novelraw Chapter 345 Leading the Trend
Chapter 345 Leading the Trend
The Cannes Film Festival has always been a hot topic of discussion among the media, film lovers, gossip crowds, and netizens.
The Berlinale even announces the results before the Oscars, and Cannes is now the only big movie event in the middle of the year.
People are very curious about what kind of new works this year's Cannes can have and which stars will be present.
At the beginning of the year, Jodie Foster's approach could put the film festival on the stove. Although the Norwegian actress Liv Mann was temporarily rescued, people still looked down upon it.
In particular, the first batch of finalists announced is even more star-studded. Although famous directors from various countries have also brought their works, the only stars who can attract the attention of the public are Eve and Nicole.
In order to save Cannes' starlight, artistic director Fu Mao had to try his best to make up for the lack of starlight.
From this report, it can be seen that not only has the crew of "Lord of the Rings" that received the most attention, but also director Francis Coppola, who is well-known in film history, re-screened "Apocalypse Now", and invited all crews to go to Cannes does a screening, even if it is not shortlisted for the main competition, it does not matter.
Although the filming of "The Lord of the Rings" was finished last year, it has been in the post-production stage. It will be released publicly in December this year. Therefore, even if it is found by Cannes, it cannot come to the premiere. It can only be carried out with part of the completed clips. Propaganda may only take ten or twenty minutes.
At this time, there are a lot of discussions on the Internet about this list, especially focusing on the actors of the movie, not the director.
The focus of several major film festivals is actually to cultivate directors, not actors. They believe that directors are the key to the success of films, so when they are shortlisted, they always refer to a certain work by a certain director, not a certain film by a certain actor. work.
Unless the actor's fame is too great, enough to cover up the director's brilliance, the media has to change their words for clicks.
Just like "Shrek", the media promoted the dubbing of Eve and Eddie Murphy, not the director.Does anyone know which director made it?
The same is true for "Moulin Rouge". Everyone has seen media reports that Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor, director Baz Luhrmann only exists in the official briefing, most of the media even Don't give the name a chance to be featured.
But the real big directors are different, such as the Coen Brothers, everyone reports on these two directors, rather than focusing on who acted in their movies.The same is true for Hou Hsiao-hsien, even the Taiwan-Taiwan media reported that director Hou took Shu Qi to Cannes, instead of reporting that Shu Qi had a film shortlisted, the focus was on Hou Hsiao-hsien.
On a global scale, the focus of the entire shortlist is on Nicole and Eve. The former is slightly better as a musical, but the latter is actually a cartoon?
"What kind of movie is "Shrek"? Why haven't you heard of it?"
"I just checked some news reports and it turned out to be an animated movie."
"It's a little strange, animated films can also be shortlisted for the Cannes main competition?"
"Congratulations Eve!"
"I'm looking forward to this movie."
"Can dubbing compete for acting awards?"
"I'm looking forward to this new movie, I don't know what kind of story to tell."
Although "Shrek" is an adaptation of a comic, the original picture book of the comic is a bit vague, and not many people have read it, so many netizens thought it was an original movie.
Before this, DreamWorks did not publicize, so there was no media to get to the bottom of it. Now it was only after the shortlist appeared that they posted a poster out of nowhere, and then announced that they would be in the Super Bowl halftime tonight. Release the first trailer!
No publicity is enough, once publicity is a thunderous posture.
It can be seen that DreamWorks is very optimistic about this movie, it depends on whether the audience buys into the trailer.
Different from the fuss of netizens, the media should be much calmer when facing "Shrek" being shortlisted in Cannes.Even if I was surprised in my heart, I couldn't show it, so everyone kept looking up information, just taking this opportunity to promote their professionalism.
"Empire" magazine is the highest-selling film magazine in the UK. It is not only published in the UK, but also in North America, Australia, Europe, and South America. It is very popular and authoritative.
And this time after the Cannes Film Festival announced the shortlist, the editor of the magazine immediately updated the introduction of each film on its official website.
[We noticed that there is an animated film named "Shrek" in the list. This is actually not the first time that an animated film has been shortlisted for the main competition unit of the three major film festivals.
As early as 1938, Disney's first full-length animated film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Venice Film Festival. In addition, Disney's "Play Me Music" and "Dumbo" six and other films have been shortlisted in three major film festivals.
