with the official opening of Cannes Film Festival on May 12, this seaside town has become more and more lively, with reporters holding cameras and cameras running back and forth at various news release points, collecting unremittingly the news, gossip and anecdotes that can attract people's attention. And it is rare for male and female stars from all over the world to let them shoot and ask questions freely to publicize themselves or their film writers.
Adrian's fame in Europe is smaller than that in the United States. After all, in addition to two big guns, the other two stories are all in the United States. Ordinary people in Europe prefer American films with strong commercial flavor, while critics who flaunt themselves with art think that the artistry of these two films is not enough.
However, it's just a little bit smaller. There are also many audiences who like CL style, suspense, and weird ideas. The ideological nature of "memory fragments" and "Shawshank's redemption", or in the eyes of critics, is also commendable. So, on May 16, when "vulgar fiction" premiered at the kappa theatre on maiden Avenue, although American journalists accounted for a large proportion, European journalists also came.
"According to the current plot introduction, Mr. Adrian, your new film is still of CL type, and it seems to be narrated in three paragraphs. Is it possible to work on the editing like" memory fragments "again this time?" a French reporter stretched out his microphone and asked in a loud voice outside the railing amid the click of photos.
It's just that his English is a little bad. If he changes French, Adrian can basically understand him. Unfortunately, in this noisy situation, he can't understand what he is talking about.
"Can you repeat it?" Adrian asked in French.
The reporter immediately realized his question and immediately asked the question again in French. However, Adrian's reply made him cry and laugh: "I'm sorry, I can't answer about this. The film is about to be broadcast. I'd better use my own eyes to observe it. Of course, I promise, it's a very interesting film. "
It is not easy to seize the opportunity to put forward their own questions, but also repeated to let the other party understand, did not expect to get such an answer, for everyone will feel depressed. He also wanted to continue to ask, but unfortunately, the American reporter next to him had already snatched the opportunity: "Mr. Adrian, is it because the CL type of your fifth film is still unsatisfactory because the fourth film is not satisfactory?"
reporters from other countries around him immediately raised their ears, and this news has been spread to Europe for a long time. Unfortunately, Adrian didn't give a positive answer, just a smile: "I'm sorry, today is the premiere of" vulgar novel ", so I don't answer questions that have nothing to do with the film."
"Can I take it as your acquiescence?" the American reporter asked reluctantly.
Adrian did not answer, but looked around to signal other people to ask questions. An Italian reporter immediately said, "Mr. Adrian, can you tell us why we chose Miss Monica BELLUCCI as the heroine of this film?"
"because she is the most suitable one." Adrian said that she took Monica, who had been around her all the time. Today, she wore a low cut evening dress with sleeve color. She showed her graceful figure and murdered a lot of film.
"The heroine, as the mistress of a gangster, needs to give people a feeling of sexy, provocative and unruly. For this reason, I selected a number of young actors, but I didn't find the most suitable one until Monica took part in the audition." Adrian said with a look of admiration at the side of Monica, "although she does not have too much experience, but a little bit of acting, I know that she is the role I am looking for, so I did not hesitate to choose Monica."
Monica didn't speak, just looked at the reporters with a smile. Although her aura was not as strong as it was a few years later, it also made many people's eyes shine, especially Italian journalists.
"It turns out that I made the right decision. Monica's performance in the film is almost perfect. She is like my muse, which gives me a lot of inspiration in the middle of shooting." Adrian went on to say that some reporters around were stunned for two or three seconds, and their looks immediately became ambiguous.
Generally speaking, when a director calls the heroine of his movie as his muse, it can only explain one thing. Of course, no one is stupid enough to poke through that layer of paper. The reason why tabloids can write casually is because everyone knows that 90% of their words are untrustworthy, while those famous newspapers must abide by such hidden rules, unless there is concrete evidence, but this is also a hint that there is news to dig between them.
Looking at the entrance of the theater not far away, Adrian immediately took his Monica's arm and walked inside. The reporters who wanted to continue to ask had to give up, and then took the camera and shot them in the background.
