Chapter 544

"Ha ha ha ha." The group of underage girls in the diagonal corner are laughing happily. Their carefree attitude seems to be enjoying their childhood wantonly. However, their mature dress, rich makeup and decadent posture are quite different from those of pure and clear laughter.

They are ready to sell their bodies, but they don't know what it means. Such a sharp contrast adds a touch of desolation and chaos to the streets of the Bronx,

Lanli's steps did not stop. He walked through the traffic lights and went on towards the opposite reaction of the girls. However, 20 meters away, there was a Starbucks on his right. Starbucks is everywhere.

The smoke gray brick wall with black pillars, simple decoration style looks like an ordinary convenience store, only the top of the classic logo to remind the passers-by, this is the world's most successful coffee chain store.

At this time, the interior of the shop lights up a cream yellow light, and there are a few customers swimming in it. At the long table near the window, a young man opens his laptop and is concentrating on his work. Some hostile eyes are cast around him, but the young man has no fear. He is obviously a native here; There are seven or eight gray stone tables outside. The original and rough style of the construction site does not worry about the danger of being emptied in the middle of the night.

The appearance of lanli did not attract any attention. Because similar figures can be seen inside and outside the Starbucks store. On the stone table near the door, there is a tramp tasting a cup of freshly baked coffee. The layered dressing style looks like a bit of "Pirates of the Caribbean" style. He sits happily, and the staff did not come to drive him away.

When he walked into the Starbucks store, lanli made a tour, then came out again. Finally, he found the target in the corner and went straight over. He sat down opposite an old man in a gentleman's hat. His long gray hair, like the tentacles of octopus, spurted out from under the brim of his hat. His face full of vicissitudes, had an exaggerated and funny expression, People who don't know why think this is a madman.

Seeing the figure of Lan Li sitting down, the old man's eyes widened, showing his excitement and excitement? How do you feel? What's the harvest? Do you have any questions for me? I heard that there was an attack on the police yesterday. Were you not at the scene? Did you go to the high school nearby? I always wanted to talk to those kids, but every time they refused. Maybe, you can be regarded as their peers, they are more willing to communicate with each other? "

They talk a lot, one by one, without breathing. They express their eagerness and expectation incisively and vividly. What's more interesting is that she didn't care about lanli's safety. She didn't even ask a polite question. Instead, she focused all her attention on "important things".

Besides Tony Kaye, who else could it be?

For Tony's urgency and concentration, Langley has long been used to it. Imagine that the old man was ordered by the government to stop shooting in order to film "Blackwater shipping company" and reveal the government's responsibility behind the environmental problems. Even "Fahrenheit 911", "Snowden" and "the fourth citizen" shot in the United States, but "Blackwater shipping company" failed to complete the shooting. The lethality can be imagined.

In other words, Tony is more desperate, more selfless, more persistent and crazier than Langley. Tony is naturally more in favor of and more committed to the proposal that lanli came to experience for himself.

"No, no, er... No, No." Lan Li put the sack beside him, recalled it carefully, said a series of negative words, then stopped for a moment, nodded seriously, "yes, the answers to all your questions are, 'no'"

Tony couldn't help but sneer at the way he responded. He didn't remember what he had just asked. Before he could speak, there was an exaggerated roar in the street behind him, drowning out all the noise around him.

Turning around, you can see a colorful "luxury" open top sports car. With its improved engine, it makes a loud noise when you step on the accelerator. There are three, four, five or six people sitting on it. All of them are black people, just like a crowd of people. At a glance, you can't tell how many people there are. All of them raise their hands, Let me fly, cry and howl, the scene is not lively.

The sports car stops at the intersection of the traffic lights, and then sees them whistling at the girls across the street, laughing and teasing, and the noise reverberates at the intersection.

Both lanli and Tony turned and looked over. The sports car slowed down and drove all the way. The black people in the car continued to tease with words, while the girls raised their middle fingers without any sign of weakness. Even one girl smashed her handbag. As a result, the people in the sports car seized the handbag, accelerated and left.

