One hundred and two years have passed since the Lumière brothers screened the world's first public ticketed movie, "The Arrival of the Train" in Paris in 1895.
The Lumiere Film Palace has always stood on this land, like a weathered predecessor, witnessing the passing of filmmakers one after another.
The sun and moon alternate, and the stars change.
Some people are ambitious and stand at the highest point of the award ceremony, overlooking all living beings, declaring that their era has come. Some people are sitting below and applauding, witnessing and looking forward to the day when they can stand on the stage and cheer together. Some people regret that it has ended.
The stepping stones to success in the face of disappointment have also passed away, forever frozen in the most beautiful stills.
Zhou Yang walked up the steps step by step, looking at the movies and stills, as if he had traveled through eras, feeling the sacredness and solemnity.
He walked to the last few frames and saw that behind "Overlord", stills from the "Celsius 9/11" movie were hung on it.
Every word on the stills is as red as blood, full of anti-war and accusation. In the stills, Michael Morgan clenches his fists and looks at death like a compassionate warrior.
This is the highest honor of the Cannes Film Festival and the highest official praise of Cannes for film art.
Not far away, countless compliments came to him. Surrounded by countless people, Michael Morgan smiled extremely brightly, becoming the most eye-catching protagonist in the entire Cannes International Film Festival.
Then...
Zhou Yang stopped.
He was enthusiastically told by the staff next to him that he hoped to wait a while...
He heard an even louder roar.
Issa Bella, the director of the film "The End of Bella" which won the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival last year, came slowly wearing a pure white gown and holding the hem of the skirt with both hands.
Michael Morgan and Isa Bella held hands, then came to Zhou Yang's side and communicated with Zhou Yang in French very cordially.
Zhou Yang couldn't understand what she was talking about...
But then Issa Bella also took her hand and pulled her and Michael Morgan under the stills of "Celsius 911".
A blond photographer walked over excitedly and took a photo.
The camera light once made Zhou Yang feel a little dazzling, and he laughed instinctively, but his smile looked a little silly.
In order to declare that they are the leader of the three major film festivals and are more sacred than the other two major film festivals, Cannes officials not only invited many old and American politicians this year, but also combined the themes of "anti-war despair" and "miracle of life"
The three themes are vividly rendered.
After taking the photos, the three of them walked step by step into the awards venue of the Cannes Film Festival.
Zhou Yang felt like a cat that was dumbfounded by the searchlight. It didn't matter whether he was happy or not, but he felt like he was back to the time when he just followed the crowd.
……………………
The awards ceremony at the Cannes International Film Festival is broadcast live around the world.
This is a grand event of the three major film festivals in Europe, so it is inevitable that countless people will pay attention to it.
The crew of "Night Walker" has already started to be created.
We have invited all the big names from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, and once it is finished, it will definitely be a collaborative film that is not inferior to "The Grandmaster".
Django was not happy.
On the contrary, he was very haggard. Although he learned that Zhou Yang had not blocked him through the so-called relationship, watching Zhou Yang standing together with the three of them for an intimate photo on the screen, his heart was as painful as a knife.
He felt that the gap between himself and the other party was getting wider and wider, like a chasm in the sky.
The award ceremony is in progress.
In the news on the Internet.
Some people analyze "Struggle" as another part of the "Celsius 9/11" movie. It can even be understood as the same series of movies shot by different directors in the same location.
Even many scenes from the two movies can be connected in series.
"The sudden bombing and landslide during the filming of "Struggle" was not actually done by terrorists, but an ugly misjudgment and accidental bombing."
"In "Celsius 911", there was a sneak shot of the official arrival at the filming location of "Struggle", and the ending of the bombing was vaguely recorded..."
"The officer was sent to a military court and is currently repenting for his comrades who were accidentally bombed..."
"This is an extreme scandal, disgusting..."
In the past, most of the media's reports on the old and American aspects only mentioned it. Even if they knew a lot of truth, they had never been ripped apart like they are now.
However, the media at this year's Cannes International Film Festival were very crazy. They were accusing something between the lines. The identities of some people in power were in jeopardy and scandals continued.
Django Cannes official news reports.
Every piece of news seems to describe the cruelty of war and the despair of ordinary people.
but……
In his eyes, these news articles were all boasting about Zhou Yang, boasting that Zhou Yang was a hero, a warrior, and one of the three people who attracted much attention at the Cannes International Film Festival this year...
Jiang Ge wanted to turn off the live broadcast. He was irritated and felt that this guy was a lucky guy who accidentally hit it.
