Chapter 1,731 I just don’t want to be so sad all the time!
I don’t know if it’s because of this dance that it was the key to Arthur’s transformation into a “clown”.
Or for some other reason, Steven, who plays Arthur, seems to have suddenly opened up the two channels of Ren and Du. His acting is getting better and better, becoming more and more relaxed, and becoming more and more involved.
Although he became more and more silent and depressed when he was not filming, the crew's progress suddenly improved.
The filming of "Joker" has entered the fast lane.
On the other hand, Dean Films has also begun to warm up and promote the film. Of course, it is just a warm-up.
As time goes by, the filming of "Joker" is coming to an end.
The publicity plan was also put on the agenda. In the end, after discussions between Li Yi and James Dean, they decided to put the premiere of "Joker" at the Venice Film Festival as the opening film of the film festival.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the opening day of the Venice Film Festival.
Li Yi and the "Joker" crew arrived in Venice Water City a few days in advance.
As the winner of the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival, coupled with Li Yi's status in the international film industry, the influence of Dean Films, and of course the particularity of the movie "Joker" itself, it became the opening ceremony
Video, without any hindrance.
Media people, film critics, and filmmakers from all over the world came here early.
Waiting for the opening of the film festival.
Of course, posters for the most anticipated opening film "Joker" can be seen everywhere here.
Chen Wen, Lin Yunbin, Tang Lu, and other friends of Li Yi in China also came over and wanted to take a look. Although they had known the plot for a long time, they had not seen the finished film and did not know what it was like.
And many domestic film critics also came.
For example, Liu Fei, Chen Jingning and his wife, Du Xianghai, Zhou Qingquan and others.
"Joker" not only became the opening film, but also entered the main competition section of the Venice Film Festival early. There is no way, no matter how controversial "Joker" is, this film, purely from a film perspective, is indeed
Amazing enough.
"I'm really looking forward to it! I wonder how Li Yi will make this movie." Chen Wen said with excitement.
"The role of a clown places too high demands on actors. I heard from Director Li that the leading actor, Steven Beale, was depressed because he played the role of a clown..." Zhou Guo said.
"Hey, something will definitely happen when this movie is released! I hope he is prepared in advance." Lin Yunbin said with some worry.
"I think you are just unfounded. Whatever you can think of, Dean Pictures can definitely think of it, and Li Yi can definitely think of it. It's just a movie, it's not that exaggerated." Chen Wen said disapprovingly.
"I hope so!" Lin Yunbin said.
At this time, the jury of the Venice Film Festival began to appear. Compared with the Hollywood Academy Awards, the opening ceremony of the Venice Film Festival can really only be regarded as average.
Of course, the two themselves are not comparable.
However, even so, the three major European film festivals are still very powerful and influential.
Soon, Li Yi appeared with the members of the "Joker" crew.
"Joker" soon began its official premiere.
"Good morning, today is October 15th, 10 o'clock in the morning on Thursday! The temperature..."
Along with the sound, pictures began to appear on the big screen.
In the picture, it is obvious that there is a dressing room and dressing room for the clowns.
In the center of the camera is a man sitting in front of the makeup mirror, wearing clown makeup, while the sound of the radio continues.
The camera gradually and slowly zoomed in towards the man.
"I'm Stan L. Brooks, and here's the news!"
"Today is the eighteenth day of the sanitation workers' strike. Up to 10,000 tons of garbage are accumulated every day. The most beautiful area of the city looks like a swamp. Health Commissioner Edward O'Rourke announced that the city has entered the
State of emergency.”
In the picture, Arthur seemed to have not heard the broadcast and was applying makeup in an orderly manner.
"For the first time in decades, you don't have to wait for someone to die or get typhoid to start taking action. The situation is already serious. It has affected almost everyone in the city, no matter who they are or where they live.
!”
The camera zoomed in, giving a close-up of Arthur's face, where he was applying makeup on the corners of his mouth.
"No matter which street you walk on, you will see garbage and rats." The voice of a citizen A came from the radio.
Citizen B (voice-over): The mountains of garbage have affected my business, and customers have stopped coming.
