Chapter 579 Slow-burning Venice, deserted opening ceremony

In Venice, tourists sit in groups of people sitting in open-air bars with parasols.

Countless fans have traveled thousands of miles to make the pilgrimage. The streets and alleys are full of festive atmosphere.

The Venice Film Festival itself is a carnival for movie fans – shops are offering events to attract business, and cruise ships are flowing through the waterways.

Every year, the half month from the end of August to the middle of September is the busiest time of year in Venice.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, "The Tale of Two Donkeys" will make its debut in Venice, because it is a special media show, in order not to affect the fairness of the scoring of the house book, the main creator of the film will not appear on the scene.

He Xin was also happy, and got up early in the morning to go to Barbadopori Park near the hotel for a few laps. Getting enough sleep and exercise made him feel very good.

After breakfast, I went to the neighborhood, but given the experience last time, the high prices here made him not have any desire to shop.

He simply wanted to get a feel for the atmosphere of the upcoming film festival. As an actor, even though he has participated in many major European festivals. But when he walked down the quiet alleys or lingered in the rippling blue waves under the boat, his heart beat more and more fiercely as the film festival approached. 、

It's an amazing feeling!

Perhaps the biggest news of the morning was the announcement that Hollywood director Tim Burton would be awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award, and that September 5, the day of the premiere of "Two Donkeys," would be "Tim Burton Day."

This is not good news for "Two Donkeys", because the former director of "Batman" and "Edward Scissorhands" will also bring his new work "Barber Todd" to premiere on this day, which is bound to greatly weaken the existence of "Two Donkeys".

And it seems that the misfortune does not go alone. In this morning's media special session of "The Tale of Two Donkeys", a small hall with a capacity of less than 300 people was actually only half of the people, except for film companies, Western media, and even domestic media reporters.

The reason is very simple, in the morning, the crew of this year's Golden Lion Awards' popular "Lust and Caution" will arrive in Venice, and most of them will go to the airport to greet Li Yu and the main creators of the crew.

It's realistic, but it's also helpless.

Perhaps for the rookie Tong Yali, the biggest good news is the news that after the arrival of the "Lust Caution" crew, the "Lust Caution" crew will not participate in the red carpet of the opening ceremony in the evening, and will leave the attention until the premiere tomorrow evening.

In this way, the styling, makeup, and costumes brought by Sister Hong, including the photographer, can serve her alone today.

The little rookie is also very hard, in order to show off his figure, he even saved lunch, and he picked up enough for an afternoon.

"Brother, how's it going?"

When Tong Yali appeared in front of He Xin wearing a white low-cut princess dress, a bright silver belt, and a retro-style pan head, with an excited and excited look on her face, he was subconsciously a little stunned.

Her skeleton is small, and it is very suitable to wear this kind of princess dress, which really makes people feel a sense of brightness, and with the slightly mature pantou, she has the demeanor of the goddess of "Yaya is so beautiful" in later generations.

"It's beautiful!" he nodded genuinely.

"I think so, it's the most beautiful dress I've ever worn. The rookie giggled and showed it in circles in front of him, looking at the waist was really soft.

"You're all set, aren't you? It's almost time, and it's time for us to go. At this time, Xiao Douding hurriedly walked over and reminded.

The opening red carpet started at half past six, and because they lived far away, they had to leave at five o'clock. However, compared with the last desertion, this time it can be said that the people are mighty, and a medium-sized cruise ship that can accommodate more than a dozen people has been specially rented.

"Brother, the red carpet scene at the opening ceremony must be very big, I'm a little nervous. ”

After all, it was the first time to experience such a big formation as the three major festivals in Europe, and the rookie was still a little nervous while being excited.

"It's okay, haven't you already walked the red carpet of the Huabiao Awards, the scene here is much smaller than that in China. You can follow me and Director Diao for a while. He Xin smiled and comforted.

