Hollywood Secret Garden

After a light rain, the wet road became slippery, but this did not affect the laying of the red carpet and the excitement of the various people attending the film festival.And the reporters set up their cameras early and waited to shoot - no matter which country they are in, no matter what award ceremony they will be there.

The Rolls-Royce Phantom II luxury limousine stopped in front of the red carpet, and the reporters who were still photographing other people suddenly turned their cameras on the door of the car.Although there are many RVs in Cannes, there is only one Rolls-Royce Phantom II that can be extended, so it goes without saying who owns it.

Angela, who was wearing a purple long-sleeved round-neck evening dress under the flashing lights, walked out of the car, smiling and maintaining her unique demeanor, as noble and elegant as before. She has already participated in countless similar activities. Don't be surprised.Angela originally wanted to wear a women's suit, but considering that this was her first time participating in the Cannes Film Festival, she decided to forget it.

Questions such as "Miss Angela, may I ask..." were quickly heard among the reporters, and everyone wanted to get something out of her mouth.The difference is that the reporters from the United States and the United Kingdom focused their questions on "The Pianist", while the reporters from the European continent basically focused on New Zealand's "Lord of the Rings".Why this is so... self-evident.

"The Cannes Film Festival is a prestigious festival in the history of film. Whether you are a director or an actor, you should come here to see it—even if it's just for tourism. So I'm here, with a fairly new film."

"You should ask the judges this question, the decision is in their hands, isn't it?"

"About the '98 Halloween parade, I'll explain later, this is obviously not the time to talk about that."

Angela dealt with reporters with ease, even if these guys talked about things with the pictures of the Halloween parade that just appeared on the Internet, she pushed them away lightly - I have to admit, these fans really have perseverance, originally thought that two years ago Even if someone recorded the ordinary news clips, they might not be able to recall them, but unexpectedly they were dug out.

In this way, while answering the reporter's question ambiguously, Angela walked towards the venue, occasionally saying hello to people she knew.At this time, there were already many people sitting in the venue.Angela quickly found her place, said hello to Ed and the others, and then turned her head to look at the crowd around her. From time to time, she could find a few familiar faces from Hollywood, such as Cannes regular Uma Se Mann or Gerald Pardieu, Morgan Freeman and so on.

Next to the North American area is the Western European area, where people from entertainment circles such as France, Spain, and the United Kingdom are seated. It is a pity that Sophie’s delicate face cannot be seen; beyond that is the Nordic area, and Asia is on the far right of the venue .

Angela was a little distracted. The crew of "In the Mood for Love", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and "The Devil Is Coming" should all be there.Yesterday afternoon, I chatted with Jiang Wen for a few words on that topic, and then left after exchanging pleasantries. The reason why I didn’t continue the discussion may be the same as meeting Mr. Li and Ms. Zhang.

In the final analysis, it is still the question, the question that I can't answer at present.And what I have to do, my goal has to face it, really... Angela, who realized that she was thinking too much, shook her head, regained her senses and focused on the stage, the 53rd Cannes The award ceremony of the film festival has officially started.

Compared with Oscar or several other film festivals, Cannes probably has the fewest awards, such as screenwriting awards, photography awards, short film awards, technical awards, and so on.Directors, actors and actresses, and the Palme d'Or are the ones with the highest gold content—the actor awards of the three major European film festivals do not distinguish between leading roles and supporting roles, which means that the leading roles, supporting roles, and even secondary roles in any movie can participate in the competition.Of course, most of the winners are the protagonists.

Interestingly, it is extremely rare for a film to win two awards at the same time, especially for actors and directors.A few years ago, Leslie Cheung lost the Best Actor award because of the Palme d'Or for "Farewell My Concubine". "Farewell My Concubine" won the Palme d'Or, so it is really inappropriate for the leading actor to win the same movie!

It can't be said that the judges are unfair, but... this is obviously suspected of sharing pork.Of course, it can be said that the purpose of the Cannes Film Festival is to support different countries to assist their producers and the development of the film industry, but this suspicion cannot be escaped anyway.

And all those in the know know that the key to awarding is not whether the film is worth it, but it depends on the individual.Cannes is a festival, a party, not a real competition.So thinking about "The Pianist", only the director and the Palme d'Or participated in the competition. Angela knew that her guess was very likely to be correct, as long as the awards were awarded, it would be confirmed.What made her wonder was, was this a coincidence or did Ed and the others do it on purpose?

The awards were handed out one by one, and the winners came from all over the world, such as the United States, France, Iran and so on.The Chinese became the biggest winners of the night, Jiang Wen and Maggie Cheung won the best actor and actress, while Taiwan's Yang Dechang won the best director, and the jury award was awarded to "The Devil Is Coming" - Jiang Wenneng won two and the jury awards The nature of the consolation is not unrelated. Although this award is called the Silver Palm by the outside world, the essence has not changed, and the judges have never been stingy with consolation awards.

