At the 35th Toronto Film Festival, the first work to be added under the voice of the audience was born, which is an independent film that aroused the audience's strong curiosity as a dark horse, "buried alive". Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

An unknown movie was born, which really made many people fall through the glasses. The film is hidden under the powerful shadow of the "thief in the city", but it has completed a counterattack with excellent word-of-mouth, first creating a grand occasion of more than 1,000 people queuing, and many people in the industry are confused and unable to explain it, and then in the addition, it encountered a peak queue of nearly 600 people, and more than 400 viewers were unable to buy movie tickets.

At this point, the audience is not satisfied: why can't they buy tickets for the movie they want to see? Is it because there are too many moviegoers, or because there are too few official shows?

The audience raised their voices of protest, "Two shows were scheduled for '127 hours' a day, and there are six more shows! But there are only four shows of 'buried alive' in total!" This is not fair!" "Why can't we see the movies we want to see? Isn't the purpose of the Toronto Film Festival to promote more excellent films?" "Why did the organizing committee still not see the call of the audience when so many people were queuing up?"

Some people even complained, "The number of queues for the 'City Thief' has been below 30 for two consecutive shows, but now it is still one every day, rain or shine, but the audience waiting to watch the 'buried alive' will not even have a place to queue up from tomorrow!"

Before the additional screening of "Buried Alive" ended, the audience's call for "additional screening" sounded again. At the entrance of the main venue of the film festival, more than 500 spectators gathered and made a simple cheering sign, "I want to see 'buried alive'!" "Please don't bury 'alive'!" "I strongly urge that 'buried alive' continue to add performances!" ......

The so-called support card, in fact, is just an A4 piece of paper with a carbon pen to write the appeal, it looks extremely simple, but it has squeezed the whole square to the water, in such a simple but effective way to express their request to the organizing committee. Rustic, yet turbulent.

The audience who came and went cast curious eyes, some knew the ins and outs of the matter, but some did not have time to hear about the gossip, and the word of mouth spread that things were further fermenting - especially the mention of the rivalry between James Franco and Lanley Hall, which detonated people's attention, after all, James is a long-established A-lister.

was originally just a gimmick topic drummed up by the gossip media, but I didn't expect it to really become the headlines of the day by mistake. Quite a few media outlets have officially compared "buried alive" and "127 hours" on the same scale.

At this time, "America Weekly" published on its official website some excerpts from Lan Li's interview - the full version can not be read until the magazine is officially published, which mentioned Lan Li's full evaluation of "127 hours", which can be called adding fuel to the fire and immediately made all the media excited.

Toronto's most widely circulated newspaper, the Toronto Star, took a small snippet of the interview out of context as a news headline with the headline "Rite Hall: James Franco's '127 Hours' Performance", and dropped a spark in the powder magazine, and things got out of control in an instant.

Some media believe that Lan Li is self-conscious and arrogant, and a mere first-order newcomer actually spoke wildly, not only criticizing the "127 hours", but also negating James's efforts in the movie with an arrogant attitude, which makes people tremble with anger. It's not just the following offenses, but it's also annoying to see no one. This move is completely a malicious hype launched for the purpose of "burying alive" propaganda, which is despicable.

Some media believe that Lan Li showed an absolutely strong posture, bravely met this informal competition, and showed the attitude of the newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers to the fullest. The Chicago Tribune compared Lan Li's provocative behavior to that of the unruly James Dean, arguing that the rookie actor has recreated the superstar of the golden age - the question is, does Lan Li have such strength?

Some media also believe that Lan Li is telling the truth. Reading the full interview in "American Weekly", you can see that, as Lan Li said, the quality of the finished product of "127 hours" is indeed better than that of "buried alive", and at the same time, Lan Li has also won more performance space. The future of this newcomer is limitless, and "burying him alive" is just the beginning.

There are even media outlets that have found a different way to report on the theme of the audience at the entrance of the main venue, and they said that the audience's support for "burying alive" is the best affirmation, and Lan Li has successfully won the hearts of the audience, and the high call for additional performances is the best proof. From this point of view alone, "burying alive" is already ahead of "127 hours". Maybe "Buried Alive" is not an excellent work from a technical and professional point of view, but from a performance point of view and the audience's point of view, it is indeed impeccable.

