Los Angeles screening asks attendees to be bald or shaved for Bugonia

Los Angeles filmgoers were offered a highly unusual ticket to an early screening of Emma Stone's new film Bugonia on Monday night: attend bald or be shaved before entering. Organizers scheduled the free advanced screening for Oct. 20 at 8 p.m. at the Culver Theater and said all audience members must arrive bald or submit to being shaved by an on-site barber beginning at 6 p.m.

The requirement, posted by event promoter DoLA, is intended as an homage to Stone's character in the Yorgos Lanthimos film, a high-level CEO who spends much of the story bald after being kidnapped by two men convinced she is an alien. DoLA wrote, "Are you bald, or willing to shave your head?" and added, "This is real. And yes, part of it will be filmed." Attendance was limited to those 18 or older and granted on a first-come, first-served basis; tickets required an RSVP but did not guarantee admission.

Organizers said a portion of the screening would be filmed for promotional purposes. Photographs and images circulated online showed a mix of genuinely shaved heads and some attendees using bald caps, though it was not clear how many people opted to have their hair removed. The unusual entry condition...