At this time, the very strong Director Diao has also changed into a black dress, and even He Xin is inevitably a little jealous when he sees it, this guy is so handsome!

A pair of black-framed glasses added a bit of elegance to him. Moreover, his black thick and fluffy hair hangs very casually, compared with He Xin's oily and shiny cheesy hair licked by a dog, it shows the artist's free and uninhibited nature.

Mr. Diao has participated in the Berlin Film Festival, the Vancouver Film Festival or something, he has seen the world, and he still looks determined, indifferent, and slow. At this time, when he heard He Xin say his name, he immediately showed a gentle smile and nodded at Tong Yali. The little rookie who watched it couldn't help but shake his head.

The middle-aged handsome guy is still very lethal.

This is exactly the time when tourists, journalists, and guests living on the main island of Venice are heading to the Lido, and there is a congestion in the criss-crossing river, and it takes an hour for the boats to stop and go, but fortunately, as guests on the opening red carpet, they can sail directly to the pier leading to the Palais du Cinéma.

Except for Xiao Douding, Song Ge and Chen Zhixi, who arrived first, the others came to Lido Island for the first time.

The lush palm trees set off the red carpet in front of the Palais des Cinémaths. Since almost all the events of the Venice Film Festival are held in three or four buildings close to the beach, the red carpet is also very short, less than 30 meters, less than one-third of the domestic Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers and Huabiao Awards.

This year marks the 75th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival, and the biggest difference from the red carpet of He Xin's last visit to the opening ceremony is that both sides of the red carpet are filled with winged lion sculptures.

On the curtain wall behind the red carpet, a huge metal ball almost broke through the wall. This kind of shape probably indicates that the seventy-five-year-old Venice is "pushing through the old and bringing forth the new".

Reporters and paparazzi from all over the world have already gathered on both sides of the red carpet, each with long guns and short cannons in their hands, waiting for the stars who are about to appear on the red carpet.

Fans and tourists are piled up on both sides, and there are crowds of people.

Compared with the old-fashioned and traditional Cannes, the romantic Venice is more relaxed and free, and reporters do not have to wear suits and bow ties, and many reporters wear floral shorts directly.

At half past six, when the host of the opening ceremony, the famous Italian actress Ambra Angelini, wore a gray floor-length dress and pulled the chairman of the organizing committee, Marco Muller, to appear on the red carpet first, and at the same time heralded the official start of the opening red carpet. The "click, click......" on both sides of the media seats suddenly snowed, and the screams of fans sounded like surging waves in an instant, and they were endless.

Tong Yali, who was originally standing in the waiting area and looking in the direction of the red carpet like a curious baby, couldn't help but turn pale when she saw this scene, and her calves and stomach were trembling subconsciously.

Although the scale here is much smaller than the red carpet of the Huabiao Awards ceremony she attended at the Beijing Exhibition Center before, whether it is the number of reporters or the enthusiasm of the surrounding fans, it is more than N times larger than that of the Huabiao Awards at that time.

The little rookie subconsciously pulled He Xin's sleeve beside him, and said with a crying smile: "Brother, my legs and feet don't obey the call." ”

Looking at Tong Yali's embarrassment, He Xin smiled and pointed to the seventeen or eighteen women in dresses who were walking on the red carpet from the crowd on both sides not far away, moving slowly, and kept scratching their heads at the fans and photojournalists on both sides, and said, "Look, how natural people are, study hard." ”

"Hey, why did they cut the line?" the little rookie saw this scene and was a little puzzled.

Teacher Diao, who looked like a Buddhist, rarely interjected at this time: "These are all bought passes to rub the red carpet, after all, this is Venice, maybe you will become popular if you take a few photos......"

"Oh, there's still such a thing!" the rookie's eyes widened, and he looked incredulous.

He Xin looked back at Teacher Diao, who was smiling and silent, in surprise, and couldn't help but say secretly in his heart: "Yo, I understand it!"

