The King of Directors 2000

Chapter 549 There are many good movies

Every year at the Cannes Film Festival, there are a lot of movies screened, and there are also a lot of participating films. If you don’t watch the commercial films that are screened, you can’t even watch the participating films.

This time is undoubtedly the golden age for movie fans. Fans from all over the world will come here to choose the movies they like to watch.

Although Kristen Stewart is a star, she is also an avid movie fan.

She came to Cannes with the crew of "Snow White and the Huntsman" to participate in film promotion work.

In order to watch the movie, she asked her agent to spare five days, and she wanted to enjoy these five days.

She was actually quite bothered by the promotion of "Snow White and the Huntsman". After all, the queen in this movie was played by Charlize Theron. The eldest sister was 1.8 meters tall. Standing next to Theron, she felt like a dwarf. How does it look like Snow White?
Moreover, Theron has won the Best Actress Award and is good friends with many big-name Hollywood male stars, so he doesn't look down on her at all.

She is obviously ten centimeters taller than her, but she is still taller than she is, turning her, Snow White, into a welcome girl in seconds.

For the next five days, she planned to not think about the promotion of "Snow White and the Huntsman" and focus on enjoying the movie.

On the morning of the first day, Christine got up at 07:30, had breakfast, and then went to the "Beyond the Mountain" movie exhibition hall.

"Beyond the Mountains" is the work of the great Romanian director Christian Mongi.

The tycoon won the Cannes Palme d'Or in 2007 with "April, Three Weeks and Two Days," which he wrote and directed.

He wrote his own scripts for most of his films.

He is a director who likes to think and is full of humanistic care.

Such directors are loved not only by Cannes, but also by film festivals all over the world.

Two and a half hours later, Kristen finished watching "Beyond the Mountain" and walked out of the theater in silence.

"Beyond the Mountain" is a wonderful movie.

It tells the story of a pair of very good little sisters who make a choice between hope and faith.

I love you and you only have God in your heart.

Beyond the mountains is still God’s territory. God is always watching you, whether good or evil.

This seems to be a very boring story, but if you calm down and watch it, you will think along with the movie about whether to go out or stick to your faith.

Kristine sat down outside the theater and was silent for about half an hour before she came back to her senses and digested this heavy story.

She patted her face and then went to have lunch, planning to come back and watch again after lunch.

In this way, in the following time, Kristen watched movies such as "Love", "Reality Show", "Hunting", "The Dark Side" and so on.

"Love" is a co-production between Austria and France, directed by Michael Haneke.

This big shot can be said to be the son of Cannes. He has a very good luck in winning awards in Cannes.

In 2000, Michael won the Cannes Best Screenplay Award for "Code Unknown".

In 2001, Michael won the Cannes Jury Prize for "The Piano Teacher".

In 2005, Michael won the Cannes Best Director Award for "Hidden Camera".

In 2009, Michael won the Cannes Palme d'Or for "The White Ribbon."

His style is to tell movies in a delicate and eloquent way. He likes to express some of the people we see every day and things we often hear, so as to dig deeper into the shining points of human nature.

This year's "Love" tells the story of the pure and deep love of an old couple who got married.

The first part has always been relatively dull and warm, until the male protagonist suddenly gets violent and suffocates his wife with a quilt, and the movie reaches its emotional climax.

The hero bought flowers and locked the door. Even if he died, he still gave his wife the utmost dignity.

This is a movie that makes people moved and moved to tears.

The director of "Reality Show" is Italian Matteo Garroni.

The tycoon won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2008 for "Gomorrah."

This time, "Reality Show" tells the story of a man with a strong desire to express himself. After participating in a reality show, he became popular, his mentality changed, he became stranger to his family, and finally found his true self.

Relatively speaking, the story is a bit cliché.

However, Italian directors' films are all very warm, and the same is true for "Reality Show". The film is very interesting and funny.

Compared with the previous two heavy movies, "Reality Show" can sometimes make people laugh.

Christine loved it.

"The Hunt" is a film by Danish director Thomas Vinterberg.

This boss also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, and that was back in 1998, when Thomas was only 29 years old, and "Family Celebration" became a blockbuster.

And "The Hunt" is a very explosive movie.

The movie tells the story of a little girl's lies that destroy a kind man.

The male lead Mads Mikkelsen's acting skills are outstanding throughout, and he plays a man who was wrongly accused and framed in a very real and heart-wrenching way.

As for "Dark Flowers", it is the work of Mexican director Reygadas.