Losing the director did not affect Angela's mood, after all, she still had the Palme d'Or.Although it is said that the Palme d'Or is the best film in Cannes, it is awarded to the director who directed it, not the film company that produced it, so it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a comprehensive award for best film and best director.

"Even though I have already spent several nights in Cannes, the most beautiful night is tonight. Well, I know everyone is already waiting a little impatiently, don't worry, I will announce the answer here." Luc · Besson smiled and shook the envelope in his hand, and began to open it.Angela felt that when he scanned the venue, he seemed to smile when his eyes fell on himself sitting in the front row. If this is not an illusion, it can only be said...

""The Pianist", Angela Mason!" Luc Besson read it out loud, and applause broke out after the uproar in the venue. It was a little sparse at first, but it became enthusiastic later on.

Although Angela was a little excited after hearing her name, she immediately became less excited.Obviously, I guessed it right. The Palme d'Or for "The Pianist" was just a struggle between European filmmakers and North American filmmakers. At the same time, there was an explanation of last year's turmoil that lasted for a year.

This does not mean that the judges are unfair, after all, the value of "The Pianist" is obvious.It's just that this kind of thinking will definitely dominate the judges, especially the judges of European filmmakers: Isn't Oscar refusing to award the best director to Miss Genius?Then it's up to Cannes to affirm her, she has indeed made shocking achievements.

Thinking that winning the Palme d'Or was more due to last year's turmoil and the film academy's unintentional contribution to the flames, Angela felt extremely depressed.Fortunately, she hasn't forgotten to go up to receive the award.

"I admit I was surprised," said Angela, calm as she took the box containing the golden palm-leaf-encrusted trophy from Besson.

After a short speech in French and a hug with Besson, Angela walked off the stage and returned to her seat.After adjusting my thoughts, I was relieved.Anyway, pork is divided, at best the division is relatively strict and the objects of the division are also carefully selected. The movie "The Pianist" itself is worthy of the Palme d'Or.

"Congratulations, Angie, this is the Palme d'Or." After Angela returned to his seat, Ed smiled and got up and hugged her, "The youngest winner of the Palme d'Or in history, I am afraid that no one can win this title." Robbed."

"You sent "The Pianist" to the exhibition on purpose, Ed?" Angela asked leisurely.

"Of course. You must know that participating in film festivals can help a lot to increase the popularity of the film, especially in Europe. Although this film is already well-known because of you, it will take some effort to get Europeans to pay for it obediently." " Ed shrugged, "Although the North American box office barely recovered the cost, why not do it if you can earn more?"

"Except for this?" Angela raised her eyebrows, and the word "honest confession" was clearly written on her face.

Ed raised his hand slightly, as if he couldn't hide anything from you: "Since the Oscars are so stingy, it's not bad to come to Cannes to see it. Facts have proved that my decision is correct. These judges are very good at your movie. They are full of praise, and now they have won the Palme d'Or, it's really hard to imagine that they still..."

He made a gesture and didn't continue, and Angela didn't pursue it. Ed obviously thought the same as her.It's just that these things can't be brought up on the stage, and the turmoil following the award of the Palme d'Or to "The Pianist" must be exposed.

After the awards show, Angela declined invitations to several parties and went straight back to the hotel. She had to fly back to New Zealand tomorrow afternoon, so it was necessary to hurry up and rest.It's just that she couldn't fall asleep when she was lying on the bed, and she kept recalling the feeling of lack of interest in her heart, and then looked at the ceiling occasionally with a wry smile.

Whether it is the three major film festivals or the Oscars, no matter how fair and just they are on the surface, they still have their own rules.For example, Venice pays attention to raw literary films, while Berlin focuses on ideology. Although Cannes wanders between business and literature, it prefers European films.As for the Oscars, American movies always take the lion's share.

If you want to analyze in depth, the graphs drawn will overwhelm even the best analysts.Think about how the film academy judges would rather award Brody the best actor as compensation than best director; think about why the Palme d'Or was awarded to "The Pianist".

But knowing this was the case, Angela had to continue to fight for it.Because she can get a symbol of honor and corresponding publicity from the judges and benefit from it, and the same judges can also use excellent movie poses to maintain the gold content of the event and their own authority. This is a win-win situation—even if Most of those honors do not belong to me.

Because she has a goal that she must accomplish, which has been decided long ago.So she can't go on passively, but actively use these conditions to achieve her own goals, just...

Angela sighed deeply in her heart, and then put her hands on her face with exhaustion.Just who am I?

In the helpless struggle, she finally fell asleep.

