Among the three major European film festivals, the position of president of the jury is crucial. During the award selection process, all judges discuss and vote to ensure that a final agreement is reached, but the chair must shoulder the burden of coordination and control, especially when disagreements arise, and they must show decisiveness and domineering.

In the history of the selection of the highest awards of the three major film festivals, there have been many cases in which the aesthetic taste of the president of the jury determines the award, and there have been many in the past ten years of the Cannes Film Festival alone-

The "White Ribbon" in 2009, the "Wind Blowing the Wheat Waves" in 2006, the "Fahrenheit 911" in 2004, and the "Elephant" in 2003 were all subject to great controversy, but in the end, they were all the result of the chairman of the jury making a strong decision, and were even criticized as "arbitrary".

Time will tell if they made the right choice.

Conversely, if the chairman is not strong enough, but is manipulated by the judges, or even swayed, to the point of a total collapse, then this is also a disaster for the award selection.

The 1997 Cannes Film Festival is a prime example.

The legendary French actress Isabelle-Adjani served as the president of the jury, but she really didn't have enough aesthetic taste for the film, and at the same time she didn't have enough strength and professionalism to suppress the other judges, so that the discussion led to a heated argument and completely collapsed.

During the discussion, Isabel pretended to be generous and asked all the judges to communicate in English. This is not an official rule at Cannes, as some of the judges are not good at English and are allowed to communicate in their own language, with the help of a translator or translator or other judges.

In order to show her generosity and strength, Isabel confidently chose English, but this became a shortcoming for her to be cocooned with other judges-

Because her English is not very good, her thinking speed and rebuttal ability are far from enough.

What's even more fatal is that several "thorns" in the jury, Tim Burton, Mira-Sorvino, and Mike Lee, are all native English-speaking judges.

Meanwhile, Mira Sovino, a graduate of Harvard University's Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures, speaks fluent Chinese and has written award-winning essays on the Chinese language. As a result, she became the English translator for Gong/Li, another judge on the jury.

In addition, the Italian director Nanni-Moretti (Nanni-Moretti) is a difficult to speak, proficient in speech and persuasion, and Mike Lee, who just won the Palme d'Or the year before, is even more imposing and unpopular, and his persistence and field of art are among the top ranks in the entire European continent, so naturally Isabel is not in his eyes.

To make matters worse, the first work the jury discussed was Wang/Jia/Wei's "Spring/Light/Cha/Leak", and as soon as it came up, Isabel said "It's not a good movie", but then every judge objected, giving the film numerous praises, and even considering it one of the best works of the year.

Isabel couldn't get off the stage at once, so she began to lose her temper.

After the internal discussion, Mike Lee did not shy away from the media present at the PR party, and angrily yelled, "This is the stupidest woman I have ever seen!"

At the 50th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, Isabel's favorite "Don't Forget" won the Grand Jury Prize, and Nanni's Yi/Lang film "The Taste of Cherries" was not liked by most of the judges, and successfully counterattacked, tied with Mike's "Eel" to win the Palme d'Or -

This is again a double egg yolk.

The festival's president, Gilles Jacob, was also unhappy with the result, and they had been trying to avoid the double egg yolk of the Palme d'Or, only to come up with it. But Isabel couldn't suppress the other judges, and in the end Gilles had no choice but to accept it, and after the film festival ended, Gilles was also full of complaints and complaints.

Also, "Spring/Light/Cha/Leak" won the Best Director Award.

Later, Isabel also became the laughing stock of the media.

Therefore, the position of the chairman of the jury is crucial. Normally, it is assumed that the Palme d'Or is the epitome of the aesthetic taste of the jury president, whose name is inextricably linked to each Palme d'Or.

So, how exactly will Steven Spielberg choose?

……

"It's OK! It's OK!"

There was a shout from the media center, and everyone's eyes suddenly focused on it, and the expectation fell on the person who spoke up, and the bustling discussion disappeared without a trace in an instant, and a silent environment allowed the visitors to spread the sound without much effort.

