“A24 is taking it domestically in the United States, and you know they’re a fearless company, and I think they’re going to take anything that comes our way head on,” he said. “But I don’t want to be negative about it.
I know we’re tackling tough subjects here, and I know there are themes and images that are triggering in this film, I get it.
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