Vol 2 Chapter 718: The weak and the strong

"Hey, Duke, this way!"
"Miss Theron, please look over here!"
Walking through the red carpet, Duke and others just stood in the photo zone in front of the Festival Palace. Countless reporters surrounded them. They stood in a circle delineated on the periphery, constantly shouting the names of the crew members, and then quickly pressed Lower the shutter to capture every moment.
Because he was old and his physical condition was not very good, Anthony Hopkins did not stop in the group photo area and walked straight up the steps.
Duke, Charlize Theron, Tom Cruise, and James Franco stood side by side and allowed reporters to take pictures. When the three actors heard the voice calling their names, they would turn to beckon. , Fully show your best side.
Compared with them, Duke is still the same, this is the moment for the actors to show off.
Charlize Theron’s hair has grown a lot, carefully combed to the right, a goose yellow low-cut evening dress, paired with a few simple accessories, showing a noble and elegant side, her figure is tall enough. A pair of five inches tall on his feet is definitely the tallest in Duke's group.
Fortunately, other people don't have much opinion. Duke himself doesn't care, James Franco is not enough, and Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman are used to being together.
Stayed in the group photo area for a few minutes. Due to the press conference held before, Duke and others did not accept interviews anymore, but stepped up the steps of the Festival Palace.
In front of the Palais des Festivals, there are many famous directors and actors from all over the world. Except for those from Hollywood and the other side of the Pacific Ocean, most of the other Duke don’t know each other and have no interest in making friends. The movie itself In other words, he and them are people of two worlds.
Go to the judges' side. Duke and Isabel Huppert shook hands first, and the two greeted briefly, but did not say much.
Duke knew it well. A lot of the public relations work of Warner Bros. has come to the front, and he doesn't need to say anything.
"Hi. Robert."
When he came to a Latino director, Duke stretched out his hand, and Robert Rodriguez shook his hand, "Hello, Duke."
This absurd style, the director who once put a machine gun on his wife's legs to shoot zombies in the movie, is undoubtedly a representative of Hollywood ut movies and cult types. He looked at Duke. Said, "I heard that this is an extraordinary movie? The style is very, very interesting?"
"You can see it right away." Duke responded.
Robert Rodriguez nodded, "I've always wanted to see what you guys look like playing cult."
In Hollywood, Duke has always been a very orthodox mainstream film director, and has always been indifferent to cult elements. "Furious Road" has been publicized enough, and it is full of all kinds of weird elements.
Shaking hands with several judges from all over the world, Duke finally walked up to a petite woman.
"I didn't expect we would meet here, Nat."
He extended his right hand to Natalie Portman. Natalie Portman just touched it lightly and then withdrew her hand, "I didn't expect it either."
Finished. She closed her mouth tightly, but her eyes fell on Charlize Theron behind Duke.
But Charlize Theron didn’t even look at her. He walked over in front of Natalie Portman and caught up with Duke in a few steps.
I heard that she also wanted to compete for the role of Ferrosa. ?"
"I refused." Duke did not hide it.
Charlize Theron glanced back and whispered to Duke, "I suggest you stay away from her. This is a very hypocritical woman."
Seeing that Duke didn't care much, she said again. "Everyone in the circle is hypocritical, but it can reach the level of Natalie Portman. Not many."
Duke couldn't help shaking his head, "I know what to do."
Even if there are no outstanding works in recent years. "V-Vendetta" starred in was banned from being shown in many countries and regions, including the United Kingdom, but Natalie Portman's external public image was maintained extremely well, and it was definitely an alternative among Hollywood actresses. As for privately Who cares about how you really are?
Looking back at Natalie Portman again, Duke couldn't help but rang out the passage he had seen before I got tattoos, drinking, smoking, swearing... but I knew I was a good girl. The real likes to pretend to be innocent, pure, shy, and pink. Men are superficial and only look at the surface. Therefore, they can only miss good girls, and then be fooled by a bitch. Only a woman can tell who his mother is a real bitch.
From the corner of Natalie Portman’s eyes, she has been staring at Charlize Theron’s back. In those extremely clear eyes, there is a bit of jealousy. She has already watched all of "Furious Road". The trailer, not to mention the quality of the movie itself, is simply too brilliant for the heroine herself. Such a role she was fighting for, has fallen into a vase who was born as a model and didn’t know what her acting skills are. Really It's a big irony.
If you really want to talk about acting, how far can you get her out? But when it comes to Hollywood's status, how far is it from her?
