Chapter 718: The Jungle Eats the Strong
readx;?“ Hey, Duke, over here! ”
"Miss Theron, look over here!"
Walking across the red carpet, Duke and the others had just stood in the group photo area in front of the Festival Palace, when countless reporters surrounded them, standing in the circle demarcated on the periphery, constantly shouting the names of the crew members, and then quickly pressing the shutter to capture every moment. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Because of his age, his physical condition is not very good, Anthony? Hopkins didn't stop in the photo area and went straight up the steps.
Duke, Charlize? Theron, Tom? Cruise and James? Franco stood side by side for reporters to take pictures, and the three actors would turn to that side and wave when they heard their names called, showing their best side.
Compared with them, Duke is still the same old look, and this is the moment when the actor is in the limelight.
Charlize? Theron's hair grew a lot, carefully combed to the right, a goose-yellow low-cut evening dress, with a few simple accessories, showing a noble and elegant side, she was tall enough, and on her feet was a pair of haters with five inches of feet, definitely the tallest one in Duke's group.
Fortunately, the others don't have much opinion, and Duke himself doesn't care, James? Franco doesn't have enough coffee, Tom? Cruise vs. Nicole? Kidman is also used to being together.
After a few minutes in the photo area, Duke and the others did not give any more interviews due to the press conference held earlier, but walked up the big steps of the Festival Palace.
In front of the Festival Palace, there are many famous directors and actors from all over the world, but except for people from Hollywood and the other side of the Pacific, most of the other Dukes do not know and have no interest in making friends, and in terms of the film itself, he and them are people from two worlds.
Walk over to the jury, Duke and Isabel? Huppert was the first to shake hands, and the two briefly greeted each other, but did not say much.
Duke is well aware that a lot of Warner Bros. PR efforts have come to the fore. He didn't need to say anything more.
"Hi Robert."
When he came to a Latino director, Duke held out his hand, Robert? Rodriguez shook his hand. "Hello, Duke."
The director, who has an absurd style and once put a machine gun on his wife's leg to shoot zombies in the movie, is undoubtedly a representative of the Hollywood cut film and cult genre, and he looked at Duke. said, "I heard that this is an extraordinary movie? The style is very, very interesting? ”
"You'll see it right away." Duke responded.
Robert? Rodriguez nodded, "I've always wanted to see what you guy would be like when he played the cult. ”
In Hollywood, Duke has always been a very orthodox mainstream film director, and has never been associated with cult elements, and "Fury Road" has been promoted enough that it is full of all kinds of weird elements.
After shaking hands with several judges from all over the world, Duke finally walked up to a petite woman.
"I didn't expect to meet here, Nat."
He to Natalie? Portman held out his right hand. Natalie? Portman just touched it lightly and withdrew his hand, "I didn't expect that either." ”
After saying that, she closed her mouth tightly, as long as her eyes fell on Charlize behind Duke? Theron.
But Charlize? Theron didn't even look at her, straight from Natalie? Portman walked in front of him and caught up with Duke in a few steps, "I heard that she also wanted to compete for the role of Ferrosa?" ”
"I refused." Duke doesn't hide it either.
Charlize? Theron glanced back and whispered to Duke, "I'd advise you to stay away from her." This is a very hypocritical woman. ”
Seeing that Duke didn't care much, she said, "Everyone in the circle is hypocritical, but can you reach Natalie?" Portman to this extent. But there aren't many. ”
Duke couldn't help but shake his head, "I know what to do. ”
Even though there have been no outstanding works in recent years, and the "V-word vendetta" starring in has been banned in many countries and regions, including the United Kingdom, but Natalie? Portman's public image to the outside world is maintained very well, and he is definitely an alternative among Hollywood actresses, as for how he really behaves in private. Who cares?
Looking back at Natalie again? Portman, Duke couldn't help but resound the same passage he had seen - I got tattoos, I drank, smoked, sweared...... But I know I'm a good girl. Real. Zi likes to pretend to be innocent, pretend to be innocent, like to be shy, and like to wear pink clothes. Men are superficial and only look at the surface. So they can only miss the good girls and then get. The son was deceived so painfully. Only a woman can see who he is. Mom is a real. Child.
Natalie? Out of the corner of Portman's eye, he kept looking at Charlize? Theron's back, in those incomparably clear eyes, is clearly a little jealous, she has seen all the trailers of "Fury Road", not to mention the quality of the movie itself, just the heroine itself, it is simply too brilliant, such a role that she was originally fighting for, but fell into a vase who was born as a model and didn't know what acting skills were, it was really a big irony.
