King of Hollywood

ps: Second more... so sleepy... jet lag not yet reversed...

Silence in the lobby, European films... dead? How arrogant! But no one disputed that, after the previous baptism of social responsibility, the vast majority of people would not consider Adrian ineligible to say such a thing. Many times they ignore that the miracle director is not only a director, but also quite a media tycoon, almost with his friends from having to develop ac media.

Prior to that, I had this picture of Hollywood and European films in my head, a 30-year-old and a 40-year-old middle-aged man running almost side by side, young people leading one or half positions, trying to compete with each other, despite the friction from time to time and the sight of each other. ”Adrian didn't give them a chance to rebut," yet today I suddenly found myself wrong, and I never agreed with Rumsfeld's old European version, but at this moment I was surprised to find it so fitting. ”

Paused, he gave a sneer: “This is no longer a competition between young and middle-aged people, but a middle-aged man running fast ahead, throwing the old man far away. The old man used to try to catch up, but then he slowly gave up and made a mockery of the middle-aged man's back from time to time to comfort himself, to miss the era of his own leadership and to give up the idea of catching up altogether. I can imagine that in a few more years, as the backs of the middle-aged get farther and farther away, the old man's mockery will never reach each other's ears, and he will certainly turn to those younger people behind him, like Iranian films, Indian films, Japanese films and Chinese films! ”

Adrian's voice gets higher again: "Look what you have left, the dogma95 declaration? Movie Ten Commandments? Something an advocate can't even do! I saw medieval workers screaming for the burning of heretics, insisting that they were great and holy missionaries, or 18th century workers rushing into factories and smashing machines, claiming that they had taken their jobs! ”

“How ridiculous, how ridiculous!" He laughed loudly and sharply to keep his sense of superiority from advancing in technology. “Without technology, without cinema, without technology, without cameras, without technology, everything will not exist today. The ridiculous thing about this declaration is that the signatories never wanted to go to the forefront of technology to lead to control. It's how sad and pathetic it is to show your superiority with evasion and rejection! ”

Tyre blushed and stared angrily at him, as did Rosé, Bertolucci and many others around him.

But Adrian is still going on, and he's starting to get excited: “I love France. Because films are born here, because the new wave begins here, I've always expected French films to lead European films and Hollywood's frontal rivalry. Because there's competition, there's motivation, there's competition, there's vitality! Hollywood can only go further if someone keeps chasing it around! But the truth? I'm too disappointed, very, very disappointed, to see what you've got right now, except for the woman's * *, except for the fragments, except for the director's self-talk. What's left?! ”

“You think you're God, you make up your own things with no hesitation, but you're too lazy to build the basic logic of the story. You ask the audience to accept, but you don't care what the audience feels. The audience is just proving their chips in your eyes. What do you think the movie is!” Adrian began to get angry. This questioning suppressed the people on the scene to death in the momentum he created.

But there is still some reluctance to speak.

“You've also directed films like this, haven't you?” The old man, Bertolucci, speaking powerlessly and looking very ugly, after all, has never made such harsh accusations in front of himself and cannot be refuted for a moment.

But after all, the old fox is an old fox. In a few words, he lit up the problem in Adrian's words. You objected to these, but you directed similar films yourself. This is not a good answer, and inadvertently, previous propaganda is likely to be exhausted. Unfortunately, Adrian is ready.

“Of course, because I don't express my opinions without knowing anything, like I've never been to the United States, but I can tell the story of the United States without saying so.” Adrian sneered and transferred the attack to Tyre again.

Tyr, who was blushing, was even more annoyed, but Adrian still wouldn't give him the chance to talk: "I invested in Luc's film company, I asked Giuseppe for Italian films, and I really wanted someone to lead European films and Hollywood to compete, even Uvey, in my opinion? Bauer's better than you guys, at least he wants to tell a story! But what happened? What do you have left? The Last Tango in Paris? ”

“May I remind you, Mr. Cowell, that I hope you have a little respect for Mr. Bertolucci, that time has proven…” Camille? Rose screamed angrily, but Adrian pressed back with a louder voice: "I also want to remind you, ma'am, please respect the time! ”

“You think 30 years is enough? Good. So how about we put a zero in the back? Of course, maybe you think it's as good as Van Gogh's or Shakespeare's, so why don't we add a zero? If you think it can compete with the Temple of Patnon, how about a zero?” Adrian * * expressed his ridicule naked.

