Alberto Barbera is a typical Italian, with deep facial features with traces left by the years, the hairline of more than sixty years old is receding, but the neat and obedient short hair is slightly dyed gray and white, but it still shows a mature and stable temperament, broad shoulders and a straight backbone lined with a basic suit demeanor, because of the relationship between the director of the Italian National Film Museum for many years and burst out of a bookish atmosphere from the inside out, and the gestures exude a manly charm, and the polishing of the years has made that temperament more and more precipitated。

Who is he?

He is the current president of the Venice Film Festival! Lan Li didn't expect that it would be Alberto who appeared in the crew, and even the best imagination could not guess that this elder who only had a one-sided relationship would appear in New Orleans because the two really didn't have much friendship at all.

But Alberto just stood in front of him.

This energetic old man with his hands behind his back, with an elegant smile on his face, has no special movements or postures, but invisibly always makes people think of the impression of "handsome", which can easily make people feel close, and it seems that it is okay to sit down for a drink at any time.

Seeing Lan Li approaching him from a distance, Alberto took the initiative to ask, "How is it, is the filming over?" or is it coffee break?"

The coffee, the opening sentence with Italian characteristics, Alberto's English with a strong accent, still showed his own characteristics.

Lan Li chuckled, "It's past coffee time, and now it's supposed to be time for a bottle of beer." "In southern Europe, such as Italy and Spain, dinner is often after 9 o'clock, and in the evening, after work, they head to the small bar in pairs to enjoy a bottle of beer, relax and chat, and relieve the fatigue of a long day's work before having dinner.

Alberto laughed heartily, "There is such a habit here in the United States?"

"No, you know, it's an American cultural desert. Lan Li complained without hesitation, "If you go to the bar, then there is only one reason: you want to drink." Or maybe it's to watch rugby. ”

"Ha, I'm not for rugby, but I'm for football. What could be better than a beer and a game?" Alberto said heartily.

Lan Li spread her hands, "I don't know, a movie and a bucket of popcorn?"

"Haha, no, no, no, for Italians, nothing compares to football, not even movies. Alberto waved his hand again and again, and said with a smile on his face, not showing any favoritism because of his identity, and his attitude was still very firm, and he expressed his thoughts directly.

"The same should be true for the UK. Lan Li didn't mind, and said, "But obviously, the land under our feet is a different model." ”

Alberto stretched out his hands and looked at Lan Li, expressing his helplessness, looking around with a dripping gaze, and then deliberately lowered his voice, "I think, let's stop here on this topic." If it continues, we don't know what's going to happen, and I can't shake my fist now. ”

"So a bottle of beer, we can find an Italian restaurant, it's much safer, and I strongly don't recommend watching the game with the English fans." Lan Li replied easily.

Alberto laughed straight out loud, "If they play against Germany, it's fine. ”

In a brief opening remarks, Lan Li and Alberto did not greet or ask, just chatting about coffee and football, but the atmosphere was extremely harmonious. Although the two only met in Venice a year ago, it didn't matter if they met again, like friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Need I introduce you to the crew?" Lan Li said in a friendly voice, "although you should not be interested in commercial films. ”

"No, no, I'm very interested in commercial films, I don't want to make the same mistake as last year again, no one can underestimate the energy of gravity, obviously, I made a mistake. Alberto said with sincerity on his face, it should have been a self-deprecating joke, but because his expression was so sincere that he had no sense of humor, however, Alberto did not continue, but turned his head to look at the scene of the crew, "I came to visit the crew, out of politeness, I should greet everyone, how about it, would you like to introduce it?"

"Of course, my pleasure. Lan Li said generously.

Then, Lan Li led Alberto to visit the crew, and introduced Colin, Bryce, Nick, Jack and others to Alberto.

For the directors and actors of "Jurassic World", the Venice Film Festival is still an unattainable sacred stage, even though Venice has now been thrown off by Cannes, but the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and the world influence of the water city is still among the top ranks, and it is definitely a dream place for actors. As the president of Venice, Alberto is the first level of influence in the entire European film industry.

The crew is a little lively.

