1296 premiere day
“Premiere of "Drunk Country Folk".
Ryan Gosling attended. Leonardo DiCaprio attended. Matt Damon attended. James Franco attended.
Marion Cotillard attended. Marine-Vacth attended. Bérénice Bejo attended.
Emma Watson attended. Kristen Stewart attended. Chris Evans attended.
Thierry Frémaux attended. François Ozon attended. Asghar Farhadi attended. Jim Jarmusch attended.
Of course, the jury headed by Steven Spielberg and Nicole Kidman were also present..
Everyone knows that the Coen brothers have a close relationship with the Cannes Film Festival. In 1991, they attended Cannes for the first time with "Barton Fink" and successfully won the Palme d'Or and the Best Director Award; after that, They have won two Best Director Awards again with "Fargo" and "The Absent Man". This is the eighth time they have been shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes..
Therefore, everyone had foreseen in advance that the premiere would be very lively, and important people from all walks of life would attend on time. But when the red carpet really kicked off, the excitement and craziness on the scene was far beyond expectations. Unexpectedly, everyone from the audience to reporters to guests ushered in the highest peak since the opening of the film festival..
Emily-Chen felt like she was going crazy.
As a blogger of a private film blog, she has more than 50,000 followers on Twitter and photo walls. After she started writing film reviews for some professional film websites, she gradually made a name for herself in the field of film reviews. As a Chinese-American living in New York, he has shown a unique perspective on watching movies and has really won a lot of recognition..
This is the third time she has been invited to attend the Cannes Film Festival.
In a literal sense, "invitation" sounds very noble, but in fact, there are three thousand or more bloggers, podcasters, online film critics, etc. who have received invitations like her. It is far from being as grand and special as imagined. Of course, as one of the three thousandth, this is already a supreme honor, and she will not deny this..
In the previous two times, Emily was crossing the river by feeling the stones, like a headless fly, relying only on chicken blood for support. But after a whole day, after five or six movies were bombarded in turn, she would soon fall into trouble and confusion. When tired, there is often no way to survive, and this situation needs to continue for a full twelve days..
This year, after gaining experience and lessons, she finally figured out her own strategies and methods.
The main audience at the Cannes Film Festival is media reporters. More than 4,000 media members make up the audience. But this does not mean it is easy..
Even the Lumiere Hall, where the main competition film is held, can only accommodate 2,000 spectators. Part of it is moved to the general audience, and part is moved to special guests. In the end, the number of seats allocated to media members may only be 1,000, or even Less. It also means that even members of the media have to line up.
Once they miss the premiere at the Lumiere Hall, the reporter can only wait for the re-screening in other small screening halls. At this time, a screening hall may only accommodate two hundred or three hundred people, making queuing more difficult. increase; sometimes it is even more difficult to re-screen in a theater with a capacity of less than 100 people..
Therefore, queuing becomes crucial.
But imagine if reporters from Variety or Cahiers didn't get to line up? So much so that he skipped the premiere of a potential Palme d'Or winner? Or is it an unknown little blogger who has become the first person in the entire team? So this situation seems a bit embarrassing for Cannes..
Correspondingly, Cannes has launched a press card system. Every reporter arriving in Cannes will receive a corresponding card, displayed in different colors, white, pink plus a yellow dot, pink, blue, yellow, There are five levels in total, from high to low, stipulating priority admission tickets for each reporter.
White is the only certificate with different queues. You can enter and exit at any time at any time, and the work of collecting materials can be completed in the first time. Every year, the number of white certificates at the Cannes Film Festival is limited, and only a handful of media If you can get it, it can be called the sword of Shangfang..
As for certificates of other colors, they all need to be queued, but the priority order is different. The time and difficulty of queuing are naturally different..
Relatively speaking, blue and yellow people have to queue up for almost every show. They may arrive at the scene an hour or even two hours in advance to queue up, and may not even be able to enter smoothly in the end; while pink certificates generally only need to be queued up in advance. You only need to queue up for half an hour, and admission is definitely possible part of the time..
In a top film festival like Cannes, where screenings are scheduled from morning to night throughout the day, reporters who need to queue may be able to watch up to two movies in one day; while those who do not need to queue may Watch five to six movies and make time for roundtable interviews, personal interviews, and even private parties.
