Standing in Sarah? Next to the entrance to the Grand Theater, Ryan looked at Natalie walking slowly down the red carpet not far away, and every time she beckoned, she always brought bursts of cheers, and the fans on the right side of the red carpet were almost crazy, and the flash lights on the camera area on the left suppressed the light of the sun that had moved to the west.

"Nat is so beautiful."

Next to Gail? Gado looked over there and said to Ryan, "What do you think of the dress I picked out for Nat?" ”

"So you praised your own vision." Ryan remained silent, "Nate is not white in the first place, and this dark red dress exposes this flaw. ”

"Forget it, Ryan."

Over the years, Gail? Gado also roughly figured out Ryan's temper, because of the unceremonious criticism, "You can't even reach the passing mark for clothing and fashion." ”

"Okay." Ryan straightened out his dark gown, which had not changed for thousands of years, "I admit it. ”

"Hi, Mr. Jenkins."

A middle-aged female director came over to say hello, and Ryan shook her hand, "Hello, Ms. Campion." ”

"Why didn't Scarlett come?"

Hear Gail? Gado asked in a low voice, and Ryan shook hands with the other person before saying, "It seems that I went on vacation to Lanai with Taylor and Christine." ”

"These guys." Gail? Gado just muttered casually, knowing full well that these people who had known Ryan for more than ten years had privileges, "But, Ryan, why don't you walk the red carpet?" I believe the organizing committee will be happy for you to walk the red carpet. ”

"Honey." Ryan looked at Natalie, who was slowly walking this way, "It's enough to leave the scenery to you and Nat, there is always some work to be done in advance." ”

They had been to Venice two days earlier, and unlike Natalie, who was everywhere for public events and interviews, Ryan not only negotiated with the head of the PR team who had arrived in advance, but also made private contacts with a number of people in order to get a piece of the Venice Film Festival cake. Work outside of theatrics is even more important.

Compared with the Oscars, the Venice Film Festival, which advertises art and reality, has a more obvious meaning of sharing the cake, and it is rare for the same film to win two awards, and Ryan is aiming for the Golden Lion Award first, followed by Best Actress.

Natalie walked over, took Ryan's arm, and walked into Sarah's hand together. Grande Theatre.

Ryan just took her to say hello to the jury, Kate? Blanchett walked over.

"It's been a long time, Ryan." She smiled at that.

"Straight from Sydney?" Ryan asked.

"yes." She pointed to the other side. "I'm going to follow Jane? Ms. Campion said hello. ”

With that, Blanchett walked away from Ryan's side, completely ignoring Natalie, who was holding him from start to finish.

Kate? Blanchett's "I'm Not Present" is also in competition, with an investment from Kidman Studios, but the main goal is best actress.

Natalie pouted in the direction Blanchett left, she didn't deal with the actresses in the Australian Gang, and it wasn't something that only happened in the past few years.

"Honey." Ryan deliberately reminded her, "Your mouth is almost at the root of your ear, and you're the director of the opening film." It is the focus of the field. ”

With a hard squeeze on Ryan's arm, Natalie shook hands with the people who walked by.

"Hi, Kayla."

"You're so beautiful today, Nat."

The people who came over were acquaintances. Kayla? Knightley turned to Ryan again, "You're still so handsome, Ryan. ”

"Thank you." Ryan nodded slightly.

"Nat, I didn't expect you to start working as a director." She seemed a little envious. "The film he directed also became the opening film of the festival, congratulations ......"

Despite being able to get from Kayla? There was a slight sourness in Knightley's words, but Ryan wasn't worried about anything. Unlike in her previous life, she and Natalie are no longer on the same level.

Subsequently, Ryan and Natalie met with the chairman of the board of directors of the Venice Film Festival, Mark ? Mueller said hello.

This famous Italian producer once studied in China in the 70s of the last century, his first wife is Chinese, can be described as an authentic Chinese expert, "Yellow Earth" and "The Red Lantern Hangs High" were introduced to the European film industry by him, Chinese films have been so strong at the Venice Film Festival in recent years, and he has a direct relationship.

In fact, if you look at the guests who participated in the opening ceremony, you can find that the Chinese films at the Venice Film Festival are strong today, and their number accounts for nearly a quarter, completely overpowering the powerful Hollywood gang.

Although Ryan has done some work in the relationship, he is not too confident that "Black Swan" will be able to get one of the main goals.

After all, this is not the Oscars, and it is not Cannes.