“Yes, Europe has a long and elusive history, and it's your pride and your capital to see it all, but so what?” He laughed out loud, "Thousands of years ago, the Romans indulged, and hundreds of years ago, they were a bunch of fanatical abstinents, and now... needless to say, it's just a round, so —— you're just saying, what's wrong with the flood after I die? ”

His voice finally lowered a little, he put up his anger but changed to a cold tone, and it was still like he was making a final verdict: “Such disrespect, such superiority and arrogance, in my view, you are just a group of selfish cowards who want to immerse themselves in their own world without daring to face reality, only to get the cheer and welcome of others, reject criticism. Just ask others to change and never reflect on their guys... I'm ashamed to join you! ”

He dropped this cold sentence and walked towards the door in the silence of a raven before stopping to turn again: "Yes, there is one more sentence: please continue! Please continue your arrogance, continue your disrespect, and continue to carry your proud history on your shoulders. So we can run farther and faster, and you —— you're not a threat anymore. ”

He owed himself, and Adrian left the lobby without returning, and a few seconds later the silent crowd blew up.

“Colwell obviously didn't realize. When he accuses others of arrogance, he himself is arrogant. We understand that arrogance, after all, is more than 200 years of statehood in the United States. They are always eager to be recognized, and once they hit the wall, the fragile mind will not become radical and distorted, as Corwell proves well.” - The Evening Post

“Such words are untimely, and Tyre certainly does not obscure them, but Colwell, no matter how dissatisfied he may be, should not make such ridiculous remarks about the death of European films.” - Figaro

“At this Cannes Film Festival, the miracle director once again had alarming news. He's in Camille? Ms. Rosé's salon openly claimed that European films were dead. According to live sources, Danish director Lars? Von Tyre claimed sympathy for the Nazis was the trigger, despite Colwell's regrettable remarks. But Tyre is equally worried that the development of the Cannes Film Festival appears to have been hampered.” - The Times

“There is no doubt that Colwell is right. The arrogance of European cinematographers has always been deeply engraved in the bones, just as disgusting as old men who are old and still like to finger and foot others' lives.” - San Francisco Chronicle

Not surprisingly, Adrian's speech on the salon shook the cinema circle on both sides of the Atlantic the next day. There were reporters on the salon, and naturally his preaching was sent to the editorial offices of the newspapers for the first time, and the news was published on the Internet late that night.

Of course, no journalist would deliberately break the rules at this time, and the news would have been shocking enough, and there was no need to play such tricks; second, don't forget that Adrian was himself a media tycoon, and for whatever purpose he had given such a speech, there would have been no backhand. In fact, that evening, shortly after the news appeared on the website, the full text of the announcement appeared on his Facebook and marked it as a welcome reprint, which was quickly circulated online.

The media response on the European side was also interesting, with Denmark naturally all on Tyre's side, although there was no mention of sympathy for the Nazis, and of course their views were not important at all.

Italy felt offended by Bertolucci's presence and humiliation, so most disagreed, even though Adrian's relationship with the Italian goddess was obscure, and produced The Legend of Beauty in Sicily and held Monica to the throne after the Oscars.

France is on the verge of becoming much more involved, and although most people are averse to the phrase "European film is dead”, the fondness and expectations of France revealed between the words of Adrian make it difficult for them to accuse themselves as heavily as the Italian media. Despite the criticism of some film critics, there was always a feeling of weakness, even in Rosé's article, which was there that night.

However, they attacked each other very hard, some thought that Adrian was talking completely nonsense, and others thought that the whole speech was desirable, even though it was exaggerated. Talking about it, the two factions started attacking each other, and it affected a lot of people, like Luc? Besson called Adrian and complained, "You really hurt me. ”

When the story came out, he and Tonadore were named, so many journalists chased them, but at the same time, they were reprimanded by their own compatriots.

