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Chapter 650 The feeling of watching the movie
The news that Mr. Jia won the award hit the domestic front page early the next morning.

Today, the main competition unit has the premieres of two films, "The Lobster" and "Son of Saul".

Cheng Yu'an and some members of the jury went to see it.

Including Cheng Yu'an, the five judges who watched the two films today all praised the two films.

Unanimously felt that the styles of these two films are strong, "It is much more surprising than the two films of the day before yesterday."

The crew of "Looking for the Dragon" held a reception in the evening, and Cheng Yu'an was not there because he was going to watch the restored version of "Chaos" directed by Akira Kurosawa at the beach theater.

Jiang Xuerou blamed him a lot for this.

"The restored version of "Lan", if you don't read it now, there is no place to read it." This is Cheng Yu'an's reason.

Reba flew back to China alone one day after the reception.

Although Liu Yifei said that movies are the most important thing, Reba still tried to do her duty as a bridesmaid and rushed back to help Liu Yifei prepare for the wedding.

The process of the film festival moved forward in an orderly manner. On the 16th, the premiere of the main competition film "Aokigahara Tree Sea" was booed and booed by the audience collectively.

People only know that Cannes is a movie paradise, but they ignore the harsh requirements of Cannes audiences.

Star Matthew McConaughey responded brilliantly: "The audience has as much right to boo as they do to cheer."

The program gave "Aokigahara Tree Sea" the lowest possible score of 0.6 in the history of Cannes main competition.

Of the ten film critics who rated it, 4 refused to rate it, and the remaining 6 gave it one star.

On the 17th, the much-anticipated premiere of "Carol"!
The 8 judges of the main competition unit were present collectively. It was the first public collective appearance of the judges of the main competition unit before the opening ceremony of the film festival.

Cannes officials also gave the film a super-low treatment.

The super long premiere red carpet, Palace of Films premiere.

Numerous media and guests were present to help.

Except for the main creator, there were no Asian faces such as Li Bingbing, Fan Dapang, Jun Zhixian, etc., and there were no international stars such as Anne Hathaway, Dashi Weaksen, Emma Stone and so on.

"Carol" received an ultra-low 9-point expectation score from both the audience and the media after the screening.

Lily Collins is a rising star in the British film industry. You and Zhao Tao are the most anticipated combination in this film festival, and director Todd Haynes is unknown in male films. My director " "Far From Heaven" once pushed Julianne Moore to the top of the Venice Film Festival, and "You Are Here" before the teenager once again helped Dingzhi Blanchett win the top of the Venice Film Festival.

Coupled with the popularity of the LGBT style, "Carole" has whetted the appetite of the audience and the media from the establishment of the project to the confirmation of the starring role to its premiere.

The unscrupulous media knew where to dig out the current jury chairman Adele's subsequent evaluation of "Life of Todd Hay".

Adele bluntly said at the time that she hated "Todd Hay", saying that "the filming method has no skill at all, and it looks like a first-year film school project. It only caters to the LGBT atmosphere."

Back then, my "Old Father" and "The Life of Ding Zhichun" shared the Palme d'Or, and it was unusual for them to be sour.

Combined with Adele's aesthetic aversion to grand and small narratives, the media felt that "as long as Todd Haynes performs abnormally, he will definitely be able to win Adele's vote."

The red carpet began, and everyone retreated into the theater to watch the movie.

Leaving aside the LGBT themes of "Carol," the movie itself is the best romance movie of the year.

Todd Haynes's camera is elegant and restrained, Ding Zhi's performance is weighty, and Lily Collins, in your guidance, also gave you the most surprising performance in your film career.

So much so that before the film started, all the audience in the theater stood up and applauded the main creators.

Cheers and cheers rang out.

When leaving the field, Adele gave Todd Haynes and Chao Blanchett a very ambiguous look, which made them feel at ease.

There was no "Bay Island Night" event that night, and Adele excused whether she would participate because "the task of reviewing the film is heavy".

However, the guests who participated in the event said that this year’s Bay Island Night was very shabby, with more than 400 guests present, but the organizers were well prepared, and the hotel banquet food was sufficient, leaving few guests hungry.

