The camera moves forward along the pitch-black sky, in the open field, the train becomes a black shadow in the field, its dancing shadow looks more like a wandering snake and worm, in the moving string music, the film is over, and the audience spontaneously bursts into applause to express their respect for the director and the crew. Louis Cinémathèque, a film critic from France. Lübeck also clapped his hands, and he thought with some regret, "Maybe it's too late, if it can participate in one of the three major film festivals, maybe it can get an award, this film has little chance of being recognized in the United States, but it missed the best time in Europe." ”

If the United States is rich in commercial blockbusters, then Europe is completely the homeland of art films, in addition to those well-known art film directors, European audiences' acceptance of art films is also among the top in the world, it can be said that this romantic gene is written into their genes. As an art film lover, seeing this art film shot with a budget of 200 million, I felt the visual enjoyment and aesthetic feast brought by this fantasy special effects, just like enjoying a hearty sex. Love satisfies him just as much - no, even better than this, after all, a film with this genre is not as rich in visuals as sex is at his fingertips. "It's like 'The Treasure of Pan', but more graceful and ethereal than that, 'Pan' still retains an obvious reference and a story core with a sense of urgency, perhaps for the sake of the market, but 'Journey of Life' completely puts aside any compromise in this regard, the story is fresh and interesting, and it expounds such a profound proposition...... I love this film, Salvi is British, but his film is very French. ”

For Louis, who has always been a little proud, if it weren't for the fact that this film conquered him in all aspects, I am afraid that he would not have so easily recognized Salvi's genius, as one of the most important film publications in French-speaking culture, the "Cinémathèque" has always been cautious about the praise of English-speaking films. But this time, he couldn't help but give good reviews.

"You know, there's something in this world that makes you despair," said one of the audience members sitting in front of him, tilting his head and discussing it with his friend, his somewhat familiar voice catching Louie's attention, "The work itself is so grand, yet so beautifully finished, that you want to find a flaw in it, a regret that proves that it's still a man-made object, but you can only find nothing - the fact itself is desperate enough, but even more terrifying is that its creator is so young...... Salvi. Tucci has almost everything you want, even everything you don't dare to think of, and he's still able to make something like this - honestly, it's kind of scary. ”

Although I can't remember his name for a while, Louis also agrees with him, the plot and connotation of "Journey of Life" may not be so intense and painful, and the moral of the story itself is not as profound as some business cards, it can only be said to be a vague description of the phenomenon, without in-depth analysis of the psychology of the phenomenon itself, but the greatness of this film does not lie in the plot, the performance of the actors - it is a highlight, but the biggest highlight is that Salvi completely reveals how 3D movies should be done beautifully.

For insiders, the smoothness and beauty of the picture are also the most important components of the movie, and the strange forests, elegant fields and misty night skies in "Life Journey" are all special effects products, and the picture segmentation and movement trajectory of the lens fall in the eyes of professionals, and behind that smoothness is full of details, it is these details that make the audience feel comfortable, and it is these details that make the film critics' evaluation of the movie reach' They even feel that in the years after "Avatar", when all the rest of the films can only catch up with "Avatar" in terms of technology, when Salvi can use 200 million to make such an effect, to some extent it is better than "Avatar" or even surpass, which is already a miracle of saving money - how can Salvi not be afraid to do this step at the age of 30? If it weren't for the same group of actors, there was a more terrible Jennifer than him. Jefferson, I'm afraid Salvi has long been bragged about by the British media as a national treasure.

"I know how you feel," said his friend Weng, angrily, "this year's bafta should be theirs—and what's even more terrifying about this whole thing is that not only can this young man do it himself, but he can also find two other people to do it with, right?" This year's BAFTA Best Actress definitely belongs to Jennifer. ”

"Has she ever taken a bafta before? Did you take "Monroe"? Salvi didn't seem to win the prize that year - they thought he was too young, but the film would certainly wash away their naïve ideas......"

As the lights turned on, the audience gradually stood up and walked out of the screening room, and Louie glanced at the front row and recognized the acquaintance. "It turned out to be Moffat, but I didn't expect him to come to the premiere as well, so he should have come in later...... But he's right, BAFTA is definitely the home of "Journey of Life", and in terms of heroines, Meryl. Streep's "The Iron Lady" should be able to fight Jennifer, and it's hard to say whether he wins or loses, but Salvi should have booked best director in advance...... It's a pity that "The Artist" doesn't have much of a chance. ”

As the highest award in the United Kingdom, BAFTA has become increasingly open in recent years, but just like the French silent film "The Artist" has a great natural advantage when competing for the César Award, although "Life Journey" is a film invested by an American company, but in terms of the temperament of the film and the nationality of the director, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a British film in terms of blood, not to mention Salvi's identity as a new British director, as well as the bargaining chips of the aristocratic background, the British film industry has the right to speak is some old-fashioned who are proud of being knighted, Even many of them are well-off graduates of prestigious universities, Salvi's identity, it's normal to mix up, it's strange if you can't mix, Louis is somewhat sorry for "The Artist" - it's a good movie, there is a gimmick of silent films, and it's easy to win the layout, I originally thought it would be the favorite for this year's awards, in addition to the César Awards in my country, the British BAFTA and the American Oscars have great hopes, but with "Life Journey", I'm afraid this year will not be the year of "The Artist".

