The celebration of the 70th Venice Film Festival has not yet come to an end, the screening of the main competition unit is still in full swing, and the 38th Toronto film can't wait to start the warm up, ready to enter the high/tide, since last year, the dates of the Venice and Toronto film festivals have gradually begun to overlap, and the situation of stepping on the beginning of the tail has also continued to this year.

Judging from the current situation, Venice is not optimistic, and Toronto is climbing.

Before the major media in North America had time to marvel at the decline and decline of the Venice Film Festival, the opening ceremony of "Gravity" had already ushered in the peak of the entire film festival, and the average quality and outstanding level of entries in the subsequent main competition unit were far from reaching the height of "gravity", which was really disappointing;

"A new history of long queues in Toronto: Queues start 48 hours early! ”

"With more than 2,000 spectators in line, the Toronto Film Festival is equal to the People's Film Festival, and it deserves its name!"

"'Gravity' is hot before it happens, and the Blue Court-Hall mania is spreading in Toronto. ”

"Camping in front of the cinema for two days and two nights, just to support 'gravity' in the first place: the heyday of Lanli-Hall has arrived. ”

"From the acclaim frenzy to the popularity wave, the world premiere of 'Gravity' is unstoppable!"

"Booking the Oscars for Best Picture in advance? 'Gravity' kicked off the 2013 awards season strongly. ”

"With an orderly but crowded queue, Blue Rite-Hall is making new history at the Toronto Film Festival. ”

"Even if you can't enter the screening room, the long queue is still unstoppable! 'Gravity' deservedly became the biggest hit of the Toronto Film Festival. ”

"North American audiences, 'gravity' is here!"

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Although Lan Li appeared at the queuing scene outside the movie theater, he sincerely advised fans not to stay up late and queue up, and still need to focus on their bodies, but his appearance has become a "welfare" passed on by fans.

In the end, the queue at the "Gravity" scene exceeded 2,000 people, and the premiere screening room could only accommodate 1,000 people, which became a unique and glorious scene in the history of the Toronto Film Festival, even ten years later, even if Lan Li came again, such a scene could not appear again, mainly because 2013 was really too special and too sensational, and by chance, such a miracle was created.

The immensity of the queue has shocked all audiences throughout North America, and even spread around the world, whether you like it or not, whether you are curious or not, the momentum of "gravity" has spread to the next level, from the perfect score in Venice to the crowd in Toronto, this film has truly dominated the focus of attention in September.

Lan Li and Alfonso stayed in Toronto for four days, interviewed by more than 200 media outlets, held two press conferences, and held a small fan meeting, from the critics' amazement to the audience's love, to ignite the hype for the "gravity" landing in the North American market.

After its premiere in Toronto, "Gravity" has once again managed to usher in a wave of acclaim.

Compared to Venice's fifteen perfect scores, Toronto finally had a non-perfect score, which was expected for a commercial film, and the non-perfect score came much later than expected.

Of the eleven major media scores that emerged from the Toronto Film Festival, there were two non-perfect scores, from The Independent Telegraph and The New Yorker.

"The Independent Telegraph", ninety-five points, "'Gravity' opens up a real space realm stripped of its sugar coating, allowing the viewer to swim in it, and the use of many cinematic advanced technologies can fall into the wrong way at any time, but Alfonso Cuarón has managed to avoid this and create a masterpiece." ”

"The New Yorker," 95 points, "'Gravity' is not a film that wins with ideas and ideas – like Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey,' but it's still a work where physical sensations are magnified to the extreme, and the experience of the five senses unleashes the charm of the film." The weakness of the story was in a sense compensated for by the excellent performance of Ranley Hall. ”

Although there is no perfect score, a 95-point accolade is still strong enough, and the other nine ratings are all 100 out of 100 without exception.

So far, the average media score of "gravity" is 99.6 points, and according to the principle of rounding, it is still maintained at 100 points for the time being, which also means that after the baptism of two film festivals, the media praise rate is still high, which also makes the expectation value continue to rise.

By the way, before the arrival of the New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival came to an end.

