The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 516 The island country should be responsible for the war

The theater where "1937" was shown can accommodate a total of [-] spectators. In addition to jury members such as De Niro and Jude Law, there were also many actors and directors who came here to watch the film.

For example, Hollywood movie stars like Jolie, Pitt, and Dunst.

There are also Juliette Binoche, the winner of the last Cannes Film Festival, and Naomi Kawase, the director of "The Moon".

Juliet and Naomi Kawase are both middle-aged women in their forties, and they will attend almost every Cannes Film Festival after the millennium.

They have long since become good friends.

At this time, Juliet and Naomi Kawase sat next to each other and watched "1937" together.

For this movie, Juliet and Naomi Kawase both came for the one-shot gimmick. They wanted to see if there were any movies that could be shot to the end.

However, the two people have different mentality when watching movies.

Juliet had no other thoughts, just pure curiosity.

And Kawase Naomi has some other emotions. In addition to curiosity, she also has anxiety, uneasiness, and nervousness.

She originally didn't plan to watch "1937". She knew that although there was no major conflict with the island nation of China, the historical issues between the two countries had not yet been resolved.

She used to feel embarrassed when she watched "The Devil Is Coming" in Cannes.

"The Devil Is Coming" later won the Grand Jury Prize. Naomi Kawase remembered that many people asked her at the time whether the Japanese soldiers were really as ridiculous and stupid as they were described in the movie, and whether the Japanese soldiers had really invaded China. The problem is not yet resolved.

These questions made Naomi Kawase a little embarrassed.

It can be said that many directors in the island country are anti-war and opposed to war.

Just like Akira Kurosawa, Yasujiro Ozu, Keisuke Kinoshita, Kihachi Okaki and other film masters have all made anti-war films.

However, opposing the war does not mean admitting mistakes, nor does it mean apologizing to other victimized countries in Asia.

Just like film masters like Akira Kurosawa, they were opposed to the war. It was more that they had experienced that bad period and they didn't like that atmosphere.

But Akira Kurosawa never said that the island country was responsible for the war of aggression and wanted to apologize.

It is far-fetched to say that he sympathizes with China and the peninsula.

The only film master the island country has publicly spoken out about is that the war of aggression is wrong and has brought harm to Asian countries. The island country should reflect on the film master, Hayao Miyazaki.

Only this person said such a thing in front of reporters.

Naomi Kawase is very aware of the public opinion in the island country. In fact, the vast majority of the people do not think that the aggressive war is wrong.

That is to say, Hayao Miyazaki is talented enough that other people in the entertainment industry dare not speak out directly, thinking that the war is wrong and needs to apologize to other Asian countries.

If she comes to watch this movie, she will definitely be interviewed by reporters, and it will be embarrassing again.

"The Devil Is Coming" won the Jury Prize that year and still had a great impact at Cannes.

Now "1937" has a one-shot gimmick, just in case "1937" also wins the award.

Then about that period of history, I will talk about it again.

So Naomi Kawase didn't want to come over to watch, but Juliet invited her, and as the daughter of Cannes, she always had the same ideas as Masaharu of the Cannes Film Festival, so she came over.

She planned to leave immediately after watching the movie without accepting interviews.

Come silently, go silently.

The movie started quickly, and the long-lens shooting was indeed very comfortable, as if I had entered the scene of the movie, standing in front of the protagonist, watching him experience various things.

Juliet quickly became immersed in it and watched it with gusto. She had forgotten the editing points and the end of the shot.

The leading actor and second male lead are completely brought in to worry about their mission.

Naomi Kawase was in a similar situation to Juliet at the beginning. Twenty-ten minutes into the movie, an audience member in front coughed, and she came to her senses.

She forgot the end of the shot and the editing points. She was thinking about the island country's fungi in the movie.

To be honest those characters are a bit annoying.

She frowned slightly, and then comforted herself. The movie had a certain degree of artistic processing. The Battle of Songhu was not the Jinling Massacre, and the facts were not that bad.After a period of self-hypnosis, Naomi Kawase continued watching movies.

The long lens is indeed very comfortable, very realistic, and easy to get into.

Naomi Kawase quickly brought in the male lead and the second male lead. She couldn't help but feel angry and disgusted with the island country bacteria in the movie.

It’s really bad. In other countries, people are burned, killed and looted wantonly.

"Hey, what's wrong with me?"

Kawase Naomi suddenly woke up from her dream. She was a little ashamed that she just hated the island country's bacteria.

Is she a traitor?
She thought for a while, then left the cinema and went to the service counter to buy a cup of coffee.

While drinking coffee, she recalled the movie clips of "1937".

The movie shots of "1937" mainly focus on the male protagonist and the second male lead, and there are no special shots to take a close-up of the island country's fungi.

The movie does not exaggerate the cruelty of the enemy, and there are not even many bloody scenes.

However, under the strong substitution of the long lens, she just couldn't help but put herself in the perspective of the male protagonist, and naturally developed a feeling of disgust for the enemy.

She was a little afraid that the strength shown in this movie would not be worse than "The Devils Are Coming", if this movie won the Jury Prize like "The Devils Are Coming".

Then the European media will report on the war of aggression again.

Especially the Chinese media, they feel that they have gained the understanding of France and the big wave.

But the island countries did not do this. They have a sense of superiority.

"Should I return home early?"

Naomi Kawase thought for a while, then returned to the theater and sat down to watch the movie quietly.

No matter what, let's go after watching this movie.

But next, you need to be calmer and don't immerse yourself in it, so as not to appear abnormal to others.

Naomi Kawase made a request to herself. She hoped to watch the movie calmly.

At this time, the movie has progressed two-thirds. The second male lead and the first male lead encountered the island country's fungi. This was a sudden encounter. They defeated the enemy, but the second male lead died.

The male lead is desperate, sad, ashamed, and sad.

At this time he met a female worker played by Sun Li, who brought a little girl with her.

Two women, one big and one small, lived strong in the battlefield.

The male lead has completed his spiritual sublimation. He knows that the road ahead is difficult and life and death are unpredictable, but he is no longer desperate or confused and strides towards his destination.

Finally he succeeded. In a field, under a big tree, he saw friendly troops.

The male lead didn’t shed any tears.

Many viewers cried. After many twists and turns, the task was finally completed.

Naomi Kawase was equally uncomfortable.

Juliet said at this time: "Did the island country really invade China?"

"Uh……"

Naomi Kawase was stunned. She wanted to lie, but seeing her friend's sincere eyes and the different mood "1937" brought to her, she still said: "Yes, the island country invaded China."

Soon after, Naomi Kawase and Juliet left the theater together. As expected, a reporter was waiting outside and asked them what they thought of "1937".

Naomi Kawase thought for a while, then opened her mouth and said: "The movie is very exciting and reflects the true history of that period. As an island citizen, I am very sorry."

"I think we should reflect on that period of history, seriously consider the harm that war has caused to other countries, and then take responsibility for our own actions."

(End of this chapter)