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It's more raw, physical, says the hero of Kaboom of gay sex,

but that line could apply to many of writer-director Grega Rocky's films,

from the living end to nowhere, which was kind of like the fast times of Richmond High

in the 90s.

His casts included Ryan Philippe, meaning Savari and Scott Khan.

His most recent film, Kaboom, played the 2010 Cannes Film Festival,

where he received its first ever queer palm. First of all, Greg, thanks so much for coming back.

Thank you for having me. And talk about that. I mean, that must have been quite an achievement,

getting acknowledged that way by the Cannes Film Festival. Yeah, I mean, the whole Cannes experience

for our world premiere was really

just kind of surreal. It was just like such a strange and amazing three days. I mean,

I had been in the director's fortnight before with Smileyface in 2007, but I had never been

the main selection before, so I'd never screened in the Grand Palais. And it was just walking up the steps with the red carpet and everything.

And I was there with a bunch of the cast and the crew, and we were all wearing our tuxedos and our fancy, on our fancy dresses and stuff.

And I remember walking up the steps to the place and literally starting to cry because it was so kind of overwhelming to me that this little movie I had made was screening in this place that just reeks of cinema history.

You know what I mean?

Just the fact that every giant of, you know, that in cinema has screened their movie there in every, you know, masterpiece,

every significant film I were studied as a film student.

It's where cinema history happens.

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