At half past seven, it was getting dark.

The guests in front of the Palais du Cinémath walked into the Lumière Hall one after another, and according to the tradition of the Cannes Film Festival, everyone in the crew of "Crazy Stone" was the last to appear!

The VIP lounge rested for about ten minutes, and then under the leadership of the staff, Zhang Junsheng and his party walked into the screening hall.

Everyone in the theater gave a standing ovation and saluted the crew.

It's the rule!

Even newlyweds from strangers stand up in salute – a Cannes tradition.

Zhang Junsheng nodded to the surroundings as he walked, and more than 2,000 people poured into the main hall of Lumière Hall, including guests and media personnel, as well as a large number of ordinary audiences.

What Zhang Junsheng attaches most importance to is also the feedback of ordinary audiences!

The movie itself is made for the audience!

A director once said that when shooting and making a movie, the audience is not there, and the audience must be ignored.

This statement is not unreasonable, but since the audience can ignore it, after the film is made, it should be hidden in the pulling room and enjoy it slowly, rather than taking it out for public screening.

After a movie is filmed, if it is not watched by the audience, then it cannot be called a movie.

It's just a frame of data stored on film or on a hard drive.

It can only be called a film after it has been screened and watched by the audience.

It is only after being watched by the audience that its functional value can be realized—entertainment, disseminating information, or edification.

Film, as a work of art with a temporal continuity, needs an audience!

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In the place where the guests sat behind, Hu Zongnan was a little disdainful: "I want to see what kind of movie Zhang Junsheng has made, which is so admired by Jacob!"

“… It's said to be a multi-line narrative!"

Li Mingze said what he saw from "Cannes Promotion", and he didn't know anything about it...

"Multi-line storytelling?

Hu Zongming asked suspiciously.

“… I don't know, just look at it!"

Li Mingze looked around with great interest, this was the first time he had sat in the Lumière Hall!

It's really a movie palace!

2000 people...

Hu Zongming also concentrated...

Although he is very confident in "Red Cliff", Zhang Junsheng has too many fans, and Yuehua's publicity ability is very strong!

However, thinking of the disclosure of "Crazy Stone", the production cost is 12 million...

Hu Zongming suddenly laughed...

What is there to worry about?

12 million and $120 million are not at the same starting line at all!

The lights on the ceiling went out one after another, the buzzing hall gradually quieted down, the big screen was already lit up, the first thing that appeared was the dragon logo, and then the logo of Yuehua Media, and the movie officially began.

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The first shot is Bao Shihong played by Zhang Guoqiang, looking at the dripping faucet with a bitter face: "I just can't pee, but I always want to pee..."

Switching the camera, a very irregular doctor's face appeared - Rao Xiaozhi made a cameo in friendship...

turned off the faucet and checked Bao Shihong, and with Bao Shihong's sour face, the camera switched again.

"God is so unfair to me, I cross the river every day by cableway, and I have never seen you! Maybe I pay too much attention to the scenery of this city, who called me a photographer?"

Xie Xiaomeng appeared...

"Haha..."

"What are you laughing at? And why is it not Mandarin? I don't understand!"

“… There are subtitles, you can watch subtitles!"

There were many French students at the scene, muttering quietly.

It's a bit difficult for foreigners to appreciate "Crazy Stone", they can't understand the oriental jokes, but it doesn't prevent them from seeing what happened to Xie Xiaomeng and laughing...

With Xie Xiaomeng's Coke falling from the cableway, the five big characters of "Crazy Stone" appeared!

In just three minutes, the audience didn't see anything, but Hu Zongming, who was originally sitting on the chair and motionless, sat up straight, his brows furrowed, as a director, he keenly noticed the strangeness of the opening shot.

Masahiko Kumada once said that Akira Kurosawa likes Lao Mouzi's "Qiu Ju Fights a Lawsuit" very much.

By the way, Masahiko Kumada is the royal producer of Akira Kurosawa!

"One day he told me that a Chinese made a very good film and asked me to watch it together, and we didn't know anything about the background of the film at the time, and I still remember that a few minutes after the movie opened, showing the scene in the heroine's house, he said something - 'this director is amazing', and I said how can you see his skill? Because I haven't felt it yet." He told me that you can see that every corner of his lens is carefully arranged!"

Hu Zongming's feeling is similar to Kurosawa's, and he already has a judgment on Zhang Junsheng's control...

He thought of Kubrick's "Killer", he thought of "Rashomon"...

This is a very good director!

Sure enough, the next crash proved his guess!

Three lines converge into a single point...

"This is Chiguoguo's showmanship!"

Hu Zongming was a little angry...

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Xie Xiaomeng's cans fell from the sky and smashed Bao Shihong's van. Just when Bao Shihong got out of the car and scolded, because the car was in a downhill state, it automatically slid down and damaged the BMW of the debt collector, and this accident made the police inadvertently let go of Brother Dao's three thieves, and the whole story quickly got on track.

With the development of the plot, the main line of the story gradually became clear, and the factory director dug up a priceless jadeite and wanted to rely on it to bring the factory back to life, but it provoked all parties to get moved.

In addition to the two forces of Brother Dao and Feng Dong, there are also branches of Sanbao, Xie Xiaomeng's branches, Bao Shihong's obscure illness, and so on...

Why is Crazy Stone so highly rated?

In addition to being funny, before "Crazy Stone", there were no commercial films with such a narrative in China.

Although Ning Hao borrowed a lot from Guy Ritchie, in a Chinese movie, this is the first movie with many narrative clues and Chinese black humor!

We have emphasized countless times that there is no Guy Ritchie in this time and space, and "Crazy Stone" is the first film in film history with a multi-line narrative!

So, in the current ten minutes, the three lines converge into one, and at the same time, the surrounding jade is baked, and the audience in the Lumière Hall probably understands...

In fact, the reason why "Crazy Stone" can become a classic and even a masterpiece is not only the exquisite film technology, but also the humanistic care and social significance it contains.

At the most superficial level, it reflects the social situation at the turn of the century when state-owned enterprises went bankrupt -- those in power colluded with capitalists to sell state-owned assets cheaply for personal gain -- and the workers of state-owned enterprises were in an embarrassing situation and were betrayed.

Going a little deeper, it shows how crazy human nature is in the face of temptation, but in the end, the gem falls on the neck of the only person who is not crazy in the whole film - the wife;

In addition, the crisis of trust and even disillusionment is everywhere in the movie: between father and son, between employees and factory directors, between Brother Dao and Jingjing, between Brother Dao and Xiaojun, between Heipi and Brother Dao, between Bao Shihong and Sanbao...

These are the views of the "New Century Weekly" on the film's special commentary back then, and there is a suspicion of over-interpretation, but rich room for interpretation is not a bad thing for a movie.

In contrast, "Crazy Racing" is more like being funny and absurd, international drug trafficking and other plots are far away from the lives of ordinary people, and the whole film lacks a tenable background, and it is more difficult to catch up with the previous work, although "Racing" has stood out in Chinese comedies...

Therefore, many people think that Ning Hao's starting point is "Crazy Stone", and the peak may also be "Crazy Stone"...

Of course, these are not important, the judges on the scene, a large audience - they don't understand the Chinese jokes in it...

What they value is the structure of the film!

it! Can a movie be made like this?