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The celebration of the 70th Venice Film Festival has not yet come to an end, and the screenings of the main competition unit are still in full swing. The 38th Toronto Film Festival has already started to warm up and is ready to climax. , since last year, the dates of the Venice and Toronto film festivals have gradually begun to overlap, and the situation of tailing off the beginning has continued into this year..
Judging from the current situation, Venice is not optimistic, and Toronto is rising steadily..
Before the major North American media had time to marvel at the decline and decline of the Venice Film Festival, the opening ceremony of "Gravity" had already ushered in the pinnacle of the entire film festival. The average quality and outstanding level of subsequent entries in the main competition unit were far away. Not being able to reach the height of "Gravity" is really disappointing; then the heat wave in Toronto has triggered a focus of attention and a frenzy of discussion.
“A new history of long lines in Toronto: Lines start forty-eight hours in advance! 'Gravity' breaks record.”
“With more than 2,000 spectators queuing up, the Toronto Film Festival is equal to the People’s Film Festival, and its reputation is well-deserved.！”
“‘Gravity' hits theaters before release, Renly Hall mania is spreading in Toronto.”
“Camped in front of the cinema for two days and two nights, just to support 'Gravity' for the first time: Renly Hall's heyday has arrived.”
“From a wave of praise to a wave of popularity, 'Gravity''s world premiere is unstoppable！”
“Book your Oscar for Best Picture in advance? 'Gravity' kicks off 2013 awards season with a bang.”
“In an orderly but crowded queue, Renly Hall is creating a new history of the Toronto Film Festival.”
“Even if you can't enter the screening room, the queue is still overwhelming! 'Gravity' deserves to be Toronto Film Festival's biggest hit.”
“North American viewers, 'Gravity' is here！”
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Although Renly appeared at the queue outside the cinema and sincerely advised the fans not to stay up late and queue up, but to take care of their health, his appearance became a word-of-mouth "welfare" among the movie fans. Among them, the queue not only did not decrease, but also doubled, which made Renly dumbfounded..
In the end, the queue for "Gravity" exceeded 2,000 people, and the premiere screening room could only accommodate 1,000 people. This became a unique and glorious scene in the history of the Toronto Film Festival, even if it was ten Years later, even if Renly came again, such a scene could not happen again, mainly because 2013 was too special and too sensational. By chance, such a miracle was created..
Our neighbor Toronto is erupting with incredible energy. The long queues have shocked all audiences in North America, and even spread across the world. Whether you like it or not, Regardless of whether you are curious or not, the momentum of "Gravity" has spread to the next level. From the perfect score in Venice to the crowds in Toronto, this movie has truly dominated the focus of September..
Renly and Alfonso stayed in Toronto for four full days, accepting interviews from more than two hundred media, holding two press conferences, and also holding a small fan meeting. From the exclamation of film critics to The audience's love once again ignited a flame for the promotion of "Gravity" landing in the North American market..
““Gravity” once again manages to usher in a wave of praise after its Toronto premiere.
Compared with Venice's fifteen perfect scores, Toronto finally received a non-perfect score. For a commercial film, this is an expected necessity, but the non-perfect score appeared much later than expected..
Among the eleven important media ratings that emerged at the Toronto Film Festival, there were two non-perfect scores, one from the "Independent Telegraph" and "The New Yorker".”.
“"The Independent Telegraph", 95 points, "'Gravity' opens up a realm of real space that has been stripped of its sugar coating, allowing audiences to swim in it. Many of the film's advanced technologies can fall into misunderstandings at any time, Alfonso - Cuarón managed to avoid this and create a masterpiece.”
“"The New Yorker," 95 points, "'Gravity' is not a film that wins on originality and ideas—like Stanley Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey,' but it's still a A work in which physical sensations are amplified to the extreme, and the experience of the five senses releases the charm of the film. In a sense, the weakness of the story is made up for by Renly Hall's excellent performance..”
Although there is no perfect score, the praise of ninety-five points is still strong enough; and the other nine ratings are all full marks of one hundred points without exception..
So far, the average media score of "Gravity" is 99.6 points. According to the principle of rounding, it is still at 100 points for the time being. This also means that after the baptism of two film festivals, , the media's favorable rating remains high, which also makes expectations continue to rise..
