The 327th arrives in Cannes

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On May 11, there was still a month before the official release of "Time and Space Warrior", and the promotion of the movie was finally in full swing. New trailers for the movie began to play in the halls of more than 700 theaters across the United States, posters of the movie were placed on the walls, and most importantly, the trailer for "Time Warrior" began to be shown on nearly 10,000 screens in more than 700 theaters.

For the film's roll commercials, the audience is mixed, some people think it's very good, they can see the information of the new film, and some people think that it is really a waste of time to watch advertisements in the cinema. But whether the audience likes it or not, this thing can't be avoided.

Today, all theaters are showing new trailers, which concentrate the essence of the movie, and the hot scenes are one after another.

The two-minute trailer sent the dozens of audience members in the screening room with an adrenaline rush and became hyperactive. For the audience, in addition to gunfights, speeding cars, explosions, and fierce fighting scenes that bombard the eyeballs in turns, the costumes of the characters in the movie are also extremely cool, which is simply addictive.

"Wow, Reeves' new movie is so cool, I'm going to have to go to the cinema to see it then!"

"It's so addictive, it's so exciting!"

"This film looks even cooler than "The Matrix", the fight is even more exciting, and the drag racing scene is much better than "Fast and Furious"! Who is the director of this film? This guy is an absolute genius!"

In front of nearly 10,000 screens across the United States, countless viewers decided that they must come to the cinema to watch the movie after watching the trailer of "Time Warrior".

On May 14, the 61st Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off. The selected films of this year's Cannes have fully realized the ambition of the organizing committee to "embrace all rivers", mixing documentaries, martial arts films, epic blockbusters, and even two animated films in the formal art films, and the themes cover various fields such as politics, history, and love.

This year's Cannes is also the year of the carnival of Asian filmmakers. In the official competition section alone, there are six Asian films, accounting for one-third of the films in competition. In addition to Wong Kar-wai's "2046" becoming the only Chinese film shortlisted, there are also Japanese directors Mamoru Oshii's "Ghost in the Shell 2", Kore-eda Hirokazu's "Nobody Knows", South Korean director Hong Sang-so's "Women are a man's future", Park Chan-wook's "Old Boy", and Thai director Weerashakoo's "Tropical Disease". In addition, there are also Zhang Ran's "Time and Space Warrior", Zhang Yimou's "Ambush on All Sides", and Abbas's "Five" in the screening unit. A kind of attention unit includes Abbas's "Ten", Yang Chao's "Journey" and South Korea's "Breeze and Bright Moon" directed by Kim Yoon-seok.

When the film festival opened, Zhang Ran was still busy filming "The Aviator" in China and did not attend the opening ceremony of the film festival. The premiere of "Time and Space Warriors" is scheduled for the evening of the 20th, and Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu arrived in Cannes on the morning of the 19th.

This is Zhang Ran's first visit to Cannes.

In Zhang Ran's impression, Cannes is blue sky, white clouds, sandy beaches, tall palm trees, warm sea breezes, and groups of bikini beauties, as well as rows of yachts on the pier, but after arriving in Cannes, what impressed Zhang Ran the most was the procession outside the Palais du Cinema.

The whole procession carried large black, white and colored flags with words of protest written on them in colored paint, and then sang in unison with drums, basins and wind instruments similar to suona. Zhang Ran didn't know French and didn't know what they were singing. After singing, a man lies on the ground with a wooden sign that reads, "Death without welfare," and another man kneels beside the "dead" and plays a sad instrument.

At this moment, there was a rush of footsteps, and Zhang Ran turned his head to see a riot police force rushing over. Each had helmets strapped to their legs, half-human-high shields in one hand and batons in the other. The anti-explosive police slowly approached the demonstrators, who were no match for the police and could only retreat. Soon, the demonstrators were forced into an alley opposite the Palais des Films by riot police.

Zhang Jingchu saw such a scene for the first time, and she was curious and nervous: "I didn't expect the Cannes Film Festival to be like this, I hope the premiere of "Time and Space Warrior" can be carried out safely." ”

Zhang Ran didn't speak, but this was what he wanted.

During the film festival, Cannes' food, clothing, housing and transportation are all rolling up, and the hotel is amazingly expensive.

The price of a room in an ordinary five-star hotel is more than 3,000 euros a night, while a luxury suite in an ideal five-star hotel costs more than 10,000 euros a night. It is precisely because of the high cost of accommodation in Cannes that you can see tourists walking with sleeping bags on their backs on the streets.

Zhang Ran and the others stayed at the Majestic Hotel, the official hotel designated by the film festival. Just a few steps away from the Palais des Festivals, many celebrities can take their make-up in their rooms before heading to the red carpet and then spend a few minutes strolling to the Palais des Festivals for the ceremony.

Almost every room in the hotel has a stunning view of the sea, which can follow the beautiful promenade of the sea, while the huge picture windows in the rooms, the beautiful balconies recessed into the rooms, the open layout, the warm tones, and the façade with a clear Art Deco style look harmonious and unified.

Of course, the price of the hotel is also ridiculously expensive, Zhang Ran and their room costs 7,000 euros, or Luc Besson booked a few months in advance, and it is impossible to book a room after the opening of the film festival. The most expensive and amazing room in the hotel is the penthouse suite for Reeves, the king of Cannes, which costs 38,000 euros per night!

"Luc, I haven't seen you for a long time!" After resting in the room for a few minutes, Zhang Ran took Zhang Jingchu to Luc Besson's room to say hello, and asked about the arrangements for the premiere by the way.

