00:00I took nature, and science, and I synthesized.
00:09Boo! All right, all right. You all know I'm actually a nice guy.
00:14I'm not booing the Tilda Swinton star in Okja.
00:16I'm just letting you know, here from a windy day in Cannes,
00:19how an audience full of press reacted to the beginning of Netflix's first screening
00:23because of a technical glitch.
00:25The Hollywood Reporter's Patrick Breske recaps the screening.
00:28In an assuming irony, the first press screening for Netflix's competition film Okja
00:32was marred by a technical malfunction at the very start of the screening.
00:36The film was mis-framed on the big screen with the top and bottom sections of the print cut off.
00:41The tech problem quickly led to boos from the assembled international press.
00:45Shortly after, the screening was abruptly suspended.
00:48Don't you worry, cinephiles. It was fixed after 10 minutes and then correctly projected.
00:53And at the end of the movie, it was greeted by applause.
00:57It was. Even the horses liked it.
01:04Oh, come on. Are we back? Did anyone boo?
01:07I mean, how could you boo me?
01:09Okay, we're back? Good.
01:11Now, for the tech malfunction on Okja,
01:13Breske reports that many were speculating that Netflix was sabotaged.
01:18This comes after many cinema purists believe that Netflix shouldn't even be in the competition.
01:23The festival said in a statement,
01:25This incident is completely due to the technical staff of the festival,
01:28who deeply apologized to the director and his team, to the producers, as well as to the audience.
01:34Okja's big premiere at the Palais is tonight, and hopefully it goes off without a glitch.
01:39For the Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Brian Perica.
01:42Hey, where's my applause?
01:44This episode of the Hollywood Reporter News is brought to you by American Airlines,
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