Arty movies have gone gnarly this season, with severed fingers, mass vomiting and cannibalistic lovers showing up at a time of year when new releases are positioned for prestige and awards
At first, film programmer Ben Delgado felt a little squeamish about the picture he’d selected to open a new festival in Iowa City. On one hand, the coming-of-age story was being praised for its beauty and had already won awards at the Venice Film Festival. On the other hand, would the flesh-eating in “Bones and All” be a deal breaker for older-skewing cineastes in his area?
“That’s not exactly the audience you expect to come out to a cannibal love story,” said Mr. Delgado, programming director of the FilmScene nonprofit cinema. At its Midwest premiere last month, “Bones and All” made the audience of 600 squirm during shocking moments, like when a character eats a friend’s finger like it’s a chicken drumstick. The movie ended up being the talk of the inaugural Refocus Film Festival, he said.
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