The Best Actor in the Vase of Meiyu

Chapter 932 Super Bad Movie
Indeed, black and red are also red.

However, if the dispute exceeds a certain limit, the situation may develop in the other extreme direction and fall apart faster than you can imagine.

“Brown Bunny,” that is.

The official program score of 0.5 became the fuse. Even in Cannes, which advocates and promotes art, such a one-sided score is still amazing.

This immediately angered Vincent Gallo, the actor who wrote, directed, acted in the film, and served as the photographer himself, and completed the entire film shooting single-handedly. He could not tolerate that his work was treated like this.

So he started to quarrel with the film critics.

The first bird to stick its head out gets shot! Catch the leader first!
Vincent immediately grabbed Roger Albert and attacked him.

The two people started to argue back and forth about movies and their professions, but it soon escalated into vicious and ugly personal attacks.

Vincent opened fire first, calling Roger a "fat pig with a slave trader's body."

Roger hit back without showing any weakness, "I am very fat, but one day I may become thin, but he will never be. He will always be the director of 'The Brown Bunny'."

In just a few days, the "brown bunny" controversy has stolen the spotlight of the entire Cannes.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Vincent and Roger were not done yet.

Ironically, the controversy surrounding the "Brown Bunny" was so heated that people overlooked a super bad movie in the main competition on the last day of the film festival -

"The Cortright Family".

This film, written and directed by director Bertrand Buriel, received rave reviews and the final official program score was 0.3 points, continuing to set a new low.

However... no one paid attention.

All eyes were on the "Brown Rabbit", and people turned around and forgot about the "Cortlett Family". For a moment, it was unclear whether this was a good thing or a bad thing.

Although no one has kept statistics, there is no way to know whether this is the worst main competition in the past ten years. The overall quality is generally low, and the tallest among the short ones is still unsatisfactory; but there is no doubt that the controversy and discussion caused by this main competition is undoubtedly the strongest in recent years.

It was so lively that even the madman Ras-Mad-Tyr became normal.

The sudden appearance of the "Brown Bunny" almost stole the attention of the entire Cannes.

but!

Calm down and think about it, what if the “Brown Bunny” wins the prize in the end?
This……

Even if it's just a thought, I get a chill in an instant. Relatively speaking, it doesn't seem so crazy that "Dogville" won the Palme d'Or?
It is precisely because of this that the attention gathered in Cannes on the last day was particularly noisy, and almost everyone had their own list of winners in mind.

Everyone hopes that the movie they like and support can win an award.

Then--

"Rumor has it, the 'Brown Bunny' crew has been recalled."

Silence fell.

The whole of Cannes was stunned.

They were so shocked and stunned that they forgot to curse or even get angry. They just looked at each other and doubted their own ears.

No...no way...?
“Not only a recall, but also a big prize.”

My heart instantly shrank. The grand prize? How big? The top three? Could it be the jury prize?

Wait, it can’t be the Palme d’Or?

But, if you think about it carefully, it does seem possible, and the reason lies with the chairman of the jury, Patrice Chéreau.

Patrice Chéreau has always dared to challenge taboos and sensitivities. His first work as a director, "The Body of Love", was bold.

"Intimacy", which was released two years ago, won the Golden Bear Award at the Berlin Film Festival. This movie challenges the audience throughout. It tells the story of a man and a woman, each with a family, who secretly meet in an apartment every Wednesday afternoon. There is no romance, only "sex". However, one day the man becomes interested in the woman's life and begins to stalk her. The story begins to collapse.

Mark Rylance, who later won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for "Bridge of Spies", gave an "unreserved" performance in this film.

Compared to "Intimacy", "Brown Bunny" doesn't seem so provocative.

So, it seems not impossible that Patrice Chéreau, as the president of the jury, defended art and gave affirmation to the "Brown Bunny".

In Cannes, everyone went crazy, grabbing their hair and losing their minds.

What's worse is that in previous years, by noon, news was already flying all over the place, because the crew needed to return to Cannes and then prepare for the red carpet for the closing ceremony in the evening. The director and actors should have shown up one after another, and all kinds of news came and went, making it the busiest time.

However, not this year.

Calm and calm.

But the quieter it was, the more disturbing it was, and the media reporters went crazy.

If the "Brown Bunny" wins the Palme d'Or and the "Cotlet Family" wins the Jury Prize, it will be truly shocking and equivalent to turning the table over.

Angry. Anxious. Desperate. Numb. Dejected.

After a long period of suffering, the media who stayed in Cannes finally made some moves.

Le Figaro reported, based on reliable sources, that the “Brown Bunny” crew had left Cannes without a recall and without an award.

call!
A false alarm!
Even with just this piece of news, the media reporters in Cannes cheered.

From the perspective of the spectators, the "Brown Bunny" won the award, and the feud between Vincent Gallo and Roger Ebert continued and even escalated. This is a truly exciting show, and the media should be fanning the flames.

Yet Cannes is a little different, and here, after all, something else is more important.

Not the “brown bunny”, that’s good news!

"Le Figaro" broke the silence and dug out a gap, and Cannes finally became lively, with all kinds of news pouring out.

The crew of "Far Away" is recalled.

"Savage Invasion" crew, recalled.

"Five O'Clock" crew, recalled.

If it doesn't make a sound, it's a blockbuster.

After a brief silence and anxiety that lasted most of the morning, the crew returned to Cannes one after another, and the media reporters became excited again.

Then, the big debut——

"Elephant" crew, recalled.

Buzz, buzz.

Amid the hustle and bustle, this piece of news was like a pebble thrown into a pond, instantly silencing all the noise.

Gus Van Sant and two ordinary students, Alex and Eric, both return to Cannes.

So, what does this mean?
Anson, yes, ask Anson, the crew members are here, do we still need to wait for rumors?

But...what about Anson?

Not long ago, Anson seemed to be chatting with everyone in the movie palace, but he disappeared when he turned around. Did he go to the bathroom or the coffee shop?
After searching everywhere, they found nothing. Anson had disappeared.

So, what does this mean?
The next second, boom!
Full fryer.

As Anson said, if the crew is called back, the first thing the actors should do is prepare for the red carpet in the evening, and they cannot be careless.

The disappeared Anson seemed to be proving this with practical actions.

So, was the "elephant" really recalled?
The official program score of 2.1 did not affect the film's prospects at all, proving once again that the jury members' aesthetic tastes were not affected at all.

This is not the first time and will not be the last time that the jury has ignored the official brochure and made their own judgements and choices.

So, what award will be the "elephant"?
Best Director? Or the Jury Prize?

The script and the actors shouldn't be a possibility. After all, the focus of the movie isn't here. After much thought, the Jury Prize is the most likely...right?

(End of this chapter)