Hollywood legendary director

"Um...it's difficult to do...whis..." a middle-aged man in his forties with sparse hair frowned and muttered.

The Sunglasses King said indifferently: "They have all come to look for it, and it's not easy to refuse-it's just that how to allocate it, and it needs to be carefully considered."

The middle-aged man who talked to the King of Sunglasses was named Chen Huizhong, the financial executive of Zedong Film Company and the producer of films such as "2046".

The relationship between the two includes both superiors and superiors, as well as good friends.

Chen Huizhong raised his head to think for a while, and said after a long silence, "Didn't Director Ken Rocky also make an appointment with you a few days ago? They all came to try, this matter is not easy to handle..."

Then he said helplessly: "We can't afford to offend those people, and we can't refuse the goodwill of being close. Therefore, it is inevitable to get more awards to make a fuss."

"Yeah." The King of Sunglasses is not stupid. If he doesn't know how to meet people and say some good things, he would have been beaten to death by investors. "Then, performance awards can be used to fill the vacancy. This is the least risky."

"It can only be so." Chen Huizhong nodded, "Also, Palme d'Or...who do you plan to vote for?"

"From the two anti-war themes, pick the one with the highest voice. I think the other judges think the same way. There is nothing wrong with following the crowd."

"feasible......"

After the opening ceremony, the atmosphere of Cannes about the film began to gradually become lively.

Cinemas, beaches, auditoriums, and even the open spaces in the movie palaces and many independent filmmakers who promote themselves at their own expense arrange the movies. There are hundreds of shows every day, which can be described as a real movie event.

Of course, among these, the most attention by audiences and media is undoubtedly the official film festival.

The organizers also have a set of arrangements for the screening of each competition unit. The basic rules are based on the reputation of the film director and the subject audience, so that the more than one week of screenings will not be too plain and cannot be missed. One.

That morning, Lehman was free, so he personally stared at the scheduling issue of the non-competitive unit.

According to the system and the favors received, although it was very troublesome, nothing went wrong.

Only after the film was released, it attracted many movie lovers to walk in.

In other words, during the Cannes Film Festival, the space for film fans is quite free.

One day's cinema plus roadside screenings, the number is extremely large, where you like to go, where to watch, and occasionally find a favorite, it is also a joyful thing.

Of course, most of the things here are not even the threshold for cinema screenings, and there are so many weird narratives.

But this kind of atmosphere is what many movie lovers like.

On the other side, Liam is also rushing to the scene with people, scattered to find out whether there are movies with potential for release, so as to buy the copyright and get some profit in the North American market.

The publishing company has quite high requirements for the number of film sources. After all, there is no publishing task, it still has to pay wages, and it also wastes manpower and market space. Therefore, a trading platform like Cannes is still in demand by Blue Butterfly Pictures.

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Cinema Palace, the main competition unit.

There was a long line in front of a large-scale and exquisitely decorated projection hall.

Everyone communicated enthusiastically and waited for admission.

Not far from the side, an old man with gray hair watched this scene with satisfaction.

This morning, there were a total of two movies in the main competition venue, one of which was "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" directed by this old man.

Yes, the old man's name is Ken Rocky, a British director, born in 36 years, and graduated from the Law Department of Oxford University.

In all, this is his fourth time competing in Cannes.

As a rookie as a director in the early years, he had no personal connections, so he often accompanies him to run-not just Cannes.

This run is more than 20 years.

From middle age to old age, I couldn't wait for a golden palm.

Such regrets and missed the nomination have already become his obsession.

Fortunately, this year, the organizing committee finally paid attention to him, and arranged his movie on the first day after the opening, which is enough to understand the deep meaning behind this.

However, what is slightly uncomfortable is that another exhibition hall not far from the cinema, Pedro Almodóvar's film "Return" is also attracting a lot of audience support.

Ken Roach knows very well that this year's Cannes Film Festival, the most threatening to him to win the award is this person.

And whether it is more seniority or something else.

——From the selection of the first two films on the first day, we can see the hesitation and hesitation of the jury.

Ken Rocky took a few deep glances, watching the team gradually disappear, and the remaining audience who did not enter the venue dissipated because they had no place, so they retracted their eyes and walked into the exhibition hall on his side.

After about half an hour, the story is getting better, and the audience in the exhibition hall is not leaving the scene, the retention rate is quite good.

This makes Ken Rocky, who has been paying attention to this matter, slightly relaxed.

——The movie has no advantage to impress the audience, but it will really leave the audience on a large scale.Movies with similar reactions every year basically fail to win the final prize.

After all, Ken Rocky was very old and had limited energy. Apart from secretly comforting for a while, he quickly devoted himself to the hard-working movies he had made.

Even if he was already very familiar with it, he still couldn't help thinking about the story and process.

The background of "Wind Blowing Wheat Waves" revolves around some things that happened during the Irish War of Independence and after the dramatic processing.

Mainly through the painful experiences of three ordinary young people in this, the heavy history of the Irish in this special period is reproduced from the perspective of different people, as well as the strong strokes in the bloody chapter brought about by the British colonization.

In other words, this is a British director who used the attitude of facing history to show that period of history.

What is rare is that the narrative butt is not crooked.

Do not criticize, disagree, and do not wash the ground.

Even because of this explanation of social issues and some care for the people at the bottom-mainly sympathy for the Irish.

He was also labeled as "suspected of treason" by Hao Shi Yu Ji, and it was mainly the British media who said so.

Of course, the urine of the British media has never been afraid of trouble.

This kind of misunderstanding can only be regarded as a small daily method.

Ken Rocky didn't take it seriously.

He is 70 years old, and he has nothing but movies and some obsessions with awards.

Even though The Sun publicly criticized that "The Wind Blowing Wheat Wave" is a film supporting the Irish Republican Army, and the purpose of filming the film was to ruin the reputation of Britain, he still unwaveringly got it to Cannes.

Is it wrong to face history squarely?

Ken Rocky’s purpose is only to tell people not to start an unjust war, and as long as it is to compare with the Iraq War.

Whenever there are internal conflicts, don't always think of using external wars to transfer them. This is what he wants to express.

War is only a continuation of politics. It is not an end but a means.

"The Wind Blows the Wheat Wave" tells such a story with the resistance of the three low-level people.

And in the internal screening, it was recognized by most judges.

The struggle of the Republican Army inside forced the British army to sign a treaty to stop bloodshed and sacrifice.

However, the initial victory was only a superficial phenomenon, and soon ushered in internal cleansing, civil war broke out, and the so-called side by side fighting was just a continuation of the struggle for power.

The film style is serious and realistic, and the filming is still very good.

And what has happened is over, Ken Rocky himself still respects history.

Oh, and it’s also worth mentioning that in the starring lineup, Crian Murphy (the scarecrow in "The Mystery of the Shadow") has appeared.

After the screening, Ken Rocky saw the audience still discussing passionately, and he was as happy as having eaten honey.

For the director, there is nothing more satisfying than being loved by the audience.

He got up with joy, deliberately leaned into the crowd slowly, and occasionally chatted with a few familiar judges, all of which were gestures of favor.

Everyone is righteous, and they are all selfish, and there are too many contacts and interactions.

Ken Rocky is also very adapted to this rhythm.

For others, the desire to award awards or not is far less intense than the desire to benefit themselves and make relationships.

Ken Rocky sighed a few times and joined it naturally.

He missed Palme d'Or twice, for him, I really hope to get it once.

Nothing else, just for the beauty and satisfaction at this time.