However, having said that, he is not ready to deliberately sing "Life Journey" for the sake of "The Artist", a good movie is a good movie, and Louis also hopes that such a film can achieve better results at the box office, so that he can see similar works. "It's all good movies, the marketing techniques of "Life Journey" are more clever than "Nine", and "Nine" is simply asking for ......hardships."

The adaptation of the Italian masterpiece "Nine" also attracted his attention back then, and its 'fraudulent' marketing around the world, with Jennifer as the core, concealed his art-film attributes, which also made Louis very unhappy, because he was an audience with a positive attitude towards the film, and he was also Marion. Cotillard's staunch supporter, in his opinion, doing this for the box office of the movie is actually a double use and humiliation of Marion and Jennifer, and it is understandable that the large-investment art film wants to return to its original cost, but the method still has a bottom line.

In fact, he began to pay attention to this movie very early, after all, the recombination of Salvi and Jennifer is also very eye-catching, and the scandal during the filming has also maintained a good exposure for the movie, but the movie has not been screened except for the trailer, which makes it impossible to judge the real word-of-mouth, only some rumors to maintain attention and create a movie image first, such as 'Because it is too profound, I thought about editing a version suitable for commercial screening', which gives people a vague first impression of the film, knowing that it is a film with depth - this will certainly filter out a part of the audience that is not interested in art films, but considering the bad reviews that these audiences may bring, this is still valuable publicity, at least the followers who remain will have the awareness to contribute as much as possible to the box office.

Although there was also vague news at the previous internal test screening, letting people know that the quality of the film was good, but all audiences signed a confidentiality agreement, so there were only a few film reviews, and the premiere was held in London, which was undoubtedly to use the power of the British film industry to make "Life Journey" return to the country with a stunning, word-of-mouth god film image, and first lay the foundation for discussion in the local area - many times, the gap between the god film and the classic is not so big, which grade is given, Just look at this preconceived first impression. If it is released in China, "Life Journey" may not be the favorite for the Olympics, just get a few nominations, but first create a momentum overseas, after returning home with a full load on BAFTA, the Oscars will definitely be affected, after all, the British gang is also a very large force in the American film school.

"Life of Pi" is also going to have a world premiere, and it should also be in London - then India, and finally back to the United States......" Seeing the satisfied and surprised smiles of the audience, listening to the whispered comments of 'this is incredible' and 'Salvi is scary', Rosa, the distribution specialist from Fox, also quickly concluded in her heart, like Louis and Moffat, "Of course, you have to do a good job of public relations beforehand, and "Life of Pi" does not have such unique conditions, so that these British people can pile up beautiful words without money...... This year's BAFTA is definitely "Life Journey", and without "The Iron Lady", not even the last doubt would exist...... Well, but I don't know what Bafta's political stance is, if they also dislike Thatcher, the situation will be more favorable to "Life Journey". ”

Now close to November, the Oscar seeders have also surfaced one by one, and Rosa weighs the opponents of "Life Journey" in her heart, "In general, there are not many strong opponents this year, but it is not without variables, in terms of best picture, "Hugo" is completely accompanied, Martin's movie is ...... "War Horse" is very well made, but it lacks that exciting power, but the nomination will definitely not run away." "The Artist" has a very strong gimmick, black and white silent film, well, but this does not match the trend spirit promoted by the Oscars in recent years, I am afraid it is difficult to get the attention of the jury, "Moneyball" is also good, but Brad's performance is still exaggerated......"

In the best film and best director, the opponents of "Journey of Life" have their own weaknesses, but it is not invulnerable, Salvi is too young, and the magical theme, too dreamy performance, these are its big weaknesses, on the whole, Rosa is still more optimistic about "The Artist" or "The Tree of Life", Brad. Pitt's performance in "The Tree of Life" is more rustic than in "Moneyball", and this is also the biggest rival of "Journey of Life" in the Oscars, because the theme of the two is almost identical, and even the style is very similar, and the picture is extremely beautiful, but the story of "Journey of Life" is more abstract and elegant, while "Tree of Life" is more down-to-earth.

"If Life Journey is shortlisted and The Artist wins the award, it will be the most beneficial outcome for Life of Pi." Rosa secretly thought about the situation of this year's Oscars, "Winning the award for "The Tree of Life" is not necessarily a good thing, because it is close to overlapping with the theme of "Life Pi......"

