King of Hollywood

As the plot continued to develop, the audience finally saw the basic clues and framework. The actor Leonard not only lost his wife because of the rapist, but also suffered from short-term amnesia - the director deliberately used the barmaid here As an illustration, the clip of spitting into the flagon made the audience laugh—the hero who survived the catastrophe used photos to help himself remember, and began to tirelessly search for the rapist who wanted to be his wife. revenge.

However, the director told the story in a two-line way of narration and reverse narration. Although the structure is very novel, it seems a little difficult, and you may miss some clues if you don't pay attention. For example, the main character is clearly related to Teddy, whom he shot in the first place, and he's eccentric in explaining his symptoms by describing a previous man who also had transient amnesia and killed his wife. It's a pity that there are too many and entangled clues, and the plot develops so fast that it is difficult for people to understand.

But because of this, the film is so compelling that, if it weren't for the theater, someone might jump up and ask for a replay of a certain segment.

Finally, at the end of the movie, everything has been revealed, even if some audiences missed many clues, they still understood the ending. Teddy is a policeman, he helped Leonard find the criminal who raped his wife, and Leonard also took revenge for this, but he forgot. Then Teddy used him to kill a drug dealer and swallowed 200,000 dollars, and Leonard, who knew all this, no longer trusted him, and took a photo of him to indicate not to be fooled again. In the end, due to various factors, Leonard killed Teddy as the murderer of his wife, so there was the opening scene, but it is not known whether Leonard will still forget it.

As the subtitles finished, the lights came on, however, there was no applause in the theater, only intermittent discussions. Although I have already roughly understood what kind of story this is, but many places cannot be understood after just one reading. For example, is the person who suffered from short-term amnesia in Leonard's mouth real or just imagined? Was his wife killed by the rapist or did he do it himself? The audience exchanged their opinions with each other, oblivious to the fact that the movie was over.

"It seems that this movie failed, and there was no applause." Adrian, who was sitting in the special seat for the crew at the back, "sighed" and said, "I have to say, Dan, you really let me down."

"Me?" Sitting Laverne Dennis looked at Adrian inexplicably.

"That's right, you are an actor, shouldn't you take some responsibility?" Adrian said seriously.

"This..." Dennis looked around depressedly, before sighing after a while: "Kate and Joe are also actors."

"That's different," Adrian waved his hand immediately, "You have the most role."

Kate, who was sitting next to him, finally couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing: "Okay, Ed, stop teasing Dan, didn't you hear their discussion? Maybe there will be applause soon. "

As soon as the voice fell, there was a burst of applause. At first, there was only one person, but after a few seconds, most people joined in. It was just because there were quite a few people applauding because they were discussing the plot of the movie, but the applause was a little louder. Sparse.

"How is it?" Kate immediately puffed up her chest triumphantly.

"Very good, very good." Adrian laughed and kissed her pretty face.

Joe Pantoliano, who saw this in his eyes, patted Dennis on the shoulder at this time, and said in a serious tone: "Let's go, Dan, this place has become a place for them to flirt."

Several crew members around suddenly laughed lightly, and Kate turned her head away in embarrassment and coughed dryly.

"Okay, guys, it's almost time, we should leave too." Seeing that the audience had already started to go out in twos and threes, Adrian stood up and greeted everyone to go back, but as soon as he reached the aisle, several people blocked.

"Hi, Mr. Adrian, I'm John Bateson of the Los Angeles Evening News, may I ask you a few questions?" said a man with brown hair and fair facial features.

"Mr. Adrian, I'm a reporter from the Eastern Republic. May I talk about your movie?" The man behind Bateson stretched out his hand. He has a pair of prominent protruding ears and is a Frenchman. , because he speaks French.

There are still a few people behind, introducing themselves in their native language or English with a strange accent. Adrian nodded and glanced at Lavern who was following behind him. Laverne shrugged imperceptibly. .

Is it all tabloids? Well, it doesn't matter. Adrian smiled and raised his hand: "Thank you for your support. If you have any questions, please ask. Of course, please don't be too tricky. I think you don't want me to say things like no comment, right?"

Although the mainstream of the Berlin Film Festival is politically oriented films, as one of the most influential film festivals in the world, there are still many outstanding films participating, such as the film that won the best award at the 64th Oscar Movie, "The Silence of the Lambs" for Best Actor and Actress. And like Dennis, Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster, who are the main actors, also attended this Berlin Film Festival.

Although Adrian, the director and producer of "Two Smoking Barrels" has received a lot of attention in the past few months, he is still a new director after all, and the director's news value in the eyes of reporters has never been more than that of Those big stars, so well-known media have gone around those more famous directors and big stars.

