Become Famous Another Day

 The movie begins in a water town in the south of the Yangtze River.

 The first shot is of a gloomy sky and continuous rain.

This movie tells the story of three young people who went treasure hunting. As a result, they encountered many strange things on the way to treasure hunting, and eventually encountered misfortune and died mysteriously.

 From the ending of the story, this is a tragedy. But this movie is not a story-driven movie.

Judging from the first third of the movie, the shell of this movie is that three young people living in poverty and poverty accidentally got news of a treasure, and in order to find the treasure, they embarked on a treasure hunt. The background of the story is in an era of war and ghosts, and the journey is difficult. At first, they were complacent, but after experiencing various dangers and hardships, disputes, contradictions and conflicts occurred between the three, and their temperaments changed drastically.

More and more weird things happen to them.

An old blind woman also said that the three of them were cursed.

The conflicts between them became more and more serious. Some people wanted to leave and go home. At this time, one night, it suddenly started to rain heavily. They hurriedly looked for shelter in the mountains and forests, and then, they saw something from a distance. A shimmering temple.

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The temple in the lens is dark and gloomy, in the vast mountain forest, like a flame, shrouded and obscured by the dark rain covering the sky and the ground, and may be extinguished at any time.

 Such a sudden shot suddenly appeared in front of the audience, followed by a cold whistle like a female ghost whimpering.

Then, the camera slowly zoomed in closer to the entrance of the temple, and a silhouette inside the temple appeared in front of us.

 The temple is very ordinary, small, dusty inside, with nothing in it, and there are cracked wrinkles on the walls.

A man was sitting in the temple, a fire was lit in front of him, and the fire shone on his face, which was a very young face.

This face was somewhat handsome, as if his soul had been taken away in the flickering firelight. His eyes were dull and his face was numb, as if he were withered and silent. It was as if even the firelight could not awaken any light in his eyes.

 “Here it comes!” Lu Yanhe exclaimed in his heart, and at the same time, he was also shocked by his own shot.

 He almost didn't recognize himself.

It seems that Wang Zhong specifically doesn’t want everyone to recognize him easily. The makeup and shooting angle, as well as the tones and lighting in the post-processing process, have all been processed to make him in the camera slightly different from him in reality. Same place.

 Of course, the most important thing is that the charm and temperament of his body are completely different.

 Wintour Robey had already seen this film during a review before it premiered today.

When he was watching this film, he was deeply impressed by this young actor who only appeared on screen for ten minutes.

 A fresh face that shines with astonishing brilliance is always a surprise.

 The film and television industry is like this, people are always looking forward to fresh faces.

 So, after watching this movie, Wintour Robey went to investigate this young actor.

For a film festival, its status in the film circle depends on how many directors it can discover and how many films it can produce that will leave a mark on film history. There is no specific data standard for this kind of influence. It's all in everyone's heart.

 For the film industry, where an outstanding actor is known also affects the influence of the film festival.

This kind of thing cannot be explained clearly, it only exists in the heart of every filmmaker.

Before Lu Yanhe crossed the river, although the three major European film festivals had great influence and high status, in terms of international influence, no matter how you say it, they are actually not as good as the American Oscars. No matter what angle or argument is used to say that the rules of the game of the "Oscar Awards" are America's own awards, it does not mean that it is superior to other film awards - the fact is that, in all aspects, the American Film Academy Awards They are the most influential and an honor that everyone in the film industry wants to obtain. There is no reason, just because it is the top award in this field.

 However, in the world after Lu Yanhe traveled over, although the Oscar Film Awards still have a pivotal position, they are not unique. The four major international film festivals can compete with it in terms of international influence.

In order to compete with the four major international film festivals, the selection scope of the Academy Awards has become wider and wider - in recent years, Asian films have been shortlisted, its membership has become more and more, and its international style has become more and more full. It attempts to attract the top film talents from all over the world and create an award voted for by the top industry personnel in the world. This point of view is similar to that of the Academy Awards in the original world.

Wintour Robbe was optimistic about the young man Lu Yanhe, so he paid more attention to him. He also sincerely hoped that he would make better films in the future and bring more works to the West Tour Film Festival.

 There was total silence in the entire cinema.

 Nearly all the audience were attracted by the sudden appearance of the young fortune teller on the screen.

Fortune tellers are not a unique cultural figure in China. In foreign countries, there are also gods, wizards, and prophets. Therefore, it is not difficult for foreign audiences to understand the existence of fortune tellers.

As Lu Yanhe's expression changed, as if he was possessed by an evil spirit, both real and fake, dreamy and illusory, many film reviewers from film magazines were attracted by this almost unseen character type and state, and watched intently. The screen and the pen in my hand have all forgotten to write.

 Professional film critics often watch movies with notebooks and pens, and take notes while watching to avoid forgetting some details.

At this moment, the young, handsome and somewhat embarrassed man on the screen appeared out of nowhere and caught their attention off guard.