Although she had such thoughts, Rosa didn't think about helping "The Artist" to win the Olympics, after all, "Life Pi" was not so important to Fox, she was more concerned about the box office performance of "Life Journey", how much box office these marketing methods could be converted into, and in addition, the director of this movie was Ann. Li, whether it can be released in Chinese mainland in time, this is her most concerned issue - of course, the latter has Jennifer here, and she does not need to open up channels - than the Oscar of "Youth Pi", she would rather see the marketing of "Life Journey" effective, bring this theme hot, and let next year's "Youth Pi" rub against this upward current.

"A, absolutely."

"Salvi's progress is very clear......"

"Heath's performance was a pleasant surprise—"

"Jennifer will definitely get the bafta this year...... Oscar nominations are certainly not indispensable - but not necessarily won't win, although her performance is still very good, but it is still too close to her last award, and this time there is no moving breakthrough ......"

"If the perfect score is 10, I would give 11 ......"

Bypassing the somewhat frenetic crowd, Rosa walked towards the interview venue - the press conference of "Journey of Life" is being held, and this is the only dialogue session of the art film at the premiere, after all, the film is not suitable for intensive publicity, those commercial, funny promotional programs will make the audience feel confused about its positioning, it is estimated that the main interview publicity will be put into more in-depth talk shows and magazine interviews. - Rosa also made a note of this: "Life of Pi" can be used as a selling point with CG technology and shot with tigers, but it cannot lose the reserve of an art film.

"It was around 09 that I came up with this idea, the prototype of the whole story, but it was "Avatar" at the end of 09 that really made me decide to make it......"

As soon as she walked into the interview hall, Rosa heard Salvi's unhurried voice: this press conference was much more serious than before, and the questions asked were also very in-depth, which should be asking about the special effects production of "Life Journey".

"Avatar is really a great movie, and the technical guidance it gives to its peers is unmatched by any other film." Salvi's standard RP sound buzzed through the microphone into the corner of the room, and Rosa squinted at Jennifer, who seemed to be in a very happy mood, which made her wonder a little: Jennifer and Fox had been in contact with each other for a long time, and it was rumored that she was using her rare break time to divide the company and fight for power, but she didn't look like she had been arguing with her ex-husband for a month. "It also made me realize that this story has a basis to become a reality, so I met with James under the guidance of the very great Jennifer, and looked at some of the materials left over from the post-production of Avatar, and also followed the film she was working on at the time to explore the use of special effects, which was never a one-person game, and with the help of many friends, I have today's "Journey of Life."

"The movie that was being worked on at the time - was it 'Codename Shero'?" The reporter asked, and bursts of teasing laughter sounded in the venue: Compared with "Life Journey", a pure commercial film like "Codename SHERO" is indeed a bit shallow.

Salvi smiled politely as well, and he nodded reservedly.

"The technical value of these films is epoch-making." There was a force in his words, he said, that made people naturally stop laughing at "Codename Shero".

"As you can see, Jennifer and your film career are tightly entangled," another reporter naturally opened a new question, "so far, you have starred in three of your novels as the heroine, just like Helena and Tim, is she your muse?" Salvi? Will she still have the lead lady in your next movie? ”

This is a bit bold, but it seems quite legitimate - the director and his muse, this is a universal relationship, any director has his own queen heroine, which is not bound to a love relationship, but Jennifer in Salvi's lens makes it difficult not to think about emotions - the emotions revealed by the camera can't deceive people, and now, Jennifer is also free, Salvi is completely free to disclose this, of course, what angle will the media report from after that, That's another question.

"There's no doubt that she's certainly going to inspire me." Salvi replied without thinking, as if he hadn't figured out what the question meant, and he and Jennifer looked at each other, the corners of his lips curled into a gentle smile, and in the midst of the buzz that filled the room with snapping, abrupt buzzing, he continued, "But it must be pointed out that I can't work with actors who don't inspire me, Heath, Leo, Simon, are all actors who can inspire me, and they are also my muses. ”

"But they've all only worked with you on one movie." The female reporter seemed to have been hit by his smile, and there was a smile in her tone, but her words were still sharp.

"Yes, I like the new and hate the old when it comes to art." Salvi nodded and admitted, "You can call it a director's heart, but it's true that sometimes I like to run in with new actors and try new chemistry, and from that point of view, it was indeed fate that Jennifer and I were able to maintain a three-part continuous collaboration, and I will admit that she was the most charismatic of my many muses—"

He looked around at the reporters, and suddenly laughed happily again, like a little boy escaping the trap of adults, with undisguised pride and cunning, "However, any chemical reaction has an end, this partnership is coming to an end, after the filming of "The Great Gatsby", I will take on a costume movie, but - Jennifer will not participate, "Life Journey" may be the penultimate film we work together, and "Gatsby" may be the last." ”

"Oh?"

The proclamation immediately caused a low wave of exclamations in the hall, and even Rosa couldn't help but stand up, instinctively capturing Jennifer's expression: "The smile is still there, but the eyes are glancing at Salvi, although the reporter may not be able to photograph anything wrong, but ......"

She frowned, and a ridiculous guess jumped into her mind, "-Could it be that Jennifer is also hearing this news for the first time?" ”