In the face of the attacks of reporters like a tide, Hugo has some mastery style, and he defuses the attack invisibly with a wave of his hand, and at the same time heats up the atmosphere of the scene, which makes the interview session unable to end for a long time - neither reporters nor fans are willing to let Hugo leave, and the on-site staff reminded Werner of the time three times before and after, and finally the originally scheduled five-minute interview lasted for nearly 25 minutes before it ended.

After Hugo and Werner said goodbye, they didn't have time to say hello to the others, so they trotted all the way towards the screening room, and the four bodyguards who were waiting backstage, Joseph, Samora, and others saw Hugo's figure, and also ran over with a smoke, and finally watched Hugo enter the screening room, and then Joseph and his party stopped-they would go to the special lounge to wait for the end of the film screening.

When Hugo walked into the screening room, he saw that the whole hall was already full, and then Tim Robbins, Susan Sarandon and others stood in the open space at the very front, gathering in twos and threes to chat. Seeing Hugo coming in, the applause rang out one after another, and then joined into one, shaking the entire screening hall like thunder, and this vigorous applause made Hugo really feel the enthusiasm and madness of the film festival audience.

"Man, you're late, I almost thought you weren't going to show up today." Tim was the first to greet him, gave Hugo a big hug, and without waiting for Hugo to answer, Tim pulled Hugo and walked forward, "Come, come, I'll introduce you to a friend." ”

The first thing that entered Hugo's sight was a cane, and then he looked up along the crutches, and saw an old gentleman, wearing a regular white shirt and black suit, even the most formal three-piece suit, and the bent back could not hide the uprightness and perseverance in his bones.

Because the light in the movie theater is not bright, the wrinkles on the old man's face reflect a lot of shadows, making it difficult to see his facial features, and he can only vaguely see about half of them. Hugo's mind was searching for information, the old man who could be made a "friend" by Tim, and was invited to the Berlin Film Festival, the answer was about to come out......

"Sir, let me introduce you, this is Hugo Lancaster, with whom I had a very pleasant collaboration during this shoot." Tim smiled and introduced him, then turned to look at Hugo, "Hugo, this is Mr. Kazan." ”

The old man in front of him moved very slowly, slowly raised his chin, and looked at Hugo's eyes carefully, as if he wanted to find out something from Hugo's eyes, the cloudy eyes were hidden under the long eyebrows and messy eyelashes, so that Hugo couldn't see clearly at all, only felt that he was being looked at, but he couldn't find the other party. The old man's gaze slowly fell, and he looked at Hugo carefully and carefully, and his gaze was not covered, like a laser light, trying to study Hugo's inside and out.

This kind of gaze made Hugo feel very uncomfortable, not only was he awkward up and down, but he was also completely stripped naked and stood in place to be scrutinized. It's like "Schindler's List" for acceptance. The Jews of pure judgment.

"Nice to meet you, sir." Hugo interrupted the old man's gaze, took a small half step forward, and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand, looking at the old man with a smile.

This action obviously surprised the old man, he had to raise his head, look at Hugo's eyes again, pondering carefully, as if he wanted to explore the secret of his heart from Hugo's sight, but his right hand had no intention of raising it at all, just just hung Hugo's right hand in the air.

But Hugo didn't mind, he kept smiling and moving, motionless, his smile was calm and free, without the slightest embarrassment or stiffness, just with a kind smile, without any fear, looking directly into the old man's eyes, boldly accepting the baptism of gaze.

For a moment, the atmosphere stiffened in place.

When it comes to the greatest directors in the history of cinema, almost everyone will have a different answer, starting with the slightly older John Ford. Ford), William Wheeler (William. Wyler), Billy Wilder (Billy. Wilder), to Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, who are closer to modern times, to Paul Thomas Anderson and Christopher Nolan in modern times, and Alfred Hitchcock and Stanley Kubrick, who have not been recognized by awards all their lives but have created a miracle of genre films......

Among the many directories, Ilya Kazan is also a name that can never be ignored, as a director, he has single-handedly cultivated famous actors such as Marlon Brando, James Dean, Warren Beatty, etc., and is known for "desire. Works such as "Hope Streetcar", "East of Eden" and "Wharf Storm" have gone down in history.

Ilya's greatest contribution to the development of cinema is that he has a strong admiration for methodist acting, which he not only introduced from the former Soviet Union to the United States, but also carried it forward, and until 2014, it was the most important acting school in the world.

