Chapter 887 The plan cannot keep up with the changes, special screening venue
Time flies when you are busy.
In the blink of an eye, May has arrived, and "Thieves of Time" has officially been announced to be finished.
Although this movie requires the use of special effects in some places, they are just ordinary special effects, mainly because they are difficult to shoot.
For example, the scene with the typhoon, and the scene with the two rainbows.
The filming of "Sister Tao" on Mu Qing's side was also going very smoothly, even at the same pace as "The Thief of Time". However, because it started shooting later than "The Thief of Time," the filming there was still busy.
Since we have decided to go to the Venice Film Festival first, we are not in a hurry to promote and release the film in China.
Li Yi is finally free, and Mu Qing's "Sister Tao" still needs some time to shoot.
Originally, "Thieves of Time" had to cooperate with the Venice Film Festival and promote it, so it had to wait until the Venice Film Festival to premiere.
However, sometimes plans cannot keep up with changes.
On this day, Li Yi suddenly received a call from Fang Zhisheng.
"What? I'll be there right away!"
On the phone, Fang Zhisheng told Li Yi that his mentor, Mr. Meng Qiguang, had a heart attack in the early morning and was sent to the hospital for emergency treatment.
Although he was rescued, the situation is not optimistic.
When Li Yi rushed to the hospital, Meng Qiguang had already woken up.
He seemed to be no different from before, but Li Yi learned from Fang Zhisheng that Mr. Meng Qiguang's time was running out.
Meng Qiguang has always suffered from heart disease. He had undergone surgery before. Recently, his heart disease has recurred many times, and it has reached a point where it is hopeless to save him.
"Mr. Meng!" Although they have not known each other for a long time, Meng Qiguang and Li Yi can be regarded as friends. Although they know that life, old age, illness and death are common, but thinking that this old friend may leave this world forever at any time, Li Yi naturally feels sad.
feel bad.
"Director Li is here. Well, I really wanted to wait until the movie was released before leaving. Unfortunately, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait." Meng Qiguang said with a smile.
"You can wait and see. The movie is almost finished. There are only a few details missing. Mr. Meng, please take care of your health. When the time comes, let's see if the movie I made is very different from your memory, Mr. Meng.
Big." Li Yi said.
"Okay, okay, then I'll wait." Meng Qiguang said with a smile.
After leaving the hospital.
Li Yi made a decision to hold a special internal screening.
The story of "Thieves of Time" originated from Meng Qiguang. Li Yi did not want him to leave with regrets. Although the movie will not be released immediately, he can make a compromise and open a scene specifically for Mr. Meng.
As the first Hong Kong film director to win an international film award, Meng Qiguang was once hailed as one of the top five directors in the world. His influence in the Hong Kong film circle is still great.
His story spread quickly.
Li Yi's decision to hold a special screening of "Thieves of Time" for Meng Qiguang also spread in the circle.
Li Yi didn't think about how many people he would invite, nor did he think about using this to promote the movie. After all, with his current status, it was really unnecessary. Moreover, he was not one of those capitalists in Hollywood who had no bottom line.
By consuming other people's misfortunes, he simply wanted Meng Qiguang to have no regrets.
Unexpectedly, after this matter spread in the industry, many Hong Kong filmmakers called me hoping to attend this special screening.
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Broadway Cinematheque, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong Island.
A special screening of "Thieves of Time" held for Meng Qiguang was held here.
This screening is not a commercial event. Members of the media are not allowed to enter the venue. All audiences are Hong Kong filmmakers.
Including the older generation of Hong Kong directors such as Chen Han, a series of veteran stars in Hong Kong such as Chen Weijie, and many seniors in the Hong Kong film industry.
The theater at the Broadway Cinematheque is not very large, with only over 300 seats.
However, it was enough for Li Yi.
If he wants, he can actually choose a larger and more luxurious theater and screening room to show the movie, but it is not necessary.
This time, at first, Li Yi just wanted to invite Meng Qiguang to watch the movie, but after thinking about it in the end, he decided to show it in the cinema.
This group of special audiences from the Hong Kong film industry came in early and kept a low profile. Although they were low-key, they couldn't stand it. Among them were top stars in Hong Kong such as Chen Weijie and Cheng Hu. Moreover, this matter was not a secret, so outsiders
There were still many gossip media reporters waiting there.
Only this time, everyone ignored these media reporters.
At seven o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhisheng pushed Meng Qiguang into the cinema.
Everyone in the theater stood up and shouted.
It's not because Meng Qiguang is really influential enough to make everyone stand up and pay attention, but because he is the protagonist today.
Also because the older generation of filmmakers in Hong Kong have gradually withered away, many people feel very unhappy.
Today it is Meng Qiguang, maybe tomorrow it will be someone else among them.
Just like the sentence at the beginning of the movie: "In the changing life, time is the biggest thief!"
There was no introduction or speech, the movie just started playing.
Meng Qiguang was sitting in a wheelchair, looking at the line of words that appeared on the big screen, sighing in his heart.
Yes, time is the biggest thief.
Now, time will also steal his life, but he smiles.
The brightly blooming flowers gradually disappeared and were replaced by a group of swimming fish in the aquarium.
The audiences who can come here to watch this movie are all film industry insiders, so naturally their viewing angle will be very different from that of ordinary audiences.
In a good movie, every shot has a meaning. For example, at the beginning of "Thieves of Time", the fish swimming in the tank in the aquarium actually have their own symbolic meanings.
It symbolizes the end of everything and the beginning of everything. "The memory of a fish is only three seconds, and after three seconds there will be a new beginning!"
However, life is different. No matter what kind of life it is, the road we have traveled will never come back again, and the time in the past will never come back again. However, we have to continue our journey amidst these many helpless and beautiful memories.
The small figure of Luo Jin Er, played by Xu Fei, appears in the camera through the fish tank.
He looked at the fish swimming in the tank innocently and curiously, and looked at other fish tanks and fish in the aquarium.
People who don’t understand may just laugh it off, but people who understand can also see a lot of things from here.
People in Hong Kong like to keep goldfish. On the one hand, they can keep them as pets. On the other hand, they believe that fish food brings good fortune.
Some of them are called "Colorful Immortals", and some are called "Golden Jade Mantang". Through the transparent fish tank, you can see the bright, clear and curious eyes of Luo Jiner (younger brother). It is such a pair of eyes that lead the way.
