The Cannes Film Festival is simple and complex. It is a program that is similar every year; it is said to be complicated because the behind Cannes is like Hollywood and Oscars, which are full of various factors under the table.

However, from the surface, the Cannes Film Festival is as bright and lively as it is.

For foreign filmmakers and local residents, the biggest feature of the Cannes Film Festival is that it is very dynamic and high. The organizers of the Cannes Film Festival also admit this. As long as the movie is played, many people will gather together. As long as you watch the movie, you will be happy. Whether the movie is more attractive to the movie is second, the key is to find the right feeling of "watching movies in the lively world".

Perhaps Cannes is really an ideal place to watch movies, and everyone who comes here knows how to "make fun".

During the film festival, the streets and seashores of Cannes were floating with the sound of fans. Groups of fans and tourists were laughing and greeting each other to the cinemas and restaurants. The sounds of praise and criticism of movies were everywhere. The tourists around them would also raise their ears to listen, and occasionally sneaked their eyes to see the fans who were talking about their hearts. This feeling made the "movie critic" very happy.

The sound of the theater is more ‘elegant’ than that of the streets, because when a movie is shown, the characters always speak certain ‘foreign languages’ that most viewers cannot understand, such as Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Arabic. The music sounds from it are also classical or modern, which may be both natural sounds or unbearable noises. The ‘movie diversity’ that the Cannes Film Festival claims can be reflected in these sounds.

Of course, there is another indispensable sound, that is, the sound of Hollywood. In today's globalization, it is difficult to find a film festival without Hollywood film impact.

In addition to contested films such as Brokeback Mountain and Sin City, Hollywood is also good at premiere, show, review, film dealer meetings and other activities. When it hit Cannes, it has regarded Hollywood films as highlights and focal points. American English with various accents echoes in the grand occasion and spending high costs around the huge advertisements.

There is also the hawking sound that no matter how elegant and artistic film festivals are, they will not lack. Filmmakers from all over the world are selling their own products.

Many films that have not been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival competition unit will also be screened during the film festival, such as "Kung Fu", "The Promise", "Myth", "The Underworld", etc., which Ryan was very familiar with in his previous life.

Hollywood, which is commercially supreme, will not miss this opportunity. DreamWorks' World War and Miramax's "Sin City" almost wrapped the Carlton Hotel where guests stayed in with posters.

The most exaggerated thing is Stephen Zhou's "Kung Fu", which erected a huge poster at the supreme point of Cannes, and can be seen almost every corner of the small town of Cannes.

Before the opening, Ryan had contact with Stephen Zhou, but the other party offered a 15 million US dollar North American copyright offer, which made him choose to give up without hesitation.

Today's Cannes Film Festival is no longer the same. The entire world's film industry has been scattered by Hollywood, and Europe has long lost its position as the center of the world's film. Even if the French never admit it, it is an indisputable fact that the Cannes Film Festival is becoming increasingly difficult to attract big-name movie stars.

Perhaps this is also a major reason why they invited Ryan to serve as chairman of the jury.

In the evening, the red carpet ceremony of this film festival officially kicked off. As the chairman of the jury, Ryan and eight other jury members appeared on the red carpet first. Judging from the distribution of the members of the jury, it is enough to witness the impact of Hollywood on the European Film Festival today.

In addition to Ryan, the judges also included two orthodox Hollywood members, including the new Oscar actress Hillary Swank and Mexican female actress Salma Hayek. In addition, Bai Ge Wu, a director who is known to the world through Hollywood, also has some Hollywood background.

The red carpet is not long, and it is more suitable for female celebrities to show their style. After taking a routine photo of the jury members, they walked up to the big stairs of the Film Festival Palace.

In fact, the biggest highlight of the red carpet is that the judges are not only Ryan, but also the new Oscar winner. Compared with them, there are very few movie stars who appear behind them with world-renowned reputation.

Like Jessica Alba, Molica Heravat, Kim Hee Sun, Gao Yuanyuan and others, their world-class influence is probably as far away from Cannes to their hometown.

Because he has no language to the judges and there is no translation here, Ryan spends most of the time communicating with Hillary Swank, who is standing by. A tomboy who can make a name for himself in Hollywood with his unremarkable conditions. He is also a smart person. He vaguely expressed his support for Hollywood movies.

