The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 49 Surprise at the Last Moment
On the other side of the ocean, preparations for the Orlando International Fantasy Film Festival are underway.

Walter Fairbanks, the festival's director of selection, was driving and organizing Paul Morris' old stubborn wording.

Paul Morris is the jury chairman of this year's film festival. He is a well-known producer and director. He also served as the art director of Universal Pictures. He is a very stubborn old man.

Walter had some conflicts with the list of films shortlisted for the main competition unit. There is only one day before the deadline for registration. Although the list of films for each unit has not yet been finalized, the list of films for the main competition unit has basically been released.

After all, the films participating in the main competition are all feature films. Even the so-called independent films mostly have their own production companies, and some films have even been released in certain foreign regions. Generally speaking, when the film festival opens for registration, it will submit , After going from the film selection committee to the selection committee, the list of main competition units is pretty much the same.

And Walter is not satisfied with the list, he wants to take advantage of the last to try to persuade Paul, although according to the regulations, the final decision on the list of films in the main competition rests with the chairman of the jury, but as the selection director and art director of the film festival , if the opinion differs from that of the jury, it is not impossible to fight for it.

The ringing of the mobile phone interrupted Walter's thoughts. It was Emil, a member of the film selection committee.

"Emile, what's the matter?"

"Walter, a new feature film has been uploaded on the website called "Fatal Identity". I think you should watch it."

""Fatal Identity"... Listening to your tone, there must be something special about this movie?"

"My consensus with Nicole is that this film has the strength to hit the Golden Sea Award."

Not shortlisted for the main competition unit, but for the Jinshan Award?
The highest award for feature films at the Orlando Film Festival is the Golden Spruce Award, usually translated as the Golden Spruce Award or the Golden Fir Award.

"Wow, it looks like there was a surprise at the last moment?"

"Trust me, Walter, you'll be pleasantly surprised."

"Okay, I'll wait and see."

Emil is also a well-known film critic. In recent years, he has been responsible for the selection of feature films for the film festival. Years of cooperation have allowed the two to develop a high degree of trust and understanding. He believes that Emil will not speak big words. Therefore, Walter His appetite was fully lifted.

You must know that as the film selection director of the film festival, he knows that this year's film festival is definitely a big year. There are a few very strong works, and those few high-quality films are foreshadowing. Emile still thinks that this newly registered film can hit the Golden Fir Award... Walter's damn curiosity has made him completely forget to talk to the judges. It's something the chairman of the meeting argues for.

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"I didn't expect it to be a Huaguo movie?"

Paul Morris, the chairman of the jury of this year's film festival, was a little surprised when he saw the opening title.

In the darkness, Walter, the director of film selection sitting across from Paul, smiled and said, "I was also surprised when I first saw it. In my impression, director Hua Guo is very good at realistic themes, and sci-fi is really rare."

The room where the two watched the film was the viewing room where the jury of the Orlando Film Festival finally made the award decision. There have been countless disputes and debates here, and it is also here that many fantasy-themed films, especially those from other countries and regions The prospect of film distribution in North American theaters, each award-winning film of the Orlando Film Festival can receive extensive media attention, and has more advantages in publicity and distribution.

At this moment, Walter wants to persuade the chairman of the jury, Paul, to allow this newly registered film to enter the main competition.

Walter was confident of that.

When the film progressed to the point where 11 people of various identities and occupations were trapped in a hotel in the wilderness by heavy snow and accidents, Paul commented with great interest: "It seems to be a snowstorm villa mode, and the next step is to kill people in a secret room." Right? Let me remind you, according to the rules, just reasoning suspense themes can’t enter the main competition, but judging from the current film content, the director’s skills are very solid, the shots are smooth, and the suspense atmosphere is created well, even if you can’t enter the main competition. The competition unit can also be placed in the special screening unit.”

In addition to the main competition unit, the Orlando Film Festival also has a non-competition unit, which is a pure film screening. The non-competition unit is divided into two sections: special screening and film critics' attention.

For example, those movies that are not too bad but can’t be shortlisted for the main competition unit will be placed in the special screening section, which means that the jury is very optimistic about it, and you will be able to participate in the awards just a little bit.

On the other hand, the section concerned by film critics is relatively ordinary in quality. Films that cannot find even a single sparkle are placed in this section. They are basically bad film screenings. After all, it is not easy to make a feature film. People can sign up to contribute to the film festival. , The pyramid also needs a foundation, and the film festival also needs to give people a comfort for the purpose of encouragement.

Walter smiled at Paul's complaints and said nothing, motioning him to continue watching.

Sure enough, as the plot progressed, the police investigation and the characters died in suspense one by one. Paul lost the restraint and leisure at the beginning of the movie, and his expression became serious, obviously brought into it by the plot of the movie.

When the surviving people in the hotel discovered that the deaths one after another were not ordinary murders, it seemed that there was some mysterious force preventing them from leaving the hotel. Once they tried to leave the hotel, they would die suddenly, and the bodies disappeared mysteriously. A thread of thought was drawn out: "Supernatural elements have appeared, it is indeed a fantasy movie, how to complete this story next."

Paul even felt a little worried. As a senior filmmaker, he understands that supernatural elements in suspense movies are difficult to control. The whole story is completed with self-consistent logic in a unique way. This movie is definitely a rare masterpiece of suspense and reasoning.

But once supernatural factors are added, it is easy to directly collapse the atmosphere created by the entire movie, lower the tone of the story, and even make the audience feel "Are you kidding me?", dispelling the seriousness of the entire movie.

Later, the only remaining female character found in the police car that the policeman in the hotel turned out to be a criminal, and the camera turned to the homicide policeman who came to the kidnapped and missing psychiatrist's office, saw the note on the desktop and recorded a line Word: "He has multiple personality disorder."

Paul almost stopped breathing. As a veteran filmmaker, he had vaguely grasped that bit of inspiration.

The male protagonist woke up in an unfinished building, and under the reminder of the psychiatrist, he looked down and saw a fragment of a mirror on the ground, and another face appeared in the mirror.

"Wow, amazing!"

For viewers who have read a lot of movies, the movie has reached this stage and can actually make up the truth of the whole movie, let alone a well-known producer and director.

Paul has already got the answer to unlock the lock of the first half of the suspenseful plot.

I have to say that this idea is absolutely perfect. Not only did it not destroy the suspenseful style of the whole movie, but it added a lot of color. Paul hasn't seen such a movie that can surprise him for a while.

Soon, the plot gave the final answer in the montage interaction between the psychiatrist's narration and the police's search for the truth. It turns out that everyone is a split personality in the murderer's mind, and they merged and disappeared one by one due to drug treatment. ——This is not a murder case but a self-healing of personality, the strong personality eliminates the integration of weak personality!

The biggest mystery is solved, and Paul can already predict the following plot. The kind personality wants to kill the evil personality, and of course there is a high possibility that there will be a reversal-this kind of suspenseful routine is not difficult to guess.

But even though he was prepared, the cruel and evil smile of the little boy at the end still frightened the chairman of the jury a little bit.

Paul turned to Walter and said, "Walter, you're right, this year's film festival is wonderful." Before Walter could show a smug smile, he immediately said, "But that "The Horn of Revenge" is even more hopeless." Squeezed into the main competition unit."

The Horn of Vengeance was the film Walter was trying to convince Paul to enter the main competition.

Walter smiled: ""Fatal Identity" is already a great achievement, I'm not greedy."

(End of this chapter)