Chapter 78: Film Festival Observations

In 2000, the Berlinale celebrated its 50th anniversary, so it was held in a grand way, moving from the former Zoo Cinema Palace to the current Potsdamer Platz.

The new location has a lot of space, there are many mainstream commercial theaters nearby, and the screening conditions are better than in the past, but buying tickets is still a technical manual work, and those most popular films are hung up on the opening day to indicate that they are sold out.

The festival opens with Million Dollar Hotel, a German/American co-production featuring Mel Gibson "Braveheart" and Milla Jovovich, "Zombie Goddess".

The plot of "Million Dollar Hotel" is relatively old-fashioned, in a hotel where three religions and nine streams converge, suddenly one day, a young man committed suicide by jumping from the hotel building, and FBI agents were ordered to come to the hotel to investigate and found some unknown truths......

The whole film is always shrouded in a sad and bitter atmosphere, mainly based on personal self-description, switching many subjective shots, and the rhythm is relatively slow, many viewers feel very dull and do not enter the play at all.

As a professional, Fang Yan is also not interested in this film - it must be suspenseful and not suspenseful, it must be thriller without thriller, and it must be literary and artistic.

If it weren't for Milla Jovovich's youthful and beautiful appearance, this movie would really be nothing to watch at all.

The reason why "Million Dollar Hotel" can be used as the opening film is inseparable from the credit of director Wim Wenders, who is a German film master and has a great influence, and the organizing committee of the film festival naturally wants to give face.

On the second day of the film festival, a heavyweight film was released, which immediately attracted the attention of the audience.

"The Beach", a literary film with a mediocre plot, is so popular because of the movie corner - Leonardo DiCaprio.

In 1997, "Titanic" was released, and the film was undoubtedly a masterpiece and a very successful film, winning 11 Oscars and breaking box office records in the United States and around the world.

With the fire of "Titanic", Leonardo quickly became the world's top movie star, with unparalleled box office ability, and was hailed as "the box office bomb at the end of the century".

"Ahh

"Leon, you will always be the love of my heart!"

"Jack, I'm Rose, take me away!"

On the day of the release of "The Beach", Leonardo came to the theater platform to promote it, causing a carnival among the majority of female audiences.

This scene made Fang Yan very touched, and he instantly remembered those brainless star chasers in later generations.

It turns out that Xiao Lizi's appearance when she was young was really against the sky, no matter what country she was in, there were a large number of fan girls.

"It's just a good-looking star, are you like that?"

A sane British movie fan asked a question, which immediately attracted a lot of hatred.

Fang Yan's English is not bad and he can understand what people are saying.

Translated, the general meaning is - my brother is so handsome and hard-working, why do you hack him!

Good guy, this set of fan professional words, how can it be the same in any era.

Because Leonardo is so popular, it is difficult to grab tickets for every movie ticket of "The Beach", and Fang Yan also relied on his identity as a participant in the film festival to finally get two movie tickets. …

If you want to ask him who he watched the movie with, it is, of course, Yu Nan!

Coincidentally, the film "The Beach", like "Ho Ho Xili", also explores human nature and environmental issues.

The film tells the story of a group of young people who live a paradise life away from the bustling modern society on a remote and beautiful beach, to show true humanity and love and selfishness.

"The Beach" borrows the genre of wilderness adventure films to express the theme of returning to nature, but unfortunately it lacks the development of peaks and loops and a gripping plot, and the film's exploration of human nature and environmental issues is relatively superficial.

Originally, Leonardo wanted to use this movie to complete his transformation from an idol to a powerful faction, but judging from the final result, this transformation was undoubtedly a failure.

There is no way, Xiao Lizi will understand in a few years that only pretending to be ugly is the only answer to the award.

After watching "The Beach", the sky had already darkened, Fang Yan took Yu Nan to walk around for a while, found an old restaurant that looked good, and was ready to have dinner here.

Speaking of German cuisine, it is similar to Chinese Northeast cuisine, which is simply the "Northeast cuisine" of Europe.

Moreover, compared with Northeast cuisine, German cuisine is more simple and crude, basically heavy taste, prefers to eat all kinds of meat, uses a lot of mustard, pepper, garlic and other seasonings, and bakes, boils, stews and stews in one pot.

Berlin's local specialty is pork knuckle, which is marinated for a long time, boiled and served with German sauerkraut and baked potatoes.

Fang Yan and Yu Nan, a native of Lu Province and a native of Liao Province, are highly accepting of German food, and they feel very comfortable and happy while eating soft pork knuckle and drinking fresh beer.

…………

"Good night, see you tomorrow!"

Yu Nan took out the key to open the door, and when she walked in and was about to close the door, she was blocked by Fang Yan with her hand.

Fang Yan said with a smile: "Beauty, I sleep alone for a long night, so let's chat." ”

"Fuck off, we've been talking for a day."

Yu Nan slapped Fang Yan's hand hard, and said helplessly: "I have to get up early tomorrow, hurry up and go back to sleep." ”

"It doesn't matter, it's still early." Fang Yan had a dead face: "If you don't let me in today, I won't leave here!" ”

"You're not leaving, are you?"

Yu Nan laughed angrily, and simply opened the door neatly: "It's okay, you want to talk for as long as you want, I'll accompany you when it's due." ”

Seeing Yu Nan's unusual behavior, Fang Yan was puzzled in his heart.

"That...... Why are you talking so well today? ”

"I've always been a good talker." Yu Nan sat on the edge of the bed, crossed his slender legs, and hooked his finger at Fang Yan.

"Don't stand there stupidly, come back quickly!"

Something's wrong, this girl definitely has some conspiracy!

Although Fang Yan had doubts in his heart, there was no reason not to eat the meat that was sent to his mouth, so he walked over cautiously.

"Hey, that's ......"

Fang Yan casually glanced at it and saw a familiar item on the bedside tableβ€”a sanitary napkin.

NM, such an old-fashioned bridge let me meet!

Fang Yan had a flash of inspiration, and instantly understood the reason why Yu Nan was so bold - the eldest aunt was here.

"Forget it, today is not the time, you can rest well."

Fang Yan shook his head in frustration, and then turned to leave.

Yu Nan sat on the bed and looked at Fang Yan's disappointed back, secretly happy in his heart, but also a little shy.

In fact, she also understands that this trip to Berlin will sooner or later usher in a "dawn" moment.

Lang is affectionate, the concubine is intentional, hit it off, and there is no suspense.

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