Face Judy. When Foster, Levy unabashedly called the Cannes Film Festival a gimmick concentration camp, which made Foster a little embarrassed, but she also admitted that Levy was basically right.

Just as the Berlin Film Festival over-promotes political films and the Venice Film Festival over-promotes new concept films, the Cannes Film Festival's focus on film gimmicks is beyond imagination.

Levy is not averse to the use of gimmicks in films, such as those produced by Mystery Company, by David Brown. Fincher's film "Fight Club" premiered at this film festival, and it also received good reviews, relying on a gimmick.

The film was released much earlier in Levy's memory, but in this world, because Levi bought its script, it has always remained in Levy's hands and has not been able to shoot for a long time. All the way up to David. Fincher approached Levy and negotiated the filming of the film, which was just completed this year.

David. Fincher is a director with a very good camera sense and editing skills, and this film, as a representative of his early style, is also quite distinctive. It's just that Levy is well aware that David. Fincher's films are not yet fully mature.

Finch is a director that Levy admires, and his film Levy also liked in his past life. In his films, from Fight Club to Zodiac to Girl with Dragon Tattoo, the use of camera has improved significantly. Although the Fight Club is highly rated, it is really not very good when it comes to the use of lenses. Levy knows that such a movie, in the eyes of a true insider, cannot get too much praise, and if it is an Oscar, it will definitely be difficult to get an award.

However, as a representative of the style of editing, it can be quite popular in the gimmick concentration camp of Cannes. People here. They like something that is different from this style, and they love to watch movies like this.

Hang up a gimmick and you can get good reviews here, and that's the current state of the Cannes Film Festival. A good director like David Fincher won't indulge in using gimmicks and know how to sharpen his level, but what about other directors? What are the effects of indulging in these? These are also unthinkable.

However, in any case, a movie with a gimmick is not necessarily a very good movie. But the value of the discussion will be high. Levy wasn't in the mood to waste all his time on movies with these idlers, and when he did, he wanted to go around and look at other movie gimmicks for inspiration.

So, he threw all the work he gave to the film reviewers to Judy. Foster too. He had other things to do.

"I really don't understand what you directors think, if you really don't like the work here, why do you want to come here? It's better to go back to the United States early to shoot a movie. ”

Judy. Foster expressed some confusion about Levy's behavior. Levy didn't bother to argue anything.

Filming always needs some inspiration, although Levy has a lot of future movies in his head, but some film shooting techniques. The use of techniques, how to shoot in some places, these things are all specific skills. If you don't study, you won't improve.

"Besides, there are no movies to shoot when I go back to the United States. After all, on the U.S. side, the competition is a little fiercer this year. ”

Levy also doesn't think there's any need to shoot a movie this year: this year's summer vacation slot, it can be said that the competition is very fierce. Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park, Speed of Life, Pearl Harbor...... A large number of movies were broadcast at this time, and Levi was not interested, so he went back and intervened at this time.

After Levy's X-Men waded through the water and determined that big-budget special effects movies could indeed pay for themselves, basically the whole of Hollywood is now crazy about these kinds of movies. This year is the first year, and arguably the most competitive.

It's good to grab the box office, but if you're not sure, there's no need to fight hard.

And, on the European side, he has some other things he wants to do.

"What's more, when you come to Europe, you can't come in vain, since you have come here, you have to gain something. Although I am not very enthusiastic about this festival, I have always been interested in European films. ”

"Oh? What are your interests in European cinema? These words made Judy. Foster had some questions.

"First of all, I wanted to know if there was a script for me here in Europe. I'm a director, so it's not strange to be looking for a script, right? ”

That's a reason, Judy. Foster nodded.

Levy is a director, and he's a director who knows how to create. Three of his five films were scripts written by himself. However, Levy is also known for his ability to search for scripts, and he can even find good scripts in Asia, and if he wants to find some good scripts in Europe, Jodie Foster still believes them.

