Is cinema art? Sure, but that's talking about old movies.

In the current film market, movies have actually been divided into two parts.

One part is art, which pays attention to artistry and connotation, and requires the beauty of art.

The other part is a commodity, a product of the film industry. As long as it is well-made, the plot is exciting, and the audience feels that it is worth the ticket price, then its role is completed.

Therefore, many times the controversy about a film is actually caused by the different requirements for the two films. The best solution is to give a new name to the second type of film, such as the Ordered Audiovisual Collection.

“…… What you said before the opening is particularly good, the value of a filmmaker is to use images to record emotions and memories. I think you can communicate more with director Jia Zhangke, your "Room" has some similarities with his film style. ”

I don't know if it's a pity or a good teacher, anyway, Hou Xiaoxian said a lot. Perhaps in his eyes, Mu Ming is now equivalent to a villain genius who "reforms evil and returns to righteousness" in martial arts, and it takes more "education and education" to be classified as "famous and decent".

finally sent this uncle away, and Mu Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief. If it weren't for the traditional virtues of respecting the old and loving the young, plus he could be regarded as having good intentions, Mu Ming would have driven people out a long time ago.

As for the transformation into a literary drama director, wait for the next time Mu Ming wants to win an award.

"Director Mu, hello. ”

A foreign man with curly white hair and round-framed glasses walked up to Mu Ming. He greeted him as he held out his hand.

"Uh, hello. Mu Ming stretched out her hand to shake it back, her face a little dazed. Although he always thought that foreigners looked similar, he was sure that he didn't know the man in front of him.

Perhaps seeing Mu Ming's confusion, the visitor laughed and introduced himself: "I'm George Miller, and like you, I'm also a director." ”

"George Miller?" Mu Ming subconsciously repeated, and then suddenly became excited: "I'm sorry, Director Miller, I didn't expect you to come to watch the premiere." ”

George Miller, a well-known Australian director and screenwriter in Hollywood, is best known for the Mad Max series.

In 1979, George Miller filmed the first "Mad Max" and became the box office winner that year.

However, since the third part in 85, the series has been suspended for various reasons. It wasn't until this year that he returned with the fourth installment, Mad Max: The Road to Madness.

Mu Ming watched this movie in her previous life, and the theme of the whole film from beginning to end is one word: burn!

The whole film basically reduces the drama to the simplest level, drag racing, fighting, and shootouts...... The protagonists of other movies still have to take the time to say a few words about arsenic in their hearts, but the protagonist of "Crazy Road" does not have this time at all.

Mu Ming has always felt that this movie really shows what it means to "be able to do it and try not to be noisy".

It stands to reason that this kind of purely commercial film is not regarded as a variety of academy awards. But perhaps because it is so pure, it highlights the essence of film art. In the 16 years of the Oscars, he won ten nominations in one go, and took away all the technical awards.

Mu Ming also saw that this film will participate in this year's film festival on the relevant news in Cannes. Of course, it's just a screening, not a candidacy. Although Cannes is becoming more and more commercialized, it is still dominated by art films after all.

"Films that aren't in competition won't be shown until tomorrow, so I still have a lot of time today. ”

George Miller shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "Actually, I really liked the style of your last movie. As a result, I saw that your work this time was a feature film, and I was a little curious, so I came over. ”

The location of the conversation between the two was close to the entrance of the theater, and there was a lot of traffic between people. Compared with Mu Ming, there are still quite a few people who know George Miller. So at this moment, the two of them were already surrounded by many media reporters.

"Yes, I liked this movie very much. I think it's the best family film I've seen so far this year. ”

"Not only the plot of the movie, but also the performance of the two leading actors is also very exciting, especially the little child. Personally, I think his performance is good enough to qualify for Best Actor at this year's Cannes Film Festival. If Cannes allows Mu to sign him up. ”

"Of course, the performance of the heroine is also great. Although I hadn't heard of her before, I don't think her performance was worse than that of several Chinese actresses in the past. ”

George Miller didn't skimp on his praise, and it was clear that he genuinely liked the movie.

Compared with Mu Ming, George Miller is much more famous in the international film industry. Similarly, there are many fans in the audience. Under his recommendation, the popularity of "Room" has obviously risen a lot.

If the quality of the film is average, it will undoubtedly be criticized in such a high-profile situation, but if the quality of the film is good enough, then this is the catalyst for the film's popularity.

"Room" undoubtedly belongs to the latter, and most of the viewers who have watched it have given high praise, and even spontaneously spread the good word of mouth.

As a result, among the dozens of competing works screened on the first day, "Room" became the most popular. Compared with the desertion of most movie theaters, this side has always been overcrowded.

At the same time, Cannes' house magazine "Screen" also gave a large result for the film: 3.2 points, which is quite a high score.

Not the top score, though.

"Assassin Nie Yinniang" and "Carol" tied for first place with a score of 3.5, followed by "Room" with a score of 3.2, followed by "The Old Man of Mountains and Rivers" and "Son of Thor" with a score of 2.8.

Well, many viewers have responded that the standard of works in this year's main competition unit is generally low. Of the nineteen films, ten have a house journal score of less than 2.5, and only three have a score of 3 or more.

And among these three, there are still two Chinese-language films and one American film, and there is not even a French film in the top five. It seems that the official preferential treatment of French films in Cannes has no effect.

However, in the history of Cannes, there is no equal sign between a high score in the house catalogue and the eventual victory. Although the score of "The Screen" is also given by veteran film critics and filmmakers, it does not represent the final result of Cannes.

The real decision-making power is still the dozen or so judges of the jury.

In fact, at this time, the jury had already begun to debate fiercely about several films.