In fact, when these women came out just now, he also paid special attention to it, and he didn't find familiar Chinese faces for the time being. It is estimated that Fan Xiaopang, the originator of blanket stars, is busy filming "Rouge Snow" at this time, and has not officially come out of the mountain yet.

As the red carpet progressed, some European female stars appeared one after another, but the only person He Xin knew was probably the veteran European actress Vanessa Redgrave, who did not give face to the Shanghai TV Festival.

The opening red carpet of the Venice Film Festival still seems to continue the tradition of slow heat, with few stars at the opening ceremony. You must know that there are as many as eight Hollywood films shortlisted for this film festival, and none of the Hollywood big-name stars have appeared.

And what surprised He Xin even more was that the main creative team of the four Chinese films that were also shortlisted for the main competition unit had only one film so far. In addition to the known "Lust and Caution" crew that will not appear today, Jiang Wen, Kong Wei, Fang Zuming, Cheng Chong and others who made a big splash in China before are also nowhere to be seen.

The only explanation is probably that they want to save the suspense for the premieres of their respective films in anticipation of higher attention.

"It's our turn in a moment. ”

After the staff came over to contact Xiao Douding for a few words, Xiao Douding raised his head and reminded everyone.

As the producer of "The Tale of Two Donkeys", she is still wearing the same black suspender robe that she returned to Venice today, with eight-centimeter high heels, and she suddenly looks a lot "taller". is just standing next to the one-meter-eighty-0 Diao Dao, and he still looks like a bird.

At the same time, she pointed to Chen Zhixi, who was already waiting on the edge of the red carpet, and Tong Yali, who was still a little trembling, and said: "Yaya, try to relax for a while, just follow Zhixi's demonstration." ”

The organizer gave the crew of "The Story of Two Donkeys" four invitation cards, and Sister Hong and they could not enter the guest waiting area in the infield, but only in the outfield. Considering that the rookie was very nervous for the first time today, Chen Zhixi recommended herself and helped guide and demonstrate on the sidelines for a while.

A few minutes later, when the security guards in black suits at the scene drove away the blanket stars who were lying on the red carpet, the four of them walked onto the red carpet at the signal of the staff.

Xiao Douding took the lead with Diao Yimen, no one knew them anyway, and the only shots in the media gallery were probably from China.

"Let's go!"

He Xin patted the hand that was clutching his arm tightly, and smiled at the little rookie beside him who looked obviously unnatural all of a sudden.

Compared with the two amateurs in front, He Xin is a little famous in Europe, when he and Tong Yali appeared, they suddenly heard senior fans next to him shouting his name: "He! He ......"

At the same time, of course, there is also the most impressive "rotten fish! rotten fish ......" that is the most impressive for veteran fans

The fans at the scene, including the tourists who watched the excitement, were mostly conformist, just like a live broadcast...... The atmosphere of the guild As soon as the big brothers create an atmosphere, there are always fools who follow and reward crowdfunding.

In addition, there are not many familiar faces on the red carpet today, and many people can't help but be "drained" by those senior fans, and for a while, the cheers of "He!" and "Rotten Fish!" came one after another.

He Xin waved to both sides with a smile on his face, and the cheers became even louder.

Those foreign media reporters who were originally going to take a break from the lens in their hands were driven by the cheers of the fans, and they also picked up their cameras again and aimed at the two people who walked slowly.

"Click, click......"

The flash was so white that Tong Yali, who was not mentally prepared, almost couldn't open her eyes.

Fortunately, the afterglow of her eyes was always aimed at Chen Zhixi on the edge of the red carpet, imitating her movements, letting go of the hand holding He Xin's arm, and reluctantly posing, but the smile on her face looked a little far-fetched.

But at this time, He Xin had already walked to the front, and she was standing there for a while, "quiet as a virgin", not knowing what to do, Chen Zhixi, who was standing on the red carpet, was a little anxious when she saw this. She hurriedly demonstrated by herself and gave Tong Yali a hint to turn around and show her shoulders.