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 As the chief film critic of the French "Cinema" magazine, Louis Deluc has always been a very strict film critic.

Especially for a long-established director like Wang Zhong, his evaluation will be even harsher. However, because his film reviews are often meaningful, he can point out the real flaws in the movie, and he can give an unambiguous evaluation to the new masterpieces that emerge every year from the perspective of film history. Positioning is one of the few film critics who is bold, pungent and respected by many filmmakers.

Abroad, especially in Europe and the United States, the influence of film critics on a film is much higher than that in China.

This is because the development of European and American films has been accompanied by the promotion of traditional media for a very long period of time. The film review column of the film critic plays a crucial role in whether the audience goes into the cinema to watch the film. In China, because the film industry developed relatively late, by the time it entered the booming market, traditional media, especially film reviews, had become obsolete with the development of the times, and basically no longer constituted an important part of the promotion and distribution of a film. This means that film reviews have almost no impact on domestic movie box office. Instead, online marketing, scores on scoring platforms, and topic operations have a greater impact on a movie's box office.

Although the promotion and distribution of European and American movies are increasingly influenced by the Internet and have undergone many changes, the evaluation and scoring of film critics are still one of the most important factors influencing a movie before its release and in the early stages of its release.

 At film festivals, their presence is even more noticeable.

After all, there are very few people who can come to the film festival and buy tickets to watch these films in person. Most movie fans around the world pay attention to these films in the film festival from the ratings of the festival, media reputation, etc. This means that the media's evaluation is the first impression of the world premiere of the film at the film festival to the world.

  The role and influence of film critics are infinitely amplified under the special mechanism of film festivals.

For a top film critic like Louis DeLuc, his attitude is even more important.

 Louis DeLuc always had a serious expression when watching the movie "Three Mountains".

 This is because he is not used to others reading any information from his face.

As soon as the movie started, Louis Deluc was seriously involved in Wang Zhong's movie.

He has basically seen all the works of this Chinese director. He had to admit that he didn't like Wang Zhong's works too much. Because Wang Zhong's movies always give people a sense of mystery. Wang Zhong's movies are full of various images, which seem to contain some profound meaning, but if you look closely, you can't get anything concrete.

There are many directors who like to play with imagery. Wang Zhong’s advantage is that he plays it to the extreme. He rearranges and combines elements from ancient Chinese traditional culture in the film, giving people an unprecedented feeling in the film. Feel.

Just like the movie "Three Mountains", the tone of the entire movie has the word "supernatural" written in big letters, and the meaning of "borrowing the past to satirize the present" is revealed in every paragraph.

Want to hide something, but hide it too openly. In fact, I just don’t know how to hide it.

 This is Louis DeLuc's consistent evaluation of Wang Zhong's films, and he still felt this way in the movie "Three Mountains".

Of course, the techniques of this film are more mature, and compared to Wang Zhong's previous more obscure films, "Three Mountains" is at least a story that ordinary viewers can be brought into, and will not make people dizzy. Feeling sleepy.

 Louis DeLuc had almost already had an evaluation of "Three Mountains" in his mind, until the scene where the mountain temple suddenly appeared.

　　Starting from that howl that sounded like a female ghost whimpering, it seemed as if someone had blown the wind out of Tian Ling Gai.

 Louis Deluc's slightly relaxed mind perked up again.

 For film critics, of course they will also pay attention to the actors' performances - the actors' performance is the most important expression vehicle of a film. However, for film critics like Louis DeLuc, he actually values ​​the director's approach and attitude more than the actors. He didn't expect to be suddenly attracted by this character who appeared in the middle.

 Wang Zhong is actually not a director who knows how to photograph actors. His film style also determines that it is difficult for actors to give outstanding performances in his films. Because the characters in his movies will be covered by the atmosphere of the movie itself, just like the three young people in "Three Mountains". Of course they acted well, but they were very superficial, or in other words, the characters themselves Just on the surface, the movie makes no attempt to explore the complex aspects of these characters. They are all pushed around by the story and environment, like puppets.

 The fortune teller who appears in the movie is qualitatively different from the three protagonists.

Perhaps many ordinary viewers can only feel that there is something different about this character as soon as he appears. It is unclear what the difference is, but senior film critics like Louis DeLuc can see the difference at a glance.

The difference is that this fortune teller is alive. He looks like a living person in the movie. When you see him, it's like seeing him in reality - you don't feel that he is a performing character, but like a real person. Existence, he has the heavy experiences of his past life, and the sense of story is exuded from his absent-minded pupils, expressionless face and silent posture in a way that does not need to be deliberately announced to the public. Young actor.

 The old monk enters concentration.

 As the three young men entered the temple, they approached him cautiously.

The drum beats sounded from time to time when one of them finished speaking a certain sentence.

Like a play on a stage.

 It’s also like some kind of storytelling.

