The next day, "Inception", which ended its media test screening, appeared in large quantities in the three major bulletins of the Cannes Film Festival, on the critics' Facebook and Twitter, and in the news media of China, Europe and the United States. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

A well-known European film critic was the first to express his opinion on Twitter: "Inception is the most wonderful Chinese film I have seen at this Cannes Film Festival, including the Chinese films participating in the Cannes Competition Unit. It's a pity that due to the limited subject matter, this film is destined not to enter the competition unit......"

Paralysis!

When he first saw this tweet on the Internet, Mai Xiaoyu once suspected that this guy was poisoned milk, was killed, and deliberately pulled hatred for himself.

However, the subsequent media also praised "Inception".

"Inception is a very clever film, rich in detail, with an intricate narrative that takes the audience into a subconscious labyrinth......"

"Hua Xia has created a surrealist horror world, somewhat similar to Jungian theory, which challenges the viewer on multiple levels, the real and the unreal. Rapid editing and agile storytelling bring the surreal world to life, and bring virtual image technology to the pinnacle of human brain consciousness......"

"Inception is like The Matrix and New York Tropes, with its anti-physics discussions, great action sequences, impactful emotions, and Huang Bo's astonishing performances. ”

"Yesterday at the media preview of Inception, when the music came to the end of the movie, I didn't get up right away as usual, but waited patiently. I found out that the same was true of the people next to me, and we all hoped to see something at the end......"

"I wish the movie was ending with an explanation of whether the spinning top at the end had stopped, and whether the whole story was a dream or a nightmare, but it didn't. This led me and some of my fellow players who attended the test screening last night to argue on the way back and at last night's wine party, analyzing the various issues and details in the film......"

"Inception is a stunning test screening, a different Chinese sci-fi film!"

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Many European media and film critics have given more praise and affirmation to "Inception"; the current issue of the Cannes Three Congresses Journals has also specially added content about "Inception", devoting most of the time to one page to introduce the plot of "Inception" in an affirmative tone.

Anyway, in their words, "Inception" is a movie that is "not afraid of spoilers", and many viewers who saw the test screening were full of "resentment" about this Chinese film with English letters.

"I admit that Chinese is the most spoken language in the world. But cinema knows no borders, and the Cannes Film Festival is global, so why can't we switch to an international English dialogue? This seriously affected the experience of yesterday's movie, well, I admit, I didn't fully understand the film. ”

This is the comment of a well-known film critic in a media column.

"In order to read the English alphabet clearly, I missed a lot of good shots, which caused my understanding of the film to be skewed. To this day, I'm still arguing with my buddies about how many layers of dreams the film should be constructed. ”

An overseas distributor answered in an interview with reporters.

Hualong Pictures, as the global agent of "Inception", will naturally not miss this opportunity.

They put up this propaganda slogan in the media: "'Thief' is a science fiction movie that needs to be watched three times!"

"French Film Cannes Special Issue" published an article ridiculing a British newspaper reporter: "Do you still insist that "Thief" is a Chinese martial arts movie dressed in science fiction?"

The media is not all praise and affirmation, and some media have questioned the film.

An American media pointed out: ""Thief" borrowed some ideas from "Blade Runner" and "2001: A Space Odyssey", but in terms of philosophy and film depth, Hua Xia seems to be very sleek, too bold, and too hasty in rhythm. ”

"As a pan-science fiction work with a suspense theme, the plot structure of "Thief" is too complex and obscure. The film's reputation is certain, but the audience may not buy the too brain-burning plot, which casts a shadow on the box office of the film. ”

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Regardless of what foreign countries say, the domestic media are all praised.

"Inception shocked Cannes, and the production of cute people has achieved another success!"

"Director Xi Xiaoxing made a perfect comeback, and "Inception" witnessed strong strength. ”

"Inception" is stunning Cannes, a cute pioneer domestic sci-fi film!"

"Pan-science fiction themes are better than burning money, and the success of "Inception" may point out a new direction for the domestic film industry to go abroad. ”

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A media preview of a film represents the industry's perception of the film.

In various countries, this kind of media screening can be mixed with a lot of water. Investors, producers, distributors, etc., take paid means in exchange for high praise in the industry and the high reputation of the film, and deceive the people who eat melons, hoping that the film will be released and get a good box office.

However, in an international film festival like the Cannes Film Festival, the film is not participating in the competition unit, and it is deliberately trying to win the award to create momentum, so everyone basically will not take this kind of paid means to tout the reputation of the film.

