"the brown bunny" also attracted media attention over a large billboard erected over sunset boulevard in west hollywood, california in 2004 promoting the film. the billboard featured a black-and-white image taken from the fellatio sequence, drawing complaints from residents and business owners. the image showed gallo standing with sevigny on her knees, but did not show any explicit sexual content. it was eventually removed nonetheless. in 2011, a similar image featuring in the billboard of another french film, "the players (les infidèles)", triggered a similar controversy.