There was a flashing light on the opposite side, and Natalie Portman lowered her eyes slightly. The momentary news of hatred in it immediately restored her usual sunny image, and she wanted to show her best in front of reporters and media. It seems that those just now never happened.
Her manager’s mother once told her that she was a Jew and went to Jerusalem to study. As long as the time comes, what belongs to her will belong to her and no one can take it away...
Just how long will it take?
Looking at the figures of Duke and Charlize Theron, Natalie Portman gradually had some ideas.
In front of the Palais des Festivals, Duke also met many Hollywood acquaintances, such as Quentin Tasino and Uma Thurman.
But this is not a place to talk. The two sides simply greeted each other. In a sense, he and Quentin Tasino are competitors, and the other party’s "Inglourious Basterds" also participated in this festival. Competition unit.
It is basically impossible to win the most important awards just for the type of film spoof.
The sky was getting dark. The guests who were present walked into the Palais des Festivals one after another. According to the tradition of the Cannes Film Festival, everyone in the crew of Fury Road fell to the end. Waited for a while in the VIP lounge, and the staff came to inform. When leading Duke and his party into the screening hall, everyone in the theater stood up and applauded to salute the crew.
People like Duke would not be rude in public. They nodded their heads to the surroundings as they walked. More than 2,000 people poured into the main venue of the Festival Palace. Apart from guests and media personnel, there were also a large number of ordinary people. Audience.
Compared to the regular applause of the guests. The rear audience is much louder, which also truly reflects the completely different views of the director of Duke by different groups.
Of course, Duke cares most about the audience behind.
A director once said that when shooting and making a movie, the audience is not there, and the audience must be ignored.
This argument is not unreasonable, but since the audience thinks that it can be ignored, after the movie is made, you should hide in the drawing room and enjoy it slowly, rather than showing it publicly.
Since the audience is not respected. When the audience does not exist, let the audience pay for the film, which is hard to say. How is it different from doing things like standing up the archway?
Amidst applause, Duke and others walked to the front row of the crew. After everyone around them sat down, they sat in their respective positions.
"I don't understand why the work of a purely commercial film director can be the opening film of the festival,"
In the place where the guests are sitting behind, Lin Quanze from South Korea has a slight disdain in his tone, "The Cannes Film Festival is simply reckless!"
beside him. Jiang Digui nodded in agreement, "It's true!"
Park Chan Wook has always been at odds with these two people. He turned his head and glanced, then said to Jiang Digui. "How much of your most famous work "Tai Chi Flag Flying" is "Saving Private Ryan" that was borrowed and plagiarized, and the domestic media didn't mention it. Don't you think it doesn't exist?"
"You..." Jiang Digui turned to look at him.
Park Chan Wook just shook his head and pointed to his forehead, "Can I think about it with my brain before speaking?"
The views of the three South Korean directors are just a microcosm.
Quentin Tasino looked at Duke, who was faintly visible in front of him. He didn't have any contempt in his eyes. He just wanted to see this film as soon as possible. From the trailers and advertising posters, he felt that this would be his favorite type. .
Brad Pitt, the actor of "Inglourious Basterds", is sitting next to him, and he is thinking about another question, how to cooperate with each other!
His film studio is close to Warner Bros., and Duke Rosenberg shares many common interests...
The lights on the ceiling went out row by row, the buzzing hall gradually became quiet, the big screen was already lit, and the Warner Bros. logo appeared first.
The film does not have any prefix and directly enters the theme, but the first thing that appears is not the picture, but a short text. This is a world after the outbreak of nuclear war. The land is dry and acidified. The surviving humans only want to survive...
"Interesting!" Quentin Tastino couldn't help squeezing his chin.
This way of suddenly jumping out of text is very common in Hollywood, but with some weird soundtracks and narration scenes, it turns out to be somewhat of his style.
When the screen jumps, it is a close-up of a large panoramic view. The color of the scene is extremely saturated, and the yellow that represents drought and barrenness, the richness seems to be soaked out of the screen.
In a piece of yellow sand, there was a weird car parked, and a shaggy man stood with his back, but before anyone could see his figure, a naughty lizard jumped out to steal the spotlight.
The spot-seekers did not end well. When the lizard ran from behind the man, it was stepped on by a big foot, and then it became a delicacy among the population!
This heavy-tasting scene also clearly shows that this is a world that is extremely lacking in food, and it is also a world where the weak and strong! (To be continued)
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