Chapter 1076： sudden change in stroke

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"Prison Break" has been broadcast for two weeks and has created countless topics. Before the official opening of the autumn file, a round of viewing frenzy has been set off, which also makes the upcoming 2005 autumn file full of gunpowder. Of course, the winner is still the winner, and another high-quality new drama has entered their sight.

Evan Bell, who was filming in Barcelona, ​​Spain, was not surprised when he learned of the excellence of "Prison Break". The first two seasons of "Prison Break" were indeed classics. Even so, Evan Bell made a transoceanic call to congratulate Paul Schurling.

The completion of the "perfume" made Evan Bell's nerves tense for two months, and finally relaxed. This time, whether it is the scale, investment, or the difficulty of the work itself, it is another challenge for Evan Bell to break through the limit, and the final harvest is also very rich, especially in the positions of director, producer and screenwriter On, let Evan Bell benefit a lot.

After the filming of "Perfume", Evan Bell planned to take a few days off and go to Paris for a vacation, and maybe meet Catherine Bell, who came to prepare for a Paris Fashion Week. But an overseas phone call from Ang Lee changed the situation, forcing Evan Bell to leave immediately for Venice, Italy.

"What? Back to Venice?" Evan Bell heard Ang Lee's voice on the other end of the phone, and a series of foul words came out, "I have booked the flight from Paris to Toronto, and I have also booked the Four Seasons Hotel. God. Can't you just let me enjoy a vacation?"

On the other end of the phone, Ang Lee laughed, "I just came to Toronto from Venice a week ago, and now I am preparing to fly to Venice at a critical moment. Compared to me, the distance from Paris to Venice is not too far. ."

"What's going on? The premiere didn't end properly, why did you suddenly call again? Shouldn't it be to give you an award?" Evan Bell rubbed his aching head, and just left the stench outside Barcelona. He was planning to take a two-day break in the exotic city of Barcelona, ​​otherwise he felt that his pores were emitting a stench all the time.

"The Venice Organizing Committee called me today and told me to rush back to Venice before the closing ceremony tomorrow." Li An's voice was also tired. Obviously within a week of long-distance flight and busy work, the spirit has reached a limit.

Evan Bell couldn't help laughing. Although the corners of his mouth twitched slightly because he was too tired, his tone was much more relaxed. "Then what else does this mean, it's not just to give you an award."

Ang Lee also chuckled, "I hope so. But you know, the film festival, who can say for sure?"

Indeed, no one can say for sure about the film festival.

Things should go back four months, before this year's Cannes Film Festival. After Evan Bell completed the sprawling dubbing of "Brokeback Mountain", Ang Lee began the journey of retreat editing the film, in February of this year. Finally finished all post-production. Then, the issue of the release of "Brokeback Mountain" must be considered. At that time, the eleventh issue was still in preparation, so the release of "Brokeback Mountain" had no future at all, so after the discussion between Ang Lee and Evan Bell, they decided to send the work to the Cannes Film Festival for exhibition. The opening of the 58th Cannes Film Festival is very recent.

But what is surprising is that the Cannes Film Festival, which has always opened its hands in Hollywood, rejected "Brokeback Mountain", just as it rejected "Vera Drake" last year. The Cannes Film Festival has grown in popularity in recent years. Good at business operations and excellent integration with Hollywood, the influence of Cannes is increasing day by day, and its commercial atmosphere is getting closer and closer to Hollywood. Last year's "Vera Drake" was involved in the sensitive subject of abortion. The Cannes Film Festival refused Mike Lee to bring this work to Cannes; this year's "Brokeback Mountain" is also about the same **** theme. This is a work rejected by Hollywood's unspoken rules, so Cannes also follows the Hollywood style. Rejected "Brokeback Mountain", rejected Ang Lee and Evan Bell.

This is the first time Evan Bell has deeply felt that the point of view that Chris Fairbanks said at the beginning, touching the subject of homosexuality, is indeed a huge challenge than imagined.

The rejection of the Cannes Film Festival did not disappoint Evan Bell and Ang Lee. After all, it was expected, and it is estimated that there will be more obstacles when it is released in North America in the future. The rejection was just a light, mild starter, and the real main course was still waiting for them in the not-too-distant future. Subsequently, Evan Bell chose the Venice Film Festival, the blessed place that won him the Silver Lion Award last year, and Venice as the place where Brokeback Mountain will meet the world.