The last animated film to be shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival was "Prime Planet" in 1973. After that, there were no comers in the 80s and 90s until this year's "Shrek".
After 28 years, another animated film was shortlisted! 】
Maybe Eve didn't know that this time "Shrek" opened the prelude to the three major film festivals of the animation film attack in the 21st century. Since then, "Spirited Away", "Red Pepper", "Ghost in the Shell", A series of masterpieces such as "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Isle of Dogs" continue to gain fame at the film festival.
"Empire" magazine has done a thorough research on the materials, and they gave this new fairy tale a five-star expectation. They really want to see what kind of magical power the movie has that can convince the Cannes Film Festival.
After all, judging from the only poster released, it's just a huge green S, representing the word Shrek, and it's also a sign that the movie will go on forever. Both ends of the S have the same shape as Shrek's ears. A big fat green monster sits on the lawn at the bottom of the S. There is a princess who looks a little mature, a donkey with a big grin, and a short king. The structure looks weird.
The one who saves the princess is not necessarily a prince or a knight, but also a monster.And the rescued person is not necessarily a princess, she may also be a monster.
Eve's first dubbing film, produced by DreamWorks, Eddie Murphy and Mike Myers, two great comedians, a character with a strange appearance but cute and ugly, is also a shortlisted work at the Cannes Film Festival, so the expectations are raised soon.
DreamWorks' calculations were very clever. They directly chose the Cannes Film Festival to release the film worldwide. The premiere was directly held in Cannes, and they did not give the media and film critics any time to criticize.
The Cannes Film Festival is completely regarded as a channel for film promotion, and it is released before the film festival closes. It is probably the first shortlisted film to do so.
Indeed, the rest of the films do not have such an opportunity. Many of their film screening rights have not been sold, and they cannot be released globally.
And DreamWorks is developing very well now. Since there is a lot of attention on the film during the film festival, and there is no film competition in the same period, it is naturally the best opportunity to make full use of the attention of Cannes.
People in the industry have to admit that this move is very clever.
Many movies are actually the most popular during the film festival, just like most idol auditions, only when the program is held is the most popular.
Although "Shrek" will face the attack of Bombay's epic movie "Pearl Harbor" next week, everyone has great confidence in its box office and believes that it can occupy a certain advantage in the competition for the summer film.
After all, cartoons have a wide audience, not only for children, but also for teenagers and adults.Especially such a movie that flaunts an anti-traditional fairy tale is even more curious.
People are already familiar with ordinary Grimm's fairy tales, Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales and Disney animation, and this movie claims to overthrow the previous stories.Then everyone naturally has high expectations!
The biggest gossip this year is naturally the breakup between Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman. The direct consequence of this is that there are not many paparazzi following Eve left, and everyone has to go to see those two people.
The rest of the stars in Hollywood are naturally happy and relaxed.
After Eve left the office of Eternal Films today, no reporter found her. She was only recognized by some movie fans when she went to the supermarket to buy.
Tonight is the Super Bowl game, Keanu invited a few friends to watch the game at home, she has to buy some snacks and fruit to entertain the guests.
Even if you don't know much about rugby, the American people still have to actively participate in the Spring Festival Gala. Sometimes winning or losing is not important, what matters is the atmosphere when friends gather together.
Driving all the way from the supermarket back to the underground garage of the villa, Eve saw a few reporters squatting outside the door. These people were really dedicated.
The game will start at night, and some bars where you can watch the game are already overcrowded, and ordinary people also make appointments in groups of three or four.
Eve glanced at her boyfriend who was tidying up the sofa in the living room, walked over to give him a hug, and said, "Honey, who are you inviting tonight?"
"Actually, you know all of them. There are members of my band in reality, and there are also members of the band in the movie, as well as Chen Hu and Chad."
In fact, Keanu is also a person who is not willing to make new friends. If he is not particularly close, he can only become an ordinary friend, not a good friend who can be invited to watch a football game at home.
He actually asked Eve before if he could invite friends over, and Eve personally agreed, because he didn't know rugby and couldn't chat with a fan, so he might as well ask him to gather with friends.
Anyway, the Super Bowl is only once a year, just watch the halftime show and various advertisements by yourself.