10 Films Booed At Cannes That Went On To Win Many Awards

Well looky here at who made it onto this list a second time. Inglourious Basterds actually garnered Tarantino his first bona fide boo session for a premiere, which is just as well because unlike Pulp Fiction, it did not win the Palme d’Or, although it was nominated.

Like Pulp Fiction however the vocal derision was somewhat limited to a few hoary philistines with no ability to accept change or otherness. In this case it was most likely the introduction of a film premise whereby a serious historical event is tinkered with and made light of.

Okay so you can never call a Tarantino film light. The violence and dialogue see to that right away, but his genius was to take the war genre, always portrayed in the same somber way by filmmakers or who - in the case of Oliver Stone - portray themselves as “film historians” rather than story tellers which is closer to the truth.

And Tarantino rewrote the history in such a way that it could never ever be construed as fact. He focused more on the entertainment value of his films than historical accuracy. And it worked marvelously. And one or two boos was testament to that. The rest of the proof that his formula worked was in the whopping 129 awards it won.

Notable Accolades:

Christoph Waltz probably garnered at least half of those awards, including but not limited to best supporting actor Oscar, Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and best actor at Cannes. There were lots of best ensemble awards also, and as ever, numerous critical plaudits.