The purpose of coming to Cannes is to sell films and sell overseas distribution rights, and distributors from various countries will not be fooled by the word-of-mouth of the preview screening. And they are also veteran drivers in this area, and whether to buy a movie or not is still the right to judge, relying on the vision and experience of their professional team.

In this way, the reputation of "Thief" is high, the moisture in it is greatly reduced, and the authenticity is basically certain.

From the end of the test screening yesterday afternoon to the rave reviews from the media during the day today, this suspenseful pan-science fiction work has attracted the general attention of filmmakers from all over the world.

The science fiction theme in Chinese films has always been a "desert".

Although this point is rarely mentioned, it has been widely recognized by the international film industry.

The global box office hit of "This Man is From Earth" can't change that. It's a pure dialogue, drama-style soft sci-fi with a very small investment and an all-American cast.

Inception is different.

The production cost of 150 million Chinese yuan is already a big production in Huaxia. The cast is composed of all Chinese stars, and I heard that it is another science fiction movie with big scenes and big actions, and it is also known as "need to watch it three times".

However, whether "Thief" can represent Chinese science fiction movies and whether it can carry the banner of Chinese science fiction films still needs to be proved with eyes.

So, the next night, the premiere of "Thief", which was originally scheduled to be held in the medium-sized screening room of the Lumière Palace, was temporarily adjusted to a large screening room in the afternoon.

This is not a small change, the number of films shown in the screening halls of the Lumière Palace, and the number of scheduled premieres, are all set in advance. Temporary changes will inevitably lead to the loss of one party. But there is no way, there are too many international film bigwigs who have a strong interest in "Thief".

Almost all Chinese filmmakers, Chinese directors and stars in Cannes attended the premiere. Including Shu Qi, the Chinese judge of the main competition unit of this year's Cannes Film Festival, a kind of unit jury international chapter, specially attended the premiere of "Inception".

There are also many producers, directors, stars, photographers, behind-the-scenes production masters and other filmmakers from European and American countries, many of whom have won awards at major international film festivals and Oscars.

Distributors from various countries also attended with their own teams to evaluate the film, and the number of journalists and film critics from all over the world who attended the premiere was more than the number of people in the preview screening, and some of them made a special trip to see the preview for the second time.

Because there is confusion after reading it for the first time.

Because "Inception", which was broadcast at this premiere, is in English.

That is, full English dialogue with Chinese subtitles.

There are also tourists from all over the world who come to Cannes to travel and hit stars, and they have also snapped up tickets for the premiere.

In less than two hours, tickets were sold out.

There is only one country where people are unhappy, from ordinary tourists to filmmakers in that country.

Korea!

The large screening hall where the premiere of "Inception" was held tonight was reversed from the screening hall of a Korean film.

Originally, a large screening hall held a premiere, but it was robbed by "theft", and more than half of the heavyweight guests invited to attend chose "Inception".

Can Koreans be happy?

They didn't dare to blame the organizing committee, they didn't dare to blame the staff of the Lumière Palace, they could only vent their anger and anger on "Thief" and the cute people.

"Resolutely resist the introduction of "Inception" in China!"

"Resolutely don't watch Inception!"

"Whoever watches "Thief" is the scum of the Korean nation!"

"Long live the Republic of Korea!"

Speaking of which, it was also deliberate on the part of the organizing committee and the Lumière Palace.

Korean films are gradually on the rise, and they are recognized and valued by the international film industry, and the fact that they can hold their premieres in a large screening hall is the best proof of this.

However, South Korea has a small population, the box office market capacity of the movie is too small, and it is eating and drinking behind the old beauty's ass, what's the big deal about sacrificing it?

Since you took the initiative to choose to be the little brother, then don't blame others for looking at you with the eyes of the little brother.

Mai Xiaoyu doesn't care that this move will affect the relationship between Meng and South Korea. Big fart place, big fart population, big market, who cares?

Moreover, there is "infighting" among the South Koreans.

At the premiere that night, there were indignant South Korean tourists who saw their compatriots holding tickets for the premiere of "Thief" and preparing to enter, and immediately scolded each other sternly.

"Are you Korean?"

"Yes, is there something wrong?"

"You want to watch Inception?"

"That's right, I heard that this movie is good. Tickets were so hard to buy that I managed to get two back row tickets with ease. ”

"Don't you know that this Chinese movie has caused great harm to our Republic of Korea? Bastard, you are still not Koreans!"