Just when he turned it off, Cao Bangguo turned on the live broadcast again.
"Only by facing your opponent squarely can you have a chance to win."
"He is a lucky man, but sometimes luck is also a kind of strength!"
Cao Bangguo's voice echoed in Jiang Ge's mind.
Django finally nodded.
But……
Inexplicably and a little discouraged.
No matter how good I am in "Night Walker", can I win an award?
"The Venice International Film Festival is in August this year! If you can become the first Chinese director to win the Golden Lion Award, then you won't be much worse than him."
"Golden Lion Award...is it possible for me?" After hearing Cao Bangguo's words, Jiang Ge suddenly became even more desperate.
The Golden Lion Award is the highest award at the Venice International Film Festival. Such an award...
How could he possibly get it?
"I will help you shoot "Night Walker" together. This is the script I carefully selected for you. Once it is finished, it will definitely be a rescue film for Hong Kong films surpassing "The Grandmaster"!"
"good!"
The originally despairing mood suddenly gave rise to a glimmer of hope again.
He nodded sharply.
…………………………
The stage, the lights, all the attention.
After walking into the Cannes Awards Hall, Zhou Yang felt a lot of discomfort.
Will Smith is like a social butterfly, traveling among many celebrities and introducing directors to Zhou Yang one by one.
These directors with different skin colors treated Zhou Yang very warmly, spoke fluent English, and chatted with Zhou Yang about a lot of things.
Zhou Yang smiled so hard that his skin became stiff, as if he felt that he had some prosopagnosia and amnesia. He could not remember any of the long names of those directors, and even thought that they all looked similar.
This year is completely different from last year.
Last year, he and Wang Shuai came to Cannes for the first time with "The Crow". At that time, he was unknown and no one knew about it, and "The Crow" ultimately failed and failed to earn anything.
This year, it seems like everything has gone backwards.
He seemed to be known by many foreign directors, and everyone was very enthusiastic. Although many smiles and eyes were full of hypocrisy and interests, Zhou Yang vaguely had the illusion that he was also a character, and his vanity also inexplicably expanded.
meeting.
certainly……
His inflated vanity was immediately suppressed by him.
He came to his seat and sat down, waiting silently for the start of the Cannes International Film Festival.
This year's Cannes International Film Festival is different from last year.
Last year, the atmosphere was more festive. When the festival began, the host was in a happy mood and his emotions were extremely high. However, this year's Cannes International Film Festival has a hint of gloom.
When the award ceremony began, the entire venue fell into darkness for three minutes.
In the center of the stage, an Austrian pianist appeared playing piano music. Zhou Yang didn't know who he was, but when he played, Zhou Yang saw some people in the front row stand up.
As some people in the front row stood up, some people in the back row also stood up one after another.
The dim light gradually becomes brighter...
Zhou Yang found that the pianist had his eyes closed and was immersed in the melody. The sound of the piano changed from beautiful at first to extremely sad, and finally from low and sad to extremely sonorous, as if it was resisting something.
After the piano music was played, Zhou Yang learned from the discussions that the pianist was a famous blind pianist in the world and enjoyed a high reputation in Austria. His fathers had been on the battlefield and had spent all their lives.
Committed to peace and freedom.
Peace.
This is the main theme of this year's Cannes.
After the performance was over, the host finally came.
The female host of this year's Cannes is none other than Isa Bella, who just took a photo with me.
At this moment, she was talking passionately and excitedly...
Immediately, the prelude to the stage slowly opened, and the figures of the judges gradually appeared. In addition to the famous directors, everyone discovered that among the judges, there were actually some veterans with missing arms and legs, some from the United States, and some from the United States.
It comes from Ila*, the two sides are sitting together, it seems that there is no hatred towards each other, and they seem to be exceptionally harmonious.
This year's Cannes official seems to be interested in creating a borderless film art. Under the exaggeration of a series of atmospheres, the style is fully stretched.
"Hello, Mr. Hollywood Butcher..."
"Forehead?"
Just as Zhou Yang was watching the award ceremony begin on the stage, he heard a voice.
Zhou Yang subconsciously turned around with a silly smile.
Then, he saw an old man about fifty years old looking at him happily.
The old man has a mustache, his eyes are shining, but the corners of his eyes are slightly sinister. Although his smile is quite enthusiastic, his twitching muscles are full of a chilling temperament, like a man hiding in the dark, ready to stab you at any time.
of
Zhou Yang felt that the old man seemed familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere before.
I hesitated for a while, and then my mind suddenly shook!
If he remembered correctly, the old man in front of him seemed to be named James Bunter!