Chapter 34: Cinema Paradiso

There are many filmmakers from all over the world standing in front of the Movie Palace, but the real fame is a few from Hollywood.

Originally, we didn't pay much attention to movies from other countries!

Asghar Farhadi, Iranian director, if it weren't for "A Farewell" that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, many people wouldn't have known that there was such a movie!

Xu Hui is not much interested in chatting with filmmakers from Romania and Turkey, and they are completely from two worlds!

Walking to the side of the jury, Xu Hui first shook hands with Spielberg, and the two briefly exchanged a few words.

"Director Xu. ”

Walking up to Ang Lee, the latter looked at Xu Hui: "I heard that this is the first time you have tried a foreign language film?"

"Well, it's a completely Western-style story structure. ”

"I'm looking forward to it!"

"Thank you..."

Li An seemed to have something to say, and probably realized that this was not very suitable for communication, so he held back.

Xu Hui actually knows.

Director Ang Lee is the chairman of the jury of this year's Golden Horse Awards!

He definitely wanted to resolve the contradiction between Xu Hui and Jin Ma.

After all, Xu Hui's influence is here, and he publicly expressed his resistance to the Golden Horse Award, which will affect the credibility of the Golden Horse!

In front of the movie palace, Xu Hui also met many filmmakers from China, some of whom were very familiar, such as Fan Xiaopang and Chen Kun.

Of course, this is not a suitable place to chat, and a few people just said hello.

Fan Xiaopang glanced at Xu Hui with a little dark complexity, she really didn't expect Xu Hui to come to this point!

Al Pacino and Matt are cute!

Such a lineup is enough to make all Chinese actors curious!

If I had taken the initiative, maybe...

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At nine o'clock, in the main hall of the Palais du Cinémathèque, in the hall of 2,000 people in Lumière, "Cinema Paradiso" will be screened.

As the opening film, there are naturally a lot of people who pay attention.

In addition to the guests and media personnel, there are also a large number of audiences.

Compared with the guests who were just routine greetings, the audience's response was much warmer - Xu Hui's movies are still very good in the hearts of ordinary audiences in Europe!

In a round of applause, the creators sat in the front row of the crew.

The movie is about to start!

In the back row of the guest seat, Jia Zhangke has a huge curiosity, he has always wanted to watch this movie, in addition to the promotion of 'Xu Hui's first foreign language film', more importantly, he wants to know how Xu Hui tells a feature film!

The synopsis of "Cinema Paradiso" is simple: it tells the story of a child who grows up in the village of Giancado in Sicily, Italy, about movies, about friendship...

You simply say that the plot is kept secret!

But Xu Hui once said in private, 'I want to prove that he is not just a commercial film director through "Paradise Cinema"!'

This is very interesting, not only Jia Zhangke is interested in "Paradise Cinema", but Lou Huohua, who is sitting next to him, is also staring at the big screen with anticipation.

Du Qifeng leaned back in his chair, he thought that he knew movies very well, and he knew Xu Hui even better, all the propaganda couldn't be believed, the so-called literary movies must be a package, and they still have that set of things in their bones!

Andy Lau is a little embarrassed, last year's Golden Horse Awards, he was the chairman of the jury...

The lights on the ceiling went out one after another, and the screening room, which had been a little humming, suddenly became quiet, the big screen lit up, and the first thing that appeared was the logo of the touchstone.

The movie begins.

The windows facing the sea are fluttering with white curtains, and this shot is very long, a full two minutes!

The film is played in flashbacks, with a mother desperately calling her son.

Her daughter said to her, "You know my brother, he's so busy and running around that he hasn't been home for thirty years." ”

After making many phone calls, I finally got a phone number where I could contact my son.

The camera cuts to the end of a busy day's work, and the hero returns to his residence, where his lover tells him that his mother has called, and also tells him that a man named Evert has died, and Efett is dead. Hearing the news, he tossed and turned, and when he couldn't sleep, he fell into a memory.

The picture goes back in time.

Xiao Duoduo actually dozed off when the pastor prayed, and forgot to rattle the bell, causing the pastor to forget the prayer. The pastor complained, "I can't remember words if you don't ring the bell." ”

The pastor is a very kind person, so he loses his temper, and Duoduo is not afraid. After praying, Duoduo pestered him, saying that he still wanted to stay and did not want to go home for the time being, but the pastor refused, saying that he still had a job.

The priest also worked as a film censor. Before each film is officially screened, it needs to be reviewed by him.

His criterion for review is the kiss scene!

Whenever there was a kiss in the movie, he would ring the bell and tell Evert to come down and cut it out.

The Western world, especially Italy, also had a harsh censorship system at the beginning!

Next is some daily life, through Xu Hui's lens, the town is really beautiful, the children running around in the square, the vendors selling stockings, the residents fetching water...

A warm and peaceful picture.

Through the communication between Xiao Duoduo and his mother, we know the timeline of this story, which should be after World War II.

Duoduo took the picture and asked his mother, "The war is over, why hasn't my father come back? Where is Russia? I can't even remember what my father looked like." ”

Mom rushed to bed and said confidently, "I'll be back one day." ”

Since it is Paradise Cinema, the relationship with the movie must run throughout, and it can be seen that the audience at that time liked the movie, on the one hand, the movie brought people spiritual comfort, and on the other hand, they could escape the real self.

Although it was not deliberately explained, it is easy to understand, after all, in that era, except for movies, there was really nothing for everyone to have fun...

How fascinating is the movie?

People are always happy and sad with the plot of the movie.

After watching the movie, it is often an unspeakable spiritual communication, she can turn the thoughts in your brain into reality, can also subvert your concepts, and even can reconstruct your thinking, an art can communicate with your thoughts, how amazing and great it will be, this is her charm.

Xu Hui amplifies this emotion!

He presented a lot of old movies in the film, such as "Girlfriend Friday", "Outlaws", "Gold Rush", "Gone with the Wind"...

Little Duoduo learned to show movies with Efitt...

Interspersed with a small plot, Duoduo's mother learned the news of her husband's death, and the official notified the widow to register for the pension.

When I came out after signing, my mother kept crying. Duoduo and his mother walked home on both sides, and the streets were full of devastation.

The horror of war not only displaces people, but also separates their loved ones.

Life is like this, there is crying and laughter.

Just because of a comedy movie, it's enough to make people forget about their troubles.

Even Duoduo's mother swept away the gloom and laughed.

Cinemas are always overcrowded, and a significant number of people are unable to get in.

Even though it was getting late, they still blocked the door.

The movie is here, 45 minutes have passed, and Matt is cute and shows his face at the beginning of the film...

Many ordinary viewers were a little restless.

They go to the cinema to see an action movie!

The pace of "Cinema Paradiso" is very slow, and the story is told without too many climax points and no action scenes!

Is this still Xu Hui?

What do you mean by playing affectionate?

Unlike the audience, the judges, especially Spielberg, were completely impressed!