Philadelphia has always been a very important city, it is one of the oldest and most historic cities in the United States, the Declaration of Independence was adopted here, before the founding of Washington, D.C., Philadelphia was the capital of the United States, and is now the fifth largest city in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Houston; It is also the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States, after New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

But when people think of Philadelphia, they think of it as a backcountry, and when they think of the East Coast, they think of New York, Washington, Miami, and even Boston, but very few people think of Philadelphia. Permanent residents of New York and Washington, D.C., in particular, think of Philadelphia as rural as New Jersey is a suburb of New York.

This is really a situation that makes people laugh and cry. It is precisely because of this special situation that the city of Philadelphia has given birth to many special stories, such as the birth of a film called "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" in 2005. Always。 Sunny。 In。 Philadelphia)" comedy, with its rich self-deprecation and banter, has won the love of countless people; For another example, the "Philadelphia Story" that made Tom Hanks win the actor for the first time also took place in this area.

Philadelphia has a rich cultural heritage and historical trajectory, and is itself a city that has precipitated time; At the same time, it is less than three hours from Washington, D.C., two hours from New York, and has one of the largest estuarine ports in the world, which makes Philadelphia a mix of political, economic, and cultural elements at the same time.

In order to attract more economy and population, Pennsylvania, where Philadelphia is located, has a number of different tax exemptions, including a lenient tax exemption for film shooting. This has led many studios to bring their crews to Pennsylvania for filming.

Hugo has been to Philadelphia many times, and met Cameron Diaz for the first time here, in fact, it was because there were film companies recruiting actors here, and many film crews were busy working here, Cameron came to Philadelphia to seek opportunities.

This policy later proved to be effective, and after the Canadian paste-and-copy, it also led to the North American film industry gradually moving north.

This time, the crew of "The Sixth Sense of the Supernatural" chose the filming base in Philadelphia. In fact, when setting the story, M. Knight Shyamalan planned to set the story in Seattle or Chicago, because both cities have a relatively more gloomy atmosphere, but they are not as crowded as New York, and more atmospheric than Boston.

But Hugo expressed a different opinion on Knight's idea, the overall atmosphere of Seattle is too bright, and the lush green gives the whole city a sense of freshness; Chicago would be a better fit because the whole city is filled with a gray tone that is somewhere between black and white, and it's a bright gray tone that doesn't seem deliberately terrifying or out of place with the story.

Many studios are now willing to shoot in Chicago, but also because of Illinois's tax exemptions, including "My Best Friend's Wedding", "Devil's Advocate" and so on. However, after a closer inspection, I still felt that Chicago was not suitable enough, and in the end, it was Katherine Kennedy who brought up Philadelphia and attracted everyone's attention.

Philadelphia is a very special city, it is the fifth largest city in the United States, but in fact, the high-rise buildings in the urban area are not too dense, will not bring people too crowded and oppressive, and even have a retro city flavor of the 60s and 70s, coupled with the lazy and casual style in the city air, as well as the cultural heritage precipitated by history, which makes Philadelphia full of a unique but mediocre family atmosphere, which coincides with the requirements of the "supernatural sixth sense".

In addition, the weather in Philadelphia is not good, "Philadelphia is always sunny" actually describes the mentality of the people of Philadelphia, the weather here is similar to that of New York and Washington, and even in the middle of summer, it is always filled with gray gloom, not to mention the rainy and snowy winter.

The dim direct light is very compatible with the "supernatural sixth sense", which only needs to use natural light without deliberately changing it to achieve that gray but not dark atmosphere, and perfectly show the psychological fear that integrates family and family affection in the story.

Before, Hugo had never known that there were so many mysteries to photograph the city, including the choice of atmosphere and culture, including the influence of weather and light, as well as taxes and government support, which was a completely new experience.

By the time we arrived in Philadelphia, autumn had already arrived. In fact, the "Sixth Sense" was signed in May, and the entire crew has been formed, but it has not been started in a hurry, and the time has been pushed again and again, and a few months have passed in a blink of an eye.