Tong Yali, who was at a loss, hurriedly followed the imitation, but her body was just like not obeying the call, she just moved, and the POSE was obviously not in place, and she looked a little mechanical.

Fortunately, He Xin immediately found that the rookie next to him did not follow, took two steps back, stood beside her, took the initiative to hug her already stiff waist, and whispered while smiling at the camera: "Laugh, be natural." ”

"Oh oh oh!"

The moment she put this powerful hand around her waist, Tong Yali instantly felt that her whole person suddenly seemed to have a support, and she relaxed. While responding busily, he smiled at the camera.

I have to say that a woman with a pear vortex is always full of charm and affinity when she laughs, Jiang Shan is like this, and so is her fifty-year-old buttocks, and Tong Yali at this moment is also like this, attracting the cheers of fans and attracting more media shots.

He Xin, who has participated in so many film festivals, of course knows that if he wants to sell his film at a good price, in addition to winning awards, there is also exposure, in fact, the meaning of winning awards itself is to get more exposure. There is a world of difference between a movie with attention and a movie without attention.

He Xin held Tong Yali's hand, and while looking back from time to time to think about the fans looking back and greetings, he walked up the red carpet steps leading to the movie palace.

Just as he turned around again and was about to face the fans and the media cameras, suddenly the red carpet was like boiling water, and it exploded in an instant! The on-site security personnel kept pushing the crowd of people to prevent fans from breaking through their interception!

"Ah!! Kayla!!!

"Elizabeth !!"

"Hey Kayla, look this way!"

"Knightley, I love you!!"

The heroine of the opening film "Atonement", the heroine of the three "Pirates of the Caribbean", and the brightest star of the night, the British rose Keira Knightley finally appeared.

He Xin and Tong Yali, who had just stood at the top of the red carpet of the Movie Palace, followed the prestige, and saw Keira Knightley, who was wearing a pink low-cut dress, a huge bow belt, and a frosty ice beauty, holding James McCarvo, the actor of "Atonement", on the red carpet.

Compared with the handsome James, in the eyes of fans and reporters, as long as Keira Knightley. The three "Pirates of Garibi" are popular all over the world, and the 22-year-old British Rose, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Pride and Prejudice" last year, is now undoubtedly the most eye-catching female star in Hollywood.

Even the rookie next to He Xin couldn't help but exclaim when he saw her appear: "Wow, Elizabeth!"

It shows that her role as Elizabeth in "Pirates of the Caribbean" has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the audience.

It's just that compared to Elizabeth in the movie, Kayla at this time looks haggard, and the key is very thin, so that her face looks a little sharp-mouthed, as if there were reports in the previous paragraph that she had an eating disorder or something. This also made her already shriveled figure look even more flat.

He Xin finally stared deeply at the scene of what is an international superstar on the red carpet, and held the rookie who was still reluctant to look at it: "Let's go." ”

In front of the Cinema Palace, Marco Muller, chairman of the organizing committee, was waiting to greet Diao Yinan after shaking hands with them.

"Welcome, He Xin!"

"Mr. Mueller—"

He Xin hurriedly took two steps to greet him.

"He Xin, congratulations, I have been looking forward to your new work since I first took office. ”

"Thank you, Mr. Muller! I can't come here without your help!" He Xin thanked him very low-key.

In a foreign country, this old man who can speak fluent Chinese makes him particularly kind. And in recent years, Chinese films have been able to shine in Venice, and it is absolutely inseparable from the help of this old man. Even last year, Section Chief Jia's "The Good Man of the Three Gorges" won the Golden Lion, and was criticized by many media for being shady. Even their own Italian media commented on him: Lao Ma only loves Chinese films and American independent films all his life.

The old man held his hand and said with emotion: "Child, I told Diao Ye just now that the movie you brought reminded me of my time in the Northeast more than 30 years ago. You played very well, and of course your donkey!"