"'Venus in Fur' is out, they are not on the list. ”

"Ahh

"'Flower and Moon Look' is definitely not going to attend the red carpet!"

"Wow. Everyone let out a long breath and couldn't suppress the relief of the rest of their lives. "After the catastrophe" may seem like a bit of a word, but at this moment, everyone has this feeling in their hearts, as if after avoiding the dung/pit, and narrowly avoiding the puddle - it doesn't seem appropriate to describe it as such.

"But ...... 'beautiful city' and 'Hurley' are still uncertain. ”

"Oh. Almost unanimously in the audience, everyone let out a regretful exclamation in unison, "Beautiful City" and "Hurley" are both works that have just been released in the last two days, and the entire crew is still staying in Cannes, but no one can know why they stayed, which also means that there are still eight crews left in Cannes.

There are only seven awards in total, and if there are eight works, then it means that there is a double egg yolk? The competition for the Palme d'Or is becoming more and more fierce and the suspense is getting bigger and bigger, so which work will become cannon fodder?

When I realized that everyone's attitudes were so synchronized, a sense of absurd joy came over my face, and everyone burst into laughter.

This year is not a big year, it can even be said to be a small year, the average quality of the works can only be said to be above the standard, "Adele's Life" and "Drunken Country Folk" two works lead the way with an absolute advantage, when the film festival ends, there are still only two works that finally reach three points or more.

That's why all the attention is on these two works, and whichever one wins the Palme d'Or means that the other will lose, but if ...... Just if "Beautiful City" or "Hurley" wins by surprise, then these two works with more than three points may both become cannon fodder.

Such a situation may not appear at the Oscars, but it is common at the three major European film festivals. In other years, everyone's heartache and choke may not be so intense, but this year, these two works are the only ones, and once they become cannon fodder, it will be really heartbreaking.

That's why all the journalists reacted so unanimously.

After a little relief, the tension began to spread again. Now, they have nothing else to do but wait quietly to see if the crew of "Beautiful City" will attend the red carpet of tonight's closing ceremony.

Once attended......

The waiting time was so hard that even a second seemed extraordinarily long, and the reporters at the media center could only force themselves to calm down, share the gossip of the Cannes front line for the first time, and then distract themselves by scrolling through the endless topics on Twitter and Facebook.

But it was not so easy for Emily, even the boiling discussion on social networks could not distract her, and in desperation, she could only start to think about how to write the manuscript after the award ceremony, but thinking about it, I couldn't help but start thinking, if the Palme d'Or was awarded to the "beautiful city", then what would it mean?

The more I think about it, the more nervous I become, and the more I think about it, the more irritable I become.

In the end, Emily simply took out her phone, put on headphones, and began to listen to the soundtrack of "Drunken Country Folk".

At the previous press conference, the Coen brothers mentioned that the movie soundtrack was actually released earlier than the movie, and it was already available for purchase both online and offline.

Emily placed the order as soon as possible, mail-ordered an album in advance, sent it home, and received it when she returned home from the Cannes Film Festival, and also bought the entire album online, and the past two days have been looping over and over again, and her mind is completely immersed in the emotions of the movie, unable to extricate herself.

Among the albums, Emily's favorite is Lan Li's singing. It's not about movies, it's about movies.

At first, because of the work "Drunken Country Folk", I always felt that there was a singer named Levian-Davis in real life, but gradually, Emily fell in love with the sadness and bitterness of the ballad, and then she bought the album "Don Quixote" online and became deeply addicted to it.

Her favorite is undoubtedly the song "The Beast". Everyone said that there was a sad story hidden behind this song, and even if she didn't know the ins and outs of the matter, every time she listened to it, she still couldn't help but sigh, as if she could capture the helplessness and anger behind the sentence "So grass / your dream".

Now, she finally understands why the Coen brothers chose Lan Li to play Levian-Davis.

The cycle went on and on, and then the crowd in sight suddenly began to agitate, Emily took off her earplugs and followed everyone's gaze to the TV screen hanging on the wall, and quickly stood up as she realized—

The red carpet has begun!

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