In the past few months, Hugo was busy with the promotion of "Truman's World", and because the follow-up influence of the film was too strong, Hugo had to go to Europe in person to cooperate with the promotion; After the promotional period ended, the "Twisted Tour" summer show kicked off again, and Hugo joined the ranks of the Glory to Death for the third tour of the Glory to the Dead - although it was only an unofficial tour, and it was a non-ticketed tour, but it still attracted the attention of all the young volcanoes, and the whole summer tour market boiled.

From late July to September, Glory to Death has been on the road, joining the summer carnival with the underground bands of the "Twisted Tour", although the second anniversary of the release of "Tempest" is approaching, and there have not been many public events in the past two years, but their appeal has not only not diminished, but on the contrary, it has gradually increased with the rise of the "Twisted Tour".

Even the die-hard rock fans who had been stubborn at the time changed their minds, and perhaps they still didn't like glory to death - it was a matter of faith - but they supported the "Twisted Tour", which was indeed the stage for countless underground rock bands to revel, and made people discover many talented people who made music, which really injected a shot in the arm for American rock music.

In this way, by the end of all Hugo's trips, September will also be over.

Prior to this, "Truman's World" received an invitation, was shortlisted for the Venice Film Festival, entered the main competition unit, and joined the competition for awards, which made the media excited, because Hugo has now won the Oscars, Cannes Film Festival, and Berlin Film Festival Three Best Actor trophies, and is only one Venice Film Festival trophy away from the Best Actor Grand Slam, and in "Truman's World", Hugo's outstanding performance is absolutely competitive.

Unfortunately, Hugo was absent from the Venice Film Festival because of the "twisted tour" and did not attend in person - in fact, Hugo never attended the Venice Film Festival. In the end, "Truman's World" returned empty-handed and failed to win a single trophy.

In the end, the winner of the Venice Film Festival was actor Sean Penn, also from the United States, who won his first major film festival actor trophy with "Hurlyburly". This result has made many media complains, because "Ukiyo Men and Women" is a group play, Robin White, Meg Ryan, Kevin Spacey, Anna Paquin and a group of other people co-starred, Sean's performance is good, but it did not reach the height of winning awards. Relatively speaking, Hugo of "Truman's World" is far more worthy of a trophy.

But the result is the result, and no amount of media complaints can change the decision of the Venice Film Festival jury.

The media sighed there, expressing regret that Hugo missed his actor Grand Slam, but Hugo devoted himself to the "twisted tour", and waited until the tour reached an end in September, and then Hugo came to Philadelphia to prepare for the filming of "The Sixth Sense".

When Hugo walked out of Philadelphia International Airport, the cold air on his face made him shiver a few times in a row, yesterday he was still in Los Angeles to feel the strong tail of the hot summer, today he has already experienced the prestige of the autumn tiger. Looking at the large expanse of gray in front of me, the sunlight took on an amber color, and it was spilling down weakly, even colder than New York.

The reporters rushed forward, looking at the more than 100 reporters in front of him, Hugo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, he didn't expect that there were so many reporters in Philadelphia. However, the siege of reporters was expected, whether it was the topic of the Venice Film Festival or the start of the "supernatural sixth sense", it was enough to make the uncrowned kings excited.

Especially the latter.

At the time of "Truman's World" exceeding $300 million at the box office, Hugo's mastery of comedy films has been proven, and although he is not an actor with a sense of humor like Jim Carrey and Eddie Murphy, his interpretation and presentation of humor has undoubtedly won the hearts of audiences. In this context, the prospect of a "supernatural sixth sense" is even more exciting - what kind of quality and standard this horror movie will show is arguably the hottest topic in recent times.

In the face of such a scene, Hugo was at ease, and in a few words he coped with the reporters' continuous attacks on questions, and ignored the gossip questions of those gossips, set aside the dense crowd in front of him, and walked quickly into the nanny car in front of him.

The reporters tirelessly ran behind the car, hoping to take a few more photos, but in the end they couldn't do it, and they could only watch Hugo fly away. A large number of people stood in place depressedly, muttering unwillingly: Anyway, the crew will be filming here for a long time, and the monks will run away, but they can't run away from the temple.