Of course, there is a difference between a senior reporter from "Cahiers du Cinéma" and a self-media person who has just entered the industry. The Cannes Film Festival's system is also understandable..
Before each reporter arrives in Cannes, they cannot know the color of their ID. The answer can only be revealed after they complete the registration at the press office..
Last year and the year before that, Emily's ID was yellow; this year, her ID was upgraded to pink..
This is an improvement, which also makes her third trip to Cannes full and rich..
She can consciously choose the works she is interested in, arrange her viewing time around the works in the main competition unit, and find effective gaps to catch up on sleep during the busy process - otherwise, she may only spend the entire day If you can sleep for two hours, no matter how good the work is, you may fall asleep while sitting in the cinema..
In the past six days, Emily really began to enjoy the Cannes Film Festival. On the craziest day, she watched seven movies, and on the laziest day, she watched three movies; and after watching the movies, Manuscripts must be written, brief drafts sent on Twitter, and completed manuscripts scheduled by magazines.
Since arriving in Cannes, I don’t even have time to eat. I’m either watching a movie, on the way to the screening room, or I’ve just finished watching the movie and huddled in a corner writing a manuscript. Not to mention eating, just Even the time to complain is extremely precious.
Painful and happy.
Today is the premiere of "The Ballad of Drunken Country". There is no doubt that this is the most popular work. It does not mean that the chances of winning the award are particularly high, nor does it mean that the publicity is particularly strong, but that the starring cast has attracted much attention. , the combination of Renly Hall and Justin Timberlake is enough to make all the audience excited. Coupled with the Coen brothers, the popularity has directly skyrocketed..
What's more, Renly, who just won the Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical, is definitely the center of conversation throughout Europe..
Putting aside the quality and reputation of the film, from the perspective of attention alone, this is the most popular film at this year's Cannes Film Festival. There is no one among them..
Therefore, Emily arrived at the Film Palace early. Although she had a pink ID, she could predict the frenzy at the scene. This should be a work that every reporter hopes to watch and report at the first time. It is recommended that The topic effect on Tehe and Facebook is absolutely unimaginable.
When Emily arrived at the red carpet, she was completely stunned.
She was a full seventy minutes ahead of schedule, but the queuing area dedicated to pink press cards was already full. At least more than 300 reporters were like centipedes, winding and stretching; while the queuing area dedicated to blue and yellow press cards was The queuing area for press passes was already full, and the vast queue had already surrounded the Film Palace for more than half of the circle..
In sight, there are huge crowds of people.
This is just the queue of reporters. Not far away, around the red carpet, the bustling crowd formed a dark mass. There were at least more than a thousand people, or even more. The endless sea of people could not make an effective decision at all. I made an accurate judgment, but I just felt a wave of heat coming towards my face, and the surface of my skin was almost scalded..
She expected the craziness of the premiere, but did not expect the extent of the craziness. Emily suddenly realized that she seemed too young and too naive.
“When "The Great Gatsby" debuted as the opening film, Emily thought it was the pinnacle of the entire Cannes Film Festival, because Leonardo DiCaprio was officially present, and also because he made a special trip to There are countless big-name stars in attendance. For people who cannot go to the cinema to watch the works up close, the red carpet is their moment..
But now it seems that "The Great Gatsby" can only be regarded as an appetizer. The real meal should be here, at this moment to be precise..
What to do now？
This was the only thought in Emily's mind. She was the first to keep up with the queue. After all, she was not a photojournalist, so there was not much point in staying on the red carpet. Watching movies was her job. Work; but looking at the long queue in front of her, she began to feel uncertain and strongly doubted whether she could successfully enter the venue today..
What’s even more exaggerated is that this is just the beginning.
When the red carpet officially started, the tail of the reporter team could no longer be seen. It disappeared around the corner on the east side of the Film Palace and continued endlessly. Not to mention the blue or yellow team, even the pink team had already Seriously exceeding the standard, Emily strongly doubted whether all the people holding pink press cards had been dispatched..
Turning her head and looking back, all the "late" reporters were in shock. Then Emily saw an uncle holding a white press card arriving at the scene. His footsteps stopped next to the red carpet. , looked at the long queue, and exclaimed in French, "God, is this Toronto?"？”
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