The Venice Film Festival has officially begun, and the opening film is "Desperate Altitude" by the beautiful country, and the director of this film is Batasa from Iceland. Comaku, the main actor is a group of second-rate Hollywood stars, Jason . Clark, Robin. White, Emily. Watson et al.

In Li Shengyao's view, this is a very ordinary, uninteresting assembly line work.

He was a little surprised why such a film could be selected as the opening ceremony film.

Generally speaking, the opening ceremony movies are all directors, or movies that have attracted much attention and have a unique style.

For example, the opening film of the Cannes Film Festival a few years ago, Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris".

Although the movie is at an upper-level level, it is not very outstanding, but it is full of gimmicks and has attracted a lot of media and celebrities to watch.

And now "Desperate Altitude" obviously doesn't have that energy.

After the movie ended, the big guys all left in a hurry.

None of Hollywood's stars came over to say nice things.

Naturally, the crew of "Joker" left the theater quickly, and Lee always thought that Alberto was the president of the festival with ideas.

There should be a lot of interests behind choosing such a movie as the opening ceremony movie.

The opening ceremony films are not good, but the overall film level of this Venice Film Festival is still very good, such as Verella's "From Far Away", Egypt's "Memories", Italy's "For Your Sake", and the UK's "Danish Girl" are all high-quality films.

From the perspective of literary films, these movies are very good.

However, if you look at it from the perspective of commercial films, these movies may not be as profitable as "Lao Paoer".

"Lao Pao'er" is the closing film, and it won't be seen until the last day.

"Joker" was screened on the fourth day of the festival, with a total of two screenings, both in theaters with 300 people.

This point in time is actually not very good, not before, not behind.

Fortunately, Lee Shengyao's reputation is there, and the previous trailer was very successful, attracting a lot of attention, on the day of the screening of "Joker", the theater was full, not only a large number of reporters, but also a lot of directors, actors, and producers.

"I want to see Lee's films, his films are very mature, and I think it is the direction that all directors should study and study."

Pablo from Argentina. When Chabiro was interviewed by reporters, he expressed his thoughts in this way.

The film "Crime Family" directed by him also received a lot of attention.

"Lee is very good, when I was in Los Angeles, I heard some opinions, a lot of people think that 'Joker' has the ability to compete for next year's Oscar for best film, so I can't wait, now I have the opportunity to watch it in advance, and I certainly won't miss it."

Gyllenhaal, who has never made a bad movie in his life, faced the camera and expressed his recognition of Li Shengyao.

"We've always taken Lee's performance very seriously, he's been away from Hollywood for a couple of years, and this time he's back in Hollywood, and everybody is looking forward to his performance.

To be honest we envy Warner, I'm Paramount's producer Arthurs. Wenders, welcome Lee to work with Paramount. ”

The producer from Paramount expressed his thoughts at the door of the theater.

At the same time, heavyweight film and television magazines such as Germany's "Film", France's "Film Handbook", England's "See and Hear", and the beautiful country's "World Film Newspaper" have arranged for reporters and film critics to come to the screening hall to watch this much-anticipated film.

Alberto and Alfonso were of course also present, as well as a number of members of the jury, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien, Francisco. Muniz, Diane. Kruger and so on.

"To be honest, I didn't really want to see this movie, it's a DC Universe movie."

Diane. Kruger has blonde hair, wears a blue backless long dress, and pairs of white crystal shoes, looking noble and elegant.

She was praised by the media as Germany's first temperament beauty.

In "Troy", he played the beautiful Queen Helen.

She is a model, although she is only 1.7 meters, her body proportion is very good, and she is 37 years old, but this time on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival, she overwhelmed everyone.

Even Depp's wife Hilde is not as dazzling as her.

Most of the films she participated in were commercial films, but as a German, she actually disliked commercial films very much, she liked literary films.

As for superhero movies, she hates them even more.

"Magnesium people are like this, they like to brag, no matter what messy movie it is, they can brag it perfectly."

