Spike Lee missed the world premiere of Thelma & Louise , director Ridley Scott’s groundbreaking female road movie starring Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon . The movie screened out of competition as the Cannes Film Festival ’s closing night film in 1991, directly following the presentation of that year’s awards. But Lee didn’t stick around after the Palme d’Or went to the Coen brothers’ Barton Fink ­— a bit of an upset since his own Jungle Fever had been heavily touted as a favorite. Everyone else, though, got to witness the debut of a movie that turned traditional Hollywood tropes upside down as it celebrated the resourcefulness of its two liberated female protagonists.…