Chapter 54: The Harvest of Cannes
Despite the beauty of Cannes, Wang Jie is not a fan of the festival, even though it is the most influential of the three major European film festivals. Because of the French entourage, the awards at the Cannes Film Festival are also relatively casual, and some ridiculous awards are always added temporarily for some reason, and in the end it has become a game of film politics.
At this time, Wang Jie was hiding in Villa No. 2 in the Mid-Levels of Xiangjiang, which was the first time he had moved in since the renovation was completed, and it was always taken care of by Old Jim. The villa is full of collections purchased by Wang Jie from Huaxia, mostly some ordinary Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and furniture, and the more valuable Wang Jie has arrived at William Farm for collection.
Wang Jie was carving a jade pendant with a carving knife at this time, using a piece of imperial green rough stone that had just been transported from Myanmar. Since Wang Jie took charge, every year he will buy some diamonds from South Africa and some jadeite raw materials from Myanmar, these things can not only be used by his own women, but the most important thing is to maintain and appreciate the value, take jadeite as an example, the price has increased nearly 100 times after a few decades.
Wang Jie has two sets of zodiac pendants that have been carved in his hand, and the two sets of zodiac pendants are almost the same size, all of them are realistic and verdant. Wang Jie is ready to finish work after carving another set.
On May 23, 1980, the Cannes Film Festival ended successfully, because Wang Jie stuffed in a film "This Killer Is Not Too Cold", and many awards were greatly changed. Akira Kurosawa still won the Palme d'Or for "Shadow Warrior", and the best screenplay was still given to "Lawn"; but the acting award has changed greatly compared to the original time and space, although the best actor is still awarded to Michelle Pikoli of "Ethereal", but the best supporting actor was awarded to Alpacio, and the best actress was unexpectedly awarded to Sophie Marceau, in which Alpacimo won the award because of his acting skills, and the villain Stanfield played by him is more crazy and perverted than the original Gary Oldman, as for SophieMarceau, in addition to Matilda calling her more mature than Natalie Portman, has a lot to do with her French identity, anyway, Sophie Marceau has become the youngest actress in the history of Cannes.
On June 1, CNN officially went on the air. Wang Jie did not want to take a stake in the newly established TV station, and this was not the time to enter cable television.
On June 10, Wang Jie returned to Los Angeles, and on the same day, "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" distributed by Fox Films was officially screened in North America, with Zhou Yunfa and Sophie Marceau both attending the premiere, and as for Alpacio, he was busy filming "Smell a Woman", which Wang Jie gave full authority to Shirley Lansing of Twentieth Century Fox, and Wang Jie only provided the script, and he was not interested in participating in it.
"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" grossed $11.2 million a week after its release, which is the rhythm of box office hits. Although Wang Jie deleted a lot of sensitive scenes, some commentators in the United States still raised the issue of Lori killing her uncle, and the Chicago Times commented: Lori has a royal sister heart, and Zhengtai has an uncle body - evil and innocent, cruel but gentle, how perfect ......
Of course, there are good words, and the "Los Angeles Times" published a comment saying: The killer is just a profession of the male protagonist, and he, like many professions, puts aside this identity, I think this is a love story between a warm male uncle and a brave little Lori. (Aside from the reality of legal ethics)
Like the encounters in many stories, an unexpected family change allows the young heroine Ma Tingda to meet a professional killer, Leon, and the tight red line of fate is tightened, and a period of survival and displacement begins.
In the film, Martinda questioned Leon's various questions about love life, and William filmed the retro tones of dusk, French romance, and the protagonists are a man and a woman, how can this not be love?
In the author's opinion, this is a beautiful first love on the road of Ma Tingda's life and growth, and a ray of sunshine in the career of a killer in Lyon.
Most of the wonderful lines in the film are anti-chicken soup quotations, the cruelty of life makes the little girl grow up rapidly, and Sophie Marceau's mature acting skills also make people feel that this is a little girl's body and skin, containing a soul that is mature enough and old enough. Sometimes her eyes can always reveal more of her heart.
The interaction between the two is the only comforting thing in the beginning and end of the tragedy, Leon says that he is his own potted plant, without roots and no belonging, but he gives Ma Tingda shelter, and finally lets his old friend go into the soil as he wishes, no longer drifting, if Leon does not die, he will probably wash his hands in the basin.
At the beginning of the recommendation I saw this film, it was a cool killer uncle, I thought it was inappropriate, after watching it, a killer is not enough to become a classic, a killer who is not too cold, a relationship that seems to be friendship and love, is a classic.
Is this a good thing? It's a counter-story!
Compared with the original time and space, although "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" still aroused criticism, the box office was very powerful, and during the two-month screening period, the North American box office just exceeded 100 million US dollars, which gave Li Wang Jie a lot of surprises.
Xiangjiang was released only one day later than North America, perhaps because Zhou Yunfa is a foreigner in the play, and the box office only sold 22 million Hong Kong dollars when the film was painted, but the reviews were surprisingly good.
The talented girl Yishu published a poetic comment in "Ming Pao":
I know a classmate who suffers from social phobia, yes, he does. He used to be sunny and optimistic, but his hair was less and his eyes were melancholy. The only joy is probably the picture of the goddess that he reveals every time he opens his wallet. - Oh, Sophie Marceau. No one will forget the little Lori who ran with a potted plant holding a perpetual green in "This Killer Is Not Too Cold". I think it's a collection of all the girl's hearts, and it's scattered with a pure appearance. I think classic films can always leave some thoughts in your life. If the male audience likes Lori, then the female audience will prefer Leon, the killer played by Renault. Why do many people like the love between such a middle-aged uncle and little Lori?
"This Killer Is Not Too Cold" eventually grossed $140.5 million worldwide, including $100 million in North America, $15 million in Asia, and $30 million in Europe.
Zhou Runfa can be regarded as famous in the first battle, but the most popular is Sophie Marceau, all kinds of invitations come one after another, but the girl is very willful and pushes them all down, he is playing with Wang Jie in New York!