Regardless of the media's opinions, it is undeniable that discussions about "buried alive" and "127 hours", about Lan Li and James, are in full swing, and even the hot spots of the "Black Swan" premiere have stolen a lot of limelight.

In comparison, the publicity resources of "127 hours" are far from being comparable to "buried alive", and now the two works are placed together for discussion, and the exposure rate of "buried alive" has skyrocketed, coupled with the topic effect created by the peak long queue in the previous two days, more and more eyes are projected on "buried alive".

This independent work is continuing to rise in an unbelievable manner.

However, industry insiders are puzzled - how did "Buried Alive" fight its way out of the Toronto Film Festival with almost no resource support; more importantly, although the first reviews of "Buried Alive" are good, they really cannot be regarded as the top at the film festival, "Blue Valentine's Day" and "127 Hours" are equally equal, and the latter is even better, but why is only "Buried Alive" detonating such a noise? It was definitely one of the most interesting and rare events of this year's festival. Now, it's not just the audience who is curious, but even the curiosity and inquiry of the insiders are burning - if they haven't seen the movie, they don't have the right to speak, and there's no way to mix in the excitement, isn't it?

After the fourth public screening of "Buried Alive", the organizing committee arranged the official second industry show, which was sold out, and even the media could not get seats, so they could only wait for the third and last industry show tomorrow. In addition to the "Black Swan" and "Blue Valentine's Day", "burying alive" is the first time at this year's film festival.

The additional sound in front of the main venue was higher than one wave, and without waiting for the organizing committee to respond, the reporters couldn't wait to find the two parties and conducted interviews as soon as possible.

James Franco was caught on the red carpet of the "Black Swan" premiere, "Haha, this should be a compliment to me, right?" James seemed in a good mood, "As an actor, it's a joy to have so much discussion about my work, and it's even better that a lot of people have noticed my performance." ”

"I haven't seen 'Buried Alive' yet, but I've heard a lot of rumors from my fellow actors, so I'm looking forward to going to the cinema to see it. "James has a lot of experience in dealing with the media, and he always looks like a child," I agree with Lan Li that as actors, we should serve the film, and the success of the work is our success." Being part of the '127 Hours' and being able to work with Danny Ball was an unforgettable experience. ”

Seeing James playing Tai Chi, the reporters were naturally reluctant to let him go easily, and someone asked a sharp question, "So who do you think is better in your performance or Lan Li?"

James didn't panic in the slightest and laughed heartily, "Since I haven't seen 'buried alive', then I guess there's no other option but myself, isn't it?"

James was always smiling, his words were relaxed, and he didn't seem to mind the controversy and chaos at all, and he revealed it lightly, which made the reporters very disappointed, and they thought that James would be provoked, and even scolded Lan Li, so a scolding war could be expected. It's a pity that the cunning James didn't give any chance at all, so the reporters targeted Lan Li.

I have been interviewed by the media for two consecutive days, from group interviews to exclusive interviews, at least more than 70 media outlets have completed the interviews, and if I continue to see the voice recorder, Lan Li will vomit. But the reporter was still unwilling to let him go easily.

Lan Li finally won the breathing room, and prepared to go out for dinner, so that the eyes could be taken away from the boredom of the hotel room, even if it was just to look at the pedestrians on the street. But when I stepped out of the elevator, I was surrounded by reporters in the hotel lobby, and more than 30 reporters surrounded Lan Lituan, there was no gap at all, and I couldn't move at all.

Lan Li felt that he was about to suffocate, "If I'm not mistaken, there should be other big events tonight, right? Could it be rescheduled?" The premiere of "Black Swan", shouldn't all the reporters flock to it?

Lan Li's taunt made the reporters look at each other, but they would definitely not let go of the little lamb in front of them easily, "Lan Li, I heard that you think your performance is better than James Franco, is this true?"

Lan Li was originally a little irritable, after two consecutive days of interviews, he was really tired of dealing with reporters, and when he saw this pair of greedy eyes like hyenas hunting, his mood became restless, but after hearing the question, he was stunned, and then laughed directly. The banter, the mockery, the big smile bloomed completely.

For a moment, the reporters were stunned.