Louis DeLuc didn't notice it at first, but then the young fortune teller suddenly seemed to have come back to his senses, his eyes filled with sparkle, revealing his gloomy or crazy madman posture, and the rhythm of the drum beat. It seems to be accelerating little by little.

 The drum beat seems to match the fortune teller's speaking rhythm and movements.

 “Am I talking nonsense?!”

 “I never tell lies!”

"You guys, if you don't come to me to calculate the fortune and find a way to solve it for you, you will all die a tragic death one by one!"

A long paragraph of his words came out one after another, and were suddenly accompanied by a swooping shot of him rushing towards someone, forming a visual stimulus. In addition, his tone became more and more urgent as he spoke, and he seemed to be trapped in some kind of self. The eagerness to talk to oneself.

 The fortune teller suddenly remembered something and looked up.

 The drum beat violently.

The camera focused on his suddenly stagnant face and his suddenly frozen eyes. If it weren't for the shadow of the flames still swaying on his face, that moment of stasis would have seemed to freeze time.

 Then, an incredible look of fear emerged from his eyes.

 He stared at the three of them, as if he saw incredible, indescribable horror in them.

 The camera slowly pulls away from his face, zooming out.

In front of him, the three young people looked equally frightened and at a loss. Their whole bodies seemed to be frozen, and only their eyes looked at each other with fear and caution.

 The lens in front of me shows the entire interior of the mountain temple.

Nothing at all.

 There is no so-called ghost, and there is no sudden terror.

 But in this almost frozen scene of confrontation, many viewers felt a creeping feeling in their hearts.

He suddenly screamed like a collapse, and then turned around and ran out of the mountain temple while crawling on the ground. Without saying a word, he disappeared into the dark rain outside the door like an evil ghost.

The camera pans everything.

 The porcelain figure in the mountain temple, which is only half a meter high and cannot be identified as a **** or Buddha, has a layer of dust on its smiling appearance while holding flowers.

 Under the swaying light and shadow of the fire, the shadow of the smiling lips of the portrait seems to be solidified.

 Seems?

 …

 After this night, the three people seemed to have suffered a serious illness, and they were unable to recover.

 Some people chose to stop and no longer look for the illusory treasure.

 The other two people continued on.

Greed, anger and ignorance, dreams of life and death.

 The audience who watched this movie also felt as if some of their energy had been sucked out of them after the night was over, and they suddenly stopped.

 Louis DeLuc thought, this is like the inevitable exhaustion after experiencing an extreme emotional release.

 When the movie reached the final part, three young people died one after another, including the one who chose to stop and not move forward.

The last scene of the movie is the scene of the young man who stopped moving forward being buried. Several people buried him and erected a tomb. The green mountains were far away and the figures dispersed. In the empty and uninhabited wilderness, only the Such a lonely tomb.

 The figure of the fortune teller running away suddenly appeared in Louis Deluc's mind.

 Louis DeLuc could hardly describe his mood at this moment. It was rare for him to encounter a movie and he was unable to sort out the words or words to express his evaluation of the movie at the first time. He felt like he was immersed in an inexplicable emotion. The world in this movie was a world he had never entered before, but he felt like he had a nightmare. When he woke up, he found that he was still in the dream. Come, but I don’t know if I really woke up, what is true and what is false.

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 The movie screening is over.

 It was quiet in the screening room.

　　After about three to five seconds, some sparse applause sounded. Then, the applause slowly increased, and finally, it gathered into a loud wave like a tide.

Wang Zhong stood up together with several actors, faced the audience, and bowed to everyone.

 Sitting next to them, the filmmakers who were invited to watch the movie all said congratulatory words.

Lu Yanhe still hasn't come to his senses yet. He doesn't know what to say - he actually doesn't understand.

Of course, he didn’t understand it. Although he didn’t understand it, he was greatly shocked.

Movies can still be made like this.

Nearly everyone was heartily congratulating them for making a great movie.

 The applause lasted for about three or four minutes.

Jia Long took Lu Yanhe's hand hard and shook it. There was even a trace of surprise in his tone, not knowing whether it was an illusion.

"This will become one of your best performances." Jia Long said, "Yan He, you will definitely give many good performances in the future, but I dare say that there will definitely not be another performance that can surpass your performance in the future. The performance in this movie made my hair stand on end and my heart beat faster, you are awesome.”

Lu Yanhe laughed blankly.

 He scratched his head.

So exaggerated?

People came to express their shock to him one after another, and Lu Yanhe slowly accepted everyone's evaluation in his heart.

 After the premiere, the scene will change immediately.

 They have to cooperate with the media and photographers to take photos and complete related publicity work.

 After that, it’s the interview and Q&A session.

 The moment they walked into the venue, applause suddenly broke out.

Journalists from all over the world still had the excitement on their faces that they had just watched the movie. They looked at them with enthusiasm and expectation, as if they couldn't wait to ask them questions.

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 Unexpectedly, it took me nearly three or four hours to type just 5,000 words.

 This chapter was very difficult to write. (End of chapter)