"My dear friend, and the beautiful Jingchu!" Luc Besson warmly hugged Zhang Ran and Zhang Jingchu, invited them to sit down, and asked the female assistant to bring them coffee, "I heard that you have arrived, I was about to go over and say hello!"

"Have Keanu and Adrian arrived?" asked Zhang Ran.

"Keanu has been busy filming "Detective Hell" lately, and he won't be there until the evening, and Adrian has gone to the Corniche. Luc Besson got down to business, "I heard you've been making a new movie lately, how are you doing?"

"More than half of the filming has been made, and according to the normal schedule, it will definitely not be finished before the official release of the movie. I don't care, shoot slowly!"

Luc Besson knew that Zhang Ran was filming "The Aviator", a feature film, and was not interested: "The United States doesn't seem to be very optimistic about the box office of "Time Soldier", and Bo's box office forecast is very low. ”

"Wave's prediction is based on the search and the popularity of the movie, the large-scale promotion of our movie has just begun, the popularity is not enough, and there are many opponents in the schedule, so it is normal for the forecast price given to be not high. But now that the massive publicity for the film has begun, the popularity will rise with it, and by the time our film premieres, Bo's predictions should be greatly improved. Zhang Ran looked very relaxed, "In fact, for a commercial film, the scores of Rotten Tomatoes and MTC are not so important, but CS audience ratings, popcorn values, and IMDB scores are more important, and we got A+ when this movie was test-screened, so there will be no problem!"

"That's good!" Luc Besson knew that Zhang Ran knew more about the American film market than himself, and he was very relieved to hear Zhang Ran say this.

The two chatted for a while about the premiere of "Time and Space Warrior", and chatted about the interesting things about the film festival, and Zhang Ran took Zhang Jingchu to say goodbye.

Back in the room, Zhang Jingchu came to the balcony and looked at the beautiful seaside avenue on both sides, the beautiful sandy beach bay and the elegant hotel with different styles, and the blue sea and tall verdant palm trees set against each other, creating a quiet beauty. She shouted, "Zhang Ran, the scenery here is so beautiful, can you take two photos for me?"

Zhang Ran graduated from the Department of Photography in Shanghai in his last life, and his absolute professional level is much higher than that of Cheng Guanxi's entry-level level. He took out his digital camera, took two photos of Zhang Jingchu on the balcony, and pulled her into the room to take a few more.

After taking the photo, Zhang Jingchu took the camera and looked at it, and the photo was very beautiful. In Zhang Ran's words, she has to pick an angle when taking pictures, and Zhang Ran can always choose the best angle and take the most beautiful picture. She turned her head and kissed Zhang Ran's face: "It's a good shot, this is a reward for you!"

Zhang Ran stopped: "Please, a professional photographer like me can't afford to hire a lot of money, so I just sent it away?"

Zhang Jingchu scolded "Laipi" with a smile, and turned her head to kiss Zhang Ran. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ran hugged her directly, kissed her hard, and stroked her palm on her back. Zhang Jingchu suddenly blushed, pushed Zhang Ran, and protested: "Don't make trouble, it's broad daylight!"

"I'll make trouble, it's too tricky!" Zhang Ran fell on Zhang Jingchu's mouth, and the protest turned into endless tenderness.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and the lips of the two people who were on the rise parted. Zhang Jingchu glared at Zhang Ran, sorted out her clothes, opened the room, and the person who came was Zhang Ziyi, so she said, "Ziyi, why are you here?"

Zhang Ziyi smiled at Zhang Jingchu: "Jingchu, I heard that you and the director have arrived, I'll come over to say hello!"

Zhang Ran beckoned Zhang Ziyi to sit down, and said with a smile: "Ziyi, this time in Cannes, you are the most popular figure, the heroine of three movies, this is also rare in the history of Cannes, this is really an international chapter!"

Zhang Ziyi pursed her lips and smiled, this year is a year for her to make full efforts, "2046", "Ambush on All Sides", and "Time and Space Warrior" Each movie is a dream for domestic actors, and she actually got three, and she couldn't hide the smugness on her face: "Director, don't laugh at others!"

Zhang Jingchu pursed her lips slightly, she didn't like the tone of Zhang Ziyi's speech, it sounded like a coquette.

Zhang Ran is really not telling a joke, he knows that Zhang Ziyi will soon take over the filming of "Memoirs of a Geisha", and the name of the international chapter will be confirmed. However, he didn't care about this, and asked, "Is Director Zhang Yimou here?" Is Director Wang Jiawei here? I heard Luc Besson say just now that Director Wang is still reshooting some shots, I don't know if it's true?"

Just now, Luc Besson told Zhang Ran that everyone at the film festival today received an unprecedented letter of apology from the conference, which said that the media of "2046" the day after tomorrow were all canceled, and only the evening premiere remained normal, and many people were saying that the film had not been filmed yet, and Wang Jiawei was making up for it. Zhang Ran knew that Wang Jiawei was making movie ink, but he was still shocked when he heard that the film festival was still being re-filmed, which is too ink, right?

Zhang Ziyi shook her head and said: "Director Zhang Yimou is here, Director Wang is now in Paris, and "2046" has no reshoot shots, which is a rumor." That's right, "2046" was done in Thailand in the later stage, and the staff who were supposed to take the copy from Thailand to the plane were considered to be using fake passports at customs, and the copies were also exaggerated. The crew had to make a new copy, because it had just been developed, and the subtitles had not yet been made, and they were now in Paris to catch up with the subtitles!"

Zhang Ran secretly rejoiced that his movie was a digital copy, and there would be no such problem as zài, even if the copy was lost, it could be transmitted through the network! )