Diane. Kruger didn't sit with the other members of the jury, she sat with her agent, and she felt very happy after watching so many literary films in the past few days.

Knowing that "Joker" is actually a commercial movie, or a character in the DC universe.

She was very disgusted in her heart, but she couldn't say such things directly, so she could only confide in her agent secretly at this time.

"Honey, be quiet, this is Warner's key movie, its director is Lee, you offend Warner, it will not be easy to mix in Hollywood in the future, you offend Lee, maybe he will become the chairman of the jury in the future, and then you will be miserable."

The agent looked left and right, and lowered his voice, hoping with a slight pleading hope that Diane would not say such things again.

"Hmph, you wait, after the screening of "Desperate Altitude", no one will interview the situation in "Joker".

"Got it, got it, don't say it."

There were viewers before and after, and the agent was really afraid that such remarks would get out.

The theater was dark, the movie hadn't started yet, and many people discussed it in low voices.

Diane pouted, then opened her bag, took out a pair of sunglasses, and put them on.

A low cello sounded, and "Joker" officially began.

Diane took another piece of gum out of her bag, put it in her mouth, and chewed it.

The auditorium is quieter, the opening of the film has passed, and the feature film has begun to be screened.

The male protagonist, Arthur, is a club comedy entertainer, and his job is to dress himself up as a clown and hold up LED billboards on the street to attract customers for the restaurant.

In the old streets, in a numb crowd.

Arthur was dressed in a fancy, and he was dressed in a very festive manner, and the overall color was much brighter than the others.

He doesn't seem to fit in with his surroundings, but he still tries very hard to fit in, and he works hard to show off his funny talents.

It's a pity that no one is interested, no one stops to stay, no one eats because he walked into that restaurant.

Just when Arthur was helpless, but had to work, several thugs suddenly rushed out, they locked Arthur, two people held Arthur's arm, and one snatched his LED billboard.

If he loses the billboard, his boss will have to deduct his salary.

Arthur was not reconciled and immediately chased after him, he shouted as he chased, but no one paid attention to Arthur, no one helped him.

He chased him all the way to a remote alley, and just as Arthur was about to discuss getting the thugs to give him the billboard, someone hid on the side and took him down with a stick, and then several thugs quickly approached and punched and kicked him.

Arthur had no grievances with them, but the gangsters humiliated him unceremoniously.

Eventually, they held up the billboard and slammed it on Arthur.

So why do they do this, and they can't grab the money, is it just to vent the negative energy in their hearts?

Arthur was very puzzled, he was angry, helpless, unwilling, resentful, he put his hands on the wall and kicked the garbage bag a few times.

In the theater, everyone who watched gasped, everyone was a fan of movies, and immediately realized that this Arthur was the male protagonist and the clown.

Arthur was undoubtedly very pitiful when he encountered such a thing.

Some people sympathize, and some people feel that it is not worth mentioning, in their opinion, the male protagonist should be conscious and have enough positive energy to fight: an unjust world.

Diane gently took off her sunglasses, she could see that the framing and lighting of "Joker" were completely different from superhero movies, and the overall temperament was also different from the DC universe movies in the past.

Since the movie has a bit of a literary film temperament, she plans to take a good look at it, if it is really a literary film, she can boast about it after the screening.

The movie continues, Arthur soon gets off work with a scar, on the bus, he wants to interact with a child, but he is sick and can't help laughing, which angers the child's mother, who sternly warns Arthur not to harass her child.

Arthur was in pain, but he couldn't help laughing.

Back at home, Arthur meets his mother, who loves to watch TV, nervous, and very fond of watching Thomas, the richest man in Gotham. Wayne.

Arthur didn't feel much for the man, and he took off his coat at home, revealing a sickly emaciated figure.

Everyone in the theater still knows a little about Phoenix, knowing that this drama maniac lost dozens of pounds for this movie, and at this time, seeing Phoenix so "thin", the big guys nodded secretly, feeling that Phoenix sacrificed a lot for the movie.