Venice awarded the Golden Lion to the Italian film "Ring Road", the second documentary in the history of the three major European film festivals to win the top prize, and after "Fahrenheit 911" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004, Venice also has its own documentary film to win the Golden Lion.

But...... Bernardo Bertolucci, the chairman of the jury, who has filmed masterpieces such as "The Last Emperor" and "Drama in Paris", was scolded by the media and the audience.

Bernardo was unwavering in his interview and said that he was moved to tears by watching the "Rome Ring Road" and that there are now fewer and fewer filmmakers who are sincere in making documentaries, which is why he and the members of the jury decided to award the Golden Lion to this work.

Other critics and audiences did not approve of it, believing that the documentary was made entirely for the Italian president of the jury, and that no one but Italians could feel the sincerity and emotion of the work. The fear that preceded the opening of the festival – the 70th anniversary of the Golden Lion Awards, the "return to its homeland" for Italian cinema – finally happened, which is undoubtedly a major blow to the festival's international prestige.

As we all know, the attribution of the festival awards has nothing to do with the media score, but with the jury as the core, but even if the scoring is aside, even if the "gravity" that does not make it to the main competition unit is aside, there are still more worthy of praise among the many works screened in Venice this year.

It is disappointing that the jury, led by Bernardo Bertolucci, was not able to make an unbiased choice.

The 70th Venice Golden Lion Award was later called the most "watery" in film history by many people, which seems to be an exaggeration, but at least it is certain that since the 21st century, this time the Golden Lion Award has received absolutely the least recognition and approval, which is undoubtedly worse for Venice in trouble.

With wolves and tigers, and internal problems, the Venice Film Festival, which is about to enter its seventy-first year, is now facing a serious crisis.

Against this backdrop, sighs about "gravity" missing the main competition are becoming more and more frequent, but the new president of the festival, Alberto Arbela, is relieved - if "gravity" is still upset in the main competition, then it is a real public relations crisis.

For Alberto, there was good news and bad news in his first year in office, and if he couldn't think of a clear idea of development, the same dilemma would still exist next year.

Toronto's People's Choice Awards were also an upset, with "12 Years as a Slave" defeating "Gravity" and successfully reaching the top.

Such a result cannot be said to be completely unexpected, it is not so much an underdog as an early warning of awards season.

British director Steve McQueen, who has worked with Michael Fassbender to shoot two wonderful works of "Hunger" and "Shame", filmed "12 Years of Slavery" focusing on race/ethnic issues, and after the premiere of the Toronto superstar, he received a lot of praise, and the media praise even exceeded "gravity" for a time-

"Gravity" scored out of nine out of 11 reviews in Toronto, while "12 Years a Slave" scored out of 18 in Toronto.

This is similar to "The Life of Adele" and "The Drunken Folk" at Cannes this year, when the "Drunken Folk" unfortunately lost the Palme d'Or, and now "Gravity" unfortunately missed out on the People's Choice Award. I don't know if it has anything to do with the rebellious psychology caused by the over-ferocity of the Blue Rite winning momentum - no one can say with certainty that there is a direct connection between the two.

In the end, in the selection of the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto Film Festival, "12 Years a Slave" successfully won the award, "Gravity" ranked second, and "Prisoner" won the third place.

Since "Slumdog Millionaire" won the Toronto People's Choice Award in 2008 and has gone all the way to the top of the Oscars, the Toronto Film Festival's top award has been hailed as the new bellwether of the North American awards season, and four People's Choice Award winners have been nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture in the past five years.

Now that "12 Years a Slave" has been born, coupled with the particularity of the black theme, the escort of Brad Pitt, and the fact that Fox Searchlight has bought the North American distribution rights, the awards season of the academy PR can already be predicted to be bloody. Now, it has vaguely surpassed "gravity" and is the number one seed.

Of course, it's not that "gravity" is not good enough, but "12 years of slavery" is no less powerful, so the storm of the awards season has begun to brew slowly.

"Gravity" showed a strong momentum, leaving Toronto and killing New York.