1483 two parties
As a tourist attraction and a vacation destination, the water city of Venice is lively and lively all year round, even in the cold winter. It is no exception with warm sunshine, noisy crowds, lazy life, wonderful food, and ancient traditional customs. Architecture, rich culture, and friendly people all attract people to come to this city, secretly cherishing the comfort and beauty of a ray of sunshine in the winter of the northern hemisphere..
This is especially true during the Carnival in February and the Film Festival in September..
This year is the special anniversary of the 70th anniversary of the Venice Film Festival. All activities and ceremonies are unique. Three days before the countdown to the opening ceremony, people from all over the world began to flock into Italy, entering this land floating in Asia like a rolling tide. On the edge of the Adriatic Sea.
The film festival has not officially kicked off, but the bustling rumors and hot discussions have already started boiling in advance.——
About the power struggle within the organizing committee, about the determination of the jury president Bernardo-Bertolucci to support Italian films, about the concerns about the quality of the works in the main competition unit, about the fork in the road of the 70th anniversary The future development plan of the film festival...etc..
Precisely because this is the special day of Venice's 70th anniversary, Italian mainstream media and film industry executives believe that this is a memorable year. If Italian local films can stabilize the Golden Lion Award, it will be good for the future of the film festival. This is of positive significance to the development of the local film industry..
However, there are different voices within the organizing committee. Some people insist that the film festival should be a film festival, and everything should be based on the film itself. Now it is no longer the film environment of the 1930s and 1940s. In order to support local films , we can definitely learn from Berlin’s approach, but after all, the film festival still needs to win with quality..
In other words, it’s really a debate about home field advantage..
People often say that Italy is the China of Europe. This is not without reason. From culture to tradition, from customs to habits, there are many similarities between the two countries. Regarding the future development plan of the Venice Film Festival, it is You can see it in a subtle way.
It is foreseeable that this year’s main competition unit is bound to attract more attention; more importantly, in order to celebrate the 70th anniversary, the Venice Film Festival has spent countless efforts and invited many big names to come to the film festival to support it. Looking back now , but I can’t be sure whether this is a good thing or a bad thing. If I’m not careful, it may lead to an epic embarrassment..
However, the big names who arrived in Venice first have no intention of paying attention to the competition for the main competition unit. After all, there are still a few days until the opening of the film festival. The most popular figure in recent days is undoubtedly Renly Hall..
Andre Hamilton, the head of Scotland's top whiskey brand and the youngest son of the hereditary aristocratic Duke of Hamilton family, held a private party in the name of Renly Hall and invited guests to his private residence. , enjoying a wonderful night together to warm up to the world premiere of "Gravity".
This private party became a hot topic throughout the European film industry.
The reason is simple: there are only two hundred invitations to the party..
Looking at the European film industry, there are definitely not many top figures who can stand at the top of the pyramid, but there are definitely more than two hundred people. In addition, some of the invitations that night were sent to real aristocrats in Europe and Asia, covering Sweden, the United Kingdom, Many countries such as France, Denmark, and Arabia still retain their royal families and nobility..
In other words, this is a small group of the most top-notch and most distinguished people, most of whom are names that people have heard of but have never had the opportunity to meet. Now, this party actually only has two hundred places open. No one is an exception. This is the real weak water. Only take one scoop out of three thousand..
Competition becomes far more intense than Oscar night.
Every elite and every upper-class person is eager to receive an invitation, not only to expand contacts or broaden their horizons, but more to prove their social status and join the so-called top class. It is not money, it is not Glory is not fame, but dignity.
It is precisely because of this that the name "Arthur Hall" spread among the upper class throughout Europe for the first time, because he was the party planner and he had the list of invitees in his hands. Many people Everyone began to inquire about how the names on this list were selected.——
Hand-picked by Renly and Andre? Or recommended by an acquaintance? Or maybe it was self-recommendation？
In addition, what is the level of the invited guests? The prince or princess who is first in line to succeed? Chairman of a listed group? Head of the family? Or maybe a lower level, to ensure that the party does not become a boring social occasion, but retains the carnival atmosphere of the film festival？
Overnight, Arthur becomes hot.