But that's okay, something is better than nothing. A few months ago, when he was in Venice, even after "Two Smoking Barrels" received good reviews, few journalists came to interview him-although taking Kate around was also one of the reasons.

Adrian's cooperative attitude has won the favor of many people. The first question was the French reporter: "I want to know, what is the purpose of your editing, Mr. Adrian?"

"Of course it's storytelling. Those editing methods that surprise, astonish, or confuse people are actually to tell a good story." Adrian replied with a smile, but he couldn't help scolding an idiot in his heart, although it is good to pay attention Things, but if people are stupid, there is nothing they can do. The tabloids are really just tabloids.

"This is an amazing movie. May I know who killed Leonard's wife?" This time it was John Bateson of the "Los Angeles Evening News".

Another one... Adrian shrugged: "I'm sorry, I can't say this directly, I can only say that all the clues are in the movie. If you still have doubts or something is wrong, you might as well watch it again in the theater. "

The reporters from the other tabloids, like them, kept asking questions around the plot, which made Adrian very depressed. But thinking about it is also true, the tabloids are chasing those lace news that can attract attention, and they will come to interview him. Apart from just meeting him, it is probably because the suspense of the movie is too attractive. From this point of view... not bad.

Because they were walking out while chatting, a group of people quickly came outside the theater, and Adrian immediately gave Laverne a look. Laverne nodded knowingly, and suddenly said loudly: "Everyone, if you are not satisfied, you may wish to ask Mr. Dennis Knight, he is the number one protagonist in the whole movie."

The reporters were startled, and then surrounded Dennis. Sure enough, in the eyes of reporters, especially the entertainment reporters of the tabloids, the value of an actor is still much higher than that of a director. Dennis was obviously flattered. Although there were only 7 or 8 reporters around and they were all tabloid reporters, when did he receive such treatment? Even after starring in a movie that was well-received at the box office. But he immediately calmed down and responded with a smile on his face. It was obvious that he liked such a scene.

Seeing that the reporters' attention was attracted by Dennis, Adrian took Kate and slipped away calmly. I believe that with Dennis' ability and the addition of Laverne and Pantoliano, there will be no problems.

"Really, I still want to stay there and wait for them to ask me a few questions?" Kate suddenly complained after walking two streets and seeing that the reporters couldn't find them, but seeing the crescent moon You can tell what's on her mind just by looking at her eyes and laughing expression.

"Okay, so, big star, Miss Kate Beckinsale, how do you feel about the role you played this time?" Adrian asked with a smile.

"Hmm..." Kate tilted her head and thought for a moment, then her face suddenly collapsed, "It doesn't feel...so good."

"Why?" Adrian was a little surprised.

"If you think about it, my first character was a bum-smoking, delirious guy who didn't speak a single line, and my second character was a swearing-mouthed drug dealer who got killed. Boyfriends...none of them are normal." Kate said with a sigh, "especially the makeup in "Memento"...it was so ugly, I didn't dare to see it on the screen. It's weird. Back then When I was on set, I obviously didn't think it was ugly..."

Adrian couldn't help laughing: "Okay, when you have time, I'll see if there are any romantic comedies that are suitable for you to act in, those characters who are sexy and beautifully dressed, and people are fascinated by them at first glance. "

Kate was about to say hello, but she swallowed her words when she saw Adrian's half-smile.

"Is there something...isn't it right?" Kate asked a little bit.

"No, it's nothing." Now Adrian sighed, "Frankly speaking, you played a great role in "Memory Fragments", better than Dan, and second only to Joe."

This is the truth. Although Dennis did a good job, his makeup and acting skills basically met Adrian's requirements, but because he was too young, he was not good enough in some small details. Ordinary viewers may not be aware of it, but Adrian, who has watched it countless times as an editor, knows it very well. Fortunately, there are enough good stories to make up for this.

Although Kate is also young, even a bit too young, first of all, she is not like Dennis, whose camera runs through the whole movie; second, the younger she is, the more aura and plasticity she has. Adrian, who can no longer be familiar with the script, slightly revised the script and directed it from the side, and specially asked the makeup artist to make her an ugly outfit that was uglier than the original version to cover up her beauty, so she played very well instead.

(I went to watch "Pretty Girl Secret Service" yesterday, the screen was full of CG, and the translation of "Sweet Doudou" and "Big Money" was also shocking. But aside from these, this story is actually very sad, unfortunately most People's attention is on CG. But this also shows how important the storytelling technique is to the director. Schneider is still far behind Nolan. This movie could have been comparable to "Inception". Pity.)