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The next day, the media from all over the world gathered in Cannes reported the premiere of "Time Warrior" in a big way, and the praise was almost one-sided, which can be said to be rave reviews.

The Cannes Films' borrowed house catalogue begins with a review of "Time Warriors", which sums up the film in a concise and powerful commentary: "One hundred and forty minutes of film, the perfect unity of art and commerce. Not empty, not shallow, not frivolous, with connotation, rhythm, and emotion, this is the most epic movie of 2004!

As a sci-fi action movie, "Time and Space Warrior" may be slightly inferior to "The Matrix" in terms of theme mining, but it is definitely stronger than "The Matrix" in terms of narrative rhythm, character portrayal, and especially action scenes.

For 140 minutes, the audience follows Jason's footsteps to unravel mysteries and present the world 500 years later. The whole process is reborn in suspense, the tension and excitement feel throughout, and the plot is interlocking. In addition to the gripping plot development and hot action scenes, the actors' praise is also amazing. Jason, played by Reeves, is frivolous on the outside and painful on the inside, and Zhang Ziyi, who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, is a match made in heaven, making the whole movie fun!"

While praising the film, the British "Empire" focused on the actors' performances: "The film was beyond expectations, there was not a single vase in it, and each actor did their job brilliantly. Keanu Reeves, the darling of the golden sour plum, completed a gorgeous turn, completed the best performance of his entire acting career, and vividly interpreted a character with pain in his heart, but with a kind heart, showing his explosive power.

Adrien Brody plays the villain Alexander in the movie, as the youngest Oscar winner, Adrian excavates the inner pain and struggle of the character, both in terms of image and performance, it is real and believable. And Zhang Ziyi portrayed a female policeman who was burdened with inner trauma, acted decisively, and even was a little fierce. ”

The New York Times gave it a score of 100 points, commenting: "From the perspective of entertainment business, this is a movie that makes people's blood boil and makes people have endless evocatives, and in terms of artistic connotation, it is a film worthy of careful interpretation, and the characters are extremely delicately portrayed, reflecting on the harsh consequences of man's excessive demand for nature!"

The Los Angeles Times also gave it a high score of 90: "'Time Soldier' is an outstanding work with hot scenes and profound thoughts, and it is hard to imagine that this is the work of a Chinese director." What's even more amazing is that this Chinese director discovered Keanu Reeves's acting ability in the movie, which opened his mind!"

In addition, the British "See and Hear" and "Empire", and the American "Hollywood Reporter" and "Variety" all received praise without exception.

The domestic media is happy to see that Chinese films can be famous overseas, and domestic readers also love to watch this and sing praises one after another.

"Young director Zhang Ran won Cannes, and after the premiere of the film, the audience gave a standing ovation for 20 minutes!"

"Time and Space Warrior" set off a craze in Cannes, and the media from all over the world went crazy!"

"The premiere of "Time and Space Warrior" applauded continuously, and the work of young director Zhang Ran was well received in Cannes!"

Because the film's starring Zhang Ran and heroine Zhang Jingchu both went to Cannes, and now the crew of "The Aviator" is temporarily on vacation. At this moment, Huang Lei and Ning Hao were leisurely drinking tea.

Huang Lei picked up the newspaper, flipped through the entertainment version of the report on "Time and Space Warrior", and sighed: "This kid can really toss, he can toss such a big movement when he runs to Cannes this time!"

Ning Hao said with a smile: "Time and Space Warrior" is a blockbuster, if you don't make some big moves, it will be miserable! What do you say Teacher Zhang is doing now?"

Huang Lei didn't think about it and said: "I must see beautiful women on the beach in Cannes, it's a celestial bath, and there are naked women there!"

Huang Bo said with a smile: "Teacher Huang Lei knows it so well, he must have seen it!"

Huang Lei's face was blank, and he said with a straight face: "Nonsense, am I that kind of person? I'm a people's teacher, why am I going to the celestial bath?"

At this moment, on the beach in Cannes, Zhang Ran sat on a chair, ready to be interviewed by the movie channel "World Cinema Tour".

The movie channel has an old relationship with Zhang Ran, and the "World Movie Journey" column is also an old friend with Zhang Ran, and most of the members of the crew Zhang Ran also know each other, but the host is a newcomer Ju Wenpei, and it is the first time they have met.

Before the recording really started, Ju Wenpei and Zhang Ran sat and chatted: "Director, I don't know if you can help us contact Reeves, we want to do an exclusive interview with him." ”

Zhang Ran felt strange: "You can contact him directly, I think he is willing to be interviewed." ”

Ju Wenpei said helplessly: "Director, there are so many international big names in Cannes this year, Tom Hanks, Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, etc., why is there no Chinese media to do an exclusive interview? Because they have to pay for interviews!"

It was the first time Zhang Ran heard that he had to pay for an interview, and asked, "No, how much?"

"The price of an interview with a Hollywood superstar is up to 2,000 euros for Tom Hanks, 1,500 euros for Brad Pitt and 1,000 euros for Charlize Theron. Roundtable interviews with Hollywood's biggest names are usually 1,500 euros, and they are often short, within 15 minutes!"