By the way, before the arrival of the New York Film Festival, the Venice Film Festival and the Toronto Film Festival came to an end..
Venice awarded the Golden Lion to the Italian film "Rome," the second documentary to win the top prize in the history of Europe's three major film festivals, after "Fahrenheit 9/11" won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. , Venice also has the first documentary film in its history to win the Golden Lion..
But... the chairman of the jury, Bernardo Bertolucci, who has produced masterpieces such as "The Last Emperor" and "Dream in Paris", was scolded by the media and the audience..
Bernardo said unswervingly in an interview that he was moved to tears after watching "Rome Ring Road", and that there are fewer and fewer filmmakers sincerely making documentaries. It is precisely because of this that he and the judges The members of the group decided to award the Golden Lion Award to this work.
However, other film critics and audiences did not give it any recognition at all. They believed that this documentary was completely shot for the Italian jury president. No one except Italians could feel the sincerity and touchingness of this work. The worries before the opening of the film festival - the 70th Anniversary Golden Lion Award belongs to the "return to the hometown" of Italian films, finally happened, which is undoubtedly a major blow to the international reputation of the film festival.
As we all know, the awarding of film festival awards has nothing to do with media ratings, but is based on the jury. But even if you leave aside the ratings, even if you leave aside the "Gravity" that did not enter the main competition unit, among the many works screened in Venice this year, There are still works that are more worthy of commendation.
It is disappointing that the jury headed by Bernardo Bertolucci was unable to make a fair choice.
The 70th Venice Golden Lion Award was later called by many people as the most "watery" award in film history. This seems to be an exaggeration, but at least it is certain that in the 21st century, this time the Golden Lion Award won The recognition and approval of Venice is definitely the least, which is undoubtedly adding insult to injury for Venice, which is in trouble..
There are wolves before and tigers behind, and there are still internal problems. The Venice Film Festival, which is about to enter its 71st year, is now facing a serious crisis..
Against this background, sighs and sighs that "Gravity" missed the main competition unit became more and more frequent, but the new president of the film festival, Alberto Abella, was relieved - if "Gravity" "Gravity" entered the main competition and was still upset. Then it was a real public relations crisis..
For Alberto, there is good news and bad news in the first year after taking office. If he cannot think of a clear development idea, the same dilemma will still exist next year..
Toronto's People's Choice Awards were also an upset, with "12 Years a Slave" beating "Gravity" to take the top spot.
This result cannot be said to be an accident. Rather than being an upset, it is better to say it is a warning for the awards season..
British director Steve-McQueen, who has collaborated with Michael Fassbender on two wonderful works, "Hunger" and "Shame", paid attention to racial issues during this filming. "12 Years a Slave" received a lot of praise after its premiere in Toronto, and the media praise even exceeded that of "Gravity"”——
“"Gravity" received perfect scores from nine out of eleven reviews in Toronto, while "12 Years a Slave" received perfect scores from all eighteen reviews in Toronto.
This situation is similar to "Adele's Life" and "The Ballad" at Cannes this year. At that time, "The Ballad" unfortunately lost the Palme d'Or; and now "Gravity" also unfortunately missed the People's Choice Award. .I wonder if it has something to do with the rebellious psychology caused by Renly's overwhelming momentum in winning the prize - no one can accurately say that there is a direct connection between the two..
In the end, "12 Years a Slave" successfully won the People's Choice Award at this year's Toronto Film Festival, "Gravity" came in second place, and "Prisoners" came in third place.
Since "Slumdog Millionaire" won the Toronto People's Choice Award in 2008 and went on to win the Oscars, the Toronto Film Festival's highest award has been hailed as a new benchmark for the North American awards season. In the past five years, it has A four-time People's Choice Award winner is nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
Now that "12 Years a Slave" has been released, coupled with the special focus on black themes, and the protection of Brad Pitt, in addition, Fox Searchlight has bought the North American distribution rights, and the Academy's public relations during the awards season have already It can be predicted that there will be a bloody storm. Now, it has faintly surpassed "Gravity" and become the number one seed..
Of course, it's not that "Gravity" is not good enough, it's just that "12 Years a Slave" also made a strong debut, so the storm during the awards season has begun to brew slowly..
“"Gravity" showed a strong momentum of going forward, leaving Toronto and heading to New York.
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