According to rumors, in the black market, an invitation letter has been speculated to 100,000 euros. But the rumors are just rumors, because everyone who receives the invitation letter does not care about 100,000 euros at all, and it is completely invisible on the market. shadow of any invitation.
In the end, two hundred people are two hundred people. Andre Hamilton kept his word and did not open up more possibilities because of the hype of the topic. As for whether the guests who received the invitation letter showed up, Andre did not care at all..
That night, a large number of news media gathered at the private pier in front of the Duke of Hamilton's private residence. They were all on the sea and could not hide their whereabouts, so they simply guarded the door openly, taking photos blatantly, counting every incident in detail. guests present.
What is unexpected but reasonable is that the faces of most of the guests are relatively unfamiliar, and only a few senior entertainment reporters can tell some of the regulations - because these are the real bosses hiding behind the scenes. He rarely shows up in public, but he has real top resources in his hands..
What is certain is that every name is full of weight, low-key and luxurious. This is the real aristocratic party.
It is worth mentioning that all the invited London aristocrats attended the party.
For outsiders, they don't understand the ins and outs of it at all, and naturally they cannot understand the importance of today's invitation; but for insiders, they clearly know what this invitation letter means. Or in other words, what does this party mean?.
Although the name of the invitation is Andre Hamilton, not Renly Hall; although the invitations are to young nobles aged twenty to thirty-five, rather than the powerful people who are now in charge; although the number of invitations is controlled to It’s only fifteen portions. For a formal party, it can only be said to be a sprinkling of water..
However, every London noble who was present but not in attendance knew clearly that this was the first time Renly Hall had formally extended an invitation to the nobles as an actor, not as the "youngest son of the Hall family"; something further. , this is the first time that Arthur Hall has officially held a private party as an individual, building a bridge between aristocrats and movies. So, the significance is naturally extraordinary..
When all fifteen invited guests arrived in Venice, attended the party that night, and enjoyed a wonderful night, the attitude of London's upper class was already obvious..
The British upper class on the other side of the English Channel began to speculate whether this meant that Renly would officially return to London's social circle.？
However, their conjectures were wrong - at least not 100% correct. The reason why Renly invited the London nobles was partly Andre's idea. He hoped to improve the quality of the party, and using his own connections was undoubtedly the reason. The simplest; on the other hand it was Renly's idea, for Arthur.
Renly never mentioned it, but Arthur knew it.
Renly didn't give any recognition, but behind his back, he was trying his best to support him, just like he supported Edith at the beginning, and now it's Arthur's turn..
This is not an important move for Renly. Even if he stands up for Arthur, it means a tit-for-tat confrontation with Elf, but he does not care about Elf's emotions at all; but for Arthur, But it is vital support.
Everyone says that there is no family affection between nobles. Arthur used to think so, but now he has changed his mind.
Behind a party, there is still a war without gunpowder. It is not as fierce as before, but it still exists..
Maybe no one cares about Renly's status as an actor now, but compared to professions such as bankers, lawyers, and gallery owners, being an actor still doesn't seem to be a profession worth writing about, let alone aristocrats. Even many upstarts or ordinary people don’t care much about it..
Renly is destined to be an outlier.
However, now there is another group of aliens gathered around Renly, Andre, Matthew, Eaton, Edith... and Arthur.
After the private party ended, almost no one could know the content and details of the party. The top executives were unwilling to be interviewed at all. Even Alfonso Cuarón, Scarlett Johansson, and Jodie Judy attended the party. -Danqi and others also laughed but did not answer, and strictly closed their mouths..
Immediately afterwards, another party took place again. This time the protagonist was still "Gravity", but the organizer became Warner Bros..
The night before the official opening of the Venice Film Festival, Warner Bros. held a pre-party for "Gravity". The party planner was still Arthur Hall, but the invitees seemed much more approachable. Come to Venice Many celebrities attending the film festival have received invitations, and even many top journalists are also invited..
This is a simple premiere pre-party, but it becomes different because of Arthur Hall's planning.
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