Three years ago, Lan Li appeared at the Toronto Film Festival with his film debut "buried alive", this work did not attract much attention at first, but after its release, it set off a wave of praise and discussion, and finally faced a continuous increase in demand, which also became a rare experience for Lan Li to appear on the international stage for the first time.

Three years later, Lan Li returned to the Toronto Film Festival with his new work "Gravity", carrying the acclaim frenzy of the Venice Film Festival, and before arriving at Pearson International Airport, Toronto couldn't wait to set off a frenzy of movie-watching, and fans even played the slogan "Welcome home", eagerly awaiting the return of the top superstar.

According to incomplete statistics, on the day Lan Li and Alfonso arrived in Toronto, more than 1,500 people were greeted at Pearson International Airport, just to welcome the long journey of Lan Li, and the grand and enthusiastic welcome team made people deeply feel the super popularity of Lan Li!

You know, this is Toronto, not Venice.

In recent years, due to the correct policy of the Toronto Film Festival and the gradual decline of the Venice Film Festival, Toronto has now become the second largest film sales market in the world after Cannes.

This year is no exception.

"12 Years a Slave" produced by Brad Pitt and starring Michael Fassbender, "The Prisoner" by Hugh Jackman and Jake Gyllenhaal, "Philomena" starring Judi Dench, and "August: Osage County" starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Ewan McGregor.

"Kill Your Love" starring Daniel Radcliffe, "Extreme Wind/Flow" directed by Ron Howard and starring Chris Hemsworth, "The Life of Adele", which won the Cannes Palme d'Or this year, and "Like Father Like Son", which won the Jury Prize, swept the "Beautiful City" that swept the acclaim in Europe.

François Oujon's "Flowers and Moons", "Don Juan" written and directed by Joseph Gordon Levitt and starring Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore, and another sci-fi film starring Scarlett Johansson "Under the Skin".

Star-studded!

Truly star-studded, this is also a continuation of the past few years, Toronto's consistent strong performance, from New York to Toronto only 90 minutes flight time, which is undoubtedly much more convenient and simple than crossing the Atlantic to Venice, even from Los Angeles to Toronto is just as simple, the same work is both screened in Venice and Toronto, and the top superstars can be absent from Venice but definitely not from Toronto, this is the difference.

Senior actors of a certain age like Jodie Andy and Meryl Streep do not allow them to run around at will anymore due to the physical exertion of long journeys, so Toronto's advantages are all the more prominent.

The craze of 1,500 pick-up teams took place under this background, and under the backdrop of so many superstars, the strong appeal and super popularity of Lanli were also fully revealed. At this year's Toronto Film Festival, Lan Li is the only actor with a pick-up team, and the only actor with a pick-up team of more than 1,000 people in the past ten years.

This is the power of Lanli now!

And that's just the beginning.

"Gravity" is scheduled to premiere on September 12, and it has deservedly become the most watched and anticipated film at this year's Toronto Film Festival.

Even before the opening of the Venice Film Festival, the popularity of the film was high due to the strong appeal of the Blue Ceremony, and with the rave reviews of Venice all over the social network, the expectation began to grow rapidly in a geometric way, and the arrival of the Blue Ceremony continued to soar wildly.

The long queues at the Toronto Film Festival have always been their pride, because this is the festival that belongs to the audience, and everyone is willing to express their love and enthusiasm for the film with their own actions, especially this year.

On September 10, before the midnight clock had time to pass 12 o'clock, a long queue began to form at the entrance of the premiere movie theater.

This is not unusual, and more precisely, it should be the norm during the Toronto Film Festival, which can be seen at every moment of the day, but then, the long queue has evolved into two teams in an orderly and distinct manner, and the most amazing thing is that the fans of the two teams are still talking happily -

What's going on? Isn't the second long line lined up on the outside cutting in line? Crossing the tail of the first line and going straight to the front to start queuing, isn't that really rude?

Curious fans go to the front, and then all the questions can be answered, no need to ask, because the two lines are already marked in front of them: the first long line on the inside, which is the "gravity" queue, and the second long line on the outside, which is about four hours slower, is the waiting fan of "Don Juan".

