The Greatest Showman

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Cannes does not have the spaciousness and vastness of Berlin, nor the bustling and noisy of Venice. After half a century of wind and frost in the ancient and dilapidated Film Palace, the twenty-five screening halls with limited seats cannot meet the market demand at all.

Not only that. In addition to the main competition unit, there are also a number of links such as a focus unit, a special screening unit, and a midnight screening. In just 12 days, more than 50 films will be released in Cannes, some works will be screened at the Film Palace, and some works I chose another venue one kilometer away for the screening, but the palm-sized Cannes really has no more space to accommodate the screening hall——

What's more, except in May every year, how many town residents are willing to flock to the cinema? This is just a town with a population barely reaching 70,000. As a result, the limitations of the screening venues and the number of people that can accommodate it are doomed to be different from Cannes.

The number of 2,000 spectators in the Lumiere Hall is a drop in the bucket for the entire huge market. In other words, journalists, the market and professionals are the main audience groups in Cannes, watching the film festival's finalists for the first time. .

More than 4,000 media reporters constitute the main viewing lineup of the Cannes Film Festival. From traditional media to electronic media, from magazine editors to social network celebrities, Cannes Film Festival has brought the communication characteristics of the Internet age to the extreme.

Despite this, numerous crowds still flock to the Cannes Film Festival in May, when early summer arrives.

In order to witness the elegance and youth of top stars, in order to experience the glitzy Vanity Fair, in order to experience the life under the spotlight at close range, and in order to join the ranks of countless movie lovers. Different from Toronto, which belongs to audiences, Telluride, which belongs to movies, and Sundance, which belongs to art, Cannes has countless charms of its own and is fascinating.

Cannes is always like this every year. It is exciting, exciting and eye-catching. The star-studded occasion is surrounded by the surging spotlight all the time. The applause and shouting are endless and endless. It lasts for a full twelve days, witnessing the splendor of the morning sun and the splendor of the sunset.

Even more so this year.

When the official organizing committee announced the jury list, it attracted the attention of the whole world for the first time.

Steven Spielberg will serve as the chairman of the jury. The film master who has been in the world for more than 30 years, although he has never won the highest award among the three major European film festivals, he won Venice in 1993. The Lifetime Achievement Award, and in 1974 he won the Best Screenplay Award at the Cannes Film Festival, all of which prove his status and glory.

The list of jury members is also star-studded.

Ang Lee, Nicole Kidman, Christopher Waltz, cristian-mungiu, lynne-ramsay, Naomi Kawase, vidya -balan), daniel-auteuil.

The composition of the entire list follows the usual style of Cannes, seeking a balance between art and commerce, and starlight has become an important reference standard.

Ang Lee, of course, needless to say, two Oscars for Best Director, two Golden Lions in Venice, and two Golden Bears in Berlin; the same is true for Nicole, who is an Oscar winner and a Berlin actress; Christopher has two Best Oscars. The supporting actor is a golden man, and there is a Cannes Best Actor trophy.

Romanian director Christian Mongi won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2007 for "Three Weeks and Two Days in April"; Lynne Ramsey is a British director who currently has only three short films and three feature films, but she has made several independent films. Award winners are soft on awards, and 2011's "We Need to Talk About Kevin" shined in the US awards season.

Japanese director Naomi Kawase is a direct-line director promoted by Cannes. "Suzaku" and "Forest of Logs" are representative works; Vidya Balan is a representative of Indian actors. This year is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Indian films. Cannes will also host a special segment.

French actor Daniel Otto is also an old actor. His works such as "The Eighth Day", "Hidden Camera", "Winter Heart" and "A Man's Ambition" have won Cannes, European Film Awards, and British Academy Awards. , the title of the best actor of the French Caesar Awards.

With a jury chairman leading the eight jury members, all directors and actors, this year's Cannes Film Festival is obviously going a step further in terms of professionalism, but also in terms of popularity and prestige. Undoubtedly, this also makes the audience have more expectations for the final selection of the Palme d'Or.

Because according to the jury system of the three major European film festivals, the three highest-level awards, the Golden Bear Award, the Golden Lion Award and the Palme d'Or, are also the most direct reflection of the jury's taste in artistic appreciation.

Subsequently, the official organizing committee announced the moment when the shortlist of the competition unit was announced, which caused heated discussions around the world for the second time.

After a rough browse, this list is enough to make people's blood boil -

"Only Love Will Live Forever" by Jim-jarmush, "The Past" by Asghar Farhadi, "Only God Can Forgive" by Nicholas Winding-Refn, "Straw" by Takashi Miike Shield", Roman Polanski's "Venus in Furs", Jia Zhangke's "Destined"...