"Are you serious, ed?" Monica asked in a low voice as she entered the front room of the theater.
"Of course," Adrian replied without even thinking about it. "You are my muse when shooting the vulgar novel, otherwise I would not have put so much thought on you.""Not now?" a complicated look flashed over Monica's face.
"Frankly, I'm not sure," Adrian stopped to look at her, with a serious look that made him look sincere. "But I'm absolutely infatuated with you, Monica."
Monica was silent for a few seconds, then she said defiantly: "if you say I am your muse in front of the reporters, you are not afraid that your little girl is jealous?"
"what is it? You are indeed my muse during the shooting. Why can't I admit this?" Adrian shrugged his shoulders and looked quite free and easy.
Monica's look was more complicated. She opened her mouth as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just sighed. Adrian smiles, pinches her on her hips and takes her to go inside.
"Hey, ED, oh, and Monica." John Travolta, who had arrived early in the screening room, beamed, while Samuel Jackson, Dennis and Lafayette were with him, along with Bruce Willis and his wife, Demi Moore.
"You run so fast that you leave all the reporters to me and moni." Adrian came up to them and joked.
"As a director and producer, you should take more responsibility than we do, don't you? Besides you..." As Tara Volta was joking, she suddenly realized something and put on her hands in a giggle.
Basically, everyone knows everything about Adrian and Monica, and more or less knows that he has a girlfriend, but no one says much about it - Dennis, the clearest of all, keeps his mouth shut. Everyone is a man and understands the situation, even the married Willis and Tara Volta.
After a few words of greetings, Adrian and the Willis talked and laughed for a while, and they all sat in waiting for the film to be released.
"How's it going?" Adrian whispered, sitting on his right-hand side.
"It's not very good. You know, we've been out of business for at least a few years. Although we started to reorganize our contacts after you acquired the company, it's sometimes more difficult to pick it up again once it's abandoned than to build a brand new one. More importantly, this is Europe. " Said Lafayette softly, but he was calm.
"It doesn't matter. There's still time." Adrian also noticed this, "do your best, as long as you do your best, even if you lose it doesn't matter."
"I will." Lafayette nodded.
Naturally, what they discussed was the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the original "vulgar novel" won the palm of gold, Adrian was confident that his version would not be worse than the original, but he was not sure whether he could win the Palme d'Or.
It has been said a long time ago that these film festivals are essentially cake sharing. However, there is still a mainstream value standard for the Oscars. The closer to this standard, the more likely they are to be favored. However, European film festivals only hold up the art brand, which is more confusing than Oscar's law. Therefore, it depends on the public relations not in place to get the cake.
Because of this, when Adrian acquired the film company at the beginning, he chose Bosworth pictures, which has a lot of details. Later, the fact also proved that his choice was not wrong, Lafayette and agent Roger successfully won him an Oscar nomination for best director.
No matter how you divide the cake, the quality of the film still needs to account for a high proportion. Adrian believes that there is no problem with "vulgar novel", so now it is up to Lafayette to get the palms of gold for "vulgar novel" like the two owners of Miramax. Of course, if it doesn't work, it doesn't matter. Although Palmetto has a high international reputation, its influence in the United States is far less than that of the Oscar, so it's naturally good to get it, and it doesn't matter if you don't get it.
"So, how was the publicity work for" smell women? "Adrian asked another question.
"At present, it is within the grasp range, but I think it can be temporarily delayed. With the release of" vulgar novel "in Cannes, it is bound to receive a lot of attention Said Lafayette, recalling.
"I'm afraid not," Adrian thought and shook his head. "You know, the first thing they grasped was that the fourth film was different from the previous three films. Now the fifth film is still of CL type. So they have to compare it with the fourth film which has not disclosed much information so far, so they claim that the fourth film is a failure, If the vulgar novel is popular, this may be more serious. In this case, it's very difficult to deal with cold treatment, so we need someone to give proper guidance, just as we decided at the beginning, to use this matter to arouse the public's appetite, not only to make them curious, but also to prevent them from losing confidence. "
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