Relatively speaking, the British media needed to be objective, and they didn't want to see Hollywood or European films. Although they were part of Europe and included in Adrian's speech, they always thought they were different from the guys on the continent, so there was this interesting scene.

As for the American media, it's basically one-sided support. Just kidding, Adrian's a media tycoon, and he's talking about it from their perspective. How could they not support it? Even the smooth Spielberg, when questioned by journalists, rarely clearly conveys what it means: at least Adrian speaks part of the truth, and European films do reach a place that needs to be changed.

And there's no objection, like David? Konanberg expressed some disdain. Adrian was just complaining, too childish, not mature enough. But he said it —— the United States is a free country —— but few people ignored it, like a little rock thrown into a pond, and a splash of water sank to the bottom.

Speaking of directors, speak up. Another interesting place to mention is the silence of some of the real old-fashioned directors on the European side, such as Rommel, Levitte, Antonio and Godard, who never concealed his disgust with the Jews. Not knowing whether to comment or not, one of the clients, Bertolucci, declined the interview with the journalist. It means there's nothing to say.

It's not easy to argue against a miracle director with a journalist in private.

There's no way, nobody can be like him. Achievements are eloquent in many areas. He is both a super-rich and a great director and producer of any type of film, black comedy, English classics, fantasy epic poetry, creepy and inspirational, science fiction, music, biography, as well as France, Italy… there seems to be no film type he won't, and rarely every film has an excellent reputation and box office.

Such a résumé may not normally seem like much, but it's time to show off, and whatever director is in front of it, you have to back off by three points - of course. Lars Von? Tyr's not one of those guys with a brain problem. Not to mention that he is the richest and most powerful director in the world, has access to information, and is a philanthropist. A key player in the media industry.

In short, it is inadvertent to criticize in any way. There will be situations like "what are you qualified to say about social responsibility in front of me", as for private life...

But the storm was just beginning, and when Adrian arrived in Los Angeles —— the afternoon after the salon ended -- he left Cannes, then quickly returned to Paris and London, and took his own private plane back to the United States. He arrived at 2 p.m. in Los Angeles, and he didn't cover up his itinerary, so many reporters were outside the airport, so he made another speech in public.

“I know that people are going to be upset, they're going to feel offended, and I know that people are going to try to prove me wrong in every way they can, and they're right. This is normal, as we rarely admit mistakes in debates, especially when there seems to be a wealth of arguments.

So why should we care? Why should they care about their grievances and their rebuttal of their ridicule? Remember, we're only in our 200s, we're young, and we were born to move on! Yeah, we don't have that much history, but what? The movie was born in France, but it grew in Hollywood! The movie industry is different, but we've built a complete system in Hollywood, and we're on the moon, and we've built the Internet, and we've done things nobody's ever done before! Because we know running forward is the most important thing! Let them take history to the old pile of paper, we have the future! God bless America! ”

Live cheer thundered, like welcoming a hero, many people sighed after seeing the news from the internet or the next day's newspaper. Undoubtedly, even if European cinematographers spend time uniting their views, once the subject is picked up, there is a flag figure at the forefront, and there will certainly be a long-standing debate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Lars Von? Tyr was such a fool, how could he go to provoke such a person, and in public, in front of so many people, what sympathy was said for the Nazis? The miracle director was also strange, why did he suddenly blame the whole of European films for something like this, or did he really want to support European films and Hollywood competition?

“Of course it's sincere," Adrian said in his office. "Monopoly has no merit, and competition is the driving force. ”

“Oh?” Claude didn't move.

“All right,” he laughed, "you know why I did it, and you know how it's better than cheating. Since I'm an AC Media brand, why don't you make it bigger? ”

This conflict is no surprise, as I said before, the last step in Cannes, which will also determine the outcome next year. If you want to be a Hollywood spokesperson, you can't be a Pianist alone, but you have to stand on their side with the flag, and you have to tell them, look, let me be the best spokesperson, just like this.

Of course, he didn't want to wreak havoc in the salon at first, there was an open-air party before the awards ceremony, and there would only be more celebrities attending the party, in which case the war - which was not difficult, a few words of things - would be fought and debated with more people, and the effect would probably only be stronger, after all, his carefully planned résumé has so far been unparalleled.