Chapter 2061

Alberto left New Orleans, and Langley called Arthur to inform him of the selection of "pop drummer" and "Night Walker" in Venice. However, he was surprised to learn that Sisyphus pictures had already submitted an application to arrange the landing of the two films at the Venice Film Festival.

As a result, things suddenly become interesting.

Because Alberto did not show any signs in today's interview. It seems that he did not know Sisyphus film had completed the registration. He came all the way to invite lanli, and lanli's attitude was all in Alberto's eyes.

So, how ridiculous it is for the "performance" of Langley to fall into Alberto's eyes.

Lanli had never been so embarrassed for a long time. He claimed to be in charge of the whole situation, but he didn't expect that Alberto's scheming was far ahead of him.

Isn't Alberto worried that Langley knew Sisyphus had already submitted an application? Obviously, he didn't worry at all. On the one hand, he insisted that Lan Li didn't care about the world; On the other hand, even if Langley really knows, Alberto can still say that he doesn't know much about the selection process, or change his tune: he invited Langley to attend, and in any case, he won't be passive.

What's more, Alberto Ming knows that even if Langley doesn't know why, he can communicate with the company later to know the truth, but he still keeps a low profile to express his sincerity. What's the reason?

First of all, we hope that Lan Li will go to Venice to publicize, otherwise the significance of "burst drummer" shortlisted in Venice will be directly halved; Secondly, we hope to cooperate with lanli for a long time and build a bridge of friendship; Last but not least——

"I'm afraid the drummer won't be able to enter the main competition this time." Langley's intuition gave the answer, which can be seen from Alberto's attitude and behavior. I'm afraid he still expressed his apology with sincerity, and further said that even if the "pop drummer" failed to enter the main competition, Venice still had the sincerity of long-term cooperation.

One step at a time and three steps at a time, Alberto, with mental calculation but no intention, walked ahead of lenley early, laying out the future prospects for the Venice Film Festival.

Don't underestimate this old man. He is a hot potato to take over from Mark Muller. Alberto is definitely not a soft persimmon, and his ability is still beyond people's imagination. In particular, Alberto's bookish image as a museum director is deceptive, just like Langley's image as a gentleman.

Sure enough!

A week later, the Venice Film Festival released this year's list, with "Night Walker" in the main competition unit and "pop drummer" in the horizon unit.

The so-called horizon unit, in fact, is similar to the focus unit in Cannes. It gives independent films and new directors a platform to show themselves. These works are excellent enough, but they can't enter the main competition for various reasons, so they are put on the horizon unit.

For example, the "cracker drummer", in the final analysis, the film has been premiered in Sundance, and Venice's main competition unit seats are still limited, so we can only eliminate the "cracker drummer" and give the seats to other works that will premiere in Venice - although Alberto secretly mocks Cannes, Venice is also half the weight.

Of course, this year's list of horizon units is also very good.

The Safdie brothers, the minority directors in the field of American independent film, came to Venice with their brand-new work "God knows". The names of the two brothers are a little strange for the general public, but they are important figures in the independent film circle in New York. They once cooperated with Ann Lee in "making the Woodstock Music Festival".

In addition, Hong Shangxiu, a famous Korean Independent Director, also appeared in the list. The director who has been shortlisted for Cannes main competition three times and Berlin main competition two times has the demeanor of Woody Allen of South Korea. This new work "freedom hill" is his first exhibition in winness.

For Venice, where the main competition units have been ignored for many times in recent years, the quality of horizon's works is enough to make people shine.

For "pop drummer", it's just Damien chazere's first work. It's a rare chance for him to show himself on the world stage at the Venice Film Festival. Coupled with the fact that Sundance has premiered, horizon unit can be said to be a reasonable result.

The problem is that if it's the horizon unit, then there's no need for Langley to attend.

Last year, gravity was absent from the main competition because of Warner Bros., but as an opening work, key members of the production team such as lanli and Rooney joined hands to attend; This year, the "pop drummer" was rejected by the main competition because of Venice, so there is no need for lanli to attend.