But behind the countless glories of Ilya, there is a black history that everyone is ashamed of.

Born in Turkey, his Greek identity is one of his important labels, and he briefly joined the Communist Party in the thirties. Give birth. The party, which later chose to secede because of dissatisfaction with Stalinism. In the fifties, Elijah became an important coordinate of the "blacklist" incident in Hollywood, and the **** attitude adopted during the McCarthyism period, testifying for members and exposing the behavior of others in the House of Representatives UnAmerican Conduct Investigation, as a result, liberal directors and screenwriters including Charlie Chaplin and Orson Welles were forced to flee overseas, and his career entered its peak after that.

Even after Ilya quit the entertainment industry at the end of the sixties, the name of selling friends for glory still followed, and he always refused to apologize for the blacklisting incident, and he did not consider himself guilty. This behavior made him even more controversial in Hollywood, and in 1999, the Oscars presented Ilya with the Lifetime Achievement Award, which he was nominated for five Oscars for Best Director and won two statuettes, which were cheered and applauded that night.

This year, the 46th Berlinale will present the Lifetime Achievement Award to Elijah Kazan and Jack Lemmon, so the eighty-five-year-old Ilya is in Berlin.

For art, in fact, many people insist that art belongs to art, and character belongs to character, just like Roman Polanski.

The famous French director, he was accused of strong in 1977. After raping a thirteen-year-old girl and being arrested in California, Roman spent forty-two days pleading his case, and the judge finally hesitated. But just before further legal proceedings began, he fled the United States and settled in Paris, where he avoided prison but never set foot on American soil again for the rest of his life.

In 2002, Roman's "The Pianist" won the Oscars for Best Director, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Of course, Roman did not travel to the United States to receive the award.

That's how the art world thinks, as if one can't go after the character of artists like Vincent van Gogh and Claude Monet – because often artists are associated with alcohol and drugs. quality, abuse. Words such as communication can be linked, a work is a work, and even if the character does not meet the moral standards, it still cannot negate the artistry of the work.

The same is true of Ilya, even though he is infamous as a traitor, but the Berlin Film Festival and the Oscar still award the Lifetime Achievement Award to Ilya based on his great artistic contributions.

Hugo knew what it meant, and he understood it, but it was difficult for him to accept it, aside from Roman's fact that he had broken the law, even if it was simply about Ilya's moral issues, it was difficult for Hugo to express his understanding of betrayal, especially the betrayal of trust, which was his bottom line.

Of course, many things are not so simple, Ilya had a historical background when he experienced the "blacklist" incident, the environment at that time, the mentality at that time, and the situation at that time, Hugo didn't know anything, he couldn't make a subjective judgment like this, and decide that Ilya was a bad person. But from an emotional point of view, Hugo had a hard time accepting it.

Therefore, when he realized that the other party was Elijah, Hugo did not exaggerate his disgust, but he was not too excited or too flattering, but just showed his politeness. Especially when Ilya looked at himself with that critical scrutiny, Hugo not only did not flinch, but took the initiative, which is not very similar to Hugo's usual personality - if it was usual, it is estimated that Hugo would feel a little embarrassed, and then stand in place and be baptized, but today is different.

Tim, Susan, and the others all looked at Hugo in surprise, neither of them expected Hugo to act like this; And Ilya didn't even plan to shake Hugo's right hand, which was even more surprising, and the scene stiffened for a while. This made Tim feel a little uneasy, he originally thought it was just out of politeness, and out of respect for Ilya - after all, Ilya personally came to cheer on the "Death Row Walk" - to introduce the two to each other, but he didn't expect that the situation was a little out of control.

Just when Tim was about to open his mouth to resolve the embarrassment, Elijah raised his hand, lightly touched Hugo's palm, and then put his hand down and nodded his chin slightly, "You look okay, barely a little Marlon's posture." ”

It's not easy to get praise from Elijah, not to mention that he compares Hugo to Marlon Brando, which is absolutely rare.

Hugo, however, smiled politely, put his right hand down naturally, and said without humility or arrogance, "Thank you for the compliment, but I am obviously not Mr. Brando." Illia was stunned by this sentence, and couldn't help but look at Hugo twice, but Hugo looked away and said to Tim, "I think, the movie is about to start, today's protagonist should be the movie and the audience, let's not steal the light of the protagonist here." ”

Why does this atmosphere feel a little strange?