"You're a bastard. We're here to support Huang Boxi!"

“……”

"You idiot, don't you know that Huang Boxi, like Confucius, are both Koreans?"

“……”

"I don't even know this, you are the scum of our Republic of Korea!"

“……”

"Honey, don't pay attention to him, let's get in quickly, maybe we can still find Huang Boxi for a group photo. ”

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Tonight, the forced style of the premiere of "Inception" is extraordinarily high, almost sky-high.

The main creative staff of the crew, the staff of the international agent Hualong and the representatives of several investors have a dream-like unreality in the face of the big names in the international film industry who have walked through the red carpet of the premiere.

When the two leading actors, Li Bingyi, held Huang Bo in his arms, faced the cameras of Chinese and foreign media, and walked across the red carpet in full costume, he was shocked to see the internationally renowned filmmakers who had already arrived.

It's too big!

With her and Huang Bo's fame, she can't hold it at all.

suppressed the excitement in his heart, walked the red carpet, posed, was photographed, and was briefly interviewed by reporters.

After the process of the entrance ceremony, Li Bingyu met one of the senior executives of Yihua Brothers. The latter flew to Cannes to cheer her on after hearing about the reputation of "Thief".

The two whispered, and Li Bingyu found Yu Xiaoxing: "Director Xu, why are so many people here tonight?"

Xiao Xing shrugged: "Who knows." When I heard about it in the afternoon, I was also taken by surprise. Wouldn't that be better, though?"

"Does it have anything to do with Mr. Mai?"

"No, I don't. Yu Xiaoxing scratched his head, "He doesn't have so many friends in the world, and Hualong doesn't have that much energy......"

"Where's Mr. Mai?"

"He didn't come. ”

Tonight's premiere scene is too big, and there are too many "bigwigs" from various countries who come to cheer. Those producers and distributors are okay, but there are too many fans of internationally renowned directors and Hollywood stars.

The stars of China and abroad shined, adding a lot of glory to the premiere, but the scene also became bigger and developed in an uncontrollable direction. Xiao Xing, who was used to teasing, also felt panicked and wanted to ask Mai Xiaoyu to help "town" the field.

He met Mbiwa's family, and learned from Mbiwa that Mai Xiaoyu was preparing to return to China and would not come tonight, so he had to bite the bullet and force himself. Fortunately, with Shi Hao's assistance, the scene did not show signs of getting out of control for the time being.

The opening time of the premiere of "Inception" has arrived, and Xiao Xiaoxing's heart has also stabilized.

The original premiere process has already been adjusted, adding two Chinese judges, Shu Qi and International Zhang, as well as three international directors and Hollywood stars who are willing to come forward.

After the usual foreplay, the lights in the screening room dimmed, and a feast of "how many layers of dreams are there" began......

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At the same time, Mai Xiaoyu and Ke Haoyi were tidying up in the apartment.

The tickets have been booked and received, and the souvenirs have been purchased, and it will be time to return home in two days.

The overseas distribution of "Inception" does not need to worry about Mai Xiaoyu, Hualong Pictures has already negotiated the international agency of "Theft", they are in charge of it, and they are more professional.

Mai Xiaoyu still has a job in China. "Step by Step" character audition makeup, he has to participate, "Mao Liar" is almost ready, after he goes back to run in with the crew members, it's time to start the film.

Late at night, Mai Xiaoyu lay on the balcony, enjoying the night view of Cannes with the evening breeze, and talking on the phone with Shi Hao.

At this time, the premiere of "Inception" has ended, and the premiere dinner has also come to an end.

On the phone, Shi Hao first excitedly told him that the premiere of "Thief" was very good, and then talked about the fact that during the premiere dinner, several people from Hollywood studios chatted with Xi Xiaoxing, apparently interested in inviting him to the United States to film, and finally talked about the attitude of distributors in various countries......

In a word, he hopes that Mai Xiaoyu can postpone the domestic release time of "Inception", because he hopes that this year's Christmas file, "Inception" will be released simultaneously worldwide!

After making the call, Mai Xiaoyu suddenly remembered that there was something he hadn't asked yet, and he was going to call back again, when the doorbell rang.

Ke Haoyi opened the door vigilantly, and saw a beautiful shadow with a fragrant wind and the smell of wine, wafting in front of him and rushing into Mai Xiaoyu's arms......