Reygadas is a director with a very strong personal style, and he also won the Cannes Jury Prize.That was in 2006, when I won the award for "Silent Sunshine".

Reygadas's movies don't pay much attention to the advancement of the story, the creation of characters, or even the theme.

It often seems incomprehensible, as if the whole process is a dream, delusion, obsession, the murmur of a lunatic, or Ma Daxian's idiotic words.

But I have to say that they have promoted the development of world film technology.

His movies often have some magical and strange photography and techniques. Certain shots and scenes are like a wonderland, like a different world reappearing, like they were made after sleeping for ten days and ten nights. Like a dream.

It's not an ordinary epilepsy, and you can't make a movie like this.

To put it simply, Reygadas is a weaker version of the Sunglasses King.

After watching these movies, Kristen felt that her whole body was sublimated.

Only then did she understand why it is said that real movies are in Cannes. There are too many outstanding filmmakers here who have contributed outstanding works to the world film industry.

When she saw the names of those creators, she couldn't help but sigh that it was really difficult to win an award at Cannes.

Among the above movies, Kristen likes "Love" the most. This movie is delicate, warm, memorable, and full of power.

Christine feels that if she were a judge, she would vote for "Love".

On the afternoon of the fifth day of the holiday, in the thousand-person auditorium of the Lumière Theater, Christine wore a pair of big sunglasses, held a large cup of Coke and popcorn, and then sat down. She was about to watch the film directed by Lee Sheung Yew. "Parasite".

When she was in the beautiful country, she liked Lee Seng Yew's movies very much, and she planned to dedicate the last movie she watched in Cannes to Lee Seng Yew.

Director Li has accumulated a lot of popularity in Cannes, and many people want to watch "Parasite".

Not only ordinary movie fans, but also some big names in the film industry.

Jacob and Nanni Moretti, Wes Anderson all came over.

In a burst of fatalistic and heavy pure music, "Parasite" officially begins.

Kristine's eyes widened and she watched it intently. She was soon immersed in the plot of the movie and even forgot about the popcorn and Coke in her hands.

Two hours later, the screening of "Parasite" ended.

Thunderous applause erupted from the scene, the warmest applause during Kristen's five-day vacation in Cannes.

Regarding "Parasite", she can only say one word - convinced.

This movie is so good. It is obviously a seemingly ordinary story, but with the actors' exquisite interpretation and very rich details, the whole thing is very smooth. Many places will make people smile, but it is brought into it. , and I feel extremely scared when I think about it carefully.

Especially the ending, which is full of tension and shocking.

The hero's daughter was the most wavering. She wanted to get rid of such "parasitism", but she died.

There is also a rich man who doesn't seem to be a bad guy, but he actually doesn't understand until his death why the driver killed him.

Christine clapped her hands. She clearly felt that in addition to giving her a great shock, this movie was also "good-looking".

She has watched movies before, such as "Beyond the Mountain", "Love", and "The Hunt". These movies are all very good, and they are all moving after watching them.

But overall, the plot is dull and not very commercial.

But "Parasite" is different. It is very beautiful and can be watched in one sitting.

Li Shengyao has done a very good job of balancing commerciality and artistry.

Amid the applause of the audience, Li Shengyao led the crew and creative actors on stage to talk about the film's creative theme and shooting details.

Kristen had no interest in these. In the previous movies, she was always playing with her mobile phone during the main creative narration.

At this time, she was very focused and listened carefully.

Her mother is a screenwriter and her father is a producer.

She thought she would be interested in behind-the-scenes production of film and television dramas since she was a child, but she later discovered that she just loved acting. However, the wonderful plot design and detailed foreshadowing of "Parasite" made her more interested, and now she Listen very attentively.

When the creator of "Parasite" finished speaking, there was another burst of warm applause.

As Christine left the cinema, she met some acquaintances and they discussed the movies they had watched in the past few days.

"My favorite is 'Parasite', I think this movie is the best."

"I also vote for "Parasite", it's really wonderful."

"I like "Love" more. It praises love. This movie is more heartwarming."

Kristen thought about it. She recognized "Love" more before, but now she thinks "Parasite" is even more outstanding.

And compared with "1937", "Parasite" has a huge improvement in plot setting. She feels that Lee Sheng Yew is enough to win the Palme d'Or.

Thinking that Lee Sheng Yew is only 32 years old, he may win two Palme d'Or.

Christine couldn't help but feel a little moved. She had never tried to win a man with two Palme d'Or, maybe she could give it a try if she had a chance.

Of course, it would be even better if there is a suitable role and he can act in director Li's movie.

(End of this chapter)