However, at the moment Mark? Müller is reforming the Venice Film Festival, which is good for Black Swan, and given the twilight and growing depression of the Venice Film Festival, he has also undergone some surgery to make the festival a "flexible" festival, especially in the last two years, with a large number of Hollywood films invited in each edition.

As for the chairman of the jury surnamed Zhang, Disney's Far East Branch and some partners have already said hello vaguely, and it depends on what he will choose in the end.

You know, this one has always been obsessed with the Oscars.

If the other party is willing to help, I will help him get an Oscar nomination for Best Foreign Language Film in the future.

The exchange of interests is a thing that Ryan has long been familiar with.

Enter the theater's screening room, find a seat, Ryan and Natalie just sat down, Gail? Gado also walked over, and her place was right next to Natalie.

"Did something happen, Gail?" Natalie asked her.

"Nothing." Gail? Gado sat down and adjusted his position, "You know what, Nat? The people who greet me are always talking about Wonder Woman or Her Royal Highness Princess Diana, and very few people call me Miss Gado. ”

"Superhero movie aftermath." Natalie laughed and patted her comfortingly, "I'm not like you, when I walked to the fan's autograph, a lot of people were shouting Katnis......"

"Gail." Ryan said, "Let's try some other types of characters." ”

"That's all it can be." Natalie leaned into her friend's ear and whispered, "Take your time." ”

"I heard you're planning a new movie?" Gail? Gado is very well-informed, and he is not polite to Natalie, "Is there a role that suits me?" ”

"I'm sorry, Gail." Natalie didn't hide it, "It's a script about the Iraq War, and the characters with a little weight are all men. ”

"War?" She was confused.

"Not what you think, anyway......"

The host of the opening ceremony walked on the stage, and Natalie said briefly, "It's not a war epic, reflect on the genre theme, if you have time another day, you can come to me and read the script." ”

The president of the Venice Film Festival, Marc? Taylor, director Zhang Moumou, chairman of the jury, took the stage to deliver speeches one after another, and then the opening film kicked off.

"A prince goes out hunting and falls in love with a "captive" white swan princess who can only appear in human form at night, and the prince invites the princess to his birthday dinner, when he will confess his love to marry the princess.

However, the white swan princess, who was spelled by the evil magician, failed to attend in the end, and instead of her, another woman who incarnated as the white swan princess - the magician's daughter, only wore a black dress, like a black swan, and confused the prince's heart.

In the end, the prince sees through the conspiracy and returns to the side of the white swan princess, but is framed by the evil magician, and the white swan princess goes with the prince who is swept away by the big waves, and falls into the lake and dies. ”

The story line of the movie is probably like this, along the plot of the famous ballet "Swan Lake", another ingenious and complex "play within a play" mode is adopted, combined with the depression and schizophrenia that are most popular in literary films, and the art of auditory hallucinations and hallucinations in the medical field is processed into strange visual experiences and jumping thinking equations, and the charm of "lies" is used to achieve the vividness and mystery that can only be shown by images.

Although the film in this life is written by Natalie, Ryan's focus is nothing more than Natalie's performance in it and the filming techniques used.

After all, these will be related to the film's future harvest during the awards season.

At the end of the film, when Natalie performs the black swan, it can be called shocking and infectious, in addition to the visual effects of music, dance and camera special effects, her demeanor and eyes are also extremely amazing and penetrating, and the momentum is full of confidence and magic.

In fact, compared with most of the previous time, Nina's resignation and timidity, especially the frightened appearance, the shock is even stronger, and Natalie can interpret both so accurately and expressively, compared to her popular Amidala and Katniss, this role undoubtedly has more room for her acting skills.

In addition, every time Nina faces the mirror alone in the bathroom dressing room, it is an extremely difficult emotional performance, and her feelings that are usually forcibly suppressed in front of people and released when she is alone are the most fully tested acting skills in extremely close long shots.

And Natalie did it seamlessly, and each time it was more wonderful than the last.

All of this reminds Ryan of the movie more than ten years ago, when Nat's performance was shocking enough to have the magic of turning the world's tigers into butter, and now this qiē is no more normal.

There are also a series of directing techniques.

The use of color and light has always been something that Natalie is good at, and the background and meaning of pink, gray and black and white are far more impactful in the finished film than on the original set.

For the protagonist of Nina, Natalie used a lot of follow-up techniques, and the shooting plot of following Nina was extremely brilliant, making people feel as if they shared the anxiety, horror, worry and struggle with her. (To be continued......)