Founded in 1976, Toronto International Film Industry has grown into an annual event for 400,000 people over the course of two decades.

In recent years, the Toronto International Film Festival's turnover has approached Cannes, and the number of moviegoers is close to that of the Berlin International Film Festival, especially in the minds of North American audiences, it is the world's number one international film festival - the Oscars are recognized as Hollywood events - Cannes and everything has to stand aside, and the films that are popular at the film festival can always attract the attention of the entire North American market.

At the same time, it is recognized by the industry as the most useful and active film festival.

"Useful and active", in addition to its active market and the sweeping market with huge film sales, also lies in its organization and positioning - there is no jury, but the "Audience Choice Award" is voted for by all the audience and fans.

Therefore, the most important part of the Toronto Film Festival is the screening link, in ten days, there will be more than 300 films screened, just the schedule is printed out of 200 pages, which is disastrous for anyone who participates in the film festival, even if you go to bed late and get up early, you can only watch about a tenth of it, and everyone has to make various plans and trade-offs in the huge number of films.

There are two kinds of screenings at the film festival, one is the media and the film mall, you can go in and watch it with relevant documents, and there will generally be seats, which is aimed at how to sell the copyright of the film; The other is the public venue, where the audience needs to buy tickets to enter, and the media and film companies can also enter, but they have to queue up like the audience.

Because "Chicago" does not sell the rights at all, it is only shown in the public.

At this festival, it seems that all the films screened have equal opportunities, but in fact they are not.

Since there is no main competition unit, there is no star-studded red carpet, and the media's propaganda role has also been cut down to a large extent. With so many films in the screening, and everyone's energy is relatively limited, why should the audience choose a movie?

As a result, in the long list of screenings, the films of famous directors and stars have become the most attractive to the audience.

No doubt. Duke and Tom? Cruise, these two names, it's hard not to attract people.

The first screening of "Chicago" was held at seven o'clock in the evening of the second day of the festival, and at about half past six. Cruise once sent his assistant to the front of the theater to take a look, but there was a long queue of hundreds of people at the door, all from all over the world and reporters, who, despite their anxious waiting, did not enter the theater because the theater was full at a little after six o'clock.

Never doubt the enthusiasm of the festival-goers. Duke and Tom? The impact of Cruise's first collaboration is also enough to achieve a sensational effect.

In the Toronto Film Festival, the audience has a not very good habit, probably because there are a large number of new works and real films by some directors in previous film festivals, no matter what kind of film ends, the audience thinks it is wonderful or not, they will often give extremely warm applause, and it will last for dozens of seconds.

So. "Chicago" has been subtitled, and this is the second-largest theater in Toronto. When more than 1,000 people gave a standing ovation, Duke and the rest of the crew didn't pay much attention, even if it was a real film from Iran or South Korea, which would have been applauded after the screening.

Duke was also standing up and clapping, looking behind him. The fans are mainly middle-aged and elderly, which is also a major feature of the Toronto Film Festival, and it also has the title of middle-aged and elderly film festival.

Why is it that the audience choice award film voted for by the audience at the end of the Toronto Film Festival is always close to the taste of the Oscars? This may be one of the reasons.

"Chicago" came to participate in the Toronto Film Festival, which is actually very targeted.

In the next interactive session. There was a very interesting scene, several rows of middle-aged and elderly aunts tacitly formed an alliance, praising Tom? Cruise's performances and singing and dancing in the film are enthusiastic and open, and it seems that Liangtang has a tendency to become a middle-aged and elderly idol in advance.

Frankly speaking, Duke thinks that Cruise's performance in "Chicago" has indeed improved a lot, and he has gotten out of the low-level stage of playing cool and handsome, after all, even if he is a pig, it takes more than half a year to prepare a movie, and he shoots it for nearly four months in the torment of repeating NG, and he will make a breakthrough.

After the chaotic audience interaction ended, the reporters that Warner Bros. had arranged for a long time ago also asked some questions to Duke and other crew members, which was purely for publicity needs.

"Director Rosenberg, what do you think of this collaboration with Mr. Cruise?"

Standing on the stage in front of the screen, after the reporter's question, the microphone passed from the hands of others to Duke, and he said, "I want to explain one thing first, Tom has been taking dance and vocal lessons for more than half a year for this film, and his efforts are admirable, and the level of performance is obvious to all." ”

For the sake of necessity, Duke doesn't need a draft at all when he lies, "Tom is the actor I want to work with the most, and any director who works with Tom will feel relaxed." I don't know why, there have been voices criticizing Tom from the outside world, but I think this is a rumor, and I see Tom as a serious, hard-working, humble, and extremely talented actor. ”

The reporter then asked Cruise, even if Liangtang no longer knows how to be a person, he understands what to say now, and he can't stop praising Duke and all the members of the crew.