Diane frowned.

Judging from the plot advancement just now, this movie still has a lot of commercial elements, it is not a literary film at all, and it even uses gimmicks like Phoenix to lose weight.

She couldn't help but frown, then pursed her lips.

I thought it was a literary film, but I didn't expect it to look like a literary film, but it was actually a commercial film.

Thomas. Wayne was running for mayor, and he was talking on the television.

After a while, the interview with Thomas ended, followed by Arthur's favorite talk show, The Murray Show.

Arthur was once imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital, where he needed to take seven psychotropic drugs and regularly visit a psychiatrist in a community hospital.

However, he aspires to become a good stand-up comedian, and his idol is Murray.

It's another day of work, Arthur was scolded by the manager for the billboard, and his salary was deducted, Arthur was very frustrated, and in the acrobat backstage, his colleague Randall gave Arthur a pistol, saying that the next time he was bullied, he would shoot decisively.

Another colleague, Gary, the dwarf, convinces Arthur to want to open up.

Arthur agrees with Gary's words, but he accepts the pistol anyway.

When no one is around, Arthur is dancing with a pistol, and the unconscious aggression in his heart awakens.

At this point in the movie, the vast majority of viewers understand that this movie is about Arthur's transformation into a clown.

The early portrayal is very good, and Phoenix's acting skills can be said to be flawless.

Overall, there are a lot of hooks left in the plot, which is indeed the narrative of commercial films.

Diane clasped her hands to her chest, she didn't like commercial movies, but I have to say that the previous plot set up the characters, and she was a little curious about what kind of "clown" Arthur would become in the end.

The movie continues, the male protagonist returns home and meets his beautiful neighbor Sophie, and in Arthur's subconscious, he feels that Sophie has a crush on him, and he is very excited.

He even secretly follows Sophie, although his behavior is a little lewd, but in Arthur there is a kind of fawn rambling, hiding roses in his heart, wanting to bloom to people.

He sensed that Sophie had noticed his actions, but Sophie didn't blame him.

This made Arthur even more excited.

Although his work is not going well, he feels that emotionally, he is not alone.

Immediately after, performing in the kindergarten, the pistol on his body fell to the ground.

Such behavior was clearly not allowed, and he was fired and lost his job.

Arthur is very disappointed, he rides the subway alone and encounters three drunkards bullying a girl.

The girl threw a look of help to Arthur, but in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Arthur coaxed.

He thought that such a concession would allow him to get through this safely.

But they didn't expect him to be sick, and they couldn't help laughing, and the drunkards thought Arthur was taunting them, and immediately came over and beat Arthur.

Enraged, Arthur pulled out his pistol and shot two people on the train.

The other man escaped, but Arthur chased after him, and he shot a third man in the subway station.

He was very scared at first, kept running, all the way to the public toilet of the subway, he looked left and right in horror, but soon, he realized that no one found him, he thought of the feeling of killing someone just now, and he couldn't help but dance solo again.

This was the second time he danced with a pistol, and Arthur's mentality changed in this moment, he was no longer timid, no longer afraid, no longer believing in the moral code he once had.

He realized that in this world, it is the survival of the fittest, the weak eat the strong, and whoever is more fierce can live better.

Seeing this, the atmosphere in the theater is much heavier.

Ask yourself, if you were in a situation like Arthur's, would you fall too?

Or can you stick to your heart and always be a kind person?

At this moment, many viewers who feel that the actor is a villain and that the movie is not positive enough feel that this character is flesh and blood, and his transformation is worth pondering.

Diane spat out the gum and lowered her hands, which she put between her thighs and twisted them together.

Although "Joker" is entirely a commercial film, Arthur's escalating conflict continues to raise the audience's mood.

But I have to say that the overall design, as well as the shooting, the actors' performances are too good.

She's completely immersed in it, and she's only a third of the way through the film, but she's now 100 percent sure that the film is awesome, the best film of the festival so far.

(End of chapter)