China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 49 Last minute surprise

Across the ocean, preparations for the Orlando International Fantasy Film Festival are in full swing.

Walter Fairbank, director of the film festival's selections, was organizing the words to persuade the stubborn Paul Morris while driving.

Paul Morris is the chairman of the jury of this film festival. He is a well-known producer and director. He also served as the art director of Universal Pictures. He is a very stubborn old man.

Walter had some conflicts with him because of the shortlist of films in the main competition unit. There was only one day left before the deadline for registration. Although the list of films in each unit has not yet been finalized, the list of films in the main competition unit has basically been released.

After all, the films participating in the main competition are all long feature films. Even the so-called independent films mostly have their own production companies. Some films have even been distributed in certain foreign regions. Generally speaking, submissions will be made when the film festival opens for registration.

, after going through the Film Selection Committee to the Selection Committee, the list of the main competition units is almost the same.

Walter was not satisfied with the list, so he wanted to try to persuade Paul at the end. Although according to the regulations, the final decision on the list of films in the main competition unit rested with the chairman of the jury, as the film selection director and artistic director of the film festival

, if the opinions are different from those of the judges, it is not impossible to fight for them.

Walter's thoughts were interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone. It was Emil, a member of the film selection committee.

"Emil, what's the matter?"

"Walter, a new feature film has been uploaded to the website called "Fatal Identity". I think you should take a look."

""Fatal Identity"... Judging from your tone, there must be something special about this movie?"

Paul even felt a little worried. As a senior filmmaker, he understood that the supernatural elements in suspense movies were difficult to control. The first half of the movie was a good Blizzard Mountain-style suspense story. If the movie could use reasoning,

Using a self-consistent logic to wrap up the entire story, this movie is definitely a rare masterpiece of suspense reasoning.

Walter smiled at Paul's remarks and motioned for him to continue reading.

Not being shortlisted for the main competition unit, but competing for the Golden Fir Award?

The highest award given to a feature film at the Orlando Film Festival is the Golden Spruce Award, usually translated as the Golden Spruce Award or the Golden Fir Award.

Emil is also a well-known film critic. In recent years, he has been responsible for selecting feature films for the film festival. Years of cooperation have allowed the two to develop a high degree of trust and tacit understanding. He believes that Emil will not lie, and therefore, Walter

My appetite was fully whetted.

The male protagonist woke up in an unfinished building. At the reminder of the psychiatrist, he lowered his head and saw a fragment of mirror on the ground. What appeared in the mirror was another face.

The biggest mystery is solved. Paul can already predict the following plot. The good personality will kill the evil personality. Of course, there is a high possibility that there will be a reversal - this suspense routine is not difficult to guess.

When the people who survived in the hotel discovered that the deaths one after another were not ordinary murders, it seemed that there was some mysterious force preventing them from leaving the hotel. If they tried to leave, they would die violently, and the bodies mysteriously disappeared. After Paul's nervousness

A thread of thought emerged from the movie: "Supernatural elements have appeared. It is indeed a fantasy movie. How should we complete this story next?"

Soon, the plot gave the final answer through a montage of interactive shots between the psychiatrist's narration and the police peeling off the cocoons to find out the truth. It turned out that everyone was a split personality in the murderer's mind, and merged and disappeared one by one due to drug treatment.

——This is not a murder case but a self-treatment of personality. The strong personality destroys and integrates the weak personality!

The room where the two watched the film was the viewing room where the Orlando Film Festival jury finally made the award decision. Countless disputes and debates had occurred here. It was also here that decisions were made on many fantasy-themed films, especially those from other countries and regions.

Regarding the prospects for film distribution in North American theaters, every award-winning film at the Orlando Film Festival can receive widespread media attention and have more publicity and distribution advantages.

For viewers who have watched a lot of movies, they can actually figure out the truth of the entire movie by this point in the movie, let alone a well-known producer and director.

