The growing obsession over the film festival standing ovation and the reaction to it from the stars has — for some — become a source of ridicule. Was it 12 or 13 minutes long? Did anyone famous cry? Did they hug anyone? Does any of it matter and, crucially, will any of this translate into success at the box office?
Now, this mockery has come full circle and made it back to screen.
“Ovation” — a new short film written and performed by Luke Barnett — is described as “an actor’s journey through a never-ending standing ovation at the Cannes Film Festival.”
Filmed in one continuous take with the camera never taking its focus from Barnett’s face, “Ovation” shows the actor’s suited star rise from his seat to wild applause and, across five minutes of near continual whoops and cheers, run the gamut of emotions. Humbled acknowledgment, tearful appreciation, tired annoyance, intense frustration……
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