The noise lasted only half a minute, and soon calmed down again. Langley and Tony looked at each other and were silent for a moment.

Tony sat down heavily and leaned back in his chair. His cheerful and comfortable expression was swept away, and he felt tired. He rubbed his temple and looked at Lan Li's expression through the light in the shop. The turbulent anger and helpless sobs were mixed together, contradictory and abrupt. It was hard to describe in words, and a touch of helplessness also appeared in the corner of his mouth.

Lanli met Tony's eyes. At last, he opened his mouth first and said half jokingly, "I just thought you were going to rush up."

In fact, Tony had already stood up and clenched his hands into fists. The bubbling anger was almost uncontrollable, and he looked much more excited than Langley. But in the end, Tony sat down dejectedly, and all the emotion on his cheek disappeared, leaving only his face full of displeasure.

In the face of lanli's ridicule, Tony pulled the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't laugh. He could only breathe out a long, long breath, "they have given up, what else can I do? You'll never wake a man who pretends to be asleep. "

The heavy tone with a thick pessimism, as if the rainy season that has always been unable to dissipate the thick clouds, "this is not like you." Lanli propped up his chin with his fingers and looked at Tony seriously. Tony pulled the corners of his mouth with his determined tone.

"Of course. If everyone chooses compromise because they can't change, and is gradually sharpened by the society, then the society will never progress. We should not let the society change ourselves, but should change the society through our own efforts. " Tony spoke lightly, not in the tone of grand truth, but in the exclamation from his heart, "but personal strength is limited after all. I can't help everyone, not to mention the corners I can't see. Even what I see may not be able to help."

Tony shrugged, his eyes became focused again. "To change society, we need to wake up everyone's consciousness, let a person become a small group, then let a small group become a large group, and finally complete the change. As a director and artistic creator, my works are my weapons and the significance of making movies. I hope that through my lens and my images, the audience can feel the truth of the society. As long as one person acts or changes his mind among 100 or even 1000 audiences, then this is my victory. "

In front of him, Tony reminds Lan Li of Lu Xun. The one who changed China with a pen.

At the beginning of its birth, writing was only used for recording, but with the development of time, it gradually developed into more meaning, evolved into art, and influenced generations. Literature is like this, painting is like this, music is like this, film is like this, strictly speaking, art is like this. The changes it brings are not only spiritual, but also one of the important driving forces to promote social progress and change.

It is undeniable that art has entertainment effect at the beginning of its birth, especially film. Through watching movies, people can feel the emotion of relaxation, happiness, release, comfort and enjoyment, which is the intuitive meaning of the birth of movies; But the reason why the film can be called the seventh art is that besides entertainment effect, it can also be sublimated and shoulder a higher mission.

It's like Don Quixote.

While encouraging the production of commercial films, we should not give up the creation of art films. This is the reason why "Batman: The Dark Knight" is so popular. It's not an exaggeration to say that it's the pinnacle of the perfect combination of business and art in the 21st century. Until the rebirth of lanli, no other works can reach such a high level.

"So, is that what you wanted to shoot" detachment " From the bottom of his heart, he admired Tony from the bottom of his heart.

Although lanli has made four films so far, three of which are independent films, they are only limited to the category of "film", and more limited to the creator's own experience and conception, and they have not been able to get rid of the reality and reach the high level of art“ "Detachment" is the first work of art that lanli participated in shooting. In essence, that's what's different.

Tony pursed the corners of his mouth. Instead of answering, he continued to ask, "is that what you've learned from your own experience? What do you think of the Bronx, or the people who live in slums? "

Art comes from life and is higher than life. Langley chose to live as a tramp in the slums of the Bronx in order to really understand Tony's original intention. Now, at last, he has a further feeling. This is something you can't feel when you build a car behind closed doors or on paper. This is a breakthrough.