Citizen C (voice-over): I just went out for a while and didn’t smell the smell, but just seeing it made me sick.
Citizen D (voice-over): It doesn’t affect me at all, but it really stinks, really bad.
In the picture, Arthur is wearing clown makeup, with white foundation on his face and black makeup on his eyes.
Arthur put down the makeup pen in his hand. His mouth was flat at first, but then the sad expression turned into a "smile", but this smile looked a little weird.
It was as if he was forcing a smile.
Arthur looked at himself in the mirror, raised the corners of his mouth with the index fingers of his left and right hands, and raised a smile.
Citizen E (voice-over): This is too exaggerated. I have been in this country for 50 years and I have never seen anything like this. What kind of world is this?
Radio host (voice-over): Let the city officials meet behind closed doors to solve this problem quickly, even if it takes a day or two. It would be a good idea to send soldiers to clean up the garbage.
At the same time, Arthur pulled down the corners of his mouth with his index finger, turning his smile into an unhappy expression.
There was never a real smile in his eyes, whether it was a mournful expression or a smile.
"Next news, builders and property owners today expressed their concerns about the recent rise in oil prices..."
Arthur pulled up the corners of his mouth again, and the smile appeared again. He stretched his mouth wider with his fingers, and his smile became weird.
Suddenly a tear slipped from the corner of his eye, causing the original black paint to spread down his eyes.
Arthur looked at himself in the mirror.
He suddenly let go of his hand, his smile disappeared, and he looked at the mirror expressionlessly.
The melody of the music seemed to become cheerful, the streets were busy with traffic, and the sidewalks were crowded with people.
There are huge billboards and movie marquees everywhere.
Arthur was standing on the street in front of the music store. He was dressed in a clown's clothes, with a big red mouth painted on his face, a bulbous red nose, and his tongue painted white.
Arthur held up a sign that read "Big Sale" and performed a twirling billboard on the street.
Behind Arthur, an old black man was playing the piano. Arthur swayed along with the music, holding a sign, attracting pedestrians' attention to the store's sale, but the pedestrians turned a blind eye to him.
At this time, a voice came: "Go and punish him!"
"Hey, what happened to your shoes?"
"Man, you look good in this outfit!"
"If you want to be a clown, at least be a good clown. You know that, right?"
A group of boys came towards him, and one kid deliberately knocked the sign out of Arthur's hand.
Then one of the kids grabbed the advertisement and ran away.
Arthur hurriedly chased and shouted, but the group of children ran away.
"Run! He's catching up."
The boys ran on the road, Arthur chasing them, and several people weaved in and out of the road.
But the children were still teasing while running: "Come on, clown! Come and chase him! The sign is here! Look at the way he runs! Hahaha!"
The children ran and laughed at Arthur.
Children crossing the street: "Clown! Your billboard!"
Arthur chased him across the street, and he was almost hit by a car.
He chased these naughty kids all the way through the streets, and Arthur shouted as he ran, "Stop them!"
People on the street watched all this, just laughing and pointing at the excitement, but no one really helped.
The naughty children ran into the alley, and Arthur chased them.
You can see that in this alley, there are black garbage bags with a strong smell piled up on both sides.
In the dirty alley, the naughty children stopped and breathed heavily.
Arthur chased in, and suddenly one of the children hit him in the face with a sign.
The billboard was smashed into pieces, Arthur was knocked down directly, and the naughty children gathered around: "Hurry up, kick him out!"
The next moment, several people surrounded Arthur, kicking and punching him.
"This guy is useless! Kick hard! Kick hard!"
Arthur could only endure it silently, but the naughty children became more and more energetic.
"Quick, take his things, let's go, let's go, let's go quickly!"
The naughty children quickly dispersed, leaving Arthur lying helplessly in the alley, curled up.
In the shot, Arthur is lying there, surrounded by scattered garbage and a dirty, black ground.
The title "Joker" appeared on the big screen and took up the entire screen.
The camera turned.
It was Arthur, he was laughing hard, laughing so hard that tears were overflowing from his eyes.