Wuyingren went back to the hotel to eat instant noodles to satisfy his hunger before the banquet, and the event was ridiculed as a "poor night".

When the jury summary meeting was held in the evening, the eight judges rarely gave a unanimous opinion under "Carol": "The best film in the festival so far."

On the seventh day, the show magazine gave "Carole" a low score of 3.5.

On the same day, the movie channel held the "Chinese Movie Night" in Cannes as scheduled, and Ding Zhichun was invited to participate.

On the 19th, the Beijing Film Festival held a promotion meeting in Cannes. Marco Muller was present to help out, and Adele was still dressed up to attend.

On the morning of the 20th, Adele finally saw the art film that most suits my taste so far——"Young and Vigorous"!
The 45-year-old Paul Sorrentino handed in a more beautiful answer than the 13 "City of Beauty".

The film is more exquisite than "The Beautiful City" in terms of form, lens, and soundtrack.

Adele has two criteria for evaluating awards. One is to make breakthroughs in the existing film system, or to use new languages, new angles, new applications and interpretations, such as the use of subjective shots in "Gravity" Subversive use and "Old Father"'s play with the audience's perspective (although it is generally novel, but it is always a timid attempt that makes people's eyes shine); the seventh is to refine it as much as possible within the existing film system To be more perfect, "Carole" and "Young and Strong" belong to this kind of works besides Adele, and Ding Zhichun's favorite Wes Anderson is also one of the directors.

What surprises me this year is that apart from "The New Year", there is no Jia Kechang's "Mountain and River Old Man" that is screened in the same world.

Ding Zhichun hated that movie.

Jia Kechang is very popular in Europe. The film is only released at 7 pm, but at 5 am there are many audiences queuing up with tickets.

Before or after 6:[-] am, there were sporadic sun and rain in Cannes, but that did not affect the coldness of the queuing audience.

It was also the first time it rained after the competition film was screened this year, and there were no media people cheering at the scene, which is a good sign.

At 19:2015, the screening of the film ended, and the attendance rate of the audience exceeded 195%. "Dragon Label No. [-] in [-]" appeared in the opening title, which aroused cheers from the Chinese media.

That means that the film will have a short-term fate in China like Section Chief's future films.

However, there were two surprises during the film screening. One was that the small screen turned white only 3 minutes before the screening, and 15 seconds before the film was played again.

The cause of the failure was that the technicians at the screening forgot to upgrade the technology. The next movie to be screened in the theater was 2K, and "The Old Man" was 4K, and the technicians forgot to adjust the settings.

The seventh failure occurred 13 minutes before the end of the seventh story of the film. A small area of ​​red ghosting appeared under the screen. Mr. Jia explained that it was a malfunction of the projector.

But both of those breakdowns were met with scrutiny from viewers and the media.

Before the screening started, the audience was generally moved by Kate's performance.Michael Cuza, founder of the Chicago International Film Festival, thought Kate's performance was amazing. The French male reporter saw the scene of Kate dancing in the first scene. He recalled the beginning of the film, and the lonely Kate at the end moved you to tears.Some media people doubted that "The Old Man in Mountains and Rivers" would win nothing under the award.

On Twitter, before watching, no audience bluntly said that Kate deserved the best actor, and said that Kate’s performance was better than that of Dingzhi Blanchett. At the same time, no audience thanked Director Jia for making a huge do.

Now Ding Zhichun can no longer say that Jia Kechang Meili, "I always shoot some pictures of China's backwardness to please the people in Li".

I gradually realized that there are some things that no one has to film. If everyone shoots the true, the good and the beautiful, it will be a disaster for film art.

Art naturally has the functions of disclosure, irony and criticism.

If the audience, the media, and those who hold the right to speak in the industry continue to lower their own aesthetics, they must distinguish between whitewashing and real exposure.

The audience is cruel at all times. When faced with adversity, I would ask the artist to "cowardly expose the darkness and cruelty of society", "why did he dare to speak" and "why did he stand up".

But when Xiaojia is bathed in the sun, the audience will dig out his works and praise Ni Xiaosi: "Now the sky is peaceful, what kind of intentions did he say that!" "He took money to deliberately discredit you! "

So, making art is difficult!
　Make some grumbles and just watch, the next chapter ends Cannes.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)