On September 10, the world premiere of "Don Juan" and on September 11, the North American premiere of "Gravity".

To put it simply, this is the queue for two films that have their premieres on different dates.

"Don Giovanni" has attracted attention in the preparatory stage, this is the second work of Joseph Gordon Levitt as a director in his career, before 2009 he also wrote, directed and acted in a film called "Spark", but it was not able to attract any attention at the time, but now it is not what it used to be, after "500 Days with Sammo", "Inception", "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises" and other works foreshadowing, he has become a representative of the new generation of literary and artistic youth.

When Joseph began to prepare for his second directorial work, the media and fans paid a lot of attention, and Joseph also made full use of his industry connections, he found Scarlett Johansson and Julianne Moore to sit in the two leading roles, and the now unknown Brie-Larson (Brie-Larson) -

In fact, Brie has already shown her acting talent and ability in "Juvenile Asylum" starring in this year, which is also an independent film work that Lan Li personally likes very much, and later, she won the Oscar for Best Actress the following year through the movie "Room" in 2015.

After "Don Juan" decided to use the Toronto Film Festival as the venue for its world premiere, all fans were eagerly awaiting the spark between the two super-popular actors, Joseph and Scarlett.

Now that the movie is about to officially premiere, no one wants to miss it, and they are the first to queue up, hoping to be able to see the movie before the premiere - this is an audience session, not a media session, but being able to see the film before other fans can be a joy in itself.

But even the audience of "Don Juan" still did not have the audience who could "beat" "gravity". When they felt the scene of the cinema for the first time, they found that "Gravity", which will only hold its premiere tomorrow, had already attracted more than 100 spectators to start the long march of thousands of miles in line.

This...... It's amazing!

What's even more incredible is that as time progresses, the "Gravity" queue has begun to detour along the blocks and buildings, and at least more than 800 spectators have come to line up 24 hours in advance for the film, and their number is more than twice that of the "Don Juan" team, which has had a serious impact on the maintenance of order on the scene.

It is not that there is chaos in the team at the scene, in fact, the order of the two queues is very friendly and harmonious, neat and orderly, staggered to maintain their own team, if there is a mistake or chaos, everyone will take the initiative to help maintain order, and there is no crowding or stampede accidents.

But the problem is that the lines are too long and tickets for the premiere are limited.

The organisers of the Toronto Film Festival had to send staff to the scene to try to convince those audience that there was no longer any need to continue queuing, because the screening hall simply could not accommodate more audiences, and they were now waiting here in vain, which could lead to unforeseen physical discomfort.

The festival has officially promised that they will increase the number of "gravity" screenings, including IMAX screenings, to meet the needs of audiences as much as possible, and now, it is hoped that audiences will not continue to queue up for the premiere, and everything is still about their health.

But...... To no avail. The promises of the organizers have not been able to shake the enthusiasm of the audience, and one after another, the queue continues to increase, even though everyone knows that they will not be able to enter the screening hall, but they are still unwilling to give up.

After Lan Li arrived in Toronto, he learned of such a grand occasion, and went to the scene as soon as possible, had a close contact with the audience, expressed his gratitude, and discouraged everyone from blindly queuing, otherwise there would be a health accident, which would definitely outweigh the losses, "I also look forward to the box office success after the official release of the film in Canada." ”

Lan Li's appearance undoubtedly triggered a frenzy of cheers at the scene, whether it was the "gravity" queue audience, or the "Don Juan" queue audience, he completed the gift of fan benefits on the spot, and took pictures and signed autographs and hugged and shook hands, he also said to himself teasingly, "I sacrificed my time to watch the movie to come here, if you don't appreciate it, I'm too sad." ”

A small part of the audience did obediently turn around and leave, and the traffic jam around the cinema was temporarily alleviated, but soon after, the fanatical fans who heard the news of Lan Li's appearance reappeared like a tide, and the number of people increased exponentially. No one wants to miss out. Please use the latest domain name to read books on this site