If you really want to talk about acting, how far can you throw her out? But when it comes to Hollywood's status, how far is she from her?
There's a flashing light on the other side, Natalie? Portman lowered her eyes slightly, and the news of the moment of jealousy immediately restored her usual sunny image, showing her best side in front of the press and media, as if what had never happened just now.
Her manager, her mother, had told her that she was a Jew and had gone to Jerusalem to study, and that when the time came, what belonged to her would be hers after all, and no one could take it away......
But how long will it take?
Looking at Duke and Charlize? Theron's figure, Natalie? Portman began to have some ideas.
In front of the Festival Palace, Duke also met many Hollywood acquaintances, such as Quentin? Tastino and Uma? Thurman et al.
But this is not the place to talk, the two sides just simply said hello, in a sense, he and Quentin? Tastino is also a competitor, and the other party's "Inglourious Basterds" is also in competition at this year's festival.
It's just that with the genre of film spoofs, it is basically impossible to win the heaviest awards.
According to the tradition of the Cannes Film Festival, everyone in the crew of "Fury Road" fell behind, and waited for a while in the VIP lounge, and when the staff came to inform and lead Duke and his party into the screening hall, everyone in the theater gave a standing ovation and saluted the crew.
People like Duke, who don't be rude in public, nodding their heads to the surroundings as they walk, and more than 2,000 people poured into the main venue of the Palais des Festivals, including guests and media personnel, as well as a large number of ordinary spectators.
Compared with the routine applause of the guests, the audience at the back is much louder, which truly reflects the completely different views of different groups on Duke, the director.
Of course, what Duke cares about most is also the audience behind.
A director once said that when shooting and making a movie, the audience is not there, and the audience must be ignored.
This statement is not unreasonable, but since the audience can ignore it, after the film is made, it should be hidden in the pulling room and enjoy it slowly, rather than taking it out for public screening.
Since you don't respect the audience as a group, when the audience doesn't exist, you have to make the audience pay for the film, to put it ugly, how much difference is there between what kind of behavior is there between standing an archway and doing something?
In a round of applause, Duke and the others walked to the front row of the crew, and after everyone around them sat down, they sat down in their respective positions.
"I don't understand why the work of a purely commercial film director can be the opening film of a film festival,"
In the place where the guests sat behind, Lim Kwon-taek from South Korea said with a hint of disdain, "The Cannes Film Festival is simply self-depraved!" ”
Next to him, Jiang Digui nodded in agreement, "That's true!" ”
Park Chan-wook has always been at odds with these two people, turned his head to look, and then said to Jiang Digui, "How much of your most famous work "Taiji Flag Flying" is borrowed and plagiarized from "Saving Private Ryan", and the domestic media don't mention it, don't you yourself think it doesn't exist?" ”
"You ......" Kang Digui turned his head to look at him.
Park Chan-wook just shook his head and pointed to his forehead, "Can you use your brain to think about it before you speak?" ”
The views of these three South Korean directors are just a microcosm.
Quentin? Tastino looked at Duke looming in front of him, there was no contempt in his eyes, he just wanted to see the film as soon as possible, and from the trailer and advertising poster, he felt that this would be the genre he liked very much.
Brad, the male lead of Inglourious Basterds? Pete was sitting next to him, and he was thinking about another problem, how could he work with him!
His film studio is right next to Warner Bros., and Duke? Rosenberg has many common interests......
Rows of lights on the ceiling went out, the humming hall fell silent, the big screen was lit up, and the Warner Bros. logo appeared first.
The film does not have any prefix and goes straight to the subject, but the first thing that comes to mind is not the image, but a short text - this is a world after the outbreak of nuclear war, the land is arid and acidified, and the surviving humans want to survive, only ......
"Interesting!" Quentin? Tastino couldn't help but pinch his chin.
This kind of abrupt jump out of the text introduction is very common in Hollywood, but with some weird soundtracks and narration shots, it actually has a bit of his style.
The picture jumps, and it comes up with a close-up of a large panorama, and the color of the scene is extremely saturated, which represents drought and barrenness, and the richness seems to be soaked through the screen.
In a patch of yellow sand, a strangely shaped car was parked, and an unkempt man stood with his back to him, but before anyone could see his figure, a mischievous lizard jumped out to steal the spotlight.
The stealer didn't end well, and when the lizard scurried behind the man, it was trampled under a big foot, and then it became a delicacy in the man's mouth!
This heavy scene also clearly reflects that this is a world of extreme lack of food, and it is also a world of the jungle! (To be continued.) )
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