At this moment, Walter has to convince Paul, the chairman of the jury, to allow this newly registered film to enter the main competition.

Film critics focus on the section where films with relatively mediocre quality and without even a glimmer of brilliance are placed in this section. They are basically bad films. After all, it is not easy to make a feature film. If people sign up, they will contribute to the festival.

, the pyramid also needs a foundation, and the film festival also needs to give people a comfort for the purpose of encouragement.

However, once supernatural elements are added, it is easy for the entire atmosphere of the movie to collapse directly, lowering the tone of the story, and even making the audience feel like "Are you kidding me?" and dispelling the seriousness of the entire movie.

I have to say that this idea is brilliant. Not only does it not ruin the suspenseful style of the entire movie, it actually enhances it. It has been a while since Paul has seen a movie that can surprise him like this.

Paul almost stopped breathing. As a senior filmmaker, he had vaguely grasped that bit of inspiration.

"Wow, it looks like there was a surprise at the last minute?"

Paul Morris, chairman of the jury for this year's film festival, was a little surprised when he just saw the title sequence.

“Wow, amazing!”

Paul has obtained the answer that unlocks the suspenseful plot of the first half.

"I didn't expect it to be a Chinese movie?"

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In the darkness, Walter, the film selection director sitting opposite Paul, laughed and said: "I was surprised when I first saw it. In my impression, Chinese directors are very good at realistic themes, and it is indeed rare to see science fiction."

Later, the only remaining female character discovered in the police car that the police in the hotel turned out to be criminals. The camera then turned to the police investigating the murder case and came to the office of the psychiatrist who was kidnapped and disappeared. They saw a line of notes on the desktop.

Words: "He suffers from multiple personality disorder."

In addition to the main competition unit, the Orlando Film Festival also has a non-competition unit, which is purely a film screening. The non-competition unit is divided into two sections: special screening and film critic attention.

Walter was confident in this.

"Okay, I'll see."

"Nicole and I agree that this film has the potential to win the Golden Fir Award."

You must know that as the film selection director of the film festival, he knows that this film festival is definitely a big year. It is not that the quality of the overall participating films has been greatly improved compared to before, but that there are quite a few films shortlisted for the main competition this year.

There are several very strong works, and there are a few films of extremely high quality as a foreshadowing. Emil still believes that this newly registered film can compete for the Golden Fir Award... Walter's damn curiosity has made him completely forget to talk to the judges.

This is something that the chairman of the meeting will argue vigorously for.

Sure enough, as the plot progressed, the police investigation and the characters died in suspense one by one, Paul lost the reserve and leisurelyness at the beginning of the movie, and his expression became serious, obviously being brought into the plot of the movie.

For example, films that are relatively good but cannot be shortlisted for the main competition will be put into the special screening section, which means that the jury is very optimistic about it and you are just a little short of being able to participate in the awards.

"Believe me, Walter, I will surprise you."

When the film progressed to the point where 11 people of various identities and professions were trapped in a hotel in the wilderness due to heavy snowfall and accidents, Paul commented with great interest: "It seems to be the Blizzard Villa mode. The next step is to kill people in the secret room."

Right? Let me remind you, follow

The rule is that just reasoning and suspense themes cannot enter the main competition unit. However, judging from the current film content, the director's skills are very solid, the shots are smooth, and the suspenseful atmosphere is well created. Even if it cannot enter the main competition unit, it can still be put in the special screening.

unit."

But even though he was well prepared, the little boy's cruel and evil smile in the end still frightened the chairman of the jury.

Paul turned to Walter and said: "Walter, you are right, this year's film festival is wonderful." Without waiting for Walter to show a proud smile, he immediately added: "But that "Angle of Revenge" is even more hopeless.

Squeezed into the main competition section."

"Angle of Vengeance" was a film that Walter wanted to convince Paul to be included in the main competition.

Walter smiled: "'Fatal Identity' is already a big gain, I'm not greedy."

(End of chapter)