François Ozon's "Beautiful Moon", Hirokazu-eda's "Father Like Son", Steven Soderbergh's "Behind the Candelabra", Alexander Payne's "Nebraska", Paul - Sorrentino's "City of Beauty", James-gray's "Immigration"...

Then, there's the "Drunken Country Ballad" by the Coen Brothers.

This is just a part of the exhibitor list for the main competition.

In addition to this, among other units, Sofia Coppola's "Bejeweled", Alain-guiraudie's "Stranger at the Lake", James Franco's "As I Die", "The Boys and Guillaume" by guillaume-gailienne, "Blind Detective" by To/Qi/Feng, "The Great Gatsby" by Baz Luhmann...

Etc., etc.

This is a heavy shortlist, not only the main competition, but also a large number of well-recognized and highly anticipated works have emerged in other units. This is enough to make all the news media crowd, and now, all the works are gathered together, how can people not get excited?

What's more, this year's Cannes Film Festival offered Paul Newman's card.

The official poster features the late actor Paul Newman and his widow Joanna Woodward, who had dedicated the classic upside-down kiss in their 1963 collaboration "New Love/Book", this time around The design was completed for inspiration to express the memory of Paul Newman, who passed away in 2008, and also to commemorate the love between the actor and his wife who made outstanding contributions to the film industry.

Although before Joanna, Paul had another marriage and had two daughters and a son. When Paul and Joanna met and fell in love, many people suspected that Paul was married, cheated, and eventually divorced his ex-wife and then reunited with Joanna. At that time, this relationship suffered a lot of criticism and attention.

But Joanna and Paul's marriage lasted for half a century, until death separated each other. They are the classic imitation couples in the whole Hollywood. There is no lace news, no negative rumors, and they have always managed their family in a low-key and dedicated manner. Even people in the industry are envious of them.

It is worth mentioning that, not only in life, Paul and Joanna are also golden partners in work.

In 1958, the film "Long Hot Summer", the first collaboration between the two actors, was shortlisted for the main competition unit of the Cannes Film Festival. Paul won the best actor, and the two tied the knot soon after. In 1973, Paul directed the film starring Joanna. Young Phoenix" was once again shortlisted in the main competition unit of Cannes, and Joanna was successfully sealed.

This time, the Cannes Film Festival has prepared a special session in memory of Paul, and at the same time invited Joanna to Cannes. Undoubtedly, the originally lively film festival is now surrounded by endless attention.

What's more, this year's Hollywood sent a troika of Leonardo DiCaprio, Ryan Gosling and Renly Hall, and even James Franco, Tom Hiddleston , Matt Damon and other popular actors have to take a back seat. With such momentum and popularity, I am afraid that Cannes will be difficult to resist.

According to incomplete statistics, this year's Cannes Film Festival attracted 480,000 people to the scene, which not only created the historical record of the Cannes Film Festival, but also created the historical record of the three major European film festivals. In May, the small town can already feel the rolling heat wave of midsummer.

At this moment, in the train car, Renly could already see the tip of the iceberg of that heat wave.

After leaving London, Renly did not fly straight to Cannes.

He chose the Eurostar, crossed the Channel Tunnel, entered France from the United Kingdom, arrived in Paris from London, stopped and walked for three days in that beautiful city, enjoyed a performance by the Russian Ballet Theatre, and a A small restoration exhibition of Paul-Cezanne's lost paintings, before taking the train all the way to Cannes in the south.

It seems that it spans the long distance in France, from the north to the south, but in fact, the train is only six hours, and all the way, enjoying the wonderful scenery outside the window, consciously slowing down, the time will not know. The sleep slowly disappeared, and then, the outline of the Cannes train station appeared in the field of vision.

More than two-thirds of the carriages were already full of passengers, which is not very common in Europe. At this moment, they all started to pack their luggage and prepare to leave the carriage.

Out of the corner of his eye, Renly noticed a young man on the other side of the aisle, who looked like he was in his early twenties, probably from China.

I noticed him because, before Renly fell asleep, the young man opened his laptop and started watching lars-von-trier's "Melancholia", It seems that it should be preparing for this year's Cannes Film Festival and starting to make up for previous related films; but now it has been replaced by "Avengers".

It takes a lot of courage to watch "Melancholia" in the noisy and impetuous environment of the train.

A faint smile appeared on Renly's mouth.

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