Then he started laughing again, as if he couldn't stop it.
He seemed to be trying very hard not to laugh, but he couldn't help it and continued to laugh.
Over and over again, over and over again.
At this time, Arthur was in a small, dilapidated social worker's office. He was sitting at the desk of a black female social worker. The social worker was looking at Arthur solemnly.
After a long time, Arthur slowly calmed down and stopped laughing.
Suddenly, he spoke: "Am I overthinking, am I the only one, or is the whole world getting crazier?"
The social worker nodded: "It's quite crazy. Everyone is depressed, poor and can't find a job. It's not easy these days. What about you? Have you continued to keep a diary?"
Arthur took a puff of cigarette and nodded: "Yes, ma'am."
Social worker: "Very good. Have you brought it?"
Arthur smiled but said nothing.
Social worker: "Arthur, last time I asked you to bring your diary for psychological treatment. Can I read it?"
Arthur shook his legs, seeming very uneasy.
He reached out to touch the sweat that seemed to be non-existent, and then took out a worn notebook from his bag: "I have always used it as a diary, to record jokes, and to record interesting ideas. Have I ever said that I want to
Being a stand-up comedian?”
The social worker looked through the diary: "No, you didn't."
Arthur: "I should have said that."
The social worker kept looking through his diary, which contained sentences written in scrawled handwriting, as well as pictures cut out from magazines.
The female social worker saw a page and read it aloud: "I just hope that my death is more meaningful than my life."
Suddenly, she looked up at Arthur, who lowered his head and smiled.
The social worker closed the diary and placed it on the table.
She asked: "How does it feel for you to be here? Does it help you to have someone to talk to?"
Arthur took a drag on his cigarette: "I think it would be better if I was locked up in the hospital."
The social worker asked back: "Have you ever wondered why you are locked up in the hospital?"
The scene flashed back, Arthur was locked in a pure white hospital ward, and he was banging his head against the window of the door.
Return to the social worker's office.
Arthur took a drag on his cigarette and said, "Who knows? Maybe I can ask the doctor to prescribe something stronger for me?"
The social worker continued to flip through the information and said, "Arthur, you have taken seven kinds of medicine. It must be helpful, right?"
Arthur looked at the social worker and said, "I just don't want to be so sad all the time!"
His expression looked extremely sad.
The background music also became sad.
The scene changed again. Arthur was sitting on a bus. He was sitting by the window, his head on the window, looking out the window, his face full of depression.
Suddenly Arthur saw a little boy in the front seat looking at him with an unhappy face.
He smiled, covered his face with his hands, let go, and then changed his expression, which made the boy happy.
The boy's mother heard the noise and turned around: "Can you stop harassing my child?"
Arthur defended: "I didn't harass him!"
"I was..." Arthur tried to explain.
"Stop talking!"
But he was rudely interrupted by the other party!
Suddenly, Arthur laughed, very loudly!
The boy's mother said angrily: "You think this is funny?"
"Arthur covered his mouth and shook his head. His shaking head meant no, but he was still smiling.
He can't control it!
Suddenly Arthur took out a card and handed it to the boy's mother!
The boy's mother saw the card and it said: "Excuse my laughter, I am sick, please turn it over and read it!"
She turned it over and saw a lot of small words on it - This is a special disease of sudden, frequent and uncontrollable laughter. It may occur when there is brain damage or certain nervous system problems.
disease in people!
The boy's mother looked at Arthur, who apologized: "I'm so sorry!"
And his laughter also attracted the attention of all the passengers in the car, and they all looked at Arthur.
The next moment, Arthur got off the bus and walked on the street, where there were still mountains of black garbage bags piled up everywhere.
Arthur walked to the door of the pharmacy and walked in!
The scene quickly switched again. Arthur was holding a small bag in his hand, which should contain medicine. He walked up a staircase with many steps. As the stairs went up, they were still covered with black garbage bags. Soon,
He entered the lobby of a dilapidated apartment building. He walked to the mailbox in the lobby, took out the key and opened his mailbox. There was nothing inside!