Zhang Ran was very surprised: "There is such a thing." ”

Ju Wenpei nodded and said: "Yes, there is a fee for interviews with Hollywood celebrities at the film festival, and if the distributor is willing to pay for it, everyone will be happy." If you don't want to pay for it, then the media will have to pay for it yourself. ”

Zhang Ran understood what Ju Wenpei meant, and rolled his eyes: "You mean to let us pay for you to interview Reeves, right?"

Ju Wenpei smiled embarrassedly: "We have limited funds, but if we want to interview Reeves, we can only come to beg you!"

Zhang Ran waved his hand: "Okay, I'll tell Keanu in a while!"

After a while of small talk, the interview officially began. Ju Wenpei asked: "Director, this is the first time you have brought a film to the Cannes Film Festival, how do you feel?"

Zhang Ran said: "I feel okay, the atmosphere is very good, but things are too expensive, a glass of boiling water actually charged me 18 euros, it's just a money robbery!"

Ju Wenpei couldn't help but laugh a little: "After the premiere of "Time and Space Warrior" yesterday, the media response was particularly strong, how do you feel in the face of such a long applause?"

Zhang Ran thought for a while and said, "I'm thinking, great, the audience likes this movie very much, and it shouldn't be a loss now!"

Ju Wenpei smiled: "You say that, aren't you afraid that the audience will say that you are a philistine?"

Zhang Ran said seriously: "What is there to be afraid of, I made this movie just to make money!"

Ju Wenpei asked: "Aren't you afraid that everyone will criticize you for being too commercial, and even say that you have lost money?"

Zhang Ran doesn't care: "In a mature film market, commercial films must be the mainstream of the market, literary films are niche and non-mainstream, and we have completely reversed it for a long time, art films have become the mainstream, and commercial films have been spurned, which is not right in itself." On Valentine's Day, you and your boyfriend go to the cinema to watch a movie, and it is full of "Blind Mountain" and "Blind Well"? During the Spring Festival, you take your parents to watch a movie, and it is full of "The Devil is Coming" and "Lan Yu", will you go to see it? I believe that most of them will not watch it, and most of the audience will watch movies for entertainment, and the movies you show are all the kind of movies that make people desperate to death, and the movies that are extremely dark are equivalent to driving the audience out of the cinema! In the 90s, Chinese movies took the three major movies all over, what was the result? The audience has been kicked out of the cinema, and Chinese movies are dying!"

"Blind Well" Ju Wenpei knows, but she has not heard of "Blind Mountain", but she also did not ask: "Some experts believe that if the film market is too commercial, art films may have no room to survive!"

Zhang Ran scoffed at this statement: "On the contrary, only by making the market up, art films will have more room for survival." When it comes to commercial films, is there anything in the world that can compare with the United States? Who in the world can make films more commercial than the United States? Does the United States have no room for art films? The American directors who have won the most awards at the three major film festivals are the American directors. If our film market can reach 10 billion yuan, 500 million of these 10 billion belong to art films, which is enough to feed many art films. If our market can reach 100 billion, then the market for art films will be 5 billion, and art films will be able to live a very nourishing life. Therefore, we should first expand the film industry and make more mainstream commercial films, as long as the market is built, are we still afraid of the living space of art films?

Zhang Ran picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee, and continued: "I saw a report a few days ago, and I was very sad, Director Xie Fei announced that if Chinese films are not reformed for a day, he will not make movies for a day. Xie Fei is a very good director, and making such a decision means that he will never make a movie again. In the past few years, media reports, online bombardment, and joint letters by directors have worked?

The problem with Chinese films now is that they reflect our mainstream, and the films that promote our culture can't go out, and the things that go out are all art films, and these films do have a negative impact on China's image. If we have a large number of commercial films imported overseas and exported our culture to the world, will the country still worry about niche art films affecting China's image? Therefore, if we want to change the censorship system, we can only build up the market first and rely on the market to promote it. ”

Zhang Ran is a teacher, and once he opened the conversation, he couldn't hold it back and began to talk endlessly.

At the same time, in a large conference room on the outskirts of Cannes, members of the festival's jury are gathering to discuss the awarding of the various awards.

Quentin sat in the middle and said in a shy, "Everyone, the award for Best Actress has been decided, and now let's discuss the candidates for Best Actor." Let me start with my opinion, I propose to Mr. Bush, the male protagonist of "Fahrenheit 911", who personally played the role of president, and interpreted it in his true way as a complete fool!"

The judges in attendance burst into laughter. In the European and American film circles, especially those who play art films, there are a lot of ****. George W. Bush, who has always been anti-war and launched the Iraq War, was naturally spurned by **** people. Now you can hack Bush Jr., everyone is happy to see it!

Tilda Swinton and Quentin were a little bit at odds, and the two almost quarreled at the opening press conference, but at the moment she applauded: "That's a great idea, Mr. Bush's performance deserves a trophy for Best Actor!"

Except for Tsui Hark, who was leisurely drinking coffee, and the other judges expressed their support for Quentin as if they were playing chicken blood.

Jacob, chairman of the Cannes Film Festival, couldn't sit still, it doesn't matter if you want to make a big news, our film festival will be unlucky! Just a few days ago, the US Government had already made representations to the film festival officials through the embassy in France.

Jacob quickly stood up to put out the fire: "Quentin, and everyone, listen to me!" (To be continued.) )