European films have their uniqueness, although most European films are limited by scale, and there is no way to shoot the same momentum as Hollywood, but in terms of connotation, storyline, and shooting techniques, European films also have a lot of innovations. It's not surprising to say that Levy wants to pick a movie here.

Moreover, Cannes is originally a film festival, and such occasions are the venue for the sale and purchase of film scripts and finished products.

It's just that she doesn't know that Levy is talking about a script, but it's not exactly a movie script, what Levy wants more is a TV drama script.

As time enters the 21st century, the current TV series shooting has begun to have more new directions. The decline in the importance of TV dramas on public stations compared to the previous ones, and the increase in the popularity of TV dramas on pay stations can be said to be the future development trend of the TV drama market.

Levy came to Europe with his plans to do the same. It may take some time for American TV dramas to gradually develop in this direction, but before that, he can try to buy some European TV series and adapt them into American dramas.

Compared with American TV drama production, European TV dramas have their own characteristics. Many British dramas are known for being short and concise, and they are more suitable for pay-level broadcasts than American dramas, which is the first thing that Levi pays attention to when he comes to Europe.

After all, his company is not only a film production, but also a lot of TV drama production. Although it is said that it will be 911 soon, as long as Levy is undisciplined, he can immediately come up with a TV series such as 24 hours of anti-terrorism after 911, and he can fight for several more years, but at the same time, it is also for the future to be prepared to collect better TV dramas and cooperate with the pay station.

"Moreover, in addition to the TV script, what I need is also to be able to tap into some excellent actors to make movies for myself."

And after saying his first thought, Levy also threw out his second thought.

"Aren't there enough good actors in the United States?"

Hearing Levy's words, Jodie Foster asked rhetorically with some dissatisfaction. She herself is a leader in American actors, and when she heard that Levy wanted to go to the United States to find an actor, she was slightly dissatisfied.

"It's different, if you want to say that the acting skills and adaptation are very wide, I admit that American actors are very good, but European actors are all actors with more characteristics, compared to American actors, their temperament can be said to be very unique."

and Judy. When Foster talked about this issue, Levy also made his own statement, "Most of the American actors are too popular in temperament. After all, the movie audience in the United States is relatively working-class, so the requirements for movie actors also need to be close to the people. This makes American actresses rarely have that particularly unique temperament, and more of them are very close to the people. ”

As once America's most popular actress, Judy. Foster has no objection to this. He listened to Levy's words and nodded slightly.

The temperament of movie actors has been affected by the market many times, and there is no way to do it.

In contrast, European actors have their own characteristics. European actors may not look better than those in the United States, but they have their own temperament. British actors have developed a good ladylike temperament because of their long years of acting in Shakespeare's plays, which is something that American actors do not have. And the actors of the European continent, the ethereal temperament of Sophie Marceau, Monica. Bellucci's sexy but not erotic temperament, Penelope's amorous but not lowly temperament, these are all unique. Even the recent new actors are the same, the new French actor Marion Cotillard has a unique resentful temperament, and it is difficult for young American actors to feel this way......"

Levy mentioned some of the more famous European actors, and these names also made Judy . Foster remembered the names one by one and couldn't help but nod.

It's just that these names also make her a little strange.

"Why are you talking about women?"

"I thought it was our shared hobby......" Levy shrugged.

Levy's joke made Judy. Foster gave him a blank look, and although she was known to be gay, she was not a proud person to do so, and she didn't like anyone's jokes.

Seeing her look, Levy also knew that he shouldn't joke, "Actually, the most important thing is because I'm also preparing a new movie and a new script." When people are preparing movie scripts, it is naturally easy to think of the temperaments of different actors, and it is normal to think of various different temperaments and how to choose in the movie. ”

Jodie Foster nodded, and after nodding, she said with some curiosity, "So, how are you preparing for your new movie?" ”

"It's just getting started, but, trust me, it's going to be a good story." (To be continued......)