From a strategic point of view, Langley can go directly to Toronto. The "crackdrum" and "Night Walker" are also shortlisted for the Toronto Film Festival and the New York Film Festival. The North American awards season is about to start from here. Compared with going to Venice, the convenience and rate of return are more than half a star.

That's the real reason Alberto went to New Orleans: even if he kicked you out of horizon, he wanted you to come to Venice.

Alberto did count on Langley.

"Will you go to Venice?" Arthur was a bit of a Schadenfreude, and it was not an easy thing for him to let Langley eat.

Lan Li also doesn't mind, "if you want to laugh, you can always hold it, just as constipation can easily lead to hemorrhoids. Be careful that you have boils in your mouth."

Do not mind, but Arthur laughed, "I really want to see Alberto once more. Last year I had only one side of the face. I can't make complaints about it. I am so concealed."

"Next month. I will go to Venice. " Lan Li said on his own initiative.

Arthur was slightly surprised. "Is it necessary to make a special trip?"

"Anyway, for Don Quixote channel, I should take the initiative. Matthew told me that you can't be lazy in the early stage of starting a business. " Lan Li also replied solemnly.

Berlin or Venice, this is not a problem that can be solved in a short time. In the last generation, Naifei was rich and powerful. He didn't need to combine the vertical with the horizontal. He developed and made his own products and created a huge library; Now the Don Quixote channel is different from Netflix in terms of positioning and financial resources, which also determines that they need to take a different road.

So, even in the horizon unit, Langley will attend - in February this year, Langley did not have any works shortlisted in Berlin, and he also went to Berlin in person; What's more, now they are shortlisted for Venice? In addition to the global Premiere of "Night Walker", there is no reason for blue Lee to miss it.

Arthur joked again, looking forward to meeting Alberto next time. Just before hanging up, Arthur asked, "are they really ready to fight Philip?"

Arthur is already in London at this time. He also knows that Langley is ready to fight back. He vaguely knows that it has something to do with Philip, but he doesn't know the specific details. It's only in recent days that he realizes that the problem is more serious than he imagined. Although he knew that the day of Langley's break with George and Elizabeth would come sooner or later, he was still a little sad when it really happened and broke out in such a way.

"I don't think I'm surprised, but the truth is, I'm still surprised." Lan Li said like a tongue twister.

Arthur got the answer he wanted, opened his mouth slightly, but after all, he was still unable to say anything. Then he changed the topic, said two polite words, and hung up.

They all thought that they were psychologically prepared, because in the hall family, family love never existed; But when it really happened, I realized that they were not numb and cold-blooded after all. Maybe this is the difference between the previous generation and this generation, or that the concept of hereditary aristocracy's family is being changed by the times.

That afternoon, instead of working, Arthur went to the club he frequented and drank whiskey quietly. He thought that he was never drunk and could keep sober no matter how he drank it. The more he drank, the more sober he became. It seemed that he was not drunk at all. But at one moment, he lost his memory and was completely broken and drunk.

After waking up, Arthur couldn't remember exactly what happened, but he didn't mind at all. He just thought, if life could be like this, like a goldfish, with a memory cycle of seven seconds, wouldn't there be so much trouble? So will life be simpler?

Are those who drink too much, step by step, deeply immersed in the numbness and chaos of alcohol and unable to extricate themselves?

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In any case, the Venice Film Festival has been decided for the time being, while Langley has devoted himself to the shooting of "Jurassic world".

There are still not many challenges in the shooting work, and it goes on smoothly. Before the summer heat disappears completely, the crew has finished all the shooting work in New Orleans, and then they will set off to return to Los Angeles to finish the final stage of the sweeping work in California.

However, the shooting work in the final stage is relatively easy and simple. It is estimated that the workload is about one week to ten days, and it may not even take so long. This also means that there is not much time left to finish the shooting. At this time, nearly three months have passed since the "Jurassic world" started.

Not surprisingly, Langley will be able to catch up with the Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival.

However, when the crew returned to California, Langley quietly left the crew alone. When Bryce and Nick realized that Langley was missing, Langley had set out on a two-day and one night journey with a Ford Mustang.