The road to becoming a movie star from the villain

Chapter 398 Free at last, go to Cannes!

This morning, as usual.

The prisoner's cell door was opened, and the prisoners were asked to come out and count the number of people.

Only Hong Chen didn't come out.

When the prison guard broke into his cell angrily, the prison guard was stunned.

Hong Chen is not in the cell!
Next, sirens blared!
Hong Chen escaped from prison!
No one knew where he went, not even Freeman.

Freeman only knew that Hong Chen asked them for a rope yesterday, and that last night was a thunderstorm night.

The warden called Freeman into Hong Chen's cell for questioning, and he roared angrily.

How can people disappear inexplicably?

The warden grabbed the stone that Hong Chen had polished, and angrily threw it away until it hit the poster on the wall.

There was a hole in the poster and the stone went straight through.

The warden stretched out his hand from the poster in disbelief, but the back was empty.

He tore off the poster in shock, and a long tunnel came into view.

This tunnel is what Freeman once thought would take 600 years to dig through with a hammer.

As for Hong Chen, it took less than 20 years.

He has never stopped escaping from Shawshank Prison.

No matter how much he experienced, he never gave up.

Every night, he would use the little hammer to dig some soil from the wall.Then when the wind was released the next day, I poured the soil out of my trouser pocket secretly.

It went on like this for 20 years.

That night, Hong Chen stole all the bills, ledgers and forged documents from the warden's black account.

In the end, he climbed through the long sewer pipe and climbed into the river, successfully completing a prison escape that seemed impossible to anyone.

This last scene is the most classic one.

In order to look more real, Yan Chi specially found a large amount of chocolate syrup, mixed it with water and put it in a water pipe.

Hong Chen just crawled out of the water pipe.

He was covered in filth, retching non-stop, and just crawled for half a mile.

Finally, Hong Chen climbed out of the water pipe and started running on this stormy night.

He tore off his clothes, stretched out his hands, and let the rain wash over his body.

At this moment, he was free again.

As Freeman later put it:
"Some birds just can't be kept in captivity, their feathers are too bright. When they fly away, you know it's a sin to keep them in captivity."

Later plots became more and more classic.

Before that, Hong Chen was helping the warden to make false accounts, creating a fictitious character, with all the documents to prove this character.

Therefore, Hong Chen used this person's identity to withdraw all the black money that the warden had accumulated for decades and made it his own.

At the same time, he also reported to the newspaper about corruption and murder in Shawshank Prison.

The ironclad evidence is so strong that the prison guard Hadley was arrested, and the warden drew his gun and killed himself at the moment the police knocked on the door of his office.

So far, the Shawshank Prison has returned to calm.

Until the end, Freeman was also successfully released on parole. Under Hong Chen's arrangement, he went abroad to look for Hong Chen.

In front of the blue sea, Hong Chen is repairing his ship, Freeman appears from the camera, and the two are smiling and walking towards each other.

The vast sea seemed to be the freedom they had regained.

So far, the filming of this film has been completely completed.

It took a total of more than three months, and it was almost June when the filming was finished.

The shooting time is not long, but if you count the preparation and construction of the prison, the film has taken about a year and a half. This is just the original film, and post-production is still needed.

"It's over!" Everyone cheered and celebrated by the beach.

There is no tradition of wrapping up banquets in the United States, but there is always a need to celebrate when a movie is finished.

Yan Chi invited a group of leading actors, and everyone held a party at the seaside, and the atmosphere was very lively.

It is worth mentioning that this is a movie with no female characters at all, without any emotional entanglements.

The theme of this movie is freedom. It wants to tell the world that the meaning of survival lies in the pursuit of true freedom.

In real life, we are bound by various rules and regulations, but we should not give up our pursuit of freedom.Although we will encounter many difficulties, these are not reasons for us to retreat.

The power of emotion contained in this movie will eventually amaze the whole world.

"I can't wait to see the release of this movie." One night before leaving, Morgan Freeman said with deep emotion, "I have never looked forward to a work so much."

"I think the same as you." Hong Chen nodded and said with a smile.

"You two put me under a lot of pressure." Hearing what the two said, Yan Chi shrugged and said.

"It's all up to you in the future." Hong Chen said with a smile.

He has great confidence in Yan Chi, Yan Chi's ability in directing is indeed very strong.Moreover, they also have their own unique insights in the creation of atmosphere in the later period, the selection of plot scenes, and the editing of videos.

Post-production is generally not easy. For example, the theme song, the episode in the film, and the background music are often required. These choices are also very troublesome.

"Don't worry, I won't mess it up with such a wonderful performance from the two of you." Yan Chi smiled confidently again, "Wang Zha's card is in my hand, and I'm still waiting to be famous in history."

The three chatted happily.

After this period of filming, Hong Chen and Freeman's relationship has become very good.

Freeman admires Hong Chen very much. In the play, he plays a character who admires Hong Chen, and he does the same outside the play. He finds that Hong Chen has a quality that others do not have.

"Mr. Morgan, it is a pleasure to cooperate with you, and I hope to have the opportunity to continue to cooperate in the future."

"Haha, I believe that day will not be far away."

Both of them laughed.

The day after the beach party just ended, Hong Chen received a call from Ge Chen.

It turns out that "Chongzhen" has successfully passed the Cannes Film Festival's shortlist and entered the competition for the main unit.

Hong Chen is also looking forward to the Cannes Film Festival.

This film festival has always attached great importance to literary and artistic films, pursuing the artistry of films.

In terms of popularity and influence, the Cannes Film Festival is still not as good as the Oscars.But in the film circle, the gold content of the Cannes Film Festival gold award is not low at all.

Hong Chen has not been shortlisted for the awards of the three major film festivals, mainly because he has never made art films like this before.

Moreover, the probability of Huaxia winning the gold medal at the Cannes Film Festival is very low, but it can only win awards such as best screenwriter and best director.

China currently has only two Cannes Best Actors: Uncle Ge Youge and Liang Chaowei.

There is only one film that has won the Palme d'Or, and that is "Farewell My Concubine".

In all fairness, after seeing Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine", Zhang Mouzi filmed "To Live" not to be outdone, and the art of "To Live" is not inferior to "Farewell My Concubine".

It's just a pity that "To Live" lost to Quentin's "Pulp Fiction", but the leading actor Ge You still won the best actor, which is also a recognition of this movie.

This year, Hong Chen's new movie "Chongzhen" once again won the gold award at the Cannes Film Festival.

This film tells the story of the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and uses documentary techniques to show the scene of a dynasty not falling behind.

It contains thoughts on the feudal system, as well as on the role of Chongzhen and the degeneration of the Ming Dynasty.

It can be said that the artistic attainment is very high.

However, in the field of art films, Hong Chen is considered a newcomer.

The water in this line is very deep.

Therefore, this Cannes Film Festival, Hong Chen is destined to not go so smoothly.

(End of this chapter)