As expected, Marco Mueller of the Venice Film Festival opened his hands again to Evan Bell and accepted "Brokeback Mountain". This also indirectly explains the current situation of the three major film festivals. The Cannes Film Festival is commercial, the Berlin Film Festival is serious, and the Venice Film Festival has a long history and plays with heritage. All three festivals present very different judging objectives and tastes.

However, Ang Lee and Evan Bell didn't expect much more from the performance of "Brokeback Mountain" at the Venice Film Festival, and they both focused their work on the Toronto Film Festival, which opened immediately after the Venice Film Festival. , this is the North American outpost, and it is also the most suitable gathering place for distribution operations. Of course, if it is suitable, the Sundance Film Festival will become a more suitable premiere location for "Brokeback Mountain", but now according to the time, considering the attributes of the film festival, the Toronto Film Festival has become the first choice.

After all this was settled, the eleventh release was established, and Teddy Bell handed over the post-release work of "Brokeback Mountain" to Thomas Lansing and Kurt Laporte, which will also become the tenth The first task of a release. Take a look at the attitude of the Cannes Film Festival to see how dire the resistance in the U.S. market will be.

On September 2, the 62nd Venice Film Festival kicked off. Evan Bell was still filming in the fragrant Provence at the time, and did not appear. Ang Lee took Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway at the premiere of "Brokeback Mountain". .

This year's Venice Film Festival was kicked off by the work "Seven Swords" from China, followed by "Brokeback Mountain" on the second day. This is also the so-called world premiere of "Brokeback Mountain", the first meeting with the audience amid numerous controversies. Unfortunately, Evan Bell missed this grand occasion. For Evan Bell, his premiere will be held in Toronto, Canada, where he will meet fans from around the world as Ennis.

After the premiere, Ang Lee and his party only stayed for one day, and then took a long-distance plane back to Toronto, which is not only a film festival, but also the first meeting of "Brokeback Mountain" with the audience in the North American market. You know, box office statistics have always been based on North America, and Canada and the United States are counted together. So, the debut of "Brokeback Mountain" at the Toronto Film Festival was crucial. In the absence of Evan Bell as a producer, Ang Lee and Kurt Laporte did all the work in Toronto.

The Venice Film Festival will not have any changes due to the departure of Ang Lee and the absence of Evan Bell. This year's Venice Film Festival is still star-studded, continuing Marco Muller's reforms last year. George Clooney arrives in Venice with ambitious new 'Good Night and Good Luck' as Russell Crowe and Renee Zellweger hit the red carpet with 'The Man of the Iron Fist' to wrap up 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Orlando shoot -Bloom appears with Kirsten-Dunst's "Elisabeth Town", Russia's "Passion", French "Uniform Lovers", South Korea's "Kind Gold", China's "Song of Everlasting Sorrow", "Seven Swords", "If-Love"... This long list makes Shuicheng this year still dazzling.

The ten days before and after the film festival were full of splendor. Although there was still Italian-style laxity, procrastination and confusion, it was much better than last year. Before this film festival is about to end, Marco Muller personally called Ang Lee and invited him to come back to Venice. If possible, I hope Evan Bell will also appear at the closing ceremony of the Venice Film Festival.

Generally speaking, film festivals will make such invitations. There are only two possibilities. One is that the other party has won the award. If the winner does not appear at the award ceremony, it will be embarrassing. After all, film festivals are not comparable to large-scale awards ceremonies, and there are only a few awards. The Golden Lion Award was selected after fierce competition, but the party involved did not come to the stage to accept the award. This is not a glorious thing. As for the award What kind of award is, then it depends on the votes of the judges There is no fixed number. The other is to make the other party the guest of honor, and at the same time, the other party may also be the favorite to win the award, so as to confuse the media and keep people looking forward to the attribution of the award. Either possibility makes sense.

Therefore, Evan Bell just teased Ang Lee and said, that is to win an award.

But all this is really uncertain. In fact, the highest voice at this year's Venice Film Festival is "good night and good luck". This work, written, directed and acted by George Clooney, has been placed on high expectations, and its momentum is comparable to last year's "Vera Drake", in addition to "Mary", "The Immortal Gardener", "Lovers in Uniform" are all big hits, and "Brokeback Mountain" can only be ranked after these works.

Ang Lee ignored Evan Bell's ridicule, and went on to say, "Marco also specifically emphasized, // Book Fan Lou's fastest text update - no ads // I hope you can attend. You know, at the premiere, because of you In the absence of , many girls in the audience burst into tears. It seems that you will also win the award. So are you going?"

Evan Bell chuckled, "Thank God, as long as I don't let me strip my shirt off, I don't think I have a reason to refuse."

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