As the chairman of the jury, Ryan has a great say in the ownership of film awards, just like last year's Palme d'Or. Without Quentin Tastino's support, it's hard to say that Fahrenheit 911 would win the most important award at the Cannes Film Festival.

After chatting with Salma Hayek for a few more words, a huge cheer suddenly came from the red carpet. The French man's favorite, Sophie Marceau, walked onto the red carpet.

Then, a scene happened that surprised everyone.

The French actress wore a double-shouldered deep V suspender evening dress. When she walked to the middle of the red carpet, perhaps intentional or unintentional, the suspender on her left suddenly slid down, and Sophie Marceau, who was in a vacuum, immediately burst into tears. However, the female star, who has always been bold, was not panicked. After Shi Shiran packed up, she continued to wave to the fans on both sides as if nothing had happened.

But after this scene, almost all the reporters surrounded her.

Although I often appreciate the other person's naked body in movies, it's good to see it occasionally, let alone after the filming, the sales of newspapers will definitely increase a lot tomorrow.

The last one to step on the red carpet was the main creator of the opening film "Brokeback Mountain". Ang Lee was much better than the last trial. After the news that Ryan was the chairman of the jury, his confidence in the film increased a lot.

The main cast of the film is like in previous lives. Miss Anne Hathaway, who has been unknown because Ryan took away "The Princess Diary", appears again in the movie and walks on the red carpet that has been the heaviest in weight so far.

"I heard that this is a homosexual theme?" Hillary Swank's question came from next to him.

"A very good movie." Ryan continued after cooperating with the reporter arranged by the organizer and taking a photo with the tomboy, "It will start soon, and you will know after watching it."

After the brief opening ceremony, the opening film "Brokeback Mountain" opened. Compared to Ryan's watch a month ago, the film must have been completed. In addition to the indescribable bitter love between Jack Drizzt and Ennis Demar, the charming scenery displayed by the film is also eye-catching.

A homosexual couple who were unable to get together due to secular prejudice ended in a tragedy.

Although he does not support homosexuality, Ryan is not disgusted with this movie. Ang Lee uses implicit and clever techniques to show the fiery but long-lasting love between two men.

Ryan didn't know the senses of others, but in his previous life, some people around him changed their attitude towards homosexual romance because of this movie. Many people gradually changed from disgust to understanding and sympathy.

An excellent movie has a huge impact.

After the opening film, Ryan, as the chairman of the jury, accepted a joint interview with reporters.

"Mr. Jenkins, I heard that "The Best Time", one of the participating films, has not been completed yet?"

The reporter mentioned a Taiwanese movie. A few days ago, someone hyped the movie director wanted to learn the King of Sunglasses and did not show off his own works until the last moment.

Sitting on the stage, Ryan looked down, the press room was filled with reporters, and casually filmed the microphone, attracted everyone's attention, and said, "You should ask the director for the completion of "The Best Time" if the film cannot appear on time at the premiere of the 15th, the jury will disqualify him."

He had long reached an agreement with the organizing committee and other judges in this regard.

"Many people are criticizing the political influence of the last film festival. I don't know what you think."

Looking at the reporter, Ryan said, "The jury's standard for judging awards is the film itself rather than the others. The artistic standard is the highest standard for this jury to judge movies."

"As Hollywood's most famous actor and producer," a French reporter asked, "Will you be inclined to American movies when you judge?"

"I said that art is the highest standard." Ryan remained silent. "The factors we consider would not include regional and political factors."

"Mr. Jenkins, what do you think of the opening film "Brokeback Mountain"?" Another reporter stood up and asked after being named by the host.

"Before the award results were announced," Ryan resisted the look of giving him you a fool, "I won't evaluate any entries."

"Do you think there is a possibility of winning an award in Chinese movies? For example, "Qinghong". The person who asked was obviously a Chinese journalist.

"First of all, I haven't seen any Chinese films participating in the competition yet."

Ryan has always treated reporters equally. "Secondly, please don't ask such questions again. I will not evaluate any entries until the award results are announced."

As the chairman of the jury, it is undoubtedly a very stupid thing to publicly evaluate an entry before the award is awarded.

In the following days, Ryan spent most of his time watching the works he participated in except for exchanging opinions with other judges. Although many movies made him drowsy, as the chairman of the jury, he could not vote with his feet like previous Oscars. That would be too irresponsible. (To be continued...)
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