The weather in Cannes on the second day was as clear as ever, and the light rain the day before did not affect the good weather.Angela had her luggage packed up after she got up, and she didn't mind leaving early as long as the Sky was ready.However, God didn't seem to want her to go too smoothly in Cannes, so she had to find something for her before leaving.

"A little girl just 20 years old. Of course, "The Pianist" is very good, but has she left those usual means? No! Not at all! From this point of view, my "Dancer in the Dark" is even better. It has practical significance! Do you understand? Realistic significance, film art must abandon those packaging to restore the innocence and cleanliness, otherwise it will die!"

Angela threw the "Le Monde" aside in disgust, and the headline on the entertainment page read: Famous director Lars von Trier expressed dissatisfaction with not winning one award for his film.This is already considered good, and some second-rate newspapers even published headlines such as "Lars von Trier bombards the youngest Palme d'Or winner Angela Mason".

"Don't worry about it, it's a habit for newspapers to exaggerate." Angela shrugged, "As for Von Trier, he's just an idiot and a lunatic, whatever he says, he can't be locked up in a mental hospital anyway go inside."

As she spoke, she gestured to the hotel attendant to take her luggage to the car below.Ed, who brought the newspaper and planned to send her to the airport, frowned at this moment, and said after the waiter left: "It doesn't seem very good to talk about a famous director in front of the hotel waiter, right?"

"So what, a famous director? Well, in the eyes of those people, he is a famous director; but in my eyes, he is a lunatic." Angela walked out as she spoke, making no secret of her admiration for Von Trier. disgust.

Yes, disgust.After Luc Besson visited her, Angela deliberately searched through this guy's information, "Dancer in the Dark" and the so-called DOGMA95 oath, and recalled the memories of her previous life, and then told her This von Trier felt nothing but disgust.

An obvious feature of his movies is that they are extremely hypocritical, even hypocritical to the point of disgusting."Dancer in the Dark" exhibited this time is a musical, and musicals should be a little pretentious, but he can still shoot pretentiously to the point of awkwardness.

Not to mention the ridiculous so-called DOGMA95 oath to keep the movie pure, this guy is a complete self-centered lunatic.Angela still remembered that in the previous life, this guy had said something like "I am the best director in the world" without shame.As soon as he started filming he thought he was God—not the God of the movie he was shooting, but the God of the entire human world.The degree of arrogance is evident.

This kind of person is not uncommon in history, such as Adolf Hitler decades ago or Russia's steel leader.

So Angela didn't bother to pay attention to it, wouldn't it be worthless to argue with a madman?It's a pity that even though she thought so, the reporters didn't think so. As soon as she left the hotel, she was surrounded by a lot of reporters.

"Miss Angela, what do you think of Mr. Von Trier's evaluation of you?"

"What do you think of Mr. von Trier's works, Miss Angela?"

"Do you agree with Mr. Von Trier's pure film, Miss Angela?"

"Mr. Von Trier told reporters this morning that what he said was true. If "The Pianist" didn't use so much post-processing technology, it would definitely be better. Do you agree with this statement?"

Angela, who was about to get into the car under the protection of the bodyguards, finally stopped. She raised her eyebrows and turned her head to glance coldly at the reporters around her.It’s okay for Von Trier to complain because his work passed by the Palme d’Or, so why did he come out and criticize himself?Who does he think he is?

"Sorry, who are you talking about?" Angela asked deliberately.

"Lars von Trier, I thought you should know him." The French reporter couldn't turn the corner for a moment.

"Lars von Trier? Oh, I thought his name was John Walmsley." Angela's words made the surrounding reporters look at each other. Who is John Walmsley?Fortunately, Miss Genius immediately explained their confusion: "Oh no, what I said is a little flattering Mr. John Walmsley. After all, this man led workers into Manchester's textile factory hundreds of years ago and smashed the machines. They don't understand what relations of production are when they claim that machine guns have taken their jobs."

These reporters are all good people. They couldn't hear what Angela was talking about, and they all showed excited eyes.

"In every era there are always people who are always hostile and skeptical of new things—whether ideas, technologies, or anything else—and they have never thought of taking the best of these new things and discarding the dross. Finally, hold it in your hand to better interpret your ideas, art or products.” Angela smiled slightly and raised her chin, “History has long proved that those who stand still will be swept into the trash sooner or later to the heap."

"As for the DOGMA95 oath, even a few proponents can't fully implement it themselves, so what right do they have to tell others what to do? This inexplicable thing will be forgotten by people in a few years at most, and when it is used by a few decades later When a computer can make an interesting, exquisite, or profound movie, and then look back, you will find how ridiculous this oath is!" Angela glanced at the reporters around again, "In my It seems that the reason why European movies are in a downturn is that there are too many directors like this gentleman who like to make movies with self-centeredness, as for the needs of the audience—what is that?”