Alberto was patient, which was part of his job, and he did meet the crew one by one, and then gave a small tour of the crew and sincerely thanked the crew for their warm welcome, "I hope to see you again in Venice in the future." ”

Alberto even half-jokingly said that he really hoped that "Jurassic World" could change the release schedule and go to Venice for its world premiere, which should be very interesting.

Even though everyone knew it was just a polite remark, the excitement and excitement couldn't help but rise up, and all eyes were projected towards Lan Li, who knew that if the film wanted to go to the Venice Film Festival, the only thing that could drive the whole thing was Lan Li:

Haven't you seen it? Alberto has come to New Orleans to visit the class in person! No matter what the purpose is, Alberto did not choose to communicate by phone but came to the door in person, which is very rare, and this honor is definitely one of the top treatment in the whole of Hollywood.

In the face of Alberto's jokes and the expectations of the crew, Lan Li smiled dumbly, "Don't make a wish casually, otherwise the wish is likely to come true." The meaningful look was at Alberto, who knew the situation of the Venice Film Festival, and Alberto was far from being as free as he seemed.

This made Alberto a little embarrassed, and he could only shake his head again and again, "I heard that Lan Li is a powerful eloquent person before, but now I have a real sense of it." ”

The crew members all laughed, but after calming down, they also realized that there should be no hope of going to Venice. To be more precise, the hope was extinguished before it was ignited, and when you turned your head, everyone was relieved, anyway, this work was not aimed at the film festival, did it?

After that, the crew went to work again.

Alberto's choice of time to visit the crew was very clever, it was approaching the end of a full day's work, the main scenes of Lan Li and Blythe had been filmed, and finally the crew filmed three more side scenes, Alberto was not in a hurry to wait by the side to watch the shooting, waiting for all the crew to finish shooting, then quit the crew and turned around and left with Lan Li.

"Why did he come to visit Lan Li?"

"Could it be that Lanli and Venice have some kind of cooperation?"

"You won't come here to invite Lan Li to be a judge, right?"

After Lan Li and Alberto left the crew, everyone began to chatter, and it was difficult to hide their excitement and excitement.

"Wouldn't it? Lan Li is only twenty-four years old! Twenty-four years old judge of the three major film festivals? This is too exaggerated!"

"Why not? The judges of the three major European film festivals have a wide range of subjects, age is not a consideration, influence and professional strength are, okay?"

"That's it, and the list of juries in Venice is really full of confusion, which I often don't understand. ”

"I think Venice has already been calculated, and Berlin is really incomprehensible, okay?"

"The point is, I think Lan Li is fully qualified, he is constantly making history. ”

"Don't think about it, it's impossible this year anyway, the jury list of Venice has been announced, there is no blue ceremony. ”

"And what about next year?"

"Next year is too early to mention next year. ”

"Ah...... That's a pity, I really think it's actually good for Lan Li to be a judge. ”

It's true that the jury composition of Europe's three major film festivals is like this, and every year there are always unexpected surprises, often with names that have never been heard of, or even directly linked to the film industry, and age is often the least important factor.

Compared to the list of jury members, the chairman of the jury is the position that grasps the core of the whole rhythm and the tone of the style, but even the chairman is not without surprises.

For example, the jury of this year's Venice Film Festival was ultimately chaired by the French composer Alexander Desplat.

It's not that Alexander Dupra is not qualified, and it has nothing to do with the identity of a composer, in fact, he is a master of the European film scoring industry, "The Queen", "Rejuvenation", "The King's Speech", "Philomena", "The Grand Budapest Hotel", "The Hunt Ben**", "Godzilla", "Escape from Tehran", "Imitation Game" and other works are all his masterpieces, and his strength and glory are definitely tested.

However, the fact that Dupra is the chairman of the jury is more or less surprising, because composers often look at films from slightly different perspectives and ways, which undoubtedly adds a lot of variables to the selection of this year's Golden Lion Awards, and people can't help but wonder about the final direction of the award.

Then, if Dupra can be the president of the jury in Venice, it is not surprising that Lan Li is a member of the jury, although he is only twenty-four years old this year, and even if Lan Li is now the president of the jury of the three major European film festivals, he should not be too frightened.

It's just that, judging from the current situation, it seems that it may seem like a probable ...... Not an invitation from the judges.