Routinely asked Zeta again? Jones and Naomi? After Watts asked a few questions, a reporter from one of Warner's gossip outlets stood up.

"Duke, judging by the recent news in the media, you and Zeta? Miss Jones is very close, is she dating? ”

This is a pre-set question, Pani? Kelis also worked out the answer, and Duke turned his head to Zeta? Jones looked at each other deeply and said, "Kate is very beautiful and charming, she helped me a lot in the process of making the film, and also gave me a lot of inspiration, I am lucky to have met her, and we are very good friends now." ”

Without waiting for the reporter to ask again, Robin, who hosted the interaction? Grande announced the end, and the crew quickly exited.

The Toronto Film Festival has neither an official opening nor a formal closing ceremony, and the crews who come to participate in the exhibition often leave Toronto soon after participating in a screening, and the "Chicago" crew will not stay here for long, but will stay for two more days, and now it is a gathering place for media reporters, whether it is Duke and Zeta? Jones, or Tom? Cruise and Nicole? Kidman, can create some topics to come out.

The next day, Duke and Catherine? Zeta? Jones walked hand in hand on the streets of Toronto, in addition to the Warner-owned reporters who followed him, there were many other reporters from Europe and the United States, especially the guy from Fleet Street, who saw the two holding hands and walking on the side of the road, so he almost rushed to the front and shot at the two of them.

Duke turns a blind eye to any of these and only intervenes with Zeta from time to time? Jones whispered a few words, his expression was extremely intimate, and then when he turned around a movie theater, he bought two tickets and walked into the theater, watched a South Korean movie that didn't even have an English translation, and after coming out, the reporters basically dispersed, and found a random street café, sat together over coffee and chatted.

In Toronto nowadays, there is almost no other entertainment in Toronto, and the only option other than going to the movies is clubbing.

"Do you understand?"

Coffee, Zeta? Jones said of the movie just now, "I can't understand the lines, the content is inexplicable, I really can't understand what the director wants to say." ”

"I don't get it either." Duke shrugged.

Zeta? Jones put down his coffee cup, "It's a little boring, I should have left early." ”

Duke smiled and said, "Almost all of the movies we see in theaters are commercial, with the main purpose of entertaining audiences, which is the same everywhere in the world. Including France, which thinks that movies are very artistic, in fact, the films at the top of its box office list are purely commercial films. ”

"Cinema is always diverse." He continued, "There is always a certain space for niche art films and real films, and film festivals are actually the only place where many films of this genre have a sense of zài, and these films may never be seen in theaters, but only at film festivals." ”

"You always have a point."

Outside the glass window, there seems to be another flashing light, Zeta? Jones tacitly took Duke's hand, making the two seem very close, while continuing the topic just now, "Actually, I understand, isn't the audience here to watch the film?" The Toronto Film Festival, hundreds of feature films, all genres, you can pick and choose to watch. ”

"So, the only thing that matters to the audience here is to watch the film." Duke scratched Zeta lightly? Jones's palm, as she laughed, said, "Isn't the function of the film festival to show and watch the film?" ”

Speaking of which, Duke suddenly remembered the experience of participating in the film festival in his previous life, which was the second capital film festival of a certain country, which was a large-scale event of national level with political and cultural significance, and was specially held in the famous New Year's Hall Square......

They were okay, after all, they couldn't wait too long, and many spectators and reporters waited for three or four hours in the cold rain to finally wait for the opening of the grand event, which had been delayed for a long time.

And everyone is freezing and raining together, not for the sake of the movie, nor for the promotion of the film festival, nor for the sake of showing the world a new look, just to wait for a certain leader to speak......

The most ridiculous thing is that there are no bathrooms for audiences, reporters and filmmakers, and many people are so cold that they want to pee, but once they go out, unless it is a celebrity face known to the public, they will inevitably be stopped at the door and will never be able to enter again.

The experience of holding your pee was amazing.

Many people on the other side of the strait fantasize that their country's films can rush to the world one step earlier and beat Hollywood to the ground, but the backwardness of the film industry is not only solved by relying on the film industry, but also involves all-round problems such as the industrial base and the social environment. (To be continued......)

ps: This month has been insisting on three more until now, it is not easy for a part-time party, although there are not many manuscripts, we will work hard to stick to the end of the month, cheer for yourself!