Drive-In ‘Lovers Rock’: A NY Film Festival Unlike Any Other Honks Opening Horn

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Applause 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 personn…

, car horns replaced applause, but the mood was ebullient. When festival director Eugene Hernandez appeared via video , he urged the crowd to show their appreciation with their horns.

The rows of several dozen cars obliged numerous times during the brief pre-screening remarks before quieting down during the feature presentation. In the park surrounding the drive-in, inspiration was everywhere, even if everyone wore masks. There was the Billie Jean King Tennis Center, where the U.S. Open just concluded one of its most compelling editions despite no fans in attendance.

“Planning this year’s festival has been really challenging,” Hernandez said. “It’s been profound. It’s been, ultimately, quite moving for all of us at Film at Lincoln Center. As we all know, our city has been through so much.” Lim took note of how the film’s extended, intimately photographed dance sequences play for viewers unable to do any of the familiar, in-person socializing that defines film festivals. “This is a strange year in which we don’t have for the first time ever an opening-night party,” Lim told McQueen. “But we have an opening film that basicallythe party.” The director wryly responded, “Party like it’s 1999. We’re going to die anyway — let’s go for it.

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